November 20 –

RE ELECTIONS: NOTHING IS FOREVER …
IMPORTED MEXICAN TWINKIES COMING? …
UNIVERSITY ANTI-COULTER, PRO-BESTIALITY

A post-election reminder for all parties, in the interest of the mental health of both winners and losers:
    The pendulum always swings.
    Always.
    Sometimes slowly (witness the former Soviet Union) … but it does swing.
    Today's winners are tomorrow's losers … and vice-versa.

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A reality check on the collapse of Hostess bakeries …
    “As much as he and his fellow union bosses try to spin and finger-point the results of the union’s actions that destroyed the Ding Dongs, bakery union boss Frank Hurt admits that his union members knew that their strike could kill Hostess:
    'Our members decided they were not going to take any more abuse from a company they have given so much to for so many years.  They decided that they were not going to agree to another round of outrageous wage and benefit cuts and give up their pension only to see yet another management team fail and Wall Street vulture capitalists and 'restructuring specialists' walk away with untold millions of dollars.
    'Throughout this long and difficult process, BCTGM members showed tremendous courage, solidarity and devotion to principle.  They were well aware of the potential consequences of their actions but stood strong for dignity, justice and respect.'
    "And, now, no matter how union bosses try to spin it, 18,000 Hostess workers-with their dignity, justice and respct intact-are now destined to stand with their hands out in the unemployment line." - RedState.com

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Business news …
    Twinkies, the best-known product of the late, great Hostess bakeries, may be saved after all.
    Grupo Bimbo (really!), a publicly traded bakery concern that ranks as the world's largest bread maker, is considering buying the bankrupt company.  It's a Mexican company.  Thus any Twinkies in your future will be imported. 

    We are unable to confirm rumors that the company is negotiating to use a photo of David Petraeus's mistress as the company logo.

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A few readers criticized me bitterly for my own observation that Missouri and Indiana Republicans were stupid to choose two idiots with bizarre views of rape as their Senate candidates.
    Both took the easily-predictable ass-kicking in the election, costing the party two Senate seats that should have been easily won.
    For some reason, I have yet to hear apologies from those critics.

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The decline of Western Civilization (cont.) …
    Jesuit-run Fordham University has banned Ann Coulter from speaking there, but welcomes an address by Peter Singer, who advocates the killing of unwanted children and the mentally handicapped and favors humans having sex with animals.

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How your government, run by morons, manages to drive us deeper into debt …
    “Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your new country can do for you.
    'Welcome to USA.gov.', a website maintained by the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), bills itself as the 'primary gateway for new immigrants to find basic information on how to settle in the United States' — featuring a prominent section for new immigrants about how to access government benefits.
    "'Depending on your immigration status, length of time in the United States, and income, you may be eligible for some federal benefit programs,' the Web page reads," - The Daily Caller

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Jay Leno --

    "There are now reports that President Obama will name Massachusetts Senator John Kerry to be the next secretary of defense.  Apparently this is part of America's new defense strategy to bore our enemies to death."

A few hours after this is written I will be undergoing a minor, routine (to medical professionals, almost all procedures are “routine”) adventure at the University of Arizona Medical Center.
    I am assured that there's a 97% chance it will be uneventful.
    I mention this not to promote a pity-party; I long ago learned this lesson: “Never tell people about your troubles. Half aren't interested and much of the other half are glad you're getting what you deserve.”
    Instead, I mention it to lay a serious guilt-trip on my sainted Dr. Laura by letting her know that if things go awry, she will compromise a serious fact-finding mission to the Caribbean three weeks hence.
    My words for medical professionals to live by: “Physician, heal thyself. But first, heal me.”

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