A Day Without a Posting…

A title like this could cover a lot of sins and issues. This has been a relatively quiet day, too quiet for my taste on some fronts, from which specific news had been expected by now. This particular post was started yesterday, late in the day. At about 11pm it was decided to can it and let it go, not much would be lost. Yet, every paragraph is an effort; even when it really does not bring much in the way of enlightenment…

So, there (or here) I am, sitting by the computer and looking at all the news (the other, regular kind of news) which have graced our newscasts over the last few days. Those that are considered important, not just present for their attention grabbing context.  What is there?

Then...

There is the, by now getting old, issue about M. Strauss-Khan and the alleged sex accusation; it seems to have gone down the dismissal road faster than the Thunder Mountain express at Disney. Obviously none of us has access to the details but I am sure that if the accuser had had a tight enough case, her attorneys would not have allowed this dismissal so flippantly… forget the rights of the lady; there was a lot of money to be earned and camera time to be had during this case.  Good exposure for nabbing future potential clients. On the other hand, it is also my belief that in going this route, the NY Attorney General’s office may have been playing a little bit at facilitating possible future international relations; possibly with some encouragement from the White House (Oh No… They wouldn’t do this, would they??).

a few hours ago..

Now, M. S-K, with his wife at his side, will make a re-entrance into France still being considered a potential candidate for the presidency and quite possibly garner all the pity votes, as well as the votes of those who still dislike the US (many in this corner, for the right or wrong reasons, but just the numbers count) The current president, a conservative, is bound to lose the office for himself and those on his side of the ledger. It seems M. S-K will come from the liberal left rank and file with much notice already, having been the frontrunner prior to this mess and now, this little episode has put his name on the lips of many (remember the rule: no matter whether they speak of me well or not, what is important is that they speak of me) who may look at him as the alternative. A wrinkle which may actually temper this scenario is the fact that there is another lady (a French one this time) waiting for him in France, also with an accusation of pretty much the same thing.  She says her experience tells her that the accuser in NYC was wronged by the courts…

In items of general interest, I learned that our most liked Wichita telephone lineman, Glen Campbell, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. At age 75 or so and being predisposed according to his history, he had dodged this bullet for a while but it has finally caught up to him. He has given several interviews, trying to make his situation a general knowledge and interest topic in order to maybe help others.

In The Beginning

Now

The interview I saw was very poignant and it presented Mr. Campbell and his wife of 30 years, talking about his situation and how he, she, their family and their daily lives, are being affected. He does forget things but, he quickly adds: -“I always forgot everything anyway” –“and now that I am…” turning to his wife he asks her, not even blinking –“how old is it dear?” She, like most Alzheimer’s significant others, being his living memory bank quickly says –“75 years old dear”. But, he refuses to give up, thinking and expressing the thought that there are at least 2 -3 years of practical use left in his brain yet. I hope that and more is the case. A “farewell” tour is in the offing, along with a new album that was just brought out.

He sang a little a capella during the interview –what else, but the opening lines of Wichita Lineman- and that great clear, crisp voice is amazingly still there… Yes, it is older, a little lower in registry but still clear and vibrant. God Bless him and his family, and also all the families and victims of this unforgiving disease.

As a non-sequitur, hurricane season is here!! And for the first time in Good lord knows how many years, a major storm is headed for the Carolina coast. The North Carolina Coast, to be exact. Dear Irene… seems like she’ll be visiting the outer banks and the Hatteras area this weekend and, possibly, as a cat 3-4 hurricane; this is nothing to scoff at, it is major destructive possibility. This, following an earthquake two days ago… Hmmm!!... What’s going on?

On the political front, not much in the way of good news at this time. In fact, all it is giving us is the assurance that we may have to vote just to exercise the privilege, but without a clear choice as a defined “better” man or woman. Several of those who are now running this huge corporation known as the US Govt., have already had a chance to try their hand at running heretofore sound private corporations into the ground. The economy really sucks, jobs keep running away to China or elsewhere and those who have sent those jobs out, are often now working for the Govt. Just an example: The (ex)CEO of GE, which just spent 2.5 BILLION to create jobs in China (guess taking them away from where?) is now working with the govt. in their “job creation” projects… Huh??? Say what, again??? 

But, what to expect, when the same folks who basically were responsible for creating the Wall Street meltdown a couple of years ago (which still stinks of burning debris, by the way) are now ensconced within the ranks of the “advisors” to the President in areas such as economy, real estate, housing… that is akin to trusting a hungry, wild pack of wolves to guard food that is destined for others. Is it me being paranoid, or is there something wrong with this picture?

Finally, read a quote which I will probably destroy in the retelling. It is attributable to the former PM of England, M. Thatcher, one of the better ones they have had over there for some years … She echoes another great leader, Sir W. Churchill in this vein and, having had the "privilege" of living under more than one type of government, I am in total agreement with the essence of this quote:  “Socialism ceases to exist when the money of others is no longer available” (sic)

Perhaps those who would apparently like to see middle and “upper” class as well as private enterprise taxed to death, should remember the above quote. When the rank of those who financially support the government and all the programs it (mis)manages is decimated by overtaxing and expenses, then the very programs these monies support will also cease to exist.

One More day gone… 

On the agenda next... a safe, simple look at a day past...

 Be Well… Be Back!!!