Well – good morning breakfast lovers – and all you other folks hiding in the shadows of the onrushing Fall season.
Today, taking a cue from the soon falling leaves and brilliant (we hope) fall foliage… we are setting about to look deeply into the expectations of Autumn and profit from the years gone by.
As a former elementary school student, I think the most winsome thing about fall is the falling leaves and the beautiful landscapes they create over the foliaged plain. Also I recall the smell of burning leaves because that’s what we did with them sometimes. The sometimes were when my Dad was on the road – which was fairly often then because he belonged to the RWY POSTAL SYSTEM – a prominent part of the USPS… back in the days when to mail a letter first class cost three cents… unless you wanted AIR MAIL (no air mail stamps are sold these days) and back in those days the postman walked up on the porch and put the mail in your box TWICE in a single day!
Hows’s that value for $0.03 in
So… what else is new? Well, I do recall hearing ‘cuss’ words from the PWA workers digging ditches in our city streets. But both Dad and Mom said I would get my mouth washed out with soap if they heard any of that from me. Speaking of Soap… Does anyone remember Lifebouy, or Octagon Laundry Soap – or for the modern washing machine “Rinso-White?”
OK…enough nostalgia. My small contribution today is simply that I wish Mrs. Maxine Waters would have the courtesy to control her anger. She cursed on CBS and a host of other outlets last week. I’m for freespeech and all that. I’m not for profanity coming in from satellite or cable. Surely the FCC -- wise enough to know profanity when they hear it or see it – can fine members of Congress who deliberately sully up the public’s air with their verbal garbage. If they can’t – let’s see what WE THE PEOPLE can do about it after the next election. BTW her 35th district in LA may be gerrymandered out of existence this year. (I HOPE!)
I’m now informed by several broadcasters we ARE already in the next election cycle. I disagree but I don’t think it’s worth a dimes worth of worry. We’re 13.? Months from electing a new President, Congress and 1/3 of the Senate.
Let us follow up on getting a cleaner air act entered and enforced after Congress passes it. We can if we WILL!
Cordially IN HIM,
Jack
============
“JUST A MINUTE”
REP. MAXINE WATERS EXHIBITS UNCONTROLLED TEMPER
Just a Minute: Rep. Maxine Waters, of Los Angles, is a bad example of a member of Congress. She does harm to the very group to which she belongs. Her intemperate outbursts reach every home in
The 73 year old California Congresswoman has been in Congress since in 1990. She now faces continuing ethics questions. She and Charles Rangel of
Her temper and scathing public language is legendary. She’s quoted as saying: “I don’t have time to be polite.” Most recently she’s seen on TV berating ‘Tea Party’ members telling them they can (quote) “Go straight to – (bleep) --.”
Sadly, she a fly in the ointment of the good work done by businessman Herman Cane, who won the Florida Straw Poll – and South Carolina Representatives Tim Scott and James Clyburn.
<> I’m Jack Buttram.
Jebco Editorial Service
E-mail n4zhk@arrl.net
Delayed Audio Link
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment