CHAPTER 6 - FINALE (I HOPE)

Don't look now, but I do believe the massive "house-lift" has been completed and before the first snowfall no less! All my beeaacching and impatience has been rewarded. Oh yeah, now I get to pay the bill. Oh well.

Our fancy new porch lights that are motion and light activated played a little peek a boo on all Hallows, refusing to turn on at the appointed witching hour of 6 pm-too much daylight. Which caused the early "trick/treaters" to turn tail. Dressed like a vampire and afraid of a little light? Oh yeah, I guess a vampire would be. I literally had to stand on the porch waving goodies to get the first ones to come back and collect their prizes. Since I only get about a dozen the whole night I didn't want to miss half of them. More candy for the Burt man to eat. We got his favorite kinds to keep me out of the bowl. Working so far but he does take his time.

Leading into a rant of sorts. Where the heck are all the kids? Is everybody too afraid of the remote possibilities of poison apples ala Snow White to let their precious trick or treat? Bummer. Of course that fits right in with the latest "r" topic "they think is important" for the week. They are trying to pass a bill to make the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance mandatory each school morning. Huh. Next they will mandate brown shirts as acceptable school dress along with practice marches and heils to the.... well you get the drift. Again how does all this hoopla add to strengthening Michigan's economy and producing jobs?

The men and women of the armed services yesterday and today fought and died to give us all choices and freedom. Why is there a dedicated group trying to run our lives and privacy into the ground under the guise of doing what's best for us. Right. What if all these old men called up another war and nobody showed up? Hmmm

And as the party of NO is ranting and carrying on about every issue or jobs bill that comes from the Prez I saw a little article tucked into an inner page of the newspaper. The National Health Care law has already saved Seniors over one billion dollars in health care costs for prescriptions by closing the so-called donut hole. That is not to mention all the jobless, college-educated unemployed younger adults who are able to keep medical until age 26. Golly, maybe if we just let something work or fail, we might learn something instead of just saying no. Makes you think, I hope.

Nice to know brain and body still work and I'm still ranting as November marks my entry into the 6th decade.

SURPRISED? NOT

So the legislature finally had the guts to pass an anti-bullying law, after 10 years. Understand the term - bullying-there is no positive twist to that word. It is wrong wrong wrong to beat down on the defenseless, the disabled, the different - CHILDREN! So what did our illustrious "where are the jobs" politicos pass? Something that says, Oh yes, bullying is wrong unless it is a religious or christian belief statement? What? Did I miss something here?

Again, slowlyyyyy....bullying - bad; demeaning, nasty, hurtful, hateful comments that are hiding behind a cross - also bad. Isn't there something about a Christian embracing all of God's children. Who are we to pass judgment on someone different and make their life a living hell because of that difference. These are CHILDREN! They cannot walk away from their school, they cannot get in their car and leave, they cannot report them to HR, they cannot bury them with their money or influence, find another job, another town, another life. Turn the other cheek and they will rip that one out too-because they can.

Oh yes, they offered an excuse. "We think this is all-encompassing. School districts need to be able to pass their own rules," autonomy and all that. Right but you can take away school funding, bust their unions, fire teachers, force mandatory changes to retirement and health insurance at will. Excuse me. Is it only me or are we pointing out the emperor's lack of clothing, again. I guess it felt good to do something to get this annoying and bereft father who lost his son to suicide because he couldn't take the abuse anymore, off their backs. This was the best they could do? Don't get a sprained shoulder from patting yourself on the back any time soon.

P.S. The cowards also kept the part about cyber-bullying out of the bill. What century are you out-of-touch idiots living in????? Ever heard of something going viral? We can only hope your clout keeps your child from ever going through the torture these victims have had to endure. But then you might possibly understand it, but I doubt it...