Presidents Day
Back in school, I had a hard time connecting to the importance of history...geez, reminder to all of you, that was like 50+ years ago...didn't take long after, that I changed 180*...and found 'the past' so interesting and necessary...became a voracious reader...well, I started to read books...got hooked into the light bios of the famous people of the past...FDR, Ike, and then...JFK, in real depth...it actually took the assassination of him, to really get me going...
And since that horrific day, the TV became the vessel of knowledge and information...that came out, almost immediately, to the common person...up front and personal the President became...from LBJ all the way to the present guy in our top office...still, the pixels don't expose enough...there are too many things behind the closed doors of the White House, that exist...
Nixon was the perfect example of that...his corruption was highlighted with his resignation after Watergate...as the TV showed the sad tale of it all, as Congress interrogated his people that were shielding him...terrific show, but, in reality, a very damning look at what this country can elect...in the supposed 'perfect' government system...this Democracy...
Listen, there were many good times, too...shaking Jimmy Carter's hand, and actually having an intellect in the top office was amazing...the way that Bill Clinton could use the words of the language to soothe our souls...still, he was a glimpse of what was to come...Barack Obama, may be the most illustrious speaker we may ever have...and then, there were the Repubs...Reagan and the Bushes...
That was the era of the Horse being an elephant...really...I was a Repub...don't hate me...I wasn't involved much...but, the TV came back into play in the Papa Bush tenure...hmmm, that word sounds wrong...should be his 'elected term'...that's better...Saturday Nite Live mocked him...satire was born...ha ha...well, it lived on...
And ever since, that show, SNL...has found humor in what the Prez does or says...ie, the other Bush, Clinton, Obama, and now, the bloke occupying the White House...and the present one, doesn't like it...as his continual ploy of suppressing the news sources...continues on...he would like to arrest the people that disagree with his policies...or his past...
I can't or will not ruin the day...with the insane Tweets of Trump towards SNL...it's an isolated case of a...well, let's just disregard this on Presidents Day...the rest is dang good...
Other...
The LaLa Open, er the Genesis...whatever...30 holes on Sunday to garner a W in the event...as the winds and cold took over the course...dictated the method of operation to meander about...Tiger came undone...so did Lefty...as did Spieth...BTW, he has lost his game...badly...and in the final group, Adam Scott and JT, fell victim to the weather...and the one who persevered, JB Holmes, deserved the win...but, oh my, he is a slow player...
The NBA AS game...yup, did watch it...WTH?...how can you have an MVP of this fiasco...KD got it...but, cmon...someone forget to tell Embiid that there was NO defense to be played...ha ha...yawner...
Miranda Lambert found her newest 'love of her life'...a bloke that just had a baby with another woman, 3 months ago...sounds like a good find, Miranda...
Remember when this day was known for 'huge' sales...big reductions...one would find these prices in the newspaper...ah ha, now there are fewer and fewer printed pages...of the paper...
Are you reading, listening, or watching any of Trump's reactions to Andrew McCabe's interview on 60 Minutes?...or, his possible 'threats' to his impersonator on SNL, Alec Baldwin?...I'm a thinking that he may have some form of breakdown...physically, mentally, or emotionally...
Happy Presidents Day...well, it could be...
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