huh...huh...huh...huh....?

So there are certain kids who assume that when you answer them with something other than what they want (like "no") what you really mean is "ask me again sometime". And, invariably, that kids will be back, often within minutes, asking the same questions looking for a different answer. Sometimes they are clever, and change the question slightly as if you might think differently if they ask differently.

Our democracy seems to be taking lessons from those kids. Watching the news we see that if something is voted "no" in the Senate, they will wait a couple of days, then try again....and again...and again...till they (the majority party) get what they wanted in the first place.

Like the kid, the question for the Senate seems not to be "is this right?" or "is this what the people want?". Instead, it is "will you vote yes now or later?"

It is a form of misrepresentation that annoys mne

Politics or Values

As we muddle through the divisions in this country I wonder how we can maintain our values and not sell them out for the political gain. Winning is the political piece, integrity is the values piece. Each is important, but I propose that the values piece trumps. What good is it to give way on our values for a political win? We sit in the seat weakened...often in leadership and affected by our sellout.

I see our society doing this even in our public schools. We can't tell the students the truth because of a political point...we want the money so we sell the truth short....we rationalize that truth might not - in fact - be truth...("truth for you might not be truth for me..").

The problem with letting this go to the schools is that we are indoctrinating a generation, and as that generation indoctrinates it's young people, they will have weaker values, watered down by the weakness of their predecessors. How can we stop the madness?

I wonder if he read it or heard about it like our Attorney General

The following is a clip from the news today talking about the Mexican President's visit to our Congress:

"The Mexican leader also told lawmakers reluctant to take up the immigration issue this year that comprehensive immigration reform is crucial to securing the two countries' common border.
Calderon, the first foreign national leader to address Congress this year, said he strongly disagrees with the Arizona law that requires police to question people about their immigration status if there's reason to suspect they are in the country illegally.
"It is a law that not only ignores a reality that cannot be erased by decree but also introduces a terrible idea using racial profiling as a basis for law enforcement," he said to cheers, mainly from the Democratic side of the chamber."

Huh?

It is wrong for police to ask people to show that they are in the country legally? Has anyone ever been to Mexico? Seen their police in action? He was on a visit to the President of the US, not the Governor of the sovereign state of Arizona. The people of Arizona, not the people of the US chose this direction, largely because of the failed policies of the federal government whose job it is to manage immigration, whose failed policies are directly threatening the people of Arizona. A law that ignores a reality? I think not. It looks to me like it actually recognizes a reality.

What!?

So the fact that a "typo" could make the stock market lose 10% of its value in less than 5 minutes should be more than a little frightening. The guy typed "billion" instead of "million", which is equivalent to what would happen to my checking account if I typed "thousand" instead of "hundred" when paying my electric bill. Of course we are expected to say "oh dang" while our 401Ks hit the skids. I wonder if my bank would do the same if I made the "typo"...

Time keeps on slipping....

As the time slips away we see it's already May. I don't even have enough time left in May to review my calendar. Go figure that. For people with eternity we sure fret such things.

Today I looked forward to when I can get back out in my beehives. I wonder if they are waiting for me? Probably not. They just know there's nectar to be gathered and brood to rear. Maybe I could focus on the same and end up with a totally sweet outcome.