so there i was ...

the local news was on in the background.  the only time such stuff is on is the morning because they devote a lot of time to the weather.  i'm a farmer at heart, coal trash by dna, and lawyer during the day.  it seems that knowing the weather is logical.  but then i get absorbed in my morning internet surf, and some trash comes on - i don't know, good morning america?  something like that.  just drivel, with that metrosexual george steph-something with no shoulders, a high-schooler's bad haircut, and the whiff of a clinton in his history.  they cut to some guy with a piece on romney's short list for veep.  totally wrong, and, it seemed, purposefully so.  7 of the 8 listed were white; only two were female.  dream on, libs.

so the past few days have been hectic.  today's calendar cleared.  i've done some prep work for cases, but can mostly tend to admin stuff at a leisurely pace.  i like it.  i rarely eat anything from getting up until dinner time.  just coffee in between for the first few hours.  then my one meal at night is all i need.  but today i ate lunch.  sitting in the apparent lap of luxury.  smirk.

i need to order my seeds for the vegetable garden.  i know.  i'm late.  but the 30x30 plot has been thoroughly beaten into shape.  i'm pleased.  one more pass this saturday, then i'll be ready.  i'm not sure what i'm most excited about ... probably the flowers in the center, although it'll be the first time i've grown corn since my dad passed away, and that was always his favorite thing.  i'll have four generations of corn - each 3 rows by 12 feet.  first should come around july 4, then every few weeks afterward.  i'm planting indeterminate tomatoes to extend the crop and not get overwhelmed when 130 pounds all mature on some late july tuesday afternoon.  the cabbage is going to be cool - gonna try to make sauerkraut.  and then i'm gonna shoot for maybe 3 kinds of pickles - bread and butter, certainly; dill probably; and then something different - maybe garlic spears ... naw, boring.  need something unique.  i'll figure it out.

is anyone out there as bored with politics as i am?  it's the same old trash talk, claims they don't trash talk.  yadda yadda fricking yadda.  i am laughing over this romney and the dog bit.  the libs go berserk, then have to defend obama eating a dog.  and then have to defend that no, it was not even legal to do so at the time he did.  just too funny.  dog.  eating a dog?  really?  i mean, who field dresses it?  who cooks the damn thing?  is it because cats are too fast or don't yield as much meat?  he - ate - a - dog.  make me yammy ...

so my youngest came back from her scoping out nashville trip.  she's level headed about it.  not jumping in.  won't go until the foundation is set.  but i believe she's going.  what an odd feeling.  a kid moving far away.  i don't care for it.  i don't like anyone i care deeply about moving far away.  makes me feel vulnerable.  don't know why.  just does.  she brought me a picture of johnny cash.  very special of her to do that.  i love it.  i have one photo of him with june.  another photo of the two i shared with another.

i guess i should get back to work ...

politics, re duex

i used to write here about u.s. politics, then i joined a couple of guys on a bigger blog, then that parlayed into a much bigger blog.  i played at the national scene for a few years ... but am feeling much better now.  i haven't written or discussed politics for the better part of a year.  i keep up with it, but am out of the game.

so allow me to jump back in if even only for a moment.

romney was going to be the nominee before the first vote was cast.  his warchest was too big, organization too broad.  santorum was nothing but the anti-romney, although rick's a very good man.  solid christian.  newt never had a chance.  he pissed off too many people on every front.  the tea party folks despised him as an rnc goon; the rnc despised him as an unreliable company man.  romney's tough road was because he's somewhere between scott brown and george w. - both flavors of moderation.

but romney will unite the republicans (of which i am not) because he's the anti-obama.  obama, as all first-term presidents, has done little more than lift his skirt to show his knees.  if he wins a 2d term, all liberal hell will break lose.  there's only so much congress can do to curtail the agency-heavy executive branch.

romney's big moment is now his veep choice.  a friend tells me the sitting governor of puerto rico presents well.  i'm very curious about him.  i think one variable is a given - the choice must be a minority, which can be hispanic, cuban, or indian.  gender is not important.  personally, i like lt. col. (and house rep) allen west (fl-22).  i've meet him a few times and had the chance to talk.  incredible focus, very well-read; a true student of american history.  picking him would also result in the obama campaign having to trash the military - dumb, but they'll do it.  i'd record the veep debate to watch over and over again ... "biden, you ignorant slut," west would rejoin.

the pubs will hold the house and take over the senate.  obama is sucking all the oxygen out of the fundraising for the dnc to put up any kind of fight in the battleground races.  and various states have, by design or otherwise, lured the unions into spending tons of money on recall initiatives to save their own skins as their contracts have been attacks - drawing precious dollars forward in time and out of the coffers otherwise set aside for the general election.  in short, the pubs will take complete control of the legislative branch for the same reason romney took the pub nomination - money and focused organization.

will romney win?  i believe it is his to lose.  he has to attack like a junkyard dog but not like a junkyard dog.  he needs to be vicious yet have a deep enough organization to clean up his messes.  he needs to come across as the elder, much as reagan did with carter.  he can get there through exhibiting competence.  he must force obama to run on his record, time and again slamming him for what he did.  there needs to be blood in the water, but not chum tossed from a bucket - it needs to be from surgical strikes piercing arteries.  i think he can do it.