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May 9, 2005:
A New Cabinet Post:
I am proposing a new cabinet position called Persecuting Attorney.
His job would be to do what the Attorney General should be doing
and what that prosecutor in New York really is doing. He would
go after the big corporate crooks.
The Million Dollar CD:
Mrs. Gaffer is going to become a millionaire. She is going to
cut a CD that has the sounds of very anxious dogs snarling, growling,
barking, and snapping. This CD is set up to play very loudly
whenever someone tries to open a door or window in a home. People
who are going out can set it up when they leave. Old people who
are alone and defenseless can set it up before they retire. She
is planning to sell the CD for six bucks a pop. The detection
device to start the CD will cost a bit more depending on who
installs it.
The Wrong People:
Maybe I have been after the wrong people to lead the Groundswell
charge. I have been trying to court thoughtful intellects. Now
I am finally concluding they are too cowardly and lazy to do
what needs to be done. Perhaps I should be after people who have
been damaged by this system. I do not want most of the ones I
encountered in the re-evaluation co-counseling community. They
too seem to be lazy and cowardly. I suppose I am after people
who are reasonably functional and can take out their own garbage,
but feel they have been cheated. These may be the people who
will have the incentive to act.
How Easy it is to be Dead Wrong:
When that weird woman disappeared in Georgia, I immediately assumed
her male friend had second thoughts about marriage and offed
her. I was just waiting for the Georgia cops to find the body
and charge him. Boy, was I wrong! I was not him, but her who
was the cuckoo bird. On top of that, she committed a felony by
reporting a crime that never occurred.
Another School Closing:
The authorities locked down a local school in Alma, Michigan
because some student threatened another student. They knew the
situation completely and it was under control, but they decided
it was prudent to shut down the school anyway. So, hundreds of
kids lost a day of education. This is just another case of moron
bureaucrats acting in panic to avoid the judgement of the community.
I can remember back some 65 years ago when I was a victim
of our wondrous educational system. There were bullies for sure
and there were always threats. If they had shut down the school
every time there was a threat, I would never have gone to school
at all. Come to think of it, that might have been a good thing.
In those days the threats were not reported for two reasons.
One is the bureaucrats would have pooh-poohed the complaints.
The second, more effective, reason is the complainer would have
become a pariah with his classmates.
Is that good or bad? I don't know. The thing is, the students
learned to handle their own social problems, because they did
not have adults making a federal case out of every social interaction
that occurred. In my own experience, when adults did interfere
in the kids' social affairs, they invariably got it wrong because
they never had enough knowledge of the situation. They did not
know the relevant details and, as a result, made wrong and usually
terribly unfair decisions. Of course the decisions always favored
the suckups.
Technical Problems:
Think about this. If everyone in our culture behaved ethically,
the only problems we would have would be the technical problems.
Technical problems are always eminently solvable.
Pat Robertson:
He was on the Stephanopolous show on Sunday, May 1, 2005. If
you did not see it, you should get a tape of it. It is underwhelming
low comedy. Robertson demonstrated beyond doubt that he is a
hypocrite and a fool. He stumbled and bumbled over everything
he tried to address. It is difficult for me to understand how
anyone could see that man, hear him speak, and still believe
in his bologna.
Guantanamo:
Torture and sexual intimidation. Why am I not surprised? Rumsfeld
gave his permission for it long ago. The Geneva convention does
not apply they say. The rule of law does not apply. Human decency
does not apply. What, may I ask, makes us different from the
terrorists? I am embarrassed and disgusted.
Kosher:
Some new neighbors moved in next door. I talked to the wife and
invited them over for lunch. She declined explaining that they
only eat kosher. I have never seen a kosher in the store, so
I asked her if her husband was a hunter. I thought I might go
hunting with him and shoot a couple of koshers. I'm always ready
to try new things.
The Army:
They are having trouble recruiting kids to go over to Iraq and
get killed. No kidding? With an administration that consistently
lies about the situation and army brass that can't find it's
butt with both hands, it is going to be hard to convince the
kids to be the sacrificial lambs. Their parents don't want them
to be the victims of this fiasco either. Let's get serious. Let's
get some leadership before we try to recruit kids to fight.
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