THE FLUB-A-DUB AWARD
Flubbing our way towards disaster
One of the good things
about writing this column is IÕve learned to spell such words as nitwit, moron,
incompetent boob, imbecile, dim-wit, and half-wit. I suppose I should use more
politically correct words, like mentally challenged, or cognitively deficient,
but why beat around the bush. IÕve always figured you should call a horseÕs ass
a horseÕs ass, and let the May flowers fall where they will.
The Lincoln Park Zoo in
Chicago took a really concerted shot at the Flub this month. They got more
animals dropping dead than Farmland has. I suppose some of DalyÕs political
hacks are running the place. The Brookfield Zoo should take them over. It could
be their downtown branch. Forget all the fancy talk and investigations. Put
someone in charge that knows what theyÕre doing. Like maybe one of the
gorillas.
The North Seminary Street
development has come to a sudden standstill. Ah, those business people. Mr.
Tennessee apparently ran into a little anchor store problem. Maybe theyÕre not
as sold on Galesburg as he is? Maybe they want to see what they can get from us
before proceeding? Anyway, for his premature prognostication, how about a Flub
honorable mention.
I still like the house on
Broad Street getting the make-over. That Flub seems to be unending.
MayÕs Flub goes to every
business in America who cries about the high cost of health insurance. Any
businessperson with half a brain would be in BushÕs face yelling for some form
of universal health-care. Instead, they pass the costs on to their employees,
or do everything and anything imaginable to avoid giving their employees health
insurance in the first place. This ongoing assault on the American worker has
created an impending disaster to our economy and the wellbeing of our
citizens that is of enormous proportion. It is a disaster born out of
ignorance, greed, and an ongoing fear perpetuated by the government and
health-care industry that suggests that national health-care is socialistic in
nature and would bankrupt our treasury, of which both arguments are hogwash.
The simple fact of the matter is, the rich want to get richer at the expense of
the rest of us. It is Flubbingly wrong for our government, big business, and
the healthcare industry to keep fighting the inevitable: a universal
health-care plan for everyone, from birth to death. This is an obligation which
any country, particularly one calling itself a democracy, should readily make
to its citizens. To do any less is an ongoing act of terrorism that needs to be
dealt with.