My Political Views, Part 5, along comes Ronald Reagan...

A taste of winter has come....the lite amount of snow, maybe 3 inches, was not the problem. it was and is the wind...45 mph when gusting, making the small amounts of snow blow, and dropping the chill factors below zero for the first time this season.

I got my double header Junior High game in at Wayne Trace, and headed the 35 miles home..Paulding County had some icy roads, but as I traveled south, conditions improved....it appears that continued overnight, while the schools here were on a two hour delay, the schools to the north cancelled classes....including Ada, where I am scheduled to officiate tonight, however since they are hosting nearby Allen East, the game is still on, at least for now....a decision will be made later in the day.  Two more games on the agenda, one in St. Marys and a night JV game at Crestview, will finish off my 10 game schedule for the week.

My Political Views..part #5...The Coming of Reagan___

As the sixties moved into the decade of the 1970s, and I finished up my four year Air Force stint, I had pretty set my ways and my views on politics....I had become a far right kind of person, but with the notable exceptions that included the following:

I hated authority, and refused to follow or bow to it.  I was in constant trouble in the military, frankly, because I though most of the rules and regulations were pure BS, that had nothing to do with national security or serving my country.   Some of my battles with so-called "superiors" are chronicled in the past four and 1/2 years on this blog.  I also had a Libertarian streak....with the notable exception of Abortion, I came to believe that whatever one did, if it didn't affect others in a negative way, was OK by me....I have modified those views over the past 40 years, but basically they remain as they were in my later years in the Air Force.

After the Air Force days which lasted from  1968-72, I "enjoyed", for the most part, my next 4 years, raising Hell, working as a bartending, bouncing, manager of a youthful nightclub in Celina, and really not caring or thinking much about politics.  Nixon came, and I voted for him in 1972, back when you had to be 21 to vote, but could drink at 18...those of course have been reversed, why I don't know....the fact of the matter is, 18 year old kids are to naive and stupid to vote, of course given the fact the 53% of the voting population voted for Barack Obama in the last election, the kids were not the only dumb asses pulling the switch for a half wit fool in 2008 election.

Nixon went down in 1974, and was replaced by the inept Gerald Ford, not a bad guy, but nothing special...and when Ronald Reagan challenged him early in 1976 for the GOP nomination...I jumped on board.  By this time I was in college, spending my first years at Hocking Technical College, majoring in Environmental Health.  When Reagan was narrorly defeated by Ford for the nomination, I held my nose and supported Ford over another inept fool, one named Jimmy Carter.  A peanut brained clown that made LBJ look competent.  Carter won, and America sank into the deepest bowels of a recession, and to our lowest level of respect as a nation...Carter was indeed, and still is, a pitiful clown of a man and President...by the time 1980 rolled around, despite a 3rd party effort from a RINO named John Anderson, Ronald Reagan would win the White House...the next 8 years, despite a Carter caused bumpy start, would look pretty good for the country and Republic...the "Reagan Years" were some of the best in the later part of the 20th Century, and as good as it would get for years to come.  We are still waiting for better days.

More next week, beginning with Part #6, on Monday.....

back later>>>>

Photos-Our first real taste of winter, with a bit of snow and winds to move it around, came last night.  Ronald Reagan, the actor came on the National Scene as Governor of California in the 1960s...then after a failed bit to take the GOP reins in 1976, defeated a useless Jimmy Carter in 1980....Carter, has to rank in any honest persons estimate as one of the 5 most useless Presidents in American History.

Friday Thoughts/The Obama War Update

I have been doing my best to ignore the "Pity Party" for the departed Swimmer, Ted Kennedy. It has been almost laughable at times, watching TV and especially the left try to make this abortion loving assclown look somehow noble. While I feel no joy over Kennedy's demise, I, as previously posted, have not shed a tear now that he has assumed his place in Hell.

Have you ever noticed that the Kennedy men and women all look alike? You don't think major inbreeding could be a factor, do you? Just asking....because their political and personal life styles scream Issues!!!!

Do They Come in 3s____?

Not to be morbid or cruel...I am reminded that all things like the Kennedy Bucket Kick come in 3s....who's next? Perhaps Jimmy Carter, the Islamic terrorist loving cracker and absolute worst President of my lifetime...no tears there. And perhaps Nancy Pelosi will crash her taxpayer funded "Flying Broom" into the Rocky Mountains as she 'whisks' home for more criminal fundraising...nope, no sadness there either. We can only wonder.

Football Friday____

The High School Football season kicks off in high gear tonight...there were a few games last night, but the majority of contests will be held tonight. In the local area, most teams will be playing their non-league games tonight, before heading into league play next Friday.

No game for me tonight, Sam and I had a final scrimmage contest for Jr High last night at Spencerville...tomorrow morning, I will be here in Celina for the JV Contest between the Bulldogs and Lima Senior. The Varsity Contest between those two schools is tonight in Lima. Sunday, oldest son and I, have the opening Rec League double header here as well.

My old school in Florida, the Venice Indians with it's quarterback heading to the Florida Gators, take on top 5 ranked Chesapeake Virginia Oscar Smith tonight on ESPNU...Smith has the nation's top ranked QB, should be fun to watch the old school tonight at 7PM{eastern time}.

Diabetes 2 Diets____

Spent much of the day yesterday going over the Diet Plans for those with Diabetes Type 2 on the Internet....despite a few items I will need to give up over the next 6 weeks....it does not appear to be that difficult a plan...I will find out more next Thursday when I visit the Dietitian at St Marys. Looks like less fatty red meat, more chicken breasts, less cream, more brown rice, maybe a beer or 3 less per week, and more green tea. But it is doable.

I will be posting my results and progress over on my back pain blog:

http://patsbackissues.blogspot.com/

Since I have not had major back pain over the past year and a half, I might as well use this already up and running site for my Diabetes Journal.

Freak Mutant Sunflower?____

Have you ever seen a flower or at least a Sunflower like the one at the top? It's on the same plant as some regular sunflowers...see here>>>>

These are not the large Mammoth Sunflowers, but he garden variety from the same seed pack.

Have a great weekend...back later>>>>

Updates: How's the Obama War Going? And where are the screams from the Lapdog Left?

Where is the media, now that Obama's Favorite War, the one in Afghanistan is going badly...Already 45 American Heroes dead(the most ever in a single month), and for what? The glorification of The Kenyan Messiah. Nary a word of protest from Liberals and/or the Mainstream Media.

Photos-Top Left/The "Mutant" Sunflower in my back yard...speaking of "mutants", could peanut brain Jimmy Carter, the worst American President of the 20th Century become #2 in the "The Come In 3s Death trilogy" following Ted Kennedy? And a "regular" Sunflower from the same plant as the freak at the top...and no we are not talking Carter, "freak" is too kind for that Islamic Terrorist supporting asshole.