More = Better?

Is more really always better? Why have Americans always had the need for things such as appliances, automobiles, and telephones to do more? Has more always been better? Going from using a washboard and a clothes line to having an electric washer and dryer we can all agree was definitely better. The laundry was cleaner and in less time, it was less physically demanding, and allowed more time to spend with family. But, because we are programmed to think we need something to do more, we didn’t stop there. Now we have these washers and dryers that can sense everything, that are so high tech that you practically have to be an MIT diploma just to start it. But did adding all the bells and whistles actually help or has it been more of a hinderance? I think the constant issues with sensors and sensitive electronics malfunctioning, the cost to have them repaired and the inconveniences when waiting to have them repaired has made many of us realize that having them do more was not better. In fact, so many households have decided to go back to the standard Lg capacity, top loader basic washers even though they had to buy used older models in the classified ads. The desire to go back to basics was so widespread that major companies are once again producing these in order to avoid losing sales. They have made sure that the washer lids either do not lock or have the option of manually locking simply because the ‘auto lock’ was not a desired feature for most.

Having the ability to contact others or to be contacted in the event of an emergency while traveling meant that going from only having a land line to also having a mobile phone was definitely a good thing. It meant truckers and traveling salesmen could speak with their families, or you could call someone if your car broke down; but as usual we did not stop there. We wanted more. So now we have cell phones that are capable of swiping someone’s entire identity and financial records. They can invade every aspect of your privacy by tracking your location, recording your conversations and video taping you, This is even possible to do remotely. And it can all be done by your spouse, boss, neighbor, or someone at the market you got too close to. Even with all of the conveniences of having a phone that is so many things, is it really making our lives better? We really only need it to make calls and receive calls, everything else should be done on a computer at home or work. This way people won’t be walking around glued to their phones while their small child is trying to ask them a question or point out something they see. Maybe people could actually verbally communicate in public so that everyone is not a total strange?. Creating something that has caused such an addiction to the human race is never a good thing and the short life span for cell phones means the disposed devices are filling up the landfill waste sites. What about automobiles? Has having them do more really been so much better? We needed them to go, stop, and be slightly comfortable. Now they do everything except serve champagne. Automobiles are mass produced no matter what the economy is like, so what happens to all of the new vehicles that are never sold? Junk yards used to be filled with rusty old metal car parts, some leftover fluids and and oils and of course rubber tires. The electronics was so minute it didn’t matter. But now, people no longer visit the salvage yard for a replacement tranny or motor, now what goes to the junk yard stays there forever and the pile of electronics from throughout the entire car far exceeds the pile of rubber or metal. So has making cars do more been better for our lives and our planet? Ok I have to ask if anyone else has the same thoughts as I do when it comes to the electric cars? Haven’t They preached to Us about conserving electricity. They say to turn off or at least reduce use during peak hours in summer months. They say we should conserve electricity by purchasing only energy efficient products. They charge Us a phenomenal amount if our usage exceeds a certain amount at home. Right? So why in the heck did they decide that making electric cars was the way to go? How could destroying the oceans’ floor just to make the batteries that go into these cars be better for anyone? Why are the Cal Trans work lights, the parking lots at the malls and auto dealers so intensely bright and powerful to the point of causing temporary blindness? They are such a waste of electricity that in this case, more is not better. Parking lots, especially those that tax payers are footing the electric bill on to light up, could easily do with those tiny clear strings of lights and would cost a thousand times less. I get that it is important for the large corporations, the politicians, the millionaires and billionaires to always be finding new ways to make lots and lots of money; but does it always have to be the only thing that is important.?

Fast food & Global warming

The idea of fast food chains having anything to do with global warming sounds utterly ridiculous I know. But fast food means drive thru service, which means idling cars; Lots and lots of cars with their engines running. The exhausts pouring out carbon monoxide and other unhealthy gasses are quickly floating into the atmosphere. In California alone there are over 38,000 fast food establishments. If you figure that the average is 1300 burgers sold per day for just one In and Out, and 70% of their sales is at the drive thru and if you guestimate 2 burgers for each car, that would come out to at least 450 cars every day at just one individual drive thru. The total number for McDonalds is extremely higher, but you get the idea. Now multiply the 450 cars by 38,000 = 17,100,000 (seventeen million, one hundred thousand) idling cars per day just in California! But we cannot put all the blame on fast food chains because there are banks, credit unions and coffee shops that must also share in the responsibility.

Is having the option to drive up to a window for burgers, coffee or even banking really even necessary? I would have to think that the consequences from the damage being done to the Ozone Layer would far outweigh the benefits of the mere convenience it brings. Especially now with all of the food delivery services and online banking options available. Shouldn’t our politicians assigned to the Environmental PROTECTION Agency be addressing such simple solutions to saving the planet? Or is the trillions of dollars in revenue more important? Others are thinking the same thing, I just happen to be the one who said it’.

Is your supervisor just a boss?

Why do we end up with a supervisor who has never done our job? For the longest time I have wondered why some companies hire people for supervisory positions who have absolutely no experience doing what those they are in charge of do. When this is the case, your supervisor cannot support you or even truly help you, this means they are nothing more than a boss. Someone to point out what you are doing wrong. Someone who is always there to reprimand but never there to give a pat on the back or commend your efforts. These supervisors will never be thought of as leaders by those they oversee for many reasons. 1. Leaders lead by example; if you have never done my job, how can you set the example.? 2. Leaders are respected. How do you respect someone who is telling you how to do something that they have never done themselves? So why do some companies have those who are just a boss? I recently discovered that if a company cares about its employees and wants to ensure they receive the training and support needed to succeed, they will only promote or hire a supervisor who has earned the title by having experience in all aspects of the jobs of those they will be supervising. Someone who has the potential to be seen as a true leader or mentor. However, if a company is not concerned with the well-being of their employees, they will choose their supervisors by convenience. Their lack of effort stems from their lack of concern. They will put in any joe blow, just because the government requires them to have a supervisor for each department in the company. So if you your supervisor is merely just a boss, you can be certain that you are working for a company that does not value their workers.

‘FAMILY’ TRADITIONS

A Tradition is ‘an inherited or customary pattern of behaviors or actions’. So I guess that means that something as simple as those Sunday drives we took would be considered a tradition. Every year as soon as the weather was nice enough, dad would take the top off of the Jeep Scout and on Sundays we would all load up for a leisure drive up and around the mountain. My mother thought of it as a way for the family to spend time together, but I know that it was dad’s way of getting to scope out where the deer might be hanging out. Those Sunday drives were not my favorite thing to do because it entailed sitting for long periods of time, which I was definitely not good at. Whenever I would start getting antsy dad would announce “the first one to spot a buck gets a dollar”. This would take my mind off of having to sit still for so long. My mother always complained that the roads were too bumpy or that the wind was messing up her hairdo, and my older sister just complained, because that was what she did all the time. Sometimes we got to go over the hill in the other direction to Booneville, where my mother’s aunt and uncle lived. Their son J was super tall and strong just like my Uncle Keith and I guess beings I happened to be extremely tiny for my age, they both were my personal monkey bars. They would stand close enough to the wall so they could have their arm straight and stiff with their hand flat against the wall. Then I would do like a pull up on their arm and flip myself up and over, landing on the other side. Sometimes I would just hang by my knees before flipping off, and all the while they would be acting like I wasn’t even there, just carrying on their conversation with everyone. Their house was huge and so was the property it sat on.There was always candy in the fancy little bowls on the coffee tables and a built in swimming pool that I loved swimming in even though it always seemed to be windy and colder up there then at my house. When J was in college he would come to our house every week for dinner and it became a tradition for me to spill my full glass of milk on him because it happened every single time without fail. When it came to Holiday Traditions, there was never a Christmas that did not entail getting to wear my best dress to the movie theater where all of us Masonite Kids got to sit on Santa’s lap, sing Songs with the Elves and watch a Disney movie all while our parents were having the traditional Christmas Gala dinner. On Christmas Morning, waking up at 5am was definitely a tradition that my parents could have done without. For my 13th birthday my Dad took me to The Palace Restaurant. After that it became a tradition for us to have lunch together on my birthday every year. I remember one time when we went to an all u can eat Chinese food buffet. We sat there talking and I just kept eating and eating and talking for the longest time. The man working there came over and said ‘will you be staying for dinner as well’? We didn’t understand what he really meant until we saw that it really was almost time for dinner! Dad and I laughed all the way home about it. Another true tradition was the Opening Day of Deer Season. I would wake to the sound of boots clomping , men laughing and the smell of coffee brewing. I can still see myself wearing one of Dad’s white t-shirts for a nightgown (they were as long on me as my nightgowns were but way more comfy)as I stood on the kitchen chair pouring the coffee in to his thermos. I got to go with them all once but Dad said “never again”. He said I never stopped talking long enough for them to even see a deer that day. *Dad nicknamed me Motormouth as soon as I could talk.

My most favorite of traditions are the ones my girls and I had. Like taking turns getting to be the one to put the angel on the tree. For Christmas Eve they opened one gift, which was usually cozy pajamas to wear for the following mornings festivities and photos. Every Christmas morning I would make hot cocoa w/marshmallows and blueberry muffins for everyone to have while we opened presents. When the girls were babies I began baking their birthday cakes which was usually a pink cake topped with my homemade pink frosting and I guess that became a tradition because when they were older and given the choice , they still wanted me to make their cakes instead of buy them, which thrilled me of course because I loved doing it!!. For our birthdays we always got to choose our favorite meal to have for the ‘family dinner’ that took place on the birth day. then the following weekend was their party. One of my most favorite traditions was anytime my girls went somewhere like to an amusement park, or on a class trip, if I couldn’t go they would bring home a souvenir for me. Many times, the keepsakes were Precious Moments figurines. But, no matter what, everything on my ‘mommy shelf’ will always be precious to me. Family Tradition means doing something the same way , during the same occasion, with the people you care about, that creates a desire to continue it; and when it’s gone the memories of those times help fill the hole in you from the emptiness just a little. Simply said, Family Traditions should be cherished.

Write about a few of your favorite family traditions.

The Supreme Law

The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law, above any state or federal laws. The Constitution is the highest law of the land that everyone must obey. The Supreme Court, Congress, and even the President must abide by these laws. Our Founding Fathers declared that we have certain rights as human beings and those rights cannot be taken away. These Natural Rights are 1. Right to life- this is the right to live without fear of being killed or injured by another person. 2.Right to Liberty- this is the right to be free! to say what you want, believe what you want and to travel where you want. 3.Right to Property- this is the right to own things. Your work and labor are also considered your property. The Purpose for having a government is to protect the rights of the People. The People are us-you-me and all tax paying American Citizens. The Constitution states very clearly that The People hold the Power. The Power belongs to us. The People grant Powers to those who serve in government. The People have the right to revoke those powers at any time. The Constitution sets limits on what those in government can and cannot do. This is to help prevent the government from violating our rights. The People grant powers to the government only so long as the leaders fulfill their responsibilities to us, if not The People can take back those powers and hire others to take their place. Every person in our government has taken an oath to represent us (you and I) to speak and act for us only as directed by us and in a way that is in our best interest. They do not have the Authority or Power to run things as they want to. That would be Dictatorship not Democracy.” The Power comes from the People and the People are the ultimate source of the authority of the government. All persons in government are the servants of the People. They are not the masters of the People.”

Beginning Jan. 2022 non-citizens/immigrants entering the U.S. by way of land borders will need to be vaccinated.

Biden says this is one of the many ways he is taking steps to keep US safe! I was actually appalled at the idea of American’s being forced to do something that immigrants have not even been asked to do. This is just another example of the preferential treatment given to anyone who isn’t a U.S. Citizen.For about a month now I have been shopping for a used vehicle. I met with about 20 different people who were here on temporary work visa’s and needed to sell their cars because they were leaving the country to go home earlier than expected. One group of guys were returning to Greece, one couple was going to Chili, another to Argentina and two were returning to the Caribbean (I wanted to go with them). One lady, who was returning home to South Africa said that her return had been delayed due to flights getting cancelled. She said that after seeing on our media what was happening in her country she was really scared and booked a flight to an alternative country as well. However, once she had spoken to family members and learned that what was being reported on the news media here was false information, that everything in South Africa was fine, she was anxious to get back. Why were they all in such a hurry to leave here? Because they do not want to have to get vaccinated. They do not feel it is safe. And contrary to what is being told by the media, all other countries are not forcing their people to get the injection. I am curious though, if Biden’s requirement about border crossers begins in January what does he/They plan to do about the millions who have already entered illegally in the past year or two, during the time when he claimed the borders were closed? It is quite odd that nowadays in order to have a job We have to be drug tested, and background checked, and be vaccinated and wear masks- but none of these things are imposed on families with multi-generations of those who refuse to get a job simply because they don’t want to. Thank you for reading! signed JustMe! I would just like to say to those of you who love to stir things up just to take the focus away from things you do not understand, I have just one rule for comments IF YOU AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ NICE TO SAY….DON’T SAY NOTHING AT ALL!!

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GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOS RELEASED IN THE FLORIDA KEYS.

That is the heading for numerous news articles back in May of 2021. These labs created mosquitos are designed to reduce the number of female offspring because only the females bite and can transmit disease. The males were designed with a gene that he will pass through during mating. The gene somehow does not harm his mate nor any males during reproduction but is ‘supposed to kill any female offspring, thus reducing the number of biting mosquitos. They refer to the gene he was made with as a ‘death mechanism’ and more than 100,000 of these Genetically Modified creatures were let go for the mere purpose of an experiment. This experiment was the best idea that government officials and scientists could come up with to fight the war on mosquitos now that pesticides no longer seem to work. Wow! Maybe my brain does not work the way everyone else’s does, and I am certainly not a genius, but wouldn’t bringing in a bunch of guineas and chickens been the obvious thing to do. They love (real) mosquitos! No potential or unknown risks would come of it, and on top of taking care of the mosquito problem, there would be eggs to eat, and their poop is a fantastic fertilizer for your gardens and pastures. Maybe my thinking is too simple for y’all, but that’s how it’s done in the country. I wonder what type of future issues will come from the frogs, lizards and birds that eat those death gene carrying mosquitos? And what will happen if we eat a chicken or fish that has feasted on the lab insects.? The saddest part of all this is that more than 300,000 residents tried to fight this experiment from being released into the environment, but the CDC, EPA, FDA, and other government offices and agencies still approved it. Keep in mind that they are the same one’s that also approved all of the toxic and harmful products like Roundup, that they claimed was safe for the environment and humans.

Creating insects and animals in a laboratory is just creepy.

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The Great Divide (it’s not just about Covid)

Families, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, have separated themselves from each other causing a wave of division in the Country. I am not referring to physical or social distancing which can easily be reverted, I am talking about the emotional bond that has been torn apart between everyone, including church members, support groups, and loved ones. This wave of destruction worked its way through our homes, neighborhoods, and communities growing in size as it made its way along the States creating a huge divide of our entire Country. This is not a simple disagreement about whether or not to get a shot. This is way, way bigger than that. This article has nothing to do with whether you should or should not be vaccinated, that’s not up to me, it’s your decision to make, right? Right! Well maybe not because there are some people who do not feel others should have a choice. They feel they are the only ones with the right to choose and everyone else should be forced to do so. That is an absolute fact. Let me explain. If you agree with the mandate, you are most likely vaccinated, correct? That means at some point you made that decision. It was your choice to do so, correct? Then what makes you different than everyone else? Shouldn’t others be able to make that decision for themselves just the way you did? If you are pro mandatory vaccine, you have most likely not given a lot of thought as to what that means for you and your loved ones. What effects will this have for your lives in the future.? Have you thought beyond Covid? Are you assuming that the control will stop there? Being vaccinated with this drug is a decision being based on belief. I was raised to respect the beliefs of others and that doesn’t just mean religion. But nonetheless when did we stop respecting each other’s choices and beliefs. Have you always felt that you should have the freedom to choose what you believe in but others should not? The freedom to have the choice is a law written in the Constitution which is the highest law of our land. This law cannot be changed, removed, or even amended by anyone. If you allow mandatory vaccination, mandatory testing and mandatory face covering, you are allowing our constitution and its laws to be ignored now and forever. You can change physical distance from each other, but this emotional distance will probably never truly be fixed and that is very sad.