I don't know if it's the continuing gradual decline in readership here, or what; but I'm beginning to think I spend too much time on the internet. For months,I have been quickly putting boards and beams in the barn, without much order; and what a mess. I spent some hours this afternoon straightening that out, and found some beautiful wood while doing so. We'll see if it lasts, but there's a liberation in not being able to maintain the numbers. I took some of the wood and started making it ready for signs. Not ones that businesses have ordered, but ones I hope to sell online.
While I was working out in the shop, I thought that maybe people wonder why I haven't addressed current issues in this country. Let me tell you about a plan I had for some murals on local barns. The street I live on runs parallel to one that is known for its historic homes. They're old, but really nice. They even had famous visitors back when, I think Andrew Jackson came by. My idea was to make a historic loop. There are small towns in the Midwest that attract visitors because of the murals painted therein. I reasoned that if the barns along this road had murals depicting local history painted on them; then it would attract visitors, and maybe even create a few jobs. Where applicable, the murals would include a relevant Bible verse.
But then I got the news that California had passed the law allowing school children to choose which bathroom they perceive their gender to be. That's it man; end of story. No country that does that to children can be saved. Too far gone. I had locations and artwork arranged for the murals, but forget it. Waste of time. I don't comment much on domestic issues in this country for the same reason. If I do comment, it's to try and prove a different point; but not 'this is what can be done to save it'. So it is that I don't comment on police shooting unarmed African Americans. Even if I did want to comment, I'm not informed enough to say much. That statement alone will probably anger some, but that's just another of the problems facing this country: the disregard of due process and free thought. I'm not allowed to say I want to know more about each case. If a 285 lb guy tries to take a police officer's gun, then sorry, he might die. Too bad, end of discussion. If it was a white guy the same size, doing the same thing, would there be an organized protest by the same crowds? Is justice their true motive? The white guy's death probably wouldn't get airtime outside of a 50 mile radius.
Don't think I hold the police in high esteem. That would be difficult considering how often they pull me over. I guess I'm being profiled, but that's another matter. The point is that not only are the police turning into a bunch of dangerous idiots; but, we have an Attorney General whose enforces laws only if they conform to his filthy liberal agenda, and we have a race of people who can't be treated like other suspects, lest they burn the town down. A grand jury reviewed the evidence, if you don't like that, you don't like order, and will reap the consequences. I'm not saying every case is the same, some are probably the wrong outcome, but I doubt all of them are. I've wondered if I could say the above in person in certain parts of town. Come on, tell the truth, "be brutally honest", you know it would be a big risk. There you are, free thought not permitted. So this increases interaction between races, right? Increases whites shopping in black districts, decreases racism, right? There was a time that I really wanted to be known as "a righteous man"; like some of the guys in the Bible. But now, in this country, I'm the bad guy. A regular life time member of Bad Men Anonymous. Should I care?
