What Have We Here?

Socialism has no advocate like a liberally-educated lawyer selected and elected to be bent on growing power at the expense of the US Constitution and all the people of the USA who rely on it for our myriad but decreasing freedoms.
God Save the Capitalism from people who would trade American business and industrial independence for safety, security, economic advantage or good will in the World at Large.

Capitalism Versus Bankruptcy


It would seem that the POTUS or President of These United States some people elected in Nov. 2008 is well-versed on the disadvantages of Capitalism and the “Advantages” of Socialism.
A familiar reference to an old book even with an unfamiliar synonym will ring a bell of somewhat familiarity. There was a book which was “forced” upon a generation called,”None Dare Call It Conspiracy”.
It was supposedly written by J. Edgar Hoover but rumour had it that it was “ghosted” or ghost-written by a writer or writers at Hoover’s behest, in other words, he told them or paid them to write the thing for him. Then it was OK to criticize the POTUS. Older people will agree that PC-wise it is not deemed acceptable to disagree or oppose the present day president of the US, but this is a FIRST! All 43 of the other POTUS from G.Washington to G.W Bush had their opposition, expected it, oftimes resented it deeply, but NONE resorted to gamesmanship to defend himself. With the possible exception of Nixon, who paid the price for reacting in that way. It appeared that W. Bush choose to “cave in and go along to get along, knowing these enemies would spend millions of taxpayer monies on their lawyer friends to

“get him” entangled in the law, sucking him dry of personal funds. After all, it got rid of Nixon. Alas even George Washington had his “Conway Conspiracy” which he handled like the true gentleman he was, but never forgot. He felt betrayed by his friend(s) but never resorted to “blatant back-stabbing”, name-calling, or having opponents beaten up by his followers. He waited until after his term to speak out. He finally had his say although he quietly refused to use his presidency to revenge himself. He was too noble to stoop to these tactics. Indeed, had anyone been beaten or mistreated in Washington’s name , he would have felt SHAME. Yet the present day POTUS ignors or refuses to “call off his dogs” the union thugs EVEN when they get out of line. Obama knows the Manipulated Stream Media gloats as much as he that people get not only rebuked, but pummelled and beaten if they dare speak out or demonstrate against Socialist Policies like Health Care, Cap and Tax, auto takepver, handouts for Wall Street Donors to the DNC, etc, etc. Recall that a black man was beaten by 4 SEUI Union thugs for passing out yellow “Don’t Tread On Me” flags. Yes, we have to say that the present day president encourages his followers to take offense at the slightest provocation as he himself sided with a scholar seen as provoked byMedia will an authority figure, a policeman. Who can blame the followers when the One himself is thin-skinned and leaps to the defense of another fellow for all the world to see even before all the relevant facts are known. This was the worse possible example for the millions of black people who may feel somehow slighted or discriminated against. For the POTUS himself to go off “half-cocked” and jumping into a situation he was hardly informed about…was a BIG mistake. On the surface, the narcissism seems unbounded. The president is almost daily on television and or radio smilingly promoting a cause or in the case of Gates, injecting himself into a cause. It was as if Obama was saying,” this white policeman is typically picking on a black man, because he can. Anybody else, yellow, brown, white or red, would have been OK sorry to have bothered you, sir”. HOWEVER, it is good and reasonable police procedure to ask the person for identification as he COULD be an intruder pretending to be the homeowner…after all the police officer was NOT a student of the esteemed professor and had NO idea who he was.
Nevertheless, when the POTUS promotes bills that do harm to the economy, deflate the nation’s esteem, and cause disharmony over unity, it is neither plan nor conspiracy. Nevermind, another global power called Japan attempted stimulus after stimulus and failed. Nevermind that the condemned and maligned predecessor Bush attempted stimulus that failed miserably. People pay off bills and save rather that go on economy-promoting-spending sprees. Nevermind that Kynesian Policies during the Great Depression failed miserably in all but creating the same indebebtedness that Japan has brought on itself attempting “stimulus”. Nevermind that untold millions of Americans oppose wasteful partisan spending, even traveling many miles, attending “tea parties”, being called the “mob” and tearfully begging the politicians to leave Medicare, Medicaid and health care in general, alone. Nevermind that the largest peaceful protest in US history took place on September 12,2009 in Washington DC while the president had fled to give a speech in Michigan or Minnesota for no apparent reason. Nevermind the MSM or manipulated Stream Media acted as a state-run unit to de-emphasize the hugeness of that DC crowd that numbered upwards of 1,000,000 that was pictured on Michel Makin’s website showing wall-to-wall people in a demonstration that Washington, DC had never seen before.
Astroturf indeed! The people oppose being roughshod over…AGAIN and AGAIN. And we are heartsick that all we can muster is a lackluster mealy-mouthed give-up candidate in opposition to blatant Unamericanism and “We Gotta Share the Wealth” Socialism. From Joe the Plumber to Joe Wilson of South Carolina…we stand in opposition to taxation without representation. Our representatives and senators, (the latter called “punks” and having no answer in rebuttal) chose to ignore the upset and intimidated and ignored millions in favor of “doing everything their way.” Well, we the people of no voice will be forced to vote them out of office…OUR WAY!

The Old Man and the Catkid

Some people would stare as they drove through the neighborhood at the posted 15 miles per hour. After all how many men with canes carry a full grown cat! This old man did. And not only that...he would talk to the cat! "Calico, you're my baby, you're my catkid! My daughter is away, grown up, and away in the U.S. Navy, and YOU my friend are elected the CATKID!" The cat would purr contentedly as if understanding every word. Calico's favorite answer was,"Pu-reow" with that special growly sound.

Inside the house, the old man deposited the cat on a nearby chair especially covered with a towel, where calico would recline within easy petting reach of the man whose hands would occasionally race across the keyboard before the glowing computer screen.

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Have YOU Ever Heard?

Isenglass for window glass, and she looks so country she can tell you how long a Sears catalogue lasts in a three hole outhouse?

A good many expressions have inadvertently been passed on to me by my father from his father and grandfather...mostly Old South expressions, probably common to all races at the time. Getting older, I fondly recall them. Blueberry is my name here but I never wrote a train song as mentioned in Waylon and Willie's "Lukenbach Texas".

Speaking of Waylon...he survived the airplane crash that killed Richie Valens, Filipino singer, Big Bopper (whose son also has a career and Bopper's grave is a tour guide delight in the small Texas town I cannot recall) and Buddy Holly, whose statue is in Lubbock, Texas. Seems that Waymore, as he likes to be called, got the long straw or whatever determined that he not get to take the plane. Big Bopper is said to have crawled a sizable distance from the wreckage before he died.

Valens, known for "Oh Donna" and "La Bamba" was at least half Filipino, I'm told. Big Bopper was best known for "Chantilly Lace" and giving Jerry Lee Lewis a run for the roses.

Buddy Holly was immortalized in Gary Busy's movie about the life of the BIG star and many rock songs "Well All Right", "Oh Boy", and that smash hit, "That'll Be the Day" were just a few. Holly would have been HUGE, like Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison, had he survived. His legacy still lives on! I don't think he and Teresa had any children, however.

You may be wondering how I got off-topic from the Eisenglass and Old South expressions. You can submit some if you like or place them in the comments or "comments" section.