Random Thoughts and Observations 092019

Category: Undeniably Right Undeniably Right
Published: 20 September 2019 20 September 2019

It's that time again; when I either can't think of a topic that could fill an entire column or there is so much to talk about that I can't make up my mind which topic to focus on. Do I want to be serious, playful, or funny? How about all of the above?

The anti-gun crowd is now pushing for a gun 'buy back' program. How can you buy back something you never owned in the first place?

Colt has decided to quit manufacturing semi-automatic weapons that could be sold the public. I guess Colt doesn't like staying in business. Haven't they watched the reactions of the gun owners in this country when a company takes an anti-gun owner stance? It was a nice run, Colt.

Can you go from elation to sadness anymore quickly than the moment you kill that annoying fly by clapping your hands together? Yeah, finally got that little bastard but now I have fly guts on my hands.

Careful what you ask for. What's your vision of suburbia? Idyllic street, kids riding bikes, playing basketball, neatly trimmed lawns, barbecues. Cilla Carden moved into a house in Perth in just such a neighborhood. But she's a vegan and sued her neighbors because the smell of cooking flesh prevented her from enjoying her back yard. Now the neighbors are having a fundraiser to pay for the defense of the lawsuit. 1000 people showed up for a neighborhood barbecue, with 3 caterers providing the food. Imagine how good that smelled; ribs, brisket, pulled pork... Cilla's house is for sale if you'd like some cool neighbors.

Pandas are proof that you can eat nothing but plants and still get fat.

How can the media love a whistle-blower complaint the sum total of which is "the President said something to some foreign leader about some stuff"? The President has the right to say whatever he wants to anyone he'd like especially during negotiations. What is our intelligence community doing spying on the President?

Beto - I want your guns. Bernie - I want your money. Uncle Joe - I want to remember what I said 2 minutes ago.

Four California men were arrested in Goodyear, AZ after they returned to a Target store, which they had visited just 2 hours earlier. During that visit they had stolen printer ink cartridges and had outrun a store employee. They returned because they had not gotten all of the cartridges. They had originally gotten away with over $1500 of ink cartridges. So they got 2 packages then?

Our governor wants to provide 'free' college for NM students. It did not work at NYU over the last few years but I'm sure she can do it better. Let me ask you this? How many professors or college presidents are going to work for free?

Be sure to tune into the radio show tomorrow 9 a.m. on 92.9 FM, as we'll be talking about a local group spreading disinformation about our local golf course. I'll drop some facts on you or my next podcast here on the Grant County Beat will deal with the same topic.

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