Orchids to …
• the end of the use of military training and weapons by police departments nationwide.
• Mayor Bowser of Washington D.C. for resisting the incursions of the federal government, and for painting “Black Lives Matter” on the pavement in front of the the White House.
• the two girls for helping me with my mulch on Saturday when it was so terribly hot and busy.
• President Trump for being the best president.
• the decorated war hero and former member of the Bush administration for admitting who he is going to vote for.
Onions to …
• rude bicyclists who shouted vulgarities as they sped past on the People Trail who seem not to realize it is impossible to maintain social distance and move out of the way when approached so rapidly from behind.
• the tough guy federal elected official who will push the limits of his authority until he ultimately experiences a bad outcome.
• this federal elected official driving our country off a cliff of perhaps no return.
• the local eatery in downtown Columbus where workers do not wear masks.
• those who don’t realize if you want to call yourself a jobs president you really should have a jobs plan and not just take credit when news is favorable.
• any kind of “normal” life as we know it being canceled, yet protests and rioting are allowed, with no social distancing required, how messed up is that?
• people who don’t understand the rioting and looting is because of 50 years of failed liberalism.
• making false statements about the federal elected official.
• the political party who enjoys a 100-year monopoly over every big city plagued by the worst violence.
• people who take their dogs on long walks, or runs, during the heat of the day.
• the federal elected official who wants to move his political convention just because a state can’t guarantee health safety for the huge number of adoring representatives he wants to have attend.
• those that don’t realize the jobs report often gets corrected as additional data comes in and is likely not to be favorable to the federal elected official.
• the federal elected official who endorsed police brutality while delivering a speech to law enforcement on Long Island.
• public employees receiving raises in a global pandemic and severe economic recession paid for by those of us who are jobless or suffering from a significant income decrease.
• the federal elected official who didn’t realize if he had just used a Zoom background then he wouldn’t have needed to gas the peaceful demonstrators.
• the federal elected official’s wall which he says is to keep people in just like the East Berlin wall did.
• everyone who thinks peaceful protesters should be tear gassed, beaten and arrested by police, which is exactly what is happening right now.
• people who need to read the Constitution and Declaration of Independence — some don’t know the difference.
• all who voted for and will vote again for a narcissistic, racist, soul-less leader.
• those who don’t agree that Lafayette Square is the federal elected official’s Tiananmen Square.
• the newly-installed fencing around our White House.
• supporters of the federal elected official and his unstable arrogant behavior because you wouldn’t want someone like that living next door to you.
• the federal elected official who thinks photo ops are his primary job responsibility including the NCAA football championship, the SpaceX astronaut launch and outside the vandalized church brandishing a Bible.
• those who brag on social media to make their lives appear perfect during a global pandemic.
• the local manager who is too controlling with grieving families.
• local officials for allowing another school referendum on the ballot.
• our neighbors who seem to think I want to see all of their vehicles on our property every time I look out the window.
• those who don’t realize our country was already great before the federal elected official arrived to destroy it.
• those who cannot comprehend that the peaceful protestors have no relationship to the rioters and looters.
• those who cannot comprehend that the athlete did not bend his knee to the protestors, he bent his knee for racial equality.
• comments about how bad of a job the federal elected official is doing.
• protestors who want the police to treat criminals with TLC.
• the people who had music blaring until 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
• people who submit false information.
• the company that still has not fixed the ice machine for the workers in a heat box.
• those demonizing the police while ignoring the statistics.
• the politicians refusing to do their jobs and enforce our laws.
• the local non-air conditioned factory that doesn’t make fixing the ice machine a priority when it would help the employees cope in this sweltering heat.
Happy Birthday to …
• Scott Hunter! from Little Brother.
• John Woods, from Larry and Kay.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Mike and Diana Bova on No. 64.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
