Spoiled

(Excess words that had to be cut out to meet the 250-word Letters to the Editor limit.):  "When I went to Briggs Stadium [in Detroit], and saw Stubby Overmire, a short pitcher with an even shorter career, lose 1-0 to the perennial cellar-dwelling Washington Senators, I knew I had to keep watching.  .  .  that things had to get better,"

Unfortunately, greed, free agency and performance-enhancing drugs are threatening to destroy the traditional Great American Pastime.  And the foolish liberal concept of children not keeping score will not improve it either.

Another charming tradition continues to be bastardized by government.  The Burning Man festival will be invaded by 68,000 (emotionally and financially) overcharged slobbering fools this year.  So much for the little, counterculture, laid-back. loving song-fest that the founders enjoyed.

CLARIFIED:  Author Timothy Beal, respected Professor of Religion at Case Western Reserve University, in his book, Biblical Literacy, 2009, has said, "Moses convince[d] God to repent of [His] destructive intentions."  So, who created whom?

Scientific idiocy (plus)

The other day, the news aired a simulation of a camera supposedly orbiting the planet Saturn which they had turned around to photograph the Earth.  Being a gazillion miles away, all we saw was a tiny pin prick of (reflected) light.  "There it is", they said.

On Earth, subsequently, NASA convinced a large number of complete idiots to go out into a field and wave at the camera for TV.  Is there any hope for the human race?

RECOMMENDED:  "Ballad of Cable Hogue," 1970.  Jason Robards, Jr. at his best, is paired with Stella Srevens, and complemented by the unmistakable voices and quirky behavior of Strother Martin and Slim Pickens (Louis Lindley).  David Warner also appears as a sleazy preacher (as they all apparently were in the Old West).  Actually, this is set in the newer West, partially populated with early motor vehicles.  Robards almost always delights.

PRESIDENT OBAMA said. "35 years ago, I could have been Trayvon Martin."  Too bad he wasn't, or he might not have been here today to spew his racism.

TODAY a royal was born and Dennis Farina (69) died,  Which event impacts your life more?  Did I hear you ask, "Who are these people?

TIME may be accessed at 1-888-247-2425

FOR A GOOD TIME call Trixie at  XXX-XXX-XXXX, accessible on men's room walls at places like the Chinese Smorgy in Woodland.  Neither the food nor the men's room have changed there in over thirty years, but the food is tasty.  .  .  and cheap, and  there don't seem to be any cats or dogs wandering around outside.

The final word (as published)

(If I bring up same-sex marriage again, please remind me that I considered this my final word.)

For many years now, same-sex couples have been free to marry.  There have been a growing number of religious institutions willing to solemnize such unions, and help the participants "learn to love one another as the Bible teaches," as letter writer Ron Lowe has said.

However, Lowe also said that the Supreme Court's recent Prop 8 decision validating same-sex marriage "will thrill millions who love each other."  There we have two exaggerations.  First, only about 5% of the population professes to be gay, and, more importantly, the U.S. government isn't into love.  Its only concerns are money and control.

Many years ago, our government of the people started electing some of the wrong ones of us.  Apparently, the majority of them were married, and they decided to cut themselves some government perks.  Now, we are compounding that error by adding a whole new group of those who can divorce, and otherwise use the government to gain an advantage over others.


ONE LAST funny postal name:  B. Oxholder.

Independence Day

Having scrolled back to 2006, when I began this journey of 1,055 posts, I discovered I have failed to properly recognize all but one July 4.  That is inexcusable.  Please enjoy the day.

Unfortunately, in my reading, I came across much talk about how American independence is being threatened, and I can't report that things are getting any better.  So as not to bum you out on the holiday, I will limit my comments to just one upcoming Obamanation.

At the beginning of next year, you will be required to purchase health insurance.  That cost is estimated to be more that $5,000 per year.  If you do not do so, you will be fined about $150, a figure that will grow exponentially each successive year.  That means you will be paying for the freedom of not having to buy anything you don't want, can't afford, and/or need.  Paying for freedom?  Didn't  those who fought and died for out country do that?

And what will your $150 buy?  Million dollar vacations for  President Obama, his wife and children, and 75 or so of his cronies?  Maybe that runny nose I experience during the first meal of the day, will be given a name, a new drug spelled wth gratuitous "x's" and "y's" (which are pronounced like z and i), and be declared a "disablilty."  Or how about feeding babies that have been abandoned by deadbeat fathers because their booty calls don't care either, unless they can fleece the taxpayers out of their "entitlement?"  Do I need to go on, or are you getting angry enough already?  Sorry.  .  .  eat your hotdogs.