Thursday, November 14, 2019
Do you know one of those people you can never please? They complain if you do a task one way and then when you change the way you do it, they complain that you do not do it the other way. On that same episode of CBS’s Mom, I wrote about yesterday, a side plot was with the Christy character and her impossible boss, whose personality was rubbing off on Christy due to stress.
In one scene Christy and Jill are late to meet the girls from the Alcoholics Anonymous group at a diner because Christy needed to run an errand for her boss. As Christy and Jill arrive at the booth, Christy snaps, “I’ll bet you already ordered, right? Cause god forbid, you wait for us.” Wendy, another member of the group replies, “We haven’t ordered yet.” Christy snaps back, “Yeah, cause we’re late. Just get off my back.”
No matter how you do it, it is wrong. I get it, it drives me crazy when I see someone fold a towel or sheet from the middle, I want to shake them and say, “Fold it by the corners so it lays neat.” It is still, 24 years later, hard for me to have people do tasks for me. My way is right, your way is wrong. However, we all seem to have forgotten that different does not mean wrong, it means not the same.
I am done watching the political recap shows on Sunday mornings. I used to enjoy the back and forth discussions between the opposing opinions and now the shows are usually full of shouting matches in which Republicans complain about how Donald Trump has been constantly attacked since the day he was elected, and the Democrats complain about Donald Trump’s latest obnoxious tweet.
I am not a Donald Trump fan. I can disagree with many of his policies without attacking him or other Republicans. I can agree with a few of his policies without thinking Democrats are scum. My thoughts on Donald Trump as a person are irrelevant. I have never met the man. Perhaps he is a power-mad maniac; perhaps he is simply a man trying to make a change in a system he does not fully understand.
Either way, I am tired of the press trying to shove Donald Trump (god or idiot) down my throat. I do think Donald Trump is a smart man. I think the stupid tweets he posts daily are simply written to fuel a division of hatred and the press keeps fanning the flames. I think at 5:00 a.m. Donald Trump thinks to himself, “What ridiculous statement can I post today that will dominate the news cycle and keep my name on everybody’s tongue?” Then he posts it and the press goes crazy.
I have had enough impeachment coverage and it is only a couple of days in for public hearings. Live coverage of the impeachment process is NOT breaking news and should not interrupt The Price Is Right. If I wanted to watch the grandstanding of the public sessions, let me watch it on your 24-hour news channels. I am pretty sure C-SPAN, CNN, Fox News Channel, CNBC, MSNBC, and CBSN were created so the political junkies could watch every last second. The rest of us want to watch people win prizes and be happy for them.
I am not anti or pro impeachment. I am pro-investigation. If Donald Trump is innocent, the investigation is simply a way to ease the country’s mind. If he tried to use taxpayer money to influence an election, he should be impeached, kicked out of office, and go to jail. If Felicity Huffman went to jail for paying a bribe to get her child into college, the president (if convicted) should go to jail for trying to use taxpayer money as a bribe for possible dirt on a political rival. Simple enough. Feel free to disagree with me; I am wearing my big-girl panties.
My piece of advice to you is shut it off. I know it is hard. The only way the media will stop pushing angry politics down our throat is when we turn the channel or quit clicking the, “Can you believe Donald Trump (or Nancy Pelosi) did this?” links. Different does not mean wrong, it means not the same.
P.S. That post did not go where I had intended when I started writing. I think Angry Susanne may have stepped in.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.
Do you know one of those people you can never please? They complain if you do a task one way and then when you change the way you do it, they complain that you do not do it the other way. On that same episode of CBS’s Mom, I wrote about yesterday, a side plot was with the Christy character and her impossible boss, whose personality was rubbing off on Christy due to stress.
In one scene Christy and Jill are late to meet the girls from the Alcoholics Anonymous group at a diner because Christy needed to run an errand for her boss. As Christy and Jill arrive at the booth, Christy snaps, “I’ll bet you already ordered, right? Cause god forbid, you wait for us.” Wendy, another member of the group replies, “We haven’t ordered yet.” Christy snaps back, “Yeah, cause we’re late. Just get off my back.”
No matter how you do it, it is wrong. I get it, it drives me crazy when I see someone fold a towel or sheet from the middle, I want to shake them and say, “Fold it by the corners so it lays neat.” It is still, 24 years later, hard for me to have people do tasks for me. My way is right, your way is wrong. However, we all seem to have forgotten that different does not mean wrong, it means not the same.
I am done watching the political recap shows on Sunday mornings. I used to enjoy the back and forth discussions between the opposing opinions and now the shows are usually full of shouting matches in which Republicans complain about how Donald Trump has been constantly attacked since the day he was elected, and the Democrats complain about Donald Trump’s latest obnoxious tweet.
I am not a Donald Trump fan. I can disagree with many of his policies without attacking him or other Republicans. I can agree with a few of his policies without thinking Democrats are scum. My thoughts on Donald Trump as a person are irrelevant. I have never met the man. Perhaps he is a power-mad maniac; perhaps he is simply a man trying to make a change in a system he does not fully understand.
Either way, I am tired of the press trying to shove Donald Trump (god or idiot) down my throat. I do think Donald Trump is a smart man. I think the stupid tweets he posts daily are simply written to fuel a division of hatred and the press keeps fanning the flames. I think at 5:00 a.m. Donald Trump thinks to himself, “What ridiculous statement can I post today that will dominate the news cycle and keep my name on everybody’s tongue?” Then he posts it and the press goes crazy.
I have had enough impeachment coverage and it is only a couple of days in for public hearings. Live coverage of the impeachment process is NOT breaking news and should not interrupt The Price Is Right. If I wanted to watch the grandstanding of the public sessions, let me watch it on your 24-hour news channels. I am pretty sure C-SPAN, CNN, Fox News Channel, CNBC, MSNBC, and CBSN were created so the political junkies could watch every last second. The rest of us want to watch people win prizes and be happy for them.
I am not anti or pro impeachment. I am pro-investigation. If Donald Trump is innocent, the investigation is simply a way to ease the country’s mind. If he tried to use taxpayer money to influence an election, he should be impeached, kicked out of office, and go to jail. If Felicity Huffman went to jail for paying a bribe to get her child into college, the president (if convicted) should go to jail for trying to use taxpayer money as a bribe for possible dirt on a political rival. Simple enough. Feel free to disagree with me; I am wearing my big-girl panties.
My piece of advice to you is shut it off. I know it is hard. The only way the media will stop pushing angry politics down our throat is when we turn the channel or quit clicking the, “Can you believe Donald Trump (or Nancy Pelosi) did this?” links. Different does not mean wrong, it means not the same.
P.S. That post did not go where I had intended when I started writing. I think Angry Susanne may have stepped in.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.