Undeniably Right

One of the undeniable truths of life in My World is that most problems have multiple causes and thus need multiple solutions. One of the reasons politicians never solve any problems is because they try and give you one solution. This is deliberate because if they actually solve problems, they are afraid they would lose their power. What they really like to do and do very well is make you think they are solving a problem; thus, they keep their power, get reelected and we keep on paying the price. It's one of the reasons the cost of living keeps going up.

California has led the way, setting an example for every other state and the federal government in how to play the game. Senate bill 753 is about to pass through the state legislature. It got through the Senate unanimously. The bill deals with the very serious problem of abandoned shopping carts. The mayor of San Jose has pushed the legislation due to the significant problem his city has with the homeless and them abandoning shopping carts that no longer meet their needs.

 Finally is correct!  

Not surprised, are you?

Pam Bondi and Kash Patel made an announcement this week about the infamous Jeffrey Epstein client list. Many of us were disappointed to learn that not only was the list not going to be made public, but now the list doesn't even exist. It's just another disappointment because we expected the big talk from the Republicans to turn into big actions. I still hold out hope that we will learn the names of people that visited the island and at least they will be judged in the court of public opinion.

But why after so much fanfare and promises did Bondi and Patel change their tune? I have often opined on the radio show that once a republican got into a position of authority where they could carry through on their promises, someone either came through with embarrassing pictures or enough money to cause them to compromise their principles. There might be another reason.

A new poll from YouGov found that Americans are less patriotic today than last year. I participated in that poll, and I can tell you the questions were a bit misleading but I believe some of the results. In general terms people over the age of 55 are more patriotic than those that are under the age of 30. Only 16% of respondents under the age of 30 said they were either very patriotic or somewhat patriotic. A little over 60% of those over 55 said they were patriotic.

There might be a couple of reasons that the younger people are not as patriotic as those of us in the older group. The indoctrination of our education system supported by the constant drum beat from politicians and propaganda media have told the younger generation that America is the cause of all the evils over the last 250 years. We are racist, we are colonialists, we promoted slavery, and so many other things that apparently no other nation or civilization did prior to our founding.

Because people tend to jump to conclusions, especially when it's something that might offend them, let me say that the people who came to our little corner of the world to fight the Trout Fire did a fantastic job. Very few homes were damaged, and I have not yet heard that any were totally destroyed. However, the damage to our forest will take years if not decades to recover. And it could have been avoided.

Officially the cause of the fire is unknown but initial reports were likely that it was lightning,, but it is irrelevant how the fire started. The fire smoldered for at least two days. It grew to about 25 acres in size before the winds kicked up and it got out of “control.” Personnel were on site to monitor that and another small fire in the same area. At a time when fire danger was described as extreme, at the time when severe restrictions were put on any type of open flame, at the time when we were at the end of one of the driest winters we've seen in recent history. why would a fire of any size be allowed to "smolder?"

Maybe, maybe not?

In case you were not aware, tomorrow is a national day of protest for the anti-Trump crowd. It is being titled 'No Kings' because they mistakenly believe that Donald Trump is acting like a monarch or a dictator. I have seen indications on social media that there will be protests in our town as well. We hope they will be peaceful, but we have already seen some of the same flyers and organizers of the LA riots becoming active in Albuquerque, Chicago, Houston, New York City and other places around our country.

You probably did not realize that when the LA riots were just starting there was a counter demonstration of Trump supporters. That demonstration was large, barely covered by the media, but was by definition truly peaceful. We hope that the demonstrations tomorrow by the left wing will be peaceful. If they are, the rest of us will gladly support their right to peacefully demonstrate no matter how much we disagree with their opinion. But you can bet that some of them will be violent just like the LA riots because that's what people are being paid to do. If you don't realize why or how or who is doing it, tune into my radio show tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM on 92.9 FM.