It’s not supposed to totally suck this weekend, so I really need to get a couple of things done. First off is to cut the grass one last time and maybe put the cab on (but maybe not – we’ll have to see). I also need to finish up some fencing. There’s plenty more to do, too, but if I just get those things done, I’ll be satisfied.

Yesterday I took the car in for its 10,000 mile checkup, which was relatively painless. They have a good system at the dealer and their waiting room is comfortable and has WiFi (though I guess pretty much everybody does these days). They of course also have a teevee and it unfortunately was tuned to CNN (I suppose it could have been worse), and other than a couple minutes of Hurricane Patricia talk, it was all about Hillary at the Benghazi committee.

How anybody could try and spin that charade as anything but Hillary looking intelligent and competent (I mean, seriously – if I was conspiracy minded, I’d suggest that the whole thing was designed by Republicans to make Hillary look good, presumably because the thought of President Trump or Carson scares them almost as much as President Sanders) and the Republicans looking like idiots, I don’t know.

But that conservative twit I’ve seen on Bill Maher (a prime example of why I just can’t stomach watching Bill anymore) – “C” Cupps or whatever her name is – sure did try. I’ve never seen her out in the wild before (not being a CNN kinda guy), but goddamn she’s just as irritating on CNN as she is on HBO. And of course the rest of the gang did their best to be “fair and balanced”

“Democrats on the committee said is was bullshit. But Republicans said ‘nu-uh.”

Thank goodness I was in and out in about an hour – any longer, and I’d have screamed.

As much as the whole Trumpmentum thing confounds me, I find the rise of Ben Carson (whose slogan should be “Ben Carson – He’s One of the Good Ones”) even more astounding. I mean, at least Trump has name recognition). But I guess Republicans just like what Carson has to say.

According to the survey of likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers, 81 percent approved of Carson’s comment that Obamacare is the “worst thing that’s happened in this nation since slavery;” 77 percent said they liked his statement that Hitler’s rise could have been stopped if German citizens had had guns; and 73 percent liked his concerns about a Muslim becoming president.

Among the respondents, 96 percent said they find Carson’s “common sense” attractive, and 89 percent said they like that he is guided by his faith, according to the poll. Only 32 percent of those surveyed believe Trump is a committed Christian.

Maybe I’m biased, but when I think of Ben Carson, “common sense” is about the last thing that comes to mind.

Speaking of Hitler, I bet a lot of “moderate” Germans never thought somebody like him could possibly come to power. Here’s hoping we don’t wake up on November 9th 2016 thinking, “damn – never saw that one coming.”