Thursday, August 1, 2019

Random Thoughts for August 2019


Random Thoughts for August 2019
By Robert A. Hall
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst/Are full of passionate intensity. –W.B. Yates

They say, “Dress for the job you want, not the one you have.” But it turns out the Chippendales don’t wear that much.

There really are monsters in the world, but they look just like us. Always have.

Churchill said: “Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.”

“There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.” ― George Orwell.


“An expectation is a disappointment in the planning state.” Dr. Danusha Goska, “God Through Binoculars.”

Every day I thank God for not squashing me like a bug. God knows I’ve given him enough reasons to.

Government websites all suck because the people ordering them know knowing about website design, and they take anything suggested by the designers because the taxpayers, not them, are footing the bill.

Bands and singers are always doing “Tribute Albums” with the tunes that famous bands or singers did. Basically, they’re out to make money. So, I think they should do a tribute album to cash.

Trying to replace a key for my granddaughter’s car. Called six places without luck. God I hate voicemail answering instead of a person. Must have wasted an hour on the hoop jumping.

It’s a good thing hair doesn’t get fat. It’s the only saving grace for some women.

Young men talk about their sex lives. Middle aged men talk about their jobs. Old men talk about their health. (Pardon if I already used this, I can’t find it.)

Have you noticed that the same people claiming there is no such thing as gender are always complaining about the gender pay gap?

Left to their own devices, many things get twisted: Phone cords, blood pressure cables, people…

From an article on reading from Calliope, the publication of the Mensa writers' special interest group: “The number of adults not reading any book in a given year nearly tripled between 1978 and 2014.” “From 2003 to 2016, the amount of time the average American devoted to reading for personal interest on a daily basis dropped from 0.36 hours to 0.29 hours.” These trends do not bode well for the Republic of the future of civilization.

Socialism always begins with golden promises and always ends in bloody coercion. Always. People have to be coerced by the socialist elites to do what they don’t think is in their personal interests.

I don’t know if I should be worried, but my Fitbit says I died two years ago.

You know you’re old when it hurts to put on your trousers.

The greatest temptation for a politician is to buy votes with someone else’s money. Especially if the person designated to pay for the goodies in too young to vote or, better, not born yet.

When I was an 18-year-old Marine boot, I thought nothing of getting up at 0500 and running three miles. I don’t think a hell of a lot of it today.

I got on an elevator with a somewhat overweight woman. There were only the two of us. The elevator said, “This elevator is full, take another.” The woman said, “No it’s not! That’s just body shaming!”

Sometimes you have to do something that doesn’t make any sense, just because you have to do it.

Madison Bumper Sticker: Honk if you Have to Poop!

Sign at a flea market: Chocolate doesn’t judge. Chocolate understands.

It’s hard for a lot of politicians (and many others) to keep their Inner Jerk under control.

Punctuality is a virtue which is distressingly absent in a majority of people today.

I’m blessed by not having a discriminating palate. Three-day old coffee or yesterday’s tea bag is fine. “Best by” dates are only suggestions. Milk is not past its use date until the smell makes you gag.

Politicians and people on both sides throw epithets, because throwing rock, which they really want to do, is not socially acceptable. So far.

Politicians get elected appealing to people’s worst emotions: greed, hate, fear, anger, bigotry, group-bias.

When some folks die, they should be cremated and dropped in the sewer, so they’ll feel at home.

If you successful use a government website, they are required to redo the site, making it even more complex.

Get the collection! My “Random Thoughts” from 2009 through July, 2013 are collected in this book: The Old Jarhead's Journal: Random Thoughts on Life, Liberty, and Leadership by Robert A. Hall
The Old Jarhead’s Journal is a collection of Random Thoughts on politics and life and Conservative Political Essays, mostly published on the author’s blog, including the essay “I’m Tired” which went viral on the Internet in 2009, “The Hall Platform,” “This I Believe,” and “Why I’m a Republican.” While they will be of interest to conservative thinkers, they are collected here in book form as a service to readers who wish to give a copy to favorite liberals and watch their heads explode. All royalties are donated to the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund.

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Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam Veteran who served five terms in the Massachusetts State Senate. He is the author of The Coming Collapse of the American Republic. http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Collapse-American-Republic-prevent/dp/1461122538/ref=sr_1_5?s=booksandie=UTF8andqid=1304815980andsr=1-5 For a free PDF of Collapse, e-mail him at tartanmarine(at)gmail.com. Hall’s twelve books are listed here: http://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-book-published.html. His blog of political news and conservative comment is www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com. He currently works part-time as a writer-editor in the My Life, My Story program as the Madison VA hospital, interviewing vets and writing up their life histories.

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