You Can't Fix Stupid, But You Can Move

     Earlier this month, California voters passed Proposition 30, a ballot measure containing a number of tax increases that will help avoid drastic cuts to the state's higher education system.
     There's no solution to stupidity that is lawful; your only lawful option if you live in that craphole called California where people vote to steal your money using the guns of the government as a means to compel you to to turn it over and then give it to a bunch of thieves on Wall Street -- not even spending it on a program to benefit you and your children -- is to move!     Florida here I come

Democracy Works!

     So now we have our President and I'm satisfied - the system works for 51% (or in this case 49.7%) of the electorate. Personally I'm glad Obama won because he can still be held responsible for the murder of four Americans in Benghazi. He just stated a week after the election (hmmmmm) that he was responsible for Susan Rice being the "network mouthpiece". So networks (including FNC), if you get Rubed by a shill, it's your own fault because everyone knows that the Whitehouse Crew is a bunch of Chicago thugs masquerading as our national government.
     My more immediate concern is voiced by of all things a European newspaper....Czech on top of that. How's this for insight? It was translated into English from an article in the Prague newspaper Prager Zeitungont:

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the  necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president."

     So I went to the 30th Sweetwater Cafe reunion for a nightclub in Redondo Beach. I saw some wonderful old friends I hadn't seen since 1987. All the musicians playing were headliners including Vince Gill and The Sweethearts of the Rodeo, altogether 5 hours of wonderful music from blues, bluegrass, country, and rock and roll.

     My granddaughter Ella, has become really good at riding her scooter and is practicing for when she can ride the Harley.

My Iron Horse Stable

     So I had gone to visit my daughter and her family having ridden my black Heritage Springer back to California and now I was in "Harleyville", York, PA with no ride in the beautiful fall.....
     While cruising Ebay,what do you know, there was a white Heritage Springer which hadn't met the reserve. Long story short, we made a deal so I flew into Manchester, NH and he picked me up and I rode that one back to York. Now I have a ride on each coast and I only have to cruise locally.

The Pennsylvania Project

I have just returned from my daughters where the township mandated a sewer hookup. Granted the plumber was asked to not repair the yard that was dug up for 120 ft because the lawn was in need of repair anyway.

So Aleta got a new shed to replace the tree damaged one with one big enough to hold all the stuff in the garage and a grading contractor removed the clay, rocks, and weeds so the topsoil backfill would make the profile possible to use the riding lawnmower.



After the grading was completed a hydroseeding contractor came in a provided instant gratification. Fortunately the rains arrived two days later and then another week brought another deluge.

Atlas Shrugged part II coming

Taxes or Tithings

So we have the "Buffet Rule" where his capital gains taxes are lower than employee's income taxes. These complainers are comparing apples and pomgranates - de ain't the same!
And the redistribution artists want to tax the top 10% more.... ostensibly to make up for the bottom 47% not paying ANY taxes - WHAT?
Why should 47% of the nation's population not pay taxes? We are all in this 30 year loss of GDP abuse together.

Is Anyone Listening??? - oh you don't care?

• The stock market is dumping and if your working the Fed printing has "stolen" 12% of your wages.
• Spain has overtaken Greece in a catastrophic slide into economic oblivion - Europe and China are soon to follow. Can America be far behind....REAL unemployment is 22.5%! How is YOUR job?
• There is a lot more but for fear of becoming "lost in the weeds", but you're going to have to look for yourself.
• In the meantime I'll start rooting for Obama - I've become tired of waiting for the debacle of Europe to blow up. Obama's policies (or lack thereof) will hasten what will happen here. Duck and cover!

Emergency West Coast Plumber-traveling

So after having been back for a week on a new project, an emergency call from Pennsylvania - a plumbing leak. Fortunately only one but it's the fifth time!! Time to call a corrosion consultant! Between 10 hr on a step ladder and climbing stairs to the upstairs bathroom my calves are killing me. But time with the grandkids and moviing Aleta's stuff into her new shed. The neighbor did a bang-up job for the new shed site. And it's already half full but the garage is starting to thin out.

Hugely Colossal Giant Prawns

One of the few REALLY delicious dinners....they cannot make a BLT though. And Friday's are gift time for a bottle of South African Claret and chocolates. The buffet is huge and even includes egosi a Nigerian specialty.

Traveling for Work (again)

I now have a 2 month project inspecting water pipe for a Chevron project in Bwari a suburb of Abuja, Nigeria. Our team of 6 is working 12 hr shifts 7 days a week for this 9 mile pipeline. The security is keeping the Boko Haram at bay including concertina wire at the hotel wall.

A Birthday Party for My 65th

No sheetcake for me! Just extra, extra, extra chocolate! And grateful for my daughter's oven including two grandkids willing to help me eat a cake celebrating my 65th birthday.

Time for an Update

Visiting my daughter with Ella and Philip at one of Lincoln's stops coincidentally the home of Hanover Pretzels. I got the site for Aleta's new shed prepped so she can empty her garage and get started on her furniture refinishing projects without have to climb over the riding lawnmower ha ha.