QUOTE OF THE DAY

“A man needs to feel powerful and respected. Innately within us, as far back as we can remember, we have taught ourselves to grand stand in our abilities to be tough, to conquer, to impress and to win in all aspects of our lives in order to be validated by others and in doing so we have built our conceptual house of self on the sand of societal opinion. Yet, ironically, it’s only when a man finds his true strength in humility, in its purest sense, will he ever experience what genuine power and respect feels like. The man who builds his conceptual house of self on the rock of unpretentious decorum simply needs no validation outside of his creator. He is who he is…and for all intense and purposes that is the only respectable power any man should ever seek.”

Jason Versey, A Walk with Prudence

TWILIGHT

RIGHT IN-BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK. PRETTY MUCH RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE AT AGE 70. RIGHT BETWEEN BREATHING AND NOT-BREATHING. SOME DAYS LEANING MORE TOWARD NOT-BREATHING. DEATH IS NO BIG DEAL. PARTICULARLY FOR THE DEAD. THE DEAD DON'T CARE. AS FOR ME, THE HALF-DEAD, I THINK THE WHOLE THING IS MIND-BOGGLING. CONFUSING. PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD SHOULDN'T MIND DYING. THEY ARE GETTING WHAT THEY WANT. A FACE TO FACE WITH GOD. HEAVENLY RICHES. NO MORE PAIN. SUFFERING. EVERYONE IS HAPPY AND CAREFREE. NO BAD STUFF. NO GUNS. NO RICH OR POOR. THE ONLY DOWN-SIDE: DEAD. HAPPY AND DEAD DON'T MIX IN MY WORLD. SHOOTING PEOPLE IN A WAFFLE HOUSE PUTS MY FAITH TO THE TEST. I LOVE THE WAFFLE HOUSE. GOOD COFFEE. GOOD SERVICE. AND UNPRETENTIOUS PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT I CALL HEAVEN.

SOLVING THE UNSOLVABLE

If all of our billionaires went together and gave every adult American $1 million dollars, they basically would be out about $300 million dollars or so. This is about the interest they would make in 3 months. This would end poverty, at least until they stole it back by their capitalist con-jobs. A economic lesson from The Peever. Solving another of America's unsolvable problems. They can't possibly use the excuse we haven't earned it, because neither have they.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“A little stupid is like a little forest fire. If you happen upon some stupid, please stomp it out before it spreads.”
  Quentin R. Bufogle, Horse Latitudes

 

'Open and Flagrant Corruption': Mulvaney Admits to Bankers He Only Met With Lobbyists Who Gave Him Cash

'Open and Flagrant Corruption': Mulvaney Admits to Bankers He Only Met With Lobbyists Who Gave Him Cash



MORE OF THE SAME. A DISGRACE.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"A UNIONIZED PUBLIC EMPLOOYEE, A MEMBER OF THE TEA PARTY, AND A CEO ARE SITTING AT A TABLE. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE IS A PLATE WITH A DOZEN COOKIES ON IT. THE CEO REACHES ACROSS AND TAKES ELEVEN OF THE COOKIES, LOOKS AT THE TEA PARTYIER, AND SAYS, "lOOK OUT FOR THAT UNION GUY. HE WANTS A PIECE OF YOUR COOKIE."

HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE COMMUNITY MEETING

ANOTHER JOKE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ON US. THE MANAGER AND DIRECTORS HEAR A LOT OF DISGRUNTLED RESIDENTS, AND PROCEED TO PASS EVERYTHING THEY HAVE ON THE AGENDA, REGARDLESS OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. THE NEW MANAGER IS APPARENTLY PLAYING OUT A POWER GRAB STARTED BY THE PREVIOUS MANAGER, DAVID TWIGGS. HE HAND PICKED NALLEY TO BECOME OUR FIRST CEO, SIGNS THAT THEY INTEND ON RUNNING HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE AS A CORPORATION, NOT AS A COMMUNITY. THE CROWD WAS MOSTLY NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR EFFORTS, BUT TO NO AVAIL. NALLEY CONTINUALLY CALLED THE MISTAKEN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, "MY PLAN." IN ACTUALITY, WE, THE RESIDENTS, PAID FOR IT. AND WE CLEARLY SUGGESTED TO HER THAT WE DIDN'T LIKE THE PRICE WE PAID, OR THE CONTENTS. NONE OF IT MATTERED. SHE AND THE DIRECTORS ARE GOING AHEAD WITH THE PLAN. OUR LEADERSHIP IS AS POOR AS THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, AND WHAT WE HAVE IN WASHINGTON. IN FACT, IT MIRRORS LEADERSHIP THAT IS INEPT AND MOVING TOWARD CORPORATE DOMINATION, LEAVING BEHIND ANY THOUGHTS OF DEMOCRACY. WELCOME TO HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE.

THE CONTINUING DANGERS OF LIVING STUPID

I RECENTLY READ OF A PRINCIPLE WANTING TO SUPPLY ALL THE TEACHERS WITH BASEBALL BATS. PRESUMABLY TO WARD OFF ANY WOULD-BE SHOOTER. THAT SEEMS LIKE QUITE THE IDEA. MY FIRST QUESTION IS: METAL OR WOOD BAT? MY SECOND QUESTION WOULD BE: HAS SHE OR HE BEEN FIRED YET? ANYONE SO STUPID SHOULD NOT BE IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION. I'M SURE I HAVE HEARD STUPIDER THINGS, BUT THEY PRESENTLY ARE NOT COMING TO MIND. I HOPE THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BAT DOWN THE BULLETS? THAT WOULD BE ONE HELL OF A FASTBALL. ANYWAY, IT'S ALL ENTERTAINING. THEY COME UP WITH ANYTHING SHORT OF DOING AWAY WITH MOST GUNS. SO MUCH FOR EDUCATION MAKING PEOPLE WISER. IT DIDN'T SEEM TO HELP IN THIS CASE.