First Blog

Political campaigns these days are different. They’re dirty, derogatory, and deranged.   All candidates must now prepare for ·        Pledging support for expensive and/or unrealistic goals, ·        Scandals, usually related to sex, though possibly fake, ·        Past sins, even back to high school, ·        Appeasing the base then pivoting to the middle, ·        Past lies (documented) and past lies (from weak testimonials), ·        Past or recent changes in policies or beliefs, ·        Income tax problems, ·        Illegal alien hiring. Given all this we give a question:  Who could possibly want to go into politics in this massive climate change?

The  carnival  is now a celebration of parties, the name of a cruise ship line, and an annual event at every school.  Where did that delightful term  carnival  come from? And the answer is...  In fact, many suggest it comes from the Italian ( carnevale ) derived from the Latin carnem (meat) and levare (remove), corresponding to English "carnival".  Carnivals are usually celebrated just before  Len t, where the Lenten sacrifice was to give up meat consumption.  (In the olden days most of the peasants sacrificed meat as a way of life because they couldn't afford it.) Now we go to the carnival, celebrating the moment with ribs and steak,  exotic costumes, hot music, wild sex, and of course delightful drink.  Sacrifice is for whom again?