We Are Being Led By A Mad Man!

I am sorry if you got excited because you thought the Mad Man in the Subject above was President Trump and you do not like President Trump so you were glad I was calling President Trump a Mad Man but the Mad Man I am referring to is not President Trump.

 

The Mad Man I am referring to is General George Washington.

 

This Foolishness…Or Is It is about to turn into a History Lesson without much, if any, Foolishness…

 

General Washington probably was labeled a Mad Man by those who knew what was really happening to the American Revolution at the point in the war where he decided to Cross the Delaware River.

 

At that point in our War for Independence the odds were against winning the war. The odds were so against winning that any sane General Who Knew Anything About Being A Not Insane General would have given up and gone back to the farm (provided he were not hung by the neck until dead for Treason by the British)…

Ø At this point Washington was disgusted with lots of things…
>The Weather
>The Clock
>His Subordinates
>His Army
>His Government
>Himself

Ø He was also mad about lots of things…
>The Pretentious European Officers under his command who were continually trying to stab him in the back.
>Those Cautious Councils of War all around him.
>Being Ridiculed by his Enemies.
>Mostly he was mad about Losing Every Battle he had Fought.

Ø The colonies had created a Continental Army of 20,000 men on January 1, 1776.

Ø Washington had taken that army to New York City and it had gotten caught in the meat grinder called the British Army (the most professional and best trained army on the planet).

Ø It was only because of a crazy desperate plan he concocted and unexplained weather happenings (many have called it a miracle) that his army was saved from complete annihilation.

Ø He was trying to fight a war against the British Army which had written the book on Military Operations during that century.

Ø When caught in the open, without earthworks for protection, his amateur soldiers did not stand a chance.

Ø His army was best at running away from battles.

Ø His army was getting smaller due to deaths in battles and also because day after day, mile after mile, they fell back, and for every hour spent in retreat, soldiers slipped away and went back home.

Ø All of them would be going home soon because, this was late December, and on December 31st their enlistments would expire.

Ø He was about to not have an army at all.

Ø As the remaining days of his soldiers’ enlistment trickled down to zero, Crazy George managed to regroup all the men under his command.

Ø With some 6,000 men under his control, he conceived an insane plan that he thought might revive the spirits of both his Army and the Nation.

Ø General Horatio Gates was second in command of the Patriot Forces and he was not near as crazy as George.

Ø Gates pointed out that Crazy George was proposing to have three widely separated bodies of men, most of whom lacked proper training, experience and discipline, cross a wide river choked with ice, and make a converging attack on a force of veteran professional soldiers.

Ø He judged this whole attack plan to be crazy suicidal.

Ø Gates was determined not to be seen as crazy as George so he reported himself sick and rode off to Philadelphia.

Ø Crazy George felt he had listened to his subordinates before and that they were lacking in the determination necessary to win the war. But what did he know? He was crazy and they were not crazy.

Ø On this occasion Crazy Ole George decided he was going to listen to his Crazy Ole Self.

Ø On Christmas Eve Night Crazy George called together his officers and revealed his nutty plan.

Ø As the officers left the meeting in the early hours of Christmas Day, they found snow falling and large cakes if ice swirling in the current of the river.

Ø There was little to celebrate on that Christmas Day because there was little food but the citizens of Philadelphia had sent out a couple of wagons filled with old clothes to supplement the Army’s ragged uniforms.

Ø At dark on Christmas Day the Army started crossing the river.

Ø As they headed toward the boats, freezing rain soaked them.

Ø What mad man had come up with this idea?

Ø Many were thinking why did Crazy George wait till darkness was upon them to start his boat ride because now they were stumbling around and bumping into each other trying to find and climb into the boats.

Ø Because of the darkness and confusion the entire crazy operation fell behind schedule.

Ø As the night wore on and daylight was approaching, they were all thinking that their chance of surprising the Hessians was fast slipping away.

Ø It was heavy on their minds that Crazy George was about to secure another major defeat because of his Crazy Idea.

Ø Crazy George was aware that many of his men saw him as nothing more than an aloof, fox-hunting Virginia Aristocrat.

Ø He would have felt worse if he knew that they saw him as nothing more than an aloof, fox-hunting Insane Virginia Aristocrat.

Ø After crossing they still had to march 9 miles to attack Trenton.

 

Since this is near the bottom, I’ll give you the Bottom Line…Crazy George’s Insane Plan Worked like a Charm, and on that night, Crazy Insane General George Washington took a big step toward transitioning from Nut towards becoming a Military Genius.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Lagniappe: Thomas Paine was not in those boats but his words published only 6 days before the General’s Boat Ride were there, “THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.”

 

Lagniappe Again: There probably were no NFL Football “Heroes” in those boats with Crazy George.

Who Cares?

We (not me) are obsessed with Facebook. We (not me) think the world is just dying to know…

Ø We had a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich for lunch…Who Cares?

Ø We might go shopping this afternoon. On the other hand we may not go shopping this afternoon. Rest assured, once we make up our mind about going shopping, we will be sure to post the decision to go or not to go shopping on Facebook…Who Cares?

Ø The people in Busockistan are having a hard time getting an adequate supply of Local Honey. We think that our Congress ought to allocate funding to increase their availability of Local Honey. Congress ought to get to work on this unnecessary project as soon as they finish not working on all those worthy projects they are not working on…Who Cares?

 

What kicked off this tirade? It was the Bumper Sticker I just saw which read…

Proud Owner of a Rescued Dog

It truly must make that Rescued Dog proud to know that its Rescuer Person is Proud.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Sheila Jackson You-Gotta-Be-Kidding Lee

Don’t blame me. I copied this from the Internet (we all know that the Internet never lies) about Shelia Jackson Lee. Actually I could have copied a lot more about her but, by the time you read all of what I did copy, you are going to be tired of Lee & Me…

2010…

Sheila Jackson Lee won the general election with 70 percent of the vote, the lowest winning percent of her career.

Staff turnover…

In 2011 she was reported to have one of the highest staff turnovers in Congress and to be one of the worst bosses.

Ø The Huffington Post and The Houston Chronicle reported that she had gone through 11 chiefs of staff in 11 years.

Ø In 2011 she was named as one of the "worst bosses in Washington" by The Daily Caller.

Ø The Huffington Post stated that "Jackson Lee regularly appears on Washingtonian Magazine's list of the “Best and Worst of Congress” as the “meanest” member of House of Representatives."

Ø In 2012 Washingtonian again listed her as the meanest member of the House.

Ø A report in 2013 concluded that "the veteran Texas Democrat had the highest turnover rate for all of Congress over the past decade".

Foreign Policy…

Sheila Jackson Lee has urged better relations between the U.S. and Venezuela…

Ø She describes Venezuela as a friendly nation.

Ø She said the U.S. should reconsider its ban on selling F-16 fighter jets and spare parts to Venezuela.

The U.S. State Department bans such sales due to "lack of support" for counter-terrorist operations and Venezuela's relations with Iran and Cuba.

Homicides…

Ø Sheila Jackson Lee [D-Houston] held an informal press conference announcing that her administration, through great efforts and much expense had completed a decade-old study that focused on the cause of murders in the United States.

Ø Sheila Jackson Lee was reported as saying that the results were predominantly leaning towards “homicide” as being the primary cause for the murders.

The congresswoman was quoted as saying,

“Datas (sic) (*See below) uncover (sic) today give us a clearer portrait of a couple of possible cause (sic) for murder, but let’s be clear.. Changes in the atmospheres (sic) and combustibles (sic) also play a roles (sic) in how peoples (sic) are behave (sic). By continuing homicide (sic) and climate changes (sic) we are ascend (sic) ourselves to vulnables (sic), and we cannot deny that, Nor shall we, Nor shall I, Nor shall we all, So say we all (sic). End homicide and end climate change, and we end murder. THIS, we know.”

*Sic (adverb) … Thus or So, used within brackets to indicate that what precedes it is written intentionally or is copied verbatim from the original, even if it appears to be a mistake.

Hurricane Names…

In July 2003, she criticized the weather establishment for its selection of names with which to christen hurricanes, stating that “All racial groups should be represented.” She went on to express the hope that in the future such lists “would try to be inclusive of African American names” as well.

Hurricane Harvey…

Sheila Jackson Lee said, “Many people don’t know that Houston is 50′ below sea level and still flooding”.

(For the record, downtown Houston is somewhere between 43-53 feet ABOVE sea level.)

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If this Lee has a statue, maybe the voters of her district ought to strongly consider taking it down. I would not count on this happening. Do you remember the top of this Blog Posting?

2010…

Sheila Jackson Lee won the general election with 70 percent of the vote, the lowest winning percent of her career.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

I Pay Attention To Words

I was in a Coffee Shop and I am trying to get information about those 20+ kinds of Coffee Concoctions that are shown on the menu board behind the “Coffee Expert” who is trained to Take My Money.

 

I am probing a Latte and whether I should pay an extra dollar to get an extra shot of Espresso. The “Coffee Expert” says to me, “I think a Latte has two shots in it”.

 

Did you get key words in what she said? Of course, they are “I Think”…

• Is she guessing?
• Should she have studied up before I arrived?
• If she is not sure, should she not have asked the Barista who is 10 feet away from her, how many shots there are in a Latte so she can share her vast store of knowledge with those Inquiring Minds that follow me?

 

She did none of this. She just stared at me waiting for me to give her my money, so she can do what she is good at doing…Taking My Money.

 

I have now activated your Reticular Activation System and you are going to start noticing how many times you are told by Money Taking Experts things like…

• I think it costs $5.98.
• I think we are open on Sunday.
• I think I wish you would stop asking me tough questions about which I am supposed to know the answers.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

The Fodder For This Blog Belongs To Jason L. Riley

Jason L. Riley is a writer for the Wall Street Journal. I don’t know why I have to say what I am about to say to make his sentiments more valid but in today’s world I have to… Jason L. Riley Is A Black Person.

 

There, I said it.

 

Quotes from Mr. Riley’s article, I Used to Sit for the National Anthem Too, in the Wall Street Journal dated 9/27/17 are…

(I did the underlining. I apologize for all the underlining but there was a lot of text in this article begging to be underlined.)

“The players have said they are protesting the unjust treatment of blacks by law enforcement and cite the spate of police shootings that have come to light in recent years…the larger question is whether what is being protested has some basis in reality beyond anecdotes and viral videos on social media.”

 

“There is no national database of police shootings—some departments report more-detailed data than others—but the statistics that are available suggest that police today use deadly force significantly less often than in the past. In New York City, home to the nation’s largest police force, officer-involved shootings have fallen by more than 90% since the early 1970s, and national trends have been similarly dramatic.”

 

The following is not Mr. Riley but Mr. Fella…

Ø It makes me wonder why all these football “heroes” are stirring up all this consternation.

Ø I wonder if any of these football “heroes” are wondering while they are protesting, “What the heck am I protesting about?”

 

If they read my Blog they might just be wondering about what I am wondering about.

 

Mr. Riley’s best line in his article is…

“An increase in press coverage of police shootings isn’t the same thing as an increase in police shootings.”

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

North Korean Medals vs Good Ole USofA Medals

I’ve been making fun of all the Medals those North Korean Generals wear.

After seeing all those Goofy Generals wearing all their Goofy Medals, I stumbled across this picture…

I’m not saying the Bemedaled General is goofy.

I just got a chuckle out of it, while I was scratching my head.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Bob B, your comments on a past blog started me thinking about researching this idea. I tried to send it to you but your email address is a dead end and I don’t have your phone number. I tried to get one or the other from April but she did not respond to my email request. Guess she forgot who you are.

Thank Heaven Gasoline Is Faster Than Pitch…Or Is It?

We all know what Tar Pitch (Asphalt) and Gasoline are. They are very different compounds.

 

Gasoline Prices are very much like a Geyser (a spring that throws a jet of hot water or steam into the air at intervals). Recently the Price Gasoline demonstrated its Geyser Characteristics by shooting up overnight because of Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

Where I live, all the gasoline stations tweeted to each other one night as Harvey was approaching Texas and agreed with each other that, since Harvey could, would, could possibly, just might interrupt Refinery Activity, there was now acceptable justification to raise the Price of Gasoline. The next morning they all posted their Regular Gasoline price at exactly $2.75 (from $2.19 to $2.29).

 

Geysers shoot up fast and they come down fast. This is not the case with Gasoline Prices. The Price of Gasoline immediately shed its Geyser Characteristics and took on its Tar Pitch Characteristics.

 

What the heck am I talking about? Please allow me to start making sense…

The Price of Gasoline shot up like a Geyser and is now falling with the Characteristics of Tar Pitch

This is the part of this Blog Posting where you really start to learn something.

 

In several slow moving experiments Tar Pitch has been proven to be a Liquid…

… since 1927 at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, which Guinness World Records lists as the world’s longest-running laboratory experiment. Physicist Thomas Parnell set it up because he wanted to illustrate that everyday materials can exhibit surprising properties. In the past 86 years that experiment has yielded eight drops, with the ninth drop now almost fully formed and about to fall.

http://www.nature.com/news/world-s-slowest-moving-drop-caught-on-camera-at-last-1.13418

 

Where I live the Price of Gasoline has started it Tar Pitch Fall. A few stations have started posting their Regular Gasoline price at $2.71. We are all excited as we anticipate a further drop to $2.70 any week now.

 

I wish one of those hackers would take some time out from attacking the devil out of Equifax, Target and the Securities and Exchange Commission and hack into the Gasoline Stations Price Fixing Tweeting Cartel and give us an over-night $.50 drop in the pump price because I’m running on empty.

 

Would I kid u?

AlexO

In Order To Be Completely Honest With My Dear Readers

That picture of the North Koreans with the medals on their sleeves and pant legs in my last blog posting Another Windfall For Me was Photo Shopped.

 

I suspected it was but forged ahead anyway because I could not resist the foolishness of it all.

 

I checked it out after posting the blog and confirmed it was Photo Shopped.

 

I should have known that the North Koreans would not be that Silly…Or should I have?

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Another Windfall For Me

I keep coming up with these ways to become rich beyond belief. All I require is an Insane Stinking Rich Person and an Insane Idea that will appeal to his Insanity.

 

I came up with this Insane Idea a few weeks back and it has taken me to now to come up with the Insane Stinking Rich Person to make it a reality. I have him committed now and, since he is crazy, he is chomping at the bit to give me an insane amount of his money.

 

This is the best one yet!

 

My Crazy Guy Has Agreed To Give Me…

Ø A Nickel for every time I see a North Korean clap on TV. You don’t get it? Watch the news tonight. When the Federal Government Required North Korean Nightly News Clip comes on showing their Daily Gigantic Meeting, see if you can count the claps. (Trust me, you will not be able to count the claps.)

Ø A dime for every time one of those North Korean Clappers Claps as he is jumping up and down in complete admiration for his Little Fat Leader Guy.

Ø Another nickel for every Medal for Heroism pinned on the Chest of those Hundreds of Generals who have never been in Harm’s Way that always surround the Little Fat Leader Guy.

Ø Another dime for every Medal for Heroism pinned on the Pant Leg or Shirt Sleeve of those Hundreds of Generals who have never been in Harm’s Way that always surround the Little Fat Leader Guy.

 

Don’t believe me about the Pant Legs and Sleeves? See below…

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

I’ve been told that Yahoo did not set up the Foolishness…Or Is It? link again.

Sorry.

Yahoo does this from time to time.

You can do either of these 2 tricks:

• Copy the link (forii.blogspot.com) and paste it in the URL Address Bar at the top of your browser and let your browser go find it.
• Highlight the link, right click it and click…"Go To Web Address".

I'll try and watch out for Yahoo messing it up in the future and fix it before it goes out.

FellaO

Hurricane Hysteria

Disclaimer: I wish to declare up front that I am not making light of Hurricanes or Hurricane Damage and Suffering. I am just pointing out that our News Reporting is obsessed with always making approaching hurricanes sound a dire as is possible. May I also point out that, thank heaven, humor is still to be found is even dire happenings, as is demonstrated by the Lady In The Boat Harbour With The Microphone below.

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As bad as it was, thank heaven it was not as bad as the News Media reported it was going to be…

“Nuclear Hurricane”? ... I expected to see a Mushroom Shaped Cloud going from city to city.

 

Today is 9/20/17 and we have Hurricane Maria out there. The Governor of Puerto Rico is trying top the Mayor of Miami Beach’s “Nuclear Hurricane” comment by releasing this statement…

“No generation has seen a hurricane like this since San Felipe II in 1928. This is an unprecedented atmospheric system.”

We’ll just have to wait and see.

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I know these things are unpredictable but some of the hysteria was just downright out of sight…

Ø At 11 pm Saturday my TV kept saying it was a Cat 5 Hurricane and, by that time, it was not still a Cat 5.

Ø One reporter said it was possible that Miami Hi-Rise Building could collapse but he gave us hope when he said he thought they would not fall down.

Ø He also said they expected 150mph winds at the bottom of these Hi-Risers and higher up on the building the winds would be 225mph. Maybe it was. I don’t know.

Ø Friday night it was reported that the Last Fuel Truck had come and gone and almost every station was out of gas. Saturday morning it was reported that most stations had gas, the traffic going north was light and there were no lines at the service stations.

Ø I don’t get cable TV anymore but I do get news clips. I was watching news clips on Saturday Afternoon for about 20 minutes before I figured out that they were showing me news clips from Friday Night and not telling me that it was not up to the moment reporting. Stop and think about this. Why show old clips at all? People watching could be told to get out now but by Saturday Afternoon the official word was stay put because it is too late to make it out. Or there was no gas to buy, when there was gas to buy.

Ø I heard one frenzied reporter say in very alarming tones, “The water in the bay is churning!” I bet it did more than churn before the storm had passed.

Ø I clicked on a screen that read “Live Streaming Coverage”. I stared at this Live Streaming Coverage Screen waiting for the Live Coverage before I realized that their Live Coverage had died because the screen never changed.

Ø Of course there were the Adjectives (there are always the Adjectives)…Herculean, Devastating, Catastrophic, Monstrous, Decimated (None of them know that this does not mean Completely Destroying Every City or Killing Every Person but Destroying or Killing every 10^th City or Person) (Yea, I know it can also mean Destroy Large Proportion of Something, which is closer to what they are trying to say, but I am being picky).

Ø The Storm Surge was predicted to be the big problem/killer. I had a lot of trouble trying to find out what the actual Storm Surge had been after the storm but before the storm the news reporting would not stop talking about it. Naples was reported to be going to get 12’ to 18’ of Storm Surge. After the storm I found an interview with the Mayor of Naples who referred to the Storm Surge as “minimal”.

Ø In the same interview, the interviewer said that the wind had been 142 MPH in Naples. The reporter hysteria rose significantly when she said “142 MPH”. The Mayor down played it by saying that 142 MPH was only a wind gust at the airport and not a sustained wind. The interviewer seemed very disappointed with his clarification.

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Finally, I saw this Lady In the Boat Harbour with a Microphone and the biggest eyes you could ever imagine. Two things she reported on made me scratch my head…

Ø She was standing on a dock that had 4 empty slips behind her. She said that the marina used to be full but almost all the boats had been moved out by their owners for safety reasons. What she did not understand was that the camera could see beyond the 4 empty slips. The rest of the marina was cram packed with boats.

Ø Then she moved to the left of the 4 empty slips and the camera moved to the boat that was tied up in that slip. She said something like this, For the boats that remain, their owners have secured them with ropes. I thought to myself… When there is no threat of a hurricane, do the owners just leave them floating around the marina?

 

Yea, I know I’m being picky.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

My Dear Readers, I Accept No Responsibility! It’s All Your Fault!

When I published my Little-Read Book, Foolishness…Or Is It? many years ago I created a Folder in my computer entitled “Next Book”. Every time I wrote another posting to my blog, I put that new posting is this folder.

 

At that point in my “Literary Career”, I thought that my book’s boundless success was assured if I got about 50 of you Dear Readers on my Notification List (actually there are 70 of you on the list at present).

 

You would then take over and tell all your friends about my Clever Use of Words, my Irrefutable Logic and my Delightful Humor-Filled Writing Style and I would be famous and I would be a frequent guest on Literary Panel Discussions on TV every time I turned around.

 

That’s what I anticipated but I am far from famous and have not been on a single Literary Panel Discussion and It’s All Your Fault!

 

It’s certainly not my fault that You Do Not Have Many Friends!

 

As of today, my Next Book Folder has 1,008 Foolishness…Or Is It Postings in it and they are covered with computer dust and, sadly to say, Foolishness…Or Is It? (Volumes 2 through 13) will never be.

 

Did I say it is all your fault?

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Our Judicial System Depends On Legal Precedent And That’s A Good Thing…Or Is It?

Seattle Mayor Says He’ll Resign after 5th Molestation Claim Surfaces

Here is an excerpt from a 9/12/17 news article…

“Seattle Mayor Ed Murray will resign the mayor’s office announced Tuesday afternoon hours after news broke that a fifth man has accused the mayor of molesting him as a child.

 

Murray said in a statement that he will resign effective 5 p.m. Wednesday. City Council President Bruce Harrell is expected to serve as mayor until the November election.

 

For months, Murray has faced allegations that he sexually abused homeless boys he encountered decades ago. On Wednesday, Murray’s cousin Joseph Dyer levied similar allegations, saying he felt moved to act because of Murray’s treatment of his accusers.”

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This is from a Web Site called The Eectric Law Library…

“PRECEDENT…Legal principle, created by a court decision, which provides an example or authority for judges deciding similar issues later. Generally, decisions of higher courts (within a particular system of courts) are mandatory precedent on lower courts within that system--that is, the principle announced by a higher court must be followed in later cases.

 

I only copied the beginning of the definition. As is normally the case with legalize, it goes on to be very confusing. If you want to get confused click here: http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/p069.htm  

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I state upfront I am not a lawyer. I, however, am an accomplished Blogger of Foolishness (Or Is It?). Here is my Foolish (Or Is It?) Commentary…

 

Focus your mind’s eye on the courtroom of Judge Elmer Fudd as the Defense Attorney, Snidley Whiplash, takes the floor…

 

Your honor, I am mystified that my client is being subjected to this ill advised court action. My client has admitted to 4 instances of Child Molestation. That fact being established and admitted to, may I draw the court’s attention to the case of Murray v A Whole Bunch Seattle’s Of Little Boys in 2017.

 

Legal Precedence clearly dictates that the threshold of justice has not been crossed until and after the 5^th child has been molested.

 

It is as plain as any case ever before this court that 4 is not 5 and until 5 is 5 it is still 4. Therefore, there exist no basis in the law to bring my sleazy client before this court or, dare I say, before any court of law across the Fruited Plain.

 

I ask the court to throw out this case based on Established Legal Precedence and issue an apology to my client.

 

As much as I am not in favor of bringing law suits against our Judicial System itself, I feel obligated to point out that I can definitely see the possibility of such a court action. I can see the headline clearly…

Sexual Harasser Files Law Suit Claiming Harassment of a Sexual Harasser Before He Has Admitted To All Of His Sexual Harassing

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

4 New Things I Learned And 1 New Conclusion Drawn As A Result Of Our 28 Hour Irma Caused No Electricity Saga

Learned… Gravity still works when you lose Electricity. If you see Sir Isaac Newton around your neck of the woods, tell him we appreciate his setting up the Law of Gravity this way, otherwise we would not have been able to take Showers.

 

Learned… If I sit in front of a TV that does not light up because it does not have electricity while the Saints are playing on Monday Night Football, the Saints still lose.

 

Learned… The Force of Habit is very strong. During a 28 hour power outage, I stumbled into 112 rooms with a flashlight in hand but still flipped the light switch as I entered or exited.

 

Learned… Cell Phones still work. Thank Heaven! This means Facebook Obsessed America (not me) can keep up with all of its “friends” (the far greater majority of these “friends” they will never meet in their entire lives)…

Ø They can tell them they had a Peanut Butter Sandwich for lunch (Who the heck cares?).

Ø They can tell them they changed their Facebook Picture (Who the heck cares?).

Ø They can tell them they just dozed off while watching a Nuclear Hurricane Irma mess up Florida (Did I really just peck out Nuclear Hurricane?).

 

Don’t blame me for this Nuclear Exaggeration. I did not come up with it. The Mayor of Miami Beach coined that phrase. I expected to see a Mushroom Shaped Cloud sweep across Florida.

 

Concluded… I have now concluded that a large number of people that I used to disagree with are right about something I disagreed with them about. I speak of those who say that it is not fair that some of us have more than some of us. I now believe that, if I lose electricity, the electricity of everyone else in the Good Ole USofA who did not lose electricity should be cut off. It only fair!

 

Those of you who are still without power don’t know it yet but you have this Blog Posting to look forward to when you get your power back. That’s a good thing…Or is it?

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Protecting The Privacy Of Criminals Is Guaranteed By The Constitution…Or Is It? (Part 1 of 3)

Why are we even having this conversation? What conversation you ask? Did I neglect to tell you? Please forgive me. The conversation is…

Is Criminal Privacy Protection Really More Important Than Law Abiding Citizen Protection?

BART is the public transportation system in the San Francisco Bay Area. BART is concerned about Racial Stereotyping, therefore, it was refusing to show videos it had in its possession of criminals committing crimes on its trains.

 

A lawsuit was filed to force BART to show the bad guys doing the bad things they did.

 

Click the 7/26/17 link below to hear all about BART’s “principled” stand…

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5521961383001/?#sp=show-clips

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Eventually BART was forced to release a video and here is what happened…

Suspect Arrested in 2 Unprovoked Attacks on BART Trains

By Filipa Joannou and Alison Graham

Updated 4:43pm, Monday, August 7, 2017

 

“A suspect in two unprovoked attacks on passengers riding on BART trains in the past week was arrested Monday morning, 2.5 hours after police released surveillance photos of him, officials said.

 

BART Deputy Police Chief Ed Alvarez said an Oakland firefighter recognized the suspect from the surveillance images and reported him to police.”

 

I wonder if BART now sees the correlation between Releasing the Videos and Catching Bad Guys who attacked its Law Abiding Citizen Riders or are we about to hear and see a Bart Spokesman step up to the mike and issue a lawyer-approved statement that goes something like this?...

I wish to assure our criminal element riders that they should not draw any erroneous conclusions about this being an on-going policy regarding BART’s continued release of videos showing you non-law abiding criminals committing crimes on our trains.

Our lawyers are in consultation at this very moment finding out exactly how this release happened. At this moment we are baffled but BART wants our Criminal Ridership to know that we have your best interest at heart.

Yes, we are very aware that Criminals Are People Too!

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I also wonder if one of BART’s concerns is loss of revenue if criminals were to quit riding their trains.

 

If so, I feel certain the Federal Government probably has funds set aside to supplement BART’s income until they can entice the criminals to start riding (and attacking) again.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Lagniappe: There was a famous Bear Actor (a real Kodiak Bear that was an actor in many movies) that killed his trainer on April 23, 2008. The Bear Actor was named BART. I wonder if there is a video of BART killing his trainer. If there is a video of BART killing his trainer, I wonder if they smudged out BART’s Head in the interest of Bart’s Privacy Concerns.

Senator Foghorn Leghorn Is Really Angry And He’s Not The Only One

This angry exchange just took place on the floor of the Senate…

Ø Senator Leghorn: “What the hell is going on here! I’ve been lied to for the whole time I have been in this here Senate!”

Ø The Guy with the Hammer Who Just Had His Facebooking Interrupted by Senator Leghorn’s Outburst: “Senator, this is the foremost deliberative body in the world and we do not allow the use of words like “hell” while we are engaged in foremost deliberating!”

Ø Senator Leghorn: “I apologize, your honor, but this is outrageous! From the first day I had the high honor of walking into this hallowed chamber, I have been told that the Road Was Endless. I was assured that I did not need to worry about Kicking the Can Down the Road because the road was never ending. All I had to do was to keep kicking and one day pigeons would be pooping on my statue. Now, my Ivy League Educated Pompous Aide just told me that someday we are going to have to take action on at least a couple of kicked down stuff like…Debt Limit, DACA, North Korea, Tax Reform, Obamacare, Crumbling Infrastructure, ISIS, Hurricane Disaster Relief, NAFTA, that Iran Deal (whatever that’s about), Balance of Payments, Inflation, Military Preparedness, Venezuela, Low Interest Rates, High Interest Rates, etc.”

Ø The Guy with the Hammer Who Just Had His Facebooking Interrupted by Senator Leghorn’s Outburst: “Calm down, Senator, it’s Football Season. The folks back home are paying us no never mind. Once Football Season is over it will be Basketball Playoffs. Then we just have to make it through a few months where we have to act like we are doing something about something. Then it will be Football Season and the cycle repeats itself. Relax, pigeons will be pooping on your statue before you know it. So you see, my good friend, The Road is Endless.”

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Bedeviling Is Easy

On the front page of the 9/5/17 USA Today is this headline…

DACA Could Bedevil Congress

I thought this was amusing and my silly mind started thinking about other things that could Bedevil Congress. I was covered up by a virtual avalanche of things that could send our 9% Approval Rated Congress into a tizzy. …

Ø Oh my gosh! We are back from Recess (aks: Home Work Period, Vacation, Time Off, Kick the Can Down the Road Practice Breaks)! What do we do now?

Ø Quick someone help me out here! That nosey reporter just asked me which state I represent. I’ve been here so long I can’t remember.

Ø What's this Quorum Thing we keep talking about?

Ø What do you mean I have to cast a vote today? I don’t have time now. I’m very busy updating my Facebook Page about what I had for lunch.

Ø No I will not be able to make a speech on the floor this afternoon. I have set aside time to work on that special project President Reagan gave to me a while back. I have a feeling he is going to be looking me up and asking what my conclusions are any day now. He’s not known to be a patient man, you know.

Ø What do you mean Martha’s Vineyard is not my State? I have been going there for 23 years on my Recess, Home Work Period, Vacation, Time Off and my Kick the Can Down the Road Practice Breaks. They really seem to like me there. Now I know why they always say to me, “Senator, I’d vote for you, if I could.” Next thing you will try and tell me is that Martha’s Vineyard is not even a State at all.

I could go on and on but I think you get my drift.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

It’s Not That I Don’t Trust My Fellow Man, It’s Just That My Fellow Man Keeps Stealing From Me

If you are a Buckster (one who frequents Starbucks), you may not care to read this Blog Posting because you just don’t care about Starbucks or anything having to do with Starbucks but think before you delete because this Blog Posting is not really about Starbucks.

 

If you think that Your Fellow Man is honest as the day is long, you might be well advised to read this Blog Posting because that hand in your pocket may not be yours.

 

Starbucks has a Rewards Program (doesn’t everybody?) for their frequent customers. If you are a Buckster and you spend a fortune in their stores, Mr. Starbuck will see to it that you get a small something worth a small something to keep you coming back to spend another fortune.

 

This Foolishness…Or Is It? is actually about the lengths your fellow man will go to to become eligible for a small something worth a small something at the Starbucks Store of his choice.

 

Here is where the plot thickens…

Costco sells Starbucks French Roast Beans in 2.5 pound bags.

 

On these bags is a Peel-Off Sticker with a code that you can transmit to Starbucks and receive 20 Points toward a small something worth a small something.

 

Being sly, cunning and alert I have taken note (remember I am a Noticer) that my fellow man has started pulling off the Stickers of the displayed bags of Starbucks Beans that are waiting for me to come to buy them and get my Rewards Sticker.

 

Maybe this is a shortcoming of mine but I never would have thought of doing something like this.

 

I wonder if there were a display in Costco’s with a pad of pull-off coupons with a sign that read, “Take a coupon (please take only one coupon) and bring to that unsavory looking big guy just outside the store entrance. His name is Mongo. Present your coupon to Mongo and he will hall off and punch you right in your nose as hard as he can.”

 

I would be willing to bet that some of my Fellow Men would take more than one coupon just because they could not help taking more than one coupon.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

I Don’t Normally Do Two Blog Postings In The Same Day But This Is Big News About How Valuable Some Of Us Are

I just heard the Attorney General of Texas say that the Fine for Price Gouging in Texas is Up To $20,000 and the Fine for Price Gouging Senior Citizens in Texas is Up To $250,000!

 

If we only got a piece of that $250,000 that would be great but I Googled it and found out the extra $205,000 goes the Crooked Politicians Retirement Fund.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Question: “What Exactly Is It That You Are, Little Fella?” Response: “I’m A Despised And Feared Peanut.”

Being a Peanut used to be a wonderful thing. You were sought after for taste and nutrition. You got to sponsor TV Shows like Hopalong Cassidy. Howdy Doody had a special place for you on his show and children were thrilled to sit in The Peanut Gallery and make silly faces and wave at the camera.

 

That was then and this is now and now is tough on the Lowly Despised and Feared Peanut…

·       Airlines are afraid to serve peanuts because passengers might eat them, get sick and sue the airline or not get sick and still sue the airline for exposing them to Second-Hand Peanut Breath emitted by the peanut eating flyers.

·       Grocery store shoppers have sued grocers for having had to walk through aisles where peanuts are displayed. Testimony was given in court like this, “It was horrifying! I was texting my way through the aisle where the uncaring grocer had displayed peanuts in plain view for all to be exposed to and all of a sudden there they were … Peanuts! I was extremely offended and I actually felt threatened!”

·       (I did not make this one up.) My local Minor League Baseball Team (Gwinnett Braves) is having a Peanut Free Game. The promo goes like this…for one game we will create an environment where our fans with peanut allergies can come to the ballpark and enjoy a game to its fullest.

·       WhatDoYaWannaBet we will soon be seeing demonstrations to ban peanuts from all games? The proof of the Gwinnett Braves evil intent will be the fact that the team admitted to the hazards presented by Peanuts by having a Peanut Free Game.

 

It is awful! About the only “good” thing that comes out of all this is that a whole bunch of Lawyers got a whole bunch of new Lexus’.

 

Footnote to History: Most people think Jimmy Carter walked in his Inaugural Day Parade because he wanted to walk. Actually, his Peanut Mobile had not broken down, so he had to walk.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Lagniappe: If you want to quibble with me for using Lexus’ to denote more than one Lexus, click this link to see that I am not the only one confused about how to spell more than one Lexus…

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