Wednesday…Or Is It?

 - I’m just not a fan of these things called podcasts, as I prefer actual reading. Luddite, perhaps, but it’s a choice. 

- Pride month? I’m not going to pretend to be proud of something I’m not very proud of, and has zero bearing on me, mine, or anything I actually care about. Truth is, sexual preference is not a matter to be proud of, nor is promoting one lifestyle while denouncing the lifestyle encouraged by millions of years of evolution. To me this makes as much sense as drilling a hole in your head and installing a 3rd eyeball.

If you want to be “proud” of something, be proud…just don’t demand I join in, encourage, or even recognize that.

- I abhor property taxes, but understand state and county reliance on them. One way to look at them is property taxes were basically extortion when first conceived and implemented, but the system has been around so long now, we consider taxing our homes based on what someone else thinks they are worth has become status quo. Now, Texas governor Greg Abbott is looking into ways to abolish the system.

Okay…but how will the billions of dollars property taxes spent will be replaced? I don’t know either, but you can bet it will cost each homeowner a lot more to stay in our hovels. Texas currently has $35 billion in the state coffers that Abbott wants to tap into. Great idea! What happens after that money is gone, though? What happens when oil/gas is no longer the governmental cash cow?

- University of North Texas is providing fake male genitalia for women pretending to be men to wear giving them a bulge in their pants.  This…is damn stupid

- Our nation is now in the unique point in human history in which more (most?) seem to claim they are a victim of something or other. Far too many are making a good living being professional victims. How in God’s name are we supposed to advance as a society when so many are pissing and moaning about how they’ve been suppressed?  Answer: we can’t.

- Today’s ‘people just suck’ award…the other day a Cessna Citation jet entered the no fly zone over the US capital.  Seems the pilot was non responsive, and the aircraft flying on autopilot or something. Two F16 interceptors broke the sound barrier responding to the incident over Washington DC.  The private jet eventually crashed in Virginia, killing all four aboard, presuming they weren’t already deceased from a catastrophic loss of cabin pressure.

The recipients of the suck awards are those who publicly stated those onboard deserved to die for their political positions.  Some went as far as saying they hoped the youngest fatality, a 2 yr old, suffered tremendously.

It’s subhumans like this that rapidly chip away at my faith in our species.

- That said, I’m further dismayed at how little the news shocks and surprises me. Growing accustomed to this stuff is not a good sign.