THE FLUB-A-DUB AWARD
Spring
has sprung. Thank God. It was a long and expensive winter. I want to personally
thank AmerenIP for allowing me to pay my exorbitantly high electrical rates
this summer. IÕm sure, with the summer rates and my air-conditioning on, it
will be an experience that I will never forget.
Newt
Gingrich has to take a piece of MarchÕs Flub, with his recent confession to
Jerry Falwell that he was screwing a congressional aide 23 years younger than
himself while he was chastising President Clinton for his sexual indiscretions.
I like the right-wing, Christian, holier-than-thou crap. I suppose he is
considering his confession a born again experience, absolving him from his past
sins. Actually, I think heÕs been born again twice. He divorced his first wife
while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer. This guy is a piece of
work. For him to even consider running for the presidency is a Flub beyond
comprehension.
I
donÕt want to forget Flubbing some of the folks who shouted obscenities and
gave me the finger for protesting the war on the corner of Henderson and Losey.
That was very impressive. The group has been there for four years. Numerous
people have come and gone over that time, none of whom I know to be commies,
faggots, anti-American or pro-terrorist. I expect the people who yell those
things out are uneducated or uncivilized, or both, but I donÕt really know for
sure. They may be just confused. Whatever, they get a piece of MarchÕs Flub.
The
biggest share of MarchÕs Flub goes to the Veterans Administration, and the
lousy job they are doing with those wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq. The story
on Walter Reed Hospital broke on February 18th, reported by the Washington
Post. The condition of the hospital, and the sub-par treatment being given to
many of our wounded veterans, has been talked about for at least three years on
the internet. Suddenly, everyone seemed to notice. For that, we all get a share
of the blame. It is a deplorable situation, to send our soldiers into war and
treat them like second rate citizens on their return. It is bad enough to fight
an enemy you are unsure of. It is worse to come back home and receive medical
and psychological treatment you are unsure of. It is un-American. It is a Flub,
pure and simple.