The dog and pony show has continued today. I hope everyone is at least paying some attention to the Senate trial. This is big stuff and will affect this country for years to come. Yesterday's revelations were somewhat disturbing. When White house counsel was asked what date was the money froze to the Ukraine, their answer was they didn't have a date on record. The government doesn't have it on record? That smells of cover up. Second was one of the lawyers for the White House said if the President thinks it's in the country's best he should be re-elected then he is allowed to do anything he wants to get there. Really? Is this really a defense? I have to hand it to White House counsel Patrick Philbin. He's used that aged old strategy everyday before he speaks. The buttoning of the suit coat. It's an old legal startegy. No matter where you are on this trial, ask yourself this question. Will justice be served? My opinion probably not. Before the trial even started Senator Mitch McConnell made it clear that it would end in the house. Already decided not to find a guilty verdict. Also each day new revelations come out. None have been taken seriously by the White House counsel. There should be something more to make this a really fair trial. Let's say the President is removed. It doesn't mean he won't be able to run for the 2020 election. The Senate can actually vote to remove him but not bar him from running in 2020. All in all like I said at the beginning of this post, it's a dog and pony show. My best guess is the trial will be over tomorrow. And speaking of the Presidency let's go back in time to an amusing song by Joe Walsh....
What a cold week it has been. Finally it's 40 today. Much better than the 10 degrees yesterday morning. Heatwave! That's the way it is around here in the Winter. Yesterday was the first day we hit the freezing mark since last Saturday... All this week I've had these dreams. Several the love of my life has been in them. It's been over a year now since she's been gone. For awhile my dreams seemed to have stopped. Even our dog has been in the dreams. Monday it will be a year since he passed on. Friends have been in my dreams too. My mom and dad too. When you wake the dream is fresh and slowly disappears. Each day when I wake up I try to remember something from the dream. Little things. Have you ever noticed in your dreams when you're in a familiar place, it doesn't look like it at all. One of the dreams I was at mom and dad's. It didn't look like their home at all. Same with the other places in the dreams. It's a funny thing. So thinking about all these dreams this week I remembered this song....
You feel the sounds coming Bells ringing in the sunshine Raise your hand high to toast With a glass of red wine ~~ Hours slip into days Watching time tick by Seems a long time ago Saying to you goodbye ~ No time to stand still Wandering around my mind Dreaming of far away Stillness has been signed ~ It's just another day Remembering what tis Gazing long to the stars Feeling what it is ~ All I want to say is, I love you Forever locked in my heart Day after day, I love you Captured here in my heart..
Yesterday I had an idea what I was going to write about. Then the Oldtimers hit me and I can't recall what it was. Looking at the calendar, it's mid week and mid month already. Already this year is going fast. The skeptics say "What do you mean? It's only January?" Well it seems it was just New Year's yesterday. Incredible how time slips away and before you know it you're considered a senior citizen. I guess that's why we walk down memory lane....
Well I was unable to post the version I wanted to. The one above is a rough cut from the Beatles Anthology series. After this one is an early version of the song completed. Since I couldn't post it, here is the link: strawberry fields
It's been a wild roller coaster ride here with the weather. There was a pretty big storm here yesterday. Actually the storm has taken up much of the eastern part of the country. Well we didn't get all the rain that was predicted but wow the winds were awful Especially overnight. When I woke up today I realized my home had been uprooted and is now in Kansas. Auntie Em was right outside too. Just kidding! We broke a record. 70 degrees yesterday. Early this morning, 35 degrees. Go figure! I saw some sad news yesterday. The passing of the drummer/percussionist of one of my all time favorite groups, Rush. Neil Peart was 67 and had been battling brain cancer for a number of years. No one knew that until yesterday. He also wrote the lyrics for all of Rush's songs. This morning on Deep Tracks Satellite radio they were playing a tribute of their songs. This one is one of my favorites that they played....RIP....
For a long time now I've been using the day and date to title my posts. Like this one. It's not only Monday but it's the first Monday of the year. You know what means? Lots of Mondays to go! Since I retired every day is Saturday. Even today lol. My last post was a little of a downer. I guess after Christmas and all that holiday spirit filled with hope reality set in. I hardly watch the news anymore but I can't help but to see what is going on when I get online. My browsers homepage is Yahoo. Plenty of downer stuff on it. Then there's the other nonsense stuff. It seems now all these older celebrities especially the women are using twitter and other photo posting sites to post their latest pictures wearing just a bikini or not so much of anything to show that at age they are the bomb. Is this what our society has become? I wonder. Still the other part of the news is how so many are offended by what someone else says. In my mind if you're offended scroll to the next article. One thing I said in my last post was something like this, seems our crazy world just gets crazier everyday.....
As every new year begins we all hope for a better year. Just a few days into this year and hope has already vanished. Now we are at war with Iran. Though not officially declared, nonetheless we are at war. History repeats itself, humans never learn. The last time an assassination was carried out like this, it lead to World War One. Go figure.... California has had some awful fires but the fires in Australia are 10 times worse. I don't know how they will survive. And we still have those who don't believe in Global warming. I guess the big debate is if what humans have done have had an effect on it. Just a few days ago in Australia they recorded a record breaking temperature of 122 degrees. Can you imagine that? Still politics have divided our country enough that friends turn on friends. Family turns on family. Wasn't that an old plan of our enemies to make this happen? Well sorry for such a downer of a post but this crazy world seems to get just a little crazier everyday...
