J. D. Phelps, deceased, former operator of the Humble Gas Station on the Corsicana Highway, philosopher with no equal in all of Central Texas, driver of a fine Mercury automobile, and previous daily frequenter of the County Line Beer Joint on the Waco Highway had no equal when it came to spinning tales. J. D. could put hair on any story and never crack a smile. Most think he was a little bit crazy, but most chickens think the same thing about most foxes. Anyway, the folks at the Cafe, when completely bored, play a game named after Mr. Phelps called "Even J. D. Couldn't Make This Up".
Joe B. Heard, resident of Irene, Texas, population of not many, and former home of this writer's first and only spouse, tossed the ball up to start by reading semi-verbatim the following newspaper item:
"ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Gov. David Paterson on Thursday promised to finally start collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American stores (that would be Indians in plain talk), despite state police warnings that such enforcement could result in 'violence and death'."
"The state plans to collect a $4.35-per-pack sales tax on cigarettes sold by Native American retailers to non-Indian customers beginning next Wednesday."
"Tribes have refused to collect the tax, citing their sovereignty and treaties dating to 1794. The last time the state tried to collect the tax, in 1997, protests erupted and tires were burned on the Thruway, shutting down a 30-mile stretch. Hell, sounds like a return to Little Big Horn."
"There will be quite an uprising and protest to this, but I am going to maintain this policy," Paterson said.
"This is a very dangerous situation," he told WOR-AM Thursday. "There is a -- I think -- high alert. The State Police tells us over and over again that there could be violence and death as a result of some of the measures we're taking. Somebody would have to tell Paterson because he is literally blind as a drunk Saturday night bat. I'm not lying. I've seen him on TV."
"Seneca Indian President Barry Snyder has repeatedly said 'violence is not on our agenda,' but the nation's leadership acknowledges that some of the tribe's more than 7,000 members might disagree. I never knew an Indian chief named Barry. Only in New York."
"The tax on Indian cigarettes is expected to generate about $200 million a year in revenue. Tribal retailers would still be able to sell cigarettes tax-free to members. Sounds like they are encouraging Indians to smoke, I guess the State doesn't mind killing off some of the tribes with them throwing tires in the street, huh?"
"New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently said the governor should act like a cowboy with a shotgun and enforce the state tax law. What dumb asses. Most cowboys don't shoot shotguns."
"Paterson called those comments "inappropriate." The mayor's remarks also drew sharp criticism from the Senecas and Oneidas. Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter said Bloomberg's imagery was as distasteful to his tribe as if someone urged Nazis to take action against Jews. These are awfully big words for an Indian."
Joe B's reading just about took all of the wind out the game for most of the serious players. Sweet Lou Tekell, former All District wide receiver so he wouldn't have to block too much, limped in with an "Even J. D. Couldn't Make This Up" story about the profoundly Liberal former General Wesley Clark. Sweet Lou says, "Clark was interviewed this weekend in support of Obama's strategy in the good war, that being Afghanistan. Clark said we had 100,000 troops there for two good reasons. First to go after Al Queda even though Al Queda has left Afghanistan and gone to Pakistan, Somolia, Yemen, and even Mexico. Secondly, we need the troops in Afghanistan in case a war breaks out between Pakistan and India. And that was it. He never mentioned the Taliban who are the guys we are fighting and Obama is trying to make peace with. Seems like Liberal Generals like to have lots of troops in places where there is no enemy." Sweet Lou finished third in the game.
Coming in second place was JJ Weatherby, ancestor of the former Ford dealer in Hubbard City for years before it closed because just about everything else in Hubbard had already closed. J. J's entry was, "J. D. could not make up a story where the Federal Government bankrupts G.M., gives them $50 billion with a 'b', stiffs stock and bond holders breaking all bankruptcy laws, gives the Unions 17% ownership in the company, lays off thousands of workers, closes dozens of plants, closes hundreds of dealerships, and then, and then (I repeat for emphasis) takes G.M public again to make Goldman Sachs and the bankers (who Obama says he hates) tons of money. Now this is a stock you would love to own after what happened to previous bond holders, right? Meanwhile Ford with no stimulus 'rocks'."
Well, I knew J. D. well, him being my former employer and all. Joe B, Lou, and JJ would would make him proud. I hope they keep playing the game even though I know J. D. Could Have Made These Things Up---and then some.
Jim
Friday, August 27, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Why Are the Enemies of the U.S. Obama's Friends?
I personally visited the Hubbard City Cafe on Sunday of this week and made a personal observation that it doesn't matter so much what you put under your gravy as long as you have good gravy. But I bet most of you folks already knew that. On this particular day I had beef tips, rice, and mashed potatoes underneath. Some gravy even oozed over on to my baked squash and green beans. One thing was for sure. It is all good if you have a piece of great corn bread in one hand at all times. You know that corn bread that makes great golden colored muffins and has just enough sugar to sweeten it up just right.
Well, several of the coffee drinkers came by after lunch and are considering requesting stimulus money for bomb shelters based on the latest news. Under intense questioning on my part Butch came forward, "Let me lay it out for you city folks. On the very same day Obama leaves town for his 6th vacation of the year (which isn't nearly enough to protect the country), he announces that he forced Israel and the Palestinians into peace talks that will last for one year, and he officially reassures (for what that is worth) Israel that Iran is 'at least 12 months' from a nuclear bomb as Iran's leadership hailed the fuelling of its first nuclear power plant on Saturday."
"So Butch, what is this all about?"
"It is all about Obama, like most libs, wanting to pull out of the middle east where 70% of the world's oil reserves are located and could fall into the hands of the bad guys pretty easily without our presence. The middle eastern power is clearly Iran. They are mean and hate the Western World. They can easily stop our Obama military retreats from Iraq and Afghanistan by stirring up trouble in either or both countries. So they let Obama know that they will behave somewhat and let him pull out if Obama will keep Israel from bombing them before they can get their nuclear weapons. So Obama is attempting to tie Israel up in 'peace talks' and 'reassurances'."
"You know what Billy Roy says about Obama, he is one of those guys that you don't listen to what he says, but watch what he does, and most of that is behind your back and under the table."
"So, Butch, what is Billy Roy saying about all this talk about Obama being a Muslim?"
"Jim, you are really stretching me out here, it being a Sunday and all. BM says 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'. To put this in simple terms it is all about the game of oppressors and the oppressed. Those who want to play this game to gain power will team up so to speak. The enemy or oppressor in this case is the mostly white capitalistic America. The enemies of capitalistic America are somewhat friends, that being Marxists, Black Liberation Theologists who are so called Christians, and even Muslims. They all hate White America. So Obama, who thinks it is his calling is to save the world's oppressed from the oppressors, claims to be a Christian with outreaches to Marxists and Muslims. Of course, BM says, we all know Obama really worships only Obama. He will adopt any doctrine that will serve his cause."
"Butch, I'm not sure how simple that is but I am going to mull it over all the way back to Austin. I just hope I don't get my friends mixed up with my enemies as I sort through it. Meanwhile, how's that bomb shelter coming?"
Butch has got me thinking about it,
Jim
Well, several of the coffee drinkers came by after lunch and are considering requesting stimulus money for bomb shelters based on the latest news. Under intense questioning on my part Butch came forward, "Let me lay it out for you city folks. On the very same day Obama leaves town for his 6th vacation of the year (which isn't nearly enough to protect the country), he announces that he forced Israel and the Palestinians into peace talks that will last for one year, and he officially reassures (for what that is worth) Israel that Iran is 'at least 12 months' from a nuclear bomb as Iran's leadership hailed the fuelling of its first nuclear power plant on Saturday."
"So Butch, what is this all about?"
"It is all about Obama, like most libs, wanting to pull out of the middle east where 70% of the world's oil reserves are located and could fall into the hands of the bad guys pretty easily without our presence. The middle eastern power is clearly Iran. They are mean and hate the Western World. They can easily stop our Obama military retreats from Iraq and Afghanistan by stirring up trouble in either or both countries. So they let Obama know that they will behave somewhat and let him pull out if Obama will keep Israel from bombing them before they can get their nuclear weapons. So Obama is attempting to tie Israel up in 'peace talks' and 'reassurances'."
"You know what Billy Roy says about Obama, he is one of those guys that you don't listen to what he says, but watch what he does, and most of that is behind your back and under the table."
"So, Butch, what is Billy Roy saying about all this talk about Obama being a Muslim?"
"Jim, you are really stretching me out here, it being a Sunday and all. BM says 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'. To put this in simple terms it is all about the game of oppressors and the oppressed. Those who want to play this game to gain power will team up so to speak. The enemy or oppressor in this case is the mostly white capitalistic America. The enemies of capitalistic America are somewhat friends, that being Marxists, Black Liberation Theologists who are so called Christians, and even Muslims. They all hate White America. So Obama, who thinks it is his calling is to save the world's oppressed from the oppressors, claims to be a Christian with outreaches to Marxists and Muslims. Of course, BM says, we all know Obama really worships only Obama. He will adopt any doctrine that will serve his cause."
"Butch, I'm not sure how simple that is but I am going to mull it over all the way back to Austin. I just hope I don't get my friends mixed up with my enemies as I sort through it. Meanwhile, how's that bomb shelter coming?"
Butch has got me thinking about it,
Jim
Friday, August 20, 2010
Billy Roy Answers the Question: What In the World is Obama Doing Now?
Sweet Lou Tekell loves a certain Sheriff in Arizona so he is somewhat biased when it comes to his report, "The Civil Rights Division has been investigating Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio since March of 2009, and now The Justice Department officials have issued a rare threat to sue this guy known as America's Sheriff. The suit is threatened to intimidate him into 'co-operating' with their investigation of discriminating against Mexican prisoners. Seems the complaint against the Sheriff is that his jail guards speak English when talking with inmates. Can you imagine that? And that is right here in these United States of America. The concern is that speaking English could endanger the inmates health care. Additionally, the inmates were forced to fill out a 'citizen check' form. Man, discrimination doesn't get worse than this."
Caution here in that any comments from Joe Ed Johnston, local unemployed blacksmith since back in the 50's, are considered an intrusion and certainly this one qualified, "Hell, some of my relatives think if the cops don't stick a 45 in their mouths on the way to jail they are getting off easy. These same kin folks do believe they are discriminated against though for being drunk, disorderly, and down right mean while in other people's home towns, of course. Hell, we discriminate against foreigners. You know folks not from Hubbard. Who wouldn't? Anybody causing trouble in Hubbard is going to have to do more than fill out a form. Most folks dumb enough to raise hell in Hubbard can't write anyway. On the English thing, hell, most cops I have had run ins with didn't have a lot to say in any language. Seems like they ain't there to carry on conversations."
Scotty Anderson, choir director at the First Baptist Church and local diplomat of some renown, slid into the conversation knowing that if he didn't Joe Ed would launch into really bad stories about the days when Big Earl Ash was the local Hubbard City Constable, "Really good points, Joe Ed, as always. Speaking of a 45, it just seems our 47 year old President keeps doing things like in Arizona, and with the Muslim Mosque, and with his major policies of healthcare, cap and trade, and tax increases that go completely against the wishes of American Citizens. Now we are all focused on discrimination and racial strife more so than we have since the 1960s. What in the heck is happening when this guy was going to be something they call 'post racial'?"
Well by now you readers know when the big question is posed like this one, then all eyes go to Billy Roy Mitchum, local country and western star with wisdom unsurpassed since before Willie Nelson started smoking those funny roll your owns, "It is all fitting a pattern. Obama, if nothing else, is courageous in pushing legislation and bureaucracies that will destroy our country as we know it. His popularity with most folks is about as low as it can get, and he knows it. So he doesn't care what most folks think. He looks at the Presidential Electoral College for 2012 and knows that if he can maintain the nonwhite voters at the (83%) that he got last time, he can get re-elected. Polls show today that against any Republican Obama is favored by a margin of 44 to 1 among blacks (87% to 2%). With Hispanics he is nearly 2 to 1 (49% to 26%)."
Of course the folks know BM got those numbers from Butch, and if they didn't know that, all they needed to do was see Butch's beaming face to get the message. BM continued," And of course Obama also knows he will lose the Senate and House to the Republicans because they don't have the electoral college advantage, and doesn't care. He knows he can do enormous damage from the White House with his Czars and Government Welfare and Entitlement Programs that will be in place for the next six years. During that time of turmoil he will blame everything on the Republican Congress. And it they do the typical Republican thing, they will be so timid they can't stop anything anyway. Remember if Obama is nothing else, he is courageous. Republicans just aren't mean enough to handle this guy. It would take a Reagan or Gingrich, and I just don't see one in sight."
BM then closed the gate, "The shame is Obama's plan for re-election will be the most divisive strategy ever to this country when it comes to race relations. The Liar and Chief will do everything possible to stoke the racial fires. My hopes and prayers are that citizens will be Americans first and are surely too smart to fall for this skinny little community organizer's tricks."
Far fetched? Think about it.
Jim
Caution here in that any comments from Joe Ed Johnston, local unemployed blacksmith since back in the 50's, are considered an intrusion and certainly this one qualified, "Hell, some of my relatives think if the cops don't stick a 45 in their mouths on the way to jail they are getting off easy. These same kin folks do believe they are discriminated against though for being drunk, disorderly, and down right mean while in other people's home towns, of course. Hell, we discriminate against foreigners. You know folks not from Hubbard. Who wouldn't? Anybody causing trouble in Hubbard is going to have to do more than fill out a form. Most folks dumb enough to raise hell in Hubbard can't write anyway. On the English thing, hell, most cops I have had run ins with didn't have a lot to say in any language. Seems like they ain't there to carry on conversations."
Scotty Anderson, choir director at the First Baptist Church and local diplomat of some renown, slid into the conversation knowing that if he didn't Joe Ed would launch into really bad stories about the days when Big Earl Ash was the local Hubbard City Constable, "Really good points, Joe Ed, as always. Speaking of a 45, it just seems our 47 year old President keeps doing things like in Arizona, and with the Muslim Mosque, and with his major policies of healthcare, cap and trade, and tax increases that go completely against the wishes of American Citizens. Now we are all focused on discrimination and racial strife more so than we have since the 1960s. What in the heck is happening when this guy was going to be something they call 'post racial'?"
Well by now you readers know when the big question is posed like this one, then all eyes go to Billy Roy Mitchum, local country and western star with wisdom unsurpassed since before Willie Nelson started smoking those funny roll your owns, "It is all fitting a pattern. Obama, if nothing else, is courageous in pushing legislation and bureaucracies that will destroy our country as we know it. His popularity with most folks is about as low as it can get, and he knows it. So he doesn't care what most folks think. He looks at the Presidential Electoral College for 2012 and knows that if he can maintain the nonwhite voters at the (83%) that he got last time, he can get re-elected. Polls show today that against any Republican Obama is favored by a margin of 44 to 1 among blacks (87% to 2%). With Hispanics he is nearly 2 to 1 (49% to 26%)."
Of course the folks know BM got those numbers from Butch, and if they didn't know that, all they needed to do was see Butch's beaming face to get the message. BM continued," And of course Obama also knows he will lose the Senate and House to the Republicans because they don't have the electoral college advantage, and doesn't care. He knows he can do enormous damage from the White House with his Czars and Government Welfare and Entitlement Programs that will be in place for the next six years. During that time of turmoil he will blame everything on the Republican Congress. And it they do the typical Republican thing, they will be so timid they can't stop anything anyway. Remember if Obama is nothing else, he is courageous. Republicans just aren't mean enough to handle this guy. It would take a Reagan or Gingrich, and I just don't see one in sight."
BM then closed the gate, "The shame is Obama's plan for re-election will be the most divisive strategy ever to this country when it comes to race relations. The Liar and Chief will do everything possible to stoke the racial fires. My hopes and prayers are that citizens will be Americans first and are surely too smart to fall for this skinny little community organizer's tricks."
Far fetched? Think about it.
Jim
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Washington's Corruption Stinks Up the Cafe
Corruption was the main topic at the Cafe this week what with Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters claiming racial discrimination as their own party moves forward with charges against their misconduct. These things seem to confuse the folks at the Cafe as to just what corruption in Washington means. From what they know about it, it pretty much stinks.
Sweet Lou Tekell, who rarely uses his last name except on divorce papers, was the first out of the blocks, "This Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts, former Presidential Candidate and lying traitor in Viet Nam, was complaining this week about the corruption in the Afghanistan government while questioning whether we should just pull out of such a corrupt place. This is the same guy who a couple of weeks ago was trying to explain why he saved over $500,000 in taxes by buying and docking his little yaught, that his wife paid for, in little Rhode Island instead of his beloved state of Massachusetts. Kerrey like most Dems, never saw a tax increase he didn't like. And why not, when he and most of his Liberal buddies like Rangel and, Secretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner , don't pay taxes anyway. Seems like to me if this isn't corruption it sure in hell is a close cousin."
"Yep, confused me as well," was Butch Jackson's reply since there is no way he is going to miss getting in on this topic. "This week the Justice Department dropped all charges against Republican and fellow Texas,Tom DeLay, who they ran out of office and disgraced in 2005 from his position as House Majority Leader. This is the number two position in the house. Seems it is a little late for Justice to admit they were wrong. The politics of personal destruction destroyed this man."
The Chairman of the Hubbard City Cafe, Billy Roy Mitchum, was not to be outdone, "This is no worse then what they did to Newt Gingrich. At the time Newt was the Speaker of the House. He had led the Republican '94 Revolution and Contract With America that caused huge budget cuts and wound up with Clinton taking credit for creating surpluses. Hell, Clinton couldn't bring discipline to his own zipper much less the national budget. On January 21, 1997, the House voted 395 to 28 to reprimand Gingrich for ethics violations dating back to September 1994. The House ordered Gingrich to pay a $300,000 penalty, the first time in the House's 208-year history it had disciplined a Speaker for ethical wrongdoing."
"Eighty-four ethics charges, most of which were leveled by House Democratic Whip David Bonior, were filed against Speaker Gingrich during his term. These included charges that he claimed tax-exempt status for a college course run for political purposes. Eighty-three of the 84 allegations were dropped. Gingrich denied the charges over misuse of tax-exempt funds; however, he admitted to providing inaccurate statements during the probe over the college course and agreed to pay $300,000 for the cost of the investigation. The House Ethics Committee concluded that inaccurate information supplied to investigators represented 'intentional or ... reckless' disregard of House rules. (Can you imagine the Dems providing inaccurate information about something like Obamacare?) The full committee panel did not reach a conclusion about whether Gingrich had violated federal tax law and instead opted to leave it up to the IRS. In 1999, the IRS cleared the organizations connected with the 'Renewing American Civilization' courses under investigation for possible tax violations."
"Again, they cleared him after Gingrich left office. Today Newt is one of the best brains in American politics. The Dems always go after the smart ones. They went after Cheney big time,and settled for getting his assistant, Scooter Libby, on silly drummed up charges. What a shame because boy could we use these guys today with our deficits and economic problems."
"Seems to me that nothing is more corrupt than bringing false charges against Conservative Americans to gain political advantage knowing that by the time the system sorts it out all the liars will be long gone, and by then folks won't care. People like David Bonior should be behind bars," BM was getting hot under the cowboy hat. "Real corruption to me is when the President Elect refuses to enforce existing immigration laws to protect American Citizens because he wants Hispanic votes in 2012. If that doesn't drive someone out of office nothing should", which pretty much capped the flow of information on this day at the Hubbard City Cafe.
Think pleasant thoughts like a good old fashioned impeachment,
Jim
Sweet Lou Tekell, who rarely uses his last name except on divorce papers, was the first out of the blocks, "This Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts, former Presidential Candidate and lying traitor in Viet Nam, was complaining this week about the corruption in the Afghanistan government while questioning whether we should just pull out of such a corrupt place. This is the same guy who a couple of weeks ago was trying to explain why he saved over $500,000 in taxes by buying and docking his little yaught, that his wife paid for, in little Rhode Island instead of his beloved state of Massachusetts. Kerrey like most Dems, never saw a tax increase he didn't like. And why not, when he and most of his Liberal buddies like Rangel and, Secretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner , don't pay taxes anyway. Seems like to me if this isn't corruption it sure in hell is a close cousin."
"Yep, confused me as well," was Butch Jackson's reply since there is no way he is going to miss getting in on this topic. "This week the Justice Department dropped all charges against Republican and fellow Texas,Tom DeLay, who they ran out of office and disgraced in 2005 from his position as House Majority Leader. This is the number two position in the house. Seems it is a little late for Justice to admit they were wrong. The politics of personal destruction destroyed this man."
The Chairman of the Hubbard City Cafe, Billy Roy Mitchum, was not to be outdone, "This is no worse then what they did to Newt Gingrich. At the time Newt was the Speaker of the House. He had led the Republican '94 Revolution and Contract With America that caused huge budget cuts and wound up with Clinton taking credit for creating surpluses. Hell, Clinton couldn't bring discipline to his own zipper much less the national budget. On January 21, 1997, the House voted 395 to 28 to reprimand Gingrich for ethics violations dating back to September 1994. The House ordered Gingrich to pay a $300,000 penalty, the first time in the House's 208-year history it had disciplined a Speaker for ethical wrongdoing."
"Eighty-four ethics charges, most of which were leveled by House Democratic Whip David Bonior, were filed against Speaker Gingrich during his term. These included charges that he claimed tax-exempt status for a college course run for political purposes. Eighty-three of the 84 allegations were dropped. Gingrich denied the charges over misuse of tax-exempt funds; however, he admitted to providing inaccurate statements during the probe over the college course and agreed to pay $300,000 for the cost of the investigation. The House Ethics Committee concluded that inaccurate information supplied to investigators represented 'intentional or ... reckless' disregard of House rules. (Can you imagine the Dems providing inaccurate information about something like Obamacare?) The full committee panel did not reach a conclusion about whether Gingrich had violated federal tax law and instead opted to leave it up to the IRS. In 1999, the IRS cleared the organizations connected with the 'Renewing American Civilization' courses under investigation for possible tax violations."
"Again, they cleared him after Gingrich left office. Today Newt is one of the best brains in American politics. The Dems always go after the smart ones. They went after Cheney big time,and settled for getting his assistant, Scooter Libby, on silly drummed up charges. What a shame because boy could we use these guys today with our deficits and economic problems."
"Seems to me that nothing is more corrupt than bringing false charges against Conservative Americans to gain political advantage knowing that by the time the system sorts it out all the liars will be long gone, and by then folks won't care. People like David Bonior should be behind bars," BM was getting hot under the cowboy hat. "Real corruption to me is when the President Elect refuses to enforce existing immigration laws to protect American Citizens because he wants Hispanic votes in 2012. If that doesn't drive someone out of office nothing should", which pretty much capped the flow of information on this day at the Hubbard City Cafe.
Think pleasant thoughts like a good old fashioned impeachment,
Jim
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Listen to Ray Stevens, Vote for Bill Flores, and Stay Tuned to The Hubbard City Cafe
Billy Roy says his old buddy Ray Stevens has outdone himself with his new video and song satirizing and making fun of the illegal immigration thing, "The latest stats are that 1 of every 12 children born in the USA today are to illegal immigrants. At present, it is estimated that some 11 million undocumented immigrants live in the U.S. -- with Latinos accounting for 75% of undocumented U.S. immigrants and about 85% of the births among that group. How do we punish these illegals? We make their babies full American citizens and spend an estimate of $338,000,000,000 (that is billions) a year on education, welfare, health care, and services for illegals. No wonder folks feel like things in today's world are just turned upside down."
Scott Riddle, whose cows may or may not cause global warming in downtown Hubbard every July and August depending on where you take your coffee, says there is hope. In fact he attended a meeting last night to meet Bill Flores a US Congressional candidate running in District 17 against a longtime career politician. Seems candidates are flocking to the Hubbard City Cafe to gain support and backing from the prestigious coffee drinkers who call the Cafe their Semi-World Headquarters.
Seems like Scott Riddle feels that a country running a $1.4 trillion deficit every year because of spending habits worse than pipeline cowboys on a Saturday night could benefit from electing some actual experienced and successful business people who are willing to go work to get the kinks out of Washington D.C.
Scott says, "Bill Flores is a CPA, MBA, and former successful CEO of an Oil Company. He grew up on a ranch and knows what hard work is. He is a Conservative first, and believes in limited government. There aren't many guys around these days that would go to Washington to help clean up the Obama/Pelosi/Reid mess."
When I asked Scott about Bill's opponent, Chet Edwards, the answer was, "He is a career politician who voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.1% of the time during the current Congress. What else do you need to know?"
Butch Jackson, not to be left out of the conversation, said, "This all comes as that guy in the White House just lost his third CEO of Obama Motors, formerly known as GM until Obama gave it to the United Auto Workers. Obama's takeover team is made up of politicians, academics, middle aged revolutionaries, and wall street crooks. There is not a reputable business man that could stomach Obama's socialistic takeover of this country. And Obama thinks businesses aren't adding jobs because of what is happening in Greece. Hell, most small business people who create 3/4 of the jobs don't even know where Greece is."
Well certainly the folks have given you thinking people enough to ponder so here are a couple of links to peruse during your pondering.
First, Ray Stevens new video (really good):
http://budurl.com/cometotheusa
Next, Bill Flores Web Site (a really good guy)
http://billfloresforcongress.com/
Think about it,
Jim
Scott Riddle, whose cows may or may not cause global warming in downtown Hubbard every July and August depending on where you take your coffee, says there is hope. In fact he attended a meeting last night to meet Bill Flores a US Congressional candidate running in District 17 against a longtime career politician. Seems candidates are flocking to the Hubbard City Cafe to gain support and backing from the prestigious coffee drinkers who call the Cafe their Semi-World Headquarters.
Seems like Scott Riddle feels that a country running a $1.4 trillion deficit every year because of spending habits worse than pipeline cowboys on a Saturday night could benefit from electing some actual experienced and successful business people who are willing to go work to get the kinks out of Washington D.C.
Scott says, "Bill Flores is a CPA, MBA, and former successful CEO of an Oil Company. He grew up on a ranch and knows what hard work is. He is a Conservative first, and believes in limited government. There aren't many guys around these days that would go to Washington to help clean up the Obama/Pelosi/Reid mess."
When I asked Scott about Bill's opponent, Chet Edwards, the answer was, "He is a career politician who voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.1% of the time during the current Congress. What else do you need to know?"
Butch Jackson, not to be left out of the conversation, said, "This all comes as that guy in the White House just lost his third CEO of Obama Motors, formerly known as GM until Obama gave it to the United Auto Workers. Obama's takeover team is made up of politicians, academics, middle aged revolutionaries, and wall street crooks. There is not a reputable business man that could stomach Obama's socialistic takeover of this country. And Obama thinks businesses aren't adding jobs because of what is happening in Greece. Hell, most small business people who create 3/4 of the jobs don't even know where Greece is."
Well certainly the folks have given you thinking people enough to ponder so here are a couple of links to peruse during your pondering.
First, Ray Stevens new video (really good):
http://budurl.com/cometotheusa
Next, Bill Flores Web Site (a really good guy)
http://billfloresforcongress.com/
Think about it,
Jim
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Finally, Californians Are Asking For Help From The Folks
To: Billy Roy Mitchum in care of the Hubbard City Cafe
From: Dave Hanna (friend of Jim Hammock)
Subject: California Needs Your Help
BM, I follow your group discussions at the Cafe closely. I also know that you guys follow our struggles here in California and want you to know there is hope on the horizon for us. In fact we are approaching one of the most important races in the country here in my backyard. California’s gubernatorial election is between Meg Whitman, a Republican and former CEO of eBay, and Jerry Brown, an ultra-liberal and career politician.
Meg joined eBay in March 1998, when it had 30 employees and revenues of approximately $4 million. During her time as CEO, the company grew to approximately 15,000 employees and $8 billion in annual revenue by 2008. BM, I know you will agree that Meg produced more jobs at eBay than the entire Obama administration has in their combined careers. This is just what we need at this moment in our country's history.
I am serving as a Co-Chair for Meg’s campaign and doing everything I can to make sure that she’s elected in November. Meg will be in Texas on Monday, August 16th, for three private fund raising events . I’ve included her schedule below and hope that you will encourage your Hubbard City Cafe followers to attend one of her events.
BM, as my good friend Jim Hammock knows, I am a huge fan of the State of Texas. I lived there as an IBM salesman in Houston in the late 6os. I've been in Texas politics starting in 1999 when I served as then Governor Bush's High Tech Co-Chair for California. I'm currently one of two co-chairs in California for the George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU.
And now we Californians, who are trying to straighten out our mess, need help from our Texas friends.
Here is Meg's schedule:
Monday, August 16th
Breakfast – San Antonio 8:00 AM at the Club Giraud
Lunch – Houston 12:00 PM at The Houstonian Hotel
Reception – Dallas 5:00 PM at Crescent Club
Those wishing to attend or make contributions to Meg's campaign may contact Alison McIntosh at 214-520-2194 or Alison@mcintoshcompany.com.
Thanks for your consideration, and I will stop by the Cafe on my next trip through Hubbard.
Dave
From: Dave Hanna (friend of Jim Hammock)
Subject: California Needs Your Help
BM, I follow your group discussions at the Cafe closely. I also know that you guys follow our struggles here in California and want you to know there is hope on the horizon for us. In fact we are approaching one of the most important races in the country here in my backyard. California’s gubernatorial election is between Meg Whitman, a Republican and former CEO of eBay, and Jerry Brown, an ultra-liberal and career politician.
Meg joined eBay in March 1998, when it had 30 employees and revenues of approximately $4 million. During her time as CEO, the company grew to approximately 15,000 employees and $8 billion in annual revenue by 2008. BM, I know you will agree that Meg produced more jobs at eBay than the entire Obama administration has in their combined careers. This is just what we need at this moment in our country's history.
I am serving as a Co-Chair for Meg’s campaign and doing everything I can to make sure that she’s elected in November. Meg will be in Texas on Monday, August 16th, for three private fund raising events . I’ve included her schedule below and hope that you will encourage your Hubbard City Cafe followers to attend one of her events.
BM, as my good friend Jim Hammock knows, I am a huge fan of the State of Texas. I lived there as an IBM salesman in Houston in the late 6os. I've been in Texas politics starting in 1999 when I served as then Governor Bush's High Tech Co-Chair for California. I'm currently one of two co-chairs in California for the George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU.
And now we Californians, who are trying to straighten out our mess, need help from our Texas friends.
Here is Meg's schedule:
Monday, August 16th
Breakfast – San Antonio 8:00 AM at the Club Giraud
Lunch – Houston 12:00 PM at The Houstonian Hotel
Reception – Dallas 5:00 PM at Crescent Club
Those wishing to attend or make contributions to Meg's campaign may contact Alison McIntosh at 214-520-2194 or Alison@mcintoshcompany.com.
Thanks for your consideration, and I will stop by the Cafe on my next trip through Hubbard.
Dave
Monday, August 9, 2010
Marriage, Bailouts, and the Long Hot Summer in Hubbard
Letter to: The Hubbard City Cafe
From: Jim Hammock (Maxine's Youngest Boy)
Date: August 9, 2010
There are some pretty interesting items in the news recently, and I know with the Global Warming thing sapping your strength there in August, it is hard to hold discussions and fix everything. So I thought I might pick up the slack by giving some of my personal views on some fairly important things like marriage.
Well California has done it again. A gay federal judge overturned California's same-sex marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit two gay couples filed, arguing that that the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights.
Supporters of the ban countered that it was necessary to safeguard the traditional understanding of marriage and to encourage responsible childbearing. California voters passed the ban as Proposition 8 in November 2008, five months after the state Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. Looks like a big tug of war between citizens and liberal courts.
Arguments to support ruling against the will of the people mostly centered around the fact that everyone has equal rights under the law. The historical issue of outlawing mixed marriages (black and white races) was used to show how you can't trust the citizens to protect people's rights, and we must depend on judges and their interpretation of the Constitution instead. It seems to me this is the wrong way to look at the issue since a huge majority of citizens today would clearly agree that all races have equal rights to marriage.
The issue is what is marriage? For some time, most of the world has defined marriage as the sacred union between one man and one woman. That definition would exclude multiple men and women, animals, children, objects, and yes, men marrying men and women marrying women. While most of us would agree that all men and women have equal rights to marry, we would not agree that all men, women, children, animals, etc. have the right to define marriage as they and the judges desire. Maybe that is why in every one of the thirty-one states that have put the issue before the people for a vote, true marriage has prevailed. Only judges have ruled otherwise.
In summary, it is pretty simple. Define marriage first, and then determine who has rights to this union. My guess is you should be careful with your definition because gay marriage is just the beginning of a movement to break down, weaken, and even destroy the concept of marriage and family.
Justice Anthony Scalia worries about this slippery slope. He has argued that marriage is the cornerstone of society. He feels marriage is not only a “sacred obligation,” but also a civil contract governed by law. State laws against bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, bestiality, child pornography, statutory rape, and polygamy are based on moral choices of society who wishes to protect the time honored concept of the family.
Bottom line, with the problems we are having in this country I feel we should be for most anything that strengthens the family and against most anything that weakens the family. Marriage should be strengthened not weakened. Period.
Also, did you guys notice the Democractic Congress called folks back to Washington to give a $26 Billion bailout to their teacher and police unions in hopes to get out the vote in November. They say don't worry about the deficit because they will raise taxes on businesses to pay for the legislation. This came out the same week that news about The city of Oakland, California made the rounds. Our California friends laid off over 10 percent of its police force after failing to negotiate a settlement with the police union — whose members earn an average compensation of $162,000 a year.
“What’s going on in Oakland is an example of a phenomenon being seen across the country: states and cities choosing between providing services to the public or maintaining luxury compensation for public employees,” Josh Barro, the Walter B. Wriston Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, writes for the Real Clear Markets website.
As the result of the loss of 80 police officers, Oakland’s police chief says cops will no longer respond to 44 categories of crimes, including grand theft (a large Obama voting group).
Well guys, I will continue to keep watch down here in the cool City of Austin until temperatures drop a little there in Downtown Hubbard City. I know how that Global Warming saps your strength. Don't worry, surely your BAILOUT is in the mail.
Think about it,
Jim
From: Jim Hammock (Maxine's Youngest Boy)
Date: August 9, 2010
There are some pretty interesting items in the news recently, and I know with the Global Warming thing sapping your strength there in August, it is hard to hold discussions and fix everything. So I thought I might pick up the slack by giving some of my personal views on some fairly important things like marriage.
Well California has done it again. A gay federal judge overturned California's same-sex marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit two gay couples filed, arguing that that the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights.
Supporters of the ban countered that it was necessary to safeguard the traditional understanding of marriage and to encourage responsible childbearing. California voters passed the ban as Proposition 8 in November 2008, five months after the state Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. Looks like a big tug of war between citizens and liberal courts.
Arguments to support ruling against the will of the people mostly centered around the fact that everyone has equal rights under the law. The historical issue of outlawing mixed marriages (black and white races) was used to show how you can't trust the citizens to protect people's rights, and we must depend on judges and their interpretation of the Constitution instead. It seems to me this is the wrong way to look at the issue since a huge majority of citizens today would clearly agree that all races have equal rights to marriage.
The issue is what is marriage? For some time, most of the world has defined marriage as the sacred union between one man and one woman. That definition would exclude multiple men and women, animals, children, objects, and yes, men marrying men and women marrying women. While most of us would agree that all men and women have equal rights to marry, we would not agree that all men, women, children, animals, etc. have the right to define marriage as they and the judges desire. Maybe that is why in every one of the thirty-one states that have put the issue before the people for a vote, true marriage has prevailed. Only judges have ruled otherwise.
In summary, it is pretty simple. Define marriage first, and then determine who has rights to this union. My guess is you should be careful with your definition because gay marriage is just the beginning of a movement to break down, weaken, and even destroy the concept of marriage and family.
Justice Anthony Scalia worries about this slippery slope. He has argued that marriage is the cornerstone of society. He feels marriage is not only a “sacred obligation,” but also a civil contract governed by law. State laws against bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, bestiality, child pornography, statutory rape, and polygamy are based on moral choices of society who wishes to protect the time honored concept of the family.
Bottom line, with the problems we are having in this country I feel we should be for most anything that strengthens the family and against most anything that weakens the family. Marriage should be strengthened not weakened. Period.
Also, did you guys notice the Democractic Congress called folks back to Washington to give a $26 Billion bailout to their teacher and police unions in hopes to get out the vote in November. They say don't worry about the deficit because they will raise taxes on businesses to pay for the legislation. This came out the same week that news about The city of Oakland, California made the rounds. Our California friends laid off over 10 percent of its police force after failing to negotiate a settlement with the police union — whose members earn an average compensation of $162,000 a year.
“What’s going on in Oakland is an example of a phenomenon being seen across the country: states and cities choosing between providing services to the public or maintaining luxury compensation for public employees,” Josh Barro, the Walter B. Wriston Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, writes for the Real Clear Markets website.
As the result of the loss of 80 police officers, Oakland’s police chief says cops will no longer respond to 44 categories of crimes, including grand theft (a large Obama voting group).
Well guys, I will continue to keep watch down here in the cool City of Austin until temperatures drop a little there in Downtown Hubbard City. I know how that Global Warming saps your strength. Don't worry, surely your BAILOUT is in the mail.
Think about it,
Jim
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