To infinity and beyond

So do either of the Dawgs boycott anything?

Not at the moment but there is little that I've boycotted in the past.  Maybe my memory is faulty or I'm in some serous denial.  The only thing I can think of is back in college when the girlfriend, a self-styled campus activist, was bent out of shape about lettuce because of the plight of the migrant farm workers led by Cesar Chavez.  There were arguments, sometimes heated, about the efficacy of a boycott.  It can be an effective method of drawing attention to an issue but not much more, I think.  Is there something today that I should consider boycotting?

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"Draining the swamp" was a big part of campaign rhetoric but what's so bad about a swamp in the first place?  They are necessary parts of the ecological landscape, rich in biodiversity and a key component of a healthy watershed.  The only problem with a swamp is that it iso nature's domain and can't be developed for human profit.  If you want to farm or build on it you have to drain it but then you will be prone to flood  damage which will wipe out your costly development.  Leave the swamp alone, I say, and work with it and not against it.  We all know what happens when you try to fool Mother Nature.

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I was thinking about the good old days, when the president was in the news on a daily basis but it was just for things like greeting the national 4-H Club or a foreign dignitary in the Oval Office, a three minute news bite at most.  But now?  Who can keep up with all the nonsense?  The plight of the immigrant children may have some legs and may be a deal breaker.  There is more than the usual amount of grumbling within the GOP ranks, and even Fox News seems to differ with the First Occupant of the White House.

And what's the deal with the Space Force?  If memory serves, there was an implicit international agreement that exploration of space was to be for peaceful purposes and not to be weaponized.  I think Trump smells money in space and his rationale is that someone is going to have to defend that valuable resource so it might as well be us.  You've got to seize the high ground, don'cha know.  I bet he already has some dandy uniforms in mind, drawn up with that new box of crayons that Melania gave him for his birthday.