As a child, this columnist found a hypnotic allure to all things nihilistic even though the thought that "it's all an exercise in futility" was completely incomprehensible to a kid who was living in a world where all things were possible. Was my classmate Joey Biden there when one of the nuns told us that anyone of us could become President of the United States? At the end of the movie "Treasure of the Sierra Madre," the old prospector and one of his young protà ©gà ©es laugh as the fruit of their year of labor blows away in the wind. Really? People can do that?
Sitting in Berkeley waiting for the authorities to say again that the events in Japan will have no impact on this California city, knowing that if they candidly admitted that the outlook was bleak there would be nothing that could be done except to begin a search for any possible "end of the world orgy" nearby, brought to mind the words of the old guy in the aforementioned movie. He advised his young partner to laugh and make the most of the situation. Now after a lifetime full of stolen elections, broken campaign promises, and endless petroleum wars, suddenly the message of "Treasure of the Sierra Madre," has snapped into clear focus.
Why listen to news? Why not slap an old tape into the player and listen to Jerry Lee Lewis wish that he wasn't middle age crazy but actually was 18 again. "Going places I'd never seen."
What would you give to see a living legend sing? We've had the experience of seeing old Jerry Lee perform at the legendary Palomino in North Hollywood. That famous night club is long gone and we don't know where the hell our Pal T-shirt is. Oh, well, it's like the line in one of his songs: "If I had the time, I'd do it all again." We all know what memories can bring; they bring diamonds and rust.
"We lost cousin Davey in the Korean War; still don't know what for"
Liberal bloggers spent hours pounding out columns pointing out that Bush was duplicating the Nazi War Crimes. Along came Barry and he retroactively approved the Bush methodology and urged the Democrat voters to forgive and forget.
Now, we might send troops to Libya. The spirit of George Bush lives on!
We heard an news item that indicates that General Patraus will ask for more troops for the war in Afghanistan. I once was blind but now I see. You go, Barry, and remember the old John Wayne philosophy: "Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."
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