making lemonade out of lemons

Can Trump make lemonade out of the ultimate lemon?

Like any good Missourian, I'll have to see it to believe it.

mistake

Will Trump make the same mistake?

not if he listens to Gen. James Maddix, "closest to Gen. George Patton that there's been in decades".

Patton Insults the Russians - YouTube

President elect Trump, don't trust Putin.

U.S. should mind its own business

"...nearly half of Americans say the country should mind its own business internationally and leave other countries to get along as best they can on their own — one of the highest readings of isolationist sentiment in decades."
Americans want to mind their own business | Pew Research Center

Theodore Roosevelt – Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick «

a good president for president elect Trump to model his presidency after

transition

so... 
it isn't going so well after all...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/12/28/trump-accuses-obama-of-putting-up-roadblocks-to-a-smooth-transition/

just as well...

out with the old, 
and in with the new.

liar

“...  (Vitaly Smirnov) said, echoing Mr. Putin’s broad denials of a state-sponsored system..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/sports/olympics/russia-doping.html

Never trust a liar (or a cheat).

christians

Christians believe that God is:

• eternal
• mysterious
• inscrutable
• almighty
• redeemer

most of all, Christians believe that God is Love.

trump and the russians

Congratulations, president elect Donald Trump, on your nominaion of Gen. James Maddix as Secretary of Defense. I agree with you that "mad dog" Maddix is as close to Gen. George Patton as we've seen in decades.

Just remember what Patton said about the Russians: Patton Insults the Russians - YouTube

lame duck politics

Our lame duck president's destruction of decades-old bridges is petty, vindictive and not in the interests of our country. Shame on him.

Obama’s appalling UN betrayal | New York Post

Christmas

another worthless united nations' resolution

another worthless united nations' resolution.

U.S. Abstains as U.N. Security Council Votes to Condemn Israeli Settlements - The New York Times

gray red china

red china? 

it looks more like gray china.

460 Million Chinese Residents Suffering From 'Airpocalypse' - ABC News

such is life in communist gray red china.

eat your hearts out, socialists/communists.

File:Shanghaiairpollutionsunset.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

muslim intolerance

While muslims in the U.S. fear intolerance, many of their muslim brothers and sisters here and around the world are the epitome of intolerance. 

Take recent events in Indonesia, for example:

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/muslim.group.forces.christians.to.end.christmas.church.service.preparation.in.indonesia/103120.htm

In Indonesia, Christian governor rejects blasphemy charge

Indonesia is the world's most populous muslim majority country, at 87.2% in 2010, with the majority being sunni muslims (99%). 

Much of the terrorism in the world today is driven by muslim fanaticism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamist_terrorist_attacks

File:Boston Marathon explosions (8652877581).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

south china seas' bully--communist china

Question: who's the biggest bully in the South China Sea?
Answer: Communist China, hands down

• seizure of an American drone
• manmade islands in international waters
• rejection of an international court ruling that not only rejected Communist China's territorial claims but also ruled that Communist China caused "severe harm to the coral reef environment" http://www.businessinsider.com/no-nine-dash-line-in-the-south-china-sea-2016-7
• military anti aircraft gun emplacements on said islands http://www.businessinsider.sg/csis-satellite-hexagonal-south-china-sea-2016-12/#zCZcL38YWM46Iqgx.97
• etc.

"The South China Sea will undoubtedly be the battleground of the future, and the various territorial claims make it one of the most militarized regions in the world."

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_China_Sea_claims_map.jpg

indescribable evil

This Channel 4 News report of orphaned children in Aleppo "bedlam" is heartbreaking - YouTube

Secretary of Cool

How about a new cabinet position, president elect Donald Trump?

the Secretary of Cool.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/310856-obama-seeks-to-keep-lines-open-with-trump

I have great respect for Barack Obama, particularly when he is being Barack Obama (rather than being just a Democrat). President elect Trump will do himself and our country a great service by keeping the lines of communication open with Barack Obama--the Secretary of Cool.

elections are where the people speak

Bernie Sanders doesn't get it. 
Bernie Sanders doesn't have high hopes for some of Trump's Cabinet - AOL News

The White House, Russia, China, Iran, the media, etc. don't get it. 
Media reporting on hacked DNC emails acted as ‘arms of Russian intelligence’ – White House — RT America

All of those whining over the results of the election don't get it.

Elections are where the people speak.

File:Election MG 3455.JPG - Wikimedia Commons

china

President elect Trump, reel China in.

China Seizes U.S. Underwater Drone From International Waters, Pentagon Says : The Two-Way : NPR

China puts new weapons on South China Sea islands, report says - The Washington Post

plumb

Plumb = vertical. 

When a building or a wall leans to the left or to the right, then it isn't "right"; it's not plumb or vertical.

The same works for government. When government leans too far to the left or to the right, it needs to be straightened.

Elections are about straightening leaning government. When government changes from Democratic party control to Republican party control, then the left-leaning government gets straightened. The opposite is true when a Republican controlled government loses an election.

This is the way that our two-party system of government works.

Marine Corporal Jonathan Yale and Lance Corporal Jordan Haerter

"The recording shows the truck careening to a stop immediately in front of the two Marines. In all of the instantaneous violence Yale and Haerter never hesitated. By all reports and by the recording, they never stepped back. They never even started to step aside. They never even shifted their weight. With their feet spread shoulder width apart, they leaned into the danger, firing as fast as they could work their weapons. They had only one second left to live.

The truck explodes. The camera goes blank. Two young men go to their God.

Six seconds.

Not enough time to think about their families, their country, their flag, or about their lives or their deaths, but more than enough time for two very brave young men to do their duty … into eternity. That is the kind of people who are on watch all over the world tonight—for you."

http://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/everybody-should-read-general-john-kellys-speech-about-two-marines-in-the-path-of-a-truck-bomb

File:US Navy 090220-N-5549O-064 Marines stand at parade rest during a Navy Cross ceremony in honor of two fallen Camp Lejeune Marines.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

voting and fake news

After being in the public eye for most of her adult life, after her many years as first lady for Arkansas and the US, senator from NY, secretary of state, a LONG primary and election campaign, do liberals REALLY believe that voters didn't know who they were voting (or not voting) for? Of course, they did! Do liberals really believe that "fake news" affected the outcome of the election? Of course, it didn't!

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Fake-news-stories-that-fooled-liberals-10781580.php

Is Trump "dismantling" our left-leaning government?

Is Trump dismantling our left-leaning goverment?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/do-trumps-cabinet-picks-want-to-run-the-government--or-dismantle-it/2016/12/08/108cbc94-bd62-11e6-91ee-1adddfe36cbe_story.html

It's LONG overdue.

pipe

Boil water advisory issued for Gainesville area Potomac Local

most water mains that cross under interstate highways are encased inside a larger pipe making them particularly susceptible to corrosion. 
www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/Summer15/pipeline-corrosion.htm

File:18 inch DI Sewer Installed within Steel Encasement, Lowell, AR.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Patrick Henry

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.”   

Patrick Henry, American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia

sinkholes and the news media

Every time that there's a hole in the street the local news media (Washington, DC) calls it a "sinkhole".

This is a sinkhole:

This is a water-main break:

File:Water main (8436639590).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

This is a street failure caused by too much rain and an inadequate drainage system:

File:SeabrookPothole18Ap06.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

In other words, not all holes in the street are sinkholes. 

A sinkhole, by definition, is a hole that is caused by dissolution of natural subsurface material, e.g., limestone, gypsum, salt, etc. Sinkholes, from USGS Water-Science School

Holes in the street also result from water main breaks because water pressure from the break "washes away" the surrounding materials (roadway base, soil) causing the pavement to collapse. Holes in the street caused by water main breaks are not sinkholes.

Holes in the street also result from too much surface water (rain, flood) and an inadequate drainage system to remove it. Holes in the street caused by too much surface water and an inadequate drainage system are not sinkholes.

Get it right, news media!

stars

http://www.space.com/26078-how-many-stars-are-there.html

scientists estimate: 10 trillion galaxies x 100 billion stars per galaxy = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 1 x 10 to the 24th power (a septillion) stars. It took me 35 seconds to make 100 marks (5 x 20) on a piece of paper. At that rate it'd take 11,090,830,734,910,100 (11+ quadrillion) years to make 1 septillion marks. no breaks for food, potty, sleep, etc. 

a glimpse into infinity... when you take an inconceivably large number (1 septillion) and divide it by a large number (90,164,571) and get an inconceivably large number (11+ quadrillion). infinity/infinity = infinity???

mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/53337.html

lump it, China

a powerful lesson in free speech delivered in a 10 minute phone call to someone else. The communist leaders of the People's Republic of China don't like it. They can lump it.

China blasts ‘petty’ Taiwan call with Trump - The Washington Post

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China.svg

Christmas

Thinking back to a million years ago when I was a kid (I was born in the first half of the last century), Christians celebrated Christmas on December 25, and afterwards. Santa Claus came on Christmas Eve, and so did the decorated Christmas tree. With a brother and four sisters, that was no small feat!

It’s much different today.  ”In the U.S., the 'Christmas shopping season' starts as early as October.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_Christmas 

Even in my advanced years I remember the excitement of Santa bringing gifts. Seniors feel that excitement too when they see it in children. 

I’m not for doing away with Santa or gift-giving. Just call it “winter holiday”. 

My Christmas wish it that Christmas be given back to Christians who will celebrate it with the reverence that this holy day deserves.