Lassie II
Banner to the rescue!
Returning to our apartment Banner didn’t immediately come in and I didn’t notice he was still in the hall scavenging for hidden treats. About twenty minutes later there was a knock on my door. My wheelchair bound neighbor Tom was there with Banner.
As Tom related, when he came out of the elevator Banner was at my door. He trotted down to Tom, then back to my door. This kept happening and Tom was concerned I might have had a heart attack. No, I had my head__________.
Banner rarely barks but will whine. He was sitting quietly outside my door. Tom was impressed that Banner was, in his gentle way, determined to get Tom’s attention and help.
I won the dog lottery when I adopted him three years ago.
Memories
It may be an age issue but the three a.m. bladder void is usually followed by an hour of remembering every mistake and mishap in my life. Recently this memory surfaced, but put a smile on my face.
Some people don’t trust our benevolent civil servants and ivory tower inhabitants? Who knew?
Considering the source of the study they are likely trying to find better ways to control us ignorant conservatives.
Senator Rhonda Fields (D) Colorado
Senate and Firearms Legislation
She also is a (P)regressive with a reality blind spot on some issues, particularly firearms. That tempers my personal feelings about her; not that that matters at all in the larger scheme. She is the major force behind the entire cocked up gun laws currently working their way through the State legislative clown show. None, IMO, will withstand court challenges.
All the time and effort anti-gunners put into passing “feel good” gun control laws are wasted effort, IMO. People are the problem.
Why some people act the way they do is complicated, and always has been. Cain and Abel, anyone? Much of the current malaise is the result of “improper fetchings”.
My solution? Anyone using a firearm in the commission of a crime does five years, no parole, in state prison. A minimum $100,000 cash bond until trial. Second conviction, twenty years and third conviction, life. No lesser plea allowed.
Oh, WSF, prisons cost a lot of money. Yes, and worth the money spent. Use the money currently being pissed away on “climate control” to fund them. Further, fund prisons enough so correctional officers are properly compensated and their equipment is up to the task. More prisoners have died riding in unsafe state vehicles than have been legally executed in Colorado.
Criminals will continue to be criminals but won’t be harming innocent people if they are in prison. Harming other prisoners, yes, but that is a separate issue that has been handled with some success when the will to do so exists.
Likely to not vote Democrat
Did Emperor Polis just step on his
wee wee?
Should he get credit for bi-partisan outrage?
Accountants and Revenuers
My neighbor Tom was a successful entrepreneur until a bad heart and diabetes cost him a leg and forced retirement. I admire his positive attitude. Recently we were discussing taxes and tax collectors. I have an ongoing dispute with Colorado dating back to 2016 and them wanting to tax income I earned out of state. Tom talked about getting hit with capital gains after selling one of his companies. Then the related subject of accountants came up.
Tom: “Accountants! They step out of the shower to piss”.
Seems he is not a fan.
American Patriot
Like many who have served I regarded classified information as sacred, that lives of my fellow soldiers were at stake, and I would never violate that trust. At the same time, I trusted my superiors.
Had my superiors violated laws, over and over, and were making plans that were wrong, reckless, illegal, and endangering my fellow soldiers, I might have done the same.
The military depends on loyalty up, loyalty down.
Gen. Mark A Milley has set the current standard. He has publicly boasted he told Red China he would warn them if President Trump ordered an attack. Why is he surprised that a patriot Airman decided to warn his fellow citizens?
As always, YMMV
