Burger or Dog

America's birthday is upon us.  We celebrate the 4th of July next week.  Millions of grills will be fired up for this Summer holiday.  I don't know about you but I don't even consider eating healthy on any holiday so it some kind of meat or so called meat and lots of it.  The easiest is a hamburger or hot dog, very little fuss and mess.  If you choose a dog your looking at 300-350 calories with bun and a few toppings.  That's not too bad but I eat at least three and maybe more.  A dog contains lots of processed stuff along with lots of sodium.  On the other hand if you choose a burger your looking at around 500 plus calories when you figure in the bun, toppings and that almighty got to have cheese.  A few more calories than a single dog.  It's has less sodium but it's true red meat which is not really good for you.  So which do you choose, burger or dog?  I'll have neither, well kind of.  I don't even own a grill so I'll throw some rope sausage in the crock pot, turn the pot on low and let it cook a few hours.  I'll make a foot long sandwich using Italian wheat bread,, store bought potato salad, corn on the cob and an apple pie or ice cream.  Happy Birthday America

My Baby My Baby

     I didn't think the Trump Administration could sink any lower but I was wrong.  Trump's zero tolerance policy for anyone crossing the border illegally is inhumane  but that does not matter to Trump and his so called christian backers.  First of all, crossing the border illegally is not even a felony.  It's a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and up to a $5000 fine.  Anyone  convicted of such a misdemeanor is rarely given anywhere close to that sentence.  If  Trump had his way he would deport everyone who's not white, every gay man and women, non christian and liberal in America.  If that's not the definition of a Raciest I don't know what is.
     Trump's not getting what he wants so he is using babies and children as a bargaining chip in his quest to build a border wall.  Taking babies and children from their mother's and father's arms is essentially torture.  What happened to "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.  The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.  Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.  I lift my lamp beside the golden door".  The Statue of Liberty is probably crying.

The Repeal Of Net Neutrality

     The Republican led FCC has declared Net Neutrality official dead as of Tuesday.  You say you don't know what Net Neutrality is well I'll tell you.  It is the principle where all Internet traffic is equal regardless if your searching for something on Google or up dating your Facebook page both of which require very little bandwidth or watching a movie on Netflix or a video on YouTube both of which use lots of bandwidth.  Net Neutrality prohibits broadband providers from blocking or slowing down traffic and prohibits  them from charging companies for a fast lane if those companies are willing to pay extra. 
     Repealing Net Neutrality is bad news for consumers.  In the near term you probable won't see much change as you use the world wide web or when you pay your Internet provider's bill every month but in the future, let's just say "you broadband provider can do all sorts of unpleasant things".  These providers say they won't but I trust them about as far as I can throw them..

$4.99 Chickens

     Why does Sam's only charge $4.99 for a 3 pound rotisserie chicken?  The Sam's bird has been $4.99 for a very long time and I don't think they will ever raise the price.  Americans eat a lot of chicken in one form or another but the 625 million rotisserie chickens annually in America sold through all kind of stores is almost unbelievable.  That works out to two birds for every human in America, old and young.  Sam's knows it's customers  well and their rotisserie chickens even better.  The store knows that the bird will make several meals so their customers are very likely to purchase other food items to serve with that three pound chicken.

     Every market in America sells rotisserie chicken inside a plastic housing setting under heat lamps.  They are usually flavored with lemon, garlic or BBQ along with other spices but if you want one of the best birds in the hen house head to Sam's  The Sam's birds are usually $2 cheaper and about twice as large as the ones found in Supermarkets.  I don't buy one every time I go to Sam's but I probably should  When I include a casserole made from left over bone meat, a Sam's bird usually makes 8-9 meals.. A Sam's $4.99 rotisserie chicken is one heck of a deal!  

Donald and Roseanne'

     Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pale of water.  Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.  It's not hard substituting Donald Trump and Roseanne' Barr into the lyrics of this fable.   Both Donald's and Roseanne's racist views and statements have been spilling out of the pale for a long time.  Mr Trump filled his pale with racist remarks about Mexicans and insults to just about every one in America except the Americans who stay

glued to Fox News. Roseanne' is just plain crud and vulgar.  Someone should have put the pale on her head years ago..  She has already tumbled down the hill and crashed in a ball of flames with Disney canceling her hugely popular show.  Donald is teetering at the top of the hill with pales in both hands.  He thinks he's not going to spill a drop but he will eventually  fall and break his crown.