DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Hmmm

Some years ago an Indian Chief was addressing his tribal elders. He was attempting to explain daylight saving time to these grizzled old Indians. He said that white people are the only ones he knows that can cut a foot off a blanket and sew it to the other end and think he has a longer blanket. Now as silly as that sounds, it kind of makes sense. The people that favor the time change prefer to have more daylight in the evening for partying and shopping for adults while leaving their children in the cold dark morning waiting for a school bus. Sounds pretty sad doesn’t it. 

 

Every year when this matter comes up, it creates discussion. The politicians choose sides based on what they think would be politically correct. And then there are us, the great unwashed. I never favored changing the clocks anyway.

 

Some of you may remember a piece I wrote concerning time. Time has always been, but measuring time is a human invention. In the animal kingdom dinner time happens when hunger meets opportunity. Bedtime occurs when tiredness meets a snug den and you wake up to start your day when the sun hits you in the eyes. Humans set their alarm clocks in order to interrupt a peaceful night sleep because…..it’s time to go to work. We invented the alarm clock for just such an event. The clock serves two purposes, one to tell us what time it is and number two, to shatter us into consciousness when it’s time to get up.

 

When we were primarily an agrarian culture, plant and animals controlled our lives. When it was time to plant, we did and then when it was time to reap, we did without any help from a clock. A lot of our time rules, i.e. work time, bed time, meal time, etc, were started during this period. Now we live in the city. We buy our vegetables and eggs at the grocery store and they are available year round. 

 

If I were given my choice, I would leave time alone and not change anything. And I think many of the people who think like me would agree to leave time alone.

 

Ron Scarbro March 20, 2023

 

LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE

Have you heard of the book “Mein Kampf”? It was written by Adolph Hitler during one of his prison stays. I have not read it completely myself as Adolph Hitler’s writings have never appealed to me. But it is pretty obvious Joe Biden has.

 

In the book he makes his philosophy clear. Tell a lie and tell it often and before long people begin to accept it as the truth. 

 

You may remember the State of the Union address where Joe Biden brought back the lie of lies that the Republicans wanted to sunset (bring to an end) Medicare and Social Security. So egregious was the lie that during the speech Members of Congress screamed out “liar.” Even that bastion of liberal nonsense, The New York Times, agreed it was a lie. 

 

In keeping with Adolph Hitler’s admonition, Biden continued the lie several times after the speech. Aside from being a liar, he also appears to be tone deaf.

 

The question that I have is what good does this lie do for Joe Biden or the Democrats? Here’s a reality. Joe Biden will not be the Democratic candidate for President in 2024. I don’t know who they will pick, but it ain’t going to be Joe Biden. There are a lot of possibilities like Kelsey Gabbert or even some unknown. Regardless, it is going to be a strong uphill battle and I don’t envy the task before them. 

 

The question is, why does Biden feel that he has to lie to the American people? Is the truth so in opposition to his agenda? If so, maybe he should change his agenda. There are some truths here that need to be clarified. First, the Republican Party has no intention of sunsetting either Social Security or Medicare. Both of these programs are basically untouchable. The Democrats aren’t going to either. It would be political suicide.

 

We are probably going to hear a lot of lies before the next election. But this is a truth, Biden is too old for the job and mentally incompetent. So my advice is just hang on and find the truth where it lies. The Democrats aren’t going to be fooled either.

 

Ron Scarbro, March 5, 2023