San Diego is a beautiful city. The weather is more often than not nice. And where I'm at along the beach the scenery is awesome. The waves are crashing at the beach, and beautiful women are running by my patio on a sidewalk near the sand.
I live for the extreme, sometimes. As a former Seal in the United States Navy, which is where I met Doug (he's a sailor too, you know) at Political Pistachio, I can appreciate the water. Sky Diving is my passion, though. I tell people that the exhilaration of jumping out of the plane thousands of feet above the Earth is better than sex. Doug jokes with me and says that if I truly believe that, then I must be doing the sex thing wrong.
But I wonder, with what's going on in the world, how long I have left to enjoy the freedoms this nation has to offer. How long before regulations get so tight that I won't be able to do the things I please. How long before sky diving is a crime?
You know, if the liberal's push for a heavy penalty called the Inheritance Tax had been in effect when my parents died, I'd be in a soup line. Doesn't sound like they are trying to eliminate poverty to me. Sounds like they are trying to create it.
Lucky for me, that's not the case, so here I sit, at the beach, taking in the sun.
Oh, added note, for those of you that do read Political Pistachio by Doug Gibbs, he's been in a bad way lately with medical shit. All those years of a hard life has caught up to him, I suppose. So, for those of you that read my site and pray, pray for him. He needs it right now.
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Hi Sky Dive Rick: Just stopping by to say hello! Those are some nice words for the Political Pistachio.
Have a great weekend - the weather's gonna be great!
Doug's a very close friend. He's been there for me many times, and it is only right that I return the favor. Thanks for the visit, Donald.
Hmm.. wait a second. What happened to "personal responsibility".. "initiative".. "self-reliance" and all that other crap that Doug writes about? You're saying that if not for inheriting money, you'd be on welfare? You'd be in "poverty"?
Holy cow..
How long before sky diving is a crime?
This what I like to refer to as "paranoia".
Nah, I'd probably work my ass off, but I sure wouldn't be in this position to give you hell. So, I guess my position has some perks aside from where I live after all.
Pretty cool you were a seal though. I read Rogue Warrior back in the late 90's and was facinated.
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