What Does Election Day
Mean to Me

First and foremost it means the end the the countless barrage of ads and commercials meant to divide and confuse Americans... and we don't need ads and commercials to do that. And I hope the postal carriers get paid a bonus for lugging around the tons of political flyers that inundate our mailbox. As of the start of this election day, the media reports that more than 30% of voters have already cast their votes and been counted and in person voter turn out is expected to be high. Andrew and I are among those who voted by mail two weeks ago. But based on the great political divide in America, and Trump who has stepped up the rhetoric calling our system of elections corrupt... it may be days before we know the true results. No doubt the sale of automatic weapons will surge this week largely by the hands of the sore losers. And there will be a LOT of them.

Like most Americans, we just want to live our lives the best way we can and with as much autonomy as we can expect in such a culturally diverse society. How much of my life will I control and how much the government... an age old query... one that you can never expect to be answered by a politician.

Andrew will be in Thailand next week with instructions to seek out a new home in case Trump wins or the Dictator of North Korea decides to start WWIII.

Terry Ernest - November 5, 2024 0900

What Do Election Results
Mean to Me

Four more years of all for Trump. In honor of the world's most prolific bullshit artist, Trump will be in a good position to:

• Pardon his own Federal crimes and those of his sycophants
• Pardon and release those convicted of the January 6 'insurrection'
• Weaponize the Judiciary against his detractors
• Fulfill his promise to deport millions of illegal immigrants on day one
• Complete the southern border wall and tighten border security.
• Impose 10-20% tariffs on the importing of foreign goods.
• End taxes on Social Security Payments
• Seat additional conservative Supreme Court Justices
• Cut car insurance rates by 50%
• End the Russian-Ukraine war in 24 hours
• Create Tent Cities where the homeless can be moved
• End the Federal Department of Education - States on their own.
• Require Voter ID - Proof of Citizenship at the polls.
• Legislation allowing only two genders - male and female as assigned at birth.
• Cut the Federal Government's budget every year
• Reduce American energy costs by 50%
• Establish "beautification campaign" to improve the appearance of American cities

Andrew's Nephew Corey Nambounmy and family won first prize for family costume. Sheriff Corey and his jailbird daughters Aubrey and Kira and wife Jenny, holding the loot they call Ryder. Deputy Riley looks fashionably pleased.

In California, every registered voter gets a ballot in the mail and today, I got an email from the Registrar of Voters saying that my ballot was received and counted. If this is truly legit then I say this is a great way to vote. Seems pretty efficient to me. And more convenient than standing in line to vote at the local polling place on election day... or now you can vote in person days ahead of the election at selected sites.

But who and what to vote for? The big ticket offices are not nearly as important to me as Congress, Fed and State and the myriad ballot measures for state and local measures, most of which may cost us A LOT OF MONEY now and in the future. At this time of high prices and gauging inflation, tax hikes and general obligation bond measures is not what we need. We need leadership that can spend wisely with what they already have. More of what I think.

How Do You Weed Out the Bullshit? That's the question of the month. There is so much vague and misleading information out there it is really hard to determine if anything on the ballot is worth voting for.

If in doubt... Vote NO

• California wants 50 billion dollars in general obligation bonds to fund its infrastructure projects and to pretend to help the homeless.
• San Diego City wants a 1 cent sales tax increase and the County another half cent increase to fund their various infrastructure projects and to pretend to help the homeless. Combined that would put local sales tax over 9%.
• California - Allow tax hikes without a 2/3 majority vote. OH HELL NO. This is another measure to help chisel away at Prop 13 and hit us with lots more taxes and "fees".
• RENT CONTROL - NO! Let the market bear the housing prices. I am sorry, but not everyone can afford to live in San Diego and I don't think we should force land owners and developers to put round pegs in square holes.
• MY FAVORITE If our prisoners (they prefer incarcerated Americans) don't want to work we should not force them to work. We can just hire additional people to do the work when prisoners refuse. Proponents say that the rate of recidivism will drop if we treat prisoners with kindness and understanding and put them through school instead of making them mop the floor, make their beds and do laundry, etc. Funny... that never worked for me when I was a kid. I spent half my early teenage years grounded for one thing or another.

Terry Ernest - October 20, 20204

Poor Kim Jong Un, lonely communist dictator of North Korea. He is trying so hard to plan a battle strategy against South Korea but his top generals gave him a paper map with no pictures. Left to his own devices, Kim will likely resort to eeny meeny miny moe in order to find Seoul on the map. Kim has been threatening everyone lately including us. Surely he knows that we will have South Korea's back to the tune of billions of American dollars. Just like we have Ukraine's and Israel's backs to the tune of billions more. And certainly Kim must know that if he uses a nuclear weapon on the South, or anywhere else, that North Korea will likely be wiped off the map.

His threatening posture includes his idea of taunting the US by sending some of his elite military troops to Russia to train up and fight against Ukraine. South Korea maintains that at least 1500 North Korean troops are in Russia now... something Pyongyang denies at this time. Not that his troops have any choice, but I wonder what Kim Jong Un used to bolster their confidence and to keep them from screaming into their pillows. Putin will most likely put the Korean troops on the front line calling it an act of solidarity while hoping it will keep his own troops from screaming into their pillows.

Rumors of Kim Jong Un's poor health could serve to foster his aggressive stance, which seems to be more bark than bite right now... but who knows what goes on in he mind of such a selfish autocrat, especially if he feels he has nothing to lose.
Insert Fat Jokes Here at Your Own Peril.

Terry Ernest - October 19, 2024