Continuing summer’s mindless monotony
But first . . .
Once in a while (seldom, really) a politician comes along who has a voice and delivery that makes one want to listen. Such a man was Senator Everett Driksen of Illinois.
He’s been gone several years now, but I kept this quote because it was so well spoken and so political.
‘You asked me how I feel about whisky. All right, here is just how I stand on this question:
‘If, when you say whisky, you mean the devil’s brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean the evil that topples the Christian man and woman from the pinnacles of righteous, gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation and despair, shame and helplessness and hopelessness, then certainly I am against it with all of my power.
‘But, if when you say whisky, you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the stuff that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and laughter on their lips and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman’s step on a frosty morning; if you mean the drink that enables a man to magnify his joy, and his happiness, and to forget, if only for a while, life’s great tragedies and heartbreaks and sorrows; if you mean that drink, the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars, which are used to provide tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitiful aged and infirm, to build highways, hospitals and schools, then certainly I am for it.
‘This is my stand. I will not retreat from it; I will not compromise.?
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? Someone’s marketing ‘moist wrap? toilet paper? The only people who have money for that are those with stimulus money.
? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: ‘This health bill will not cost taxpayers any money.? The man’s an idiot.
? In June I wrote that the liver and onion dinner I made for myself was the worst I’d ever had. Then C.J. (no one can spell or pronounce his last name) gave me some more beef liver. I looked up a recipe, and found it so simple even I could do it. Saute chopped onions in butter, then put it aside. Fry liver three minutes on one side, flip ’em, dump on the onions, fry three minutes. It was as good as any liver meal I ever had.
? My dumbness knows no bounds. Not long after I bought an electric can opener I realized most of the canned goods I buy have pull-tab tops.
? I know testimonials are one of the best ways to sell products. But, some are nuts. Take the guy in the commercial for a hair growth product, who supposedly used it and says, ‘It’s the best decision I ever made in my life.? I know some bald guys who think hair is time consuming, expensive and belongs on other animals.
? Last Wednesday night, July 22, President Obama took to the airwaves to urge immediate passage of an 1,800 page health law. He has said he hasn’t read it, I’ve heard of no lawmaker who has read it, and I believe none of his cabinet has read it all. Among the things this law will do is let government decide sickness treatments of people over 70. Give us expensive treatment or let us die? At what age are we no longer of use to society or family? Is this person a conservative or leftist? All in all, it appears to be a master plan to establish a czar-led government with a lifetime leader.
God bless America, or as his former 20-year Chicago pastor Jeremiah Wright said, ‘God damn America!?