THE
FLUB-A-DUB AWARD
February went by in the
blink of an eye. The only good thing about February is 28 days. That, and the
fact that I spent most of it somewhere else. There has to be a reason why we
stay here, in this jobless, God forsaken city, I just canÕt think of it.
Iran. Can you believe it,
Iran helping Iraq. ThereÕs a big surprise. So is every other Middle Eastern
country. No one in the world likes us, and the President is upset because
another country is giving the citizens of Iraq a helping hand in defeating us.
I can think of bigger Flubbers throughout history. Well, actually, I canÕt.
This guy pretty much takes the Flubbing cake.
As poverty continues to
grow in Galesburg and Knox County, the city council and county board continue
to find no answers other than taxing us more to make up for their ineptitude.
They just donÕt get it. As every category in the book continues to deteriorate,
the one bright spot pointed out in a recent study is the unemployment rate. I
would suspect the bureaucrat doing the counting of our unemployed is blind,
deaf, and dumb, dumb, and dumber. If our unemployment rate is not 25%, IÕll eat the paper these
words are written on. After forty years of Flubs, itÕs one hell of a mess they
got us in.
GREDA hires a new marketing
person. To market what? A Flub.
The Illinois legislature
allowed AmerenlP to raise our electricity rates. A Flub.
Mother Nature helps
AmerenlP make a fortune. A Flub.
Galesburg gas remains the
highest between here and Hot Springs. Arkansas. A Flub.
FebruaryÕs Flub goes to
Hallmark. I went to buy a card and it was $4.99. I wasnÕt planning on paying
that much for the roses. I read somewhere that on ValentineÕs Day, one billion
cards were expected to be sold. Of course, not all of them would be from
Hallmark, and probably not all of them $4.99, but still, think of it? ThatÕs a
lot of money for a holiday thought up by, you guessed it, Hallmark. IÕm not
sure if the Flub should be on them or on us. Either way, a $4.99 card is pretty
stupid.