Obama’s New Year’s Resolution: Protect the Status Quo | Common Dreams

Obama’s New Year’s Resolution: Protect the Status Quo | Common Dreams

This is not what we were hoping for when we elected him for a second time.A lame duck President is going to have to do better than this.

Answering The E-mail

Answering The E-mail

Dear Mr. Peever: How did you come by your left-leaning ways?  Lori
Dear Lori: My mentor and adviser in college was a Marxist sociologist. He taught me a capitalist, free-market economy was incompatible with democracy. I was never quite sure of that until about ten years ago. Now I get it.

Dear Bruce: You write a lot about God, but I can't figure out exactly where you stand?   Ken
Dear Ken: You are very much right. I talk a lot about God. If it's a made up story, it's a good one. If God is real, sitting on a cloud somewhere out there, directing the universe, I figure I'm screwed.

Dear Peever: What do you think about Rush Limbaugh and the other right-wing pundits?   Sally
Dear Sally: Not much.

Dear Mr. Weik: What do you think about the "fiscal cliff?"  Ed
Dear Ed: I think it's a bunch of made up nonsense. We went over the cliff when we elected, or rather appointed, George Bush Jr. as our President. At the time, I said it would take twenty-five years to recover from his incompetence. I stick by that.

Dear Mr. Peever: You seem pretty comfortable as a provocateur, constantly stirring up the pot. Don't you ever get tired of it? Lea
Dear Lea: No.

Dear Mr. Bruce: Do you have anything good to say about The Village?  Harry
Dear Harry: I like the water.

Dear Peever: You have said that our educational system is outdated and obsolete. What wold you do?  Linda
Dear Linda: I would close them and start over. The industrial revolution is over. So are most of the ways we continue to teach.

Dear Bruce: Another apocalypse has come and gone. Any comment?   Carol
Dear Carol: I think it would do the Earth good if humans vanished. Any ideas? Nothing seems to have worked so far.

Quote of the Day

“A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.”
― Dwight D. Eisenhower

We Have The General Manager We Want

I think our current general manager is doing a wonderful job. I have heard meetings are much better. I would encourage the board to hire her. Unfortunately, the president hired the last yoyo and is likely to do the same. He is apparently not a good judge of character. He is a character.

God Speaks to The Peever

God Speaks to The Peever

• Holy Crap! What are you guys doing down there?
• Heart attacks are my revenge for eating my animal friends.
• Keep hiding behind closed gates. I'll get you.
• With hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, tornadoes, terrorists, and Congress, are yo sure you want to take my name out of the Pledge of Allegiance?

• I made man before woman to give him time to make up an excuse.

• Keep your words soft and sweet. You never know when you're going to have to eat them.
• Peever, your sole purpose in life is to peeve people off.
• Sure I get angry. I made you in my image, didn't I? Mistakes anger me.
• If you walk by a person on the street who is hungry, homeless, alone, needs assistance, guess what?
• The Garden of Eden, and Noah's Ark are examples of mythological stories that have appeared in every culture since the beginning. Don't be stupid.
• Here's the thing: Of all the creatures in the universe, you guys had the most promise. Now I'm thinking you have to stop procreating. Everything else will fall into place.

 

The Public is Not The Militia. The National Guard is.

The 2nd Amendment is misused more than Viagra.

2012 Culture and Resistance with Alice Walker, Randy Weston, Walter Mosley, Gore Vidal and More

2012 Culture and Resistance with Alice Walker, Randy Weston, Walter Mosley, Gore Vidal and More

Excellent review of the past year. You won't see any of this reported in the corporate media.

Important Events

Important Events

Try to remember some of the important events in your life. Here are a few of mine:

• Your first love. My first kiss and first love went hand in hand. She was Summer-Fall-Winter-Spring, princess of the Howdy Dowdy Show. What a dame. When I went to kiss her on television, the static shock convinced me we had something special.
• What is your most important possession? I found an arrowhead along a creek when I was probably 12 or so. I kept it all these years. I hold it in my hand and rub it like a Jennies lamp. I always thought it was magical. I still do.
• What was your biggest problem growing up? One of the biggest problems I had was undressing in the locker room at high school. The girls didn't think it was funny. Neither did their PE teacher.
• How did you meet your spouse? As I recall, I was peeping in her window.
• What types of things concern you most? On an immediate basis, my underwear is riding up. Beyond that, I am worried about how our children and their children are going to make it in the world we are leaving them. I wish our politicians had that same worry.
• What have you accomplished that makes you most proud? I quit working.
• What do you like most about yourself? Well, I'm a pretty fancy dresser. I've heard it referred to as "tacky." I always thought "tacky" was good. I don't take any crap, and will not let you get away with spreading any. I'm glad I'm a liberal. The alternatives suck.
• What do you like to eat? I love ice cream, pies, steaks, and french fries. Of course, I'm not suppose to eat any of those things, having had open heart surgery. Now I eat low-fat everything. I wonder if I've died and went to low-fat hell? 
• What was the first car you owned, or drove? The first car I had was a 57 Chevy. Black, with a lot of chrome. The neatest thing was it had a vacuum ashtray. It would suck things out and put them in a jar in the engine compartment. Great for getting rid of roaches, if you know what I mean.
• Have you lost someone close? This is a hard one, but well worth remembering. The hardest for me was losing my father at age 18, two weeks before I graduated from high school. My mother has also died. As an only child, it feels weird. I'm grateful I have a wife and two children. Losing someone always reminds you of the temporariness of life. You'd like to be able to hold on to, but it don't work that way.

Think of your own important events. Winter is a good time for reflection. Recalling those things that helped shape you into who you are.