Contractors

 There's a story in the news about how the Contractors running Crater Lake National Park are doing a very poor job. Well, why do they have contractors? Why aren't employees part of the National Park Service? Same way with corporations. I've never seen a contractor that did a good job in food service or janitorial or landscaping. They all cut corners to make a profit. 

Library

 I went to the Multnomah County Central library in downtown Portland yesterday. It's been closed a year for renovations. It's a beautiful site. Nice new restrooms and tons of books and magazines. You could get books at the neighborhood libraries, but it took forever to get them. Here you can just browse the shelves. I'll be here a lot. And down a block is Case Study Coffee. And only a block or two away are the MAX Blue and Red light-rail lines. Life is good.

Write-ins

 Well, I'm not voting for Biden or Trump. They're both too old and Trump has too many ties to Russia and they both coxy up to the murderous Saudis. Why isn't Kamai Harris running? At this point, I might write- in Liz Cheney or Larry Hogan, vote for RFK, Jr. if he's on Libertarian ticket; maybe even write in Kamala Harris or Jay Innslee from Washington. 

Texas

 My youngest son is coming home to Oregon. He misses home some, and he lost his job and Texas politics is kind of warped. But it's only a red state because the districts are gerrymandered so bad. It doesn't seem so long ago that Ann Richards was governor. Well, I guess it's been 40 years, but there's a lot of people that vote Democratic in Texas. I just wish in every state Congressional districts were drawn by computer. Red or blue, the legislatures do a poor job. Or a good job, if you're the party that's drawing them.

Atheist religion

 It turns out Christianity is an atheist religion. God died and was reserrected, as us, the church, the body of Christ. Theologians and church hierarchy and people in the pews would probably differ, but de facto, that's what it is. I always knew atheists could be a part of the church.