It’s good to be home again. Also today I picked up my photography computer from the local cyber-surgeons. There was considerable sticker shock (yikes) for the new motherboard and processor and some adjustment for the new hardware (adapters, cables and such nonsense) but I’m back in business with my photos again. I haven’t really tested out it’s capabilities but the tech guy told me the new processor will be ridiculously faster than my old system. I can’t wait to try importing a thousand raw files and see how quickly it “renders” them. But enough geeking out.
I had my usual Wednesday virtual coffee break with the boys from the old firm. I have to say the giddiness is getting a bit ridiculous. Can unbridled enthusiasm be considered a form of backwards Trump Derangement Syndrome? There’s just too much laughing and optimism. It seems unnatural. Someone was claiming that Trump was talking of eliminating the Income Tax altogether. Now that just sounds nuts. But the angle was to switch over to a consumption tax. I have to confess that would suit me fine. But is everything going to be revolutionized? What’s next? Will all the currency be made over with pictures of The Donald? Will Trump’s signature hairstyle be added to George Washington on Mt. Rushmore to update the monument? Will the end of the Pledge of Allegiance be modified to “one nation under God with liberty and justice and so much winning for all?” Have Trump’s words from the 2016 election come true? Is it too much winning?
Well … no. I’ll put up with more winning.
There are still more things we need fixed. First of all, Kash Patel still hasn’t been confirmed by the Senate. That means there are hundreds of Stasi agents still working for the FBI. Once he’s had a chance to clean house, I’ll have a better idea how much more winning is needed. In fact, you know what I want to see? I want Trump to issue executive orders categorically forbidding Patriot Act or FISA Court actions against American citizens during his administration. Let’s have at least four years without our constitutional rights to due process being violated by tinpot Thought Police.
You see, that’s what happens when Trump starts issuing executive orders by the metric ton. We start assuming he can do anything. And then we become impatient if he hasn’t read our minds and already done the stuff we just thought of. Why hasn’t there been a special prosecutor empowered to go after Joy Reid for being an eyesore on television. Surely having her on cable tv is a form of cruel and unusual punishment for all of us. And what about the “ladies” of the View. Surely someone can turn the show into some kind of dunk tank / lie detector suspense show where Joy Behar or Whoopie Goldberg or one of the other crones is hooked up to a lie detector and asked a question about Donald Trump or some other conservative she hates and if she lies about something, like whether he’s been convicted or rape, she falls into a water tank filled with sharks or piranha fish and has to swim for her life to a distant ladder. I bet the ratings would be through the roof. So that’s kind of where I am right now. For the most part I’m happy with Trump 2.0. But a few little tweaks couldn’t hurt.
Well, that’s enough ranting for now. I’ll be waiting to see how Patel, Kennedy and Gabbard do in the Senate next week. If all three get through, Trump will have most of his core team in place and he can really get started with draining the swamp and taming the Leviathan.
So far so good.
Although your suggestions have merit, there are somethings sharks, piranha, and Crocs won’t eat, and the cast of the view might be heavily on that list.
Alright, then they’ll have to drop directly into a wood chipper. It’s not as much fun for the tv audience but it will get the job done.