Come Heller high water …
- Ten days after the mid-term elections, it’s becoming pretty darned clear that we did in fact see a blue wave of sorts, both nationally and in Michigan. It wasn’t a tsunami-sized wave, but it was close. I like to think the GOP is having a come to Jesus moment and thinking, “Gosh, maybe taking away health insurance,
demonizing immigrants, ticking off women, screwing the environment, stoking fears, ignoring gun massacres, gerrymandering the crap out of the states, suppressing minority voting and pandering to the rich weren’t the best strategies after all. Maybe we should try being nice for a change.” More likely, though, they’re thinking, “Nah, more of the same in 2020!” They’ve become the double-down party. - The president said voters disguised themselves to vote again and again. Darn it, caught me. I personally voted 25 times – you should have seen the pile of clothes and hats in my car. After vote number 12, I was starting to run out of phony accents, too. What stress.
- I saw a commercial for an app called Smart News that said it’s a better news site because it offers “news from both sides.” But news reports what happens, it doesn’t take “sides.” Fox News takes sides. MSNBC takes sides. We don’t need “sides.” We need news based on facts, not on an interpretation of the facts by a political party. Interpretations of the news are called “opinions.”
- Also saw a tweet from Buzzfeed that said, “Green bean casserole is the best part of Thanksgiving, and if you disagree, we’re gonna have to take this outside.” Outside we go then, Buzzfeed. Green bean casserole is only the second best thing about Thanksgiving. The first is spiced apple rings. Oddly enough, my least favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal is the turkey. Bland bird. I’d prefer steak or pizza.
- And you know why they invented green bean casserole, right? Because without the mushroom soup and delicious Durkee onion pieces, green beans taste like green rubber.
- To the lovely yet formidable Marcia, Thanksgiving this year is being retitled Revenge Day. (If you missed the stunning news, she got into a “situation” with a gigantic tom on the path through the woods near our house a couple of months ago. I don’t want to say she lost the battle but she lost the battle. Sprained ankle, cut toe and a lifelong desire for retribution. She’s looking forward to mocking the turkey on our table this year. It’s gonna be a weird Thanksgiving.)
- I miss liking the Thanksgiving Day parades on TV. But then they killed them decades ago when they added lip-syncing stars and set-piece performances. You don’t stop to perform during a parade. A parade means movement. That’s kinda in the definition of the word parade, y’know?
- Gas prices are dropping as we head into Thanksgiving, which is highly weird. That’s usually when some refinery mysteriously and conveniently springs a leak, causing prices to double. But there’s still time, so …
- So, now that pot is legal, does that mean people will be taking toke breaks at work every hour and a half like they do with cigarettes? And why have smokers always gotten extra time off throughout the day to go indulge their addiction? I’ve never understood that. Made me want to take it up.
- A man in New Jersey who was charged with driving drunk last weekend blamed it on the New York Jets, saying “I drank too much because the Jets suck.” Lions fans are saying, “Decades and decades ahead of ya, pal.”
- Dan Gilbert says he’s not trying to buy the Detroit Tigers. Too bad. They could use new ownership. The Illitch family doesn’t seem to have much interest since dad died. I mean, there’s rebuilding then there’s fan abuse. I’d love to see the Tigers go the route of the Green Bay Packers, who are owned by the fans. (Technically, a publicly owned, non-profit corporation.)
- “There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we discover why.” – William Barclay.
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Spiced apple rings. I don’t recall having any since my gramma (from Atlantic Mine and Houghton, MI) died in 1973. I liked them, too.
Your lack of fondness for turkey – ditto.
Speaking of commercials..have you seen the PR Nestles Waters is running on TV?
Free water for Flint. Great short term but….I can’t help but wonder if election results in Michigan are making them nervous that their sweetheart deal pumping millions of gallon for pennies will come under scrutiny.
Blue Wave……… Mmm Good.
The fibber in chief piling on more lies………… I will pass, (he is repulsive.)
Smart News……. too early to call.
Green Bean Casserole……… Mmm Good.
Thanksgiving Day Parades………… I will pass. (too commercial now days.)
Gas prices dropping……. Mmm Good.
Cigarette breaks…….. I will pass. (I also could never understand how employees could get up and go out for repeated smoke breaks throughout the day while non-smokers continued to toil at their job.
Lions Fans……. Mmm Good. (We got to be good, we have put up with a bad product for most of our lives.)
Detroit Tigers……… I will pass. (1968 and 1984 seem like so long ago……… they were, and we have suffered since.)
There are two great days in a person’s life……… I disagree, every day is a great day in life.
And to top of Trump’s very bad week:
“U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly, who was appointed by President Donald Trump last year, said CNN’s attorneys were likely to prevail in their argument that the White House had violated Acosta’s and the network’s First and Fifth Amendment rights.
Under the ruling, Acosta will temporarily receive his press pass back, while the full lawsuit proceeds. “
If banning even one journalist is a violation of the First Amendment than banning even one firearm is a violation of the Second Amendment.
The courts don’t completely agree with you.
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008),
the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm, unconnected with service in a militia, for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense “within the home”. It also stated that the right to bear arms is not unlimited and that guns and gun ownership would continue to be regulated.
Take away the green beans and the mushroom soup and I’ll eat it. Durkee casserole! Turkey roll ups instead of a nasty turkey. Sliced white meat turkey filled with stuffing covered in gravy.
Completely agree. The green beans and mushroom soup are merely means to an end/
Oh, man… I suggest you get up early to cook your turkey, and then have your Thanksgiving dinner at lunch time. Then, and only then, you can make white-meat turkey sandwiches, starting about four pm Thursday, and continuing through Sunday. Nothing ever tastes better!
That’s the mayonnaise talking, I suspect.
President Trump had arguably the best mid term election party retention in history as compared to previous presidents. The HOR may have seen a mild shift to the left but if you look at previous presidential losses during mid terms of this century, President Trump comes out looking great. The Republicans hold the Senate. The President will nominate and see confirmed 1 – 2 additional SCOTUS members over the next few years.
If you are in any way seeing this as any level of “blue wave”, you are not learning from history. The way things look, the 2020 election will be one of the biggest butt kickings in history, with Republicans coming out the Victor’s.
Then why is Trump complaining so much?
The best part about Thanksgiving Dinner is having family together with tons of food choices. I think my family is much like many others. We have about 10-15 food item choices. Literally anyone could find several they enjoy. I am a big believer in offering two meat choices. Turkey is always one and the other seems to cycle between roast beef, ham and corned beef. I also love sending food home with people. Every year I buy about 30 nice, takeout boxes. People always go home with tons of extra in their favorite categories. We will have about 15 total people this year. I will prepare food for about 30.
The really awesome thing is that in about 5 weeks, we also host the family Christmas celebration. Who could ask for a better gift?
One story about cigarette breaks: Back in the 1980s, when over half of Americans still smoked, I had a dopey boss. This dopey boss assumed everybody went out to smoke, every time anybody got up from his or her chair.
He was wrong, though. Sometimes, we went to the rest rooms; sometimes, we went to the warehouse to check on shipments; sometimes, we went to talk to sales people, and so on. Please, all you judgmental puritan authorities, do not make assumptions that might hurt your valuable employees’ careers.
Lock her up! Who is Mr. Trump’s daughter, the one who works in the White House? Ivanka, Ivana, Ivania…? I cannot keep the names straight. Regardless, Trump’s own daughter now is accused of using a private email account for government business! Does that sound familiar? Irony. Hypocrisy. Arrogance. Stupidity. Lock her up!