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FOR SOME REASON, I'm remembering Woody Allen's great joke: "I divide life into two categories: There's the miserable and the horrible. The horrible are people that are born with physical or mental challenges; I don't know how they get thru life. And the miserable is everybody else" . . . Bill Maher said it: "America is the only country on the planet that has overweight poor people" . . . Or as Chris Rock put it: "We ain't got the flies buzzing around the head thing going on here". . . Okay, try as I might, I can't stay out of political comment: It seems to me that most of the Republicans running for president shouldn't be in politics. They should be in therapy . . . I get a kick out of Washington pols who say government can't create jobs. Excuse me, W.P.: Don't YOU have a government job? . . . What's all the nonsense I keep reading about Cereal Killers? Cereal is already dead. Why do we waste our time debating these meaningless sideshows? We should be focusing our attention on REAL issues, such as people who murder others and then do it again! Talk about threats to our society! . . . Did you know that the head of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Certain People, I think) is a fellow name Ben Jealous? Seems to me a visit to City Hall to fill out the necessary name change forms may be in order.
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OUT OF MY MIND: It's early and risky to write about this, but for the first time in 40 years of voting, unless something extraordinary happens, my 2012 presidential vote is pre-decided. Truth in advertising: I'm a loyal lifelong democrat. This hasn't always been easy. My first and most joyful vote was for George McGovern in 1972; no way of knowing how that would have turned out, since he lost 60-40, although he would have had a democratic congress. In 1976, I voted for Libertarian Party because I was so turned off by Mr. Carter. In 1980, however, I voted for Carter since I was frightened of Reagan (my bad, President Reagan turned out to be the one of the great 20th century presidents) Not having learned my lesson, I cheerfully voted for Mr. Mondale in 1984. Another overwhelming loss. In 1988 I went for Dukakis, but not with much enthusiasm. George Bush Sr. wasn't a bad president. In 1992 I voted for Gov. Clinton, with nose held high. In 1996 I voted for Ralph Nader, because I was concerned about Travelgate, Filegate, Whitewater , and other scandals not including Monica Lewinski (Hadn't come up yet). We've forgotten all that, and Mr. Clinton seems to be wearing well in history. In 2000 I voted for Vice President Gore, who got the most votes (look it up). What can I say about Lil' Bush? Just when we thought we'd scraped the bottom of the barrel with Nixon, Bush came along to show that if you lift up the barrel, ---well, you figure it out. In 2004 (almost finished) I voted without much enthusiasm for Sen. Kerry. He did not get the most votes. This brings us to 2008. First I was resigned to Hillary Clinton. The more I heard about Sen. Obama, the more attracted I become. He's my most cheerful vote since McGovern and Mondale. Why? He's the first real progressive since T.R. & F.D.R. Lyndon Johnson came close with the Great Society but stubbed his toe and then his Presidency on Vietnam. I think President Obama's heart is in exactly the right place. Once we elect these guys, we always criticize them. That's because they can NEVER do all they've promised. Of course Obama has disappointed. HE'S NOT LIBERAL ENOUGH! Folks, If you're liberal, I defy you to come up with a better alternative. This guy is the real article. The economy was in a free-fall in 2008, that is no longer the case --- we've come back. Health care has happened. We need more, but National Health Care seems to be working well in places like Canada, Australia, and Sweden. His foreign policy judgments have been astonishing. He's pushing to make the tax burden more fair (Shame on you, Repubs!). Okay, Mr. President, I'm sold, Now, I want to know what YOU think. Drop me a line, I'll print what I get. We'll talk it over.
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A HAIKU IS a 17-syllable Japanese poem. New York City has taken to issuing them to pedestrians to wit: "A sudden car door/Cyclist's story rewritten/Fractured narrative" . . . Mr. Thrifty! Fellow from Texas locked himself out of his house; decided it would be cheaper to enter thru the chimney then call a locksmith. "Even if you could fit down the chimney flue, I can't see anybody getting past the damper assembly" said the fire marshall, after his crew pulled the guy out.
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ACCORDING TO ROBIN WILLIAMS: " You're only given little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."
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