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Christmas Star
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 “Oh, Mary, my dear wife,” said Joseph the Carpenter, “we shall rest here in this manger for there is no tavern open for us.” “It shall be alright,” Mary replied,” My worried Joseph, will be alright.” “I pray that it shall,” Joseph responded as he helped her down from the donkey…
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Irish Family Reunioun
1996 Now when the family gets together We laugh and we sing and we drink Then “Do you remember…” stampedin’ The tears we find hard not to blink. My kinfolk will poke fun at my style Of clothes that I’ve chosen to wear. “Code of the West” is fiction to them, Even though common stock…
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White Butterfly
I dreamed of my dead brother, Adam in the early morning hours of the day. And as usual we were in some sort of heated exchange with one another. When I woke up, I lay in bed and thought hard about the dream and tried to recall what it was we were spatting over, all…
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Revenge
I don’t expect to be a free man by the end of the next four years. I see myself either purged from the coming “New Society” or imprisoned for seditious acts against the state. I suspect there will be many others accompanying me, so I will not be alone in this journey. Here’s why —…
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To Rig or Not to Rig? What a Stupid Question!
When campaign minions aren’t fudging the physical vote count, computers, tasked with tallying the vote, are susceptible to hacking – and Republican’s are jus’ as guilty as the Democrats. This year, Barack Obama won the election in Ohio by only 103,481 votes out of the total of 5,291,039 votes, a difference of only 1.9-percent of…
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The Pain in the Passing
A friend of mine writes: “Sitting with our Mother, my 3 brothers and I, holding her hands and telling her she can go now. I have fixed her hair, applied full make up, donned her most beautiful robe. She hasn’t opened her eyes in 3 days. Although while turning her over to change the bedding…
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Why the GOP in Nevada is Losing
Word up for the Washoe County, the Nevada state and the Republican National Committees: the Democrats are kicking your arses when it comes to campaigning. Really! Case in point, I work for a 50,000 watt radio station, which during the day covers most of Nevada and eastern California and at night blasts from Canada to…
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RNC Claims Voter Fraud in Nevada
The Republican National Committee is alleging voting machines in Nevada are flawed and improperly casting votes for President Obama. The RNC’s chief counsel says some cases have been reported of votes being placed for Obama when a voter cast a ballot for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. Similar claims were raised in the 2010 U.S. Senate race between…
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Signature Song
Early in my career as a radio-music jock at KPOD in Crescent City, I used to sign off every evening with what was known at the time as a “signature song.” I’m not sure if there are any stations left anymore that allow their talent to do this sort of thing, if there are, I haven’t…
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Silver Tailings: There’s a New Show in Town
Perhaps you’ve watched the new CBS television series, “Vegas.” The shows main characters Sheriff Ralph Lamb, is based on a real person. The show depicts his battle with Vincent Savino, a ruthless Chicago gangster who plans to make Las Vegas his own. Dennis Quaid plays Lamb in the series and Michael Chiklis portrays Savino. Lamb was sheriff…