Chads thoughts

You know there are days like yesterday that make me wonder if my fiancée is okay. You may be asking “why”. Well, that's because I haven't seen her in a long time. That might make you ask “why” again. Well, that's because I'm the Primary Family Caregiver to my mother. That means I can't just go out and do what I want because I'm always needed for something when relating to my mother. Yes, I love my mother, but I also love my fiancée. So, as you can see, being a Caregiver has its problems.

Now, you might be asking “Why don't you just call her”. Well, I'm glad you asked, and the answer is she's in a nursing home. Well, it's considered to be an Assisted living facility, but let's face it that's just a nicer way of calling it a nursing home. Now, I used to not have any problems walking into a nursing home, but that was until a nursing home shipped my Grandmother to a Hospital and did not even tell my mother or me about it until we came to pay them. That's when I started to not like nursing homes. That was also when I started to question all the things they told me when relating to the other patients in their care. So when my fiancée told me she was going to a nursing home it bring back a lot of shit and I would have to hope she did go through what my Grandmother did.

My fiancée ended up getting even worse than what my Grandmother went through. Now, my fiancée sees only the good in people and didn't understand why I hated nursing homes so much until the last time I talked to her. At first, she thought I was just an anti-nursing home person, and I guess I ended up that way only because of what a nursing home did to my Grandmother. She didn't know I was thinking of her safety until she started to see how a nursing home works herself. After she saw more and more of what a nursing home does to its patients she started to understand, but it was too late. I say it's too late because now they tell her that she can only leave if the doctor clears her to leave. They even told her that even if she did leave her Social Security checks would still go to them for some time and that my fiancée would need to prove that she can make it on her own with or without it. Hell, she couldn't even check herself out to go to Walmart, and she was the one who signed herself up for the nursing home.

At the end of the day, I just have to hope she is still here. That goes the same for her brother and mother.

You know there are times that I get reminded that the Government be it Local, State, or Federal is not for the people like it's supposed to be. Now let's go over the latest reminder I got today. That being that the Social Security Administration (SSA) demands funds be sent back to them. What is worse is the funds they sent they knew they should not have sent them but sent them anyway. They even stated that they MAY WANT it back and not that they WILL WANT it back. That means that they did not even know if they wanted it back or not. On top of that, they waited 1 month and 15 days then asked if we forgot to pay them back. Now at the start, I thought it was 2 months and 15 days but later saw that I was off by a month.

Now this shows that SSA has no problem committing fraud than targeting the victim in some way. In this case, the victim is a recipient of SSA benefits. They then state it is the recipient's problem that they were sent the funds from the SSA. Mind you SSA claims to be an Independent Federal Agency and yet they are still under the United States Department of Health and Human Services in some way. Another fun fact is that the SSA Funds are part of the General Funds of the Federal Government even though that is not how it started. I could keep going when it comes to fun facts relating to the SSA but I think I will let you do your research on how it started and how it ended up. This includes why they will not talk to the person that the issues are related to until you snap them into reality in one form or another and yet they still will not accept they are the ones that caused the problem, not the SSA recipient. I guess at the end of the day we should just call all Local, State, or Federal Agencies and Officials Master as that is what they all want to be called on some level.

You know that as a caregiver for my mother, I catch a lot of flack. On that same note, my mother catches a lot of flack for needing me to be her caregiver. That includes me dealing with the City of Wetumka and the City of Oklahoma City. It makes someone like me wonder how would someone like Mayor David Holt or better yet Mayor Norma Marshall do as a Caregiver in my place. If I had to make a guess they would not last 24 hours considering all I have to use to keep most of what I do straight. That means they would most likely nuke my k3s cluster for one. That wound in turn kill Home Assistant which I use as her alarm clock to change the channel on my Roku TV. That would also kill Grocy (which I need to play catch up on) which helps me keep track of what stuff we have in the house like food and kitchen supplies. That would also kill Tandoor which is a fill-in-as-you-go cookbook-like software. That would also kill Fireflyiii which is budgeting software I just started using to keep track of the money I can see in both my and my mother's bank accounts. Last but not least it would also kill Joplin which is note-taking and syncing software.

Now mind you that is just the software I use to stuff straight being My Mother's Caregiver. Oh wait I forgot that I also use Home Assistant for appointment reminders so yeah that would die too. I mean the City of Wetumka is charging the people of Wetumka $22 a month for two trash cans when they didn't even give them two trash cans to begin with. The City of Wetumka is charging one of the employees of the Wetumka Housing Authority $700+ a month for what I'm going to guess for both Electric and Water. I would also have to guess that out of that $700+ bill most of it is for Electric since that is where most of the money comes in for the City of Wetumka. The funny part of all of this is that when we moved here about 15 years ago it seemed nicer. You know like the people somewhat cared for each other in some way. That doesn't seem to be the case now though as it stopped being that way when James Jackson was Mayor. Now it seems to be more of a “if you are not in our circle then we don't know you” kind of place.

The City of Wetumka fails to understand that having such a mindset is the reason why they are having problems with getting business into Wetumka Oklahoma. They also fail to understand that their actions against the people of Wetumka make them want to leave and never come back. That in turn makes businesses not want to do business in Wetumka Oklahoma. After all, businesses will look at the data that is important to them and that includes how many people move in and out of an area they are looking at. Businesses will also look at the data that relates to cost as in the cost of doing business in the area they are looking at. If businesses don't like the looks of the data then they will not do business in that area. This is not restricted to just the City level either.

I think I made my point clear. Just in case I didn't my point it's if you treat people like shit then they will leave or go against you in some way. They will show others why they left or went against you. They will show others how bad of a place is and who made it that way. They might even advocate what needs to change before letting up on how bad a place or person is. In most cases, places get abandoned or people die before such changes happen. So you don't want it to get that bad because if it does it will be too late.

I find it funny how the City of Wetumka wants to change the form of government in Wetumka. It makes me wonder how it got the form of government it has now. Either way, I can see why they want to change it to something that will give the local government more power even if they say there are safeguards in place. That is however a lie since the Council-Manager has at least one safeguard where as the Statutory Town seems to have none. It's also funny how the people of Wetumka are finely starting to see the problems of the City of Wetumka but it's too late now to fix them right now.

Now I bet some are wondering what I mean by “Statutory Town seems to have none”. 2022 Oklahoma Statutes Title 11. Cities and Towns §11-12-101. Statutory town board of trustees form of government. (Universal Citation: 11 OK Stat § 12-101 (2022)) states the following:

The form of government provided by Sections 12-101 through 12-114 of this title shall be known as the statutory town board of trustees form of government. Towns governed under the statutory town board of trustees form shall have all the powers, functions, rights, privileges, franchises and immunities granted, or which may be granted, to towns. Such powers shall be exercised as provided by law applicable to towns under the town board of trustees form, or if the manner is not thus prescribed, then in such manner as the board of trustees may prescribe.

Now that means they have a say over everything relating to the City of Wetumka with no oversight or any checks and balances. 2022 Oklahoma Statutes Title 11. Cities and Towns §11-12-106. Powers vested in board of trustees – Designated powers. (Universal Citation: 11 OK Stat § 12-106 (2022)) states the following:

All powers of a statutory town board of trustees town, including the determination of matters of policy, shall be vested in the board of trustees. Without limitation of the foregoing, the board may: 1. Appoint and remove, and confirm appointments of, designated town officers and employees as provided by law or ordinance; 2. Enact municipal legislation subject to limitations as may now or hereafter be imposed by the Oklahoma Constitution and law; 3. Raise revenue, establish rates for services and taxes, make appropriations, regulate salaries and wages and all other fiscal affairs of the town, subject to limitations as may now or hereafter be imposed by the Oklahoma Constitution and law; 4. Inspect the books and accounts maintained by the town treasurer; 5. Inquire into the conduct of any office, department or agency of the town, and investigate municipal affairs, or authorize and provide for such inquiries; 6. Create, change and abolish offices, departments or agencies, other than those established by law; assign additional functions and duties to offices, departments and agencies established by this article; and define the duties, powers and privileges of all officers which are not defined by this article; and 7. Grant pardons for violation of municipal ordinances, including the remission of fines and costs.

This proves they can drain the people of their money as fast or as slow as they want. This also proves they can hire and fire whoever they want or better yet do away with or create whatever they want. We all know that will not Grant pardons for violation because the city is broke for that. let's keep moving right along with 2022 Oklahoma Statutes Title 11. Cities and Towns §11-12-112. Departments and agencies – Merger or consolidation of town offices. (Universal Citation: 11 OK Stat § 12-112 (2022)) which states the following:

In the town board of trustees form of government, there shall be such administrative departments, officers, and agencies as the board may establish. The board may combine, merge, or consolidate by ordinance any of the various offices of town government as it deems necessary and convenient for the administration of the affairs or government of the town. Any consolidation of elected town offices shall go into effect at the end of the term of office of those officers whose offices are consolidated or when a vacancy occurs in one of the offices to be consolidated. An ordinance consolidating offices must be enacted at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the next municipal primary election.

Sounds to me like they can change things around if they want to about every 30 days. Hell, I thought maybe it would say something about how much the local Statutory Town government would get paid but in 2022 Oklahoma Statutes Title 11. Cities and Towns §11-12-113. Compensation of town elective officers. (Universal Citation: 11 OK Stat § 12-113 (2022)) only states the following:

The compensation of all elective town officers shall be fixed by ordinance.

This makes someone like me wonder how much everyone working in the City of Wetumka is getting paid and how much are they really saving going from Council-Manager to Statutory Town. Either way, they must see the people of Wetumka are not happy since the current Mayor is now posting about wanting the people of Wetumka to come to the City Council meetings. I say that is a bit too late and I have been living in Wetumka for going on 15 years now. I guess it's better late than never but then again I'm not in anyone's circle in Wetumka. Anyway, let's move on to 2022 Oklahoma Statutes Title 11. Cities and Towns §11-12-114. Appointments and removals. (Universal Citation: 11 OK Stat § 12-114 (2022)) which states the following:

Appointments and promotions in the service of a statutory town board of trustees government shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness; and removals, demotions, suspensions, and layoffs shall be made solely for the good of the service. The board by ordinance may establish a merit system and provide for its organization and functioning, and provide for personnel administration and regulation of personnel matters. The board of trustees may remove for cause any appointive officer by a majority vote of all its members.

Now I understand that these are 2022 Oklahoma Statutes and not 2024 Oklahoma Statutes but one has to wonder is the Government really for the People anymore? If it is then why doesn't it feel that way? Why does it feel like the Government or better yet the people who want to be in Government have to be so corrupt? I guess that's why All Government Officials don't really want to know who they represent as such actions are beneath them.

You know that are times when I will wonder how the hell I'm still alive. I mean it, I have no clue how the hell I'm making it right now. After all, when I started to be my mother's Caregiver I thought I would get some help either with a little money or maybe at least a team of nurses. In Oklahoma however, if you want help you need to be a woman and in this day in age, you need to not be white. It sounds shitty but it's true. Even to get Meals on Wheels you have to sign up for something that will cause the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) to send a nurse to tally up points to see if you score high enough for Meals on Wheels. Now I wonder how many other people are having the same problems when it comes to the OKDHS. After all, I was thinking that it would be good to have just in case we ran low on funds it would give her something to eat for that day a least.

Now when it comes to the Social Security Administration (SSA) at least when it comes to Oklahoma it's the same shit. They tell you that you didn't score enough points for you to get help from them. How my mother had to get the SSA to recognize disability was to go through an advocacy group in Utah. Yes, you read that right my mother had to go through an out-of-state group just to get Supplemental Security Income (SSI). That means the federal and state governments view people as game pieces and if you don't score high enough for them then you are nothing to them on any level. My mother deserves more for all the work she put in. The Government on the other hand tells her that she isn't worth shit and to shut up. That's why there are kids like me who try to be Caregivers to their parents. That's why there are kids like me who try to keep their parents out of nursing homes because some of us know what truly happens in nursing homes.

Now Oklahoma thinks a tax break will help Caregivers but it has a catch like everything else when relating to Oklahoma. One you need to be certified in Caregiving which can understand why that needs to be in the law. After all, I had looked into certifications when it comes to Caregivers but the problem I have is not having the funds for the prerequisites. Now the other problem is that since Covid-19 hit the world I lost the only work I had. Going from getting work to no work kinda kills a lot of things when it comes to being a Caregiver. I hoped that by doing a GiveSendGo campaign I could get a new truck and use it to do Walmart Spark or maybe DoorDash but no luck on that front. I guess all I can do is just do all I can and hope it's good enough.

Well, this month I thought it would be like it has been every year. Why is that you ask? Well, that's because my birthday is this month. It was the 13th of this month to be exact. You would think I love my birthday and there was a time when I did. That time had passed when I ended up burying two people on my birthday. It doesn't matter that it was ten years apart. What makes it shitty this year was losing my father this month even though I wasn't all that close to him it still sucks to some degree.

However, what made this month suck less was getting a video from my other mother. Normally getting a video from family doesn't affect me all that much. This one was different. It was a video of my brother singing “Happy Birthday” to me. I don't know if it was because he was singing to me or if he was doing it from a hospital room where my newest brother is dealing with Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Either way, it hit me hard for some reason. It was nice though I just wish I could download it and put it in the Time Capsule that started when other mother wanted things for a Time Capsule. Maybe one day he'll see how nice it was but I think for now he needs to just be a kid because if not he might end up just like me. That is something none of us want.

Anyway, it's time to try to stay warm especially when it comes to this lovely Oklahoma Weather.

Well, I have been trying to import a MariaDB SQL dump file for about three months now and I think it's time to just call it and start over. You see I had problems with MariaDB one day after a power failure and it would either work or not. Later that day I redeployed it and it pulled the latest image and that's when it just died. Mind you I'm still new to Kubernetes and set up my cluster with k3s due to not having all that many resources when it comes to donated Computers. That means I will need to start fresh with my Friendca node since that is what MariaDB was being used for. It sucks to start over but sometimes there is no way around it.

Now let's move on to what I have dealt with when it comes to asking for any kind of help when relating to MariaDB or more specifically. Let's go with the fact I was first told to run a set of commands and it would just fix the issues I was having. The funny thing is that was not true. It did nothing to address the problems I was facing and I was not the only one facing them either. So I did some more digging and noted something odd. What I noted was the fact there was a permissions problem somewhere that was not there before. That means that either k3s changed them due to how the image was put together or the image failed to change the permissions to what it needed to be. So I look into how to export and import a database. My problem of not having many resources has made importing an almost 60-gigabyte file harder than it needs to be.

Now a good thing about all of this is that I have learned what to do and what not to do when it comes to k3s and Docker images. Anyway don't have too much fun or at least try not to.

You know just when I thought I had been too harsh to the City of Wetumka they would go on to prove me wrong. Let me explain that if something like Water Pump goes bad it needs to be replaced ASAP and not when you are down to one functioning Water Pump that starts to go bad before addressing the problem of no working Water Pumps. There needs to be some sort of redundancy when it comes to utilities being provided by the city or town you live in. That means in the case of the City of Wetumka there should be a Primary Water Pump and at a minimum two Backup Water Pumps. That also means in the case of the City of Wetumka that the people of Wetumka should be allowed to have a generator plug in either the back or front of their home so they can plug in a generator or battery bank with solar panels for when the power goes out.

Now luckily My mother and I got warned about this from the Housing Authority we live in but it makes me wonder who all would be in the dark. After all not everyone has a Facebook account, not everyone has someone that will check on them, and not everyone has a cell phone. So if you have someone that lives in Wetumka Oklahoma you might want to at least check on them but if you can take them home with you until this whole water pump problem gets worked out. Twice over since it might be two or three days if not more since I was told they are going to another state to get just one. If that's true then they need to do better planning when it comes to things like this.

This is also why I always question the actions of the City of Wetumka because the problem of a failing Water Pump should not be even a thing. The funny part is that if I remember right they are going to Louisiana for the replacement Water Pump at least that's what I have been told. So is the City of Wetumka going to going to get its shit together or does it just want the people of Wetumka to leave. There is no way to know for sure but all we can do is try to make do with what we have for now. Later down the road, the people of Wetumka are going to have to figure out how to fix this problem of having a questionable local government sometime or another. Until then stock up on as much water as you can for the time being.

I'm starting to think that I might have been a little too harsh about things. Why I say that is the fact it seems I make some people nervous. I that because during this last HUD inspection, both maintenance guys were with the inspector. That is not the normal way things go when it comes to a HUD inspection. it was like they were directing the inspector where to go and what to look at again not the normal way things go when it comes to a HUD inspection. Before that, I Emailed HUD about a couple of issues including one relating to questionable neighbors. That's when I started to notice the housing authority people getting nervous around me and the current neighbors being less noisy.

This makes me wonder if I ended up being the very thing I hate the most, which is being an influencer. I guess it's not all that bad since I also noticed the City of Wetumka doing the same thing when it comes to treating the People of Wetumka somewhat better. That also includes The City of Wetumka following some of its laws when relating to lawns at least. I guess you can say it gives me power over people that I don't want or need in any way, shape, or form. Now if it's true that I became an influencer in some way then maybe I could use this power for good like I do being an IT Guy. The problem is to figure out how to do that after all I'm not trying to be like Pokimane or any of the other power-hungry influencers that support questionable means of controlling people.

This will be a bit tricky as I really don't want to be that guy, but at the same time, if I have to follow the rules, regulations, and laws, then so should everyone else. Now I'm not saying the rules, regulations, and laws are fair by any means, but people can't just ignore them as they see fit either. That is why people need to run for office and not be an influencer, but it seems that being an influencer gets better results than being in office. In a way, it's like being a Gray Jedi seeking balance in the force if we lived in the Star Wars Universe. At least that is what I would like to think a true influencer would do instead of being like an Evil Sith Lord who controls people just for the fun of it. Either way, this is going to take time to figure out.

Dear Master Biden,

I hope this message makes you feel better. I write to present a proposal that could significantly accelerate the ambitious goal of widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030. As you know, the transition to electric vehicles is critical to reducing carbon emissions and tackling climate change To further support this change, I propose the implementation of subsidies specifically targeted at first-time electric car buyers.

By offering financial incentives to individuals who purchase their first electric vehicle, we can encourage wider and faster adoption of this sustainable technology. This subsidy could offset some of the initial costs associated with EVs, making them more affordable for Americans. This will also help you realize your vision of a sustainable travel industry.

To ensure the grants are distributed equitably and efficiently, I suggest setting a reasonable cap, perhaps at $200,000, per individual for the eligible purchase price of a vehicle. This would ensure that the financial assistance is directed toward individuals who may need it most, without disproportionately benefiting higher-income households.

Additionally, to maximize the impact of this initiative and promote the responsible use of funds, I recommend implementing a mechanism to reclaim any unused grant money. Unutilized funds could be returned to the U.S. government, allowing for their redirection to other critical environmental and sustainability initiatives.

I am confident that the implementation of such a subsidy program will not only stimulate the electric vehicle market but also be consistent with your administration’s commitment to tackling climate change and promoting sustainable practices. This initiative has the potential to make electric vehicles accessible to a wider population and contributes significantly towards the collective goal of a cleaner and more sustainable future.

Thank you for your time and thoughts. I look forward to seeing the positive impact of such a program under your leadership.

sincerely,

Chad Walter Cummings 409 N Wetumka St. APT A Wetumka Ok 74883 Google Phone: (405) 592-6343 Email: [email protected] Link Tree: https://links.chadwaltercummings.me