Cowpuncher
Well-known member
There are a lot of comments on this forum that are hoping that Trump will drain the swamp.
This is NOT going to happen - EVER!!
I owned and operated a sizable cattle ranch in Eastern Colorado for some time. I left a decent job with
a large oil company at the age of 49. I bought this ranch out of foreclosure and expanded from about
350 momma cows to 850.
At age 71, age and health issues caught up with both my wife (of 60 years) and myself. My dear wife has
been diagnosed with Alzheimers and I with ALS- Lou Gehrig's Disease. As you know, these are both terminal.
Unfortunately, they both progress slowly and we are slowly fading into eternity.
We were no longer able to cope with snow in winter in Colorado, though most winters are quite mild. Just try to shovel
snow with one arm.
Our son, recently retired from the Marine Corps after 22 years of service, asked us to move in with them here in Columbia,
Maryland and we did. We pay about as much to them as it would cost us to be an assisted living facility and it is,
for the most part quite satisfactory.
We now live about 20 miles from Washington D. C.
If I look around the area, darn near everyone here works for the government, military or a subcontractor. One next door neighbor works for the Goddard Space Center. Another is a young lady who plays in the US Army band and gets all the benefits that
go along with that. My grandson lives about a mile away and is a Captain the Marine Corps attached to the National
Security Agency.
The government influence is endemic and pervades everything. The cost of living here is very high and it seems
that everyone makes a huge salary and/or gets cost of living allowances to help out.
Traffic is tough. Places are not miles apart - they measure in minutes, not miles.
The populace here is very, very democrat. The few republicans around don't say much about anything.
Trying to drain the swamp here is like touching the third rail on a New York Subway. Any effort to constrain spending
will result in immediate rejection with a plethora of objections.
Bless Donald Trump. This loud mouth has to be the only man with gumption enough to even suggest to government
is out of control.
State and local governments pretty much operate the same way. If things are not working well, they need more money and taxes,
not a look at how things are done.
The Kavanaugh hearings this last I would submit as evidence of how futile this would be.
CP
PS There is a growing body of evidence that the use of Statin Drugs - Lipitor, Atorvastatin, Simvastatin and others -
contribute to ALS. Please discuss this with your doctor if you are on any statin drugs. They will say there is no
evidence, but there is. ALS is not curable.
This is NOT going to happen - EVER!!
I owned and operated a sizable cattle ranch in Eastern Colorado for some time. I left a decent job with
a large oil company at the age of 49. I bought this ranch out of foreclosure and expanded from about
350 momma cows to 850.
At age 71, age and health issues caught up with both my wife (of 60 years) and myself. My dear wife has
been diagnosed with Alzheimers and I with ALS- Lou Gehrig's Disease. As you know, these are both terminal.
Unfortunately, they both progress slowly and we are slowly fading into eternity.
We were no longer able to cope with snow in winter in Colorado, though most winters are quite mild. Just try to shovel
snow with one arm.
Our son, recently retired from the Marine Corps after 22 years of service, asked us to move in with them here in Columbia,
Maryland and we did. We pay about as much to them as it would cost us to be an assisted living facility and it is,
for the most part quite satisfactory.
We now live about 20 miles from Washington D. C.
If I look around the area, darn near everyone here works for the government, military or a subcontractor. One next door neighbor works for the Goddard Space Center. Another is a young lady who plays in the US Army band and gets all the benefits that
go along with that. My grandson lives about a mile away and is a Captain the Marine Corps attached to the National
Security Agency.
The government influence is endemic and pervades everything. The cost of living here is very high and it seems
that everyone makes a huge salary and/or gets cost of living allowances to help out.
Traffic is tough. Places are not miles apart - they measure in minutes, not miles.
The populace here is very, very democrat. The few republicans around don't say much about anything.
Trying to drain the swamp here is like touching the third rail on a New York Subway. Any effort to constrain spending
will result in immediate rejection with a plethora of objections.
Bless Donald Trump. This loud mouth has to be the only man with gumption enough to even suggest to government
is out of control.
State and local governments pretty much operate the same way. If things are not working well, they need more money and taxes,
not a look at how things are done.
The Kavanaugh hearings this last I would submit as evidence of how futile this would be.
CP
PS There is a growing body of evidence that the use of Statin Drugs - Lipitor, Atorvastatin, Simvastatin and others -
contribute to ALS. Please discuss this with your doctor if you are on any statin drugs. They will say there is no
evidence, but there is. ALS is not curable.
