16 March 2013 –
Odds ‘n Ends
1. Senator Rob Portman,
(R-OH), a major force in Republican politics for the last twenty years and, as
a Representative, a proponent of the passage of the 1996 Defense of Marriage
Act, has just publicly reversed his stand on homosexual marriage. He
still contends that the states should determine marriage laws within their
borders, and he also encourages the federal government to make the tax codes
neutral as far as marriage goes, not giving exemptions for married couples.
Senator
Portman prefaced his announcement by saying that his son, 21, told him a while
ago that he was gay. Senator Portman said that his son’s lifestyle
had a major effect on his change of position. OK, let me get this
right…right may be right and wrong may be wrong in issues facing a responsible
and honest public official, right? Well, I guess that depends on if
the wrong or the right reveals itself within the walls of the official’s own
home. Senator Portman just said that what has been wrong far away is
right now that is close to him, I guess.
2.
Hostess is going to sell
the rights to produce Devil Dogs, a soft chocolate cake with white crème
filler, to the makers of Little Debbie
cakes. Wonderful! Twinkies and Devil Dogs live
on! I snarfed down my last Twinkie about ten years ago, and I cannot
remember the last time I bit a Devil Dog. But, the free market bets
that there is still a demand for these products; therefore, someone will
continue to satisfy that demand. Life finds a way despite the
short-sighted labor unions that destroyed the Golden Goose of Hostess who made
the golden Twinkies that kept the union members’ families fed. But,
we can rise from the self-immolated ashes of our battles and push
onward! I love this country!
Hmm,
it’s a couple of hours before my next meal, and I am hungry...I got
it! Let’s combine this Devil Dog action with the recent court ruling
that Hizonner The Mayor of New York could not ban the sale of soft drinks
larger than 16 oz.; the judge rightfully called such a policy dictum
“capricious.” Let’s organize marches throughout the United States
with people gorging themselves from a box of eight Devil Dogs in one hand and
from a non-biodegradable, Styrofoam cup of 64 oz. of Dr. Pepper in the
other. No problem with the consequences; Obamacare will be there to
heal our clogged-up, rotund bodies. Let’s rejoice in the free
market’s ability to find ways to sell what we insist on
buying. Then, let’s snub our collective noses at the elite
nanny-state who would force us to be responsible. Finally, let’s
exploit that same nanny-state to pay for our excesses. I love this
country!
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