Captain Jim's Green Flash Sightings

A reminder to one few followers, bless you, the Green Flash phenomena is one that exists but you have to accept it and actually look for it, to experience it. So it is with so many things. Example, running for President of the United States. You have to be awfully impressed with yourself to believe you should be the leader of this representative democracy. The President is the head of only one branch of the government. His or her job is to administrate, run the federal government for the benefit of the all the people. Lots of departments tasked with the defense of the nation, safety, health, finance, benefits, etc. Congress has their job to deliberate and pass laws and to authorize the funding for the departments and agencies that serve and protect the people. Seems pretty straight forward and simple. But, not anymore and not for the better with regard to what is in the best interest of all who are citizens of this country, the United Staes of America. As insane as it may seem, I wi

   The election is months away and the actual exchange of office still further away. While almost the entire attention of the body politic is focused on the candidates and all the subplots regarding running mates and whom is unworthy and/or untrustworthy, the real work of the Republic goes undone and largely ignored.     The issues that go unaddressed include: Supreme Court vacancy - who can say that the Senate will consider a new justice candidate next year?, immigration reform - do something, gun violence, do something like allow research or issue gun locks for free or something positive, tax reform - duh, increase social security withholding eliminate the cut off for for withholding, healthcare reform - Obama care is working but will falter and fail if not fixed and the full promise of Medicare extension adopted.    Essentially, we are all be held hostage by the determination and fervent hope that a Republican President will sweep in office and set aside all that is "bad for