So I am about to become a Grandpa

It was way back on December 7, 1983 that my son finally showed up at 8:43 am at the Naval  Hospital here in Chucktown. Wow, did my life change. Then on November 6, 1986 at 7:53 am my daughter made her entrance at the Moncrief Army Hospital in Columbia. And wow, did it change again.

I didn't read any books to get ready to be a dad although the wife read every how to book on parenting and taking care of newborns you could get your hands on. I relied on the time tested experience that I had observed from my father and his father and eventually she put the books down and did the some based on the time tested experience of her mother and her mothers mother.

That experience has garnered us two wonderful children who have grown and married and are both now expecting their first children, both boys(much to my excitement). We will welcome our first grandson Zachary into this world sometime in early September and our second grandson Ian in late September or early October.

Now, how does my life differ as a grandpa? We first off, the grands won't be here 24/7 so we can send them home when we have reach our limit. Second I can spoil them rotten like I would never have consider doing with my children when they were growing up.

Having said that, let me say this. I will not "child proof" my house. I think that is a BS way of opting out of teaching your children what they can and cannot do. I never had child safety locks on cabinets when I was a kid. I had a mom and dad who slapped my hand every time I reach for something that I was not supposed to mess with. As as result, I knew what was off limits and knew what was OK to mess with.

We have some great improvements planned for the back yard including a righteous jungle gym setup and kiddie pool. These improvements will in no way intrude on our massive vegetable garden that we enjoy every growing season as we have a double lot to work with.

In closing I am looking forward to this chapter in my life more than I thought I would. One grand son will be local and one is in Connecticut. Hopefully we can see as much as possible of our long distance grandson.

Stay tuned for updates as they get here and grow with us.

Tic Toc Tic Toc...................

With the debt ceiling clock counting down one tic toc at a time to the August 2nd deadline, I was wondering what kind of scare tactic was going to come next from the administration to try to convince the American public the Myans were wrong about the end of the world it was actually coming on August 2nd if we do not authorize an increase NOW!

Let's see, so far we have been warned that:

Social Security checks might not go out on time
Disability checks might be held up
Teachers and Fireman will have to be laid off.
Oh, and Police too.
Let's not forget about the emergency services folks that come to our medical rescue when we have an emergency.
Military retirement checks have been mentioned

So you see, they have covered just about all the things that provide for the safety and security of the general public.


At this hour the House of Representatives are debating the Cut, Cap and Balance bill the Republicans have put forward. Take a look at the details you will realize this is just more utter political BS that we get consistently from both parties. What the hell good does requiring $111 billion in cuts from the 14+ trillion dollar deficit.That is a measly .079% of the total debt of 14 trillion. Oh, and they are allowing a 2.4 trillion increase in the debt ceiling to boot.

Now, I ask you if you are having to decide whether you need to increase your credit limit for the 14th time in the last 10 years or cut back in your spending, what are you going to do? Me, I say look at some cuts in spending. Obviously raising my credit limit 14 times hasn't help reduce my debt. So I look at cutting spending and decide that instead of spending 50 bucks a week on lunch I am only going to spend 49.99.
Now that fixes everything doesn't it?

To make matters worse the insanity on the left wants NO cuts in spending and the 2.4 trillion in debt ceiling.

Now, I got that off my chest to get this off my chest.

WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This country is in trouble. 

If you don't know who Cloward and Piven are, I highly recommend you look them up. You will see that the Progressives are following their playbook to the letter. They are taking deliberate actions that will increase private sector unemployment, shut down businesses and creating a crisis in order to enact more of their playbook mainly though Executive order.

OK, I am done for now. 46 days till football season. Can't get here soon enough.

Let me get this straight, we ran out of money in May, but Uncle Sam is still in business.

So exactly how does this work? The treasury allows the fed to keep operating past the debt ceiling in May with some obscure accounting magic and now they are saying that an obscure measure in the 14th amendment may allow us to avoid default after August 2nd? What the hell kind of smoke and mirror bs is the fed pulling. You either have the money or you don't, there either is a deadline or there is not.

Here is the deal. The distrust after the Civil war prompted the inclusion of the following language in section 4 of the 14th amendment:

"The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void."

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who has warned that a default would have "catastrophic" consequences, raised the clause during a discussion of the debt ceiling in May -- though he did not say the White House should invoke it if negotiations fail.

Here's an idea Mr. Secretary. STOP SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE!!!. AND YES IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE.


Now that I have that off my chest let me ask all of you who voted for this abomination how you feel now. How does it feel to see your country ripped apart from the inside out by a progressive policy that has been in play since the Wilson administration? This entire tenure of the current administration has been about executing the Cloward and Piven strategy of destroying our Republic(yes, we are a Republic not a Democracy) by overloading the public dole(that is the welfare and government assistance payments, bailouts etc) to such a point where the economy collapses and the government has no choice but the come to the rescue. If you are not familiar with Cloward and Piven read up on it and you will see it as clear as day. 

If you aren't awake to what is happening, you better get that way in a hurry or you will be the preverbial frog in the boiling pot.