Twilight in Northwest Georgia: Let's Get IT Over With

Friday, October 23, 2020

Let's Get IT Over With

In 2006, the year I moved to Peru, a presidential election was held. The candidates were Alan Garcia and Ollanta Humala. When I'd ask people who their preference was, more often than not I'd get the standard joke, "It's like a choice between AIDS and cancer." That pretty much sums up my opinion regarding our election, and tonight's debate confirmed that.

The absolute biggest 'piss me off' was Biden's comment that he would, "...lay out a path to citizenship for the eleven million undocumented people in this country." They are undocumented because they are here illegally. They know that and they knew it when they swam the Rio Bravo or however else they snuck over the border. My paternal grandparents were immigrants, and they did it the right way, coming through Ellis Island, as did my maternal great-great grandparents. And they applied for citizenship, and learned the language, and adopted the culture and became Americans. Nobody gave them anything.

Maribel loves this country. Her biggest wish is to become a citizen. We met the residency requirement last July and filed the application immediately. Three weeks later we received notification that an interview was scheduled for November. Two months later the interview date changed to August, 2021. Now it's changed to November, 2021. We're hopeful that we'll have resolution in 2022. What is it that's blocking her path to citizenship, Mr. Biden? And I doubt that Trump would give a rat's butt if he knew about the situation. During the last four years I kept expecting him to put a hold on all pending citizenship applications and revoke permanent resident status.

Judging on substance I think Biden probably 'won' the debate. On force of presence and presentation Trump gets the nod. I read an article this morning by a Trump supporter who suggested that we not vote against Trump because of his personality, which the writer basically acknowledged was obnoxious, but instead vote for Trump because of his accomplishments. In the debate I once again heard Trump brag about all the things he has done, but I don't hear the substance behind those claims. He is especially poor at talking in detail about his plans for the next four years. His whole shtick is "Everything's going to be great."

I don't want liberals in the oval office. I absolutely don't want Trump in there either. AIDS or cancer.

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What this blog is about

Hi. My name is Tom. I am a long-time blogger, having started in my native Wisconsin some fifteen years ago and continuing during my ten years living in Peru. I all but stopped posting to my blog when my wife and I returned to the United States and moved to Rossville, Georgia in July of 2017. We don’t actually live in Rossville. We live in one of those census-designated places, a term I really don’t understand and am not interested enough to learn about. The only practical difference I can see is that the city does not pick up our trash.

I’m starting a new blog because my old one was Peru specific, and that was yesterday. I chose the title ‘Twilight in Northwest Georgia’ for two reasons: twilight because I am old and for me age is playing an ever-increasing role in how I view myself and the world around me. And Northwest Georgia for obvious reasons. It’s not a great title but it identifies and introduces what it needs to. Good enough.

This blog is not going to have a central theme…it’s not going to be about anything specifically. I like to write and will post about anything and everything that may interest me at the moment. I do know that my wife Maribel will be mentioned frequently because she is everything to me.

A comment here about my writing style and philosophy might be in order. We live in an era of political correctness…a time when the broadcast and print media, politicians, and petty people in general are lined up like vultures, eagerly waiting to pounce on anyone for the slightest faux pas, no matter how innocent and unintended. The media do it to sell their services. Politicians do it to advance their careers by degrading others. Petty people do it because…well…because they’re petty people. It is never my intent to be politically correct, politically incorrect, obnoxious or offensive. I can be critical and sometimes very critical but try my best to be objective. I do like to praise when praise is warranted. I do have pet peeves, am very opinionated and can be very vocal about them, which in the past has drawn the ire of some readers on my old blog. But that’s life. We all have different likes, dislikes, values and beliefs. The key is how we handle those differences.

The purpose of this blog is to provide a platform for me to write. I am opening it up to the public simply because someone may find something of interest in my ramblings. Any reader comments or criticisms, provided they are civil, are welcome.