Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Gabbing

As usual we were gabbing a lot on the golf course yesterday.  The subject of dangerous countries came up with the consensus the you wouldn't want to visit Iraq or Afghanistan right now.  They are very violent after America intervened and invaded those countries.  One our our golf partners got around to saying he always laughed when some one would question his trips to Mexico during the winter.  They would say, "That country is too dangerous!"  My friend merely retorted that the only danger in Mexico would be an involvement in drugs.  Those cartels shoot each other up constantly, but those who are not involved in drugs are probably safer than we are in America.  I agree with  him.

The city council race in Albuquerque's North Valley is very interesting to say the least.  While talking with friends at the Rio Grande Flying Star this morning I would not be able to pick a winner in the race between Isaac Benton and Roxanne Meyers.  I am vacillating again on who I should vote for after someone delayed a city council  hearing on the controversial roundabout at Rio Grande and Candelaria.  That looks to me like Councillor Benton didn't want to take heat over a vote in the council before election day.  This is why I have problems with his behavior.  It is a lot like Mayor Berry's delay, at great expense, to have a vote on the blatantly unconstitutional ballot proposition to ban abortions.  If the Mayor and Council had any courage they would have not let this go to a ballot because it will just be ruled invalid.

I am going to go early vote this week.  Then I will make up my mind.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jim writes "...you wouldn't want to visit Iraq or Afghanistan right now. They are very violent after America intervened and invaded those countries." Does that mean you would have wanted to visit them when Saddam and the Taliban ruled?

Anonymous said...

But all we did was kill a lot more of those Iraqis that Hussein did. And Bush defeated himself in Afghanistan by switching to Iraq. He is a war criminal. And the killing goes on