Carter II

To some friends I made this prediction about this upcoming election, and it’s worth saying here. I believe that our next president will be Jimmy Carter’s second term. For me this means whoever takes the reigns, even if it’s a minor party candidate, will royally screw up this country, guaranteeing a new president in 2012. Why is this? I look over each of the major party candidates and see many policies that are not universally popular and potentially hurtful to our economy. In addition, the two major candidates are very weak on immigration. The only candidate that is even interested in our war on terror is McCain, which might be his only strength. It would be more likely that under anyone else’s policies we would have another terrorist attack on our own soil because most act as though there is no need to fight terrorism.

I think more than likely we will be worse off in four years than we are now. One can only hope that there is a Reagan-like person somewhere out there to fix America much like in the 1980’s.

More Father’s Day

It’s worth touching in a personal way about my father and my father in law. We saw both of them on Father’s Day.

If you’ve been here very long you already know that my father passed away five years ago. The way I usually refer to visiting the grave site is to “go and see dad.” I don’t get out to see him often enough. He is buried not far from where he grew up and where I grew up. In fact his parents and many extended family are in the same cemetery. In more than one way it is often a walk down memory lane when I see him. I have some memories of my father’s parents and some of the others that have gone on before dad. But the reason I’m there is to see dad. When I’m there I often think of our times together, but many times I think of the times I missed with him. It’s silly to think that way, but I usually do.

My siblings and I were blessed to have the ability to buy a monument that honored him. I’ve always said that we bought a monument that would make anyone think he was the wealthiest man in the area. He wasn’t, but what he deposited in each of his children was worth more than anything.

Just before we saw my dad my family stopped at my father-in-law’s house. He seemed so happy to see us. We brought him some gifts but he seemed happy enough just to see us. It was a special time enjoyed by all.

I hope Father’s Day was a great day for you. It was great for this father.

It’s after Father’s Day, but if you’d like, take a look at the posts at The Conservative Geek and PonderMints.