TAKING MUSTER ON THE FILIBUSTER

Ira Shapiro, lawyer from DC and former senate staffer, brought up some interesting facts in a recent PBS interview. He quoted Ronald Reagan who liked to say, “The stubbornness of numbers.” He used to say respect the stubbornness of numbers, which may show the stubbornness of people. Because, the tip-toe congressional session for the longest time in this country, like until now there has been seven (7) filibusters, and in the last congressional session, eighty (80). That is a quantum difference. That is not a very good sign for getting government to move where movement is needed. It forces us to realize that those that live by filibuster are not passing muster

NO WAIVERS ON WAVERS

How many of us have been fascinated, distracted, amused, to find Statue of Liberty type characters walking the street, advertising tax help or whatever. Well, at least in Bristol this is a problem, because they are passing a zoning ordinance against it. And these waving Statue of Liberty men or women, as the case may be (always thought she was a lady), have to work inside. Liberty Tax in Bristol for instance had two wavers outside, but unless they get a waiver for their waver they won’t be around much longer.

OFF HAND, THIRD HAND, ANOTHER PRESUMPTION UP IN SMOKE

The latest medical documentation of the harms of cigarettes is that there is first hand smoke when you smoke it, second hand smoke when you are next to someone smoking it , and now a thing called third hand smoke, which means the absorption into the carpets, and fabrics around the house. And the most in danger are the kids. This could counter obesity, because the French supposedly keep lean by smoking a lot. But, we would like to think there is a better way like diet and exercise. We will say again at Faux News we feel the cigarette labels are all wrong. Here is the right one. If you follow instructions you die in agony. If that doesn’t bring a nervous smile from the puffs of us, what would?

CHARLIE WILSON’S SWORD

We learned today of the death of Congressman Charlie Wilson, who served his Texas congressional district for twenty-five years. He is best known of course for secretly funding the war in Afghanistan to drive out the Russians, and also for noting that our failure to fill that vacuum and educate the people for a small amount of money (relative to what we spent on war there) could have changed the whole course of Al-Qaida and the whole terrorist movement. He said we won the battle and we screwed up the end game and sadly he was right. He was the only civilian ever to be awarded the CIAs highest honor, and he was quite a character. When asked about the portrayal by Tom Hanks of him in the movie Charlie Wilson’s War, as a high living, high drinking, happily grouping divorced congressman, he said, “I thought they treated me kindly”. We think history will too.

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