Random
Thoughts for December 2021
Robert A. Hall
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Health Update: On October 5, we learned that our
grandson, who had been with us, tested positive for COVID. The VA tested me and
I got my results right away—positive but no symptoms. Bonnie requested a test
from her PCP at SSM. No response. VA calls me every three days to check in. So
she got one at CVS. Also positive with no symptoms. Quarantined for 20 days
until 10/25. Fine now.
November had two anniversaries. 11/3 was the 57th
anniversary of my graduation from Parris Island and becoming in a Marine.
November 7th was the 49th anniversary of my being elected
to the Massachusetts Senate.
Biden claimed he had a plan to end COVID. Turned
out his plan was to force as many people as possible to take the
vaccine developed under Trump's operation Warp Speed.
I notice that in Virginia, the party of “old white men”
elected a black woman, gun supporter and Marine vet Lt. Governor, and a
Hispanic AG.
Being on quarantine gave me time to work on my genealogy. I
found an ancestor who was hanged as a witch at Salem (Rebecca Nurse, 71),
another who was poisoned by his wife and another guy, and one who was hanged
for joining a rebellion against Richard II. Politics was rough in those days.
I'm gather I’m
permanently banned from Facebook. First they said they don’t allow posts
selling weapons and drugs. I didn't post any such. Then they said they don't
allow any posts about suicide and hurting yourself. I didn't do that either. But
my account is disabled. I’ve read that Facebook is as addictive as cigarettes.
So maybe going cold turkey is good for me. More time for other stuff.
I learned that Col. John Studt, my CO in the Marines
reserves, died October 5. He was 91. Fair winds and following seas, Sir. A
great Marine officer, veteran of Korea and Vietnam.
My friend Master Gunnery Sergeant John Lewis went to the VA
for tests. They put him in the hospital, where he had a stroke. Home for hospice.
Dead at 74 eight days after going for those tests.
Going green sounds great until you figure out the green
comes out of your pocket.
A three-day
weekend doesn’t mean much when you are retired.
Given the
number of scam calls, and they large numbers of us that are too wise to lose a dollar,
one would think those who lost money would wise up, giving us herd immunity.
Apparently not.
A little
examination will show that mediocrity is the child of diversity.
Democrats fail to realize this, until the incompetence stares them in the
face…and they still can’t accept responsibility for it. –George S.
How naive is
the Biden administration? They chided the Taliban, who keep sex slaves and
force young girls into marriage, for not having women in their government.
When a little
girl can buy an ice cream with a found blue rock from a guy selling from
his roving truck, a good sign America has not gone completely mad. [That
happened.] –Andy Weddington
A good
grounding is history makes one less concerned about the tribulations of today.
"Morning
is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time
of day." ~ Glen Cook
"In
theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." ~
Albert Einstein
Public arguments by this
president don’t help. They persuade nobody of anything. The bully pulpit has
been reduced to a walker. Nine months into his tenure, Biden is already a spent
force that nobody listens to. In terms of his influence, he went directly from
honeymoon to lame duck. --Dan McLaughlin
After 70, health problems come
in twos and threes.
Don't
trust or take medical advice from anyone who would leave your ass in
Afghanistan. [Borrowed from the net.] –Andy Weddington
There are a lot of people in leadership positions who do not
have leadership skills.
The best gift you can get to have a successful life is
self-discipline. And they will pay you to learn it at MCRD Parris Island and
MCRD San Diego.
From MeWe: Due to unfortunate circumstances I woke up alive
and am on my way to work.
If someone knows a way of making money he won’t spend his time
trying to tell the world how to make money. He’s definitely going to spend most
of his time making money. Unless you are his way of making money. –Tumelo B.
Pule.
Great things never come from comfort zones. –MeWe.com
We had a rotten apple hidden in a bowl, so we became
infested with fruit flies. We found the way to get rid of them was to put apple
cider vinegar in a bowl, cover with saran wrap and hold in placed with a rubber
band. Poke a few holes in the saran wrap, must be large enough the flies can
get through them. Then wait. They get in, can’t get out, and drown in the
vinegar.
Below published in Calliope
by the Mensa Writer's SIG. Fall, 2021.
Autumn Lament
The boy skips ahead on the
dirt road,
Impatient with an old man on a
cane,
The dog bounding between us.
I point out the colors in the
trees,
The hawk gracing a fence rail
on the ridge,
The pink gathering in the
west.
God’s artistry, I tell him,
Hoping he will remember.
But probably not.
And for a moment I imagine
This is still the country I
grew up in.
It’s hard to be a stalker when you use a walker.
For Halloween, I dressed as a Taliban and hit the White
House and Pentagon. Boy did I get goodies!
Has there ever been a society, including communists ones,
where wealth was evenly distributed?
Both the left and the right have their loud whack jobs, who
have influence out of proportion to their numbers because they are loud and
make good copy for the media.
Remember that stimulus check you were so happy about? It’s
long been eaten up by Biden’s inflation.
Anybody who doesn’t believe inflation is out of control
should see what Hunter Biden is charging for a painting. –NR
The
nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of Democrats’ Build Back Better Act on Thursday,
estimating that—before taking the effects of stricter tax enforcement into
account—it would add $367 billion to the deficit between 2022 and 2031.
In a separate analysis, the CBO estimated that BBB’s additional IRS funding
would generate an additional $207 billion in revenue over the same time period,
meaning if the CBO projections are accurate, the legislation would ultimately
add about $160 billion to the deficit over 10 years. –Morning Dispatch
About twice a week we get a fund-raising call for a military,
police, or firefighter’s charity. Usually I’ve never heard of them and assume
they are scams. Doesn’t matter. Being retired means we don’t have the funds to
support all the legit causes we’d like to.
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0085-fundraisers-calling-behalf-police-and-firefighters
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/how-donate-wisely-and-avoid-charity-scams\
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. During the crisis he is
working from home.