RANDOM THOUGHTS

Doctors orders: Drink more water ! I cannot recall ever drinking water for the first 82 years of my life and survived in reasonable health. Now I take on enormous amounts of H2O. I started this drinking only the best( or so I thought ). It turns out that there is an great controversy over the merits of distilled over tap water. Tap water seems to have won and now that is what I drink with its horrible chlorine and fluoride.

What a shame that the Feds poke their noses into all phases of our lives. They have made a mess of the education of our kids to the tune of $100,000,ooo ,000 or more. Somehow it has become the duty of the government to feed the kids. How nice for the parents to be relieved of this responsibility.

The Feds also seem to think that every one should own a home whether or not they can afford it. What a pretty kettle if fish this has made of the ruined real estate market

My love of country knows no bounds. You may call me a jingoist and I will take it as a compliment. I do not need the symbolism of the flag or the anthem ( an ugly piece of music ) to stir my patriotic feelings.

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The ridiculous monstrosity now under construction at ground zero is to be 1776 feet tall and 195 stories high. This building is to be hardened in such a way as to be virtually terror proof. New technologies are being used. A new and special type of concrete and specialty steel frame are incorporated. 70 high speed elevators are apparently needed to keep each floor properly accessible. An express ride to the top will take one minute. A special design and shape of the upper floors will minimize wind resistance. I often wonder how water is supplied to the upper floors. It surely requires pumps. What happens in case of a power failure ?. Three other buildings are also under construction at this site.

It is said that the buildings will be beautiful. My personal preference would have been a nice park

PREDICTION

I can now tell with certainty who the next president and vice president of the US will be.

Rick Perry, Texas governor is it.He speaks clearly and openly about his opinions, some of them controversial. Just the other day he came out squarely against same sex marriage and in one moment lost the homosexual vote. That isn't all bad. Most vote Democratic anyway.

Meanwhile, Obama has lost the Jewish vote due to his covert anti Israel agenda. The Jewish vote for reasons that I don't understand, has heretofore voted overwhelmingly Democratic but that surely will change in the 2012 election.

40 year old Marco Rubio, Cuban American senator from Florida seems almost too good to be true. He is unbelievably handsome, eloquent, university professor, published author. Previously speaker of the Florida house of reps. and now a US senator. He spouses all that is good about conservatives. The Latino vote, heretofore overwhelmingly Democratic will certainly swing the other way.

So that's the ticket-Perry Rubio. I'll bet the farm on it.

HEALTH PROBLEMS

Heretofore I have eschewed discussing such things as referred to in the title of this blog. For the last two years a recurring problem has manifested itself causing constant worry . Several trips to the ER and a couple of short hospital stays have so far failed to fix me up. Very depressing.

My numerous readers may have wondered why I have failed to blog for a few weeks now. If health permits, I shall try do better . It helps me keep my good spirits up.

SECRETS OF THE DEAD (Aztec massacre)

PBS has done it again. This great program kept us enthralled . It was the story of the Aztecs and their decline. When Cortes arrived, the Aztecs dominated a large part of central Mexico, using strong arm tactics against the surrounding tribes, principally the Tlaxcalans. The Aztec culture was quite advanced in many ways but primitave in religious practices which included human sacrifuce and rectual canibalism.

Cortes, with a small and stalwart band of men invaded and, with aid of the Tlaxcalans was able to enter Tenochtitlan ( now Mexico City), Their first foray was not successful but later they returned and destroyed the city block by block. Small pox decimated the Indians, making the final conquest easier. This short explanation hardly does justice to the wonders of this history.

My family did have a tiny echo of these historic times. When I was about 12 or 13 my family purchased the historic Los Naranjos, built originally by a Cortes officer. The place was in ruins but it was restored beautifully. As it happened, there was no municipal drainage in Coyoacan and so a large hole was excavated for a septic tank. In this hole there were many pieces of Aztec pottery, mostly destroyed by the careless peons who did the digging. However, two beautiful pieces were recovered intact. I remember them well. All I have is memories. Somehow in the ensuing years these priceless items disappeared.

A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT JEWS

The Jews cling to their identity in spite of the terrible things that have been done to them. They have been herded into ghettos, exiled, and slaughtered. Somehow they have survived. Many of them have come to the US which is a relatively safe haven for them.

The American Jew has been subjected to some hardships. There has been a pervasive , covert anti Jewish feeling shared by many. In my younger days the stereotypical Jew was pictured as a loud, pushy, obnoxious New Yorker. Clubs, corporations and universities excluded them. In spite of this they prospered. They avidly pursued education. Although they make up less than 3% of the population, their contributions to medicine, science, music, the arts, literature,and more are outstanding. They are powerful politically all out of proportion to their tiny numbers.

50+ years ago the Balfore declaration allowed the establishment of the State of Israel. Now, about 6 million of them are showing what remarkable people they are. From their tiny strip of desert they have created a powerful industrialized island. They are surrounded by ignorant, poverty stricken Arabs and Muslims whose envy and hatred knows no bounds. Only the US can prevent the overrunning of Israel and the current US administration does not show the support that heretofore they have previously enjoyed.

Today the anti Jewish feeling is fast disappearing. My personal feeling is one of great admiration. I love Israel.

A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED

With a flurry of media attention,Prince what's his name and his bony bride arrived in California. What's his name played in a polo match. To play against him cost a cool $50,000. To play on WHN's team cost only $100,000. Those who wished to watch this spectacle could do so for $400 unless they wanted to hang around with the skinny princess in which case it was $4,000. The princess, by the way, wore a dress designed by Jenny Packham. We are safe in assuming that Miss Jenny provided the gown free of charge so that her name could be mentioned.

So the motive for this over reported trip appears to be a money making scheme. The enormous amount collected should keep the royals comfortably for a few months of their lavish lifestyle.

The fading monarchy is on life support. It serves no purpose whatsoever. But the suckers will continue to bow and scrape and pay big bucks for the privilege of debasing themselves in the presence of the likes of prince WHN