There are times when I wonder how much damage parents inflict on their children. Think about Trump Or DeSantis for a minute, as repulsive as it is. There hasn’t been a day thus far in 2024 when the majority of the media coverage hasn’t focused on Trump and his antics.
They were children once. What kind of childhood did they have that created them to be ruthless and vindictive? Can we really place all the blame on their parents? I’m not sure. But then I wonder what really influenced them to become these flawed creatures.
Look at DeSantis for a moment, was he so badly damaged by reading books that he wants every book he dislikes banned. If you don’t want to read a book, then don’t. Books invite discussions and those discussions help us look at issues that concern us or make us aware of things that we may not have known. Irrational fears if a child reads a book, they’ll become a lesbian or gay or even transgender are ludicrous.
Jane K. Cleland in an article in Writer’s Digest about Thematic Writing that all writing has themes when done well. Her example of an epigraph that made me chuckle was “the Godfather by Mario Puzo where the theme focuses on dueling dichotomies, crime and justice and loyalty and betrayal. The epigraph reads, “Behind every good fortune, there is a crime.” Unfortunately, many of our wealthy personas have taken that to heart.
Could that epigraph also apply to Trump or DeSantis with a slight word change, “Behind every politician lies a criminal.” However, in all fairness that epigraph could apply to any one of our politicians right now in Congress, even our local governments. That thought is repulsive but unfortunately true. It saddens me immensely that our culture is attracted to criminals and their fifteen minutes of fame.
The more repulsive things Trump Or DeSantis say and do the higher the polls rise for the Republican Party. Which is terrifying to me because so much has changed in our country and I’m not convinced it’s for the best. I realize our country needs to make changes that our forefathers couldn’t have possibly anticipated but looking at all the candidates at this time I can’t help but wonder how much this country can endure with any of them at the realm.
I find myself wondering how much crazier things are going to get.
Virgin Air’s Flight VS127 was prevented from taking off on 15 January after a passenger saw that the tops of four fasteners were missing on a panel on one of the wings. It was cancelled in order to allow engineers to carry out an additional inspection of the aircraft. However, a Virgin Air representative said in an interview that ,”Each of the wing panels on an Airbus A330 has 119 fasteners, so the fact that only four were missing did not impact “the structural integrity or load capability of the wing, and the aircraft was safe to operate.” (1)
I don’t know about you, but flying is looking less and less appealing to me. Airlines have been accumulating profits, but I think it’s long overdue since they’ve invested in maintenance.
The death toll from the polar vortex is still rising with today’s number at fifty. Sixty-six million people are affected by winter weather alerts. (2)
Las Vegas doesn’t have snow but it’s going to have different issues. The Super Bowl is here and along with that comes insanity for the residents. (3) It’s already challenging to drive here because there aren’t any bypasses like Philadelphia or Washington DC. so if you’re going to a location on the other side of the strip, you’re stuck in traffic. Most of us haven’t forgotten how difficult it was to get to different locations off the strip when the Formula One race was here. Many businesses were financially impacted from the road closures and disruptions and the Super Bowl is going to repeat a lot of that chaos.
The Financial Economics versus the residential needs on paper look ideal because the highly anticipated Super Bowl LVIII is set to take place in Las Vegas on February 11, 2024. “Held at the state-of-the-art Allegiant Stadium, this is an opportunity for the city to showcase its world-class facilities and attractions to a global audience,” says Andrew Gosselin of Money Inc.
Reality check Allegiant Stadium may be state of the art but the seating costs to attend a game or a concert for a local is astronomical. According to TicketIQ, the Raiders have the most expensive tickets of any NFL team for the upcoming season based on the average list price on the secondary market. It’s the third consecutive year this has been the case. Las Vegas has an average price of $1,035 per game. I don’t know about you but a thousand dollars buys a lot of groceries. I told you crazy knows no boundaries.
“As the city prepares to host one of the biggest sporting events in the world, the Las Vegas Super Bowl Host Committee is working diligently to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Their primary objective is to create a memorable experience for visitors while leveraging the benefits of the massive influx of fans,”. says Gosselin (4)
(4) https://moneyinc.com/what-is-the-economic-impact-of-the-super-bowl-in-las-vegas/
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