LEAVE IT
TO PEEVER
That
monster government is really us
– Bumper sticker of the week: Born Again Bimbos for Sarah Palin
– Quote of the week: "Life is the sum total of all your
choices." Albert Camus
"The
price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it." Henry David
Thoreau
– Weik's Happy Hour–Half Hour of
Faith: Happy Hour does not promote down–and–out, sorry assed, moaning and
groaning, hell and damnation sermons. Ours is an hour (in keeping with
ministers who always talk too much, it's really only a half hour) of uplifting,
get–it–on, ready–fire–aim, praying as a
state of life, not an asking for, let's get it on, spiritual building,
positive, come as you are, leave as you will, revival. Or maybe survival. At
any rate, there will be plenty of cheap advice. You'll get what you pay for.
You want cheap crap, go to China. Here, for one hundred bucks in the offering,
you'll get some serious, down home advice. You need some advice on an affair
you are having, no problem, I'll tell your wife or husband that the devil made
you do it. If they don't buy that, we'll excommunicate them. Problem solving.
That's what we're all about. You got it, we'll get rid of it. Barking dog,
rotten neighbor, mean old bill collector. Your kid got a problem with a bully?
No problem. You get the right amount in the offering plate, God will answer
your prayers. If that ain't good enough, the ushers will help when necessary.
So stop on by. There currently is a half price, pre-Christmas special. Sermon
and guaranteed pray answering for $85. Where else you gonna get religion like
that?
– I got a report the other day on a pleasant site on South
Street. Out in front of a rental, there seemed to have been a lifetime of
accumulation. I'm guessing it was from any number of rentals, thrown out by the
owner of the rentals. Seems you can only get universal pick-up at rentals that
are hooked up for water service. Some of the neighbors saw them bringing loads
of stuff by pickup truck. I hate to be the one to mention this, but I would
send this guy a bill if I were the city. This guy has gotten by with slum
rentals since I been in Galesburg. He must have something on some of the city
employees, or otherwise he would be run out of town. Two bits says you can't
name him?
– When you find out things about yourself that you really
shouldn't know, don't come knocking at my door. I'm retired.
– Why I believe capitalism does not work? Look around.
Capitalism will not work without a healthy dose of government intervention.
It's all about Greed!
– The truth: The truth is not much more than what my brain
believes. Short of that, your truth is not likely to be mine. At least I don't
hope so.
– What a mess we got ourselves into, Ollie: Homelessness,
hunger, bankruptcy, unpaid utility bills, no health insurance, poor credit,
higher and higher costs of living. There seems to be no end to the assault.
Things do not appear to be getting much better. The rich are simply getting
richer. The stock market goes up, not because the economy is getting any better,
but because the rich are taking advantage of low stock prices. Take a look at
gold, the traditional warning of impending economic disaster. Selling price
while I'm writing: $1053.00. The highest price ever recorded. We are on
somewhat more stable ground with our banking industry. The auto industry should
be in a little bit better shape. But what about jobs? No public work projects
yet. What about bankruptcies over health care prices? No health-care relief
yet. What about people going hungry? Little money dwindling down to shore up
food banks? What about reeling in utility companies who are completely out of
control? No government intervention in that area. Government is failing to
protect us, which in reality means that we are failing to protect ourselves.
They say government cannot do everything, yet we are the government. If we
don't do something to help us, to help one another, who will? The government is us.