It's The Weekly Ramble...

Still today the images are heartbreaking. The wreckage Harvey left behind is beyond words. My heart goes out to all those affected by it. Here Saturday it was on and off drizzle to late Sunday morning. Nothing serious at all but it was the last of Harvey which made its way all the way to Ohio. There's a lot of organizations to donate money to help those affected. Research and choose a good one. This is what makes America great. Helping our fellow citizens in times of disaster. 
Which brings this post to politics. This week Congress gets back in session to work on a number of problems. One is to raise the debt limit so the Government doesn't shut down. It's a double edged sword. Raising our debt or shutting down. If the Government shuts down, our veterans will lose their disability money and medical services. Those working for the Government will be working without a pay check. That's bad news. Also bad news is raising the debt ceiling, more trillions in debt. See double edged sword. Then there's money to allocate to FEMA. As you know that helps(or supposed to help) victims of disasters such as Harvey. Well Mitch McConnell and his fellows want to take some of the billions promised to FEMA and divert it to fund the building of the Wall across the Mexican border. So I wonder how Americans feel about that. Many support building the Wall. And yet we would be taking money away from the agency that will help in the recovery from what is now called a once in a 1000 years' disaster.  I also wonder have we lost our direction? Meaning our Government. So far this administration and Congress seem to be not willing to solve any problems at all. Most of what I've said here is just me thinking about how did we get to where we are now in this political world. It's something to think about as the next few years unfold. 
Let's think of this one in a 100 years' storm. Though many people have sides on the Global warming issue, pretty much all agree it is happening. The questions are is how it got to be this way. Well I'm not going to talk about that except to say since Global warming is happening, expect to see more such storms like Harvey. Just look around and see how wacked out our weather has become. 
On the lighter side, this is a Holiday weekend. Celebrating us working people with a day, Labor Day. As hard as we work to make a living we need an extra day to recharge, have fun and relax. We need more of them!
Here's our boy relaxing for the Holiday weekend with his bandana from last week's grooming.(what am I saying, he's relaxing anytime he can!) Bless my daughter for taking care of him. Free of charge lol. She grooms dogs for a living and I take him there while she works on Saturdays. It's a 40 minute drive but I don't mind at all and neither does he.  Happy Labor Day!