My son took me out to fish fry last night for my valentine.  His new wife couldn't come because she has been pretty sick for a couple of days.  It was nice to get out of the house for a change.  Winter is beginning to wear on me, making me lose track of time, missing the sunshine.  Today, I couldn't even walk properly because there is about 1 inch of lake effect snow over the glare ice and ruts on the road and driveway.  This kept making me slip out sideways, nearly falling 3 times.  The last time, I saw stars from jerking so hard to the right.  I was cussing plenty, but changed to the usual duck walk to get back home. 

I only have to build one fire each day, in the afternoon, and the heat lasts until the next morning.  It's getting near time to build a fire now; I am getting a little chilly.  Made two kinds of soup yesterday - chicken alphabet vegetable for me, and split pea soup for John. 

I keep telling myself not to get involved in political discourse on my blog, but it may be an important thing to do - get my opinions out there along with everybody else.  But right now, I can't think of anything to say, except I hope I'm not being too hard on the Repubs???  I was wondering if I am too nasty towards them.  I have been trying hard to understand them in the past few days, because their illogic is so apparent to me, that I can't even imagine how they think or feel.  I heard that a show is coming on Monday night, about that very subject, and I intend to watch, even if it makes me puke.  Can they imagine the pain and suffering that Democrats have gone through for 9 years of their administration?  I count 9 years, because the last year of Clinton's was extremely painful also, because of Republican nerdiness.  And the people are continuing to suffer and will suffer more as we try to heal the wounds left by the Bush administration. 

That's why I can't understand them.  What is it they miss now about having their constitutional rights to privacy taken away?  Why do they hate fair representation in court?  Do they need to see innocent people kidnapped into a foreign country to be tortured?  Why do they wallow at the feet of inhuman corporate entities, who promise to destroy the earth for them?   Do they enjoy knowing that the government is listening in on their every conversation?  Do they need to have a president who often can't even speak in sentences?   Do they love deficit spending into the trillions while cutting taxes on the very rich?  Do they enjoy paying for the lifestyles of the wealthy?  Do they believe every lie and talking point that comes out of the mouths of their gurus on the right?  What, oh what, is it that makes them Republican voters who sorely miss Bush now?