Random Thoughts for May
2020
By Robert A. Hall
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Note to friends on Facebook. I do not do messenger; I just
delete them.
Democrat governors: Overreacting, overreaching, and
overbearing.
How many of the left politicians and media bashing Trump over
hydroxychloroquine
would suddenly demand the drug if they tested positive for COVID-19?
Coronavirus has revealed two things. 1. The totalitarian
impulse is very strong on the left. 2. A majority of the people are now passive
enough to go along with any orders from “authorities.”
Politicians need to stop playing doctor and let real doctors
decide if a drug is effective and worth the risk. All drugs have side effects. I’m
on Prednisone. Nasty side effects. I had cataracts, a tremor, still have
diabetes and osteoporosis. There are others I haven’t had. But if some politician
had banned it in 2013 because some other politician thought it was good, I’d be
dead.
Contrary to reports, no organization that is a 501©3 charity
like the Kennedy Center may make political donations. That does not apply to
their officers, board members and donors, of course.
When Corona virus struck, Democrats sprang into action,
making sure the Kennedy center got a big grant, PBS got a big grant, and the
Congress Critters got huge pay rases. We should all be grateful to them for
this help in the war on COVID!
There is nothing like good military training to instill
self-discipline in a person. There is nothing like bad military training to
wreck a life.
I wonder how many COVID deaths in NYC can be traced, step by
step by step, back to people who followed the mayor and his administration
advice to ignore the virus and go to the parade in Chinatown? How many in San Francisco
who followed Pelosi’s advice? We will never know.
This lock down
is terrible. I haven't had bat for dinner in weeks.
As I get older, opening packages is harder, especially pill
blister packs and bottles. I call foul imprecations on the manufacturers’
heads!
You are as likely to see a spending bill coming out of
Congress not packed with pork, as to see unicorns dancing on your lawn.
Dawdling is expandable to fill any available time.
If Trump recommend that COVID-19 patients breathe, our
governor would ban breathing.
Politicians get reelected by promising pork—paid for by
us—to interest group to get their votes.
Shouldn’t “a while” be a compound word?
Don’t worry if someone threatens you. People who really mean
to do you harm will act without warning.
I have severe osteo-arthritis
in my right hip, makes it painful to walk, especially painful to get in and out
of cars & bed, and to put on pants. Need my wife or a sock helper to put
the right one on. This is clearly Trump's fault. I don't know why, but I'm sure
if I tell the Democrats or media, they will tell me.
The mind grows annoyed when
the body won’t.
I think they should form an,
“Almost Joined the Marine Corps League.” They could hold reunions, tell war
stories about how close they came, get tee shirts and ball caps.
I think there may be a lot
less church-going, but a lot more praying.
Shut up and drink your
Kool-Aid.
No group that makes political
contributions should receive tax dollars.
New insults: “She lies like a reporter.”
“He’s as vile as Nancy Pelosi.”
Anyone who has made a fortune after a lifelong career in
politics should be very suspect.
No help to sanctuary cities!
To those who hold the State as God, independent thinking and
self-reliance are the blackest sins.
I sometimes have imaginary conversations with my Marine
Drill Instructors, giving them an update on my life and an account of my
actions. I hope they would be proud of me.
I think my motto should be, “Persevering in the Face of
Stupidity,” Often, alas, my own.
The old saying, “That was then, this is now,” takes on a
more poignant meaning when you are old.
After this is over, the fakes who wore military uniforms
will now be wearing scrubs.
I hated it at the time, but I’m so glad that my third and
fourth grade teachers required me to memorize the multiplication tables. I use
them almost daily; the numbers just jump in my head. Kids who aren’t learning
the multiplication tables are being deprived of a tool that would help them all
their lives.
Ad on TV said, “We’re not in the car business, we’re in the
people business.” Went by to get a slave to clean our house, turned out they
were in the car business after all. So many ads are full of feelgood BS!
The VA gave me compression socks because my right foot is
swollen. Painful struggle to get on that foot, as I have osteo arthritis in my
right hip. I wonder what next indignity old age will heap on me? (Never mind,
now I know. Fungus infection in my old lung.)
How is a “gentle reminder” different from a regular
reminder?
About 10.5% of Americans are diabetic, and it’s growing. Smart
food manufacturers will start making more sugar free stuff like cookies, candy,
and backed goods, and more “no sugar added” ice cream, etc. Why miss that
market?
“Almost,” “Tried,” “Meant to,” and “Forgot,” garner no
rewards.
Americans will be delighted if a cure for coronavirus is
founds. Except Democrats. They will only be delighted if it’s not a cure Trump
recommended. Or if it’s expensive and made by a pro-left firm.
I learned “social distancing” in high school!
People will hold to a beloved belief in the face of all
facts.
“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end.”
Tell illegals their stimulus checks are at the local ICE
office.
Some Lenin Quotes that may sound familiar: “It is true that liberty is precious -
so precious that it must be rationed” “There
are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.”
“A lie told often enough becomes truth”
“The press should be not only a collective
propagandist and a collective agitator,
but also a collective organizer of the masses” “One man with a gun can control 100 without one.”
I must be a
pretty special person, because both in my email inbox and on Facebook, there
are always so many people wanting to save me money.
"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the
stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the
citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods
of human history, the stage of rule by brute force." –Ayn Rand
Procrastination is its own punishment.
Land ‘O Lakes butter is racist. They removed the picture honoring Indian
women from its package because some anti-Indian bigot complained.
If it wasn’t for double standards the Democrats wouldn’t have any
standards at all.
What in the platform of today’s Democrats would dismay a member
of the Communist Party USA from the 1950s or 1960s?
Greed lends itself to flowery and noble covers, but it is
still greed.
Make good choices. I have interviewed over 315 veterans for
the VA’s My Life, My Story project. Those who made good choices have had
wonderful lives. Those who made bad choices about smoking, drugs, alcohol, education,
careers, or wives/partners have had miserable lives.
“Action springs
not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” -- Dietrich
Bonhoeffer
"Tolerance
of intolerance is cowardice." —Ayaan Hirsi Ali
My dad, Robert
R. Hall, after he retired: “I get up in the morning with nothing to do, and by
the time I go to bed, it’s only half done!”
I wish I had
the money to give to every charity and political campaign I think deserves
support. Alas, just an average Joe, not Bill Gates.
No
politician can admit a mistake. The opposition would savage him/her. And the
media as well, if it fit their agenda.
Too often
the evildoers finish their lives full of honors and riches. One hopes their
will be justice in the next world.
The American
Right has a philosophy, while the American Left has only an enemies list.
–Kevin Williamson
In round
numbers, Hitler killed 40 million, Stalin killed 60 million, and Mao killed 80
million. But many survived. Any many will survive the coming leftist
authoritarian state. But not those like me who are old, or weak, or refuse to
be enslaved.
If Trump says
obesity is bad for you, buy McDonald’s stock.
Every time I open
a medicine package, I hope the Tylenol Killer is burning in hell.
With the
accusations against Joe Biden, #MeToo has gone to #WhoShe.
My morning
exercise routine now is putting on the compression socks the VA wants me to wear.
Don’t laugh. It’s as exhausting and painful as PT ever was.
COVID has released the petty tyrant in many politicians. If
a governor or mayor orders a lockdown, their salary should cease until it is
lifted.
To get an idea, I ran our retirement fund number in January
of 2016. Then I deducted our monthly draws for expenses since then and the car
we bought granddaughter Britnye. Even with the market collapse, we are about
$140k better off than we were on 1/16.
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“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
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royalties are donated to the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund.
*****
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. During the
crisis he is working from home.
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