A man uncomfortable with (the) truth spied a small discarded piece of it lying (no pun intended) on the ground.
An attempt was made to rub it out with the sole of his shoe and nothing happened. Then he tried really hard with his heel. It was still the same.
He then was sure he could dissolve it with some chemicals.
Again it remained the same. Ah! He thought. Vaporize it with an acetylene torch. When it cooled it was as bright as ever.
One cannot destroy truth!
A billion lies and trillions of dollars cannot harm a small bit of truth. Or algebraically: X-Y=X.
Recently in the news was the incident in Suffolk County on the North Fork where a limo was making a U turn from east to westbound. A westbound vehicle slammed into the limo killing three of the passengers.
It was said that there was no light or traffic signs and that U turns were allowed.
The driver of the vehicle that hit the limo was assumed to be at fault.
Three separate comments were made that this driver had a beer, his blood alcohol was legal and that he was a drunk driver.
This incident was nagging me.
This westbound vehicle and in most U turn situations, the oncoming traffic has the unconditional right of way.
It seems that the limo driver must not have seen the oncoming vehicle and that it all began and climaxed in three seconds or less. The limo had moved about 15 feet into the traffic lane
Considering that the speed limit could be as much as 55 mph, the driver that hit the limo would have had little time to react.
My rule for U turns is not to inconvenience oncoming traffic even if I have to wait for the right opportunity so as not to make any mistakes.
We see all of the upheavals and insanity in the world these days.
Enough sound evidence can be procured to substantiate that it is written in the stars. Whatever.
It appears that the Iran nuclear deal will come to the desk of President Obama and he will give it a big fat veto.
They will scream that he does not have that power.
Not only do we have much insanity in the US these days but much of it borders on idiocy.
All of the members of congress were elected at the most by only a segment of a state and in many cases gerrymandering and voter suppression played a part.
Our president was twice elected by a majority of our entire country. This is how Obama has the power of the veto.
In effect, the majority of the people veto it.
One can say that today Donald Trump is the barometer of the degree of insanity and idiocy in the republican party.
Needless to say, being that we are a democracy, nothing pertaining to a republic has any business here.
As of yet, I see no potential presidential candidate I am comfortable with. Considering the situation in the world, there is no room for error.
Bill Clinton had the unfortunate encounter with Monica (Latin: monere-to warn) and gained a moniker to last the rest of his life.
Hillary has a dark cloud hanging over her about emails.
There may be nothing to it but the republicans by appearing not wanting to get it resolved are keeping it there purposely.
The confusion and accusations about Benghazi keeps in the dark about whether or not Hillary is in anyway responsible for what happened there.
Also, I can not be sure that there is not a dark side to the money the Clintons have collected.
None of the ‘red’ candidates are suitable and trustworthy: Not better red and possibly dead.
Bernie Sanders is correct in what he is saying but it is obvious to any clear mind.
The remaining questions are who really is he and what has he done. He doesn’t say anything about himself.
As it stands, we need NOTA (none of the above) on the ballot and that is no joke.
The resident President has to remain in office until a good and acceptable replacement is available.
The present laws need some amendments.
Charles Samek
Mineola
