Friday, Part Two - Visiting Dad

We visited Dad at the hospital today. He is doing okay, but doesn’t really want to be there. He had some nausea, but given the different drugs he is getting, it doesn’t surprise me. He is a stubborn German farmer, so he isn’t the most cooperative patient, but I think that he is regaining his strength, so that he can go home. I am sure that he will go stir-crazy in there once he starts feeling stronger and gets his independent streak back in gear.

Dave and Josh rode along with us to the hospital. We met mom in Hutch and brought her along, too, so that she didn’t have to attempt to drive in the Twin Cities traffic. The passengers were grouchy, but that happens in dealing with a long drive. It would have been better to leave at 5:00 a.m. so that the boys slept for most of the drive, but some of the passengers hinted that leaving early would require them to get out of bed extremely early. The day was not bad and it was nice to visit Dad. We all want him to get stronger and get home, and that is what matters, not the petty stuff and minor inconveniences.

Politics, Family, and Stuff

We found out that Heather’s brother is coming to visit around the time of Jericho’s first birthday next month. His girlfriend will be traveling and he needs to be there to meet her at the airport, so he is coming a different weekend. Gabriel really enjoys spending time with Josh, so Gabriel will be excited to see his uncle. We are interested to hear more about Josh’s love interest, too, but that will come in time. He is a great guy and he deserves someone as nice as he is, so we are all hopeful. I am sure that things will turn out for the best. I guess what would make it easier for all of us would be if we could convince the authorities to move Indiana closer to Minnesota. Maybe Al Gore could influence these authorities, so that we could keep fuel usage to a minimum and avoid global warming as much as possible.

Oh, by the way, Accuweather changed the forecast. At the time I went to Las Vegas, the prediction was for a full week of hot weather with highs in the 90s next week. I see that now the temperatures are predicted to be in the 70s with lows in the 50s. this sounds like May weather, not July weather. If this is global warming, I don’t like it, because I am trying to grow warm-season crops and this global warming is just too cool to be useful for growing food for my family. Maybe if I buy some carbon credits, I can influence Fat Albert to send some excess carbon dioxide our way. After all, the more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the better the plants grow, and the more food we have to eat. Gee, that almost sounds like global warming would be a GOOD thing, if only it wasn’t a bunch of lies, distortions, propaganda, money-making schemes, and part of a global plan to transfer the wealth of the United States to the rest of the world, so that we can all be one big, happy, low-rent family of communists.

Thank goodness for the DNC and the Democrat party. What does the DNC stand for again? I would think that the name should be changed. How about Distortions Nonsense and Communism? I need to think about that a bit, because I am sure I can find other names that fit better for what the Dems and libs REALLY stand for and espouse, besides enslaving the American people to fuel their wealth and hunger for control of the people. When you hear the crap that people like Nancy Pelosi and King Obama are spouting, you hear lines taken directly from the Communist Manifesto. Funny how these jokers are not suggesting confiscating THEIR wealth measuring in the millions of dollars, but just the evil oil companies and entrepreneurs. What a bunch of propaganda. I feel pity for the average person who takes the propaganda published by main vein newspapers and network news as gospel. It is all happening in the name of reprogramming to get the people used to the idea of a much stronger centralized government. Oh, by the way, I heard today about Obama’s tax plans if he is elected king. The effective tax rate would be approximately 60 percent. Is that the change we need, as he claims? God help us all if people are ignorant enough to vote for this communist fiend.