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Quiet Friday
Aug. 16th, 2024 13:17I got up and walked the dogs this morning. Our dogs. Zoe and Toby. It was already hot at 7ish but we made it and Zoe did well. As did I.
Then I had a two hour wait before eating as my fasting blood draw was at 10:15 so breakfast was early lunch. The nice thing about getting blood drawn or seeing my primary doc is they have an extension office right around the corner from us, about 3 minutes away. I was there and back the appointment time. Efficient nurse drawing the blood. Zero personality but good skills.
My day was really set off poorly with the latest Trump idiocy. I don't wrap myself in the flag and am suspicious of anyone who does, nor am I vociferous about my military service or the service of others or the military in general. But there are a couple of sacrosanct categories in my life. One of the most important to me is Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. I spent some time reading the citations when I was in the Navy, just as something to remind myself of why I was there. I have never read one that did not bring me close to tears. They resonate inside of me at the level of my humanity in ways that all the protestors of war, with whom I frequently agree, can not touch.
So I don't even need to say at this point how loathsome is someone who disparages the Medal, who compares it negatively to one that is openly bought on the civilian side.
But here is the problem and it keeps going around and around in my head. I don't associate with a lot of people but this is a litmus test, a binary test, a go/no go. Someone who supports Trump to lead the country might have been fooled the first time around. I'll grant that. It was obvious to me but I can see how someone might have bought the goods. But now, there are no grounds to stand on. I can no longer interact with someone who supports such an execrable example of humanity.
My mind generally operates in the gray. I can typically argue either side of an issue with equal aplomb. That is both enjoyable and a curse.
But there is no gray here.
I'll get over it. I believe that Harris will win in with a large majority and will govern well and will earn the gray hair that she will undoubtedly have in a few years.
And Trump will soon go to jail or die or both. His fate is not in my hands nor do I particularly care. Once the Harris is president I'll work to ignore his life as much as I can.
Hopefully the Republican party will return to its roots of the loyal opposition, small government, and strong defense. I suspect that will happen after I am dead. The damage has been so bad that it will take another generation to return, if it happens at all.
Then I had a two hour wait before eating as my fasting blood draw was at 10:15 so breakfast was early lunch. The nice thing about getting blood drawn or seeing my primary doc is they have an extension office right around the corner from us, about 3 minutes away. I was there and back the appointment time. Efficient nurse drawing the blood. Zero personality but good skills.
My day was really set off poorly with the latest Trump idiocy. I don't wrap myself in the flag and am suspicious of anyone who does, nor am I vociferous about my military service or the service of others or the military in general. But there are a couple of sacrosanct categories in my life. One of the most important to me is Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. I spent some time reading the citations when I was in the Navy, just as something to remind myself of why I was there. I have never read one that did not bring me close to tears. They resonate inside of me at the level of my humanity in ways that all the protestors of war, with whom I frequently agree, can not touch.
So I don't even need to say at this point how loathsome is someone who disparages the Medal, who compares it negatively to one that is openly bought on the civilian side.
But here is the problem and it keeps going around and around in my head. I don't associate with a lot of people but this is a litmus test, a binary test, a go/no go. Someone who supports Trump to lead the country might have been fooled the first time around. I'll grant that. It was obvious to me but I can see how someone might have bought the goods. But now, there are no grounds to stand on. I can no longer interact with someone who supports such an execrable example of humanity.
My mind generally operates in the gray. I can typically argue either side of an issue with equal aplomb. That is both enjoyable and a curse.
But there is no gray here.
I'll get over it. I believe that Harris will win in with a large majority and will govern well and will earn the gray hair that she will undoubtedly have in a few years.
And Trump will soon go to jail or die or both. His fate is not in my hands nor do I particularly care. Once the Harris is president I'll work to ignore his life as much as I can.
Hopefully the Republican party will return to its roots of the loyal opposition, small government, and strong defense. I suspect that will happen after I am dead. The damage has been so bad that it will take another generation to return, if it happens at all.