I don't know if I have mentioned it but the folks that have coffee at the Cafe are generally conservatives, while the coffee drinkers at the Drug Store are more liberal. The reader needs to know this to understand why the Cafe folks are so upset about the Chrysler settlement that is in all the papers. Everybody in Hubbard either drives a Ford or a Chevy, and yet they are still upset. Here is why:
J. P. Dawson grew up in Hubbard and currently lawyers in Waco. He set off alarms at the Cafe by predicting that the Obama administration would take money from the Cafe Folks and transfer it somehow to the Drug Store Folks citing the Chrsyler bailout settlement.
Here in J. P.'s big words is his explanation: "Think carefully about what's happening here. The White House is seeking to transfer the property of one group of people (bond holders) to another group (labor union) that is politically favored. In the process it is setting aside basic property rights in favor of rewarding the United Auto Workers for the support the union has given the Democratic Party.
This, of course, is a violation of one of the basic principles of bankruptcy law, which is that secured bond holder creditors -- those who loaned money only on the contractual promise that if the debt was unpaid they'd get specific property back -- get paid off in full before unsecured creditors get anything."
Well I don't know whether J. P. has a rational concern or not. I do know that there is a run on shovels at the local Hardware Store and withdrawals at the First State Bank. All the while holes are appearing in about 43% of the backyards in Hubbard.
Jim
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
God, Constitutions, and Obama's Turkey Talk
Joe Frank Dell stirred up the Cafe Folks this week by asking why President Barack Obama went all the way to Turkey to say the following: "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."
Mom says the dust really started flying resulting in Butch Jackson pulling out his handy copy of the Texas Constitution, which he carries at all times in the left pocket of his jeans, and quotes way too much. Of course in his main pocket, the right one, he totes his Red Man Premium Moist Snuff , which he dips way too much. But back to the controversy.
Butch read the preamble to the Texas Constitution: "We the People of the Republic of Texas , acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God." Of course this brought up the question, "what the hell is beneficence"? Aunt Martha, the town librarian and columnist from, the Hubbard City News, whipped out her dictionary and said it meant, "the doing of good." This put them back on track in questioning Obama's epistle.
That night Mom thought maybe since Obama was from Illinois, those Yankee people danced to a different drummer. She googled their preamble: "We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil , political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors".
When she reported back to the coffee drinkers the answer to Joe Frank's question became clear to the folks. Obama announced his views in Turkey because he obviously didn't think the Hubbard Folks would find out. It appears that the folks do have a long reach and so does God whose influence on our constitutions, and indeed our society, stretches from Texas to Illinois and all places in between.
Well let's hope that this is one more lesson learned by our young President and that God's influence stretches to the White House as well. The Hubbard Folks sure wish he would go to Church on our National Prayer Day instead of doing what ever he does in private.
Mom says the dust really started flying resulting in Butch Jackson pulling out his handy copy of the Texas Constitution, which he carries at all times in the left pocket of his jeans, and quotes way too much. Of course in his main pocket, the right one, he totes his Red Man Premium Moist Snuff , which he dips way too much. But back to the controversy.
Butch read the preamble to the Texas Constitution: "We the People of the Republic of Texas , acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God." Of course this brought up the question, "what the hell is beneficence"? Aunt Martha, the town librarian and columnist from, the Hubbard City News, whipped out her dictionary and said it meant, "the doing of good." This put them back on track in questioning Obama's epistle.
That night Mom thought maybe since Obama was from Illinois, those Yankee people danced to a different drummer. She googled their preamble: "We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil , political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors".
When she reported back to the coffee drinkers the answer to Joe Frank's question became clear to the folks. Obama announced his views in Turkey because he obviously didn't think the Hubbard Folks would find out. It appears that the folks do have a long reach and so does God whose influence on our constitutions, and indeed our society, stretches from Texas to Illinois and all places in between.
Well let's hope that this is one more lesson learned by our young President and that God's influence stretches to the White House as well. The Hubbard Folks sure wish he would go to Church on our National Prayer Day instead of doing what ever he does in private.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Folks Are Sniffing Al Gore's Money Trail
Mom witnessed a heated argument last week over whether Scott Riddle's, local cattle baron, cows were expelling too much gas and globally warming downtown Hubbard. Hubbard folks would rather not turn on their window fans until mid-June.
One thing led to the next and the argument settled on Al Gore who used to carry water for Bill Clinton. It seems Al left office with $2m and now has $100m, all while spending most of his time hanging out with Venture Capitalists and warning us of the evils global warming.
Borger Lee Heard, being one of the best hunters in the county, says if you want the prize, you have to follow the trail. Borger Lee thinks Al Gore's trail smells worse than the gas coming from Scott's cows. He says Obama's "carbon crap and trade scam" makes Madoff look like a minor league player and will make Al Gore even a fatter billionaire.
Aunt Martha says Borger's been watching too many videos like the one below. You decide:
http://algorelied.com/?p=1475
One thing led to the next and the argument settled on Al Gore who used to carry water for Bill Clinton. It seems Al left office with $2m and now has $100m, all while spending most of his time hanging out with Venture Capitalists and warning us of the evils global warming.
Borger Lee Heard, being one of the best hunters in the county, says if you want the prize, you have to follow the trail. Borger Lee thinks Al Gore's trail smells worse than the gas coming from Scott's cows. He says Obama's "carbon crap and trade scam" makes Madoff look like a minor league player and will make Al Gore even a fatter billionaire.
Aunt Martha says Borger's been watching too many videos like the one below. You decide:
http://algorelied.com/?p=1475
Friday, May 1, 2009
Hubbard Folks Worried About Gitmo Plans
The folks at the Hubbard City Café told me that President Obama might want to learn something from Hubbard before he releases the prisoners at Gitmo. It seems that Hubbard’s two most prominent psychiatric patients were living in the town’s only Rest Home. The local mayor, Tommie Lee Fulton, got some complaints and wanted to release them from the home.
Ralph and Edna were the two patients in the retirement home which is located right beside the City Park’s swimming pool.
One day while they were walking past the pool Ralph suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom and stayed there.
Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled him out. When the Head Nurse, Bobbie Nell Floyd, became aware of Edna's heroic act, and wanting to please the Mayor, she immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital. She now considered Edna to be mentally stable.
When she went to tell Edna the news she said, “Edna, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged, since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of your fellow patient. I have concluded that your act displays a sound mind”.
“The bad news is, Ralph hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he's dead.”
Edna replied, “He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?"
We might run into the same kind of things when these folks start leaving Gitmo.
Billy Roy Meechum says, “if Gitmo ain’t broke don’t fix it”.
Ralph and Edna were the two patients in the retirement home which is located right beside the City Park’s swimming pool.
One day while they were walking past the pool Ralph suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom and stayed there.
Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled him out. When the Head Nurse, Bobbie Nell Floyd, became aware of Edna's heroic act, and wanting to please the Mayor, she immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital. She now considered Edna to be mentally stable.
When she went to tell Edna the news she said, “Edna, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged, since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of your fellow patient. I have concluded that your act displays a sound mind”.
“The bad news is, Ralph hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he's dead.”
Edna replied, “He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?"
We might run into the same kind of things when these folks start leaving Gitmo.
Billy Roy Meechum says, “if Gitmo ain’t broke don’t fix it”.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hubbard Folks Preserve Their Culture Unlike USA.
An interesting video regarding population growth trends and the Muslim threat to Western Cultures can be viewed below.
It is interesting that our current life styles and cultural practices create an environment that doesn't even replenish itself. And we have been calling this PROGRESS.
How about returning to something as simple as:
1. Get married to someone of the opposite sex
2. Have two or more children and rear them to do the same
3. Protect our borders, and in doing so, our Christian Culture.
If we could just do these three things, we could save our culture for our children.
Interestingly, small towns like Hubbard are so far behind that they still do these simple things unlike smart city folks.
Jim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU
It is interesting that our current life styles and cultural practices create an environment that doesn't even replenish itself. And we have been calling this PROGRESS.
How about returning to something as simple as:
1. Get married to someone of the opposite sex
2. Have two or more children and rear them to do the same
3. Protect our borders, and in doing so, our Christian Culture.
If we could just do these three things, we could save our culture for our children.
Interestingly, small towns like Hubbard are so far behind that they still do these simple things unlike smart city folks.
Jim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU
Monday, April 27, 2009
Hubbard Vets Views on New Russian Jet Fighter
Some of the vets at the Hubbard City Café were not happy as the Middle East initiated their strategy to test our new President particularly after seeing the video of the new Russian SU 30 Jet Fighter.
They had just heard the King of Jordan basically threatened Obama on the Sunday morning talk show. He said the U. S. would get very little assistance with Iran’s nuclear weapons, in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Pakistan, nor with Al Qaeda, or the Taliban until Obama forced Netanyahu to solve the Palestinian problem. The solution of course was for Israel to make more concessions to the Palestinians including sharing Jerusalem. Seems like we have been here before. In the past when we have made concessions (Gaza), it just created more bombings and attacks on the Israelis while establishing a larger base for terrorists (Hamas).
Obama’s big test will come after Netanyahu visits Washington in the next few weeks. If they can roll Obama on this one, then the Vets think it will not be long before no one will rely on the U. S. for assistance against Militant Muslims nor Communist. It will not be long before you will see the new Russian SU30 fighter jets threatening our allies.
Russia now has #1 fighter plane in the world... SU-30- Vectored Thrust with Canards. As you watch this airplane, look at the canards moving along side of, and just below the canopy rail. The "canards" are the small wings forward of the main wings. The smoke and contrails provide a sense of the actual flight path, sometimes in reverse direction. This video is of an in-flight demonstration flown by the Russian's-30MK fighter aircraft. You will not believe what you are about to see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0t_mPv6I4
Jim
They had just heard the King of Jordan basically threatened Obama on the Sunday morning talk show. He said the U. S. would get very little assistance with Iran’s nuclear weapons, in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Pakistan, nor with Al Qaeda, or the Taliban until Obama forced Netanyahu to solve the Palestinian problem. The solution of course was for Israel to make more concessions to the Palestinians including sharing Jerusalem. Seems like we have been here before. In the past when we have made concessions (Gaza), it just created more bombings and attacks on the Israelis while establishing a larger base for terrorists (Hamas).
Obama’s big test will come after Netanyahu visits Washington in the next few weeks. If they can roll Obama on this one, then the Vets think it will not be long before no one will rely on the U. S. for assistance against Militant Muslims nor Communist. It will not be long before you will see the new Russian SU30 fighter jets threatening our allies.
Russia now has #1 fighter plane in the world... SU-30- Vectored Thrust with Canards. As you watch this airplane, look at the canards moving along side of, and just below the canopy rail. The "canards" are the small wings forward of the main wings. The smoke and contrails provide a sense of the actual flight path, sometimes in reverse direction. This video is of an in-flight demonstration flown by the Russian's-30MK fighter aircraft. You will not believe what you are about to see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0t_mPv6I4
Jim
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Men, Women, Obama, and Confusion
Butch Jackson says he keeps hearing how popular the new President is in the polls, and so he just checked it out on the Internet at the Rasmussen site. The folks are really confused about what they hear on the news and what they see in the polls.
After seeing the results below women's suffrage has been the main discussion topic dominating the conversation causing my Aunt Martha to storm out of the cafe last Tuesday. The guys said it "was good for her blood pressure".
This is what Butch found and reported:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 34% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-two percent (32%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +2 (see trends).
Thirty-six percent (36%) of women Strongly Approve along with 31% of men. At the same time, 35% of men Strongly Disapprove. That view is shared by 29% of women (see other recent demographic highlights).
After seeing the results below women's suffrage has been the main discussion topic dominating the conversation causing my Aunt Martha to storm out of the cafe last Tuesday. The guys said it "was good for her blood pressure".
This is what Butch found and reported:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 34% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-two percent (32%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +2 (see trends).
Thirty-six percent (36%) of women Strongly Approve along with 31% of men. At the same time, 35% of men Strongly Disapprove. That view is shared by 29% of women (see other recent demographic highlights).
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