Just Musing

It is much too hot to think so I will just jot down random thoughts as they come to me.

Studies have proved that when an ideologue is shown facts that dispute his/her long held false beliefs it does no good.  In fact, the opposite is true.  Facts just cause the wrong headed person to dig in his/her heels and stubbornly cling to the faulty belief.    Now that's really depressing.

I just read Water For Elephants by Sarah Gruen.  If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it.  (I always arrive late to the party.  Since it's now a movie I am sure you all read it a long time ago.)

It is over 100* in Tucson now and I am still not complaining about the heat.  I just stay inside in my air conditioned house with the fans running.

I have a woman dermatologist now.  She is far superior to the men I have had in the past.   Hmmmm.

Will the ignorant Tea Party freshmen take the Republicans (and us) over the brink?  Their ignorance of the financial system is scary.

Maybe it should be mandatory for all candidates running for public office to pass a test on Civics and Finances before they are eligible to campaign. 

Karl Rove is a master at developing misleading catchy names and sound bites.  The Democrats should find their own Karl.

Michelle Bachmann can't be a real person.  She must be a wind-up Barbie programmed with a ton of wrong facts.   Her lack of knowledge and fundamentalist religion should disqualify her for running for dog catcher, much less President of the U. S.    Unreal!

If I ever hear another Republican complain about judicial activism again I may punch them in the nose.   The Supremes are turning precedent upside down to achieve their ideological ends.  


Clarence Thomas should be impeached, but it will never happen.

President Obama is finally getting his Mojo back and trying to educate the lethargic public.  Why does he always wait to the last minute to do it?  Will it be another 'too little, too late?'

Will we get our Social Security checks in September if the government defaults?

Will there be a revolution when people are hungry enough and tired enough of being screwed? 

Will I live to see sanity in government?   I don't think any of us will,  no matter how young we may be.

Bernie Sanders for President.  Yes!!!

I'm Back

Here I am - back in sunny (interpretation, hot) Arizona after being cold in Colorado.

On the previous post I promised to bring back photos. Sob, cry, rant and rave; I have no photos to show. My new Canon digital camera stopped functioning the second day. I spent the rest of the trip seeing opportunities for magnificent photos and feeling like weeping with each missed opportunity.

Someone suggested that I buy a disposable camera but forgot to get me to the store. One day we were driving in the foothills of Cheyenne Mountain and a black bear with her cub crossed the road in front of us. I almost wept with frustration at that missed shot. Another great scene that caused me endless frustration was at the Patty Jewett golf course club house. I stepped out on the balcony to view Pikes Peak centered and soaring above a long green fairway with trees flanking each side. It was breathtaking in it's beauty and my camera said "error 5".

Sorry, but I have no photos to show. Canon is on my bad list right now.

I guess it's really petty to gripe about such a trivial matter in the midst of the economic meltdown that happened while I was gone. I had over 500 e-mails to sort through and am still trying to read some of the political editorials so I can catch up on the bad news. I will be back with my rant on politics when I finally absorb it all.

Summertime And the Livin' Is Easy

I was walking up my street the other day and this sight suddenly caught my attention. It is not an unusual scene; I see it every day when I walk up to get my mail. For some reason it spoke to me and I went home to get my camera to preserve it on film. The white puffy clouds reminded me of my childhood when I would lie on my back and see how many shapes I could spot in the clouds. The dark undersides of the clouds told me that a storm was probably brewing up there in the atmosphere. Somehow, this all seemed to be a metaphor for my life.

When trouble comes it is usually unexpected like the dark clouds that will turn a sunny day into a rainy one. One thing I have learned in my 80+ years is that the sun will come out again and all will be well. As the current colloquial saying goes, you just have to 'hang in there.'

Another thought was prompted by the clouds. I reminisced about the innocence of youth when anything was possible. I was going to write the great American novel, or compose a symphony, or find the cure for a dread disease. I looked forward to a life yet to unfold. As I looked up at the beautiful sky my dreams did not have limitations. Life was a movie and the ending was still a mystery.

Now the movie has been viewed and I know the plot. I didn't write that novel or compose that symphony or find a cure for cancer. And yet, my life was full of unexpected twists and turns and some wonderful things happened along the way.

The innocence of youth faded along with the belief that all things were possible. I became jaded and cynical as I discovered that justice does not always triumph and that some very bad things happen on earth. And yet the earth survives and the sun does come out again.