Congressman Ron Paul of Texas provided the American people a snippet of true history at the Fox-sponsored debate last night. In the plain manner of the late Barry Goldwater, Paul tells it like it is.
Of course we breed terrorists in the Middle East when we invade and occupy their lands. What else would you expect? And why are we building 14 permanent military bases in Iraq, if we don't intend to stay from here to eternity?
Those who have acquired the habit of war despise Ron Paul and resort to name-calling. They tried "stupid," but quit when they heard he was an accomplished medical doctor and probably has some brains. Paul is so clean, fresh and loyal to American principles that his adversaries do the only thing they can, they try to ignore him.
Not only is Paul right, he was right before the 9/11 atrocity. So was Pat Buchanan, who was actually a prophet during his run for the White House in 2000. Goldwater, Buchanan, Paul - birds of a feather. Please check out the message from Buchanan in the summer of 2000.
"How can all of our meddling fail to spark some terrible retribution? Have we not suffered enough - Pan Am 103, World Trade Center (1993), the embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dares Salaam - not to know that intervention is the incubator of terrorism? Or will it take some cataclysmic atrocity on U.S. Soil to awaken our global gamesmen to the going price of empire.
America today faces a choice of destinies. We can choose to be a peacemaker of the world, or its policeman who goes around night-sticking troublemakers until we, too, find ourselves in some bloody brawl we cannot handle." - Pat Buchanan
We didn't listen to Pat. We have another chance with Congressman Paul.
Other Items
* What a sight over at the Justice Department. Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales found a scapegoat in one of his closest associates. Paul McNulty resigned - or was he fired? I guess the dude is also responsible for Gonzales's poor memory.
* When Newt Gingrich announced that there is a great possibility he will run for president, my heart skipped a beat or two, I fainted and my vital organs flashed on amber alert. Newt, you're no Ron.
* Now President Bush has appointed a "War Czar" to oversee our various wars. This is a new position. C o n f u s i n g ! Good results are hoped for, however, the scene is made even murkier by creating another office. The Joint Chiefs of Staff have to wonder. The new czar is Lt. General Douglas Lute. By the way, General Lute has three stars and might have authority over those who outrank him.
The Dixie Thinker is serious fun, not for the smug & snug.
Meetings & Events
* The public is invited to a meeting this evening sponsored by St. George Future at the Dixie Convention Center to review the reasons for our huge influx of population as determined by a Dixie College study. People decide to move here because of: the roundabouts, the climate, health care facilities, the night life, Bluff Street, the hiking trails, and the anti-loitering campaign.
* The Feng Shui convention at Holiday Inn has been cancelled. A dispute about rearranging the furniture for the event reached an impasse between Feng Shui committee members and hotel management.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* Utah is the fifth state annexed by Mexico effective in 2027. The public referendum to approve the change of national allegiance passed by a 51% vote. Only Spanish will be spoken here next year.
* NASA plans for a one way trip to the sun. Support for the $200 trillion project is bolstered by the successful Mars expedition which produced so many domestic benefits such as
Help Wanted
Unusually responsible baby sitter to be with my body while I go on out-of-body experiences.
Expect to watch over me for about four hours each time. Stay by the phone in case I call. Lunch is in the fridge.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
STOP WITH THE LABELS, ENOUGH ALREADY
Worthless labels are worth less each time they're used. Cheap, cheap, cheaper. In The Spectrum's letters to the editor section today we read about the "liberal left." What does that tag prove? Why doesn't the writer challenge the ideas or behavior of the person he's striking out against instead of lazily tacking on a moniker meant to put down or insult someone?
Every single day, we hear and read about the "wackos, Islamo-fascists, anti-Americans, defeatists, leftists, right-wingers, liberals, jingoists, neocons, and extremists."
Don't call me a peacenik, you warmonger.
It just doesn't work.
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Other Matters
* Utah's Senator Hatch is urging fellow senators to get behind the push for another seat in Congress to represent Utah. If it happens, it will be tied to giving the vote for the first time ever, to District of Columbia residents who live under taxation without representation.
Constitutionalists have always considered such a vote franchise as against the law of the land, and that's hard to dispute on paper. I was always for extending the vote to DC, regardless. But now that Orrin Hatch is for this, I'm against it. I was for it before I was against it.
* The Southwest Utah Public Health Department warns against too much consumption of fish. Gunlock Reservoir bass is bad. The problem is mercury, which is rampant in this country anyhow.) It's about time we avoid mercury, microwaves, cell phones, depleted uranium, sodium fluoride, sodium benzoate, color dyes, plutonium, and aluminum. But we are Americans and we fear nothing. Bring 'em on.
* Oh, by the way, a famous leader said, "All we have to fear is fear itself." A famous doctor said, "You've got to die from something." So eat the trout, bass and whatever else moves in the water.
* Immediately after raising the price of a stamp to 41 cents, the U.S. Post Office issued a new "Forever" stamp which will retain it's value, well, forever. They've really gone postal this time. The e-mail computer industry will make the government's monopoly obsolete long before forever.
* Think for a moment. You know the Dems will run Gore & Obama against the Reps Romney & Giuliani.
Dixie Thinker is serious fun, not for the snug & smug
Meeting & Events
* Confidential notice: Good ol' boys emergency meeting tonight at ONLY THE LONELY saloon on St. George Boulevard. Must decide on items tabled at last meeting. No recorders, cell phones or cameras.
* The ex-Defense Secretary Rumsfeld will be here to speak on his new book, "Don't Blame Me. I Believed Too." Time and date to be announced.
* Anyone having an out-of-body experience will benefit by calling Louis at 800-8666-1151. He'll get your story out there.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* The last health insurance company will go out of business on June 1, 2007. Management blames the total absence of insured customers. Corporations no longer provide insurance to employees ("major overhead burden") and independent individuals have not been able to afford the protection in recent years.
* An AMA spokeperson told the national conference of Future Physicians, "I am proud to inform you that American health care is the finest in the world."
Help Wanted
Finance director (CFO) at The Dixie Thinker. Must be willing to face serious challenges such as negative cash flow, management incompetency and embezzlement. Tumultuous work atmosphere. (You will grow on this job.) Our new CFO will have to go along to get along - drop a few principles. Mail a handwritten resume. No calls or office visits, please. Only a proven team player, non-smoker, tea totaler, quiet natured, house-paid-for, married with spouse working, short haired, fair, frugal, and clean-driving-record person need apply. The pay depends.
Worth Repeating
* "The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency." - Vice President Cheney, 2005
* "Insurgencies tend to go on for five, six, eight, 10 or 12 years." - former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld
Every single day, we hear and read about the "wackos, Islamo-fascists, anti-Americans, defeatists, leftists, right-wingers, liberals, jingoists, neocons, and extremists."
Don't call me a peacenik, you warmonger.
It just doesn't work.
~
Other Matters
* Utah's Senator Hatch is urging fellow senators to get behind the push for another seat in Congress to represent Utah. If it happens, it will be tied to giving the vote for the first time ever, to District of Columbia residents who live under taxation without representation.
Constitutionalists have always considered such a vote franchise as against the law of the land, and that's hard to dispute on paper. I was always for extending the vote to DC, regardless. But now that Orrin Hatch is for this, I'm against it. I was for it before I was against it.
* The Southwest Utah Public Health Department warns against too much consumption of fish. Gunlock Reservoir bass is bad. The problem is mercury, which is rampant in this country anyhow.) It's about time we avoid mercury, microwaves, cell phones, depleted uranium, sodium fluoride, sodium benzoate, color dyes, plutonium, and aluminum. But we are Americans and we fear nothing. Bring 'em on.
* Oh, by the way, a famous leader said, "All we have to fear is fear itself." A famous doctor said, "You've got to die from something." So eat the trout, bass and whatever else moves in the water.
* Immediately after raising the price of a stamp to 41 cents, the U.S. Post Office issued a new "Forever" stamp which will retain it's value, well, forever. They've really gone postal this time. The e-mail computer industry will make the government's monopoly obsolete long before forever.
* Think for a moment. You know the Dems will run Gore & Obama against the Reps Romney & Giuliani.
Dixie Thinker is serious fun, not for the snug & smug
Meeting & Events
* Confidential notice: Good ol' boys emergency meeting tonight at ONLY THE LONELY saloon on St. George Boulevard. Must decide on items tabled at last meeting. No recorders, cell phones or cameras.
* The ex-Defense Secretary Rumsfeld will be here to speak on his new book, "Don't Blame Me. I Believed Too." Time and date to be announced.
* Anyone having an out-of-body experience will benefit by calling Louis at 800-8666-1151. He'll get your story out there.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* The last health insurance company will go out of business on June 1, 2007. Management blames the total absence of insured customers. Corporations no longer provide insurance to employees ("major overhead burden") and independent individuals have not been able to afford the protection in recent years.
* An AMA spokeperson told the national conference of Future Physicians, "I am proud to inform you that American health care is the finest in the world."
Help Wanted
Finance director (CFO) at The Dixie Thinker. Must be willing to face serious challenges such as negative cash flow, management incompetency and embezzlement. Tumultuous work atmosphere. (You will grow on this job.) Our new CFO will have to go along to get along - drop a few principles. Mail a handwritten resume. No calls or office visits, please. Only a proven team player, non-smoker, tea totaler, quiet natured, house-paid-for, married with spouse working, short haired, fair, frugal, and clean-driving-record person need apply. The pay depends.
Worth Repeating
* "The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency." - Vice President Cheney, 2005
* "Insurgencies tend to go on for five, six, eight, 10 or 12 years." - former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld
Monday, May 14, 2007
HISTORY ACCORDING TO GLENN BECK
Truth seekers who listen to Glenn Beck on radio have to be masochistic and self-loathing - that would be me. You know better than to listen, so I'll have to tell you what I heard this morning. Mr. Beck said that President Clinton should have done something about Saddam's plotting to assassinate ex-President George H. W. Bush. You'll recall that our present president said, "I want to get Saddam because he tried to murder my daddy."
Good grief. The historical record is that the four men arrested in Yemen for planning to kill the elder Bush were set free even though one of them confessed (under torture.) The plot was bogus.
But our impulsive and political animal in the White House at the time - Clinton - reacted to the news (read rumor) of the plot by ordering the U.S. Navy to fire 26 cruise missles into Baghdad at midnight. Scores of people were killed, including Iraq's most famous woman artist.
Clinton's murderous action was a result of ignorance, politics and who knows. Maybe Slick Willie did it just because he could.
Mr. Beck is aware of none of that. Our radio hero blabbers half-truth after half truth all morning long, and the masses love him. He boasts that he's the third-most-listened to liar, right after Rush and Sean.
He's probably right about that.
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More Hot Stuff
* The chem trails were back over Dixie during the weekend. You saw them, right? They'd been absent for several weeks, and today they're gone again. Must be doing it elsewhere.
* Kiss the mail man and tell the world. I've been preappoved for yet another credit card. I am somebody.
* The Pentagon now places the number of deserters since the year 2000 at an astonishing 40,000. No wonder we need a surge in Iraq.
* Hey, it's not a war in Iraq. It is an occupation.
Meetings & Events
* A Mensa membership drive is underway, with smart discounts until June 1, 2007. An IQ of 150 can get you in. It's a no brainer.
* The creator and author of two books on reverse mortgages will speak on Tuesday at the main library in St. George. He will review his new book, "I Was Only Kidding." The public is invited. Donations at the door.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
In the absence of bees, John Deere Corporation is introducing it's new pollination machine. A company spokesman stated that the device works better than the bees did. The news sent the stock market to record highs.
Help Wanted
Pastor, First Hedonist Fellowship of Las Vegas. Overflow congregations willing to support our cause - money is no object. Only hell raisers, please.
Quotable
"I'm damn near insane and a recovering alcoholic." - Glenn Beck
Good grief. The historical record is that the four men arrested in Yemen for planning to kill the elder Bush were set free even though one of them confessed (under torture.) The plot was bogus.
But our impulsive and political animal in the White House at the time - Clinton - reacted to the news (read rumor) of the plot by ordering the U.S. Navy to fire 26 cruise missles into Baghdad at midnight. Scores of people were killed, including Iraq's most famous woman artist.
Clinton's murderous action was a result of ignorance, politics and who knows. Maybe Slick Willie did it just because he could.
Mr. Beck is aware of none of that. Our radio hero blabbers half-truth after half truth all morning long, and the masses love him. He boasts that he's the third-most-listened to liar, right after Rush and Sean.
He's probably right about that.
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More Hot Stuff
* The chem trails were back over Dixie during the weekend. You saw them, right? They'd been absent for several weeks, and today they're gone again. Must be doing it elsewhere.
* Kiss the mail man and tell the world. I've been preappoved for yet another credit card. I am somebody.
* The Pentagon now places the number of deserters since the year 2000 at an astonishing 40,000. No wonder we need a surge in Iraq.
* Hey, it's not a war in Iraq. It is an occupation.
Meetings & Events
* A Mensa membership drive is underway, with smart discounts until June 1, 2007. An IQ of 150 can get you in. It's a no brainer.
* The creator and author of two books on reverse mortgages will speak on Tuesday at the main library in St. George. He will review his new book, "I Was Only Kidding." The public is invited. Donations at the door.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
In the absence of bees, John Deere Corporation is introducing it's new pollination machine. A company spokesman stated that the device works better than the bees did. The news sent the stock market to record highs.
Help Wanted
Pastor, First Hedonist Fellowship of Las Vegas. Overflow congregations willing to support our cause - money is no object. Only hell raisers, please.
Quotable
"I'm damn near insane and a recovering alcoholic." - Glenn Beck
Friday, May 11, 2007
LIVING LONG IN COOBA
Cuban government officials are claiming a fast-rising level of longevity of its people and a national goal to achieve 120-year-long lives. (Mandatory, of course.) They point to a health care system reputed to be one of the best in this hemisphere, if not the world. Cuba produces an astounding abundance of doctors although their expertise and skills are challenged by many in the health field. Another factor in Cubans' long lives - which exceed the life expectancies of Americans - is the mild climate which allows a body to stay in rhythm. The people living on the beautiful island have limited opportunities and plenty of security, therefore, less stress. We report, you decide.
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MORE TO THINK ABOUT
* The news is out that the divorce rate is down because more unmarried couples are living together. Think about it.
* Some guy named Rush was talking on the radio this morning. He called our national economy "roaring and robust." He sounded serious, on the other hand, he also sounded mistaken.
* Only 70% of America's high school students graduate, according to Department of Education Secretary Spellings. The other 30% are candidates for our post-industrial, factory-free economy's opportunities. And our republic will suffer by less informed citizens. It isn't pretty.
* A national study conducted with the cooperation of the Census Bureau has established that there is no relationship between your IQ and your likelihood of attaining wealth. (It don't matter none.) Toss out the old bromide: "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?"
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
The last public library in America was converted into an internet information center today. The last to change over is metro St. George's suburb of Leeds. The library held out until now, hoping to become a museum of the American library system. The issue went to court and the facility is now to be part of the consumer data division of the Microsoft-Kinko-FedEx-Apple-Covey Corporation.
Meetings & Events
The struggle for equal rights can be lonely. An alliance is being formed tonight in the first meeting at the new library, 7 pm. In numbers there is power, in union there is strength. Skateboarders, loiterers, jaywalkers, Democrats, ticket scalpers, and litterbugs are welcome to attend and be a part of this new organization. The future is ours to hold.
Help Wanted
"Plumber" to stop leaks in the White House. Watergate history a plus, if you were not indicted. Apply to Mr. K. Rove.
Worth Repeating
"Congratulations to you, Cicero, for it is far nobler to enlarge the boundaries of human intelligence than those of the Roman Empire." - Julius Caesar
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MORE TO THINK ABOUT
* The news is out that the divorce rate is down because more unmarried couples are living together. Think about it.
* Some guy named Rush was talking on the radio this morning. He called our national economy "roaring and robust." He sounded serious, on the other hand, he also sounded mistaken.
* Only 70% of America's high school students graduate, according to Department of Education Secretary Spellings. The other 30% are candidates for our post-industrial, factory-free economy's opportunities. And our republic will suffer by less informed citizens. It isn't pretty.
* A national study conducted with the cooperation of the Census Bureau has established that there is no relationship between your IQ and your likelihood of attaining wealth. (It don't matter none.) Toss out the old bromide: "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?"
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
The last public library in America was converted into an internet information center today. The last to change over is metro St. George's suburb of Leeds. The library held out until now, hoping to become a museum of the American library system. The issue went to court and the facility is now to be part of the consumer data division of the Microsoft-Kinko-FedEx-Apple-Covey Corporation.
Meetings & Events
The struggle for equal rights can be lonely. An alliance is being formed tonight in the first meeting at the new library, 7 pm. In numbers there is power, in union there is strength. Skateboarders, loiterers, jaywalkers, Democrats, ticket scalpers, and litterbugs are welcome to attend and be a part of this new organization. The future is ours to hold.
Help Wanted
"Plumber" to stop leaks in the White House. Watergate history a plus, if you were not indicted. Apply to Mr. K. Rove.
Worth Repeating
"Congratulations to you, Cicero, for it is far nobler to enlarge the boundaries of human intelligence than those of the Roman Empire." - Julius Caesar
Thursday, May 10, 2007
WHAT DO WE DO WITH GEORGE TENET?
The ex-CIA boss has written a book. "The Center of the Storm," in which he reminds us of his role in providing intelligence - if you will - to The Decider and his vice president. At least six of the spies who worked for him went public months and years ago to deny the validity of the data used by our leaders to justify Shock & Awe and Operation Iraqi Freedom. That makes George a bit late.
After he resigned from CIA, there never was heard a discouraging word and the sky was not cloudy all day. The Decider pinned a Medal of Honor on his chest, and that seems to have been enough to keep him hushed - until now.
The ex-spy chief came in from the cold and appears before every camera in the nation. The former agents of his who resent his early silence suggest he donate the book's profits to the families of fallen heroes in the war.
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Meanwhile
* That French conservative - Sarkozy - was voted in as President of France in an election with an 85% turnout. He has his hands full because of immigration problems, crime, lavish social programs, a dubious national work ethic, unemployment, and sluggish economy. He'd better hurry with his solutions. The French public and foreign adversaries want to trip him up.
* The University of Chicago conducted a study about the affects of Wal-Mart stores on towns. One statistic indicated that the opening of a Wal-Mart store reduces the number of jobs in the community by 65. In other words, the retail monster hires a large staff, but causes a larger number to lose their jobs elsewhere.
* It has been said that we are planting democratic roots in Iraq. What would we do if the Iraqis voted in a referendum to answer the question: Should American and Coalition forces leave now? If they said yes, would we say no?
Meetings & Events
* Now forming, a support group for recovering Republicans. Call 688-0245 for date of initial meeting, and remember to be ever vigilant because you are never really cured.
Worth Repeating
"The era of big government is over." - President William Jefferson Clinton 1997
After he resigned from CIA, there never was heard a discouraging word and the sky was not cloudy all day. The Decider pinned a Medal of Honor on his chest, and that seems to have been enough to keep him hushed - until now.
The ex-spy chief came in from the cold and appears before every camera in the nation. The former agents of his who resent his early silence suggest he donate the book's profits to the families of fallen heroes in the war.
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Meanwhile
* That French conservative - Sarkozy - was voted in as President of France in an election with an 85% turnout. He has his hands full because of immigration problems, crime, lavish social programs, a dubious national work ethic, unemployment, and sluggish economy. He'd better hurry with his solutions. The French public and foreign adversaries want to trip him up.
* The University of Chicago conducted a study about the affects of Wal-Mart stores on towns. One statistic indicated that the opening of a Wal-Mart store reduces the number of jobs in the community by 65. In other words, the retail monster hires a large staff, but causes a larger number to lose their jobs elsewhere.
* It has been said that we are planting democratic roots in Iraq. What would we do if the Iraqis voted in a referendum to answer the question: Should American and Coalition forces leave now? If they said yes, would we say no?
Meetings & Events
* Now forming, a support group for recovering Republicans. Call 688-0245 for date of initial meeting, and remember to be ever vigilant because you are never really cured.
Worth Repeating
"The era of big government is over." - President William Jefferson Clinton 1997
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
ECONOMY SLOW; STOCK MARKET FAST
All signs in recent months indicate a sluggish economy. The growth is at an underwhelming 1.3% per annum rate. China's is near 12%. We have lost thousands of factories to other nations and millions of good jobs went overseas, but the price of stocks on Wall Street keeps rising to records highs. A contradiction seems to exist in the figures, but one can to reason out what's happening.
Profits are up for most corporations, probably because the labor forces employed are working for less these days because their standard of living is low. Also, many of the foreigners and not subject to expensive union connections or government regulations, including environmental rules.
In other words, labor costs are down and so net profits are up. This enhances the prices of the shares bought and sold in the companies we are discussing here.
Investors are enriching their net worth, not so much for the good of America but in spite of this once proud nation.
This ugly condition has solutions. Raise tariffs, invite the factories back, end out-sourcing, stop illegal immigration, and wage peace not war.
IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.
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Thinking Departments
* Iraq's Congress wants to take a two-month vacation. Vice President Cheney is rushing over there to try to stop any recess. Even important voices in our Congress are upset that leaders in Iraq would consider relaxing when they ought to be bearing down. I wonder whose decision this is. Isn't it their country? We are the liberators and occupiers - then who is "the decider?"
* The city parks in St. George and surrounding communities have an impressive scheduling arrangement. When there is no organized baseball, softball or soccer on the parks, the canines get to romp and..........
Quotable
"I was a Republican until they lost their minds." - Charles Barkley
Profits are up for most corporations, probably because the labor forces employed are working for less these days because their standard of living is low. Also, many of the foreigners and not subject to expensive union connections or government regulations, including environmental rules.
In other words, labor costs are down and so net profits are up. This enhances the prices of the shares bought and sold in the companies we are discussing here.
Investors are enriching their net worth, not so much for the good of America but in spite of this once proud nation.
This ugly condition has solutions. Raise tariffs, invite the factories back, end out-sourcing, stop illegal immigration, and wage peace not war.
IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.
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Thinking Departments
* Iraq's Congress wants to take a two-month vacation. Vice President Cheney is rushing over there to try to stop any recess. Even important voices in our Congress are upset that leaders in Iraq would consider relaxing when they ought to be bearing down. I wonder whose decision this is. Isn't it their country? We are the liberators and occupiers - then who is "the decider?"
* The city parks in St. George and surrounding communities have an impressive scheduling arrangement. When there is no organized baseball, softball or soccer on the parks, the canines get to romp and..........
Quotable
"I was a Republican until they lost their minds." - Charles Barkley
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
PHARM PRICE SUPPORTS
The big pharmaceutical corporations poured more cash into political parties (mostly Republican) in the past election than any other group, including insurance, exporters, manufacturing, or finance. Yesterday, their "investments" paid off when the U.S. Senate voted to prevent the import of medication drugs from foreign nations.
The 49 senators who were persuaded to vote the way the pharmaceutical lobbyists asked them to claimed consumer safety as a reason. Are we to believe that the people in Japan or Canada have more trouble with their meds than Americans do? The FDA has a poor success rate. They have approved a long list of dangerous drugs and had to remove quite a few. Even now, they continue to pass on the dangerous, toxic mercury content of many products.
The millions of Americans hooked on drug medications - physically or mentally - deserve the benefits of price competition. They cannot afford to buy price-fixed products.
On a clear day, you can see influence buying and bribery.
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* People I like the most tell me that Ron Paul won the debate last week, while the more pushy and aggressive acquaintances of mine claim that Paul was a disaster. Next time I'll watch for myself. Meanwhile, I'll believe those I like the most. Let's hear it for Ron Paul.
* I can recall Paul Harvey saying that after he retired he was going to tell us "What's really going on, the rest of the story." I keep waiting for the man to step down, so that I can hear his whole truth.
Meetings & Events
* The We-Were-Young-and-We-Were-Middle-Class support group meets each Tuesday night at 7 pm, on the grassy knoll in Ancestor Square.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* President Jeb Bush warned the nation that we must not cut and run from Cuba. He said, "If we don't fight them there, we'll have to fight them here - if we leave they'll follow us home."
* Veteran radio broadcaster Paul Harvey retired yesterday. When an old listener asked him what it was he said he always wanted to tell his audience, Harvey said he couldn't remember.
Quite Quotable
* Corporations are threatening our system by influencing our Congress."
- James Madison, before he became president.
The 49 senators who were persuaded to vote the way the pharmaceutical lobbyists asked them to claimed consumer safety as a reason. Are we to believe that the people in Japan or Canada have more trouble with their meds than Americans do? The FDA has a poor success rate. They have approved a long list of dangerous drugs and had to remove quite a few. Even now, they continue to pass on the dangerous, toxic mercury content of many products.
The millions of Americans hooked on drug medications - physically or mentally - deserve the benefits of price competition. They cannot afford to buy price-fixed products.
On a clear day, you can see influence buying and bribery.
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* People I like the most tell me that Ron Paul won the debate last week, while the more pushy and aggressive acquaintances of mine claim that Paul was a disaster. Next time I'll watch for myself. Meanwhile, I'll believe those I like the most. Let's hear it for Ron Paul.
* I can recall Paul Harvey saying that after he retired he was going to tell us "What's really going on, the rest of the story." I keep waiting for the man to step down, so that I can hear his whole truth.
Meetings & Events
* The We-Were-Young-and-We-Were-Middle-Class support group meets each Tuesday night at 7 pm, on the grassy knoll in Ancestor Square.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* President Jeb Bush warned the nation that we must not cut and run from Cuba. He said, "If we don't fight them there, we'll have to fight them here - if we leave they'll follow us home."
* Veteran radio broadcaster Paul Harvey retired yesterday. When an old listener asked him what it was he said he always wanted to tell his audience, Harvey said he couldn't remember.
Quite Quotable
* Corporations are threatening our system by influencing our Congress."
- James Madison, before he became president.
Monday, May 07, 2007
OIL IS WELL
Liberals make my blood boil. They're spoiling it for the president. While Bush toils to defeat the terrorists, the liberal congress embroils the nation in turmoil and the Islamo-fascists coil up to strike again. But don't be foiled. Our oil is under their soil, and that's what it's oil about.
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
Where have all the bees gone? They go to work in the morning and never return. Some say the air is filled with cell-phone vibrations which interfere with the bees' communications. Others believe pesticides have damaged their immune systems. Still others believe that bees are being raptured. Yes, raptured. Maybe they're just on strike. They are workaholics!
They have to come back soon if we are to maintain a normal supply of food. For instance, alfalfa requires bee pollination. The cows which you eat live on alfalfa. Pretty soon, you'll have to survive on spirulina and sea food (I mean kelp.) But you'll live to be 120.
Meeting & Events
* Happy People Support Group will meet on Thursday evening at Only The Lonely Saloon on St. George Boulevard. If you go, be prepared to explain your condition's causes and symptoms.
* Noted economist Dr. Ira Longterm will give a talk: "Poverty and Wealth, The Subtle Differences" at the Starbucks Culture Center downtown on May 15.
Twenty-Years -From-Now News
The City of St. George has purchased automated busses - driverless and computer controlled -for the Sun Tran system. Scores of drivers will lose their jobs and add to the unemployment miseries of our slow economy. A few of the new busses are already in use. The average count of people on board has dropped from one to zero.
Help Wanted
No help wanted
For Sale
Waterboard. Slightly used. A few nicks here and there but cleaned and newly painted. Works like a charm. Make an offer. Call Vinny at CIA.
Quote
"Free trade is destructive. That's why I'm for it." - Karl Marx
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
Where have all the bees gone? They go to work in the morning and never return. Some say the air is filled with cell-phone vibrations which interfere with the bees' communications. Others believe pesticides have damaged their immune systems. Still others believe that bees are being raptured. Yes, raptured. Maybe they're just on strike. They are workaholics!
They have to come back soon if we are to maintain a normal supply of food. For instance, alfalfa requires bee pollination. The cows which you eat live on alfalfa. Pretty soon, you'll have to survive on spirulina and sea food (I mean kelp.) But you'll live to be 120.
Meeting & Events
* Happy People Support Group will meet on Thursday evening at Only The Lonely Saloon on St. George Boulevard. If you go, be prepared to explain your condition's causes and symptoms.
* Noted economist Dr. Ira Longterm will give a talk: "Poverty and Wealth, The Subtle Differences" at the Starbucks Culture Center downtown on May 15.
Twenty-Years -From-Now News
The City of St. George has purchased automated busses - driverless and computer controlled -for the Sun Tran system. Scores of drivers will lose their jobs and add to the unemployment miseries of our slow economy. A few of the new busses are already in use. The average count of people on board has dropped from one to zero.
Help Wanted
No help wanted
For Sale
Waterboard. Slightly used. A few nicks here and there but cleaned and newly painted. Works like a charm. Make an offer. Call Vinny at CIA.
Quote
"Free trade is destructive. That's why I'm for it." - Karl Marx
Friday, May 04, 2007
THE GRATE DEBATE
The debate of Republicans last night featured 10 candidates, all men, all tall, and mostly warmongers. Five of them wore red ties. Another wore a red and white striped tie - which makes pink. My colorologist suggests that this indicates socialist tendencies.
I mean, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez wears red!
Sure, it's subtle, but now you know where we are headed.
One White House hopeful, Ron Paul, kept bringing up the Constitution. Silly man. He must know that our president referred to the law of the land as "That scrap of paper." So what can Paul be thinking when he says Constitution, liberty and rights?
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton - who already lived in the White House once (somehow) - made news yesterday by recommending that Congress rescind its authorization of the president's war in Iraq. This is big.
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Twenty-Years From Now News
SunTran, the city bus of St. George, will institute a "rider promotion" which will pay passengers $20 per ride. Mayor MacArthur says, "This will reduce street traffic, plus justify the existence of the bus system. The money? Don't worry about that. St. George always has the money." (Only 13 folks boarded the busses in April.)
Federal water experts are here this week to assist Dixie folks in their search for water. We are losing population at a fast clip due to the shortages. "Dying for a drink" and "BYOB" have taken on new meanings.
Quotable
"It used to mean something to be crazy. Nowadays, everybody's crazy." - Charles Manson
I mean, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez wears red!
Sure, it's subtle, but now you know where we are headed.
One White House hopeful, Ron Paul, kept bringing up the Constitution. Silly man. He must know that our president referred to the law of the land as "That scrap of paper." So what can Paul be thinking when he says Constitution, liberty and rights?
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton - who already lived in the White House once (somehow) - made news yesterday by recommending that Congress rescind its authorization of the president's war in Iraq. This is big.
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Twenty-Years From Now News
SunTran, the city bus of St. George, will institute a "rider promotion" which will pay passengers $20 per ride. Mayor MacArthur says, "This will reduce street traffic, plus justify the existence of the bus system. The money? Don't worry about that. St. George always has the money." (Only 13 folks boarded the busses in April.)
Federal water experts are here this week to assist Dixie folks in their search for water. We are losing population at a fast clip due to the shortages. "Dying for a drink" and "BYOB" have taken on new meanings.
Quotable
"It used to mean something to be crazy. Nowadays, everybody's crazy." - Charles Manson
Thursday, May 03, 2007
BLACK GOLD IN UTAH
Rich Utah, the Saudi Arabia of the west. The federal government's Interior Department approved a renewed effort to produce oil from shale land in Utah. This new industry might lift Utah's economy to match the explosive growth. All it takes to become reality is more technology. This is likely soon. Advances are coming at an impressive clip.
This will help all of America, not only Utah. The international significance can only be limited by our imaginations.
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* H.L. Mencken said, "The only way to make our system work is to shoot the 50 worst congressmen every year." That used to be funny.
* Notice that Secretary of State Condi Rice is actually talking - visiting even - with members of the Axis of Evil? She's learning to never say never.
* The ex Spook boss, George Tenet, is taking a lot of deserved derision for not speaking out when he knew his CIA intelligence reports indicated that Saddam was not armed with WMD.
Instead of blowing a whistle on Vice President Cheney, Tenet kept quiet and accepted a Medal of Honor from the president.
* Utah Senator Bob Bennett has a plan to provide universal health care to American citizens. Let's look at it more closely tomorrow.
* See Jose run across the border. See Jose work hard. See Jose march in the streets. Jose's a busy hombre.
Help Wanted
Undercover agent to follow Civilian Review Board members. Apply at St. George P.D.
Quote
"Rumsfeld was the worst Secretary of Defense in our nation's history." - Senator John McCain
This will help all of America, not only Utah. The international significance can only be limited by our imaginations.
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* H.L. Mencken said, "The only way to make our system work is to shoot the 50 worst congressmen every year." That used to be funny.
* Notice that Secretary of State Condi Rice is actually talking - visiting even - with members of the Axis of Evil? She's learning to never say never.
* The ex Spook boss, George Tenet, is taking a lot of deserved derision for not speaking out when he knew his CIA intelligence reports indicated that Saddam was not armed with WMD.
Instead of blowing a whistle on Vice President Cheney, Tenet kept quiet and accepted a Medal of Honor from the president.
* Utah Senator Bob Bennett has a plan to provide universal health care to American citizens. Let's look at it more closely tomorrow.
* See Jose run across the border. See Jose work hard. See Jose march in the streets. Jose's a busy hombre.
Help Wanted
Undercover agent to follow Civilian Review Board members. Apply at St. George P.D.
Quote
"Rumsfeld was the worst Secretary of Defense in our nation's history." - Senator John McCain
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
FIRST, THEY CAME FOR THE PEACEMONGERS
War is sell. Propaganda rules, so it's a done deal for Iran and Syria. Peacemongers will be dealt with as part of the problem. If you're patriotic, you'll go along with the presidents/potentates.
So get your flags and ribbons ready. They'll be needed for a long time this time. Think of all those Arabs and Muslims yearning to breathe free. We might have to knock off most of them because freedom isn't free - especially when it's given away.
Presidents use power, often arrogantly, as everyone knows. Things will get worse before we catch on. Someday we'll be wise enough to avoid conflicts - like the French, Swiss, Italians, and Swedes who have had enough of war. Their genes remember. They want no more war.
The war people will call it isolationism, but we'll tell the world: "If you can't overthrow your Stalins, Hitlers, Maos, Saddams, and Castros, then maybe you don't deserve to live free." Liberties have to be struggled for from the inside out. We'll no longer plant democratic governments. Oh, neither will we send CIA assassins into your countries. It's your country, your government. You know what your problem is, solve it yourselves.
Meanwhile, we must endure the silence of the lambs being led to wars. Protesting will become more dangerous. During the Mexican War, Henry David Thoreau went to prison for refusing to pay a tax to support the war. When Ralph Waldo Emerson visited his friend behind bars, he said, "Henry, what are you doing in?" Thoreau replied, "Ralph, what are you doing out?"
We'll have to decide whether we are in or out.
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* Many thousands marched in every city yesterday, demanding immigration reform. The cry was heard: "USA, We will stay." They want to be legal; they want citizenship. But wait, if we make Americans out of them, who's going to do the jobs Americans won't do?
* The truth-twister on radio, ("Which one, you ask?) Glenn Beck, is claiming that President Bush's Mission Accomplished ceremony on the ship in San Diego harbor four years ago was meant only for those sailors returning from Cheney's War in the gulf. Most of his listeners are too sharp for that one, but apparently Glenn doesn't think so.
* The president used his veto against the bill to withdraw troops. He'll meet with the Democrats in Congress about a different way to deal with this war to end all wars.
* Senate majority leader Harry Reid says Bush got us into the middle of a civil war. Who could deny that? I mean, besides Snowjob Tad? Saddam's secular government kept the Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds from what they're doing now. The peacemongers pointed this out BEFORE Shock & Awe. We can't bring the dictator back, can we?
* Governor Richardson has the experience, judgement and soul to be a very good man in the White House. His likely vice president would stay close by, so she could make coffee and greet visitors.
Meeting & Events
What Don't Women Want Expo....coming soon. Watch for time and place.
Help Wanted
Speechwriter for presidential candidate Governor Richardson. Consignment and contingency basis. Pay delayed until January 2009.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* President Juan Aquino ordered the U.S. Army to seize all the oil fields in the United States yesterday. He intends to nationalize all future oil pumping and reserves allocations. He said, "Our oil is our oil, not Chevron's or Exxon/Mobil's." Oil executives intend to fight in the courts. The Supreme Court will probably take the case in future months, weeks or days.
* Top tune on the Hit Parade is "Who Would Buddha Bomb?".
* Water rationing begins in St. George on June first. Anyone caught gulping - not sipping - H2O will be sent to Purgatory and housed with loiterers.
Quote
"History is bunk." - Henry Ford
So get your flags and ribbons ready. They'll be needed for a long time this time. Think of all those Arabs and Muslims yearning to breathe free. We might have to knock off most of them because freedom isn't free - especially when it's given away.
Presidents use power, often arrogantly, as everyone knows. Things will get worse before we catch on. Someday we'll be wise enough to avoid conflicts - like the French, Swiss, Italians, and Swedes who have had enough of war. Their genes remember. They want no more war.
The war people will call it isolationism, but we'll tell the world: "If you can't overthrow your Stalins, Hitlers, Maos, Saddams, and Castros, then maybe you don't deserve to live free." Liberties have to be struggled for from the inside out. We'll no longer plant democratic governments. Oh, neither will we send CIA assassins into your countries. It's your country, your government. You know what your problem is, solve it yourselves.
Meanwhile, we must endure the silence of the lambs being led to wars. Protesting will become more dangerous. During the Mexican War, Henry David Thoreau went to prison for refusing to pay a tax to support the war. When Ralph Waldo Emerson visited his friend behind bars, he said, "Henry, what are you doing in?" Thoreau replied, "Ralph, what are you doing out?"
We'll have to decide whether we are in or out.
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* Many thousands marched in every city yesterday, demanding immigration reform. The cry was heard: "USA, We will stay." They want to be legal; they want citizenship. But wait, if we make Americans out of them, who's going to do the jobs Americans won't do?
* The truth-twister on radio, ("Which one, you ask?) Glenn Beck, is claiming that President Bush's Mission Accomplished ceremony on the ship in San Diego harbor four years ago was meant only for those sailors returning from Cheney's War in the gulf. Most of his listeners are too sharp for that one, but apparently Glenn doesn't think so.
* The president used his veto against the bill to withdraw troops. He'll meet with the Democrats in Congress about a different way to deal with this war to end all wars.
* Senate majority leader Harry Reid says Bush got us into the middle of a civil war. Who could deny that? I mean, besides Snowjob Tad? Saddam's secular government kept the Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds from what they're doing now. The peacemongers pointed this out BEFORE Shock & Awe. We can't bring the dictator back, can we?
* Governor Richardson has the experience, judgement and soul to be a very good man in the White House. His likely vice president would stay close by, so she could make coffee and greet visitors.
Meeting & Events
What Don't Women Want Expo....coming soon. Watch for time and place.
Help Wanted
Speechwriter for presidential candidate Governor Richardson. Consignment and contingency basis. Pay delayed until January 2009.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* President Juan Aquino ordered the U.S. Army to seize all the oil fields in the United States yesterday. He intends to nationalize all future oil pumping and reserves allocations. He said, "Our oil is our oil, not Chevron's or Exxon/Mobil's." Oil executives intend to fight in the courts. The Supreme Court will probably take the case in future months, weeks or days.
* Top tune on the Hit Parade is "Who Would Buddha Bomb?".
* Water rationing begins in St. George on June first. Anyone caught gulping - not sipping - H2O will be sent to Purgatory and housed with loiterers.
Quote
"History is bunk." - Henry Ford
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
THE GREAT DEBATE THAT NEVER WAS
When Dan Rather interviewed the late Saddam Hussein months before Shock & Awe, the dictator suggested an American-style debate with President Bush to be broasdcast worldwide. The two leaders would have addressed the issues of WMD, terrorist connections and Iraq's perceived threat to its neighbors.
Saddam challenged Bush to talk it over, instead of exchanging threats and insults. But our president didn't say no, he just cut and ran. Why? Didn't George Bush have truth on his side, as well as God? Didn't he hold the high cards of morality, freedom and goodwill while Saddam was merely a leader in the Axis of Evil?
The debate might have served as a witness to the world, produced peaceful solutions and saved thousands of lives.
The debate's interpreter might have had trouble with Bushspeak, and Saddam just might have debated W out of the building, but even if Bush had lost face in the debate, we all would be much better off today.
You'll recall that Bush said, "I want to beat Saddam because he tried to kill my daddy." George W. was focused on what he wanted, not what we needed.
Now we'll have more than a year of debates about the issues which a Bush-Saddam debate could have settled.
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* Senator Harry Reid drew heavy fire with his remark:"The war is lost." Can we be honest about this, just for once? HIS STATEMENT WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. Immediately after taking a breath, Reid said, "We need political and diplomatic solutions." His total remarks were quite temperate, no? Then how can those who tolerated "The mission is accomplished" and "Bring 'em on" be so critical of Harry Reid? Because they don't want to end the occupation of Iraq, that's why. Not yet. The oil fields are still not quite secure and we have not finished building our 14 military bases there.
* Ex CIA director George Tenet is the latest administration insider to turn on the Cheney, excuse me, Bush presidency. So now, of course, he is an idiot. The public is beginning to focus on Cheney as the engineer of the false WMD threat.
* Cheney and Rumsfeld were close buddies on this. Call it the Cheney/Rummy War.
* May Day, May Day. The Commies are parading in Cuba and Fidel hasn't shown up. He must be out of it to be so out of it.
Meetings & Events
Nothing happening today.
Help Wanted
The City of St. George, Roundabout Capital of the World, is looking for a tour guide to visit the roundabouts and explain the history, the evolution, the magic.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* The entire function of the Utah State Legislature has been outsourced to China, the fountain of all ancient and modern wisdom. The newly retired legislators do have hefty pensions, so don't worry.
* Bill Clinton and Al Gore met at a party and had to be introduced. They hadn't seen each other since Clinton's last day as president, when he pardoned all of those criminals.
Quote of the Day
"To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant." - Amos Bronson Alcott
Saddam challenged Bush to talk it over, instead of exchanging threats and insults. But our president didn't say no, he just cut and ran. Why? Didn't George Bush have truth on his side, as well as God? Didn't he hold the high cards of morality, freedom and goodwill while Saddam was merely a leader in the Axis of Evil?
The debate might have served as a witness to the world, produced peaceful solutions and saved thousands of lives.
The debate's interpreter might have had trouble with Bushspeak, and Saddam just might have debated W out of the building, but even if Bush had lost face in the debate, we all would be much better off today.
You'll recall that Bush said, "I want to beat Saddam because he tried to kill my daddy." George W. was focused on what he wanted, not what we needed.
Now we'll have more than a year of debates about the issues which a Bush-Saddam debate could have settled.
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* Senator Harry Reid drew heavy fire with his remark:"The war is lost." Can we be honest about this, just for once? HIS STATEMENT WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. Immediately after taking a breath, Reid said, "We need political and diplomatic solutions." His total remarks were quite temperate, no? Then how can those who tolerated "The mission is accomplished" and "Bring 'em on" be so critical of Harry Reid? Because they don't want to end the occupation of Iraq, that's why. Not yet. The oil fields are still not quite secure and we have not finished building our 14 military bases there.
* Ex CIA director George Tenet is the latest administration insider to turn on the Cheney, excuse me, Bush presidency. So now, of course, he is an idiot. The public is beginning to focus on Cheney as the engineer of the false WMD threat.
* Cheney and Rumsfeld were close buddies on this. Call it the Cheney/Rummy War.
* May Day, May Day. The Commies are parading in Cuba and Fidel hasn't shown up. He must be out of it to be so out of it.
Meetings & Events
Nothing happening today.
Help Wanted
The City of St. George, Roundabout Capital of the World, is looking for a tour guide to visit the roundabouts and explain the history, the evolution, the magic.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* The entire function of the Utah State Legislature has been outsourced to China, the fountain of all ancient and modern wisdom. The newly retired legislators do have hefty pensions, so don't worry.
* Bill Clinton and Al Gore met at a party and had to be introduced. They hadn't seen each other since Clinton's last day as president, when he pardoned all of those criminals.
Quote of the Day
"To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant." - Amos Bronson Alcott
Monday, April 30, 2007
SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
A group of 12 Utah legislators are clinging to their plan to visit China, led by Santa Clara's David Clark, the house majority leader. Taxes will finance the trip - of course- but the purpose remains vague after weeks of explaining. The theme most often advanced is that it's good for Utah business.
None dare call it a junket.
If they travel by sea, I'll join them. I'd love to get them on a slow boat to China. I would lecture them every morning on the purpose of governments, the nature of communism and their responsibility to Utah citizens.
Pull up 12 deck chairs and listen. You legislators should take notes because all of the material will be on the test. Lesson one is that the main function of government is to protect and foster the liberties of its citizens. This does not mean to encourage trade. Business people can and should arrange their own deals, at their own expense. Lawmakers are not to work to enrich an isolated segment of citizens even if all receive some ripple down benefits.
The destination is Red China. Communist China. You'd better watch out! Recall that Lenin said he would use capitalist methods to destroy capitalism. The Chinese are literally reducing our free enterprise system to rubble. Factories, technologies and jobs are being exported with our help. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is a federal department which guides, insures and grants funds to assist American companies leaving America. Isn't that treason? Of course it is. Why does this go on, you ask? The reason is because y'all don't give hell to your congressperson. But I digress.
The people didn't elect legislators to gallivant Asia. fact finding or otherwise.
Back in the early seventies when Senator Barry Goldwater learned of President Nixon's plans to visit Red China, he said: "If he goes to China, he should stay there."
Barry had a lot of good ideas!
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* The speech in Provo was a valuable one. No, not Cheney's. Ralph Nader warned of corporations who operate in an extra-legal fashion. "Corporations use their money and clout to place friends into high-ranking government offices, flood Congress with lobbyists and threaten to export jobs."
* Chevron and Exxon-Mobil reported record profits last week while the man-on-the-street paid higher-than-ever prices at the pump. Glory. What's good for Big Oil is good for........well, it's good for Big Oil.
* As for the housing market.....never mind.
Meetings & Events
* The Married-to-Mensans support group meets Friday at 7 pm at the Blue Bunny ice cream shop. Both men and women are welcome to attend.
* Stop Growth Now meets every other Saturday morning at 10 am, Kayenta Towers.
* Hate Mayor Rocky meets all day, everyday, in the press and on the air.
* Philadelphia reported more than 400 murders in 2006, which caused several war lovers on radio to reason that the war in Iraq is not so bad.
Help Wanted
* World Bank President. Must have morals of a skunk. Easy on the integrity. Neo-con connections o.k. Send resume to W.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* The price of water at the convenience store down the street surpassed the price of a gallon of fuel. Gas is $17, water is $18 - if available. Severe shortages frequently occur on both products.
Quote
"Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumuulates in the form of inert facts." - Henry Adams
Overheard
In a Salt Lake City bar: "Saddam shipped the WMD to Syria in Russian trucks. Give me another
margarita."
None dare call it a junket.
If they travel by sea, I'll join them. I'd love to get them on a slow boat to China. I would lecture them every morning on the purpose of governments, the nature of communism and their responsibility to Utah citizens.
Pull up 12 deck chairs and listen. You legislators should take notes because all of the material will be on the test. Lesson one is that the main function of government is to protect and foster the liberties of its citizens. This does not mean to encourage trade. Business people can and should arrange their own deals, at their own expense. Lawmakers are not to work to enrich an isolated segment of citizens even if all receive some ripple down benefits.
The destination is Red China. Communist China. You'd better watch out! Recall that Lenin said he would use capitalist methods to destroy capitalism. The Chinese are literally reducing our free enterprise system to rubble. Factories, technologies and jobs are being exported with our help. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is a federal department which guides, insures and grants funds to assist American companies leaving America. Isn't that treason? Of course it is. Why does this go on, you ask? The reason is because y'all don't give hell to your congressperson. But I digress.
The people didn't elect legislators to gallivant Asia. fact finding or otherwise.
Back in the early seventies when Senator Barry Goldwater learned of President Nixon's plans to visit Red China, he said: "If he goes to China, he should stay there."
Barry had a lot of good ideas!
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* The speech in Provo was a valuable one. No, not Cheney's. Ralph Nader warned of corporations who operate in an extra-legal fashion. "Corporations use their money and clout to place friends into high-ranking government offices, flood Congress with lobbyists and threaten to export jobs."
* Chevron and Exxon-Mobil reported record profits last week while the man-on-the-street paid higher-than-ever prices at the pump. Glory. What's good for Big Oil is good for........well, it's good for Big Oil.
* As for the housing market.....never mind.
Meetings & Events
* The Married-to-Mensans support group meets Friday at 7 pm at the Blue Bunny ice cream shop. Both men and women are welcome to attend.
* Stop Growth Now meets every other Saturday morning at 10 am, Kayenta Towers.
* Hate Mayor Rocky meets all day, everyday, in the press and on the air.
* Philadelphia reported more than 400 murders in 2006, which caused several war lovers on radio to reason that the war in Iraq is not so bad.
Help Wanted
* World Bank President. Must have morals of a skunk. Easy on the integrity. Neo-con connections o.k. Send resume to W.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* The price of water at the convenience store down the street surpassed the price of a gallon of fuel. Gas is $17, water is $18 - if available. Severe shortages frequently occur on both products.
Quote
"Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumuulates in the form of inert facts." - Henry Adams
Overheard
In a Salt Lake City bar: "Saddam shipped the WMD to Syria in Russian trucks. Give me another
margarita."
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
USMC Lt. General Pitman's Letter of Apology
I received an e-mail today which purportedly is a letter written by General Chuck Pitman, USMC, although an earlier version has been circulating for more than two years. The letter did not originate with Pitman. This sarcastic, Muslim-baiting list of offenses against us was initiated by Dr. Mike S. Adams, Professor of Criminology at North Carolina University. Adams posted the letter on Townhall.com back on June 14, 2004.
The "Letter of Apology" has been altered several times, probably whenever it was e-mailed anew. Apparently, Pitman was involved in some revisions before passing it on. He and Adams need to get their facts straight.
You might be asking, "Who is this Pitman." So glad you asked. The man spent 38 years in the USMC in several theatres of war. He's a genuine war hero with ribbons, badges, pins, and commendations to prove it. He was wounded on one of his missions - the secret, unconstitutional (aren't they all?) incursion in Laos during the Viet Nam war. He is retired from the military. Now he is CEO of a company he founded, Eagle Management Systems, a defense contractor - which means he is still in the war business. The corporation seeks government contracts.
This ever-changing Letter of Apology calls for answers because of its untrue history, arrogance and bigotry. Because you, the reader, might not have the text before you, I will simply insert my version of the truth as I encounter the points in the letter.
The US did not intervene in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Kuwait to defend Muslims. We were defending sovereignty and liberty.
Many Arabs and Muslims do not live in "squalor under savage dictatorships." Many live under kings who provide them with free health care and education through university. Saddam did that in Iraq, and women were included on an equal basis.
Only a few of the schools in the Arab world preach hatred for the US, and that is a result of our involvement in Palestine, Iraq and Kuwait. We seem to hear hate for Arabs from some of our most influential people, too.
Arafat was not "kicked out of every Arab country." And he was immensely popular in Palestine. He did not "high-jack the Palestinian cause." America has paid a high price for ignoring the 50 year slaughter of Palestinians.
Pitman - and/or Adams - criticize Michael Moore by ridiculing his weight problem. Well, of course, they never face Moore's ideas. Most of them refused to see Fahrenheit 911. When I watched the movie, there were only eight people in the theatre. It's so much easier to attack the source than the facts.
Pitman's letter refers to the UN scamming the poor people of Iraq with the "food for oil" program. Truth is that US corporations were deeply and heavily involved in profiteering on that one. Read Harpers magazine's expose of March, 2006. And anyone fretting over the poor people of Iraq should consider that we blockaded food and medicine to that population for more than 10 years. At least 1.5 million children and people in ill health perished as a result. It was called THE SANCTIONS. We'll face redemption for that crime someday as surely as we deny its maginitude and significance today.
The innocent people dying daily in Iraq might have been spared had we not invaded and unleased the factions now engaged in a virtual civil war.
The Letter of Apology is pure emotion and hate. We read of rape rooms and 72 virgin rewards. That's debatable. Pitman says we were just "making fun of a few prisoners at the prison camps." Explore that one. What happened to the WMD and the human shredding machines?
Pitman needs to get out more. He should read more widely. He's locked into the military-industrial complex.
So who wrote most of the "apology?" Was it Dr. Adams or Lt. General Pitman or a neocon propagandist in the Pentagon or - as some suggest - a teenager?
You can find the Letter of Apology by Lt. General Chuck Pitman by a Google search.
The "Letter of Apology" has been altered several times, probably whenever it was e-mailed anew. Apparently, Pitman was involved in some revisions before passing it on. He and Adams need to get their facts straight.
You might be asking, "Who is this Pitman." So glad you asked. The man spent 38 years in the USMC in several theatres of war. He's a genuine war hero with ribbons, badges, pins, and commendations to prove it. He was wounded on one of his missions - the secret, unconstitutional (aren't they all?) incursion in Laos during the Viet Nam war. He is retired from the military. Now he is CEO of a company he founded, Eagle Management Systems, a defense contractor - which means he is still in the war business. The corporation seeks government contracts.
This ever-changing Letter of Apology calls for answers because of its untrue history, arrogance and bigotry. Because you, the reader, might not have the text before you, I will simply insert my version of the truth as I encounter the points in the letter.
The US did not intervene in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Kuwait to defend Muslims. We were defending sovereignty and liberty.
Many Arabs and Muslims do not live in "squalor under savage dictatorships." Many live under kings who provide them with free health care and education through university. Saddam did that in Iraq, and women were included on an equal basis.
Only a few of the schools in the Arab world preach hatred for the US, and that is a result of our involvement in Palestine, Iraq and Kuwait. We seem to hear hate for Arabs from some of our most influential people, too.
Arafat was not "kicked out of every Arab country." And he was immensely popular in Palestine. He did not "high-jack the Palestinian cause." America has paid a high price for ignoring the 50 year slaughter of Palestinians.
Pitman - and/or Adams - criticize Michael Moore by ridiculing his weight problem. Well, of course, they never face Moore's ideas. Most of them refused to see Fahrenheit 911. When I watched the movie, there were only eight people in the theatre. It's so much easier to attack the source than the facts.
Pitman's letter refers to the UN scamming the poor people of Iraq with the "food for oil" program. Truth is that US corporations were deeply and heavily involved in profiteering on that one. Read Harpers magazine's expose of March, 2006. And anyone fretting over the poor people of Iraq should consider that we blockaded food and medicine to that population for more than 10 years. At least 1.5 million children and people in ill health perished as a result. It was called THE SANCTIONS. We'll face redemption for that crime someday as surely as we deny its maginitude and significance today.
The innocent people dying daily in Iraq might have been spared had we not invaded and unleased the factions now engaged in a virtual civil war.
The Letter of Apology is pure emotion and hate. We read of rape rooms and 72 virgin rewards. That's debatable. Pitman says we were just "making fun of a few prisoners at the prison camps." Explore that one. What happened to the WMD and the human shredding machines?
Pitman needs to get out more. He should read more widely. He's locked into the military-industrial complex.
So who wrote most of the "apology?" Was it Dr. Adams or Lt. General Pitman or a neocon propagandist in the Pentagon or - as some suggest - a teenager?
You can find the Letter of Apology by Lt. General Chuck Pitman by a Google search.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Let's Make A Deal
Last night on talk radio, Peter Wiesback was substituting for Michael Savage when he proposed exactly the same idea as my "See Jose Work" printed in this blog on April 17, 2006. (It also appeared in "Liberty Magazine" and "The Idaho Observer," and was read on air by Bryan Hyde on radio station KSUV.) Wiesback explained that illegal immigration has been allowed to progress almost unlimited - on purpose. He claimed that Social Security absolutely requires a steady increase in the number of paying members for it to sustain solvency. The falling birth rate portends a reduction in contributions to the retirement fund. Massive immigration helps to correct the imbalance.
So true!
Congress is considering the provisions of a bill to solve the illegal immigrants problem. Amnesty or "guest worker amnesty" might be granted to as many as 20 million aliens. Then there is the wall which might be built at a cost of $2 billion for 700 miles or $6 billion for 2,000 miles. The matter is one of contention and uncertainty. A compromise is sought by the political animals of Washington, DC. One Congressman suggested that the public submit ideas for Congress to consider.
Okay, Congress, think about this: Give Texas to Mexico in exchange for Mexico's assistance in stopping future illegal entries into the United States. But all illegals here now must stay and pay taxes to the IRS and Social Security. We must not let them get away! They can become citizens and speak any language they choose.
In simple terms, Mexico can have Texas if Mexicans will just stay home from now on. Sure, we'll miss Texas, but that's a small price to pay for this win/win compromise.
Oh, there's one exception. The deal doesn't include include Luckenbach. They can't have Luckenbach, Texas - the country music capital of the cosmos.
"Ain't nobody feeling no pain."
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* Bush said yesterday, "We can't leave Iraq until we finish what we went there to do." This must mean we're still searching for those damn you-know-what.
Help Wanted
* Smog Inspector for City of St. George. Must have better vision than the man who was fired.
Meetings & Events
* Former Feng Shui addicts will meet at Starbuck's on Thursday 7 p.m. to discuss "How To Arrange The Furniture When It Really Doesn't Matter."
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* China's Wal-Mart Super Centers have installed Chairman Mao's Pawn Shops inside their stores. The pawn places are located adjacent to your friendly Wal-Mart banks.
IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE
So true!
Congress is considering the provisions of a bill to solve the illegal immigrants problem. Amnesty or "guest worker amnesty" might be granted to as many as 20 million aliens. Then there is the wall which might be built at a cost of $2 billion for 700 miles or $6 billion for 2,000 miles. The matter is one of contention and uncertainty. A compromise is sought by the political animals of Washington, DC. One Congressman suggested that the public submit ideas for Congress to consider.
Okay, Congress, think about this: Give Texas to Mexico in exchange for Mexico's assistance in stopping future illegal entries into the United States. But all illegals here now must stay and pay taxes to the IRS and Social Security. We must not let them get away! They can become citizens and speak any language they choose.
In simple terms, Mexico can have Texas if Mexicans will just stay home from now on. Sure, we'll miss Texas, but that's a small price to pay for this win/win compromise.
Oh, there's one exception. The deal doesn't include include Luckenbach. They can't have Luckenbach, Texas - the country music capital of the cosmos.
"Ain't nobody feeling no pain."
______________________________________________________________________
Thoughts While Jaywalking
* Bush said yesterday, "We can't leave Iraq until we finish what we went there to do." This must mean we're still searching for those damn you-know-what.
Help Wanted
* Smog Inspector for City of St. George. Must have better vision than the man who was fired.
Meetings & Events
* Former Feng Shui addicts will meet at Starbuck's on Thursday 7 p.m. to discuss "How To Arrange The Furniture When It Really Doesn't Matter."
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
* China's Wal-Mart Super Centers have installed Chairman Mao's Pawn Shops inside their stores. The pawn places are located adjacent to your friendly Wal-Mart banks.
IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Military Justice and Collateral Hell
Please don't make me agree with Fidel Castro. When the supposed top terrorist in Iraq, Al-Zarqaawi, was killed by our bombs dropped on the house he was in, Castro went moralist on us. "A barbarity, he should have been tried in court," said Fidelissimo.
Well, ya. Innocent until proven guilty. Ask for a surrender before knocking them off. We're Americans.
But we went ahead with military justice. Bush and Rummy dropped two 500 pound bombs on that house and killed Bad Al and a few others, including a woman and child. We use that nice military term spoken of by Timothy McVieh: "collateral damage." It means innocent life caught in the middle of the action. They might as well put "so what" in front of the term.
We've changed, haven't you noticed? You saw what President I-feel-your-pain Clinton did to the Branch Davidians at Waco. Before that we shot down Randy Weaver's innocent wife and son in the woods of Idaho.
About three years ago, our CIA unleashed a predator drone plane on a road in Yemen to gun down a suspected terrorist. The suspect was killed, along with an American friend about whom they knew very little. Not a suspect, the American was collateral damage and dead. So what?
You remember Shock & Awe. An hour or two prior to that act of war, CIA boss George "Slam Dunk" Tenet reported to President Bush that Saddam was in a cafe. so we bombed the place hoping to get it all over before it started. Bush must have figured that with the madman dictator struck dead while dining, the people of Iraq would have made out just fine. So our bombs destroyed the place, but Saddam wasn't even there. Some innocent adults and kids were killed. Collateral damage, you know. So what?
The undeclared war got going pretty well and we found the house where Saddam's budding bad boy sons were hiding. Without announcing: "Surrender, you're surrounded," we attacked by air and infantry. Saddam's sons were shot down in the same room and we also erased a guy under the bed. Oops. That was a fourteen-year-old boy - Saddam's grandson.
How far are we from bombing apartments and houses in Los Angeles or Toledo if suspects are believed to be hiding there? If our intelligence is faulty and identifies the wrong target, innocent people in the vicinity are punished.
Justice. Think about justice.
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* Aren't we proud of Utah Congressman Jim Matheson, who was the only representative in the House who called for a vote on whether the law makers should get a raise. All the other royal members wanted to sail on through without a ripple or wave. Matheson stood alone. And he will decline the increase. Jim Matheson of Utah.....he's a Democrat. A Democrat!
* The winning jockeys at America's big three horse races (Belmont, Kentucky Derby, Preakness) all wore number eights on their backs. Folks, that's no accident.
* President Bush visited Iraq yesterday. He reassured all that we'll stay until the "mission is accomplished."
* The illegal immigrants send billions of dollars home to Mexico. That's admirable, but it's also harmful to the host country unless the dollars return in exchange for goods and services. That is the question.
Help Wanted
Volunteers to recruit volunteers for Volunteers of America.
Meetings & Events
Free Radicals support group meets daily in the conference room of Kayenta Towers at midnight, prompt.
Shoplifters Anonymous will meet in the lunch room at Wal-Mart South, Saturday at noon.
Make a note: Dr. Ira Longterm, the illustrious economist, will speak at Cox Auditorium on the topic - Raising the Limit On Your Household Debt.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
The Statue of Liberty is missing. The once revered monument of our history was last seen yesterday, or was it the day before? FBI and New York police say that they will look into the matter soon. The museum piece had served as a tribute to a discarded national value and virtue.
The administration has added FEMA Director and CIA Director to the list of jobs Americans won't do.
President Jeb Bush visited Iraq yesterday. He reassured all that we'll stay until the mission is accomplished.
IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.
Well, ya. Innocent until proven guilty. Ask for a surrender before knocking them off. We're Americans.
But we went ahead with military justice. Bush and Rummy dropped two 500 pound bombs on that house and killed Bad Al and a few others, including a woman and child. We use that nice military term spoken of by Timothy McVieh: "collateral damage." It means innocent life caught in the middle of the action. They might as well put "so what" in front of the term.
We've changed, haven't you noticed? You saw what President I-feel-your-pain Clinton did to the Branch Davidians at Waco. Before that we shot down Randy Weaver's innocent wife and son in the woods of Idaho.
About three years ago, our CIA unleashed a predator drone plane on a road in Yemen to gun down a suspected terrorist. The suspect was killed, along with an American friend about whom they knew very little. Not a suspect, the American was collateral damage and dead. So what?
You remember Shock & Awe. An hour or two prior to that act of war, CIA boss George "Slam Dunk" Tenet reported to President Bush that Saddam was in a cafe. so we bombed the place hoping to get it all over before it started. Bush must have figured that with the madman dictator struck dead while dining, the people of Iraq would have made out just fine. So our bombs destroyed the place, but Saddam wasn't even there. Some innocent adults and kids were killed. Collateral damage, you know. So what?
The undeclared war got going pretty well and we found the house where Saddam's budding bad boy sons were hiding. Without announcing: "Surrender, you're surrounded," we attacked by air and infantry. Saddam's sons were shot down in the same room and we also erased a guy under the bed. Oops. That was a fourteen-year-old boy - Saddam's grandson.
How far are we from bombing apartments and houses in Los Angeles or Toledo if suspects are believed to be hiding there? If our intelligence is faulty and identifies the wrong target, innocent people in the vicinity are punished.
Justice. Think about justice.
________________________________________________________________________
Thoughts While Jaywalking
* Aren't we proud of Utah Congressman Jim Matheson, who was the only representative in the House who called for a vote on whether the law makers should get a raise. All the other royal members wanted to sail on through without a ripple or wave. Matheson stood alone. And he will decline the increase. Jim Matheson of Utah.....he's a Democrat. A Democrat!
* The winning jockeys at America's big three horse races (Belmont, Kentucky Derby, Preakness) all wore number eights on their backs. Folks, that's no accident.
* President Bush visited Iraq yesterday. He reassured all that we'll stay until the "mission is accomplished."
* The illegal immigrants send billions of dollars home to Mexico. That's admirable, but it's also harmful to the host country unless the dollars return in exchange for goods and services. That is the question.
Help Wanted
Volunteers to recruit volunteers for Volunteers of America.
Meetings & Events
Free Radicals support group meets daily in the conference room of Kayenta Towers at midnight, prompt.
Shoplifters Anonymous will meet in the lunch room at Wal-Mart South, Saturday at noon.
Make a note: Dr. Ira Longterm, the illustrious economist, will speak at Cox Auditorium on the topic - Raising the Limit On Your Household Debt.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
The Statue of Liberty is missing. The once revered monument of our history was last seen yesterday, or was it the day before? FBI and New York police say that they will look into the matter soon. The museum piece had served as a tribute to a discarded national value and virtue.
The administration has added FEMA Director and CIA Director to the list of jobs Americans won't do.
President Jeb Bush visited Iraq yesterday. He reassured all that we'll stay until the mission is accomplished.
IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Ten Percent Does It
The majority rules when the establishment is in order, but a tiny minority can change the direction of a nation by its superior focus and energy.
A week ago, my imaginary revolution to overthrow our too totalitarian regime in Washington, DC failed because of a bad turnout - none. This raises an interesting question as to the numbers needed to pull off a coup d'etat.
Upon examining history, you'll notice that only a few activists are necessary to carry out the revolt if they are in the right places with a good strategy and plan. When Lenin hurried by train to Moscow to overthrow Kerensky - who had toppled the Czar of Russia - he went into the hall of supporters complaining that he didn't want so many followers to be involved. He stepped outside until a high percentage of communist believers were removed from the building. Lenin knew something that most of us have trouble understanding - and he was successful in the take over.
Our American Revolution was never supported by more than ten percent of those living in the thirteen colonies. The nation's founders bristled at that fact, but they went ahead and succeeded, even though the lack of general support was obvious during the duration of the struggle. The vast majority of Americans had freedom and liberty thrust upon them. The tiny minority had prevailed.
May I point out that Jesus picked only twelve disciples?
Regardless of the virtue of your cause, you can effect changes in today's diverse and uninformed society if a few true believers will get active. Ten percent will do just fine.
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Thoughts While Jaywalking
* This new crop of skateboarders has so much more skill than the previous generation. They do it while talking on a cell phone.
* The suicides at Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) alarm some people. Senator Bob Bennett was there recently and he gave the camp a thumbs up approval. Maybe he should go back for another look/see.
* The recent report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for May showed a big loss of manufacturing jobs - 14,000. Only service industry jobs are on the increase. Next stop, third world country USA.
* Hello Middle Class, wherever you are.
Meetings & Events
Unemployed Elvis impersonators support group meets at the main library on Tuesday nights.
Death row/DNA survivors meet at the Santa Clara library every Saturday morning at 9 a.m.
Help Wanted
Outsource recruiters to work for firms in India and China. Must possess crass indifference to fellow American white collar workers. Call Jawaharlal Nehru at Holiday Inn, room #11.
News writers to interview tailgaters, dog-walking pooper scoopers, loiterers, rappers, sunshine patriots, IRS informers, UFO sighters, and incurable WMD believers. Get application at Spectrum office.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
Warren S. Jeffs, fugitive polygamous leader wanted on sex crime charges, was positively identified in the mountainous border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. He has been on the Ten Most Wanted list since President Bush's brother was president.
Overheard
A doctor walked through his busy waiting room saying, "Please have patience, patients."
Smog Report
Chemtrails activity is interfering with smog detection efforts. More on this later.
IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.
A week ago, my imaginary revolution to overthrow our too totalitarian regime in Washington, DC failed because of a bad turnout - none. This raises an interesting question as to the numbers needed to pull off a coup d'etat.
Upon examining history, you'll notice that only a few activists are necessary to carry out the revolt if they are in the right places with a good strategy and plan. When Lenin hurried by train to Moscow to overthrow Kerensky - who had toppled the Czar of Russia - he went into the hall of supporters complaining that he didn't want so many followers to be involved. He stepped outside until a high percentage of communist believers were removed from the building. Lenin knew something that most of us have trouble understanding - and he was successful in the take over.
Our American Revolution was never supported by more than ten percent of those living in the thirteen colonies. The nation's founders bristled at that fact, but they went ahead and succeeded, even though the lack of general support was obvious during the duration of the struggle. The vast majority of Americans had freedom and liberty thrust upon them. The tiny minority had prevailed.
May I point out that Jesus picked only twelve disciples?
Regardless of the virtue of your cause, you can effect changes in today's diverse and uninformed society if a few true believers will get active. Ten percent will do just fine.
________________________________________________________________________
Thoughts While Jaywalking
* This new crop of skateboarders has so much more skill than the previous generation. They do it while talking on a cell phone.
* The suicides at Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) alarm some people. Senator Bob Bennett was there recently and he gave the camp a thumbs up approval. Maybe he should go back for another look/see.
* The recent report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for May showed a big loss of manufacturing jobs - 14,000. Only service industry jobs are on the increase. Next stop, third world country USA.
* Hello Middle Class, wherever you are.
Meetings & Events
Unemployed Elvis impersonators support group meets at the main library on Tuesday nights.
Death row/DNA survivors meet at the Santa Clara library every Saturday morning at 9 a.m.
Help Wanted
Outsource recruiters to work for firms in India and China. Must possess crass indifference to fellow American white collar workers. Call Jawaharlal Nehru at Holiday Inn, room #11.
News writers to interview tailgaters, dog-walking pooper scoopers, loiterers, rappers, sunshine patriots, IRS informers, UFO sighters, and incurable WMD believers. Get application at Spectrum office.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
Warren S. Jeffs, fugitive polygamous leader wanted on sex crime charges, was positively identified in the mountainous border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. He has been on the Ten Most Wanted list since President Bush's brother was president.
Overheard
A doctor walked through his busy waiting room saying, "Please have patience, patients."
Smog Report
Chemtrails activity is interfering with smog detection efforts. More on this later.
IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
The Revolution Was Quelled, Somehow.
Nobody showed up. Did I have the date wrong? I carried all the guns and ammo back to the bunker and shall wait for the call. I assume you have my number - many people do.
I still can't believe I was the only one on the hill. History was waiting to be made, but you had to stay in bed.
Anyhow, the verbal battle will resume tomorrow. You can at least click on, even though you apparently don't want us to shoot our way out of this mess. When Jefferson was president two centuries ago, he said, "We might have to have a revolution every twenty years to regain our liberties."
What, you're wiser than Jefferson?
Get ready to rumble.
I still can't believe I was the only one on the hill. History was waiting to be made, but you had to stay in bed.
Anyhow, the verbal battle will resume tomorrow. You can at least click on, even though you apparently don't want us to shoot our way out of this mess. When Jefferson was president two centuries ago, he said, "We might have to have a revolution every twenty years to regain our liberties."
What, you're wiser than Jefferson?
Get ready to rumble.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Look What They've Done To My Right Wing
I was a right winger when right wingers were right. I'm talking Barry Goldwater, Robert Taft, Walter Judd, Claire Booth Luce, William Knowland, Fulton Lewis Jr., Dean Manion, Ezra Taft Benson, etc. Not Joe McCarthy. He was anti-communist, but his voting record was both left and right. Pat Buchanan fit in, until recently. He seems to have gone soft a tad now, but Pat made a wise observation: "The conservative movement has been hijacked." Yup. They ran off with our clothes.
Who can stand to be on the right today? Wars, deficits, corruption, Constitution-shunning, secret deals, and feeding a Frankenstein government are not right wing traits.
George W. Bush goes under the label, but he doesn't belong. Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and their puppets on radio and in print are not genuine right wingers. They're just mean and crazy, that's not enough.
Labels have to go. They confuse, misidentify, and enable deception.
Watch who you're calling a right wing conservative. Once a badge of honor, it's a disgrace.
Thoughts While Jaywalking
* Yesterday: I'd take my dog for a walk, he'd search for a quiet spot to do his thing, and he'd kick dirt on it. Today: I watch my neighbor take his dog for a walk, the dog doesn't kick dirt on it and his master puts it into a bag and carries it home. Which one is trained? What does the dog think of his master?
* The Swiss, the Swedes, the French, and the Spanish learned how to be neutral and live in peace. Will we, ever? Peace and neutrality save lives, misery and money.
* St. George smog report for today is unclear because the chemtrails are mixing with the smog. The last time this happened it rained for three days.
Meeting & Events
The soccer match between illegals and middle classers was forfeited to the illegals - opponents didn't show up.
The Wal-Mart defenders support group meets every Sunday afternoon in the Sam's Club parking lot.
The Roundabout Ethics Club will meet inside the roundabout at Tabernacle and Main, tonight at 7 pm. Bart Anderson will speak on: "How to Know When It's Your Turn."
IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.
Who can stand to be on the right today? Wars, deficits, corruption, Constitution-shunning, secret deals, and feeding a Frankenstein government are not right wing traits.
George W. Bush goes under the label, but he doesn't belong. Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and their puppets on radio and in print are not genuine right wingers. They're just mean and crazy, that's not enough.
Labels have to go. They confuse, misidentify, and enable deception.
Watch who you're calling a right wing conservative. Once a badge of honor, it's a disgrace.
Thoughts While Jaywalking
* Yesterday: I'd take my dog for a walk, he'd search for a quiet spot to do his thing, and he'd kick dirt on it. Today: I watch my neighbor take his dog for a walk, the dog doesn't kick dirt on it and his master puts it into a bag and carries it home. Which one is trained? What does the dog think of his master?
* The Swiss, the Swedes, the French, and the Spanish learned how to be neutral and live in peace. Will we, ever? Peace and neutrality save lives, misery and money.
* St. George smog report for today is unclear because the chemtrails are mixing with the smog. The last time this happened it rained for three days.
Meeting & Events
The soccer match between illegals and middle classers was forfeited to the illegals - opponents didn't show up.
The Wal-Mart defenders support group meets every Sunday afternoon in the Sam's Club parking lot.
The Roundabout Ethics Club will meet inside the roundabout at Tabernacle and Main, tonight at 7 pm. Bart Anderson will speak on: "How to Know When It's Your Turn."
IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.
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