In a questioning mood today..

Why can't someone invent a gas can that doesn't leak? It wasn't as if the can was over-filled. I happen to hate the smell of gasoline. It makes me sick. And the last place I want to smell it is in my car. 

Why is there nowhere to park in Eugene when the Dalai Lama is there on Friday? That seems odd. I have to park in my son's driveway, which is awesome by the way, and then walk. At least I get to do that. What about everyone else? There's a shuttle from Autzen Stadium, but nowhere does it say we can park there. I understand the whole security issue, but still...11,000 people need a place to park..just sayin.

One of the main streets where I live is having work done and so there are detours. That's fine, but it doesn't seem as if they're going to reduce the height of the road so that we don't destroy the front ends of our cars while turning into driveways. It's been this way for over thirty years that I know of, and one would think they'd use this road work to fix that as well. I've always been mystified by decisions relating to road work. Does anyone look at the bigger picture?

And for the love of all that is holy, why did South Carolina elect Mark Sanford over Elizabeth Colbert-Busch? Have they not been paying attention? So, the mythological hiking of the Appalachian Trail was okay with them? Infidelity is okay, I guess. I'm sure his ex-wife disagrees.

Also, what are courts for, exactly? Aren't they to decide outcomes? I mean, you go there, they listen, and they make a decision about whatever you're there for. But not in California. There, dispensaries were ruled legal, but it's still okay for towns to ban them. So, not only do we have a difference between Federal and State laws regarding medical cannabis, a sort of "interstate" issue, but California also has an "intrastate" issue as well. Isn't that what a court is supposed decide on..whether or not this opposing situation can exist? Well, apparently, the court punted as it were and decided that all options were just dandy. Legal, yet not. Cool. 

And can we all just agree that we shouldn't be genetically modifying our foods? But until we stop doing that, we need labeling that we can all understand. This should be a no-brainer, but we tend in this country to make sure all the bad stuff continues to happen instead of doing the right thing and setting proper boundaries. It IS our country. We need to remember that. Monsanto can make money doing things that are positive. Our health is too important to give it away to corporations. Because despite what SCOTUS says, corporations are not people and greed shouldn't always win the day.

So there you have it..