November 22 –

LET GLUTTONY REIGN! …
OBAMA – TO ASIANS, A SLOB …
THE TURKEY-FLUFFER RETURNS

Happy bird-day! And if you can't think of anything else for which to be thankful, at least be grateful you're not a turkey!

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Prediction: Today will see a record number of intra-family fights over politics.

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If you want to get a painful reminder of just how ignorant and ill-informed most of your fellow citizens are, ask the next ten people you meet to explain the term “fiscal cliff” that is so much in the news these days.
    Most likely response: “He's a muscular guy named Clifford.”
    No wonder we get the kind of presidential choices they make.
    (Clue to the ignorant: “fiscal cliff” refers to our economy emulating the finale of “Thelma and Louise.”)

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CNN swallowed whole the staged piece of Hamas propaganda about the dead Palestinian baby and the funeral for the victim of an Israeli raid (who walked away as soon as the cameras left), leaving open the question, “Why would anyone take this 'news' network seriously?"

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A point to contemplate ...
     Am I alone in this observation?
     Based on election results and public commentary, it seems that more American Gentiles -- like me -- than American Jews support Israel's interests vis a vis their Muslim neighbors.   
     "Is ... a ... puzzlement!" -- Yul Brynner, "The King and I."

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Thomas Sowell (RealClearPolitics) illuminates just one aspect of union idiocy that pushed Hostess Bakeries, makers of Twinkies, Ho-Ho's, Wonder Bread and other products, into bankruptcy …
    “The work rules imposed in union contracts required the company that makes Twinkies, which also makes Wonder Bread, to deliver these two products to stores in separate trucks. Moreover, truck drivers were not allowed to load either of these products into their trucks. And the people who did load Twinkies into trucks were not allowed to load Wonder Bread, and vice versa.
    “All of this was obviously intended to create more jobs for the unions' members. But the needless additional costs that these make-work rules created ended up driving the company into bankruptcy.”
     And Trumka, the union thug, gets richer.

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Obama dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the middle-east to try to broker a cease-fire between Israel and the Hamas terrorists (the deal had been reached before her arrival). One might wonder just how even-handed Hillary could be expected to be, since she once referred to Bill's campaign advisor, Dick Morris, as “that dirty Jew.”
    This latest trip abroad does achieve one purpose: It helps her avoid, at least for now, answering questions from Congress about her total screw-up of Benghazi.

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Burt Prelutsky assesses Petraeus' pratfall ...
     "The bigger message we can take away from the rise and fall of Mr. Petraeus is that we would all do well to stop making heroes out of people we don’t really know. It’s bad enough when teenagers glom onto entertainers and athletes, but at least one can hope they’ll eventually grow out of wanting to emulate the likes of Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, Michael Vick and Lance Armstrong.
     "Just keep in mind that just about everyone you see in the movies, on TV, in the stadium or arena or read about in newspapers and magazines, has a publicity person on salary whose job is to promote their image. Nobody ever hired a flack to make them look bad. Therefore, when you read about some famous person who finally gets caught misbehaving, it’s safe to assume you don’t know the half of it."
     ...and on the presidency ...
     "Just when was it decided that a position that had been held by the likes of Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren, Daniel Webster, William Jennings Bryan, George Marshall and John Foster Dulles, would become nothing more than the final rung on the ladder of affirmative action?"

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BULLETIN!
     A vital public-service notice: A reader tips me off to major news!
    The infamous “turkey fluffer” Thanksgiving radio episode is now on YouTube under the title “Lee Rogers (yes, they omitted the 'd') and Melanie Morgan interview a turkey tucker.” It was/is one of the all-time great radio moments.
    On the same page … the memorable KSFO anthem, “Sound of the City.”

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Liberal tolerance. An oxymoron.
     I was reminded of this by a note from an old acquaintance (I use the word "friend" sparingly, as explained below*) who was upset by my criticism of Obama. He is a liberal and therefore of the view that anyone who disagrees with the Dear Leader should be silenced.
     He apparently has forgotten, or chooses to forget, that at a time when his career was in the doldrums and money was short, I put bread on his table by giving him radio work over the opposition of the president of the company, who didn't like his performance. Those paychecks sustained him for many months. The fact that we had opposing political views did not influence my decision; his family needed help ... I helped.
     Nevertheless, he is so wedded to his ideology that he now, in his dotage, denounces me. Given the circumstances, I feel no sense of loss.

* -- Friendship. I long ago formulated my own working definItion of a real friend, as follows: A friend is someone you could call at 3AM from Tijuana jail with a reasonable expectation that the person would make some effort to gain your release.
     This may not fit a biblical profile, but I regard it as a reasonable bottom-line test.

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Conan O'Brien --
     "According to a new study, humans may be gradually losing their intelligence. The study was conducted by watching four minutes of 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.'"

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Your word for the day: Squanto. (If you've forgotten, look it up!)

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