With the 2020 election season well underway, it seems that the situations of candidates for the two major parties are quite reversed from 2018.  At last report, there were 24 candidates for the Democrat Party nomination (the correct name) and no one so far with an “R” registration with the temerity to challenge our incumbent PRESDT-45.

The situation in the Republican (also correct name) Party is rather understandable given the strength of “The Donald” in combating the continual, vicious and untrue accusations thrown at him since even before his election.  Frankly, it would surprise me to see anyone else who would be willing to put up with the barrage of lies and illegal actions taken against him, even as president.

It is even more surprising to see and hear the total lying and repeatedly made-up “news” throughout the national media – in voice tones that would do a shyster prosecutor proud to use against an unwilling witness in court on cross examination – being used by supposedly honest and reliable “reporters and anchors” daily.  There was a time in my memory when the radio, and, later, TV anchors would practice decency and restraint in their stating of the news.  They were, for the most part, believed, trusted and relied upon by the receiving public.  But no more.  It seems that the media, for the majority part, now are nothing more than news(?) generators of propaganda designed to confuse and mislead the listeners.

And then there are the pontifications coming forth from the “newsmaker” politicians, many of whom seem to me to have learned nothing in the fancy colleges and universities in which they brag of having finished courses of study.  And the examples would probably fill several books.  Of course, space does not allow a full coverage for me, and to do so would cause me to die laughing at the stupidity of some, or from being totally nauseated with disgust.

Coming to mind first is a statement, furnished me from a reliable source, by Congresswoman “AOC”, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, about Daylight Savings Time: “If we change our times with the sole interest of increasing the amount of daylight we receive, that’s an extra hour of sunshine that will warm the planet.  That’s one extra hour per day of extra heat warming our already unstable planet.  We need to repeal Daylight Savings Time as a primary measure to decrease the rate of climate change. Less hours of sunshine equal less heat hitting the Earth’s surface.  We’re running out of time!” 

It would be well to remind this young woman (my observation is that she does not conduct herself as a lady, particularly when in front of cameras) that DST does nothing to increase the total hours of daylight, only to delay the clock time of sunrise and sunset.  At least she has it correct that most of the heat on Earth comes from the Sun.

She needs instruction on the background of DST.  In my youth, up until shortly after December 7, 1941, Oklahoma, along with several other states, did not observe DST each year.  It seemed that only the northern states, Illinois, Michigan, etc., actually implemented it each year.  After that date, the Administration of FDR, D-New York, mandated nation-wide year-round DST “for the duration” on the excuse that “it will allow more needed military materials to be manufactured.”  After the end of the war, it was returned to a partial year observance and several states, such as Arizona do not observe it.  Ms. Cortez, the amount of sunshine depends on the season of the year.  Thus at the spring and fall equinoxes, the amount of  light and dark are the same.  A further explanation would take too much space and maybe be over the head of her college degree education.  A recent talk show host reported her age to be less than 30, and my understanding was that there had been a higher minimum age limit to be eligible for Congress.

Another woman member of Congress is vehemently and, in my opinion, viciously demanding that PRESDT-45 be impeached immediately.  This without any claim for the required law violations, of which there are none in the ‘investigation’ report by Mr. Mueller.  His multi-year and multi-million dollar search has been nothing more than a stage show meant to arouse suspicion in the public minds that there was a problem.

Just remember that whatever those of the C/F/S persuasion are accusing their opposition of doing is probably the exact thing they are, and have been, doing.  Hopefully cooler minds will prevail next year.