In the cynic’s world, there are a couple of truisms that always seem to apply. First, “if you want to find the truth, follow the money.” Secondly, “no good deed goes unpunished.” A story published this morning on WSBTV.com illustrates the second point. It also is a verification of Kathy’s favorite saying that “you value [...]
Archive for July, 2008
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Posted in Ungrateful Idiots, tagged Add new tag on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another Kill Poem
Posted in Poems on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tap Dancing in Clay
He could taste it
The passing
Years of Sunday chickens
And once a week passion
Drifted down the streets and lanes
Of familiar obituaries and neighborhood funerals.
The others had come together
Lured by the promise of suburbia
Financing by the government
Dreams of forever fences
Families like the old days
When generations stayed together
And made the land theirs.
The taste was bitter
Now, the [...]
The First Fable of Obamessiah
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the Internet, a great satirical piece. For all the PC idiots out there, satire is a noun that describes “the use of humor, exaggeration, irony or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the area of contemporary politics and other topical issues.”
From The Times
July 25, 2008
He ventured forth to bring [...]
The Bastard List
Posted in Family on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was going to make a list of all the children in the celebrity-worship news that have been born to parents who are not married, but then I discovered that even the dictionary says that the term “bastard” is archaic and old-fashioned when used to describe a child born out of wedlock. That makes me [...]
Follow-up on Marion Williams
Posted in Idiot Watch on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Marion lost the election. I don’t know if he ever filed the report or paid the penalty. I do know that he blamed his loss on “those crossovers” and promised to be back. I can’t wait — more idiot fodder.
No Sympathy for Liars
Posted in Miscellaneous Stuff on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, the bailout is now passed with a guarantee from the White House of “no veto.” I feel much better now. Nancy Pelosi and the sponsors of the bill are seeking to “save” homeowners (?) from a new American monster called “repossession.” They are treating this “new” evil as some kind of disease that is [...]
A Conversation with My Doctor
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, I had a checkup. As we finished, the doctor, a captain in the Army, said that he wanted to follow up with me in 3 months. He was going to be out of town for a month and would give me a call when he got back. He went on to explain that [...]
Idiots in the Clinic
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Soldier 1: Do we have a national song?
Soldier 2: I think so.
Soldier 1: Is that like the National Anthem?
Soldier 2: Yeah, like the Pledge of Allegiance.
Soldier 1: That’s not a song, it’s a poem.
Soldier 2: Well, it could be a song. It was written by that guy on the boat.
Soldier 1: Yeah, and didn’t he [...]
A Comment Heard at Dinner
Posted in Miscellaneous Stuff on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Isn’t this a great country when the number one problem among the poor is obesity?
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Posted in Poetry on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was reminded today again of my new rediscovery of Hopkins’poetry:
THE GRANDEUR OF GOD
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all [...]
