What We Are

Some smart guys did a survey over at the CDC (your Center for Disease Control), and came this great discovery....we've got a huge issue with binge drinkers in America.

The numbers say that thirty-eight million Americans drink (binge is the more appropriate term) four times a month on average....drinking at least eight drinks at a time.  Then they showed statistics that say that young adults and old geezers....probably drink more often (five to six times)....compared to the average guy.

For most of us....the real comparison is that one out of eight Americans is a pretty hefty consumer of beer, wine or booze....on a regular basis.  I thought about this, and eventually came to realize that this isn't much of a discovery.  I've known about this for forty years.  I could have told these guys the facts.  You can walk into military enlisted club and watch guys consume pitchers of beer, or some guys at a sports bar consuming a couple of whiskey shots and a dozen Budweisers.  You can talk to former Marines down at the VFW hall who talk over Nam and sip ten beers before they leave for the evening. You can go down to the porch of some sixty-year old ladies and watch them toss back three big pitchers of Tequila mix.

Yes, we are a binge nation, and we've been that way for two hundred years.  We drunk whiskey crossing America.  We drunk beer while building subway tunnels under New York City.  We drunk cheap wine while fighting the Nazis across France.  We mixed all kinds of liquor while developing the nuke bomb.  We built the Panama Canal while consuming booze.  We voted for various Presidents while intoxicated.  And we talked to beautiful blondes on the boardwalks of New Jersey while trashed on cheap beer from the local casino.

I'm sure the CDC wants to rush out now and fix this....mostly by taxing booze more....so it would distract us and force us to consume less.  For some reason, I don't think this logic really carries much weight.  There are a thousand ways to brew our own beer, distill our own whiskey, and bottle up our own wine.  We saw the vast results of prohibition and how nothing really came out of the efforts.

So tonight, you can sit at the bar and drink your sixth shot of Jacky D's while thinking over the fact that except for the Russians.....we are the biggest binge drinkers on this Earth.  And while we can try out to out-binge the Russians....we just aren't that good as the Russians.  Maybe that's a good thing.

Between a Rock and Virginia

We have a funny rule in Virginia....that if you want to run in a Presidential primary....you have to come up with 11k folks signing a petition in the state.  Oh, and from the 11k, you have to have 400 folks as a minimum from each voting district.  Don't ask me why....it's the Virginia way though.

So, this major problem has occurred, which affects me greatly.  Apparently....only Ron Paul and the Mitt...were able to get their petitions into the systems and stamped ok.  The Rick duo?  Nope.  Newt?  Nope.  And that Huntsman guy?  Nope.

I'm in a major state of pondering.  Two choices....from one far extreme to the other extreme.  To be honest, I just can't vote for Mitt, under much of any circumstances.  And I really can't find logic to vote for Ron Paul. So I have to think of this problem as to who I will vote against (the worser of evils).  And the answer?

Yes, I'm voting for Ron Paul in the Virginia primary.  There is only the logical reason of voting against Mitt Romney.

I'm guessing across the state now....that over half of Republican voters are stuck in this silly mental state.  They wanted the other choices, but faced with this situation....they will vote for Ron Paul.

Here's the sad thing.  A dozen major dimwits will appear that night on TV and analyze the number and try to explain to America why Ron Paul won the Virginia primary.  It will be bogus reasons across the board.  Most of America will believe we are nuts, and simply unable to come to a rational candidate.  We Virginians will be labeled in various ways....sadly....because four other guys couldn't find 11k voters to sign a petition in their name, or they thought they were paying the right university kid to do all of this....and simply lost track of things.

So Ron Paul wins in Virginia and represents this shocker across America.  The truth?  Some old Republican guys decided to rig up the rules to have a shocker of an election, and draw attention to the state.  Nothing more.

My vote?  Totally wasted, but maybe it pushes Ron Paul up over the edge and facing President Obama.  There's no telling what happens at that point.