WHAT WERE THEY THINKING ...

OK, y'all take it from there ...

WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS ....

We'll talk about the weather.

As of 5 a.m. or so, 41 of our 55 counties were reporting either school closings or delays. Twenty-two counties are under a winter weather advisory until noon tomorrow; the surrounding counties are under a warning.

Who called Al Gore? It's a proven fact that every time he shows up to talk about global warming, he brings with him record lows, record snow falls & all sorts of bizarre weather.

THE TIMES, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' ....

This morning, on the Today Show, a group of "African Americans" were being interviewed & one of them said that Barack Obama was "gangsta." This is a good thing. It's slang for "cool." Provided, of course, it's an "African American" saying it. I have no idea what sort of uprising it would cause if a "white" person called our new President "gangsta."

Martin Luther King died before I was a year old. Obviously, the segregation era didn't have a huge impact on my personal life. My entire life has been lived with blacks & whites intermingled. Which means, of course, that anyone younger than I am has even less experience with the "civil rights movement" than I do.

Which begs the question ... if the older generations would just let go of the prejudices of their own pasts, would those prejudices die a quiet death? Who perpetuates this black vs. white stuff? Why does it still exist?

One has to assume that in homes all around America, there are parents raising their black children to have a chip on their shoulders. White parents who are raising their children to believe they're superior. The parents in between? Those are the ones whose kids are growing up to support the rest of them.

Yes, it's a Big Deal that we're about to swear in an African American president (Note - he is "African American, since his dad is from Africa). It's exciting, it's historical, it's going to open all new doors of opportunity for anyone who isn't blatantly white.

And yet ... according to the up & coming generation of "African Americans," it's GANGSTA ... ... ... Do I not understand this because I'm old? Or because I'm not black?

HAPPY JANUARY 8th ...

If you see this man today, wish him a happy birthday.

HAPPY 2009 ... Round 2

Not on my blog, folks. If you can't keep a civil tongue in your head & use words that aren't considered "profane" by polite society, I strongly suggest you go to www.blogger.com & start your own blog.

Stick to some semblence of the topic at hand or post your comments elsewhere.

Happy %*&! New Year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Wishing you and yours

a very merry holiday season.

SNOWED IN ....

with no Ace Cub Reporter on the job ....

If you want to get away with anything illegal, illicit

or just plain stupid in Clay,

now's the time.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Whether you're having turkey with all the trimmin's, greasy pizza or a plain ol' bologna sandwich, ENJOY!

DO YOU REMEMBER ...

November 14 ...


1851 - Herman Melville’s book Moby-Dick ("The Whale") was first published in New York City by Harper & Brothers.

1943 - Ernie Nevers of the St. Louis Cardinals became the first professional football player to score six touchdowns in a single game.

1961 - The Elvis Presley film "Blue Hawaii" premiered.

1967 - The Monkees received a gold record for Daydream Believer.

1969 - Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon from Cape Kennedy, FL.

1969 - Number 1 on the music charts - To See My Angel Cry (Conway Twitty)

1972 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 (1,003.16) level for the first time.

1979 - U.S. President Carter froze all Iranian assets in the United States and U.S. banks abroad in response to the taking of 63 American hostages at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran.

1991 - U.S. and British authorities announced indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

1991 - Thomas McIlvane fatally shot four workers at the Royal Oak, MI, Post Office before killing himself. He had been fired from the location.

THE COUNTDOWN'S ON ....

Two days to go!! Hallalujah!!

Have you gotten the endless calls? I've gotten recordings from Darrel McGraw, John McCain, Shelly Moore Capito, Anne Barth ... even invites to meet Hillary & Bill Clinton!

I will miss the pollsters who call constantly. I've lied to every single one of them. I've lied about my age, I've lied about my income level, I've lied about who I'm voting for. Right now, there's an NBC poll that has Obama winning with 52%, McCain trailing at just 48%. I wonder how many of those polled people lied?