Scottie Andersen told me this weekend that "he was a lucky man". "He spent $60 per bale to grow his hay and sold it for $35 a bale." When I asked him why that was lucky? He said "because I didn't have many bales!"
This brought a comment from Billy Roy Meechum that maybe Scottie needed a government "bale out". Not only did the group not appreciate BR's humor, this launched them into an assessment of the recent assistance provided the locals seeking stimulation.
While every bank in Central Texas refused TARP money, the only help they have received in the auto industry appears to be the unfair, and probably unlawful, closing of local GM and Chrysler dealerships costing jobs in the surrounding area.
Aunt Martha suggested that the Cafe folks were being too critical and maybe they should give "hope and change a chance". She thinks maybe the Cap and Trade (Waxman-Markey bill) will stop Scott Riddle, local cattle barron, from globally warming downtown Hubbard.
This comment caused Butch Jackson, local fact finder, to quote the Heritage Foundation Economic report on Cap and Trades impact on farming: "Worst of all is what happens to farmers’ net income. Waxman-Markey significantly shrinks farmers’ net income. Farm income is expected to drop $8 billion in 2012, $25 billion in 2024, and over $50 billion in 2035. These are decreases of 28%, 60% and 94% from the baseline, respectively."
Of course, this caused Billy Roy Meechum to repeat his earlier comments that Congress needs to Cap their mouths and Trade their offices for real jobs back home.
This pretty much ended all the advice that Scottie got on his hay problem. Looks like he really is lucky compared to the prospects of future farmers of America.
Think about it,
Jim
Monday, June 8, 2009
A Role Model's Letter to the Editor in Corsicana, Texas
Letter to the Editor 5/24/09
To the Boys of Summer
To the Editor:
Thanks to Corsicana Youth Baseball. I am a 93-year-old lady from Hubbard now a resident of Heritage Oaks Retirement Village. I would like to say “thank you” to a dedicated group of men and women who take time from their busy schedules to coach the Little League teams. I had the pleasure of seeing my great-great-grandson, Blane, a member of the Astros T-Ball team play. I was impressed with the coaches. They seemed very knowledgeable on the basics of the game and they handled the boys in a way that made you know they cared.
I feel qualified to speak on this as my husband (now deceased) was in Minor League Baseball as a player and then manager for over 25 years. Parents please take the time to thank the coaches and all who participate in the program. The boys learn much more than baseball on the playing field.
Thank you coaches. May God bless you for all that you do to help our youth — they are the future.
Sincerely,
Mariana York
Note: This wonderful lady's husband, Tony York, holds the Texas League record for reaching base 14 consecutive times. He was called up to the Chicago Cubs for a brief tour in 1944. Their daughter, Nancy, was my girl friend in the first grade and remains a very good friend.
Mariana was like a second mother to me.
What an example for all of us to take the time to thank people who contribute to the quality of our loved one's lives.
Think about it,
Jim
To the Boys of Summer
To the Editor:
Thanks to Corsicana Youth Baseball. I am a 93-year-old lady from Hubbard now a resident of Heritage Oaks Retirement Village. I would like to say “thank you” to a dedicated group of men and women who take time from their busy schedules to coach the Little League teams. I had the pleasure of seeing my great-great-grandson, Blane, a member of the Astros T-Ball team play. I was impressed with the coaches. They seemed very knowledgeable on the basics of the game and they handled the boys in a way that made you know they cared.
I feel qualified to speak on this as my husband (now deceased) was in Minor League Baseball as a player and then manager for over 25 years. Parents please take the time to thank the coaches and all who participate in the program. The boys learn much more than baseball on the playing field.
Thank you coaches. May God bless you for all that you do to help our youth — they are the future.
Sincerely,
Mariana York
Note: This wonderful lady's husband, Tony York, holds the Texas League record for reaching base 14 consecutive times. He was called up to the Chicago Cubs for a brief tour in 1944. Their daughter, Nancy, was my girl friend in the first grade and remains a very good friend.
Mariana was like a second mother to me.
What an example for all of us to take the time to thank people who contribute to the quality of our loved one's lives.
Think about it,
Jim
Friday, June 5, 2009
Prepping for Comments on Obama's Speech in Cairo
I am going to Hubbard this weekend, and they will certainly ask me what I think about Obama's latest speech in Egypt. Here are some thoughts. Please comment on this posting by giving me your insights as well.
I believe Obama thinks that he has won the American election and is now campaigning for the President of the World. If there was such an election he probably would win…….but there isn’t.
Remember David Axelrod, who is his handler, specializes in winning Urban Mayor elections with Black Candidates. That is how Obama won the Presidency. Look at the electoral map of Blue States. Our country is divided politically between Urban and Non-urban areas.
What Obama will discover is there is no such office as President of the World. In fact most of the countries that are important to our foreign affairs don’t even have real elections, e.g. Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, China, N. Korea, etc. In the countries that have real elections, Obama will not be able to get on the ballot.
So his hope is to influence the World through a constant Public Relations campaign in which he straddles every world issue gaining popularity as he goes. He learned this at the Harvard Law School.
Meanwhile he will try to use his popularity to create a World Bank and a Global Warming initiative using the UN and other World organizations. Any degree of success here will make his backers jillions of $$$$.
His popularity in the US is high while the popularity of his issues is "not so good" (abortion, Gitmo, deficit spending, bailouts, socialism). Since most world leaders will see Obama as a threat because of his straddles (playing to both sides), his influence will be minimized to really sway the opinion and action of these world leaders.
In my opinion the bottom line is that the U. S. will have less influence in the world because world leaders respond to power and threats not straddles and persuasion. They act in their own self interest. Also, they will see Obama’s policies failing in the US. The end result will be an articulate Jimmy Carter leaving us another huge hole that we must dig out of.....again. To make matters much worse this time, we will have a huge increase in nuclear threats from bad guys throughout the world (Iran, N. Korea, terroists).
Interesting, that Obama has straddled everyone in the world with the exception of Al Qaeda, Bush, Limbaugh, and Cheney. He will always demonize all opposition.
Think about it and give me your comments,
Jim
I believe Obama thinks that he has won the American election and is now campaigning for the President of the World. If there was such an election he probably would win…….but there isn’t.
Remember David Axelrod, who is his handler, specializes in winning Urban Mayor elections with Black Candidates. That is how Obama won the Presidency. Look at the electoral map of Blue States. Our country is divided politically between Urban and Non-urban areas.
What Obama will discover is there is no such office as President of the World. In fact most of the countries that are important to our foreign affairs don’t even have real elections, e.g. Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, China, N. Korea, etc. In the countries that have real elections, Obama will not be able to get on the ballot.
So his hope is to influence the World through a constant Public Relations campaign in which he straddles every world issue gaining popularity as he goes. He learned this at the Harvard Law School.
Meanwhile he will try to use his popularity to create a World Bank and a Global Warming initiative using the UN and other World organizations. Any degree of success here will make his backers jillions of $$$$.
His popularity in the US is high while the popularity of his issues is "not so good" (abortion, Gitmo, deficit spending, bailouts, socialism). Since most world leaders will see Obama as a threat because of his straddles (playing to both sides), his influence will be minimized to really sway the opinion and action of these world leaders.
In my opinion the bottom line is that the U. S. will have less influence in the world because world leaders respond to power and threats not straddles and persuasion. They act in their own self interest. Also, they will see Obama’s policies failing in the US. The end result will be an articulate Jimmy Carter leaving us another huge hole that we must dig out of.....again. To make matters much worse this time, we will have a huge increase in nuclear threats from bad guys throughout the world (Iran, N. Korea, terroists).
Interesting, that Obama has straddled everyone in the world with the exception of Al Qaeda, Bush, Limbaugh, and Cheney. He will always demonize all opposition.
Think about it and give me your comments,
Jim
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Warning: Bad News from London Coming to the Cafe
Hungry travelers may want to steer clear of the Café this week when the news arrives from London.
A friend of mine who lives there sent me a note answering a simple question. I plan to share the answer with the folks at the Café this week. Their response ain’t gonna be pretty.
My question: Is the Muslim/Multiculturalism influence affecting the UK as badly as I hear?
My friend's answer: “It is probably worse than you hear. I live with it and see it every day. I do not understand this society that the Labor Party is trying to impose on us here. Multiculturalism is a poison, but since Tony Blair's wife is a lawyer, and specializes in human rights, he signed the European Convention of Human Rights. It is just killing liberty in the UK."
"Can you imagine a murderer with a life sentence suing the government under human rights, and getting the right to see online pornography in his prison cell?"
"Can you imagine under this dammed European law the parents of a soldier killed in Iraq can sue the government for violating his human rights by sending him into battle?"
"Enough said. You get the point. The beginning of the end for the US is when every other way of life is encouraged and given rights equal to the American way. You are somewhat lucky that the hordes from the South that are clamoring to get in to the U.S. are Christian Hispanics and not the hordes of North African and Middle Eastern Moslems."
J. P. Dawson, our Hubbard reared/Waco practicing attorney, says all Americans should be on the look out for our new leader signing U.N. and International Treaties committing us to multicultural policies that the U.S. people and Congress would never pass. International treaties override State laws.
What a slick way to circumvent each State’s rights, huh? Of course our President would not want to do this just like he doesn’t want to run General Motors nor raise taxes on the middle class nor Socialize health care.
Listening to Obama reminds me of Will Rogers sage advice: "Always drink upstream from the herd."
Think about it.
Jim
A friend of mine who lives there sent me a note answering a simple question. I plan to share the answer with the folks at the Café this week. Their response ain’t gonna be pretty.
My question: Is the Muslim/Multiculturalism influence affecting the UK as badly as I hear?
My friend's answer: “It is probably worse than you hear. I live with it and see it every day. I do not understand this society that the Labor Party is trying to impose on us here. Multiculturalism is a poison, but since Tony Blair's wife is a lawyer, and specializes in human rights, he signed the European Convention of Human Rights. It is just killing liberty in the UK."
"Can you imagine a murderer with a life sentence suing the government under human rights, and getting the right to see online pornography in his prison cell?"
"Can you imagine under this dammed European law the parents of a soldier killed in Iraq can sue the government for violating his human rights by sending him into battle?"
"Enough said. You get the point. The beginning of the end for the US is when every other way of life is encouraged and given rights equal to the American way. You are somewhat lucky that the hordes from the South that are clamoring to get in to the U.S. are Christian Hispanics and not the hordes of North African and Middle Eastern Moslems."
J. P. Dawson, our Hubbard reared/Waco practicing attorney, says all Americans should be on the look out for our new leader signing U.N. and International Treaties committing us to multicultural policies that the U.S. people and Congress would never pass. International treaties override State laws.
What a slick way to circumvent each State’s rights, huh? Of course our President would not want to do this just like he doesn’t want to run General Motors nor raise taxes on the middle class nor Socialize health care.
Listening to Obama reminds me of Will Rogers sage advice: "Always drink upstream from the herd."
Think about it.
Jim
Short and Anything But Sweet
Our Government at Work Saving the Planet
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez Oil spill in Alaska was $80,000.00. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.
It just don't seem right!
Think about it,
Jim
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez Oil spill in Alaska was $80,000.00. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.
It just don't seem right!
Think about it,
Jim
Friday, May 29, 2009
Global Warming Heats Up in Hubbard
Scott Riddle, local Hubbard City cattle baron, has been accused by the coffee drinkers at the Drug Store of causing global warming in downtown Hubbard due to the excessive expulsion of gas from the cattle on his ranch (see May 5 blog). Scott has responded by threatening to go on the attack by buying and importing sheep into this Central Texas community quoting the United Kingdom’s CEO of Climate Change who has reportedly made Scott a really good offer:
“Changing our lifestyles, including our diets, is going to be one of the crucial elements in cutting carbon emissions,” says David Kennedy, the UK’s chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change. “This includes giving up carbon-intensive food: Government advisers are developing menus to combat climate change by cutting out “high carbon” food such as meat from sheep, whose burping and passing of gas poses a serious threat to the environment.”
Scott, an avowed non-drinker of adult alcoholic beverages, has also launched a PR campaign against the brand new bar in Hubbard, named “Old Town”. Scott made the following statement to Aunt Martha who writes for the Hubbard City News: “Alcoholic drinks are another significant contributory factor to global warming, with the growing and processing of crops such as hops and malt into beer and whisky helping to generate 1.5% of the nation’s greenhouse gases.”
Needless to say, this has caused quite a stir. I called Butch Jackson, local historian, general research specialist, and strong supporter of Old Town to check out the latest polling on the global warming debate.
Butch Cited the Latest Rasmussen poll:
Just one-out-of-three voters (34%) now believe global warming is caused by human activity, the lowest finding yet in Rasmussen Reports national surveying. Forty-eight percent (48%) of all likely voters attribute climate change to long-term planetary trends, while seven percent (7%) blame some other reason. Eleven percent (11%) aren’t sure.
Note: Rasmussen did not have a number for those blaming Scott Riddle but it would be in the 7% group.
Makes you wonder how our Washington Politicians will decide just what to CAP and what to TRADE? Billy Roy Meechum thinks they should CAP their mouths and TRADE their easy chairs for real jobs back home.
Think about it,
Jim
“Changing our lifestyles, including our diets, is going to be one of the crucial elements in cutting carbon emissions,” says David Kennedy, the UK’s chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change. “This includes giving up carbon-intensive food: Government advisers are developing menus to combat climate change by cutting out “high carbon” food such as meat from sheep, whose burping and passing of gas poses a serious threat to the environment.”
Scott, an avowed non-drinker of adult alcoholic beverages, has also launched a PR campaign against the brand new bar in Hubbard, named “Old Town”. Scott made the following statement to Aunt Martha who writes for the Hubbard City News: “Alcoholic drinks are another significant contributory factor to global warming, with the growing and processing of crops such as hops and malt into beer and whisky helping to generate 1.5% of the nation’s greenhouse gases.”
Needless to say, this has caused quite a stir. I called Butch Jackson, local historian, general research specialist, and strong supporter of Old Town to check out the latest polling on the global warming debate.
Butch Cited the Latest Rasmussen poll:
Just one-out-of-three voters (34%) now believe global warming is caused by human activity, the lowest finding yet in Rasmussen Reports national surveying. Forty-eight percent (48%) of all likely voters attribute climate change to long-term planetary trends, while seven percent (7%) blame some other reason. Eleven percent (11%) aren’t sure.
Note: Rasmussen did not have a number for those blaming Scott Riddle but it would be in the 7% group.
Makes you wonder how our Washington Politicians will decide just what to CAP and what to TRADE? Billy Roy Meechum thinks they should CAP their mouths and TRADE their easy chairs for real jobs back home.
Think about it,
Jim
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
People Side With Billy Roy Over Obama On Gitmo
On May 1 the first Hubbard City Café Blog Posting had the following quote:
Billy Roy Meechum says, “if Gitmo ain’t broke don’t fix it”.
Latest Results from the Rasmussen Poll
49% Oppose Closing Guantanamo Prison Camp
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide now disagree with President Barack Obama’s decision to close the prison camp for suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, conducted after the President’s speech on Guantanamo last week, shows that 38% agree with his decision.
Just 25% share the President’s view that the Guantanamo camp weakened national security. Fifty-one percent (51%) disagree with that perspective.
And, by a 57% to 28% margin, voters oppose moving any of the suspected terrorists to prisons in the United States. Republicans and voters not affiliated with either major party strongly oppose transfers to U.S. prisons. Democrats are evenly divided.
Think about it,
Jim
Billy Roy Meechum says, “if Gitmo ain’t broke don’t fix it”.
Latest Results from the Rasmussen Poll
49% Oppose Closing Guantanamo Prison Camp
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide now disagree with President Barack Obama’s decision to close the prison camp for suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, conducted after the President’s speech on Guantanamo last week, shows that 38% agree with his decision.
Just 25% share the President’s view that the Guantanamo camp weakened national security. Fifty-one percent (51%) disagree with that perspective.
And, by a 57% to 28% margin, voters oppose moving any of the suspected terrorists to prisons in the United States. Republicans and voters not affiliated with either major party strongly oppose transfers to U.S. prisons. Democrats are evenly divided.
Think about it,
Jim
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