HE'S AIMING FOR THE BRASS RING - Just A Minute Radio for Friday 10-02-09

            Howdy – it’s FRIDAYYYYYYY! 

 

            And the days are getting shorter – and the nights are getting cooler – and the Old Farmer’s Almanac gives advice about building a root cellar to store apples and root crops – and we used to do that.

 

            But the competition for the 2016 Olympics is on in Copenhagen – and Michelle and Barack thought it might be nice to nip over to Copenhagen where the IOC  meets to give a little pitch for Chicago. Nemmine that an honor student was beaten to death in Chicago’s streets; or another is in the hospital from a skull facture administered by another student. Ignore the 300 student deaths at the hands of other students in Chicago last year – and many more before that.

 

            Let Mayor Daley proclaim the city is in deficit status and any overruns in time for the police and fire departments will have to be made up by the taxpayers – and pay no attention that a majority of Chicago’s citizens don’t appear from polling numbers to want the games to come.  Of course, the records of what Olympics bring to a city are checkered… like millions being lost on the Beijing games – and the winter ones in Utah being a big loss had it not been for Mitt Romney stepping in to manage the effort.

 

            All this makes it seem like an Alice in Wonderland scenario. I’ve been to Chicago. I really don’t care to live there – but I’m not at enemies with those who do. But when we’re neck deep in two wars… we want to bring all the troops home ASAP and with no more loss of life or money… why are we intent on punishing ourselves this way – or in destroying Rio’s hopes of being the first South American city to host the Olympics?  It doesn’t make sense.

 

            But then as William, the Bard of Avon was wont to write: “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”  Perhaps we’ll soon get a stronger whiff than we want.

 

            Cordially, IN HIM

 

 

            Jack

 

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“JUST A MINUTE”

HE’S AIMING FOR THE BRASS RING

Just A Minute – David Broder, Washington Post liberal columnist, pleads for the Olympics to come to his hometown, the murder capitol of the United States.

The main-stream media sees nothing amiss for Michelle Obama to make an 18 hour separate plane trip helping “Hubby’ make his 15 minute pitch for exposing the seamy side of Chicago to the world. He’ll spend several million bucks flying everybody, including Oprah and all the retinue, to Denmark while we’re in the middle of two wars, the general is pleading for troops and has not spoken face to face with the President since he got the assignment. The Commander-in-Chief will spend time and American-Taxpayer treasure just to make a sports pitch for his home town.  Something smells bad. 

Mr. Obama revealed his obsession for flying Air Force One during his first week in office. He ordered the Jumbo-jet to carry him from Andrews to Williamsburg. It could have been done as readily, rapidly and for a fraction of the cost in the Marine One Helicopter.

Maybe in Copenhagen it will dawn on him what’s rotten in the state of Denmark.

<> I’m Jack Buttram

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