Yeah, and I'm angry, too, elite and privileged though I am

This is a sort of random set of thougths and observations. I'll see if there's a common thread running through them all before I give it a title...

Yesterday at the gym I saw a middle-aged guy wearing a red t-shirt with this question on the back of it: "Martyr or Marines/Which will get the most virgins?" I worked my way around to see that the front read "USMC," so I assume he knew the answer to his question. Offensive in many directions, in my estimation.

Eligible US voters have no excuse for not voting in this Presidential election. None. Even if you think your state's officials (you can vote them out, you know) are making it more difficult than it needs to be for you to vote, you can push yourself and get it done. Of course, I urge you to vote for Hillary Clinton (see my previous posts for my unassailable reasoning), but vote you must.

Speaking of the Clintons, Inc, I really wish they'd all announce that win or lose, they are going to build a wall between their Foundation and themselves, such that no one could ever, ever get the slightest notion that they could ever profit personally from it in any way. The Republicans have announced they've got enough on Hillary for at least two years of congressional inquiries, etc., so for the nation's sake don't even SEEM to give them any more.

Today the news is that Mr. Trump is edging up in "the polls". (Tomorrow it will probably be different). One reason given: Independent voters are deciding to vote for him, deciding their preferred candidate won't get elected. Makes me wonder how many Libertarians are in fact much closer to Donald Trump (and the Repulicans) than they are to Hillary Clinton (and Democrats), but they won't  admit it. Which is probably news to no one but me.

A headline in yesterday's online USA Today read something like this: "Slab found on which Jesus Laid." Grammar police: should the word be "lay", or "was laid", or "was lain"? (And, while you are at it, where should those commas go?)

By the way, I voted for Ted Strickland for Ohio Senator, deciding that although the Democratic party is guilty of forcing a very poor choice upon us before the primary season even began, that is not reason enough to risk being responsible for maintaining the Republican majority in the Senate. Rob Portman seems more level-headed than many in (or hanging onto) his party, but I judge him by the company he keeps.

Wrote a letter to the local paper a couple of weeks ago in which I took on another letter-writer who claimed that from day one President Obama has fanned the flames of hatred toward police. I asked what our President had done since "day one" besides being black, and stated that the claim was clearly racist. The only printed response came from a man who called me a communist fellow-traveler and "useful idiot." He didn't even mention the issue I raised, so I conclude I am not as useful as he gives me credit for being.

I am trying to be the reasonably good president of the Board of a local non-profit musical organization. Please, please, let me pastor a church again! This presidency is tough, kind of like it would be if a whole church were made of choir members and their leaders. That church choirs are "The War Department of the Church" is an observation I've heard all my life, though I must admit I never had too much trouble with them. Maybe because they thought I could sing. Maybe that's it: my musical organization knows better, and DOES NOT think I can sing. Maybe I should take a hint...

Brings me (at last) to Sparrow, who is running for President, and carrying out his campaign on the pages of The Sun magazine. He writes, "I am teaching myself to drop a glass, then catch it before it hits the ground. This will give me the dexterity I need for the Presidency."

Good luck, Sparrow. I'm voting for Hillary anyway, and you should, too.