Get ready for the media to be barking about bodies found in houses all across the country…They will pull at your heart strings and convince you that this is the greatest travesty of Mankind…Folks die everyday, sorry…It is just when it aligns with another news story that the MSM (main stream medai) takes advantage of the story.
This is really just a rant so, you can move on if so inclined…We all have neighbors and in my case I wish I didn’t…Don’t get me wrong, we have lived in the same house for 22 years and have had some wonderful folks that lived around us…I am reminded of the joke “If you don’t know the trashiest house in your neighborhood, it’s probably yours”…We have a house next door with a storied history…Purchases, sales and rentals…It is currently owned by the same couple for about 2+ years now…Over a year ago (see photo) this appeared in their driveway…The one time that I saw the wife outside, she explained to me that her husband had plans to “fix it up”…I have absolutely no problem with that…Although I have not seen the RV touched since it landed in the driveway…Contacting the local code enforcement did no good so we are stuck with the view…Rant over.
Hard to post about things and not touch on the elephant in the room…I hope everyone is adjusting well to their new routines, or lack there of…I heard an interesting thought the other day about the ventilator hubbub…They are gearing up General Motors and Lord knows how many other industries to spit this equipment out as fast as possible…Based on past performance, the peak of production will be reached about the same time that the need tapers off…That will leave the US sitting on a mountain of ventilators…Following the logic of our leaders, this equipment will go into storage (paid for with our tax dollars) until needed next…That sounds stupid enough but, the last time we had an event of this magnitude was 1918…102 years ago…Will this equipment be considered viable in that time?…Hell, they probably won’t want them ten years from now…In the end we will have mountains of equipment with no use and the good feeling that we “did something”.
In closing, I want to touch on one of my rather large pet peeves…I am immersed in the gun world and follow legislation and news in general…The biggest cry I hear after every event that the MSM covers is “We have to do something about guns”…That statement in itself makes my blood boil…What it really means is, “we have no idea what would lessen or solve the problem but, ANY action taken will make us feel better about ourselves”…This usually leads to some politicians that cannot spell GUN, drafting legislation to look good to their constituents…The new law rarely works as intended and is usually a duplication of laws already on the books…Do these leaders consult with experts that actually work in the industry…No, sadly not…They usually push whatever the lobbyist de jour hands them…This solves two of there problems…It balances the campaign contributions they received from said lobbyist and their constituents can think (he, she they) were out in front of it and I will give then my vote next election cycle…My example is specific to something I know about but, you can apply the theory to nearly all proposed legislation…There are an estimated 20,000 gun laws on the book in the US already…Can you honestly say that adding more will solve problems?…In the event that someone in a position to address this is reading…I’ll give you a hint…Mental health.
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