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to the Weekly Notes 2008 Archives February25, 2008 Republicrumbs: This week I received a
final notice in the mail from the Republicrumb National Committee. It
contained an invoice and a threat. If I did not pony up the 25 bucks
membership fee, the Dumbocrats might take over the world. After I stopped giggling, I put the
notice in the circular file along with the scrap paper and other bad jokes.
However, I feel compelled to say a few words about this silliness. I do not
recall ever applying for membership in the Republicrumb party or in any other
party. I know I would never have paid 25 bucks or that honor. Truth be known, I cannot imagine what compelled these
fools into thinking I was one of them. It could be wishful
thinking on their part or it could be they though I was dumb enough to
forget I had joined up with such a bunch of rigid, knee jerk dorks. Who
knows! It don’t change much from year to year. Kazmiercezk: The Detroit Free Press
tells us that people who knew this cowardly murderer are
baffled by what he did. They say he was gentle, sensitive, and bright.
That is bull. These people did not really know him at all. Think about it.
How many people do you really know so well that you could
be baffled by something they did? I don’t
think I know half a dozen that well. We say we know people if we have met
them. We do not! To really know someone, you must dedicate a large amount of
time to them and time is a very precious commodity.
We generally don’t squander it on
acquaintances. We reserve it for a few special people. Toxic Trailers: The FEMA boondoggle
continues with a formaldehyde crisis. FEMA bought thirty-eight thousand
trailers at sixty thousand dollars per trailer. These were
used to house the Wanna Bet: I was listening to
McCain on the “This Week” show. I believe if McCain becomes the
next president, the first thing he will do is make war on McCain insists that the
surge is succeeding. Once again, we have this vaporous measurement of
success. How do you measure success? Fewer of our kids are
being killed in this senseless war. The hawks define that as success.
Pardon me, but I do not call that success. I would call it success if none of
our kids were killed in Credit Unions: Why don’t
people know about credit unions? Why do they continue to deal with banks as
the bankers continue to rape them? Banks are dishonest. They gouge in every
transaction they make. This ATM gouging is just the most recent example. They
do not think of their customers as people, they think of them as revenue
sources, victims. Anyone can become a member of a credit union somewhere. Why
don’t they? I’ll
never go back to banks. Sick Cows: Hallmark Western Meat
Packing Company was featured on a news report. One
of their employees secretly taped the behavior of other employees dealing
with sick cows and getting them into the slaughter. It was sickening to
watch. It as not just brutal, it was sadistic. In addition, it was clear the
cows were sick and should never have been in the food chain at all. Two
workers were indicted. That is nonsense. The people
who should be indicted are the managers of the firm.
The workers were following orders. I have no objections to them being prosecuted, but they are small potatoes compared to
the people who should be on trial. Another Killer Drug: Bayer has been marketing
a drug they call Trasylol, which is causing renal failure. That’s
complete kidney malfunction and is a death sentence for the victim. It has
caused a large number of fatalities. Trysylol is just a trade name for
Aprotinin. This is also known as bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor or BPTI.
The drug is used in heart surgery even though Bayer
knew it was doing that. They had the results of a study and they kept it
secret. It’s all about money. Even though they
were exposed, the FDA has taken no action against Bayer. Mrs. Gaffer and I
agree. We think they take no action because the have been paid off. Castro: They claim he has given
up his power. What he gave up were symbolic positions. He is still the head
of the Cuban Communist Party, which is the only position that counts. Bush
says we cannot recognize Ethanol Fraud: Some people are still in
favor of this fraud, especially political hacks like that woman in Bull’s-eye: The Navy actually shot
down the wayward satellite with a single missile. It cost more than 70
million, but hey, it was a good show. I’m
impressed. Maybe Putin will think twice about sending recon planes over Made in I did not believe they
would do such a thing, but I should have known better. American
pharmaceutical firms are marketing drugs containing un-inspected ingredients
from A puzzle: Who was Charles Kay
Ogden? What did he do? Back
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