Young dudes who talk about voting have a look. Some wear a suit and tie, an expression like they’re looking at the sun, and get their hair cut high and tight like the special force they feel a part of. You’ve seen them in pictures, on camera, looking fierce. Maybe they are fierce? Incel fierce?
NO FEAR, OR LOTS OF PRACTICE
No fear is a brand and lifestyle. As for the lifestyle, it’s a lie. Who’s not afraid? Everybody’s afraid, but some are more up to the challenge than others.
JOB APPLICATION: IT NEVER ENDS, NOR SHOULD IT
An election is a job application. Win an election and you get the job. Lose an election? Then what? Nixon is a good example.
ELECTED OFFICIALS TAKE OFFICE AFTER ELECTIONS AND VOTE COUNT? HOLD MY BEER
Elected officials come to office by many paths. Some feel strongly about making a difference and run a political campaign as a difference maker. Others fill a seat by appointment. And still others cheat and steal their way in then whine and accuse if they lose. However they get there, the job isn’t done after […]
BE SMART OR BE DEAD, BLUE BLOOD
“Be smart or be dead,” comes from a cop show I watch with my wife. It could be any cop show watched with any wife as long as Tom Selleck is in it. In a recent episode a retired cop stops some shady punk from robbing a cashier by pulling his gun, aiming it at […]
GYM ELECTIONS: WHY I MISS THE OLD MAN WHISPERING GROUP
Even if there’s no such thing as Gym Elections, you’d never know it. A focus group used to gather regularly, lean in, and talk the talk. Fun guys, conservative learning republicans, working out their latest take on overnight news. A retired teacher, a retired doctor, and a current fire breather, were staples, though they had […]
HOUSE CLEANING FOR BETTER NATIONAL HYGIENE
via ritabay.com House cleaning comes in as many varieties as houses, people, and dirt. And no matter how careful we are about the dirt and trash we let in, it still needs cleaning. It was easier when people lived in log cabins with dirt floors. Sweep of the loose dirt and pack the rest down […]
Dropping The Vote, Nov. 6, 2018
Oregon voting works like a Starbucks, or McDonald’s, or Taco Bell drive through. We’ve all got the drive through part figured out, but what’s the order of the day? Vote. I dropped the vote off at a box near the Tigard police station. What could go wrong? My business isn’t telling others what to […]
Standing Down In America, Vote Nov. 6, 2018
A game has rules, a score, a winner, and a loser. Good sportsmanship comforts the loser, tells them they’ll do better next time. The winner stands in the light to receive their accolades. Voting is a little different.