Citizen's Arrest
Wouldn’t it be great if anyone could issue a traffic ticket? They could be “provisional violations,” but when you got five of them, they would become a real ticket with a real fine. Just yesterday, a driver cut across an intersection so close it practically tore the nose off of my car – and I had just spent two hours hand waxing it! Don’t people remember the concept of turning “square corners” from driving class? And what about those buffoons that swing WAY out like the Titanic before turning into a street or driveway? Wouldn’t you love to put a ticket on those huge trucks that park so they take up three spaces? Remember the “citizen’s arrest” episode of Andy Griffith? Where is Barney when we need him? I could issue ten tickets a month, easy. Just being helpful.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Gas prices
“I’m tired of hearing about gas prices,” my wife said recently. “It’s the current excuse for everything.” I agree. Nobody likes to pay more for anything, but let’s admit that we are a bunch of spoiled brats on this subject. Practically EVERYONE pays more for gas than we do. During WW2, folks learned to do without. Coffee, sugar, chocolate, and gasoline were rationed. When is the last time you and I were told there simply wasn’t enough of something for us to get what we wanted? As I see it, we have two basic choices – shut up, or stay home. We all have TVs and books. There are public busses to take you to work, and to the store. If you choose to drive, don’t complain about it.
“I’m tired of hearing about gas prices,” my wife said recently. “It’s the current excuse for everything.” I agree. Nobody likes to pay more for anything, but let’s admit that we are a bunch of spoiled brats on this subject. Practically EVERYONE pays more for gas than we do. During WW2, folks learned to do without. Coffee, sugar, chocolate, and gasoline were rationed. When is the last time you and I were told there simply wasn’t enough of something for us to get what we wanted? As I see it, we have two basic choices – shut up, or stay home. We all have TVs and books. There are public busses to take you to work, and to the store. If you choose to drive, don’t complain about it.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Obama
Knowing the massive readership this blog generates, I feel fairly safe departing this one time from my normally light and generic themes. I am truly astounded that Obama has won the Democratic nomination. Only fifty years ago – in my personal lifetime – blacks in America had separate water fountains, cafes, and assigned seating on public busses. While I was in college one of my professors was going to preach a weekend revival in a church where the people literally believed that blacks did not have souls – they were simple creatures, like dogs and chipmunks. We still have a long way to go in this country, in so many areas. But on race, we are starting to wake up. MLK’s goal of a day when his children “would be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin” is within reach. I am crying while I write this. I find this remarkable, and so should you.
Knowing the massive readership this blog generates, I feel fairly safe departing this one time from my normally light and generic themes. I am truly astounded that Obama has won the Democratic nomination. Only fifty years ago – in my personal lifetime – blacks in America had separate water fountains, cafes, and assigned seating on public busses. While I was in college one of my professors was going to preach a weekend revival in a church where the people literally believed that blacks did not have souls – they were simple creatures, like dogs and chipmunks. We still have a long way to go in this country, in so many areas. But on race, we are starting to wake up. MLK’s goal of a day when his children “would be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin” is within reach. I am crying while I write this. I find this remarkable, and so should you.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
The Earth is Flat
One of my heroes died in 2001, but I didn’t know about it till recently. Charles K. Johnson was the leader for the Flat Earth Society in America. The movement actually began in England as the Universal Zetetic Society, before “jumping the pond” a few decades ago and having Johnson pick up the mantle. Johnson honestly, seriously believed the earth was flat. He also believed that Moses, Columbus, and George Washington were Flat Earthers, as well. Zetetics teach that the world is flat as a phonograph record, and the north pole is at the center. The internet has a lot of stuff about Flat Earthers, but most of them are just there to make fun of the idea. Johnson believed it. He was a loon, but I give him credit – not too many folks will stand when everyone thinks you are wrong. Here’s to you, CKJ!
http://tafkac.org/science/flat_earth_society_flyer.html
One of my heroes died in 2001, but I didn’t know about it till recently. Charles K. Johnson was the leader for the Flat Earth Society in America. The movement actually began in England as the Universal Zetetic Society, before “jumping the pond” a few decades ago and having Johnson pick up the mantle. Johnson honestly, seriously believed the earth was flat. He also believed that Moses, Columbus, and George Washington were Flat Earthers, as well. Zetetics teach that the world is flat as a phonograph record, and the north pole is at the center. The internet has a lot of stuff about Flat Earthers, but most of them are just there to make fun of the idea. Johnson believed it. He was a loon, but I give him credit – not too many folks will stand when everyone thinks you are wrong. Here’s to you, CKJ!
http://tafkac.org/science/flat_earth_society_flyer.html
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