Me And My Shirt Take Another Trip To The Big City!

 

On Thursday, October 3, 2024, my wife Candice and I took another trip to Lexington, Kentucky, for medical appointments and left early so we could eat at one of our favorite places and I could hike for an hour at the Lexington Arboretum which is one of my favorite places to get some exercise when I'm in the city.  It is also a place where Candice can find a nice shady spot to read while I put in my hiking time.  It is usually heavily used but has enough acreage that you never feel crowded by too many people since it is roughly 100 acres with some woodland, several miles of trails and one of the widest collections of plants in Kentucky.  It's also a nice place to passively advertise my politics by wearing a political shirt when I'm there.  Candice usually sets herself up in one of her favorite reading spots and I hit the trails.  

 

Thursday was a bit quieter in terms of how many notices I got about my Harris shirt.  One man who was either listening to some book or having a conversation on his cell phone simply passed me and gave me a thumbs up with a point to my shirt, patted himself on the chest, and gave me a thumbs up. Then we moved to the Kentucky Clinic where we had our appointments with my regular cardiologist.  As we were traveling from our parking space to the section of the hospital where our doctor's office is, a woman passed us and gave us a similar signal of approval to the one I had received at the Arboretum.  I have known my cardiologist about six years and he and I always have some brief conversation about politics and books.  Since he was seeing both of us at the same time, I knew we had to keep moving and had no intentions of trying to distract him with politics or literature.  But as our visit was ending, he brought up politics and referred to his children who are young adults and said "I think this time the young people are going to save us" in the election.  

 

Then as we headed toward an elevator to our parking spot, we entered the elevator at the same time as a man about fifty who instantly said, "I really like those shirts!" and then went into a rapid discussion of his opinion that the Democratic party has made a major mistake by allowing TRAITOR Trump to go unconfronted about his basic and total lack of qualifications to be a candidate for president due to his long history of criminal acts, criminal convictions, nearly one hundred felony indictments, more than 25 accusations of rape and sexual assault, and his connections to Putin and Russia.  I told the man that I agree with him totally about TRAITOR Trump's total lack of legitimacy as a candidate for any position of public trust, he got out of the elevator, and we all went our separate ways.  Then we drove to our favorite place for chicken wings, hit the drive through and got one more pleasant surprise.  When we got to the window for payment and food pick up, the man working that location was a former client from almost twenty-five years ago who told me his story of recent personal success after having been homeless, showed me his pickup truck in the parking lot, and assured me he was doing fine.  Now all we have to do is win this election for the next president of the United States, Kamala Harris.  Then we hit the Mountain Parkway toward home eating chicken wings and throwing bones out the window. 

An Interesting Encounter With A Physician!

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Yesterday, I had an interesting encounter with a physician who is employed as the chairperson of a major department at a major American hospital.  I am not disclosing any personal information about this doctor because I believe they are fully entitled to have and express their informed opinions about any issue in America today just as any other American citizen, without fear of complaints and outcries from the general public.  When I met with this person, I had in my possession my copy of Former National Security Advisor John Bolton's book, "The Room Where It Happened".  The doctor, whom I have known for a little more than two years, saw the book and asked me what I thought about it.  I will more fully express my opinions of the book later in this blog because I still have about 80 pages left to read.  I told my acquaintance exactly what I have said to a few others since I have been reading the book.  I said that I believe that if anyone who had been involved in any of the meetings which John Bolton discusses in the book had also expressed their opinions of any particular incident or meeting in the book they would have their very own opinion and none of those opinions would coincide since the only specific job requirement which had been set for anyone working in the White House since January 20, 2017, has been that job applicant's acceptable level of criminal intent.  The doctor in question responded by saying that they had started the book and quit trying to read it after about 80 pages of the more than 500 page book.  I went on to say that it is my opinion that John Bolton is trying desperately to preserve some positive opinion of himself in the eyes of history which is very unlikely once the entire truth about the last three plus years inside the White House.  But that complete truth will only be achieved if and when we have a legally and duly elected president in the White House.  We were in total agreement that the skills of any particular person working in the White House since January 20, 2017, have been far below those necessary to actually run the government or any portion thereof.  This doctor asked me further to expand on what I thought of the book.  I responded by saying that it is a bit like taking 21 day rabies shots which every person I have ever known who had to suffer through that experience has said is one of the most painful experiences of their lives.  The doctor then went on to say, and I quote, "It is very scary." which was a succinct and very accurate description of the disaster which is being perpetrated inside the White House on a daily basis.  The doctor and I did not make the book, its author, or the criminal syndicate inside the White House the subject of our entire conversation.  We had other things to discuss also which have nothing to do with this blog post.  But as our conversation was ending I did say "if you believe what you said at the start of our conversation, go vote".  I would also say that to each of you.  If you love this country and want to see it ever become what it was before the Russians stole the election in 2016, you must vote! You must vote Straight Democratic!  You must support a full criminal investigation and prosecution of TRAITOR Trump and all his co-conspirators both inside and outside the White House, both inside and outside America, and both inside and outside Russia.