IT SEEMS THE OLDER I GET THE MORE BOTHERED I AM BY THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING BY THE WAY SIDE. HOW MANY THINGS ARE THERE? LET ME COUNT SOME OF THEM.
1. Irrigation. I was raised in a small Mormon community in a high mountain valley in New Mexico. The people that settled in that valley in the 1880's went a few miles west and constructed a dam across a river that flowed through the valley. They donated money to pay for the dam and those donations amounted to water shares for irrigation. The valley was ditched so that every one in the valley had access to irrigation water. When I was growing up in the 40's and 50's, every one raised a garden and there were many acres of hay and grain and corn raised in the valley. Now, I return to visit and the people that live there have moved away and then returned and live on a retirement pension or the government dole. They drive to a nearby town and buy what they want or need. There seems to be no incentive to plant a garden, much less a field and grow any thing to eat. And it bothers me.
2. On a note from the above post, people now days don't seem to want to work. The old ones retire and just want to travel or porch sit or something. But work. Nope, been there done that. The young ones seem to want to play video games or "hang out" or something. So this leaves the ones on the middle to do all the working. Have to wonder if this would change if the State and Federal governments would take away to dole from those who don't really need or deserve it.
3.My wife and I were raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We are used to going to Church each Sunday. We also know that in the area where we now reside, there are many Christian Churches. We also know that in years past, these churches had large congregations. Businesses were closed on Sunday. Yes, I know that not every one went to Church, but most people did. Now, as we go to our church on Sunday, we see businesses open and apparently thriving, people working in their yards or heading to the lake or the mountains to recreate,and the cars at the various churches have diminished to the point of almost non existence in some cases. And that lack of church attendance bothers me.
4. Back to the posts 1 & 2. School supplies. Every year there are drives to get supplies for kids to return to school. News reports say that it costs hundreds of dollars to out a child for school. This includes paper and pencils, or whatever the equivalent for those are these days, clothes and shoes. Uh! question. Did they toss all the paper and pencils left over from last year? And they out grew all their clothing just as school is starting? Seems to me that a lot of hype over this is unnecessary. Also have to ask, where do all the school tax dollars go. Apparently not to school supplies or teacher salaries either. Time for the tax paying parents to be checking into this. And the news talking heads are always reporting on various programs to assist those in need and "it's free". UH. No it is not free. It is tax payer funded. And the fact that they won't report it that way bothers me.
5. We had a recycling program in this area. Now the powers that be have decided that it is too expensive to recycle so the program has been cancelled. The recycling bins are discontinued and now all trash goes into the land fill. I know that other places and other countries recycle. I know that we can also, if the local politicians would just get off their duff and make it work. But they won't and refuse to do so in spite of the outcry from the populace. And that bothers me.
6. And the last post for the edition. The second round of the Democratic debates begin tonight. I won't be available to watch, and probably wouldn't watch even if I was. Joe Biden seems to be the front runner at this time, I REALLY don't want Elizabeth Warren or Kamela Harris. If I was a Democrat and had a chance to vote in their Primary election, I would cast a vote for Tulsi Gabbard. But even though she will be in the line up for the debate, the news talking heads hardly ever even mention her name. And that bothers me.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
I HAD SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN MIND
I HAD A DIFFERENT THEME IN MIND FOR TODAY'S POST, BUT DUE TO THE CURRENT NEWS EVENTS, I CHOSE THIS ONE INSTEAD.
In less than 24 hours as of this writing, Robert Mueller will testify before congress. What he will say or testify to I have no idea. This post is about my viewpoint on this and a couple of other items that are related but may seem disjointed.
So lets start with this. Michael Bloomberg poured millions into Hillary Clintons presidential campaign and when Trump won he was livid and he vowed to get rid of Trump. He also hates guns, or at least he hates for common people to own guns.
The Democrats, or the Democratic Party, also hated Trump winning and vowed to take him down and has spent the past two plus years trying to do just that. Many of the current crop of Presidential candidates also have expressed their dislike of guns. Or the common person having them. More on that in a bit, but for now this.
Because the opposition party wanted to take down Trump, they have spent two years and millions of tax payers dollars trying to do just that with Robert Muller and his Russia investigation. He has finished said investigation and he has released his report. Congress, in the form of Jerry Nadler, has decided that his report is not sufficient and so they have ordered him to testify before congress. What he will say other that what is in his report that they have seen, I don't know, but I doubt that it will be what they want to hear. Was there any conversation between Trump or his associates and Putin? Maybe so. Did the Russians influence the election? Maybe, but definitely not on my part. And here is why.
In a December interview with Dan Rather, President Bill Clinton said that one of the reasons Al Gore lost the Presidential election was his stance on gun control. Again in 2004 Bill Clinton stated that Gore's extreme gun control position "hurt him badly" in Tennessee and other States. In 2013 Clinton warned Democrats on gun control stating "Do not patronize the passionate supporters of your opponents by looking down your nose at them....A lot of these people live in a world very different from the world lived in by the people proposing these things." Ignoring the sage advise of her husband, Hillary Clinton campaigned on a raft of gun control policies and expressed her opposition to the U.S. Supreme Courts opinion in the District of Columbia v. Heller which held that the second amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. Hillary lost and that is a large reason why, along with several others that would deprive the people of basic constitutional rights. Russia had nothing to do with it. Plain and Simple.
Now, to wrap this up. There are some 20 plus Democrat candidates running for President. Of the top ten in the polls, they are running on gun control policies. The policy they espouse varies, but they all want to take the guns away from the common people. These top ten are Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Robert (Beto) O'Rourke, Cory Booker, Bill de Blasio, Amy Klobuchar, and Andrew Yang. All ten of these individuals have expressed a variety of policy's they would enforce on gun control if elected. The other 13 or so that are running have expressed similar policy's. To repeat what Bill Clinton said, these people live in a different world than the bulk of the american people. And I said "And they think they are above the law and that we the people will just agree with what ever they say and go along with it.
Nope, we won't. We the people will have our say and you can just take it.
Two more quick observations. My wife and I have a lot of family that belong to the Democrat party. Past and Present. The current leadership of this party is NOT what it was in our parents day and on back from there.
And, while I admit and always have, President Trump is not a very moral man, he has improved the economy for this country and has done many other good things that you rarely ever see reported on the national news. If the members of Congress would work with him and spend OUR dollars on things for the people instead of spending OUR dollars on trying to impeach Trump, this country would be in a much better position.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
In less than 24 hours as of this writing, Robert Mueller will testify before congress. What he will say or testify to I have no idea. This post is about my viewpoint on this and a couple of other items that are related but may seem disjointed.
So lets start with this. Michael Bloomberg poured millions into Hillary Clintons presidential campaign and when Trump won he was livid and he vowed to get rid of Trump. He also hates guns, or at least he hates for common people to own guns.
The Democrats, or the Democratic Party, also hated Trump winning and vowed to take him down and has spent the past two plus years trying to do just that. Many of the current crop of Presidential candidates also have expressed their dislike of guns. Or the common person having them. More on that in a bit, but for now this.
Because the opposition party wanted to take down Trump, they have spent two years and millions of tax payers dollars trying to do just that with Robert Muller and his Russia investigation. He has finished said investigation and he has released his report. Congress, in the form of Jerry Nadler, has decided that his report is not sufficient and so they have ordered him to testify before congress. What he will say other that what is in his report that they have seen, I don't know, but I doubt that it will be what they want to hear. Was there any conversation between Trump or his associates and Putin? Maybe so. Did the Russians influence the election? Maybe, but definitely not on my part. And here is why.
In a December interview with Dan Rather, President Bill Clinton said that one of the reasons Al Gore lost the Presidential election was his stance on gun control. Again in 2004 Bill Clinton stated that Gore's extreme gun control position "hurt him badly" in Tennessee and other States. In 2013 Clinton warned Democrats on gun control stating "Do not patronize the passionate supporters of your opponents by looking down your nose at them....A lot of these people live in a world very different from the world lived in by the people proposing these things." Ignoring the sage advise of her husband, Hillary Clinton campaigned on a raft of gun control policies and expressed her opposition to the U.S. Supreme Courts opinion in the District of Columbia v. Heller which held that the second amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. Hillary lost and that is a large reason why, along with several others that would deprive the people of basic constitutional rights. Russia had nothing to do with it. Plain and Simple.
Now, to wrap this up. There are some 20 plus Democrat candidates running for President. Of the top ten in the polls, they are running on gun control policies. The policy they espouse varies, but they all want to take the guns away from the common people. These top ten are Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Robert (Beto) O'Rourke, Cory Booker, Bill de Blasio, Amy Klobuchar, and Andrew Yang. All ten of these individuals have expressed a variety of policy's they would enforce on gun control if elected. The other 13 or so that are running have expressed similar policy's. To repeat what Bill Clinton said, these people live in a different world than the bulk of the american people. And I said "And they think they are above the law and that we the people will just agree with what ever they say and go along with it.
Nope, we won't. We the people will have our say and you can just take it.
Two more quick observations. My wife and I have a lot of family that belong to the Democrat party. Past and Present. The current leadership of this party is NOT what it was in our parents day and on back from there.
And, while I admit and always have, President Trump is not a very moral man, he has improved the economy for this country and has done many other good things that you rarely ever see reported on the national news. If the members of Congress would work with him and spend OUR dollars on things for the people instead of spending OUR dollars on trying to impeach Trump, this country would be in a much better position.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Saturday, July 6, 2019
THINGS FROM THE NEWS, KINDA
I SAID KINDA CAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS I KNOW FROM PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. SO HERE GOES.
1. Ice Cream Licker. Yep, you read that correctly. The Albuquerque TV news channels are reporting that a young woman was caught by security camera opening the ice cream freezers at a local grocery store, removing the lid of ice cream gallons and licking the ice cream and then returning the lid to the carton and then returning the carton to the freezer, ready for some unsuspecting shopper to come along and purchase the ice cream. Guess I will be sure not to purchase any thing that is not sealed tightly. Very tightly.
2. Student Debt. It seems that there is a cadre of college student graduates that are having a problem with student debt. The problem? they have to pay it back, and they are protesting. Why? Cause they don't want to pay it back. So, when they get the notices or contracts of payment they just shred them and ignore it. Have to wonder when the other shoe will drop. The Police officer shoe to be exact as they come to arrest the students that are ignoring their lawfully contracted debt to pay for their education. Guess they should have enrolled in law school.
3. This is partly news and partly personnel knowledge. The Border Crisis. Yes, we have one. And we have had one for a while. Even past Presidents have acknowledged that, including Clinton, Bush and Obama. Actually President Obama and his administration authorised the building of 700 miles of border wall. The situation at the border got so bad that President Trump and our State Governor at the time called out the National Guard to assist the Border Patrol control some of those crossing the border illegally. When our current governor took office in January, she went to the border and ( while standing in a check point with a section of Obama's wall) said there is not a problem with people crossing illegally. Well, no there wasn't there. So she said we don't have a border problem. President Trump manufactured that problem. So she sent the National Guard home. After she did that, the problem escalated to the point that the Border Patrol closed the 5 border check points in the State and sent those officers to assist those n the border. Now, several months later, those check points are still closed. And there are stories of the cartels making hay while the sun shines, as the saying goes, since there has been an influx of drugs crossing into the area, according to those who are in the know. I am taking that much information from someone else, since I have no actual knowledge of it. However, even the talking heads on the news have acknowledged that we have a problem with people coming into the country illegally. And now two of our southern cities are sharing the brunt of this and are having to find funds to take care of the people that are coming in. And our governor, who thwarted President Trumps efforts to take care of this, ow has the audacity to sue him, (Trump, and the federal governor for not taking care of the problem. I have seen and knew people that didn't like past governors, but I have never seen a governor gain the dislike of the population of the State like this one has. But that is a post for another time. Meanwhile, back at the border. A group of congressional people, all Democrats, made a stop at a border detention center in Texas. There has been a lot of controversy over their visit and just what they claimed they saw and what the border patrol people said they saw and what they did. Two ministers from a church ( I forgot the name of the church) went there after that report to see what they could do to alleviate the situation. They said that the conditions that were reported by the congresswoman from New York was false. This was not The Trump Administration saying it was false, but two ministers that are concerned for those here illegally and the children that said what she said was false. One more item to chew on. These "cages" are actually jail cells build by a past administration as a holding cell for those caught thring to enter the country "ILLEGALLY". This amounted to a few hundred a year. These detention centers were not and are not designed to hold hundreds and hundreds of people coming in every day. Especially not families with young children. And the country does not have enough federal judges to accommodate this amount of people, so they are given a short hearing and a court date some years out and told to return for that hearing when they will then be heard on their plea for asylum. They are then put on a bus or a plane and sent to a sponsor that is supposed to watch for them until the aforementioned court date. The true picture is that the people are here. Courts are inundated with them. Border Patrol needs, and has ask for, funds and more people. We don't need law suits. We need congress to forget photo ops and the TV talking heads to report the facts and congress to work with the administration to actually fix the problem. It can be taken care of in a humane manner for all concerned, if they will Mean while, the small cities and towns and churches and people of the southern border will take care of the people as best they can. They are doing it and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
1. Ice Cream Licker. Yep, you read that correctly. The Albuquerque TV news channels are reporting that a young woman was caught by security camera opening the ice cream freezers at a local grocery store, removing the lid of ice cream gallons and licking the ice cream and then returning the lid to the carton and then returning the carton to the freezer, ready for some unsuspecting shopper to come along and purchase the ice cream. Guess I will be sure not to purchase any thing that is not sealed tightly. Very tightly.
2. Student Debt. It seems that there is a cadre of college student graduates that are having a problem with student debt. The problem? they have to pay it back, and they are protesting. Why? Cause they don't want to pay it back. So, when they get the notices or contracts of payment they just shred them and ignore it. Have to wonder when the other shoe will drop. The Police officer shoe to be exact as they come to arrest the students that are ignoring their lawfully contracted debt to pay for their education. Guess they should have enrolled in law school.
3. This is partly news and partly personnel knowledge. The Border Crisis. Yes, we have one. And we have had one for a while. Even past Presidents have acknowledged that, including Clinton, Bush and Obama. Actually President Obama and his administration authorised the building of 700 miles of border wall. The situation at the border got so bad that President Trump and our State Governor at the time called out the National Guard to assist the Border Patrol control some of those crossing the border illegally. When our current governor took office in January, she went to the border and ( while standing in a check point with a section of Obama's wall) said there is not a problem with people crossing illegally. Well, no there wasn't there. So she said we don't have a border problem. President Trump manufactured that problem. So she sent the National Guard home. After she did that, the problem escalated to the point that the Border Patrol closed the 5 border check points in the State and sent those officers to assist those n the border. Now, several months later, those check points are still closed. And there are stories of the cartels making hay while the sun shines, as the saying goes, since there has been an influx of drugs crossing into the area, according to those who are in the know. I am taking that much information from someone else, since I have no actual knowledge of it. However, even the talking heads on the news have acknowledged that we have a problem with people coming into the country illegally. And now two of our southern cities are sharing the brunt of this and are having to find funds to take care of the people that are coming in. And our governor, who thwarted President Trumps efforts to take care of this, ow has the audacity to sue him, (Trump, and the federal governor for not taking care of the problem. I have seen and knew people that didn't like past governors, but I have never seen a governor gain the dislike of the population of the State like this one has. But that is a post for another time. Meanwhile, back at the border. A group of congressional people, all Democrats, made a stop at a border detention center in Texas. There has been a lot of controversy over their visit and just what they claimed they saw and what the border patrol people said they saw and what they did. Two ministers from a church ( I forgot the name of the church) went there after that report to see what they could do to alleviate the situation. They said that the conditions that were reported by the congresswoman from New York was false. This was not The Trump Administration saying it was false, but two ministers that are concerned for those here illegally and the children that said what she said was false. One more item to chew on. These "cages" are actually jail cells build by a past administration as a holding cell for those caught thring to enter the country "ILLEGALLY". This amounted to a few hundred a year. These detention centers were not and are not designed to hold hundreds and hundreds of people coming in every day. Especially not families with young children. And the country does not have enough federal judges to accommodate this amount of people, so they are given a short hearing and a court date some years out and told to return for that hearing when they will then be heard on their plea for asylum. They are then put on a bus or a plane and sent to a sponsor that is supposed to watch for them until the aforementioned court date. The true picture is that the people are here. Courts are inundated with them. Border Patrol needs, and has ask for, funds and more people. We don't need law suits. We need congress to forget photo ops and the TV talking heads to report the facts and congress to work with the administration to actually fix the problem. It can be taken care of in a humane manner for all concerned, if they will Mean while, the small cities and towns and churches and people of the southern border will take care of the people as best they can. They are doing it and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Thursday, June 27, 2019
ARE WE MISSING THE POINT
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW THINGS GOING AROUND IN MY MIND THE PAST FEW MONTHS THAT I FEEL I WILL GIVE WORDS TO IN THIS POST. AT LEAST A FEW OF THEM.
1. I will start with a current one. A news article this morning said that a retired marine saved two young people who were caught in a strong current, but he drowned in the process. That is sad, in and of itself, but the sad part is that one of the teenagers had walked across a dam in the San Antonio, Texas area, illegally and she and her companion were caught up in the rushing water at the dam. The Marine that jumped in to save them did so, but then couldn't survive the fast water and was swept under and drown. What he did was heroic, but the focus should be on the illegal act of the teenager. Will she be charged? The article didn't say, but she should be.
2. Several months, in the pacific northwest, a group of teenagers were on a bridge, illegally. It was apparently a common practice for teens to gather on this bridge and jump into the river some 60 feet below. It was illegal to do so but they did it any way. One young girl was out on the ledge and then got scared and did not want to jump, so one of her friends pushed her off, resulting in serious injury. The girl who did the pushing has been charged and convicted. Why was nothing said or done to the girl that was pushed. She was there illegally. As were the rest of the group. All should have been charged with criminal trespass, at the least.
3. There are other incidents like this that I will not mention or this post would go on and on and on. So I will leave this idea here and hope that any one who reads my mutterings will think of this when you see news articles on something happening and realize what they did was illegal to start with.
4. Well, you know I can't end a blog with out some type of political view. I didn't watch the Democratic Presidential debate last night and I won't watch part two tonight. However, NBC has been profiling one candidate each evening in the evening news broadcast and giving them a chance to say what their big idea would be if they were elected. Each one of them has some big idea that would not benefit most of the people and each one would cost millions or billions and when ask how to pay for their idea they all said they would raise taxes. Of Course. Well, except one. A candidate from Hawaii. Her name is Tulsi Gabbard. I don't know how things will play out over the next many months, but if I were to be in a position to vote for a democrat, she would be my choice. Her big idea was peace with foreign country's and to pay for the things she wants to do she had ideas that did not entail a large tax increase on the populace. She has served in the military and has been deployed twice and is currently in the reserves. She is a representative to congress from Hawaii.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
1. I will start with a current one. A news article this morning said that a retired marine saved two young people who were caught in a strong current, but he drowned in the process. That is sad, in and of itself, but the sad part is that one of the teenagers had walked across a dam in the San Antonio, Texas area, illegally and she and her companion were caught up in the rushing water at the dam. The Marine that jumped in to save them did so, but then couldn't survive the fast water and was swept under and drown. What he did was heroic, but the focus should be on the illegal act of the teenager. Will she be charged? The article didn't say, but she should be.
2. Several months, in the pacific northwest, a group of teenagers were on a bridge, illegally. It was apparently a common practice for teens to gather on this bridge and jump into the river some 60 feet below. It was illegal to do so but they did it any way. One young girl was out on the ledge and then got scared and did not want to jump, so one of her friends pushed her off, resulting in serious injury. The girl who did the pushing has been charged and convicted. Why was nothing said or done to the girl that was pushed. She was there illegally. As were the rest of the group. All should have been charged with criminal trespass, at the least.
3. There are other incidents like this that I will not mention or this post would go on and on and on. So I will leave this idea here and hope that any one who reads my mutterings will think of this when you see news articles on something happening and realize what they did was illegal to start with.
4. Well, you know I can't end a blog with out some type of political view. I didn't watch the Democratic Presidential debate last night and I won't watch part two tonight. However, NBC has been profiling one candidate each evening in the evening news broadcast and giving them a chance to say what their big idea would be if they were elected. Each one of them has some big idea that would not benefit most of the people and each one would cost millions or billions and when ask how to pay for their idea they all said they would raise taxes. Of Course. Well, except one. A candidate from Hawaii. Her name is Tulsi Gabbard. I don't know how things will play out over the next many months, but if I were to be in a position to vote for a democrat, she would be my choice. Her big idea was peace with foreign country's and to pay for the things she wants to do she had ideas that did not entail a large tax increase on the populace. She has served in the military and has been deployed twice and is currently in the reserves. She is a representative to congress from Hawaii.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Thursday, June 20, 2019
AFTER MUCH THOUGHT
I HAVE GIVEN THIS POST A LOT OF THOUGHT. THE REASONING FOR THAT IS TWO FOLD. ONE, TO BE ABLE TO WORD IT IN A MANNER TO BE UNDERSTOOD, AND TWO, FOR ANY WHO MAY ACTUALLY READ THIS TO THINK ABOUT IT A BIT. SO HERE GOES.
First, I will repeat my opinion of President Trump. I did not vote for him initially. I think he is a proud, egotistical person. I don't think he has a high moral standard. I do think he has higher morals than a lot of those in politics these days, but that is not the focus of this post. The Democratic Party, and some in the Republican Party, stated the morning after Trump was elected that they would do whatever they could to bring him down. And they have spent the last two years doing just that. Some of the things they have done. They have spent two years and millions of tax payer dollars trying to tie him to a Russia obstruction of justice scheme. Although in that two years, they found something, it was apparently not enough to bring charges. Although the Democratic party is trying to do so any way, in spite of Pelosi saying no. Not at this time, any way. They said that who ever he nominated for the supreme court they would not sustain them. They tried not to the first time and went all out the second time. Even though Kavanaugh may be squeaky clean ( and I didn't say he was) he will have a cloud over his head for the rest of his term in the supreme court.
They tried many things to bring down Trump. They even came up with a law suit filed by a porn star from several years before Trump even ran for office, much less after he was elected, like Clinton. While I have an idea myself about Trump's affiliation with the porn star, that is what she is, she sells her self to men for money. If she sold her self to Trump and he paid the price, that sure doesn't make him an uplifting person, but please people, lets not elevate her to something that she is not.
The Press. I have the utmost respect for the first amendment. I had a lot of respect for Walter Cronkite and Huntley and Brinkley. I actually met Huntley and Brinkley one time, back in the 60's. I watch NBC news. I have tried to watch other channels but found them all lacking. Including NBC. However, the first words out of Savanna's mouth the morning after the election was Donald Trump won the election. What did we do wrong. HMMM that seemed to me to place her opinion. And that is fine. She is a human and she is entitled to an opinion. However, she and many others have spent the last two years trashing President Trump for whatever he may have done. And I will admit he has given them plenty of fodder.
Now, I am going to mention a few things that Trumps has done and wants to do. He has brought up the economy and down the unemployment. He wants to, and has done some of it, change the environmental regulations. He wants to bring back the businesses that have moved over seas. Where does the fault lie with that? In several past administrations. Starting probably, in the 1970's. The environmental groups bring up a rule they like and the tics pass a law and the next thing you know, businesses shut down and move out of the country. Lets look and good environment regulations and then open the steel mills and the textile mills back up. Bring those company's back to the U.S. The government, under the auspices of saving the environment, wants to get rid of all coal fired power plants and go wind and solar. That is an admirable thought. But it is not sustainable. It takes huge amounts of land to put in solar or wind farms. It takes huge amounts of money to build and support them. And it takes a huge amount of electricity to keep this country running and when the wind don't blow and the sun don't shine, the battery backup is not large enough to store the electricity needed to power us. And the environmental groups want to shut down the mining industry. They don't realize that the solar panel and the grid items that go with them and the wind chargers and the grid items that go with them come from items mined from the earth.
So, to wrap this up, I would like to see our Senators and Representatives spend the next two years working with the administration for the good of the country. They have spent the last two years fighting him and accomplished relatively nothing. If they don't like Trump, so be it. If he comes up with a radical idea that is not good for the country, vote against it and say why. If he has a good idea, one that will help the economy and the country, then support it. And if they want someone else to be president in a couple of years, campaign for who they want. BUT, do what ever they do for the good of the country, not the git rid of Trump focus that they have been on for the past two years.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
POSSIBLY PART ONE
First, I will repeat my opinion of President Trump. I did not vote for him initially. I think he is a proud, egotistical person. I don't think he has a high moral standard. I do think he has higher morals than a lot of those in politics these days, but that is not the focus of this post. The Democratic Party, and some in the Republican Party, stated the morning after Trump was elected that they would do whatever they could to bring him down. And they have spent the last two years doing just that. Some of the things they have done. They have spent two years and millions of tax payer dollars trying to tie him to a Russia obstruction of justice scheme. Although in that two years, they found something, it was apparently not enough to bring charges. Although the Democratic party is trying to do so any way, in spite of Pelosi saying no. Not at this time, any way. They said that who ever he nominated for the supreme court they would not sustain them. They tried not to the first time and went all out the second time. Even though Kavanaugh may be squeaky clean ( and I didn't say he was) he will have a cloud over his head for the rest of his term in the supreme court.
They tried many things to bring down Trump. They even came up with a law suit filed by a porn star from several years before Trump even ran for office, much less after he was elected, like Clinton. While I have an idea myself about Trump's affiliation with the porn star, that is what she is, she sells her self to men for money. If she sold her self to Trump and he paid the price, that sure doesn't make him an uplifting person, but please people, lets not elevate her to something that she is not.
The Press. I have the utmost respect for the first amendment. I had a lot of respect for Walter Cronkite and Huntley and Brinkley. I actually met Huntley and Brinkley one time, back in the 60's. I watch NBC news. I have tried to watch other channels but found them all lacking. Including NBC. However, the first words out of Savanna's mouth the morning after the election was Donald Trump won the election. What did we do wrong. HMMM that seemed to me to place her opinion. And that is fine. She is a human and she is entitled to an opinion. However, she and many others have spent the last two years trashing President Trump for whatever he may have done. And I will admit he has given them plenty of fodder.
Now, I am going to mention a few things that Trumps has done and wants to do. He has brought up the economy and down the unemployment. He wants to, and has done some of it, change the environmental regulations. He wants to bring back the businesses that have moved over seas. Where does the fault lie with that? In several past administrations. Starting probably, in the 1970's. The environmental groups bring up a rule they like and the tics pass a law and the next thing you know, businesses shut down and move out of the country. Lets look and good environment regulations and then open the steel mills and the textile mills back up. Bring those company's back to the U.S. The government, under the auspices of saving the environment, wants to get rid of all coal fired power plants and go wind and solar. That is an admirable thought. But it is not sustainable. It takes huge amounts of land to put in solar or wind farms. It takes huge amounts of money to build and support them. And it takes a huge amount of electricity to keep this country running and when the wind don't blow and the sun don't shine, the battery backup is not large enough to store the electricity needed to power us. And the environmental groups want to shut down the mining industry. They don't realize that the solar panel and the grid items that go with them and the wind chargers and the grid items that go with them come from items mined from the earth.
So, to wrap this up, I would like to see our Senators and Representatives spend the next two years working with the administration for the good of the country. They have spent the last two years fighting him and accomplished relatively nothing. If they don't like Trump, so be it. If he comes up with a radical idea that is not good for the country, vote against it and say why. If he has a good idea, one that will help the economy and the country, then support it. And if they want someone else to be president in a couple of years, campaign for who they want. BUT, do what ever they do for the good of the country, not the git rid of Trump focus that they have been on for the past two years.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
POSSIBLY PART ONE
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
A POTPOURRI
I HAVE TWO OR THREE THINGS TO MENTION, ( MAYBE 4) AND THEY AREN'T ALL NECESSARILY RELATED, SO I CALLED THIS A POTPOURRI. GUESS WE WILL SEE IF IT REALLY IS. I WILL EVEN GO BY NUMBER.
1. Are we losing our history? I have a couple of things to comment on this. Last year a lot of statues were taken down because they offended someone. So even though someone found them offensive, they were a part of history and should have been treated as such. It seems that people in the modern times are being blamed for something someone did over 100 years ago. So, lets destroy history.
2. I guess this is kinda related. Church's, mostly in the south, but in various places across the country are being burned down. fires set by arsonists. If you don't like a church, don't go there, but don't burn down someones church just because you don't like them or what they are teaching. Even if that church is a Mosque and being run by Muslims, you don't burn it down. If they are doing something illegal, then handle it through the law.
3. Driverless cars. Need I say more. Probably not, but I will. tesla has announced that they will have driverless cars on the road soon. If fact their cars will not have any pedals or a steering wheel by 2022. If that is not something that scares the whatever out of a person, I have to wonder just what you are thinking. Makes me want more and more to just hole up somewhere far away from the populace of the country and let them self destruct.
4. A border fence? Well, this post is not exactly what you may think. Not Exactly. It seems that there have been a half a dozen sightings of a Jaguar Cat in New Mexico over the last 20 years or so, but they are more common in Mexico. So, Mexico has agreed to take the lead on a conservation program to save these large cats. BUT, it has been decided that there will be a few openings left in the border fence so these cats can move back and forth between Mexico and Arizona and New Mexico. UH! two things. First, there is not currently a border fence between Mexico and these two States. And if a fence or wall is even built, you can bet that any opening left for these cats will be used on a regular basis by illegals coming into the country, probably with back packs filled with illegal drugs. Who knows, the Jaguar cats may even use them from time to time.
5. And last. We are losing our rights. Do the young people even realize how much of their rights they are losing? Read the amendments to the Constitution. They list rights that the people have. And they state, These rights shall not be infringed. I will mention the 2nd amendment here, just for the heck of it. It states.......The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. It does not say the right to keep a pistol, or a rifle or a shotgun. Just the right to keep and bear arms.
So, when congress, Republican or Democrat, wants to pass a law to change something, pay attention. Are they infringing on a right given to the PEOPLE by the constitution? If so, fight it with every thing you have. The more rights you lose, the less freedom you will have. Stay alert and pay attention.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
1. Are we losing our history? I have a couple of things to comment on this. Last year a lot of statues were taken down because they offended someone. So even though someone found them offensive, they were a part of history and should have been treated as such. It seems that people in the modern times are being blamed for something someone did over 100 years ago. So, lets destroy history.
2. I guess this is kinda related. Church's, mostly in the south, but in various places across the country are being burned down. fires set by arsonists. If you don't like a church, don't go there, but don't burn down someones church just because you don't like them or what they are teaching. Even if that church is a Mosque and being run by Muslims, you don't burn it down. If they are doing something illegal, then handle it through the law.
3. Driverless cars. Need I say more. Probably not, but I will. tesla has announced that they will have driverless cars on the road soon. If fact their cars will not have any pedals or a steering wheel by 2022. If that is not something that scares the whatever out of a person, I have to wonder just what you are thinking. Makes me want more and more to just hole up somewhere far away from the populace of the country and let them self destruct.
4. A border fence? Well, this post is not exactly what you may think. Not Exactly. It seems that there have been a half a dozen sightings of a Jaguar Cat in New Mexico over the last 20 years or so, but they are more common in Mexico. So, Mexico has agreed to take the lead on a conservation program to save these large cats. BUT, it has been decided that there will be a few openings left in the border fence so these cats can move back and forth between Mexico and Arizona and New Mexico. UH! two things. First, there is not currently a border fence between Mexico and these two States. And if a fence or wall is even built, you can bet that any opening left for these cats will be used on a regular basis by illegals coming into the country, probably with back packs filled with illegal drugs. Who knows, the Jaguar cats may even use them from time to time.
5. And last. We are losing our rights. Do the young people even realize how much of their rights they are losing? Read the amendments to the Constitution. They list rights that the people have. And they state, These rights shall not be infringed. I will mention the 2nd amendment here, just for the heck of it. It states.......The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. It does not say the right to keep a pistol, or a rifle or a shotgun. Just the right to keep and bear arms.
So, when congress, Republican or Democrat, wants to pass a law to change something, pay attention. Are they infringing on a right given to the PEOPLE by the constitution? If so, fight it with every thing you have. The more rights you lose, the less freedom you will have. Stay alert and pay attention.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
Saturday, April 20, 2019
JUST CAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE
THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A SHORT POST. I JUST FEEL LIKE MAKING A COMMENT OR TWO CAUSE I HAVEN'T FOR A WHILE. SO, THE FIRST ONE WILL BE POLITICAL.
1. I want to make a statement about President Trump. My opinion... He is not a moral or particularly virtuous person. I know that. I voted for him for reasons stated in past posts and so far will vote for him again. WHY? you may ask. Well, I'll tell you why.
2. He has spent the past two years fighting the establishment. Many in congress and in the country were in shock when he won the election. And they don't like him cause he is not one of them and so far can't be bought. At least not by any one in congress.
He has lowered corporate taxes and regulations so company's are bringing back jobs and industry to the country, thus unemployment is down. He realizes the importance of coal and oil and gas and mining and drilling in general. Things which keep our country running and the jobs that are in those industry's. He recognizes that there is a crisis on the border and is trying to do something about it, all the while telling congress to do their job and fix the crisis. Members of congress hate him and there was talk of impeachment almost before he had taken the oath of office. Now, some of the more level headed of members in congress (like Pelosi, I can't believe I said that) have said impeachment is not on the table. The members of the democratic party vowed to take down who ever he nominated to the supreme court. Even before he nominated them. And they almost accomplished it on his last pick.
3. If they had spent the past two years working with him,and him with them, just think what could have been accomplished. Will he win again in 2020. I really don't know, but I do know that many of those running for president still don't realize the mood of the populace and that was the downfall of Hillary and may be the downfall again in 2020. Time will tell.
4. There is a move in the country to eliminate coal fired power plants and go to wind and solar. Wind and Solar are great and they work, but the technology is just not there yet to sustain the power needs of this country with wind and solar. I am sure it is coming, and may be here some time in my younger children's time, but it is not here yet. The sun has to shine and the wind has to blow to sustain these energy sources. And even the experts have said that the battery power is not available to accurately distribute power when the sun don't shine and the wind don't blow. A couple of things with regard to that. Many who are against mining don't seem to realize that the materials to make wind and solar viable have to be mined from the earth and manufactured in plants or factories somewhere. These items don't just appear form thin or thick air.
5. OK so this is a longer post than I intended. But just two more comments. Why is it that the people who want people to have clean air live in the areas with the dirtiest air but it always affects those that already have clean air.
6. There must be a lot of hog farms somewhere. Have you noticed? It is just not bacon and eggs for breakfast, but it is bacon and whatever you want. Bacon in your hamburger, bacon wrapped hot dogs, bacon wrapped meat loaf, double bacon on your sonic burger, bacon in your burrito, chocolate covered bacon for a snack. Man, that is a lot of committed pigs.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
1. I want to make a statement about President Trump. My opinion... He is not a moral or particularly virtuous person. I know that. I voted for him for reasons stated in past posts and so far will vote for him again. WHY? you may ask. Well, I'll tell you why.
2. He has spent the past two years fighting the establishment. Many in congress and in the country were in shock when he won the election. And they don't like him cause he is not one of them and so far can't be bought. At least not by any one in congress.
He has lowered corporate taxes and regulations so company's are bringing back jobs and industry to the country, thus unemployment is down. He realizes the importance of coal and oil and gas and mining and drilling in general. Things which keep our country running and the jobs that are in those industry's. He recognizes that there is a crisis on the border and is trying to do something about it, all the while telling congress to do their job and fix the crisis. Members of congress hate him and there was talk of impeachment almost before he had taken the oath of office. Now, some of the more level headed of members in congress (like Pelosi, I can't believe I said that) have said impeachment is not on the table. The members of the democratic party vowed to take down who ever he nominated to the supreme court. Even before he nominated them. And they almost accomplished it on his last pick.
3. If they had spent the past two years working with him,and him with them, just think what could have been accomplished. Will he win again in 2020. I really don't know, but I do know that many of those running for president still don't realize the mood of the populace and that was the downfall of Hillary and may be the downfall again in 2020. Time will tell.
4. There is a move in the country to eliminate coal fired power plants and go to wind and solar. Wind and Solar are great and they work, but the technology is just not there yet to sustain the power needs of this country with wind and solar. I am sure it is coming, and may be here some time in my younger children's time, but it is not here yet. The sun has to shine and the wind has to blow to sustain these energy sources. And even the experts have said that the battery power is not available to accurately distribute power when the sun don't shine and the wind don't blow. A couple of things with regard to that. Many who are against mining don't seem to realize that the materials to make wind and solar viable have to be mined from the earth and manufactured in plants or factories somewhere. These items don't just appear form thin or thick air.
5. OK so this is a longer post than I intended. But just two more comments. Why is it that the people who want people to have clean air live in the areas with the dirtiest air but it always affects those that already have clean air.
6. There must be a lot of hog farms somewhere. Have you noticed? It is just not bacon and eggs for breakfast, but it is bacon and whatever you want. Bacon in your hamburger, bacon wrapped hot dogs, bacon wrapped meat loaf, double bacon on your sonic burger, bacon in your burrito, chocolate covered bacon for a snack. Man, that is a lot of committed pigs.
AND THAT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK
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