Saturday, August 17, 2024

My Two Cents Worth While Sweating Out Another August in Texas


 

_It’s definitely hot here in North Texas.  It’s not record breaking, but it is news making.  It’s interesting how many of the record hot days here in Grayson County Texas are from the last century.  We have not yet become an urban heat island here.  So, what you see and feel is what you get; and it’s pretty close to what folks got 100 years ago or 50 years ago.  I’m not denying climate change, I’m just making an observation.

_The British are coming. It appears that our cousins in the UK have finally had enough.  Mass immigration combined with a lack of cultural assimilation have finally reached the boiling point.  Many British citizens, generational British citizens are fed up.  They have learned a lesson that inclusion is a hard pull when people come from entirely different cultures and religions.  And if they don’t look like each other it makes it even more difficult.  Not impossible, but not something that just happens because certain progressive elites think it’s a good idea.  Everyone must work together and want to get along.  And frankly, the newcomers end up having to want it the most and work harder to get it.  So far, that’s what we’ve seen here in the United States.  Perhaps because we are a nation of immigrants.  But it’s not easy.

_Donald Trump may have dodged the assassin’s bullet, but he is now shooting himself in the foot on a regular basis.  Ignoring the counsel of cooler heads and seasoned advisors, he’s making it personal. Trump is also showing signs that his age is catching up with him.  It’s not a good look.  The GOP, with Trump leading the charge, is on the way to losing the November election, not only for the White House, but “down-ticket” which means the Democrats will control the Executive Branch, The Senate and The House.

_Excluding the bizarre opening ceremony, I enjoyed watching some of the Olympics, especially track and field.  The USA did well.  Those from Texas or developed in Texas showed up and showed out.  But the Olympics has too many events and too many participants with no chance of winning a medal or even being competitive.  Fewer events, fewer athletes and a shorter, classier opening ceremony would make the Olympics much better in my opinion.  (Old guy now pulls up his pants, slaps a newspaper against his leg and rattles the change in his pocket.)


"It is greencards that become blue passports. It is unlearning the language of our grandparents. It is knowing how to pronounce Arkansas and Illinois.  It is enjoying barbeques on somber national holidays."-Anamika Nair




 


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