…Happy Sunday! Please go to church. Maybe catch a service before heading off to the golf course. You could pray for your buddy, Rudi, that he will have grace as he and his wife air their dirty laundry in divorce court in January. You know how disturbing divorces are and how "operatic" Rudi can be. We don't need that kind of drama. …
…I understand that Elise Stefanik gave your people a hard time at the GOP retreat. She's really something, isn't she? Youngest person in the House at age 35 and serving on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. I'm glad that she's watching out for cyber security and not willing to give her email list of donors to the WH. …
I'm worried about the border wall being erected right in the middle of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. …Get some enthusiastic engineers to design a system so the javelinas and mountain lions can freely run back and forth, but people are detected and apprehended. I think we have the know-how to do that. Let's go for it!!!
…Thanks for parting company with John Bolton (JRB). He seemed to think that war was the answer. You and I both know that's never true. I have a feeling that you kept JRB in the WH as long as you did to make folks like Senator Tom Cotton and the other three B's who wanted regime change in Iran happy….
…Did you have fun in NC yesterday? I understand that you made a joke about light bulbs saying, "I look better under an incandescent light." I think I might look better under an incandescent light, too. Right now, we have some kind of energy efficient bulb in our bathroom and I look terrible. I like to think it's the light bulb. It could be that I'm getting old. In any case, I don't mind harsh lighting if it will save the planet….
…t's too bad that your peace plan did not work out. …As I try to wrap my head around the Afghan situation this morning I am wondering how we might help the women there. I think that Senator Jeanne Shaheen is correct when she says that "peace is 35% more likely to succeed when women are at the negotiating table" so I suggest that you start from scratch with the peace talks and get women like Sediqa Sherzai (SS) and Mahbouba Seraj (MS) involved. …
…Who knew that a hurricane could stir up so much media attention? I'm sure that you've heard about "Sharpie Gate." Did you read James Poniewozik's analysis of it in the NYT today?…
…It sounds like the USS Bataan and USNS Comfort are ready to go help out, they just need the go ahead. Please talk to your people and expedite that! It sounds like the folks on Abaco could use some fresh water and food ASAP and those vessels are equipped to purify up to 200,000 gallons of water each day and provide all kinds of services. It's time to call Mark Esper to get those boats where they can do some good….
I hope your meeting with Mary Barra (MTB) goes well today. I think GM is on the right track with their ZERO campaign - Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion - Zero Is More." …(They are) working on a new airless tire that's puncture proof. It's made on a 3D printer out of a resin-embedded fiberglass material and since it doesn't deflate, it's good for gas mileage and no spare tire needed! Isn't that great?
Did you hear that folks in the UP saw the Northern Lights this weekend. I have never seen them, have you? It seems they are a common occurrence in that part of the country at this time of year. I might have to arrange to be at my cabin in Dunbar, WI, next Labor Day so I can witness the beauty of a geomagnetic storm….
I think the dollar store will have to start calling itself the dollar-fifty store because of this China thing. As I have said before, less consumer merch is good for the environment - not so good for the economy but maybe it's time we put people to work doing things besides working at Walmart. …
