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Weather is a funny thing.  Last Wed, I ran at ten degrees below zero, actually temperature.  And, although most folks will think I'm crazy, I was quite comfortable, not at all cold.  This AM, just a week later, the temp was 25 degrees.  But, I was much colder, at least until I warmed up a bit.  35 degrees warmer, yet I was colder?  It wasn't that I was underdressed.  There was a strong breeze that was the culprit.  And, funny too, I couldn't figure out the direction of the wind.  Every turn I seemed to make, the wind was still in my face.

It seems just a couple of weeks ago I was scrounging around the house for a book to read.  Oh, I have some floating around in different places.  Karen would certainly say "You have more than some!"  None really struck me, though.  I plodded through a couple of them, though, learning some things.  At the least it reminded me that not all things worth doing are necessarily fun.  Yet, now I look up and see a pile of eleven books!  All look inviting, too.  Some were gifts--Matt sent me three that appear interesting.  So, now I have another dilemma, a problem of a different sort.  Which one(s) should I read first??????  Now if only all of our problems were such!

I came across an interesting analysis of Bill Clinton the other day.  "He had no use for the truth."  The analysis went on to add that Clinton or his spokesmen, when facing charges of scandal or other misdoings, "always answered in double talk and legalese."  Yep.

I still get a kick out of all those, esp, Democrats who are crying about "income inequality."  First, I personally don't care how much money the next guys make.  I am by no means wealthy--and certainly can't match my father's financial standing at the same age and we have the smallest house in our subdivision by far--but I am comfortable enough.  I don't want much and what I want or need I am able to purchase.  I don't care how much the bankers, athletes, Hollywood-types or hippy rock stars, CEOs, etc. earn.  (Oh, I think it's obscene how much some of them make, but that's not my concern.)  More important, it seems to me that those elected representatives clamoring bout "income inequality" are speaking out of both sides of their mouths.  Look at the DC-types who are yammering, Reid, the Levin brothers, Biden, Pelosi, et al.  (And if he hadn't died, I have no doubts "The Lion of Chappaquiddick, er, the Senate, Ted Kennedy would be at the forefront.)  Hey, look at my friends and acquaintances who support this drive to end "income inequality."  They certainly don't really mean what they say.  How about each of the the millionaires of the House and Senate add his/her income to a fast-food worker and then divide it so each gets half?  Or, how about Obama adding his salary (I can't afford a $1,000,000 house!) to my household income and then we'll split the total 50-50?  Gee, I haven't heard any of them offer to do that.  Granted, that would be a drop in the bucket, but what ever happened to leading by example?  Have I ever used the word "hypocrite" before?  Once again, the Democrats have outfoxed the Republicans by created a false issue that they have no intention of solving.  (Are the Republicans that dense, that they can't defuse these false issues?)  Now, would these same doo-gooders (and I do mean "doo") hold that, say, their guy George Clooney (Is that his first name?  I'm not certain.) should be paid the same as the woman who does his make-up or the guy who delivers his lunch on the set?  Should the usher who helps fans find their seats at the stadium be paid the same (or close to it) as Peyton Manning?  For that matter, should the Congressional page be paid the same as a Congressman or Senator?  Boy, those would go a long way to equalizing income!  But that's not what they really mean.  First, it's always the other guy who makes too much, well, the other guy who isn't a Democrat.  It's never the Democrats.  Second, it's the CEO who makes too much and the mail room boy who should make more.  Third, it's all about politics, distracting from real issues and getting votes in the next election.

I see the IRS using its power to attack political opponents of the Administration has been dismissed by some panel/investigator of the FBI as a mere bureaucratic snafu.  Yeah, right.  I read that--back on page 11 or so of the newspaper this AM.  The Chris Christie bridge story was on page 3.  Ha ha ha.