End of year pseudo victory

If you read this blog regularly, you know I rant and rave about how large corporations do not treat us, their customers, well.

I spent over a hour and half getting a problem fixed and being persistent and finally got my rates lowered from a large corporation today. Yes, one and a half hours plus just to get them to treat me like a customer, but they finally did. I do not know if this is good or bad anymore, yet I managed to get something accomplished. I am not saying the name of the corporation because I am still mad at them and they do not pay me to advertise for them. Small cheap victories to end the year. I guess I will happily take it. I will be saving money compared to what I have been spending. Still too much in my eyes, but better.

And the Cowboys made the playoffs so does anyone know what goes well with crow. I am happy for them, yet I picked them to go 8-8 and not make the playoffs.  I will take this and I hope they end the season on a high note and beat the Giants. Win or lose though the offense needs to get in a rhythm pronto if they want to have a chance in the playoffs.

And the Mavs ended their skid, but go right back on the road and play the team they just beat. And after that they have a back to back home/road series with another team. The NBA loves to have fun with their schedules. 

And how does both the President and the Democrats manage to play chicken with 800,000 jobs going into the new year. I know it is the President’s shutdown and on him, but the Democrats need to come up with a rational alternative or soon they won’t be smelling like roses either. And the irony is based on the last poll I saw the Republicans in Congress are getting the least blame. It was their acquiescence of Trump in the first place that help put us here.

We need new major parties. We just do. At least one that puts the middle class first, doing that will create rational public policy for the whole of the country.

Cheers

Merry Christmas

Peace on Earth

And goodwill to all

A border wall idea

Our MAGA government is partially shut down and no one seems to know what to do as of the last article I read this morning. And as another article states Trump’s mind is being run by talk show hosts, okay maybe not exactly but you get the point.

What to do, what to do, well someone needs to hack into the FOX NEWS feed and play the movie “A Day Without A Mexican”. (And yes I know it is not up for best picture anywhere on planet Earth now or back when it was made). The plan here is to hack into the timeframes that Trump’s favorite hosts are on and maybe he will think it is a FOX News documentary and rethink what is going on inside his head. (If there is anything going on in his head besides being told what to do). And since FOX News is not really a news station registered with the FCC what can they say, a movie is entertainment and FOX is registered as an entertainment broadcaster with the FCC so we haven’t changed formatting with showing the movie. At some point something must change. It is a desperate idea, but enough is enough with this administration.

And speaking of being told what to do, why is it foreign dictators have more sway over Trump’s opinion than our own generals and national security personnel? He just handed over half the middle east to Putin by withdrawing troops from Syria. I know the troops do need to come home, but Assad will regain control of Syria, Erdogan will unabashedly attack the Kurds, and Putin will continue to expand his web of influence.  Is there anyone in this country with a clue on how to run Middle East policy? Throw in Saudi Arabia is just a bunch of murdering pricks and ISIS has become like cockroaches buried into the walls still eating away the region and seriously Trump is the last person that needs to manage US Middle East policy, much less anything else. And the rational non-corrupt people in Israel must be pulling their hair out.

I do not know how the Republican Party can continue to allow the destruction of our country day after day. Even if the Democrats could really wrestle back some type of control, they wouldn’t know what to do either. We need to slow down and really examine what we do going forward.

It may be it is Saturday morning, it may be the cinnamon vanilla coffee one of my daughters served me (what is with this flavored coffee phase people are going through?), just give me coffee or covfefe, if I want flavor I will add flavored cream otherwise, black coffee please, or it may be another one of those minor transitions in life I am going through today, but something just ain’t right with the world.

Cheers

Trump legal thoughts, minor warning, and a compliment

Two issues in the news both involving a legal question for Trump. Well… there are probably hundreds of legal issues facing Trump, I just have a comment on two.

People are talking about the President cannot be indicted while President, so does that mean any statutes of limitations be postponed till after his Presidency. I do not know, his possible crimes may have no statute of limitations, but if any do I think there needs to be a postponement till he is out of office then the clock starts.

And I think I have commented something similar before, but can we implement a Temporary Restraining Order on the Wall if Trump forces it through with a government shutdown.  It would be a legal precedent, but why not try.

I love eggnog.

Or let’s build the damn thing and build it well so we have a thousand year monument of bad public policy, wasted tax dollars, government largess, con job, ignorance, etc so hopefully future generations are smarter than us.

If you come to Texas avoid I-35 at all costs if possible. The portion of highway from San Antonio to Denton is one large traffic jam 24/7/365. And it is always under construction somewhere along this route. I know you do not have a choice, but if there was one or can do something else, do it. Especially if it doesn’t involve excessive tolls.

We need high speed trains.

And you know I rant and rave about the need to get off combustion engines, but I do have to admit, there was a time where you could fix them yourself. Too many things can break down in a car nowadays and unfortunately the computer and electrical systems are major headaches. It is the one problem I see in electric cars. Hopefully they can figure this out and make them home repairable. Life could be great.

And I am always complaining about drivers who make mistakes and then do something to correct the mistake which almost gets people killed. Sometimes real horrendous accidents occur. And if they would only just go to next exit or the next light where they could correct their mistake rationally and not endanger others, that is the way it should work out. Yet time after time you see people put themselves above others and do something totally insane at highway speeds. Well the other day I witnessed a car do the right thing. You could see disaster coming and I was already getting mad when lo and behold, he made the right decision, drove on, made the u-turn and got back on track. I was shocked. So the person in the Kia coming off Woodall Rogers the other day, good job and thank you.

Quick Dallas Sports update

First of all, there is this crow starting to appear on my balcony. It wasn’t around at the first of the fall, nothing, yet over time it has appeared. Still somewhat in the distance most of the time, it is inching closer and closer not quite demanding I eat it, but the problem is I may have to.

Yes folks, I put in print the Cowboys would go 8-8 for the year and that 8-8 was the optimistic preseason projection were my thoughts. Well lo and behold, the defensive backs are playing better than I expected, the linebackers and front line are even better than I predicted, and they went out and got a number one receiver. Dak is holding is on so that lets Zeke be Zeke. There are still a few games left but eating crow on that prediction is becoming more of a reality every week. Well good them and good for me as a fan. Better to eat crow on a downside prediction than an optimistic prediction.

It is winter, and the Rangers haven’t made a headline trade yet so who knows for them. Pitchers and Catchers report in just under three months. Maybe by then we will know more by then.

I still haven’t figured out the Stars. Better than average, but definitely not title contender????????

FC Dallas made the playoffs then fizzled. Maybe on an upswing for next year. Need to pay more attention.

And the Mavs are also playing better than advertised, not for me, but for the general public. I felt that the sum was better than the pieces and all the team is playing well. If they can get their act together on the road they might go far. And what is worse they lost two excruciatingly close road games back to back earlier which helped put them in the hole they were in. Now they must step up on the road. They have had a good run at home, but more road games are coming up. And the one tonight on a back to back in the Big Easy is a real test. I am not saying it is a must game, but it is a statement game that will put them in a position to have real games in March and April. They cannot be a split personality team with good play at home and not enough on the road. They need consistency now, so they have momentum later.

My thoughts on the state of Dallas Sports on this chilly late fall day.

Cheers