Update to My Last Post and Some Political Commentary

I finally have my computer back. It certainly took them long enough! They put it back to the same way it was when I first purchased it, but I have everything backed up with Carbonite, so that was no problem. I also have 125 new e-mails to go through! Please understand if you sent several e-mails and I don’t answer each and every one of them. I had every intention of getting on the internet long enough to let my friends and readers know I’m still alive, so I went to the library a couple of times to use one of their computers but gave it up because they were always occupied.

I found out during this internet blackout that I feel a lot better, both mentally and physically, when I don’t spend as much time focusing on politics and sitting at the pc. The first (politics) probably needs no explaining. Here’s where I could go into a long rant regarding what appears to be the far-left’s absolute determination to destroy capitalism, but all you have to do to find out how I feel about that is listen to Glenn Beck. He’s on Fox News every day at four central, just in case you don’t know. Walt and I are finally beginning to feel the financial pain of what the Obama administration has been doing. We’ve lost thousands in stock and expect to lose more. I don’t suppose I have to tell you that gas is already going back up in price and so is everything else. Disgusted? Me? You can say that again! Our daughter, who we put through college is working at Burger King and is lucky to even be able to get that job. What I’m feeling is far worse than simple disgust.

We will soon be working on the gardens again, and I’m busy restoring a family heirloom for a friend, and as it’s my intention anyway to limit my pc time because it’s beneficial for me to do so, I won’t be spending nearly as much time on the pc as before. I will visit as my time allows, but Dragon Lady’s Den isn’t going to be anywhere near as active as it once was.

I heard yesterday that the cost of electricity is going to become outrageous. I think it’s time Walt and I seriously considered putting in a windmill. We certainly live in the right place for it.

Now for a short story:

There’s a country road in front of our house and our closest neighbors lived down that road about a quarter of a mile. That’s the road we walk our dog Sweety down every day. The neighbors moved and rented out their house to Mexicans. I don’t know whether they were legal citizens or not, but I do know that there were eleven people living in that three bedroom, one bathroom house and when the weather allowed they would sit outside and party. Beer cans all over the yard and Mexican music. It sounded like we were living in Mexico. Their electricity got cut off so they asked us for some candles. Two days after that they were gone, without paying either the electric bill or the rent, of course. I know that because the owner of the house stopped by and told us they were gone, and they had left all the doors open. She changed the locks and locked them, but the people had evidently left some of their possessions there because the front door had been kicked in. I’m sure neither the electric bill or the rent will ever be paid because no one knows where they went. I guess they haven’t yet figured out they can buy a house with no money down and no credit and we taxpayers will pick up the bill. Or they can go to Florida and move into a really expensive house without paying anything at all. Socialism sucks! With Obama at the helm there's nowhere to go but down! I suppose this is what it feels like to be on a sinking ship.

I guess I’d better get to it. I have a lot of e-mail to go through and I'll be visiting as soon as possible.