HERE AND THERE

     Nice morning - no burning unaddressed issues to be written about, the world seems to have hung on for another day, miraculously and in this unit preparations are drawing to a close for a week's trip to California and the mouse house there as we visit our Disney grandson. What was funny was when I was checking the weather trying to decide upon what to pack and saw weather for a few days of sunny and high of 71 and I said to myself, "Nice, a tad cool." Uh oh! Have we really changed that much?
     Here is a question left over from yesterday and the reading of David's pathetic tooting of his own horn in the RAG. You mention how you are so proud of your blog read all over the world - well, does that include the 200 million that you claim are reading my postings or should we investigate and come up with the details? Or perhaps I should go ballistic as you do at the thought of people reading your lies about me and other people in the Village? How about you grow up and realize that the almost complete amount of people in that 200 million could care less about what you or I or most people write. In fact, I still wonder why so many people from other countries read mine! Of course they are welcome, assuredly so, but still, it just blows my mind.
     How about this - you take down your tone and actions, your attempts to shut all who oppose you down and try to cooperate with all? It is a lesson to be learned from childhood on, the importance of cooperation, of sharing, of proper human and humane behavior but perhaps you never really assimilated these lessons as with no kids why watch Sesame Street? Your loss, I guess.
     How's about this idea? Why not come to the book club meeting in December, first Tuesday of the month or January if you wish and join in the discussion of the chosen book. For December it is Finding Jake. Show people that you have a human and thinking side. Difficult, but possible, don't ya' think?
     You see there are many joint projects that can be had here in the Village and why not come out of your hidey hole there and actually join in the activities and amenities of the Village. Never see you at any of the shows, or sitting around the pool, or walking the perimeter or in the Clubhouse library or on the courts, etc. You know what happens to rulers who hide themselves away from the subservient population, don't you? If not, just check into history and perhaps Stew can give you a lesson on the rise and fall of dictatorships. Couldn't hurt.
     Here's another question. Gee, all these softball pitches this morning. Anyway. Here is a list as best as I could figure out what with the crazy seating and the lack of roll call voting on the nominations committee. The members are:
     David Israel                      Bob Marshall
     Joy Vestal                         Fausto Fabbro
     John Hess                          Barbara Cornish
     Howie O' Brien                Anita Buchanan (chair)
     Ruth Dreiss                      Ron Massa
     Al Mcloughlin                 David Saxon
    Joyce Reiss
  
Gee, here we go again. Total conflict of interest and if there is any reason why a by law need be changed, here is one. The officers simply cannot be on every committee or else let us be honest and admit that the whole structure of UCO as presently constituted is a joke, a huge, cruel joke. It is the Emperor's new clothes - not really there in any sense. Democracy? Not so much!
     So anyway, here we have all the officers - again - and just look at the rest of the names. The only one that is not really familiar, especially to newer folks is Al, but everyone else - on other committees, just retreads all over again. Even should Anita try to run a fair committee we all know it is impossible for a fair one would have representation of all factors in the Village as would the Candidates Forum group and yet we all know that NO ONE will stand up to David Israel and say , "Screw you! I will appoint whomever I wish and be fair about it." No one will do that because their brass is noticeably short when we weigh it.
     Oh well, I am going to go out and enjoy the day and even show up at the Executive Board meeting though the whole thing is an exercise in futility as presently constituted, but may as well. Perhaps we will have a miracle or two. Maybe. There is always hope. And in the meanwhile, while we wait for that miracle or two, let us all support and reach out to new candidates as they appear if they oppose the present structure and behavior. For sure, Phyllis Richland is the way to go for President. New Day. New Thoughts.
Process and procedure. Fair play. Inclusion. Lovely ideas, are they not.
     You know, I always wonder what these overseas readers are thinking as they read of our struggle here for democracy, especially when we go around preaching and spouting for democracy all over the world, when we bigfoot everything, but allow smaller footprints of dictatorship right here in our own country, Constitution and all. Just wonderin', just sayin'.