Rough getting going.

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I did reset the dishes to a fresh soak, ate a meal quite a bit earlier, fed and gave treats to the girls, but that's been it... so far.  I am hoping to do more.  I would like to wash the dishes, get a shower, round up the trash and get it out, rinse then dry the dishes and then set up as many of the remaining dishes, pots, and pans for a clean, then go to bed?  Whatever.  Oh, and if I can, I would like to cut the drywall out.

I also cleaned the toilet and surrounds, just a bit.  I'll still have to sweep and mop the floor, so that doesn't affect cutting drywall.  I will be cautious, in case there is vapor barrier behind.  If it's there, and I do cut it... depending on some things, repairing or replacing isn't too much of an issue.  There is a tape for that.  I think those walls are new enough that if they went by code there will be vapor barrier backing.  Now, mind you, no judgements.  The reality is, code, while it can be a good thing, is just as often a means of pricing things out of the hands of normal people AND jacking up the costs of construction... for government and big biz manipulations (which are why we have gone over a financial cliff).  Hitting bottom will, in time, fix this.  But that hit will hurt.

Is vapor barrier a real health thing?  People have lived without it for all of history.  Paint me skeptical.  Most code, at this point, seems to be about white collar unions and government bureaucracy.  Both of which, in the conflagration, will be hung or run off into the sea... often without boats.  Unless it is a public space, the government really needs to back off.  Or become much more approachable... working with homeowners and such as assistance not as weaponized bureaucrats.  Including helping to lower costs even if the wire isn't the exact right color, so long as it is somehow labeled and arranged correctly.

Is Trump doing some of this?  I would say yes.  From what I can tell he is probably doing as much as he can.  With the judiciary weaponized against the people, and their will, plus with the Republican party being more Democrat than anything else, at the federal level at least, draining the swamp... is difficult.  Just getting them to fulfill their (congressional) promises is unlikely.  They haven't been keeping any of their promises since Reagan, before Reagan really.  I am actually rather surprised that Trump is, or is attempting, to keep his promises or insinuations.  Some of that was spewed in a forked tongue manner.  That IS politics.  That not all of it was?  We'll see.  The trick, the hard part, is getting any support from congress.  That and dealing with a rogue judiciary.  He, Trump, still has my vote to do what is necessary.  If the judiciary has to be stripped and rebuilt, so be it.  As for congress, that is elected.  That, like the presidency, is up to us.  Some of them have to go to prove some points... even if it hurts.

Oh, right... to get to work.  Later.