Jose Feliciano once told me while we watched “The Long, Long, Trailer” starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz that if it was worth doing, it was worth doing well.
Actually, I think he said: “dwit? dwit bueno.”Except he used Braille.
Earl Henry has a rapsheet that’s longer than your arm — literally.
The 58-year-old has been arrested in Kentucky at least 1,333 times since 1970, according to The Smoking Gun.
(A Pee-tucky TeeVee station says he has been arrested 35 times so far this year, another Pee-tucky TeeVee station said he had been arrested 1,000 times since since 1990.)
I‘m joining the movement started by Campbell Brown of CNN. (I sure miss her on NBC Today Weekends. I don’t watch her on CNN because I’m not a CNN watcher, I watch Headline News in the a.m. But Campbell and I had a regular weekend meet-up and I miss that.)
Campbell says the fact that Palin is being sheltered from questions from the press is sexist. She makes a good point. Look at all the women politicians that face down the press every single day. Yet, McCain keeps her away from direct questions. It’s a right of passage. It’s an opportunity to gain votes, or to screw up. All politicians go through it – except this one!
It just doesn’t make sense. McCain can’t say she is capable of being “one-heartbeat-away” and not face the press. If McCain is elected and croaks, will that be her first press conference?
Remember when Alexander Haig faced the press and announced “he was in charge” when Reagan was shot? (He wasn’t – he was Secretary of State – and Reagan wasn’t dead.)
Will the first time we see Sarah Palin in a uncontrolled situation be during the debates? If so, I can’t wait.
“I sincerelyhope you can answer these questions,” said Biden. “Let me begin with southern Africa — not South Africa, but southern Africa, such as Namibia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique, Angola and so on…. Can you tell me who is the prime minister of South Africa?” Clark answered: “No, sir, I cannot.”
As the cameras clicked and the evening-news crews started salivating, Biden pressed on: “Can you tell me who the prime minister of Zimbabwe is?” Clark: “It would be a guess.”
“This is almost unprecedented that Governor Palin is being kept away from the press,” he said. “I think she’s got to at least come out a little bit.”
Aside: My mantra for the blog has been: No Politics, few rants, attempted humor.Inspiration. So I am setting aside the “no politics.” I have a pretty thin skin and may be sorry, but I thought it was worth giving it a go. I’ll try not to mix up politics and ranting. I’ll try to keep a sense of humor in dealing with comments. Bring it.
Did you cry when Old Yeller died? This means absolutely nothing to anyone born before 1950. For educational purposes, here is the saga of Old Yeller in five seconds.
I was ten when Old Yeller came to the movie theater. The Dawn Theater in Hillsdale. “Ice Cold Air Conditioning” was their tag line in every ad and above the marquee. Maybe Jannawill let me know if it’s still standing. Har. The movie starred Tommy Kirk (now 66), Fess Parker (Davey Crockett! Daniel Boone! now 84), Chuck Connors (The Rifleman! dead) and Dorothy McGuire (dead.)
And now the town of Mason, Texas celebrates this heart-warming event every October.
Set in the 1860s, Old Yeller was inspired by a true story told by Gipson’s grandfather and recounts the frontier adventures of a teenage boy, Travis, and his poor family who adopt an ugly “yeller” dog. At first, Travis hates the thieving stray that devours their last chunk of meat. The boy’s heart softens, though, when Old Yeller saves his little brother from an angry bear. The story’s most memorable scene unfolds when Travis, heartbroken but mature beyond his years, must shoot his beloved dog, after it’s bitten while fending off a rabid wolf.
But what is wrong with the boys in Mason, Texas? They let a GRRL win the look-alike contest?
Hell, the dog is prawley a bitch too.
Shoot ‘em both – right between the eyes. Unamerican.
I bet they don’t even show the movie at The Odeon Theater, either. Unamerican.
