Ain't nobody happy in this country. Nobody.
Today is Columbus Day, I only snapped that it was, there was no mail.
There is a big push to change this to " Indigenous People's Day." In other worlds change it from Columbus to Native American, or Indian Day.
I don't know, most people in this country don't get the day off anyway, and will it make any damn difference anyway.
Most of the White People in this country claim to be 'part Indian' including my mother and her sister.
For years, we heard this story about my grandmother's great-great grandmother being a " Cherokee Princess."
Princess? Sure......I am sure if there was a Cherokee girl involved she was bought for a couple of jugs of whisky and maybe a mule....Or just the liquor.
But the DNA test showed, there was "No" Cherokee DNA, if there ever was any, left in us.
And the test shows what I suspected for years, English, Irish, Scottish, Coonass, and Norway....And the people on familysearch.org , in their research show just that, I come from the British Islands, Western France and a bit from Norway....
To get my mom of the Cherokee business, I had her do the test, and she came up, English, Irish, Scottish.....
Columbus Day, Indigenous People's Day?
Other than not getting mail, it is just another day...We never got it off in the school business.
Monday, October 14, 2019
Friday, October 11, 2019
The Impeachment
I know this will upset many of you, so you may want to go ahead and stop reading the blog now....I am going to try and make this simple. ( No comments on this blog please...)
Okay, has everyone who didn't want to read "clicked" on something else?
I hate to tell you, but there will be an impeachment investigation.
It is going to be long.
It will be drawn out.
Sorry Trump people, but the transcript of the phone call to the Ukraine Prime Minister alone calls for an investigation.
Sorry, but he violated the law of asking a foreign country for help against a political opponent in exchange for American military financial aide. Man, that is so illegal on so many levels starting with extortion. ( That's a High Crime right there.) ( Having foreign countries investigate your political opponent is what 3rd world countries do...)
If Obama had done the same, you'd be up in arms calling for impeachment.
You don't know where this is going to lead, nor do I.....
And trying to keep people from testifying before congress is obstruction. This is what eventually what brought down Nixon in the 1970s. Sometimes, coming "clean" is the best policy.
The cover-up often makes it worse than the crime.
Don't jump up and down and say, well, "they didn't remove Bill Clinton when he was impeached." ( Impeached just means that there will be a trial to see if a person is to be removed.)
Bill Clinton should have "manned up" and resigned. If any of us had gotten caught getting oral sex in our office by an employee, we'd been "let go."
Clinton was guilty of perjury and should have been tossed.
You do not know how this is going to turn out.
I don't know what is going to become of us as a nation.
I really do not. We are being torn apart by our political leaders. Both sides.
We are being torn apart by the media.
As a student of mine posted on his Facebook page, " I'm sick of politics."
I am too, and it was my "job " for 30+ years.
I don't care, Trump, not Biden, nor Warren, nor Beto, nor Pence, nor Bernie... not any other major politician really has your best interest in their mind.
We at some point have to do something and get ourselves back on track.
Not to the point we are wanting to shoot one another. And some of you are thinking that already.
Some people are already thinking " We will go after people's families." ( If you do the same and start killing children, you're no better.) And don't think that is not in some people's game plan.
If you think a civil war was "wonderful" you need to look at the photos of Mathew Brady, or Timothy O'Sullivan from 1861-1865.
You don't even want to think what it would do to the economy.
The next few months are going to be ugly.
We are going to have to get over this, I hate you because you are a Democrat or a Republican or an independent, or gay, Black, White, Brown, or Christian, or atheist, or howl at the moon , or whatever....Leave folks alone and let them live their lives.
You need to pray for this nation, not for the leadership, they are a temporary fixture, rather the American people, that we seek guidance in this time for our children and the country as a whole...
Once again, no comments.
Okay, has everyone who didn't want to read "clicked" on something else?
I hate to tell you, but there will be an impeachment investigation.
It is going to be long.
It will be drawn out.
Sorry Trump people, but the transcript of the phone call to the Ukraine Prime Minister alone calls for an investigation.
Sorry, but he violated the law of asking a foreign country for help against a political opponent in exchange for American military financial aide. Man, that is so illegal on so many levels starting with extortion. ( That's a High Crime right there.) ( Having foreign countries investigate your political opponent is what 3rd world countries do...)
If Obama had done the same, you'd be up in arms calling for impeachment.
You don't know where this is going to lead, nor do I.....
And trying to keep people from testifying before congress is obstruction. This is what eventually what brought down Nixon in the 1970s. Sometimes, coming "clean" is the best policy.
The cover-up often makes it worse than the crime.
Don't jump up and down and say, well, "they didn't remove Bill Clinton when he was impeached." ( Impeached just means that there will be a trial to see if a person is to be removed.)
Bill Clinton should have "manned up" and resigned. If any of us had gotten caught getting oral sex in our office by an employee, we'd been "let go."
Clinton was guilty of perjury and should have been tossed.
You do not know how this is going to turn out.
I don't know what is going to become of us as a nation.
I really do not. We are being torn apart by our political leaders. Both sides.
We are being torn apart by the media.
As a student of mine posted on his Facebook page, " I'm sick of politics."
I am too, and it was my "job " for 30+ years.
I don't care, Trump, not Biden, nor Warren, nor Beto, nor Pence, nor Bernie... not any other major politician really has your best interest in their mind.
We at some point have to do something and get ourselves back on track.
Not to the point we are wanting to shoot one another. And some of you are thinking that already.
Some people are already thinking " We will go after people's families." ( If you do the same and start killing children, you're no better.) And don't think that is not in some people's game plan.
If you think a civil war was "wonderful" you need to look at the photos of Mathew Brady, or Timothy O'Sullivan from 1861-1865.
You don't even want to think what it would do to the economy.
The next few months are going to be ugly.
We are going to have to get over this, I hate you because you are a Democrat or a Republican or an independent, or gay, Black, White, Brown, or Christian, or atheist, or howl at the moon , or whatever....Leave folks alone and let them live their lives.
You need to pray for this nation, not for the leadership, they are a temporary fixture, rather the American people, that we seek guidance in this time for our children and the country as a whole...
Once again, no comments.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
So, I Don't Know???? Here in Mauriceville...I go Full A$$hole, Again.....
I am not sure if this is good...Or not? And if I get to thinking about it, I sort of get mad....I shouldn't, I guess, but I do...
It seems, one of the local dollar stores is recruiting local churches for volunteers to come and work at the store, to help get it back into business after it flooded in Imelda.
In exchange, the store will donate to a charity.
Now, I know charities are sometimes good things. We donate a few. ( Do research on them folks...)
But, can't the store find someone(s) in the community who would be willing to work as temporary workers even at minimum wage in order to "pick-up" a little extra cash, for the holidays?
I know, if I was not crippled, I would love to work a little extra to make some "traveling money " for our next trip.
And you know, the dollar store, which is a "National Chain" will be able to write-off the charity donate off their taxes.
I wonder if they are getting off cheap with the donation to boot?
And it makes you wonder, "Why was the national chain not already donating to a local charity? "
And I wonder if one of the people get hurt working if the store will try and make the person collect "Worker's Comp" which is cheaper, than if a customer gets hurt in a store?
I don't know, I have many questions.....Too many questions....
It seems, one of the local dollar stores is recruiting local churches for volunteers to come and work at the store, to help get it back into business after it flooded in Imelda.
In exchange, the store will donate to a charity.
Now, I know charities are sometimes good things. We donate a few. ( Do research on them folks...)
But, can't the store find someone(s) in the community who would be willing to work as temporary workers even at minimum wage in order to "pick-up" a little extra cash, for the holidays?
I know, if I was not crippled, I would love to work a little extra to make some "traveling money " for our next trip.
And you know, the dollar store, which is a "National Chain" will be able to write-off the charity donate off their taxes.
I wonder if they are getting off cheap with the donation to boot?
And it makes you wonder, "Why was the national chain not already donating to a local charity? "
And I wonder if one of the people get hurt working if the store will try and make the person collect "Worker's Comp" which is cheaper, than if a customer gets hurt in a store?
I don't know, I have many questions.....Too many questions....
Yeah, I'm Eventually Going Here...But First....
Yeah, I am eventually going here, and I seriously sort of dread doing it....Part of it is, it is changing so so fast, I cannot keep up.
Of course, I am talking about the impeachment.
Yeah, it is going to happen.
I dread it. And I'm going to say stuff that going to upset everyone...Both sides....
But first...
One of the front office big-shot people for the Houston Rockets came out in a tweet supporting the democracy movement in Hong Kong. ( The Rockets GM)
And the NBA has panicked.
Now I know most of you have not been to China.
The NBA is a big damn deal there. Even in the off-season, they show game constantly on several TV channels. The only thing close in the English Premiere League( soccer)....I watch several EPL matches live on Chinese TV. But it is nothing like the NBA.
The NBA looks at it this way, 1.3 billion potential customers, all moving into the middle class with disposable income.
It got worse when the Commissioner of the NBA came out supporting Free Speech. I was listening to Joe Rogan's Podcast and he was saying the Commissioner might lose his job for not being forceful enough to condemn the tweet.......and in the end the NBA caved to the Chinese Government....
Hell, South Park even addressed it. The episode had James Hardin of the Houston Rockets ( a player) on the plane going to China, " Going to get some of that China Money." Hardin issued an apology to China for what the GM of the Rockets said.
South Park even issued an apology for the China Episode.( It is sarcasm BTW)
China is a scary place, especially going and coming through customs. They took our photos 3 times coming into the country, and 4 times going out.
And this latest NBA/China kerfuffle is just another example of how greedy these big companies are, yes the NBA is a business, and how everything is thrown out the window....morals, ethics, whatever, just to make "some of the China money."
I don't know, I have an open visa to China, but I don't plan to go back......If Jesus is good to me.....In this lifetime....
Of course, I am talking about the impeachment.
Yeah, it is going to happen.
I dread it. And I'm going to say stuff that going to upset everyone...Both sides....
But first...
One of the front office big-shot people for the Houston Rockets came out in a tweet supporting the democracy movement in Hong Kong. ( The Rockets GM)
And the NBA has panicked.
Now I know most of you have not been to China.
The NBA is a big damn deal there. Even in the off-season, they show game constantly on several TV channels. The only thing close in the English Premiere League( soccer)....I watch several EPL matches live on Chinese TV. But it is nothing like the NBA.
The NBA looks at it this way, 1.3 billion potential customers, all moving into the middle class with disposable income.
It got worse when the Commissioner of the NBA came out supporting Free Speech. I was listening to Joe Rogan's Podcast and he was saying the Commissioner might lose his job for not being forceful enough to condemn the tweet.......and in the end the NBA caved to the Chinese Government....
Hell, South Park even addressed it. The episode had James Hardin of the Houston Rockets ( a player) on the plane going to China, " Going to get some of that China Money." Hardin issued an apology to China for what the GM of the Rockets said.
South Park even issued an apology for the China Episode.( It is sarcasm BTW)
China is a scary place, especially going and coming through customs. They took our photos 3 times coming into the country, and 4 times going out.
And this latest NBA/China kerfuffle is just another example of how greedy these big companies are, yes the NBA is a business, and how everything is thrown out the window....morals, ethics, whatever, just to make "some of the China money."
I don't know, I have an open visa to China, but I don't plan to go back......If Jesus is good to me.....In this lifetime....
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Yes, I Agreed
So, there are probably several of you who will decide to unfriend me on Facebook after this blog, and to be honest, in the past, I probably would have unfriended myself.
And if you do, well, "good luck to you."
I have a wedding next week I agreed to do....and you may or may not know who one of the persons might be....
Yes, it is a gay wedding.
It's my first one.
I am not kidding. I am a bit nervous.....And I do not know why?
I really don't want to to "booger" it up. And many of you know, I am apt to screw up, I've not had a clean one yet, then again, years ago, I was speaking to an old pastor friend of mine who is no longer with us saying, he never got one completely clean, and he was a minister for 50 years. ( I stopped doing wedding for a number of years when I was at Buna. I didn't want people to know....)
Of course, I'll have to sign as an ordained pastor of one of the "organizations" who is a little bit more open towards such marriages. ( I'm ordained/licensed in two)
The other one still thinks it is 1952.......Sort of like the Buna ISD when I arrived in the 90s......I wonder if they've made it to the early 60s yet?
Still my favourite Baptist Joke
Q- When you go fishing, why do you always carry more than one Baptist?
A- Cause if you only take one, they'll drink all the beer.
So, you may ask, why?
Look, I know some of you have a problem with "gays."
Yet, you have some sin of your own going on....And lord knows I've done weddings with one of the people, sometimes, both with 2-3-4 ex-wives/husbands.....But, somehow, you think that's okay....
It is not my business to judge here.....In many cases you've already been "shacked up" for a while and have children from this "union." I am just making it legal.
And Lord knows, I'm anything but sinless, just read the blog....
I don't know, I may go to hell for it, but I doubt it. I've done worse.
And if you do, well, "good luck to you."
I have a wedding next week I agreed to do....and you may or may not know who one of the persons might be....
Yes, it is a gay wedding.
It's my first one.
I am not kidding. I am a bit nervous.....And I do not know why?
I really don't want to to "booger" it up. And many of you know, I am apt to screw up, I've not had a clean one yet, then again, years ago, I was speaking to an old pastor friend of mine who is no longer with us saying, he never got one completely clean, and he was a minister for 50 years. ( I stopped doing wedding for a number of years when I was at Buna. I didn't want people to know....)
Of course, I'll have to sign as an ordained pastor of one of the "organizations" who is a little bit more open towards such marriages. ( I'm ordained/licensed in two)
The other one still thinks it is 1952.......Sort of like the Buna ISD when I arrived in the 90s......I wonder if they've made it to the early 60s yet?
Still my favourite Baptist Joke
Q- When you go fishing, why do you always carry more than one Baptist?
A- Cause if you only take one, they'll drink all the beer.
So, you may ask, why?
Look, I know some of you have a problem with "gays."
Yet, you have some sin of your own going on....And lord knows I've done weddings with one of the people, sometimes, both with 2-3-4 ex-wives/husbands.....But, somehow, you think that's okay....
It is not my business to judge here.....In many cases you've already been "shacked up" for a while and have children from this "union." I am just making it legal.
And Lord knows, I'm anything but sinless, just read the blog....
I don't know, I may go to hell for it, but I doubt it. I've done worse.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
I Was an A$$hole This AM
I know, for many of you, you find that shocking, from my normal, cool, calm, collected sweeter than sugar, so sweet, they often call me, " Sugar-Pie-Pudding."
When I arose at my normal 5AM and went into the kitchen to get the Community American Blend Coffee started, I noticed that he modem for the internet was dead....Again....
I did not "Pass Go, Did Not Collect $200" and immediately called the American Telegram & Telegraph Company.....
Of course at 5AM, the call center was in Mumbai...or Delhi....or Calcutta....Where I spoke to "Julie."
I have to be careful here. I have an "April." ( Real name, Yu Zhou...or as her father refers to her as, " ZhouYu"......I don't really understand Chinese names or the grammar, and may never do so.....)
I was not nice to "Julie."
Oh, I started nice at first, but " Julie" got snippy with me one time and I lost it. I could not understand her " Hindu accent" or one of the 800 other language accents they speak in India and asked her to repeat herself one too many time....
I went full "teacher" mode.
I got transferred to "Julie's " supervisor.....
It got worse.
I could not understand the man for nothing...And wanted me to waited several more days for a technician.....He finally hung up.
I was on the line with "Inja " as Kipling called it...59 minutes.
At 8AM, I called the American Telegram & Telegraph again.....I got a lady in.......Dallas, Texas.
It took 30 minutes and a lady who sounds like " us."
I now have internet......
Again....
Let's see how long it lasts this time before I get to call "Inja" again....
Actually, I am proud of myself, I didn't call anyone a"Mutherfucker, or Cocksucker, or Dick-Lick......."
When I arose at my normal 5AM and went into the kitchen to get the Community American Blend Coffee started, I noticed that he modem for the internet was dead....Again....
I did not "Pass Go, Did Not Collect $200" and immediately called the American Telegram & Telegraph Company.....
Of course at 5AM, the call center was in Mumbai...or Delhi....or Calcutta....Where I spoke to "Julie."
I have to be careful here. I have an "April." ( Real name, Yu Zhou...or as her father refers to her as, " ZhouYu"......I don't really understand Chinese names or the grammar, and may never do so.....)
I was not nice to "Julie."
Oh, I started nice at first, but " Julie" got snippy with me one time and I lost it. I could not understand her " Hindu accent" or one of the 800 other language accents they speak in India and asked her to repeat herself one too many time....
I went full "teacher" mode.
I got transferred to "Julie's " supervisor.....
It got worse.
I could not understand the man for nothing...And wanted me to waited several more days for a technician.....He finally hung up.
I was on the line with "Inja " as Kipling called it...59 minutes.
At 8AM, I called the American Telegram & Telegraph again.....I got a lady in.......Dallas, Texas.
It took 30 minutes and a lady who sounds like " us."
I now have internet......
Again....
Let's see how long it lasts this time before I get to call "Inja" again....
Actually, I am proud of myself, I didn't call anyone a"Mutherfucker, or Cocksucker, or Dick-Lick......."
Monday, October 7, 2019
Bull Sh*t...More Sh*t...Piled Higher and Deeper
No, I am not working on my doctorate. If I ever do, call the men with the white straight jacket, I need a very long rest.
I have not had real access to either the internet, nor my blog in about 10 days.
It is finally back up. With Imelda, American Telephone & Telegraph has a deluge of internet outages in SE Texas.
You think they would call in help from outside the area.....But they have not. We'll just make do with what we got and keep customers without internet for almost 2 weeks.
I wonder if they'll try and charge us for the time without?
Was on an island in the middle of the sea, in a driving rainstorm, 35 mph winds, with a werewolf scratching on the window, and had high-speed internet.
Was in the middle of the Highlands, no place near a village, the nearest village, 18 miles away had a population of 22.....Had high-speed internet.
Was in an airplane over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.....Had internet.
But American Telephone & Telegraph has a tropical system and can't service their customers...And it was a battle for them to send out a technician.
Meanwhile, still waiting for a package from the US Post Office. The Royal Mail got it to America in a couple of days.....The USPS decides to send it on a tour of America. Boston, to Minneapolis, to Cincinnati to Georgia....
Okay, the ole Govteach is back.....
I have not had real access to either the internet, nor my blog in about 10 days.
It is finally back up. With Imelda, American Telephone & Telegraph has a deluge of internet outages in SE Texas.
You think they would call in help from outside the area.....But they have not. We'll just make do with what we got and keep customers without internet for almost 2 weeks.
I wonder if they'll try and charge us for the time without?
Was on an island in the middle of the sea, in a driving rainstorm, 35 mph winds, with a werewolf scratching on the window, and had high-speed internet.
Was in the middle of the Highlands, no place near a village, the nearest village, 18 miles away had a population of 22.....Had high-speed internet.
Was in an airplane over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.....Had internet.
But American Telephone & Telegraph has a tropical system and can't service their customers...And it was a battle for them to send out a technician.
Meanwhile, still waiting for a package from the US Post Office. The Royal Mail got it to America in a couple of days.....The USPS decides to send it on a tour of America. Boston, to Minneapolis, to Cincinnati to Georgia....
Okay, the ole Govteach is back.....
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