Just Spit Balling on a Saturday

 Congressional Democrats are all screaming "People will die" on national television in response to the new budget being passed. Actually, most are screaming something like, " People are literally going to die as a result of this bill." 

Let's look at this objectively. Were people not dying before this bill was passed? Exactly, what is it that is in this bill that is going to make people die? Will they commit suicide after hearing hundreds of Democrats screaming on national television that they are going to die? Is this supposed to be some kind of self-fulfilling prophecy? If the bill had not passed, would they all live forever? If you are going to claim that "thousands of people" are going to die, tell me what it is that is going to kill them. Give me some details! 

Years ago, I was attending a seminar, and the speaker was talking about listening skills. The speaker told us that when you were listening to someone, ignore the volume, ignore the tone and just concentrate on the facts. The problem with all of these liberal whiners is that aren't putting out any facts. They are all volume and tone, but they aren't putting out data. Call when you have some facts that we can debate.

Memo to Morons: Every person who is born eventually dies. Maybe you just didn't know that?

Just a bonus whine, I think that we should forever ban the use of the word "literally". Can someone "illiterally" or "unliterally" or "anti-literally" die?  Those people are no more dead with the word "literally" attached than with just the word "die".

Is there anyone left at MSNBC or NBC who isn't a card-carrying Communist? Or are they all "literally" card-carrying Communists?

I had an employee at Popeyes about forty years ago who asked me, "When do we celebrate the Fourth of July?" I started reducing his hours on the schedule shortly after that.

I got a message from one of my sisters who is visiting Disney World in Florida this week. She sent a message the other day saying that it was "Africa hot in Orlando" this week. Apparently, she forgot that it was that hot when we were growing up in Tampa in the 1960's and 1970's. Everybody but me thinks their childhood was better than it actually was.

It's hot here in Piedmont North Carolina this week. I can't recall the last time that a cold wave swept through in July. I have seen more 100-degree days here than we ever saw in Tampa. When it gets that hot in peninsular Florida, thunderstorms pop up and then the humidity jumps. Pick your poison!!

Democrats scream that "Everyone needs to pay their fair share." No one seems to be able to define what "fair share" "literally" means. I just threw that "literally" in to see if you are paying attention. There are millions of people who pay nothing in income taxes yet receive thousands of dollars in benefits. Tell me how this is fair. I will wait. Literally.

Yesterday, I heard the Marine Band play "Hail to the Chief" at a White House ceremony. My wife has that song set as the ring tone when I call her. She says that she loves to watch people's reaction when that plays and she says, "That's my husband calling."

And how was your Fourth of July? That's assuming that you didn't work for me at Popeye's.