I was just thinking about the television news story I saw a couple of days ago about Richard Simmons going to testify in Congress about how important it is to keep phys ed in school.  He was talking about dedicating his life to making sure that kids get exercise, and even suggested that he might run for political office if that’s what it took to keep kids fit.

I was remembering how many times I’ve seen him in his sequined tank top and shorts and his flamboyant personality and trying to picture him sitting in the Senate’s chambers.  What a picture!

I did not actually read the articles, I didn’t have the time. But I was looking at the Newsweek website, looking at Business news and saw two headlines that were kind of strange in the sense that one followed the other, and seemed to contradict each other. One headline was about how “we” are far from a depression; the other headline was about how the economy was “worse” than we think.

I had to laugh because I think we ARE in a depression (I know the experts say a recession, but trust me, money is so tight I think a depression is more accurate) and if that is the case, if we really ARE, then the economy is NOT worse than I think

I was reading on the time.com website that gray wolves in the Northern Rockies have had their endangered species protection status restored by a federal judge. This ruling has upset the plans of the three states of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho which were planning to hold public wolf hunts this coming autumn.
The wolves were under protection previously, but that protection expired last March. Many farmers are upset over the decision to reinstate the protection, as wolves have been killing their livestock, which cuts into their profits. I don’t know exactly how I would feel about that situation if I lived in the area; seems to me that there are breed of dogs whose specialties are to protect herds against wolves, maybe the farmers should buy some of them!

Many of my friends just can’t let go of their constant campaigning for their pick of who they want to be the next US President. I am bombarded constantly with emails from them - several every day - with hateful lies about the “other candidate” and outright non-truths that make their own candidate seem like a gift from the Heavens above. I’ve asked my friends to please avoid talking politics with me because they CAN’T talk politics without losing their temper and it just isn’t worth it! I will be so very glad when this election is over and life returns to normal. For now I find myself ducking phone calls and deleting a lot of emails without replying to them. I need some peace!

I’ve been listening to the live coverage on CNN of the rescued Columbian hostage’s press conference. I have to say that when I heard about the dramatic rescue, I was so very happy for them and their families. Now that I’ve listened to one of them talk about how they were tortured and led around with chains around their necks I am especially happy for them. I cannot even imagine how hard it was for them to endure what they went through. Congrats to all involved in rescuing them!!