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Political discussion with six-year old

I was talking to a friend of mine’s little girl the other day. I asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up and she replied, “I want to be President!” Both of her parents are liberal Democrats and were standing there. So then I asked her, “If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?”

She replied, “I’d give houses to all the homeless people.”

“Wow - what a worthy goal.” I told her, “You don’t have to wait until you’re President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I’ll pay you $50. Then I’ll take you over to the grocery store where there is homeless guy that hangs out there. You can give him the $50 to use toward a new house.”

Since she is only 6, she thought that over for a few seconds. While her Mom glared at me, she looked me straight in the eye and asked, “Why doesn’t the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?”

And I said, “Welcome to the Republican Party.”

Her folks still aren’t talking to me.

Oh well!

How very true.

RLR

With the unfortunate passing of George Carlin, it prompted me to see if I could find one of my favorite routines. Which, I did.

As is the case with all of George’s shows… you may not want to play this, if foul language bothers you.

In fact, if you want to play the five minute video… you’ll have to… (more…)

I just enjoyed a McDonalds Southern Style Chicken Sandwich.

I loved it. I should.

It’s identical in flavor to the Chick Fil A sandwich, and I love those. Bun. Tender chicken. Two slices of pickles. They build them the same, too.

The only thing McDonalds is missing is the waffle fries.

RLR

Science Fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke has died. The world of science fiction has lost an icon.

RLR

I went to a local produce market the other day, here in Honolulu, Hawaii. The open market is located on the Kapiolani Community College parking lot.

On the walk from my car to the market, I saw a person handing out some newspapers. I didn’t get a photo of her, or her publications, but they had the usual Bush Derangement Syndrome pictures and text.

I asked her what this was all about. She said that we needed to close Guantanamo Bay, and prevent the United States from attempting to conquer other countries, etc. etc. etc.

If she’d given me one of her newspapers, I’d have happily taken it and displayed it here, for easy ridicule. But she asked me if I’d like a paper; it only cost a dollar.

Um, no. I’ll not be financing a group that wants to place a failed government system here in the United States.

I did ask if she had a website. And she said yes. Revcom.us.

It doesn’t take any measure of investigative journalism to see that the website she was supporting on the sidewalk is the “Voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.”

Now, it doesn’t come as a surprise to me that a communist party has found a home on the parking lot of a college. Especially here in the liberal state of Hawaii. I just irritates me to find someone that actually believes the crap being spewed from some cheesball group that thinks that communist/socialism is the best solution. The truth of the matter is that communism hasn’t worked, doesn’t work, and will never work. It’s a failed government system. (Failed for the people that it supposedly supports. Not for the ones in charge of the government, of course.)

If I see her again when I visit the market, I’ll try and take her picture. After all, she’s in a public location. She must be so proud of the bullcrap she’s pushing. After all, it’s the freedom of living in the United States that has afforded her the ability to be clueless about living here.

Update Yes, that picture now appears in this posting. I wrote this article when my site was down, and have since taken that photo. Note just how many people are interested in the things she’s selling. Yep. They’re standing in line, alright.

RLR

Well, after much frustration with my old web host, I’ve moved to another one. In fact, I’m still moving. But the 800 pound gorilla that is Aloha Daze seems to be back online. (Nothing like moving around mySQL databases, and relinking them to the code…)

Now, if I can just remember all the things I wanted to say for the last two months…

They say the first thing to go is the mind…. well, I did mind… and that’s why I moved.

RLR

In Hawaii legend, rain is considered a blessing from the gods.

On Black Friday - the Friday after Thanksgiving - the people of Hawaii celebrated the win of the University of Hawaii Warriors football team, as they won the WAC championship at Aloha Stadium for the first time since they joined the WAC twenty-nine years ago. It was, arguably, the best game in the history of the University.

Minutes later, in Honolulu, the showers that were forming came together, and the rain fell.

The blessings were well received by everyone.

RLR

Well, those spammers out there continued to annoy me. They’ll find holes in places you didn’t even know you had places.

So I’ve added a code-verification, care of ProtectWebForm.com.

Now the trick to posting is that you must be registered.. you must be logged in.. and you must type in the correct code in the image verification. (First time posters will have to wait until I approve their first comment.)

It’s not perfect by any stretch… but I’m hoping it cuts down on the spam a great deal. We shall see.

RLR

Yeah, I’ve been scarce in regards to posting on Aloha Daze. Job got really busy over the holidays… then the parents came to visit the island for the first time… then…

Well, then my little medical condition known as sleep apnea paid me a visit. Ah, the memories of March 16, 2007…

Want to see what happens when you don’t address sleep apnea? This is what happened when I didn’t address it:

So much for my perfect driving record. My 2003 Honda Civic versus the back of a stationary 1994 GMC SUV Tahoe.

I knocked the spare tire off of the Tahoe. And maybe some of the dust off of it’s bumper.

Me? They took me away in an ambulance.. but not before sticking a neck-brace on me, and placing me on the flat backboard.

I’m happy to report that - outside of the car being totalled - the only person that was hurt was me. All my bones and pieces intact, I hurt like the dickens from the seat belt.

Air bag? Yeah. It went off, too.

For the passenger. (No, there was none.)

Driver’s side airbag never deployed.

Perhaps that’s why I now own a Toyota.

The sad part is, I was beginning to address my sleep apnea. Went to the doc and got an appointment to get a sleep test and such. And the next day, I wrecked.

I woke up just in time to see the back end of the Tahoe, and I thought “Brake!”… but that’s as far as I got. I don’t think 5 feet seperated me and the back of the GMC at that point. And at about 20 MPH… it was over for me before I even knew it started.

So if you can’t sleep at night, and you can’t help from sleeping during the day… don’t do as I did… go seek treatment.

I got lucky. I figure it’s God’s way of saying I should take care of myself. The bruises have healed. Most of the pain is gone, but I still can’t lift anything over a few pounds. It’s amazing how much you use your upper chest muscles.. and how much you miss them when you can’t use them.

RLR

For those in and around Hawaii, the phrase is Mele Kalikimaka!

Merry Christmas!

RLR