Our house is always guest or photo ready. My wife keeps it pristine. But no one ever comes over.
I don’t know whether I’d be less willing or equally willing to fly. I don’t know whether the motion would make me airsick. Riding a horse certainly doesn’t, but birds would move differently. I’d have to try it once – ideally for a short flight – in order to know the answer.
And my house would never be ready for the POTUS to stay in; but if they really need to, they may as well show up anyway. The beds are all usable, and it wouldn’t take very long to put clean sheets on one and clean towels in the john, both of which I could manage; and they’d just have to put up with the rest of the mess. (I suppose the Secret Service would also show up, and need beds. But they could help make them. Or bring sleeping bags, if there’s too many of them.)
POTUS has people. Let them clean the house! I’ll be across town at the La Quinta by the freeway writing articles and giving interviews with all the “newspeople.” Provided they pony up a nice “consultation fee.” Then I’d gat my name in Supreme Court records (again!) after the parents in my District forced the District to fire me because I wasn’t MAGA. The lawsuit would go on for a few years, but the family name would be there twice, so it would be worth it.
My house is wholly unsuitable for POTUS or the king of England to stay in. But if there’s some reason to put them up anyway, I’d put clean sheets on the bed, clean towels in the guest bathroom, and open my door. Less than an hour.
If they don’t like my mess, they can stay elsewhere.
My house would be unsuitable for a VIP guest, in part because I am not particularly interested in trying to impress anyone. I could get my hands on the old 12 x 8 canvas tent we used when I was a kid – it is quite roomy, keeps you dry as long as you do not touch the canvas in the rain, and there is room for it over by the cherry tree.
Would the POTUS staying at my house violate the 3rd amendment? It’s about quartering soldiers, and the President is a civilian, so it probably technically not a violation, but it feels pretty close.
Not if you welcome him.
That amendment is about forcing people to quarter soldiers.
Pull down the Murphy bed, put some sheets and a blanket on it, and make sure the towels in the guest bathroom are clean. Doesn’t matter if it’s the President or not, it will take less than an hour to be ready for guests - up to two, because it’s a queen-sized bed. The Secret Service guys are not sleeping here.
In my imagination, in this alternate universe where planes have to flap their wings, they’ve been that way all along. So it wouldn’t seem weird; it would just be how it is. I voted that I’d be equally willing to fly, assuming it’s as safe as it is in this universe.
It takes me a week to get the house ready for my daughter and son-in-law to stay, and she grew up here. Neither the President nor I are going to live long enough for me to get the place ready for him. Part of this is the fact that I’m a natural slob and my housekeeping skills really went to the dogs when I was working full-time, part is that there are a lot of home maintenance and repair issues that are in desperate need of completion, and a huge part is my social anxiety, which means that even if the place were pristine, I’d still fixate on some tiny thing that didn’t get done.
I’d like to try the “flying like a bird” thing for about five minutes. Anything longer, and there would have to be a truly compelling emergency to get me on that plane.
I’ve always wanted to see a constitutional case about the 3rd Amendment brought up before the Supreme Court.
We see endless cases about the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc. but the Third has yet to see a tasty legal challenge.
I’m very tired of presidential elections usually coming down to your choice of one of 2 elderly white men, and they just keep getting older. If you’ve already lived longer than the average lifespan for your sex, stop running for office.
This comment is ageist. Being against someone purely based on the elderly status is a type of bigotry, just like saying no women or blacks should run.
Ehh, there’s a difference. Being a woman or being black has never been inherently a risk for dementia.
When a person gets above age 80, on the other hand, the cognitive decline or risk thereof is very real, and we’re talking about someone who has to make the most important decisions in the world.
Reagan, by some rumors, was already losing it by his final year in office.
Whereas if my son wants to spend the night he can help make the bed.
And I’m pretty sure your house is tidier than mine.
We have dogs and birds, so I would have to vacuum to get things ready for the president’s visit. My gf would be busy making flower arrangements.
We have cats. If i saw any hairballs on the floor, I’d clean them up. I tell people they are welcome to spend the night unless they are allergic to cats, and they should seek another place if they are.
I think we would be ready for Joe Biden or King Chuck in about an hour. My SO would probably change the linens in the guest room, even though what’s already there has never been slept on. A quick vacuuming might be in order.
We wouldn’t be picky about things like dog nose-prints on the glass doors to the patios, or a stray squeak-toy in the middle of the floor, or things like that. Wiping nose-prints off now just means there will be fresh ones in a few minutes.
I think it’s more of a complaint about the total lack of representation of anything but elderly white men. Old white men have overwhelmingly been the norm throughout history, but they aren’t the only ones living in this country, and they aren’t the only ones who deserve to be in power. I’m confident that Biden has no godly idea what it’s like to be me, what my political concerns are, or how I want to be represented in office.
I’m reminded of what Ruth Bader Ginsburg said when she was asked how many women would have to be on the Supreme Court before she was satisfied. She said something to the effect of, “I’ll be satisfied when every person on the Supreme Court is a woman.” Rightly pointing out that for almost the whole of history it was only men on the Supreme Court, and nobody seemed to be bothered.
There is no way Biden is a better candidate than Warren or Whitmer.
And as far as his age… my grandmother and grandfather are both in the their 80s. They are spry and always busy. My grandmother goes out dancing until the early morning. My grandfather works on his car and roof and fixes computers. They complain that they aren’t as sharp as they used to be, but they are both pretty sharp! Biden is not that kind of old. He is the kind of old that is showing obvious decline. It’s not ageist to point that out.
Perhaps not, but this certainly is:
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