COLUMBUS DAY THOUGHTS

   I should not be writing or you reading this blog since it is Columbus Day and memorizes the so called:” Discoverer of America”, the western continents. In this era of ignoring history an individual like Columbus who brought the Spanish and other white supremist to these lands along with their conquests and enslavement of the natives.

  However, it is catch 22, if he or some other seeker of a route to the Orient had not found the West Indies this blog would not exist.

  It is also unthinkable to do as those who wish to destroy any reference Including statues to Columbus and replace with Mother Cabrini, a Christian saint. I believe that to do so would be a violation of the separation of Church and State since this day is celebrated as a legal holiday by all governmental offices, postal workers as well as schools and banks.
  It is also my opinion that although the Christmas tree is basically a symbol of a religious holiday we have accepted it through custom as "non sectarian; however a statue to a saint on non church grounds must be unconstitutional.  
  I have just returned from another short hospital stay where once again I found that staff and other providers may hear you but they don’t listen. Because one is 99, he must be senile and cannot know what must be done for him. That however is a tale for another time except it reflects on what is wrong with today’s health care and the populations general outlook which catteries everybody. Individualization is a foreign concept.

   Likewise, the circus in DC goes on while legislatures and governments forget their obligations to the people or the country. The same applies to state, regional (counties) and local governments, Party and self-interests (staying in office) are all that matters.

  Whether Democrat or Republican the last several administrations have not learned that Isolation, high tariffs, socialism or spending more than you can earn are roads to ultimate disaster.