Why Is Halloween So Close To The Elections? I’ll Tell You

The fact Halloween is so close to the elections this coming week is an old tradition dating back too far for anyone to remember but ties in nicely with several themes.

Fist, it is scary to think we have to go elect Members of the House of Representatives every two years when U.S. Senators get a six year term. What is wrong with that picture? Members get elected and start campaigning again. Did our founding fathers get it right? I personally don’t think so. Are there term limits? No. Why not?

I suggest if you serve in Congress the following term limits should apply. A combination of 12 years maximum using the following possible options: A. Two six-year Senate terms; B. Six two-year House terms; C. One six-year Senate term and three two-year House terms. PERIOD.

Second, what’s up with our government NEVER telling us the truth? There are too many examples to even suggest here for they date back 200 hundred years. National security aside, I have come to believe any time anyone in any administration in my life time who looked into the camera lens on national TV and told me something important, he or she lied.

Area 51 does not have anything to do with aliens but everything to do with the development of super fast stealth and other experimental aircraft development by the U.S. Government. Our government likes to keep the Roswell thing going to keep the focus off the fact they are and have been using that area dating back to the development of the atomic bomb (Manhattan Project).

The Warren Commission was complete dribble. Oswald did not act alone and get off three highly accurate shots as quickly as suggested using the weapon found in the book depository. The magic bullet on the stretcher? Give me a break.

Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon all lied about Vietnam, where our “advisers” and troops were going, what they were doing and our government continued to say we were not in Cambodia or Laos, until we got caught there. OK, national security, right?

Do I even have to mention the weapons of mass destruction or why we really invaded Iraq? I think I’ll skip this one.

Do you want to rent the perfect, and I mean PERFECT Halloween movie to watch? It is NOT Seven, The Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead, Alien, Poltergeist, Halloween, The Shining or even The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It is Wag The Dog. If you watch that movie and are not convinced I am absolutely on top of the fact we cannot trust the government, and Wag The Dog does not sway you, rent Three Days of the Condor…good luck with trusting anyone in government, in any political party, again. Do your own filtering and….trust no one…

The Morning After

I am not going to be the first to say this nor the last – Congratulations to the Texas Rangers. They beat a team that closed their season with the best record in baseball this year.

The Texas Rangers were well prepared for the Tampa Bay Rays, who were out pitched, out fielded and out hit. They deserve the credit for winning their first post season game, ever. Now, they move forward.

Some, particularly in Tampa Bay, may wish to see them fail. I, however, hope they can continue to succeed. I WANT them to beat the Yankees. I WANT them to beat the National League’s best team this year. I WANT to say the Tampa Bay Rays were beat in the ALDS by the team that went on to be the World Series Champions. They earned it, they deserve it and they not only have a chance to win as they move forward, it would be fun to watch them play “small ball” against the odds and achieve that goal that so many others covet but now can only stand by and watch.

GO RANGERS!

On the Fence

On August 4, 2008 I began scribbling thoughts on something called a Blog. I was not on Facebook back then and thought I may have found a way to occasionally write a note about something on my mind, something odd or funny or, to be candid, to rant. What followed surprised me.

My Blog, Uncommon Sense, took over my life. In that month alone, in looking back, I wrote 25 times – almost as if I had a daily responsibility to write an article for a local newspaper. Obviously, I had a lot on my mind, almost every day.

What is a bigger surprise to me is, in looking back at what I wrote two years ago, I don’t actually remember doing the writing – this is almost like having an out of body experience and discovering who I am, or at least who I was.

Someone recently told me people don’t change but their behavior can. I am not sure where any new writings would take me if I hit the start button again. While I still have a lot going on in my head on a daily basis, I am unsure if I would have an audience for anything I may wish to address.

In thinking about writing again, I am making Uncommon Sense open to the those I am friends with on FB. There is a way to link Uncommon Sense to FB using Notes but even though I have set it up, I am having second thoughts. You can get to my Blog using the following link: http://jrtreehouse.blogspot.com/.  There are 32 posts covering a fairly short period of time waiting to be rediscovered.

I am traveling to the greater Pittsburgh area today for a few days of fun and frolic in an effort to make a living so I doubt I will have much to say due my travel today, tonight’s game between the Rays and Rangers, and my assignments while in Pittsburgh.

I would, however, find it useful if some or any of my friends on FB, the ones who have told me they read all my posts, would let me know if anything I wrote two years ago hits home and whether you would like to see more of what kinds of things rattle around inside my head…  

Retospective

About this time two years ago I burned out - that was because I had been writing at a steady pace for quite awhile and other matters were beginning to beg for my time. My consulting business was finally putting me in a position to make choices - work with clients or write. After a two year break, I am thinking of coming back.

This is my first attempt at using a blog again and I admit, I feel rusty. However, I still wake up everyday with "thoughts" on my mind and like to share. I also love getting feedback. Last, when I was writing a couple years ago I was not on Facebook, which has changed how I approach messages that to out to friends, family and even the public.

So, maybe it is time for me to start scribbling again...