And I’m back. The last couple of days have been a blur.
Slept most of Wednesday. The nurse told me that she was starting the anesthetic, asked me to roll over-next thing I knew I was in the recovery room and the S.O. was trying to talk to me. That’s scary.
Then yesterday, our shipment came. I had to work because of seeing the Dr. the day before which meant that the S.O. got a solo exposure to the species moving person-lazy Americanus variant. Spent most of yesterday trying to calm her down and sooth her feelings. I have to agree with her though-on a scale of worthlessness-these guys were right there at the bottom. I had to redo just about everything they set up for one thing-and second there are still things we are trying to find even though the box count was correct. Don’t even ask about the condition of the house right now, it is a mess. All weekend will be spent digging out and hearing the S.O. whine. And I do mean whine.
Watched the debate tonight. My judgment-McCain won on points. He did not hit one out of the park-but he did what he wanted to, he got Obama rattled and angry. Which when you are Obama-holding your own is not good enough. You have to crush the liar before he gets on a roll. And McCain told some whoppers tonight-but he got away with it.
Three things Obama did NOT call McCain on though and it hurt:
1) The surge is not the issue. Concede that it worked-but it worked to no good purpose. The Iraqis are still Arabs-and still not able to get their stuff together. Six years now- and they still suck. The surge did not change that dynamic-and thus we cannot leave. Surge or no-the Iraqis are still consistently worthless. Obama never got a chance to say that. He was right about it being a drain on the US though-but the point got lost in the noise. FTI. Obama should have also pointed out that McCain was for the Iraq strategy for longer than he was for the surge-I don’t understand why Obama did not seize on that-its on the record. FTI.
2) He got in a mud wrestle over negotiating. What he never pointed out is that the Administration is negotiating-with all of the nations of the Axis of evil. And its shown more improvement than invading Iraq did. Missed opportunity for Obama.
3) John McCain says he cares for and will care for veterans. Yet his voting record on veterans issues sucks with a capital “S”. How could Obama let that free slap in the face to McCain go by unused?
I thought Obama did better than I expected-but not good enough to sway undecided voters. Which like Iraq-just not losing is not the same as victory. Another thing McCain should have been called on because there is no “victory” in Iraq-just a point where the place becomes stable enough that we can declare peace with honor and go home.
If I could have asked John McCain one question it would be this, “Why do you love Arabs more than you love Americans?”
One final unrelated point. I am sick to death of hearing how the US has such a high business tax rate. And Ireland does not. Ireland does not have to pay for defense and wars that allow them to do business over seas safely. American business does. So yea we get a higher rate-because we allow other countries to free load off us and our foreign policy. Compare Ireland’s defense budget to ours-and include the cost of financing a forever war in Iraq in the computation. Then add in Obama’s points about loop holes.
Then one will understand it. It is the cost of doing business.
Oh and John, stop calling me “your friend”. You are not. You were in 2000, but this guy in 2008 bears no resemblance to him. When you vote for the GI Bill the first time-AND introduce repeal of the USFSPA-then I’ll think about being your friend. Till then you and Obama are just slimy politicians. Got it?
Got to get back to the whining now……………….