OUR WEEK
Well, it is time that I take myself away from the grueling
work of vilifying all things sexual in the Kavanaugh dilemma and give you an update from Glendale.
We are both doing okay. Ken is continuing to feel somewhat subdued after his battle with a cold that created severe coughing and that seemed to impact his shortness of breath. His light headed feeling seems to have subsided since he has adopted a regimen of 1 1/2 - 2 full liters of water every day and at least one full liter each morning. He underwent an echo gram on Friday as a routine follow up to assure that his heart is continuing to perform as it should. The Dr. strongly lectured him on drinking lots of water and said that the lightheaded feeling is often related to dehydration. Ken is good at obeying the Dr. Not so good about obeying his wife!
In a fact stating mode and I am not complaining, we are finding every day effort provides an opportunity for the body to complain a little more vehemently thus we are mindful of the fact that age is neither fun nor exciting. But as I have said before, "Every day that we wake up without a bow on our toe, must surely mean that we are blessed to see another day". That is not meant to be gloomy, just factual!
I ordered some hearing aids on line. I am aware that the old ears are not as fresh and keen as they once were, but I doubted my commitment to use them religiously (is that a politically incorrect choice of words?) and the cost seemed too high to justify "hearing aids just in case of need". I saw an ad on Facebook for a pair of aids at a fraction of the cost that Ken paid for his recent ones and I said to myself, "Self, you can afford those as a trial balloon" and I ordered 'em. They seem to be doing the job intended. Last night I had a question about them that I asked Ken and he said, "I don't know about how yours work. What does your instructions say?" To which I responded, "Oh, I have to read the instructions?" Now I ask you. Who would have ever thought of that?
Did I tell you last week that Lauren has accepted a job in Los Angeles and has firmed up her plan to move back to California for which we are grateful and happy. Frankly for the love of me (there is no greater love!), I do not know why anyone would want to move to California shy of independent means that assures unlimited wealth no matter what! Nevertheless we are happy for her decision and we'll leave it to her and whatever generational cohort she belongs figure out what kind of boat they are going to build to weather the high seas of the progressive liberal intellect that is the Coastal communities of California. And that brings me to my soapbox of today!!
My first impulse was to post the first paragraph with an empty page because our week has been pretty much engrossed in all things political. Dumb me, I actually thought that advise and consent was to do just that and not as Judge Kavanaugh said, "Search and Destroy". To save you time and frustration with your possible urge to ring my neck and seek to destroy me because I may have opinions that do not agree with yours, this blog "may" contain political rant!! So, forewarned, feel free to tune out.
Diane Feinstein and Kamilla Harris are the Senators elected to represent California. They are both Democrats and their representation reflects the admittedly liberal/progressive views of this State. Let me be clear. They do not represent my views. I do not profess to speak for any other member of my family, that is up to them to declare or defend!! I have made my thoughts clear to both Senators Feinstein and Harris on the subject of Judge Kavanaugh as follows.
- 1.For the record, I believe that Feinstein should be investigated by the Senate Ethics Committee and have to defend her actions regarding her handling of the complaint that she admittedly received from Dr. Ford in July.
- 2.I believe that Senator Feinstein's withholding of this information from the Committee until September 13 was a planned deliberate political act to at a minimum delay Judge Kavanaugh's nomination and hopefully defeat his nomination. If Judge Kavanaugh's life and that of his family is destroyed in the process, the glee and the praise goes to Senator Feinstein and the Democrat party. [For some time many Republicans have been evasive on acknowledging their political party registration for fear that it might somehow reflect some hint of impure thinking or whatever. I hope that the many good and decent people who I know that are proud of their affiliation and shared vision with the Democrat party will now realize the extent to which their party will go to win and regain power. ] It was a despicable act with no redeeming factors and if we are serious about preserving our way of life, we need to sit up take notice and act! (I am trying to organize a wheel chair brigade. I plan to call it 'WHEELING WITH FEELING".)
- 3.Feinstein is up for reelection and while I will not and cannot support her opponent (another Democrat under California's enlightened sense of Democracy, the two highest vote getters in the primary go on to run for the seat in question. Two Democrats garnered the highest number of votes for the Senate seat in our California primary.) I will do a write in vote and I have not decided who that will be.
- Let it be sufficient for me to say that I am unimpressed with the Senators from California.
For those of you who care to know, I will summarize as briefly as possible my views on what we are witnessing. I believe Dr Ford was credible, I believe she suffered an agonizing trauma and that this should have been brought to the authorities when it happened and someone made to pay for their actions. There are holes in her story that do need an answer. She remembers who was at the party but she does not remember how she got there, how she got home or where she was. cannot who she went with or where the party was. These are pretty important things to identify if one is going to successfully litigate even the smallest of claims that happened as recent as 30 minutes ago. Am I right? I have heard various commentary on the fact that memory loss is not unusual in these situations and I understand that. However, I think if it were me that house, who I went with, how I got home and those acts would have been permanently affixed to my mind. Nevertheless, we are all different but the fact that we are looking back 34 ? years, is it fair to actually blame anyone for acts that you can neither prove categorically or provide witness that will categorically state that they witnessed anything or were with her at any such event at the time, place and date unknown. People we are not talking about a petty little act of lying, cheating or stealing. We are talking about unsubstantiated charges that affect a man's life, career and family. As bad as I feel for the agony and obvious torture that Dr Ford has undergone, it is unfair for her to make these accusations that cannot be proven or substantiated in any way against Judge Kavanaugh or any human being. It is wrong and I find the actions of the Committee and the Democrat party repulsive, shameful and Un-American .
This is all that I am going to say in this dissertation but be assured, I will never again look at a person who is proud of their affiliation with the Democrat party with the same respect that I might have before this broke.
Yes sexual harassment, sexual crimes and sexual violence must be addressed in our society. Judge Kavanaugh should not be treated as a perpetrator in the absence of any evidence that he has ever been a party to such activities. If you have decided Judge Kavanaugh is guilty on the basis of the evidence before us, you do your moral values a tremendous disservice and that of all good that you might otherwise believe.
FYI -- I believe that Dr. Ford is relating to a nightmare that she may have suffered and that has remained with her through the years. I am not credible to form a medical opinion and thus my tongue in cheek comment should not be taken serious. But I submit to you that my theory makes about as much sense as Dr. Ford's claim that she was driven to a party at an address unknown by someone she can't remember that was attended by four people none of whom can recall the place or the people in attendance and was taken home by someone who she doesn't remember. I do not believe that all of those people could suffer from amnesia.
This is all that I am going to say in this dissertation but be assured, I will never again look at a person who is proud of their affiliation with the Democrat party with the same respect that I might have before this broke.
Yes sexual harassment, sexual crimes and sexual violence must be addressed in our society. Judge Kavanaugh should not be treated as a perpetrator in the absence of any evidence that he has ever been a party to such activities. If you have decided Judge Kavanaugh is guilty on the basis of the evidence before us, you do your moral values a tremendous disservice and that of all good that you might otherwise believe.
FYI -- I believe that Dr. Ford is relating to a nightmare that she may have suffered and that has remained with her through the years. I am not credible to form a medical opinion and thus my tongue in cheek comment should not be taken serious. But I submit to you that my theory makes about as much sense as Dr. Ford's claim that she was driven to a party at an address unknown by someone she can't remember that was attended by four people none of whom can recall the place or the people in attendance and was taken home by someone who she doesn't remember. I do not believe that all of those people could suffer from amnesia.
Furhter, I do not believe that this is a matter being covered up by the GOP establishment in their attempt to confirm Judge Kavanaugh.
Sorry -- I warned you!!
There you have it. Have
a good week.
