A Bob's Life: Monday Musings

Monday, July 7, 2025

Monday Musings - July 7, 2025

1. It is the first Monday of July! We are in the second half of 2025. There are 25 Mondays remaining in the year!

Sand Hill Cranes
Turtle Creek, Tequesta, FL
July 6, 2025

2. I managed an 18-mile ride yesterday under mostly blue skies! I was happy for the sunshine. I saw a family of sand hill cranes wandering through one of the the golf course communities.

3. Trump said Democrats had opposed the measure [One Big Beautiful Bill] only “because they hate Trump. But I hate them, too. You know that? I really do, I hate them. I cannot stand them, because I really believe they hate our country.” Trump has never been more wrong about anything in his life. Democrats do not hate him they do not believe he has the stability, character, integrity, or leadership abilities to be president. Democrats actually love this country more than he does. By making this personal, he continues to demonstrate why he is not suitable to be president. He is not the right person for the job and so far the results justify that assessment.

4. The Orioles have crawled up to be 9 games under .500 with the three-game sweep of the Braves. They are doing everything they need to do right now to be in playoff contention!

5. Prayers and support for the Texas flood victims are needed.

6. The U.S. is leaving Ukraine high and dry without the weapons necessary to defend their country. By doing this it is clear that we are supporting the aggressor--Russia.

7. Today in History. On July 7, 1930, building begins on the future site of the Hoover Dam. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men would work ceaselessly to produce what would be the largest dam of its time, as well as one of the largest manmade structures in the world.

Although the dam would take only five years to build, its construction was nearly 30 years in the making. Arthur Powell Davis, an engineer from the Bureau of Reclamation, originally had his vision for the Hoover Dam back in 1902, and his engineering report on the topic became the guiding document when plans were finally made to begin the dam in 1922.