Musings:
•Inauguration Day has come and gone, and we have a dictator in the White House who threatened/promised he would be.
Previously, following tradition, the U.S. flag had been lowered to half-mast in order to commemorate the passing of former president Jimmy Carter. The commemoration is observed for 30 days which, in this case, included Inauguration Day. The Great Orange One huffed and puffed and demanded that the flag should not be lowered on his day of triumph. T. Rump has been a raging narcissist all his life, and he wanted all of the attention to be focused on him alone, even if it meant taking away attention from a better human being than he will ever be.
BTW, Inauguration Day this year was also Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. What do you suppose T. Rump might have thought about that, dear reader?
•Want a sure-fire way to get yourself elected to a high public office? Here’s what you do. First, you cook your financial records and forego paying your taxes. Second, you sexually assault as many of the opposite gender than yours as you can get away with and bribe them not to “go public.” Third, liberally, insult your political opponents up one side and down the other. Fourth, tell people what they want to hear, even if you don’t mean it. Fifth, promise to do what people want you do, even if you don’t intend to keep those promises. Sixth, deny having said or done anything that was false and/or inaccurate and blame the media for misconstruing what you said or did. Lastly, and most importantly, ask everyone you can think of to donate millions and millions of dollars to your campaign fund (some of which will go toward paying off your legal fees) and/or purchase merchandise you are promoting (and getting a cut of the purchase price). If you do all of the above diligently, why, you may even become President of the United States. (Have I left out anything, B.S.?)
(And here’s an important tip: when in office, work to pass a constitutional amendment which will repeal the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, limiting the President of the United States to only two terms. You could be president-for-life!)
•Well, well, well, B.S., or should I say “Professor” B.S.?, knows how to perform an abortion. And he has taught others how to perform an abortion. One might wonder if he has performed an abortion himself (legal or otherwise) in order to lend authenticity to his lectures.
He spent his entire allotment of words on the how of abortion, but not one word was written about the why which was my entire point. Perhaps he should re-read my essay and get his mind unbent instead of cherry-picking a sentence or two. People like him aren’t interested in the why, however; they would rather rant and rage and call pregnant women and doctors “murderers” to be locked up for life. Doctors should at the very least have their licenses to practice revoked, don’t you know?
•Where did the water go? Californians are asking themselves and government officials this question. Many misinformed persons and Republicans who hope to score a few political points are blaming the Governor of California and the Mayor of Los Angeles (both Democrats) for not being better prepared, given the recent history of wildfires in the state. There is some truth in these accusations, but it is not all of the truth.
What most people don’t know is that California has plenty of water to put out wildfires, but a lot of it is usurped by the meat and dairy industries. These two entities use up 47% of the state’s water each day. Mega-dairies alone consume nearly 150 million gallons of water each day. One pound of beef requires 2,000 gallons, 1,000 gallons go to make one gallon of milk, 900 gallons gets you one pound of cheese, and 477 gallons makes one pound of eggs. Meanwhile, the meat and dairy industries collect huge subsidies from the Federal government every year. You, dear reader, pay for your meat, milk, and eggs twice – once to the mega-farms and once to your local supermarket.
The solution? Go vegan, folks! Each vegan person saves 1,100 gallons of water each day. A pound of tofu requires only 244 gallons. Additionally, 200 animals which are slaughtered in filthy barns escape the blade each day and live to be a ripe old age. Also, a large amount of animal waste, the chief source of air, water, and soil pollution, is prevented.
The best part of veganism, though, is that your physical and mental health improve significantly. The Chas knows.
Just a thought.