Well, just like I promised, the battle is over. And just like I predicted, there are many people who are greatly disappointed this week. Here is another prediction for you: we will all get over it. It will take a little time, but there won't be any more unbelievably nauseous commercials from candidates wanting to be a Senator or a Representative or a Governor or a Mayor or anything else for a pretty good stretch to come. That is a true blessing! And now, we will find out if the Democrats can really do any of the things that they said they were going to do. Come to think of it, I don't know if I ever really heard them say exactly what it was they wanted to do, except impeach the President one more time and make government even bigger and collect more tax money to spend.
What I am sure they will try to do is to reverse as many of Trump's programs as they possibly can; not because they are bad, but because they are Trump's. And that's a shame because Trump wasn't short on ideas, and all of those ideas couldn't be bad. Some could, but not all of them. Now, before all the Facebook Rangers jump on their phones and start out after me, let me just say, I am not Red or Blue. I am a Black and Gold Swainsboro Tiger and a proud Emanuel Countian, so let's just leave it at that. But I will say, one of Trump's many good ideas was the need for having the ability to protect our national interest in space exploration and in the development of further ventures into travel and communication beyond our own planet. With the reinvestment in NASA, as well as multiple private contractors like SpaceX and Blue Origin, the United States is now the leader in space research and space exploration once again. We are ahead of everybody else, and we need to stay there. Space Force was created just for that purpose. Another thing that Trump dusted off and put us back on the map with was the total amount of energy we now produce in this country. That has firmly established our energy independence for the first time ever. This was done by developing new methods of oil extraction and LNG production. Trump re-opened the export market for liquid natural gas to Europe that Joe Biden shut down on the first day of his Democrat Presidency. Now we are the global leader in the export of LNG. These achievements and many others are good examples of the deregulation and reshoring of the industrial sector that makes our country stronger. We need to make sure that stays right where it is and continues progressing and producing for the good of everyone, no matter what your political orientation may be.
The world is a big, beautiful place and the universe even more so. When you stop and think about it, our political squabbles are actually tiny in comparison. I got a vivid reminder of that last Thursday night. Even though the clouds were low and heavy, I had gone outside to look for signs in the sky of the re-entry of the Swift Observatory orbiting satellite. I saw nothing, and after a while I gave up and turned to walk back up the driveway. At just that second, I saw a huge glowing white and green trail of burning light that lasted no more than about five seconds descending across the night sky straight down to the horizon. At the end of its travel, a huge, silent explosion lit up the sky and then it was gone. That was one of those astounding experiences you're not sure you actually saw, until you realized you were talking to yourself the whole time about what you had just seen. Of course, I immediately got on my phone and found out that what I saw was a bolide (an exploding fireball) part of the massive Southern Taurid Fireball Meteor shower. When I reported my sighting to the American Meteor Association, I learned that exploding meteors are much larger and slower than shooting stars. It was seen by people all across the Southeastern United States. It was a gift to witness. It sort of put all our troubles down here on Earth into proper perspective and sent down a message saying, “ I’m still in charge up here, and y’all need to get together, straighten up and put things in a little better order there on Earth.” It was an awesome sight, and I'm still smiling just thinking about it, and as usual that comment from up above is exactly right.
