Some Random Musings

These are just some random thoughts that are going through my mind on this 17th day of June in the year oi the Lord Two Thousand and Sixteen. 

ORLANDO
I was puzzled by the reaction of the LGBT community at what a certain Catholic bishop said about the killings.  He condemned the killing of innocent people. I read comments by the LGBT community that scorned the bishop because he failed to mention that they were gay.  I am confused. Are people their sexuality or are they people first.  The LGBT community seems to think that their sexual status should somehow make them a higher status.  I am sorry but we are human beings first and our sexual orientation is a secondary characteristic.

ORLANDO 2
My sympathies go out to the family that lost their little boy to the alligator.  They are not to blame for this tragedy.  I pray that the lord touches their family in a very special way and that in spite of the event that they keep their marriage together.  Often times the death of a child tears a family apart.

DONALD TRUMP
So, Donald Trump is going to sit down with the dictator of North Korea, provided that Kim Jung Un comes to The Donald for The Donald with not go to the Dear Leader.  Trump says that it would not hurt to talk to the man.  Well, maybe not.  It certainly could not be a debacle like the one grown by our dear leader Barrack Hussein Obama between us and Iran.  That deal reminds me of Chamberlain coming back from Munich in 1938 saying that he had secured "Peace in our Time."  I have to say as inept and ineffective is, the Donald (if elected...please God no) will make Obama look lie a genius. The only thing that works on Donald is the mouth.  Obama was right when he said that Trump's yapping did more harm then good.

HILLARY CLINTON
So, if I can't vote for Donald, is Hillary a better choice?  I don't think so. She DOES have experience in higher government and that certainly is in her favor. But, the Benghazi affair and her stupidity of using a private mail server for official and often secret communications shows that her brain is not firing on all cylinders.  Besides, did you see what she looked like while being under the pressure of being the Secretary of State?  She let herself go, she forgot how to look good in front of a camera.
Now if she was affected that badly by the Sec State job, how in the world do you think she will fare under the pressures of the presidency?  Even Obama's hair is turning white because of the intense pressure that he is under day after day.

CHICAGO
My heart weeps for my ancestral home town. My family landed in the city in the early 1900's and enjoyed being part of a vibrant, living, city.  Today not a day goes by when we do not hear of another child caught in crossfire, or a gang of thugs marching down the Magnificent Mile robbing citizens. Just recently a bunch of rowdy men and women tried to rob a couple of tourists. The tourists ran out in the street to get away from the thugs and the lady was fatally hit by a car.  My old neighborhood which used to be a wonderful place to live called Brighton Park now requires you to wear a flack jacket to keep yourself safe.  I would not visit, nor would I recommend anyone that I loved to visit Chicago.  Like I said my heart weeps.

That;s it for now.  Leave a comment if you want to - even if you want to curse me out.
God bless, my usual blog entries will resume tomorrow. Thank you for reading my rants.

Decision 2016 - so far

I usually try to stay away politics in my blog. But this upcoming election has been on my mind and I just want to say something about it.  It looks line we are going to have to choose between Clinton and Trump. This is the first time in my sixty plus years of living on the planet and participating in elections that I would not mind having a choice of "none of the above."  Each of the people we seem to be nominating to run are outstanding in many ways, but that is not good.  Both of them are liars. Hillary lied about using a private server for email when she was secretary of state.  On the other hand Trump will say whatever he can to get himself votes. I read an article on line about The Donald and it pointed out, for example, that despite his rhetoric against Muslims, whom he said that 1 our of four is a terrorist, he does business with them and has made a lot of money off of them. So he says one thing that will tickle the ears of some and thus he will earn their vote. To listen to Trump is to listen to a man who will stop at nothing to achieve his goal.  If it takes a little white lie here or there, well so be it.  

We Americans have put up with eight years with a president that has been ruling by decree and a legislative branch that does not want to do anything. So we are at a stalemate and that is why Obama has had to rule by decree like some twentieth century despot.  All we need to make it really like the 1930's is for Obama to annex the English speaking parts of Canada and welcome them back to the homeland.

As a Christian we have to be thoughtful as to whom we are going to vote for when it the elections comes to pass in November.  We deserve better than the choices we are going to be given, We will Hillary promising women the right to women's health - which means abortion will become more of a problem than it was before.  When I was young I followed the Democratic party and like my parents before me voted the straight party ticket.  I have not done this since the 1980's as I have to pick the candidate that most represents what my values are. 

The GOP supports life and right to life causes and this draws me towards them. That Donald Trump will be their boy come the November election rappels me.  Trump has no experience in politics, and actually he came by his money honestly, he inherited it.  Hillary and her hubby Bill "I didn't have sex with that girl" Clinton  have their money too, from speaking fees that range in the six figures. 

I am going to have to pray about this election except I know that there is no way that I can see where I can vote for Trump so maybe my mind is already made up.   Share some thoughts.