Once again it is time for some Random Musings On Current Events from the mind of a quiet, unassuming (at least in my own opinion) person observing the ramblings, rumblings, rants, raves and revelations in the media from behind the front lines of a purple state. I present these ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in a sort of stream of conscious journal format and, yes, there may be some sarcasm thrown in.
I am sitting down to ramble a day early this week considering tomorrow, Friday, is the United States’ Independence Day and I will be spending it with my family. The last thing I will be wanting to do is sit in front of computer typing and piecing together what are usually a jumbled amalgamation of thoughts based upon what has managed to reach my consciousness from the media and other sources.
I will say that tomorrow I will sit down and read The Declaration of Independence and I would recommend everyone read the document and reread it periodically. It truly is a wonderful well written document that lays out who, what, when, why and how of the reasoning behind the declaration. It truly is a statement of fact that one could wish would be followed in relation to some of the purported crisis that are used to drum up contention in our society. Of course, if there was well reasoned logic then we would probably find that many of the supposed crisis and points of contention would be nothing but fallacies and the real crisis and contentions underlying many of the issues would be exposed. Regardless, I am going to say Happy 249th Birthday America and my there be many more and move on.
Congress is trying to make a push to pass the Big Beautiful Bill and I commend them for that. In fact, it hit a road block just this morning and I hope Speaker Johnson and Leader Thune keep Congress in session until it is passed. I really do not feel one bit of angst that the poor politicians, their staffs and lobbyists who are no doubt working behind the scenes have to work over the holiday. I personally remember a July 4th that I was in Afghanistan and though we did not adhere to our normal work day and took time to honor Independence Day our weapons were still within arm’s reach and there were still several on watch as there are and will be, no doubt, those on watch today, tomorrow, and every day protecting those that they are tasked to protect. To them I will send prayers and, truth be told, I will also send prayers to Washington as well. To those in Congress all I can say is, “Get the job done.”
It seems that there are more allegation against Tim Walz and his supposed service in the Minnesota National Guard. Now in addition to those leveled against him and his stolen valor now it appears that after a visit of his to China the CCP mysteriously was able to build a tank similar to those in the US Army’s arsenal that the rapidly becoming ignominious Governor had access to during his tenure in the National Guard. This really is not good and though I am giving Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice some grace, for now, I certainly hope there is an investigation into Tim Walz. I say this because on the face of it there is certainly something fishy going on. However, my grace to AG Bondi is rapidly waning and even more so now that Sean Combs has been acquitted of most charges after being prosecuted by Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey. She also prosecuted the case of Ghislaine Maxwell who was acquitted of most charges as well. It appears the fix was in, for the most part, and Pam Bondi allowed her to prosecute another high profile sex trafficking and abuse case.
I have heard reports that there is a recently released report from the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense in which a scenario for Biodefense included a bio terror attack on July 4, 2025. The scenario included the release of genetically engineered Nipah virus that killed “at least 280,000” Americans in a single day and many around the world. Geez, this sounds eerily familiar to the exercise that was conducted in the months prior to the COVID virus. I, along with others, have to wonder if the deep state has something up their sleeves for tomorrow or in the next several weeks? I will be keeping my eyes and ears open because I do not intend to be hoodwinked like I was the last time.
Uh oh, the US is pausing weapons to Ukraine citing and alarming depletion of the US arsenal. So, the US has provided material support for a regime half a world away and now the US arsenal is depleted? Wait a minute, what? Of course, in reality, this is not too much of a surprise to me only now there is public admission of the fact. So, the US has transferred wealth to a corrupt government and now the US is going to have to spend a bunch of money to rebuild its arsenal. Geez, I wish I was a defense contractor because I can only imagine the hot dogs will go down their gullets much easier this weekend considering all the salivating that they are doing in anticipation of the money about to come their way.
Lastly, I understand how difficult it is to get the Big Beautiful Bill passed with all the pork, special interests, and desire of career politicians to be reelected but I have to bring up one item that I would hope would be available to me and others of my generation but that I have to wonder if it will be there when I get to retirement age despite funding it our entire adult lives. This is Social Security and the fact that funding it beyond 2033 has been kicked down the road yet again. Each time the Social Security can gets kicked it just gets worse and it will not go away. Like in the game of kick the can, the hiders will eventually get tired of the game and eventually the can will win. I have to ask Congress, “What about Social Security?” It seems we have had money to support Ukraine, Israel, a host of other countries and pet projects of the members of Congress’ pet projects in members home districts and states but what about me and others of my generation? This certainly is something to ponder, no doubt.
God bless America and all her citizens and residents, no matter whether they care enemies, not enemies or somewhere between. Additionally, forgive me for my trespasses as I forgive those who trespass against me.