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I got to much less than I had hoped. The bedding has been washed and put on the beds, the rest of the laundry is ongoing, dishes were set to soak but will probably not be completed tonight, and a few other odds and ends have been tucked in there. I am going to stay up two more hours to finish more laundry though. I can do little else in that time, my get up and go was run over, shot, and then lit on fire. The ashes are in the corner, licking wounds.

I am seeing ideas, politically, that I like. Republicans, in order to have a chance to do something positive, are going to have to hold to some lines. The only way that can happen is if we, the voters, have some sort of litmus testing or contracts. Essentially we have to believe that who will be voting for is who we think we are voting for. This piece offers one sample, among many, going forward. Beyond that, I am seeing proposals for a tax payers' bill of rights. There are items such as these in some states, moving this to a national level could be very good. Now, I will be the first to admit, these are band-aids on gaping wounds. These offers treatments for symptoms, not the disease directly. But at this time, the patient is far from the hospital and the choice is this or more wounds.

The sacrifices we will have to make going back far enough to begin going forward will be harsh. Either that or we will simply crash, financially. It may or may not already be too late. Time will tell. One way to look at it is this: As if the nation were a man, and that man broke his leg very badly some years back; He was never properly treated, and that poorly healed break is interfering with his ability to survive; the choices are grim, the cures available all uncertain, and this while he needs to try and fend for his life. Either we will break the leg again, and set it right this time, though there is no guarantee at this time. Or, by necessity to survive otherwise, an amputation might be necessary if the infections that go with it are becoming too strong or the recovery time would be shorter so that he can survive what else is coming externally. Social Security? Public Sector Pensions? K-doctorate? And add in all the little things, school lunches, the ever expanding highways, on into every sector the government has stuck an unwanted or demanded nose. All needs to be put on the block. Yes, even military spending.

On another subject, and while I know there are wrongs, I have to think the police are generally doing a good job. Perhaps the war on drugs is wrong. I do not agree with that assessment. As it stands, it is the law and the way. As such, from what I see in other countries, our legal system is much more function and fair than any other. Are there nations, anywhere, which allow common drug use? How are they working out? My guess, in the long term, minus the photo-op positives and political, msm, and other spin, their societies are in chaos at best. The drugs available today are simply too potent. Cocaine has become crack, speed has become meth, opium is old and just as bad as ever. No, this is not a beer, this is not even a whiskey, scotch, gin, or vodka. This stuff addicts in as little as one use. There is no going back to licit drugs. I thought we pretty much tried that, to an extent (and if not technically legal) in the 60's and 70's. How did that go? Anyway, when I see articles like this, I have no problem with our cops. Mistakes will happen, it is a war. Corruption will occur, it deals with a lot of money. But I have yet see the level of open corruption in the article. How many, by the way, of those killed were innocent, completely uninvolved? How many of those killed in Mexico by the gangs are uninvolved or advocating against them?

What I am saying is I both believe in the war and understand why the scale of violence has escalated. While I want a perfect police presence in action, that cannot happen. If people want to smoke their stuff, do their junk, mainline their goodies, there are places they can do that. If those places are places they would rather not live, why are they trying to bring the climate that junkies and the societies that allow them to the rest of us? Go, do your stuff in Mexico, or oversees, or wherever allows it. That will eliminate your and our problem. Come on, and if it is just pot you want to do... if you cannot figure that out, you really need help, not more pot. Live with the consequences, that is part of the price. It is not just the seller you might have to pay.

Well, back to... I do not know. Something stupid that kills time until the next two loads finish. Good night.