Day two in paradise

$ECD means, Eastern Caribbean Dollars. So when lunch is $34EC, and a bottle of rum is, $50EC, it's not really THAT expensive. The conversion rate is about 3 to one. I think it was actually, $2.70EC to, $1US. After the whole week there, and all we spent, my bill was about $500EC at, Coyaba (not including the room, I paid for that ahead of time).

Tuesday night, the owner host's a meet and greet. He pays for the drinks. Nice guy. Free happy hour at, Coyaba.

I've always looked at constellations, since I was a kid. Orion is the easy one to find in the southern sky in the winter. But here, in, Grenada, being only 12 degrees above the Equator, the warrior looks like he has a new uniform. So bright, and shinny!

And yes, we can see the Southern Cross, and not for the first time. It's old hat for us now. And we know EXACTLY why we come this way. Because it's awesome to be here, and we should spend every winter here. And some day, we will.

Tomorrow I'm going to get, "Maced" for the second time in my life. But tonight, glorious weather, and it's the best place in the world.

"Well, I won't do THAT again!"

Thirty hours awake. Eighteen hours of travel time, including a 7 hour lay over in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We got up Sunday morning, and since we had to fly out of SLC at 00:50 hours on Monday morning, it made no sense to go to sleep.

The first leg of the trip started well enough. Deb and I have had our, "Silver Medallion" cards from, Delta for a year now, and never, ever, gotten an upgrade. They expire at the end of February. But tonight, all our dreams came true. Moved up to, First Class! Deb had a bottle of water and a glass of wine before we even left the Jetway. I asked for a bourbon and the flight attendant asked me, "Would you like a double?" Hell yeah! Wood bridge Reserve Bourbon, in a crystal glass, and it cost me NOTHING! I had 3 of those between here and Atlanta.

Short turn around in Atlanta. And nothing is open for breakfast at six in the morning there. Just have to live on the bourbon until Puerto Rico.

Seven hour lay over in Puerto Rico. That's just not right, but it's the only way to get to Grenada from SLC, so you live with it.

At least in San Juan, we had our bags checked all the way through, so we could get a cab, and go downtown. We've been there something like 6 times. We went to, Old San Juan and had lunch at a place called, Racie's. Local food. A nice, marinated, flank steak, some rice, and fried plantains. If you've never had plantains, they are like banana's, but you have to cook them before you eat them. No, I don't know why, I only know that it's so.

The sauce that came with the plantain's seemed oddly familiar. Like, Utah Fry sauce. Deb thought I was crazy. Who in their right, Caribbean, mind would put ketchup with mayo? Made sense.

But at the end of the meal, I asked our waitress what the sauce was. She said, "It's just ketchup and mayonnaise." I was RIGHT!

The flight to Grenada from San Juan was two hours. In a twin engine, prop plane. My first experience with a prop plane that size. You think a jet is noisy? Try one of these things!

I have to hand it to American Eagle, they did something that, Delta has never done. When they saw, Deb getting on the plane with her blind cane, the flight attendant came over to us in our seats, and explained where she was in the plane in relations to the exits, and how to find her life vest, and made sure she knew that if there was anything we needed, we should not hesitate to ask. Oh, and if we land in the water? Don't open the FRONT exit. It would be bad. Good advice.

We got to Grenada about 22:00 hours local time (ten o'clock at night for you civilian's). I screwed up the custom's form on the plane, and had to fill out another one, so it takes us forever to get out of the airport, and we are hungry, tired, bleary eyed, and just plain worn out. And I walk outside toward the taxi's, and there is a tall, well dressed, Black man holding a sign that says, "JEFF AND DEBBIE STICKLEY". I felt like a freakin' rock star! God Bless you, Kathy Benson.

Ashley brings the van over, and before we have even gotten to, Coyaba we have set up a tour for Wednesday morning when, Phil and Jami Markham will be in port on their cruise, and he'll spend the whole day with us for $25 a person. Unbelievable.

We arrive at, Coyaba and everything is closed. The store across the the street, even the KFC across the street. I don't eat at, KFC HERE but having not eaten in many hours, I'd have done it there. The restaurant at the resort closes at nine. So I have resigned myself to a night of being hungry and just getting breakfast in the morning. Not so fast.

There is a group of really drunk, Canadians checking in in front of us. They take for ever. But they ask about food. I guess they were as hungry as us. The desk clerk tells them the restaurant is closed, but they can make them some sandwiches as long as they will eat grilled cheese, grilled ham, or grilled ham and cheese. The, Canucks jump on it, as do, Deb and I.

Room service brought us grilled ham and cheese sandwiches (this place is VERY, British, so it was on white, loaf, bread. But at this point, we were happy to have it) with french fries, and a Diet Coke for, Deb in about ten minutes after we had checked in.

The TV had American Cable, so I watched the local news from, Miami while I drank some Puerto Rican rum and went to bed with a full stomach, and peace of mind. We both slept for 12 hours. It was awesome.

Note to Atlanta. Buy a plow!

My friends, Phil and Jami have embarked on their 30Th Anniversary trip, a cruise that leaves out of, San Juan, Puerto Rico. They left SLC on Friday night, around six o'clock, Mountain Standard Time. And then, it got weird.

They had to fly to Las Vegas, then, Atlanta, then, San Juan. Should have been there this afternoon. Giving them a day to explore the lovely city of, San Juan (which looks like, Havana. But with, "Wendy's" and, "Taco Maker" signs and, Walgreen's Drug Stores) before they embarked on their first cruise on Sunday afternoon.

But no. This didn't happen.

The flight from LV to Atlanta was cancelled. And hour and a half later, they left for, Memphis. The flight from, Memphis to, Atlanta didn't even LEAVE until there flight to, San Juan had already left. Five hour lay over, got to, San Juan about ten o'clock local time (7 o'clock MT time, so a 24 hour trip).

Now, I TOLD them that flying Delta is usually a good thing, but every time you go through, Atlanta, something BAD will happen. And I was right.

Deb and I have sat on tarmacs for HOURS waiting for the storms to quit in, Atlanta before we could fly there from, Florida. We have had to leave the SLC airport, at one in the morning, because of ice in, Atlanta, come back at six, AM, fly to Dallas, then, San Juan on, American Airlines, who lost our luggage, and we almost missed our cruise.

I went to the first formal night on that cruise in a tuxedo, and black, Lands End sandals, because my shoes were in the bag that, AA lost! And even though they paid us for it, we never recovered the stuff lost in that bag.

Ice storm in, Atlanta.

OK, Delta, are you listening? We have to talk. Since the only time the SLC Airport slowed me down in the last, oh, I don't know? EVER! Was for a really bad snow storm that lasted TWO HOURS about six years ago. Atlanta? A TOTAL crap shoot, every, freaking', time I fly through there from, September to May! Why is this place still your, East Coast Hub!

Do the people there not know about, SALT for their runways? Have they never heard of a, SNOWPLOW? WTF?

I'm leaving tomorrow for, Grenada, and I'm pretty sure, all things considered, that I won't get there on time. BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO THROUGH, ATLANTA!

Come on, Delta! Move the hub to, Jacksonville, or, Miami or, Fort Lauderdale. Hell, despite what happened LAST week, even Dulles near, DC gets less ice and snow than, Atlanta! And if I'm wrong? Then the folks in, DC have a PLOW, and some, SALT!

I'm a, Silver Medallion Member, would you at least listen to me?

I can't help but feel bad about going, but still want to go.

Oh, and charging for bags? On an airplane? Is a chicken shit move. Put the cost in the airfare. Do the right thing.

At least they serve, Coke products, and not that shitty, Pepsi. You take what you can get.

I've made a Horrible mistake!

I'm scheduled to fly out of SLC at 00:50 hours on Monday morning and spend almost 24 hours getting to, Grenada so my wife can enjoy some, "beach time" in, "The Carib" this winter. I should have just stayed home! It was WARM here today, and climate change has been disproven by the snow on the east coast!

Just ask, "Faux News".

All kidding aside, I'm not looking forward to this trip. Deb slipped on the ice at her mom's house last month, has a back injury, and can hardly walk. So getting to Grenada is going to be a chore. I hope we don't get into anywhere late and have to, "run" for a plane. Because it's not happening.

And not only do we fly out at a crummy time, we leave Grenada at 07:55 hours in the morning to come home on the 23rd! So my last night in paradise, I have to go to bed at 8 o'clock so I can get up and take a taxi to the airport! That's not good.

I'm not blaming, Kathy, my travel agent. I love her to death, and she's done great things for us. But it's hard to get to/from places like Grenada when you live in SLC. I bet there are not a dozen people a year from SLC that go to Grenada on purpose. Not counting wack-a-loon missionary's and people who book a cruise and don't really, care where it goes.

Last time we were there, and it WAS a cruise (but we booked it on purpose. I wanted to see this island) the folks there where glad we invaded in 1984 and ran the, Cubans out. But they thought we stayed a little too long. Sound familiar?

And there were, Cuban trucks and crews there repairing the damage from the last hurricane. Go figure.

This is going to be an adventure. I'll blog and send pictures to the FB page when we get back. The trip will be tough, coming and going. I'm hoping the week there is good.

And tonight, I said something to my friend, Phil, who's leaving on a cruise, flying out tonight, that I will probably never, ever have the chance to say to anyone, again. "I'll see you in, Grenada on Wednesday morning." What a great line!

WTF?

Snowed all day today in New York, again. But here in Utah? 40+ degrees. Took a nice walk along the river today. Since we have, "The Greatest Snow On Earth", and we haven't had any at MY house for a month or so, even though we still get it in the mountains, am I to assume that, "Climate Change" is not real?

I think not.

I think it means, Republicans are morons. And, "Faux News" is not news. It's a total, right wing, "moronathon". All day, all night.

Someone please tell the, "wingnuts" that they should look at the science. Not just out their window.

How dumb is my country?

According to a, Washington Post Poll, 52% of, REPUBLICANS don't think, Sarah Pailin is smart enough to be, President. Good for them.

When asked who their candidate should be, they gave, Mitt Romney (the wack-a-loon, Mormon) 14%. Sarah Palin, 11%. And even the recently elected guy who got, Teddy Kennedy's seat in, Massachusetts's, 4%. And what has HE done? Nothing. But he has a truck. So, he's a good guy.

I have one too. 1995, Ford, F150, extended cab, 4X4, with a, Cap on the bed. 302 V8 engine. About 70K miles. Am I eligible to run for senate?

"It's snowing in DC, so, Al Gore is an idiot! Yeah!"

Does it ever rain in a desert? And if so, does that make it no longer a desert? Smart people know the answer to this.

Do you ever have drought in the ski areas of Utah? And does that mean we don't STILL have the greatest snow on earth?

Does it ever NOT snow in, British Columbia, like, around, Vancouver, like, around, the week before they host the, Winter Olympics? And does this prove there is no climate change?

Do Republicans still use the term, "Global Warming", which was accurate, to a point, to describe climate change just because it still snows? Oh, HELL yeah they do! If it helps them to deny science, and support the oil company's who support them!

Disclaimer here: Yeah, I still have Exxon/Mobil stock. They are making money like crazy, and I'd be a fool not to since I'm retired, and need the money. I don't buy, Halliburton, on principal, but I'm not an idiot.

Religion is really the problem in this country. Because it makes people deny science. They want to believe in, "magical thinking". Your, "imaginary friend" in the sky will make everything ok, if you just do as he says. And everything he says, is right wing, woman hating, controlling, Gay hating, bullshit.

Here's a news flash for everyone who didn't go to college (or went to the WRONG one)! Science is real! Religion is NOT! It's superstition. And if you base your politics on superstition, you are NOT SMART. You're dumb!

Every Friday, when it's cold, my friends and I get together in my, "Garage-ma-hall" out back of the house. We have a wood stove, and since it's the, "only heat source in the building", we light it. We smoke cigars. Listen to music that will never win a, Grammy, and drink, Kentucky, Bourbon Whiskey. While we talk bad about, Republicans and plot their downfall. And sometimes, we even write checks to their opponents. We plot against, "The Dumb". And some of us are religious! But we don't deny science.

So to, "The Dumb"? We are coming for you. With our checkbooks, and, "thought", and, "Reason", and, "Science". Truth will kill you. Not the, "Liberal Media". Media tells the truth, if they are really journalists. They aren't, "liberal".

"Faux News" is not media. It's bullshit. You'll figure it out years from now.

"Tests" for Voters

I've been thinking, and I'm thinking I was a little hard on, Tom Tancrado the other day. He was calling for the reinstatement of, "Literacy Tests" for voters, and I ripped him for being a racist, but he might be onto something.

I mean, we all know what happens when stupid people get to vote, right? The, BUSH Administration happens. Chris Buttars wins another term. Sarah Palin ends up a GOVERNOR of an American state!

So, I'm thinking that maybe you should have to pass a test to vote in this country. If you are dumb enough to bring a rifle to a President's speech, you are NOT smart enough to vote.

I propose that when you turn 18, and you register to vote, you have to go to a local University (one with a CAMPUS, not a, "room number", and it has to be more than 10 years old) and have your IQ tested by the Psychology Department. It it's above 90 (dull normal) you get a voter registration card. If it's not? You don't. But you do get a copy of, "Going Rogue". And a set of Crayons to write letters to the editor.

Seriously, have you seen these, "Tea Bag" protests? Signs that say, "Obama is a MUSLIN!" No, he's not a sheet. "We don't want a PUBIC option" That sounds interesting, but I'm not sure I want that, either. Public Option, I'm all for it.

Yeah, a voter test would be a good thing. And it would make Republicans head's explode because they would have to be FOR it when they knew it would do them in. And very few people in, Kansas, and only a hand full of us in, Utah would get to vote. And that would be a GOOD thing!

Tea Baggers. The NON-sexual kind

Oh, boy! What a weekend for the, "wack-a-loon" Right Wing! Their first convention/Sarah Palin Love fest. Too bad, Sarah, minus her TELEPROMPTER, had to write her notes on her hand. Like she was cheating on a high school, Spanish test. Oh, excuse me! Spanish would be the LAST language THESE folks would be trying to learn. She would have had to be cheating on an, ENGLISH test!

After, Tom Tancredo opened the, "Wing Nut, Wingding" by calling for the reinstating of, "Literacy Tests" for voters, I guess, English, at least as it's spoken in the dumb parts of the country, is the only language allowed.

How does a woman, who used a teleprompter in her campaign, and as a, "Talking Head" for, Faux News, get away with saying that's something bad about the current, President? He can use technology, and that's bad, how?

And here in Utah, if you've ever watched the, Mormon's General Conference, EVERY speaker uses a teleprompter! But they all vote for people who think, teleprompters are a BAD thing! WTF?

Oh, I don't watch it! Don't get me wrong. I still think it's silly. But you can't help but see the coverage in the local media, and I can see the teleprompter in the pictures in the TV news, and the papers.

Sarah, "Talking Points For the Stupid" Palin knows her audience. And they eat, this, shit, UP!

By the way? Was there anyone spotted at her speech, or outside/inside the convention, with a rifle? Like these nut balls, er, excuse me, "Tea Baggers" did at, The President's speech's last year? I'm just sayin...

These people are SO dumb, they didn't have the social knowledge about our society, to know that picking, "Tea Baggers" as a name, made them the SECOND group of people to use that as a name. And it wasn't a GOOD thing for THEM.

I wish I believed in, God. I'd ask him to give these dumb asses some enlightenment. But you can't fix, stupid.

Oh, and when I did the spell check on this, it wanted me to change, "Tea Baggers" to, "Tea Buggars". I'm tempted to do it, but most folks wouldn't know the old quote, "The British Navy runs on, rum and, Buggary!" Might have some impact on their feelings toward Homosexuals. But I doubt it.

How, bout, DAT!?

The Colt's might be the best team in the, NFL. And they have the best QB. But tonight, the coolest city in America won the Super Bowl at time when they needed to. After all the stuff they have been through, couldn't happen to a nicer city, or state.

I spent New Year's Eve, 2008 in NOLA, and it was awesome. Those people don't need a reason to party, so I'm sure, Rue Bourbon is a mass of drunken, happy, people tonight.

Basketball teams come and go (witness the, "Jazz"), they have never gotten above AAA in baseball. Hockey? Forget it, ECHL, tops. College football is, Tulane, and they are lucky to be in, Conference USA, and host the Bowl Game featuring the champs of the, Sun Belt Conference, and some CUSA team.

They have the, Saint's, and sometimes the, Super Bowl, and the, Sugar Bowl every year. Now, they have a National championship team. Good for them.

NOLA is an AWESOME city, and I want to go back as soon as I can. And I'm happy for them. Geaux, Saints, and this might have been the best Super Bowl since the JETS beat the Colts. But the Colts were in a different city then.

And that's the reason COLLEGE football is so much BETTER than, PRO football. So be it. "Congrat's" NOLA! You're awesome.

Is that a REAL fire?

I'm officially, "Old". I hit 51 last Christmas Day, and now it's starting to come home. My son's soccer teammates parents are, mostly, 15 years younger than, Deb and I. I have tried to watch, "Saturday Night Live" the last two weeks, and don't find it funny. I prefer to spend my nights at home, and haven't been in a bar, at least in this town, for I don't know how many years.

I'm old. I'm also OK with it.

Tonight, my son had one of his friends over, and they were playing video games in the basement until I drove them up to another, "Soccer Head's" house for a while. And as we were leaving, his buddy looked hard at the fireplace in the living room, and actually said to me, "Is that a REAL fire? You can't tell any more with fires on computer screens and stuff!"

Blew me away. I've had a similar experience, though. We took our daughter to, Disney World in 1995. And after a few days, I could not tell if I was hearing, "Disney birds", or real birds all day. "Disney frogs", or real frogs, at night. But, real fire, is WARM!

Then again, if you stand close enough to a big, plasma, TV, it kicks off some heat, too. So I guess I could be up in the night.

I ran into an old friend today at a soccer work out session. He has a son younger than mine! And when he introduced him to me, he actually told the kid, "This is the goalie who stopped two PK's when we beat, Orem our senior year!" That was the best game, I ever played, in any sport. We beat them 1-3 at Murray Park, and they had won 39 games in a row! I once played a hockey game where I scored 4 goals, but the beating of, Orem was the best. It made my day. And I was glad my son was there to hear it.

Of course, what he remembered, and asked me about was, "Why did your friend, Allen call you, "Tiny"?" Probably because I'm OLD, and a lot bigger than I was when I could play soccer for a high school team! Kids.

Bruce Springsteen was SO right when he did, "Glory Days". The older I get, the better I was!

Geaux, Saints!

As my friends know, I don't usually give a hoot about PRO football. I prefer the college game. And I'm sure, Indianapolis is a fine town, full of wonderful people. And the Colts are a MACHINE! And they have the best quarterback in football. But this weekend, I'm rooting against them.

Because last years trip to, NOLA, for the Sugar bowl, "Bitch slap" of Alabama, and the whole, corrupt, BCS system by the Utes, convinced me that New Orleans is one of the finest cities anywhere.

I have done a little traveling, as you all know. DC, San Francisco, LA, Minneapolis, Havana, Detroit, Miami, Chicago, London, Paris, New York, Moab. I've seen em' all. And I have to say that as much as I was totally impressed by a week spent in New York City (and, white pizza! Awesome!) the only place I experienced a sense of awe like the first time I looked at Paris was in NOLA. It's old, next to the new. Exotic, yet comfortable. I felt totally at home there, but still in a strange, new world.

It sure isn't Salt Lake City when you come out of your hotel at nine in the morning, and a bunch of guys dressed like, Larry The Cable Guy walk by you with Bud Light's in hand and raise their beers to greet you with, "Roll Tide!"

Well, that kind of WAS, SLC during the Olympics, but it's gone back to usual now.

Anyway, It's a great town, and it's not too full of itself. Touring the town and seeing the destruction from, Katrina really brought that disaster, and the failure of the, Bush Administration home. I felt for those folks a lot more than, "Shrub" ever did.

Saturday night, the day after the Sugar bowl, Deb and I went to a restaurant on 8th and Canal, called, Mandina's. Old wood, lots of brass, no checks or credit cards and awesome food. We were wearing our, Utah shirts and there were two older couples at a table next to us and they came over and one of the gentlemen said to us, as he shook our hands, "We're real glad you all won last night and beat, Lou Saben. And how the hell did you find out about THIS place?" It was an awesome moment.

I told him I had an acquaintance that was originally from NOLA, and had advised us to go there (and several other places, that he forgot to advise me I needed a coat and tie to enjoy. Next time for sure) and had told me about Cafe DuMond, and Abita beer. Nice folks. But everyone in NOLA is nice!

So, at least for this weekend, this college football fan is a Saints fan. And for the people of New Orleans, this would mean a lot. I hope they get it. Geaux, Saints!

Oh, and, "Good bye, Lou, better get back quick to, Alabama. Ain't no love lost for you, in, Louisiana..., Them, Utes done kicked your ass, down on the, Bayou..." The BCS STILL sucks!

Retarded

Yesterday, Sarah Palin lost her mind, and called for, the, President's top advisor to resign because he used the word, "Retarded". Dispite the fact that she has, in the past, used the same word, to discribe her own child.

My friend, Barb Guy who writes for the, Tribune called for us all to quit using the word, Retarded in her column last Sunday.

When I was growing up, in the 60's and 70's (as was, Rham Emmanual), "Retarded" was the GOOD word for those folks! It used to be, "Mongoloyd".

I remember while doing an internship at, KUER at the University of Utah about the time NPR came into being, around 1978, a co-worker with a, "disabled"/"Mentally Challenged"/"Developmentally disabled" younger brother coming in late one day and saying, "Sorry I'm late, I was at camp with the, "tards and loids" this afternoon." And no one said anything about it. After all, it was HIS little brother. Who were, WE to question what he called them?

Now? Handicapped? Developmentally disabled? What's appropriate? My 21 year old daughter is Autistic. Can't get a job, doesn't have friends, but can drive her blind, mother around. Is she, developmentally disabled? Or just a wierd, socially maladjusted kid? I'm asking, I don't know?

Black People chose what we called them, after we quit calling them, "niggers", which for some strange reason, they WON'T quit calling themselves! Negro, Black, African American. What ever you want, I'll call you that if I have to discribe you other than to say, "My friend..." and just give your name, where your race isn't really pertinant.

I want a world where it doesn't matter. But as a former, COP, there are times when I had to say, "The suspect is AWM/ABM/ALM" (Adult, White, Male; Adult, Black, Male; Adult, Latino, Male for those of you not paying attention to life) because it's IMPORTANT to us catching the, "bad guy"!

Then, Rush Limbaugh goes on a rant about, "RETARDS!" Says it four times. Is, retards, BETTER than, retarded? Is it less offensive? See, "Tards and Loids" above. I'm betting not.

Sarah Pailin has NOT spoken out against him. Yet. Come on, Sarah! Let him have it! I can't wait.

Ain't going to happen. Because, Sarah Pailin is retarded! Sorry, Barb. I'm for keeping the word, because it's SO discriptive of people who are not suffering from any kind of a mental disorder, but just think so wrongly that they are like, Sarah Pailin.

Disabled can cover everyone from the mentally disabled, to my wife, who's losing her sight, and my daughter who's Autistic. Retarded is a good word for those who WON'T learn, dispite the ABILITY to. Like, Sarah Pailin, and all the, Republicans in the Congress and Senate.

new friend

OMG! I FB'd the comic, Lisa Landry and she actually talked to me on on FB tonight! Awesome. She is SO funny. Check out her web sight, and her on, "Comedy Central". Funny lady. I can't wait until she's appearing around here, (even as far away as Las Vegas) and, Deb and I are there! I like her as much as, Rita Rudner, and, Penn And Teller.

Breaking News! You can still buy guns in Amerika!

Here's a little news flash for my, Republican friends (who am I kidding? I have no, Republican friends!), I bought a big, stainless steel, powerful handgun this afternoon, and it took me less than 15 minutes!

I traded my dad's old, .35 REM, pump action, deer rifle (which was in great shape, not a mark on it. I just don't hunt. I'm not anti hunting, I agree with, Ron White. It's cold, and you have to get up early, and I don't want to do it) for $300, and my, "other" .40 Cal. semi automatic handgun I don't use for a $500, Ruger, .357, a box of ammo and a holster, and it cost me $73.

I was in and out of the gun store in less than a half an hour, even with filling in the paperwork. I gave them my drivers license and my concealed carry permit, and that's all they needed to give me a gun.

I didn't need a, Passport, or a, Birth Certificate. So buying a powerful handgun in this state is now easier than RENEWING your drivers license? Does no one else see the irony in this?

So, that being said, can we quit calling the, President a, "socialist", or a, "communist" (can any of you, "teabaggers" define either term?) or comparing him to, Hitler and put away the tea bags, and get on with giving us a national health care plan, and regulating the banks so they don't continue to ruin the country?

I'm just sayin...

Last Friday

Wow. Did the current President make the Republicans look like idiots at their lunch last week in Baltimore, or what? "Faux News" even quit covering it before it was over, since it made them look as stupid as they are.

Why are we still paying attention to the stupid people in our country? Fuck them. We need a national health plan. How do the dumb get this much credit? Sarah Palin? Dumber than a box of rocks.

"Faux News"? Totally bullshit. But the folks living in trailers, still believe it.

Land of the free, home of the stupid, it appears. I don't hate, America. I hate the people who think they own it, and are so stupid, that they don't read newspapers. Or books that they don't buy at, Costco.

And as for guns? I actually have, too many! I bought a .40 Cal. S&W, Sigma, semi auto back in the 90's so I could carry it for work, AND off duty! BIG pistol. Three 15 round magazines, when you could only buy 10 round magazines if you were NOT a COP. Glow in the dark, "night sights". This was a hell of a gun. Now? I don't need it, and I can't sell it.

My Department went to, Glock a few years later, and my friends bought mine for me when I retired. Glock 23, .40. Compact, shorter, easily concealable. And I hate to admit it, much more accurate than the, Sigma. At long range. Both pretty good to 15 feet. After that? Not so much.

I'm going to take my, Sigma and my dad's deer rifle (which I will NEVER use again) to the Pawn shop this week. I just looked them up on the Internet, and the Sigma is worth about $100 less than I paid for it, but that's OK. I don't need it. I have the, Glock.

The Remington? Not so much. It's a hot gun. And it's older than ME! It's worth almost $400! And it has a scope, which the Internet sight does not take into account. All quotes are, "without scope". So I'll ask more.

I want a .45. A 1912, Colt. Big assed gun. Or another, Ruger, Security Six 357. Like I had in college. Something like that.

Guns are good. Republicans are not. I buy guns to protect myself from crooks. Republicans buy guns to protect themselves from the truth!