Thirteen Thursday Thoughts

 By the end of the week, I will be the only American male who has not been offered the head coaching job at Penn State University.

If Bill Belichick never wins another game, he's still my hero! He's a year older than me and is sleeping with a 24-year-old.  Bill's striking a blow for old farts everywhere!!

Roy Cooper has officially filed to run for the US Senate. When our current Governor/Idiot Josh Stein ran for Attorney General in 2016, his dominant campaign promise was that he would clear up a big backlog of rape case kits in the NC Department of Justice. What he never mentioned was that his predecessor as Attorney General was Roy Cooper. Yes, Cooper was responsible for the backlog that Stein claimed to have cleaned up. Stein's campaign never ran an ad telling us that Cooper was responsible for the backlog. It's amazing how Democrats just gloss over the facts.

It's all about priorities. The City of San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against "Big Food" companies claiming that they are killing people with their products. In the meantime, they allow actual killers, robbers and rapists to run loose on their streets. Nobody is walking the streets of San Francisco worrying that someone is going to give them a bag of Cheetos.

In the special Congressional election the other day in Tennessee, the media is all agog because the Republican only won by a margin of about ten per cent. Trump carried the district by more than twenty points in 2024. Why doesn't someone point out that the Democratic candidate, who professed to hating Nashville, lost by less than half of what Kameltoe Harris did? Remember, figures don't lie, but liars can figure.

Judge Beryl Howell in the District of Columbia is a walking example of why we need terms for federal judges and a mandatory retirement age. We need to end the concept of "senior status". She's moved to the front of the line when the impeachment sweepstakes starts.

Liberal judges are all claiming that ICE cannot just ask people for proof that they are here legally. Meanwhile, across America today, tens of thousands of American citizens will be asked to produce their driver's license. Law enforcement officers routinely set up roadblocks where they ask people to produce their license but can't ask them to prove they are here legally. Make it make sense, Gavin!!

Democrats only want to fight wars where nobody gets killed. They want to protect people who are smuggling drugs into our country. Someone needs to point out to Dims that many of those young Americans getting killed by illegal drugs were probably potential Democratic voters.

Democrats are the "lawmakers" who are more concerned about the safety of drug smugglers than they are about the safety of American children.

I continue to believe that if Washington, Oregon and California will all just secede from the Union and form the COW Republic (California, Oregon, Washington), we would all be better off. The United States would lose half of our perverts and potheads in a single stroke. Those schmucks could then elect Gavin Newsome as King.

I realize that many people believe that IQ tests are somehow socially oppressive, but why does anyone with more than a room temperature IQ continue to live in that hellhole of California? The only place with a higher rate of low IQ folks than the Cow Republic is the Press Room at the White House.

When the next cycle of Congressional campaigns starts after Christmas (or earlier), I will support the first son of a bitch who promises to start impeaching federal judges. 

Frankly, I would rather watch pigs make pork than watch a Cabinet meeting. But I have to admit that Trump is showing Democrats what democracy looks like. He has already held more Cabinet meetings than Sleepy Joe and Puppeteer Jill did in four years.

Adios K&W!!

 For those reading this from outside of the Carolinas and Virginia, K&W Cafeterias abruptly shut down all of their locations on Monday, December 1. The television news shows, and the Internet are filled with folks who all claim to have been K&W customers and are stunned that they shut down. 

In the interests of full disclosure, I actually ate at the K&W on two occasions. Both times involved my wife giving birth at a nearby hospital. So, barring some event marked by a special star in the sky, I ate my last meal at K&W long ago. 

I have attempted to comment on this subject on several sites and have been banned from some as a result. Apparently, cafeterias are an even touchier topic than politics, religion and even sports. So, that reduces my available outlets to share my thoughts to this blog. 

I spent more than fifty years working in the restaurant business. My first job was as a vendor at Tampa Stadium working for a company called Volume Services. I started there in 1968. Volume Services has ceased to exist, and the old Tampa Stadium was torn down in 1999. I don't remember participating in any mourning rituals fo Volume Services.

I worked for Biff-Burger in 1970. I worked for the Ranch House chain in Florida. I worked at the restaurant at the Hawaiian Village Hotel in Tampa. I worked for the Rancher Restaurant in Tampa, a ripoff of the Ranch House. I managed a Lum's restaurant in Tampa. I was a manager for Casa Gallardo Mexican Restaurant & Bar, a part of the General Mills Restaurant group. I ran the Neon Diner. What do all of these restaurants have in common? They are all gone. None are in business today. Yet my life marches on.

Cafeterias are an endangered species. I can't remember the last time that I read about a new cafeteria opening. The primary customer base for cafeterias today is old people. It's cold, but true, old people are dying faster than cafeterias can replace them in their customer base. No customers, no sale. No sales, no profits. No profits, no business. Surely, even the slow among you understand this chain of events.

Why aren't there more cafeterias? The next time that you meet with Archie, Jughead and Betty at the malt shop, you should discuss this. When I was a kid, we loved to go to the soda fountain at Cox's Drug Store at the corner of Columbus Drive and North Boulevard in Tampa. If you guessed that Cox's is no longer there, go to the head of the class. You can get extra credit for telling me which CVS or Walgreen's has a soda fountain today.

It's more than cafeterias and soda fountains. In the 1950's and even in the 1960's, there were drive-ins across the land. How many car hops do you currently know who are still working? In the 1970's, there were fish and chips restaurants everywhere. Been to an Arthur Treacher's lately?? In a completely unrelated story, there were two locations of Churchill's Fish and Chips in Tampa in the 1970's. I really liked their food, but apparently my business wasn't enough to keep them afloat. I don't recall any public mourning period for Churchill's.

In the late 1960's, the surge was budget steak house chains. The names all had a "western" theme and name. We had Sizzler, Western Sizzlin', Ponderosa, Bonanza, York Steak House and countless others. By the 1970's we had expanded to chains like Ryan's, Quincy's, Steak and Ale, Beefsteak Charlies, Brewmasters and Mr. Steak. When was the last time that you bellied up to the salad bar at one of those places? I am going to give credit to Golden Corral for surviving. They did that by giving up on being a steakhouse and became a "slop 'til you drop" buffet.

So, what's the point of all of this? The restaurant business is not a static place. People's tastes change regularly. If you aren't staying ahead of the curve, you will run off the road. K&W was trying to swim upstream.

RIP K&W.

I'm just a tired, old, White guy

 A Democrat, who by her own admission hates Nashville, Tennessee is running to represent that city in Congress. If she wins, they will get what they deserve.

Yesterday, assassin Luigi Mangione was in court trying to get evidence against him disallowed from the trial. Lawyers for Mangione claim that they are trying to make sure that he gets a fair trial. What kind of fair trial did Brian Thompson get before Mangione shot and killed him in New York?

I am not an attorney, nor do I play one on television. But in regard to Mangione's arrest, I watched hundreds of arrests while working at the Waffle House. The police are searching your ass and any bags that you are carrying before they put you into a police car. It's a safety measure for the police and the person being arrested. They don't need a search warrant to search you or the bag you are carrying. Ask any wino! This issue was resolved long ago.

In Minnesota, the famed retard Governor Tim Walz has apparently presided over more than a billion-dollar fraud scheme for the past five or six years. What's the good news? At least, the American people were smart enough not to vote for that crooked retard for Vice-President. What more can I say about retard Tim? Obviously, Democrats don't believe in vetting anyone for any job. As if we needed any more evidence after they nominated Kamala Harris.

Memo to famed retard Tim Walz: Stop making public statements on national television. It is said that the television camera adds about 30 IQ points to your appearance. That still leaves you in double digits, Timbo. This isn't your best look, homie.

Walz is so dumb that he has accomplished the previously believed impossible task. He is making Kamala Harris look like an intellectual.

If there is a sane Democrat living in this country, please ask them to tell Sen. Mark Kelly to shut up and go away. He is making retired naval officers look like dumbasses or Minnesota governors. 

 The high school football coach in Virginia who has been missing for a couple of weeks has still not been found. They have charged him with several counts involving child pornography. If he is found alive, he should be castrated after conviction.

I have eaten the last of the Thanksgiving turkey. The Christmas season has officially started at the Jones house. I have committed to shopping early this year. I will do my shopping on December 23. Yeah, that's actually early for me. It's a lot easier to shop closer to Christmas. It's much easier to choose a gift as there is not as much left on the shelves.

Bored on Monday afternoon, I watched Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, answer stupid questions from even more stupid people in the White House Press Corps. Reporters are obsessed with Trump's health. Trump has answered more questions and given reporters more access in the first ten months than Dementia Joe did in four full years. When Biden was President, nobody in the press corps even asked for proof that Biden was alive. I guess that they didn't want to stump KJP or Jen Suckey.. 

Monday Morning Meanness??

 Liberals are outraged this week that Trump referred to Gov. Tim Waltz as "the seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz". I can understand that retarded people would be upset with Trump for grouping Tim Walz with them. Long ago, I had a cousin with Down's Syndrome. My aunt, his mother, would often talk about him as being retarded. You could say that sixty years ago because people were honest. Today, liberals all want us to lie to keep us from offending other liberals. They don't really care about the people involved. 

In other opinions, I can't believe that Trump failed to use terms like "Communist", "limp wristed", "brain dead" and "wannabe guy" to describe wispy, wimpy Walls.

I am bald. I don't recall anyone ever referring to me as "follicle impaired". 

I read today that Zachery Ty Bryan had been arrested again this week. Apparently. the actor, who played Brad Taylor on Home Improvement, has made a career of domestic violence and drunk driving.  The only affect this arrest had on me was when I read that he is 44 years old. It seems like just yesterday that he was some kid always in trouble on Home Improvement. I guess that nothing has really changed. 

If the Democrats are telling military personnel to not obey "illegal orders", can they at least tell us what illegal orders have been issued? Did Biden ever "autopen" any illegal orders? Did Dr. Jill ever direct any military member to do anything? Since Dr. Jill was not a military officer, that would have been an illegal order. How about Hunter? Did he order anyone to hide his stash?

You know that it is going to be a horseshit evening on television when you turn on "The Five" and Jessica Tarlov is on. I switched to the American Picker reruns. As least the tattooed woman knows when to shut up.

Thanksgiving is in the rear-view mirror; I think that Christmas may be the day after tomorrow. Or at least, that is how it seems.

I read The American Spectator daily. They put out a print edition two or four times a year. Other than that, they are like every other rag, available online. One of their writers has a morning newsletter that shows up on weekdays in my e-mail. This morning, there was an item claiming that Gallup shows that Trump is nearing his lowest poll numbers in history. They would have more credibility had they cited the Easter Bunny. What's the difference between Santa Claus and polls? I don't believe in polls!

Pollsters question about 1000 people in a nation of more than 350 million and claim that those results are an accurate sampling. That's bullshit, of course!  According to some Americans, 1000 people is not even one of each gender or national origin. Polls are not used to report on public opinion, they are used to drive public opinion. This is like herding sheep. I have never been contacted by a pollster for a political poll. No one that I know has ever told me about being polled. Where do all of the polled masses reside?

Luigi Mangione's lawyers are claiming that the police searched his bag illegally as he sat in McDonald's with a pistol and a silencer. They should have treated Luigi like he treated his victim. The police should have treated Luigi like he treated his victim and shot the son of a bitch on sight. 

Had to get all of that out of my system before writing my letter to Santa. 

Turkey Day Taunts

 If Donald Trump announces tomorrow that there has been a cure found for cancer, Democrats will introduce a bill condemning Trump for putting cancer doctors out of work.

Six Democraps have made statements telling military personnel that they should not obey "illegal orders". They presented exactly zero evidence that any "illegal orders" have been issued by anyone. An example of an "illegal order" would be anything that a Representative or a Senator tells them to do. Senators and Representatives are not in the chain of command.

Sen. Mark Kelly should be compelled to participate in a study of brain damage caused by too much time in space. His appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's show confirms that he cannot be taken seriously. Kimmel and Kelly? They are one "K" short.

Wait! I may have found the missing "K". I see that Ken Burns is now doing for the American Revolution what he previously did for the Civil War, baseball and country music. Ken's "work" is just one more reason for the Congress to completely defund PBS. Ken isn't an historian; he specializes in alternative histories. Burns' next project is rumored to be a documentary on the outcome of a fight between Superman and Batman. 

Yesterday, two West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot by an Afghan refugee in Washington, DC. The assailant was wounded in the gunfight. We need to deport this useless piece of shit as soon as he is well enough to move. Let's save all of the legal battles and just drop his ass out of the bomb bay of a B-52 over Afghanistan. Wrap him in a large banner that says, "Return to Sender". Playing the Elvis hit is optional.

The leftist buffoons at "MSNOW or NEVER" are trying to claim that Donald Trump is showing signs of dementia. Those at "MSNOW or NEVER" should check a mirror for their own symptoms before trying to diagnose Trump. These folks were all missing in action when Biden was President. Call me when Trump can't get up the stairs on Air Force One or shits in the White House hallway and blames it on the dog.

For all of the "celebrities" who keep threatening to leave the country if Trump keeps breathing, I have six words. Delta is ready when you are!!

Reflections From the Road 11/24

 I just returned from a six-day road trip to Moultrie, Georgia for the 35th Annual Fall Moultrie Car Show and Swap Meet. Yeah, I just call it the Moultrie car Show. The 530-mile ride down there leaves me lots of time to ponder the meaning of life and other topics while cruising down the Interstate. The back roads require a little more attention.

There are several prominent Democrats urging people in the military to disobey what they consider to be unlawful orders. I think that some folks are out over their skis on this advice. Sen. Mark Kelly comes to mind for some reason. I think that a retired officer urging active-duty military personnel to disobey orders is probably against the law.

South Georgia is a big agricultural area. I was reminded when I walked into a convenience store/gas station on Friday evening around 7:00 PM and encountered about 30 likely illegals. Apparently, they had just been paid and were stocking up on cases of beer and bags of chips to get through the night. There was a bright side to it. At 5'7", I was the tallest guy in the store. First time for that in my life!

There used to be a "Southern Style" buffet in Moultrie. The sign is still there, but now it is an Asian buffet/Hibachi. I guess that it is "Southern" Asian food. I did eat there, and it was reasonably priced and actually pretty good.

My fears that we are a nation of fat, lazy people were once again confirmed at the car show by the horde of people riding those electric handicap vehicles around the show. They need to get off of their fat asses and walk. You have to know that it is bad when I am giving fitness pointers.

Does anyone outside of the federal government and the news media really even give a shit about Jeffery Epstein? Why didn't the Democrats release all of these files when they were in power? Just for the record, this paragraph did not write itself.

The JFK assassination was less controversial than the death of Epstein. Kennedy didn't kill himself, either.

Despite Congressional protestations to the contrary, I cannot find anything in the United States Constitution that gives a Federal Court District the right to appoint a United States Attorney. This power was given to them by a bill in Congress, which did not have the right to do that. For anyone to have the right to make appointments other than the President requires an amendment to the Constitution. This is just a case of Congress and the courts colluding to strip power from the Executive Branch. The Supreme Court needs to address this order immediately. 

I relived the days of my youth and had dinner at the Waffle House one evening. Conversations revealed that no one on the staff or their parents had been born when I started working at the Waffle House. One employee asked if I needed help getting back to the truck. I flipped him and they all laughed.

If you are ever in Wrens, Georgia, be sure to stop at the Stuckey's factory and outlet store. They have a lot more than just the nut logs there. It's on US 1 at the south end of town; tell them Gil sent you.

My plan to make my usual stop on the way back home at the Buccees in Warner-Robbins was sidelined when I saw that the line of cars waiting to get in the lot was backed down I-75. I don't possess the patience needed to make that kind of wait.

I saw that Comey's case was dismissed by a federal judge. Comey's only problem now is all of the other laws that he violated.

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein is the new standard for worthless. If he cared as much about North Carolinians who lost their homes during Hurricane Helene as he does about illegals in Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham, this would be a great state.

Just Resign, Josh Stein!!

 When Josh Stein took the oath of office as the Governor of North Carolina, he took an oath that included these words; "support and maintain the Constitution and laws of the United States". Today, Josh Stein is breaking that oath.

Josh is not supporting the federal government as they attempt to remove illegal immigrants from North Carolina. He claimed that the actions of ICE were only making things worse in Charlotte. Do NC State Troopers writing speeding tickets on I-85 "only make things worse"? Does Carolina football only make things worse for Chapel Hill? ( Sorry, I just couldn't pass up the cheap shot.) Do health inspectors closing restaurants "only make things worse"? Does requiring automobile insurance and license plates and driver's licenses "only make things worse" for North Carolina motorists? Does collecting a state income tax "only make things worse"?

The men and women of ICE are being harassed by mobs of morons as they try to do their jobs in Charlotte. The Governor has taken no action to help the people of ICE as they try to do their jobs. If a crowd of leftist loons surrounded a state trooper who was trying to write a ticket for a speeder, it would not be tolerated. Yet, Stein is mute as the Charlotte charlatans try to prevent federal law from being enforced in North Carolina.

Josh Stein took an oath to "support and maintain the Constitution and laws of the United States". It is time for him to step up and take action against those trying to prevent ICE from enforcing the law or to resign and step down.

What we are seeing in North Carolina today is the 21st Century version of slavery in the United States. The illegal immigrants are just modern day slaves for who people want them to perform jobs that some Americans don't want to do. Let's face it! There aren't any Nobel Prize winning physicists being picked up by ICE.  ICE isn't showing up at hospitals trying to drag surgeons off to detention facilities/jails. 

The people on the left who support illegal immigration are the same people who tell you how inexpensive their new yard guy or housekeeper is. I saw on the news a woman complaining that ICE had scared off the two guys that she had hired to hang her Christmas decorations. I can only assume that she had already worked her way through all of the native born population in her search for cheap labor. There's a certain irony in breaking the law to celebrate the birth of Christ that I just can't understand.

I haven't seen the results of Stein's test yet, but I can safely assume that he has contracted Trump Derangement Syndrome. Does anyone have any evidence that he opposed Obama's removal of illegal immigrants? Is he a long term supporter of violating federal immigration laws or is just another liberal who hates Donald Trump? Inquiring minds, none of whom have a (D) after their name want to know.

Crime is a serious issue in Charlotte. Recently a police chief resigned saying that he could no longer live with making the claim that "Uptown Charlotte is safe". But, what would a cop know? The nation watched as a young legal immigrant from Ukraine was killed by a career criminal on the Light Rail system train. What did Josh Stein do about that? Did he order state police to patrol the Light Rail cars? Of course not. Are the lawbreakers all Stein voters?

The reality is that Donald Trump is doing more about crime in Charlotte than the Governor of North Carolina is doing. Why?? Is Stein more concerned about offending his voter base than cutting the crime rate? There's a correlation between cities with Democratic Party leaders and cities with high crime rates. Even McGruff the Crime Dog can figure that one out.

It's time for the band to start playing "Happy Trails" for Josh Stein.