Sun Musings

Michigan is, indeed, a strange place at times.  I know I grow weary of references to Michigan's fickle weather.  "Don't like the weather?  Stick around a few hours; it'll change."  But I had to laugh this weekend.  It seems we went through an year's worth of seasons in less than 24 hours--sunny and bright 74 degrees on Fri, followed by nasty thunderstorms Fri night, and then a day of strong winds ("gale-force" the radio weather cast called them) and snow (although no real accumulation).  Now, the sun is out, but with the strong winds and temperatures hovering near the freezing mark.

Is it true that about 500 students and faculty members at U VA signed some letter criticized the university president for quoting, of all people, Thomas Jefferson?  Forget that he's the founder of the college, the third President of the US, and the author of the Declaration of Independence and Virginia statutes on religious freedom.  Nope, he owned slaves; that's enough to render him unquotable, I guess.  On top of that, the current university president's citation had nothing to do with slavery, nothing at all.  So, apparently I can no longer use this, from Jefferson, "Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle....  We are all Republicans.  We are all Federalists."  Regardless of its applicability to today, esp today, that "we are all Americans!," Jefferson is irrelevant.  Fools!  We are creating fools on our campuses.  (Well, some of the fools are teaching.)

Speaking of irrelevant, I'd guess the Free Press editor Stephen Henderson is becoming irrelevant.  Like so many, he likens support of Trump to "anti-Americanism" and "racism."  As a reader noted, "how shallow and unfortunate."  That's what Henderson has become, one who sees victimhood at every turn.  Yes, we have a way, in many instance, quite a way, to go with race relations, but Henderson is not helping.

I've seen the stories of the racist and bigoted actions of some people.  In Lansing the other day, a house that had been prepared to help a needy minority family was vandalized.  A noose was found in an area school.  What's wrong with people?  And it's these lame-brains who are perpetuating the myth that all Trump supporters are racists and bigots.  Find who they are and throw the book at them, just like those "demonstrators" who burned Ferguson, Baltimore, Charlotte, Tulsa, etc. should have the book thrown at them for arson, looting, and even in a couple of instances murder.

I think I've made it clear I'm not a fan of Trump.  I didn't and won't support him, although he's the President and I accept that--just like I didn't support Obama, but accepted him.  I don't pay much attention to the hysteria the LameStream media give to possible Trump appointees.  But I do pay attention to those he's interviewed and consulted.  To those who supported Trump because they thought he was "anti-Establishment" (something I strongly favor), I cautioned that he certainly wasn't, that he is "the Establishment," both politically and financially/economically.  And his potential appointees are moving in that direction--Establishment characters.

What's with Trump's "60 Minutes" interview?  How can he call the Clintons "good people?"  If he doesn't want to say bad things about them, just keep quiet.  If he wants to calm the vitriol, just keep quiet.  But don't insult us by saying they are "good people." And is he backing off on repealing Obamacare?

I really hope the Tigers don't decimate their roster because of salary cap restrictions/"taxes."  I'd hate to see Cabrera, Verlander, Kinsler, the Martinezes go anywhere.  That's esp if the salary cap "tax" is only a few million bucks.  I keep recalling that about 60% of his almost $700 million arena is being financed by taxpayers.  Hmmm......  $260 million from taxpayers vs a couple million to keep taxpayer, er, fan favorites??????

I read the obituaries more days than not.  Maybe there's a reason for this, maybe not--but often the deceased have photos attached to the notices, photos of what look like high school pictures of people who died at 80 years old. I just find that odd.