Mr. President: I’ve helped the BP in the past and having a border with Mexico that a person can just walk between our countries brings the question why we have to go through 2 hr. immigration at our airports? A substantial number of people arriving across the border are unskilled and insolvent that will end up on Government assistance. They also have the potential to bring diseases not found in our country into the middle of our cities. We are 28Trillion dollars in debt (And climbing), one third of the people already here are Food insecure and becoming insolvent by the day. The COVID virus also doesn’t need any help.
A lesson in Civil Discourse by Rep. Brian Mast
[Congressman Brian Mast (house.gov)] “The response [to Mr. Jake Tapper CNN] is this: OK, the president told you [Trump supporters] to come to the people’s house, did he tell you to do it violently? Or did he tell you to go there and cheer people on, or what, but it’s worth getting to the bottom of before you rush to judgment and that’s the foundation of democracy,” Mast said.
“I’m going to say to Mr. Tapper the same thing that half of America is saying right now, hold me to a high standard — don’t hold me to a double standard. And me asking if any of these lawmakers that are about to vote have gone through any questioning, any hearings, have asked any questions of anybody, that’s an appropriate question and it speaks to the foundation of our democracy, it doesn’t diminish it,” he added.
As for civil discourse: “And I would give this statement to him, as well — it is not as important in America, especially today with all the division that we have, that I say, ‘This is what I think about you.’ We’ve got to get to the point that we’re saying, ‘This is why I think something,’ now I can say, ‘This is why I think you’re wrong,’ and we can have a real debate and hopefully you end up learning something about each other instead of just coming away with two people that are pissed off.”
“Sedition” somewhat closes off that debate — particularly when you use it against a man who lost two legs to an IED in Afghanistan for nothing more than how he voted, the questions he asked about the election and the lawsuits he signed onto. In a world of Jake Tappers, be a Brian Mast. It’s OK to ask questions, it’s OK to debate. The most horrible take doesn’t win the day.
Unity and healing, the buzzwords of the day, don’t require scorched-earth demands for accountability to be met. They require debate. Vet Congressman Who Lost Legs Responds with Class to CNN Anchor’s Questioning of Patriotism (westernjournal.com)
Project Engineering: Layout new ductwork. With a variable speed compressor the temperature drop in the ducts has a much greater affect on the performance. The reason is that the forced air temp can be just a few degrees above the room temperatures. (Meaning that a few degree change becomes a large percentage of the heat/cool capacity into the room.) I’ve doubled the insulation on the 6″ ducts since they had the greatest surface area per volume of air. I’ve also doubled the long trunk line to the Master Bedroom since it’s length and the two 6″ ducts were affecting the air significantly. I encased the 8″ duct to the kitchen inside a 12″ duct. (Pretty easy actually.) and ran it to the vent over the microwave. I also encased 25 Feet of 8″ duct inside a 12″ duct for my cave yesterday. Reminds me of a really old Star Trek…
Heat pump and ducts are working pretty well, I have the guest bathroom to fix. When I was measuring the temperatures at the registers I noticed they were a bit dirty. I bought new ones and wiped the inside of the duct boot with a bleach solution to remove the 30 years of grime it had collected.
My EcoFlow R600 Pro has finally been shipped by FedX #77264175832. Left Albuquerque NM yesterday. Estimated delivery: Friday, January 22, 2021. I assume that it is on a truck because there has been no status update since Monday and it is due to get here tomorrow. (Doubt that now, probably get it on Saturday.)
The COVID numbers are pretty high, but they are headed south for now…
Narrative: I’m skipping the time bullets today. It’s about 6AM, writing in my blog and drinking a glass of orange juice. I checked the news and got me a cup of coffee to sip on while I work on this blog. Just got out of the shower, we’re waiting on Kroger to inform us our order is ready for pick up. In some ways I feel a little nervous about our new administration, they are changing so many things the first day. Kroger let us know the order is ready, pickup went flawlessly and we’re home. We’ve used Instacart, but they kept the Kroger discount and we paid the penalty. The penalty has been more than $10 for several months. Made a trip to get some shampoo for the wife, they set it outside the door for us. Took a good nap and doing some cleaning today.
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know.
Researched Philippines Typhoons last month, they took a huge toll on the island. I watched several videos, 3-5 feet of water leaving 3-5″ of mud on everything inside their homes and on the streets. This will take a long time to clean up, I checked the Internet and they were pretty bad off. Homes and crops were destroyed and thousands are displaced without enough food or water. According to CNNCF they anticipate being back to normal by Jan 2021, They are not there yet.
CF called me yesterday and we had a long conversation about their shortfalls. It was pretty much the same theme at the end of the day, I need to be patient with them. That was until I mentioned that I’ve not had consistent mail since 2017, then they back peddled some…
Tomorrow: Friday.
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read the book Crossing the Line.
Family News: Going day by day.
Arts: I’ve not been able to watch the new Wonder Woman movie for technical reasons.
Travel: Florida travel looks well out of reach!
Taxes: Waiting on my W2’s
Pi News: Love em, but no time to play with them.
Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To