Uncoordinated

I've been to Florida since I last visited the blog. I didn't get to stay long enough as I returned to rain and cold. Southwest Florida 'suffered' with 80 degree days.

We have our petulant children in Frankfort who are arguing about redistricting. The Democrat House protects its members by moving Republicans around. The Republican Senate does likewise. Well, that's the way it works. It isn't pretty, but that's the way it is. If you don't like it, run. Change it. Until then, all of us live with it and operate within the system.

I have let my weight get a little bit out of hand. From Independence Day through Christmas, I let white sugar pass my lips. The floodgates of overeating opened, and I let food that I hadn't been eating get into my system. I've paid the price, and I've begun getting serious again about weight and health. Twenty pounds should get the old body back to some semblance of normality. Work, and work some more.

I've listened to the blather uttered by the campaigner-in-chief. Tax, tax, tax. He knows nothing else. I've heard that 49% of Americans get a 'gubmint' check. I shed tears for the Republic as we have discovered as individuals that we can vote benefits to ourselves. We don't examine what our rulers do; we are being fooled by what they say, and believe me, they want to fool us into defending them so they can continue to lord over us the bacon they bring home.

Our rulers have no intention to cut spending. They like telling us they are getting free stuff for us. Problem is, nothing is free; someone always has to pay for it.

I am tired of paying, and it is time to reduce the size of government in Washington, Frankfort, and Barren County.

Today's local paper had a story about a taxing district for a local government agency. The director wants the tax money. He is willing to take it from us. He said that's what he wants. Oh well. Another government employee who feels entitled to expanded benefits at our expense.

Enough. It is time to streamline government. It is time to decide what we can do without, and then stick to it. We can do this, and if we don't, the Republic might not survive as the last bastion of Freedom on Earth.

That would be a tragedy.