If you have noticed I haven’t been littering your inbox for a while. I took some time for back surgery, day surgery, and now a month later I’m back. Complications are not uncommon, but they sure aren’t pleasant.

One can stay indoor sitting in a rocker or resting in a recliner only for so long. Today being a beautiful day I find myself on the back patio, swinging and thinking. I am much more absorbed by the swinging than I am the thinking.

In politics we hear of swing votes, swing states and swing candidates. Each one means something different from one person to another. I still don’t know what it all means. I have come to realize over the last thirty days that if you listen to enough news and the banter and blame that goes back and forth, it is nothing more than verbal swinging.

I find I am further removed than I would have ever imagined, from the actions of Jeff Sessions, Congress, CNN and all other outside influences. I laboriously got a TV hooked up so I could see and hear the news while swinging. Impossible to do. That arrangement did nothing but make me seasick.

It is very evident some things never change. Shep Smith is still with FOX news doing nothing but sending viewers to other outlets. Our former president can only refer to how unfair FOX news is and the lack of intelligence of those that watch it. Today I hear the governor of the Sovereign Sanctuary State of California bemoaning how FOX mistreats the dreamers and illegal immigrant felons. Cut me some slack please. These illegal immigrants are criminals simply by being in our country and are not due any sanctuary or protection.

As I sit here and swing I notice one of the chains has an irritating squeak where it rubs against the hook holding it up. Maybe someone will come by and oil it for me. I still claim my recovery is not far enough along to do it myself. Surgery and recovery does have some good points if you take the time to look for them.

I think I am going to let my squeak lull me to sleep so I can better contemplate the events and non-events of our political entertainers. If I manage to get enough uninterrupted contemplating accomplished I will try to write something more intelligent in the next few days.

Meanwhile feel free to come on over, pour yourself a glass of lemonade and join me on the swing. There is a propane fueled fire pit in front of the swing and it has a ledge or shelf handy to sit your glass on. It is quiet enjoyable, even more so with no news on to bother us.

On some things I may be wrong, but not this. I’m right in any manner you want can think of.

The thoughts and ideas expressed above are exclusively those of Jack Straley. We may agree, and that’s fine, or we may disagree, that’s okay too. My sole purpose is to encourage others to think, study, and become involved. Exercise your freedom and above all, when presented the opportunity, please vote.