A beautiful day in the neighborhood...

I was going to get up at 6:00 am - and the noise was definitely there, someone was in the kitchen and woke me up, but I ended up going right back to sleep, lol.

Still, it's only 7:20 am now and I'm ready to get out of  here - sort of.  You know, coffee.

Actually, my body is telling me to go back to bed. It's not like I'm 100% yet or anything.  Not far from it, but a bit more rest wouldn't hurt.  

Unfortunately, the hands of time are reaching out and telling me that my days on this earth are numbered and if you want to get anything done? You best be getting about that business.  

Now, the outrage of Biden's presidency.  I guess one could point to several things, Afghanistan being right at the top of that list, but forcing employers that have over 100 employees to force employees to either get the vax or get tested weekly?  THAT is an outrage.  

"President Biden announced proposed rules that would force private-sector employers with more than 100 workers to either require them to be fully vaccinated or mandate that they undergo weekly tests. Biden referred to the mandate as a "new action plan." The rules would be enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Businesses that do not comply would face fines up to $14,000 per offense, an administration official told The Associated Press. The mandate is expected to affect as many as 100 million Americans."

This is a patently unAmerican, freedom HATING, tyrannical dictate that has no place in a free Republic.  Biden even said "It's not about freedom".   IT's EVERYTHING to do with freedom and the fact, Mr. President, that you hate the citizen's freedom to not only express themselves, but also to snub you and reject your dictates!  

I will NOT be getting the vax! I will quit my job before they force me to inject that poison into my system.  Fortunately, governors of several states have already rejected the mandate, calling it unconstitutional and declaring that they have their lawyers ready to file a lawsuit as soon as this dictatorial regime files this mandate and makes it official.

I've tried to stay away as much as possible from politics as I've been able to, but when I saw this s***, it made my blood boil.  The President simply does not have the authority to tell American citizens what they must or must not have injected into their physical being.  If he had that power, what else could he tell us we must do?  

I hate to bring up Germany, Hitler, Chinese communist regime, Castro, Stalin and the like, but this is, to me anyway, exactly what this sounds like.  It's for your own good!  We have been patient with you but our patience is wearing thin! ......the President says.

I .... don't.....care.....about ......your.....patience.....or....lack.....thereof. WE ARE NOT LIVING IN MOB RULE, as much as democrats love to espouse.  Appeals to the masses is meaningless to me.  I don't care how YOU want to live YOUR life, YOUR opinion is not going to RULE ...ME.

I'll get off the soap box now, but this latest pile of unmitigated bs is over-the-top.  It's beyond the scope of anything I ever imagined with this "president".  This "president" went so far as to say he wants to push two particular governors "out of the way" - referring to DeSantis and Abbot - of Florida and Texas respectively.  

THE POWER BELONGS TO THE STATES.  Thank you!  That is what the Framers clearly intended!

Ok.  Well, anyway, I'm going to go out front, open up the gate, hook up the trailer and head over to Longview. Whether I get a machine today or not - I still need the trailer to pull back 40 feet of 3X3 angle stock.  I can't be putting that stuff inside of my SUV, no thanks.  

Just found a skid steer for $1,900 per month rate. That's excellent, exactly what I need.  I think I will stop by that place after getting the steel and see if they will rent it to me. I have no idea whether they demand an experienced operator. If they do, that will obviously dash my hopes of doing it myself.  The worst they can say is no.  They are in the business of renting machinery, I would like to at least hope that they would say, ok, thanks for the 2 grand, see you in a month. 

With that, I'm offa here.

G'day.