Stuart Hamblen’s song “This Ole House” was inspired by a lonely shack he found while hunting in the mountains. Inside was the corpse of an elderly man guarded by a starving dog.
Hunting with Hamblen was his friend John Wayne.
Day: November 20, 2012
Obama Burma Visit 2012
Obama Burma Visit 2012 — Here is how the people of Burma welcomed Obama on his visit. They seem to have a better fix on him than half of America. For a report on the not-so-success of his endeavor visit here.
Those Crazy Japanese
Those Crazy Japanese — Issei Sagawa was a student in avant garde literature at the Sorbonne Academy in 1981 when he invited classmate Renee Hartevelt to dinner at his apartment.
Little did Miss Hartevelt know that she was going to be the meal. Sagawa shot her and proceeded to eat her over the next several days.
Sagawa’s deed was discovered when he tried to dispose of what he couldn’t finish in a lake.
Well, he was arrested, found insane and placed in an asylum. His wealthy father inveigled him to be transferred to a Japanese institution and then released into society. He served a total of 15 months.
Sagawa is now a minor celebrity in Japan where he gives lectures on cannibalism, writes restaurant reviews, and says that he would like to eat another girl.
Seriously.
Those Crazy Japanese
Thoughts On Secession II
It is true that if Pennsylvania should reject the existing paradigm of federal supremacy it would not have to share its natural gas revenue with places that allow world travel on welfare.
But it gets even better.
It’s not called the Keystone State without a reason. New Englanders and New Yorkers have to transverse it to reach points west and south.
Without federal interference, Pennsylvania could impose a heavy toll for using I-80 while removing the toll booths on I-76. This would give the port of Philadelphia a huge competitive advantage while righteously reaping revenue from our fat-cat oppressors in New York City.
Yes, with the state on its own the typical Pennsylvanian could live a life of indulgent leisure akin to the citizens of Bahrain or Qatar.
But wouldn’t the people who live in those precincts that went 100 percent for Obama oppose such a plan? Did you miss the part about living a life of indulgent leisure?
Those former Obama-supporting Philadelphians would be able to buy Bruce Springsteen’s horse farm and hire his daughter to clean the stables leaving The Boss to wander the ruins of New Jersey mumbling pathos-invoking songs about his circumstance.
Of course they would go for it.
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
Ben Stein