It's hard to believe that when we lose a icon like Paul Harvey, that we have gotten to rely on his news and comments for the past seventy years although in my case it's more like 35. The way that he starts out with the greeting stand by for news. And then during breaks would go Page 2, Page 3 etc. And then conclude things by bidding Good Day and some of the faithful would turn in later for The Rest Of The Story. There's a blooper that can be heard on All Time Great Bloopers to which Paul told a story and then had the right timing to do the punch line and go Page 2, leaving the announcer laughing his butt off. That will be the way we remember Paul Harvey and his one and only way of delivering the stories and the punch line. Although Paul died yesterday, it seemed like he actually died when his beloved wife Lynne passed away last year and like Johnny Cash losing June it would be simply a matter of time. Living 90 years is a big accomplishment in life and though I doubt that even with the advances of modern medicine I don't foresee me living that long but in Paul Harvey lived a long and fruitful life and 70 years of broadcasting is a feat upon itself. I consider it to be a sacred honor to hear Paul in this decade although by last year he was part time due to declining health. Although with Lowell Thomas, Paul Harvey was distinct, one and only and you cannot replace him. Page 2.
Now the antichrist. Rush Dimbulb, managed to put his fat face on CNN and FOX yesterday as he tried to explain his right wing propaganda. So now he's the spokesman for the Republican party so says the liberals. Well the Republicants have been running and hiding ever since the Taxacrats got into office and since there's no one clear right wing voice it looks like old Pillhead will be happy to step in. After all, he's only making 30 million a year to entertain the masses. I'd certainly would love to see his show fail just like he would like to see the president fail but that's not going to happen. I don't care for Rush but I don't see the need to forbid people to listen to him. It's also a pleasure to see him stick his big fat foot in his mouth and we'll be waiting for that. Now Page 3.
I always like Paul's assessment of government. Self-government won't work without self-discipline. He had been saying that for least the time I have listened to him. Here's a interesting link that Paul gave a lecture to back in 2003 and most of it still rings true today.
http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/landonlect/harveytext903.html
These are the darkest of times right now and I donno if the bottom we have reached yet or will we see the light at the end of the tunnel soon. But I tend to think with the continue volleying of gas prices and the media jumping on each and every time it goes up, no wonder we have paranoia in the world. Another advantage of having the internet to read things as they come by. Page 4.
9 years into the new Millennium and it seems like that it was years ago that we had a surplus in the budget, respected in the world and still having a record store within walking distance. At the end of 1999, it looked like things were looking up for yours truly, had a fine woman to celebrate the new year with as we spent the evening at a East Dubuque bar. If the end of the world came at 12 AM Jan 1, 2000 then we would have gone to the great beyond happy for a change. And then the worst general manager in Texas Rangers baseball history became the occupant of the White House for eight years, 9/11 came around and then Iraqi war and Afghanistan war and then the republicants fiddle around and gave tax cuts to their rich buddies and things went to the toilet. Then we got change in 2007, the republicant doofus got replaced by the female Taxacrat and the stalemate bickering and here we are, with the biggest deficient in history . And the taxpayer keeps bailing government out of their messes, such as the first stimulus to keep Wall Street and their ignorance going. And now the banks and their ignorance. Think we're not in the great depression 2 now? One can only hope that something will come to light, if not this might be the United States of China and all the freedoms that we enjoyed ten years ago will be gone ten years from now. Might be the political prisoner out of all of this.
Now for what's it worth,
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
RS Crabb....Good day.
For
most of my high school years, I used to start out listening to Paul
Harvey News And Comment at 7:35 before making the long trek to school.
Paul Harvey passed away today at age 90, following his wife who passed
on last year. Eventually Paul Harvey made his way across the dial to
WMT AM 600 after years on KCRG 1600 and even in his old age still
managed to do the news and views a couple times a week.
Dedicated to the memory of Paul Harvey
Dedicated to the memory of Paul Harvey
