Nationalism

When did nationalism become a bad thing?  It never ceases to amaze me how the English language seems to constantly re-invent itself.  Okay, the NAZIs were national socialists, but I always thought it was the "socialist" part that was the bad thing.  I mean, what's the alternative to nationalism, internationalism?  The only difference between a nationalist and an internationalist is the internationalist wants to control more people.

That pipe bomber and all those mass shooters are crazy people.  If you think about it, the news has always focused on crazy people.  If there seems to be more of them around these days, it just might be that there are more news sources and they're all competing for our attention.  Like Uncle Ken once said, "Nobody wants to see a movie about Talks With Beagles making ice cream and sleeping in his deer blind."

I took the quiz that Old Dog recommended and I aced it.  Yay me!  The trick is that you have to remember that you're not judging whether or not the statements are true, you're judging whether they are factual type statements or opinion type statements.

I've been having trouble making my cigarettes lately, I think it has something to do with the humidity in my garage.  I usually have the wood furnace going by this time of year, but I'm short of firewood, so I'm saving it for the really cold weather to come.  I bought a carton of  Salems the other day just to give myself a break from the frustration, and it cost me $77.  It's been a long time since I bought ready made cigarettes, and I know they are more expensive, which is why I make my own, but I didn't expect the price to be that high.  It is my understanding that state and federal taxes account for more than half the price of cigarettes, and that those taxes took a big jump during the Obama administration.  I hadn't made up my mind about voting for the legalization of pot, but now I have.  Since the liberals voted to tax the shit out of my cigarettes, I'm voting to tax the shit out of their pot. So there!