Thoughts on Inauguration Day...

I hope this Inaugural Day signals the end of all the whining. Or, depending upon your political persuasion, crowing over the '16 Presidential Election.

I no longer care what the vote tally was, who won the popular vote, or who won the Electoral College. Juste so long as it was honest.

It's over; let's move on.

Like it or not, Donald J. Trump will shortly be our new leader, our 45th. And just as I have the last six or seven elections, I pray our new president is up to the task.

Personally, I think the pettiness of those elected "leaders" who have chosen to forego this inauguration is beyond belief. I also find it laughable that so-called "celebrities," many of whom I've never heard, are "boycotting" the event. When I was a kid, the fact that my favorite cowboy hawked some cereal didn't make me wanna badger Mama 'til she bought it. And age has not changed that. My opinion of someone is not swayed even a little by actors and such, people who live in an imaginary world.

Who cares? We've beaten the "boycott" horse soundly, so let's dismount.

Oh, and we certainly don't want to neglect those idiot protestors making asses of themselves. If they had as dozen brain cells among them, they'd know now is not the time to protest. Today's ceremony is the 56th Inaugural Day, if my math is right; the 56th peaceful passing of leadership of the world's longest-running democratic republic. Today is about passing the torch, whether or not you like the recipient. If those bozos want to protest, they should be doing it at home, before their congressmen/women. Not today.

To the national news media, I say, "Enough! We get that every word from your mouths is golden, and by the 10th or 12th time, they sink into our little pea brains. You don't have to keep hammering!

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Get off your keisters and go find some new, real news!"

Finally:

Democrats and Republicans, stop playing to your radical constituency!

You Democrats in Congress, if you think your current behavior is gonna make your party stronger, or elevate you within it, you're fools. You Republicans, if you think it's time for payback, you, too, are fools. We, the Great Unwashed, don't give a rat's putout about your petty little feuds.

All y'all better get your butts in gear, and stop with the old-school politics-as-usual crap. Petty vendettas, real or imagined slights, listening to the small LOUD minorities instead of those who put you into office. And stop telling us what you think we want to hear, and tell us the truth!. We're adults, most of us, and we can handle it.

No more partisan bickering, and no more fighting among yourselves. We the People have eyes and ears, and now, finally, we're paying attention.

To paraphrase my sainted mama, "We the People put you into office, and We the People can take you out!"

If y'all don't shape up, after next election, you all will have plenty of time just to dance....

WHY?

I have a question...or two:

Why is the hot water tap on the left and the cold on the right?

Why are the seams in our clothes, especially socks, on the inside where they're more likely to irritate us, instead of the outside, where they're not?

Why do politicians promise and pledge things they KNOW they can't deliver; then totally ignore them after they're elected?

...And why do we keep re-electing these bozos?

Why don't food companies offer low-sodium versions of ALL their products?

...And why do they cost more even though they have less ingredients?

Do reporters really believe they're objective?

Why are instructions on prescription bottles printed so small you need a microscope to read them?

Can anybody tell me why the F-word is now acceptable in almost all venues except church?

Do people really need warnings telling them not to use a hairdryer in the shower?

And while we're on that subject...

Why would the instructions on a plumber's helper say, "Caution: Do not use near power lines?"

...or the label on a bottle of hair coloring warn against using it "as an ice cream topping?"

How come you hardly ever hear a whole song on the radio without the DJ talking over it?

And why do the people who write and make movies think they must "educate" us in their way of thinking?

...And what idiot really believes that LaLaLand and San Francisco are the centers of true American values?

Does the label on a mattress truly need to warn us not to try swallowing it?

Does a six-year-old pointing his finger at another student and saying, "Bang!" warrant his suspension from school?

...And does the entertainment industry really believe the kid was NOT influenced by something he saw on TV?

Are we so stupid, we need to be cautioned by a pepper spray label never to "aim spray at your own eyes?"

Another question that's been burning inside me: why does the warning on an Auto-Shade Windshield Visor tell us, "Do not drive with sunshade in place...?"

Why in Heaven's name would we need the label on Fix-a-Flat to tell us, "Do not weld can to rim?"

...Or a label to warn us to "not consume" Home Depot Treated Lumber?

...Or never to use a Rowenta Iron to "iron clothes on the body?"

Do not the great majority of parents KNOW to "remove infant before folding (a portable stroller) for storage?"

Why do media types insist on using every new, "trendy" phrase or word until we're absolutely sick of hearing it?

...And then using it some more?

Why can't we all just get along?

...bWAHhahahahaha!

...Okay....

Finally, maybe I've led a sheltered life, but I can't imagine why anyone would need to be told that the hotel-provided shower cap in the box he/she is about to open "fits one head."

Got any burning questions of your own? Please, send 'em in here, and we'll discuss 'em...or cuss 'em, whichever is appropriate.

If not, maybe we'll all just dance....