Go figure. Last month:
That’s it. I’m mulling. Remember The Kingston Trio’s Merry Minuet? It was written in 1958.
They’re rioting in Africa,
They’re starving in Spain.
There’s hurricanes in Florida,
And Texas needs rain
The whole world is festering
With unhappy souls.
The French hate the Germans,
The Germans hate the Poles;
Italians hate Yugoslavs,
South Africans hate the Dutch,
And I don’t like anybody very much!
But we can be tranquil
And “thankfill” and proud,
For man’s been endowed
With a mushroom-shaped cloud.
And we know for certain
That some lovely day
Someone will set the spark off,
And we will all be blown away!
They’re rioting in Africa,
There’s strife in Iran.
What nature doesn’t do to us
Will be done by our fellow man
You can here it sun (badly) here.
Favorite weekend reading
Trump Says He Heroically Avoided Capture in Vietnam by Staying in U.S.
AMES, IOWA (The Borowitz Report)-Presidential candidate Donald Trump revealed a little-known episode of personal heroism from his youth on Saturday, telling an Iowa audience that he narrowly avoided capture in Vietnam by remaining in the United States for the duration of the war.
“The Cong were after me,” Trump said, visibly stirred by the memory. “And then, just in the nick of time, I got my deferment.”
The former reality-show star said he had never shared his record as a war hero before because “I don’t like to boast.”
He said that he only disclosed the episode now because “the way this nation treats our deferment veterans is a disgrace.”
Trump complained that he received no official commendation or medal for his heroism, calling the lack of recognition “shameful.”
“Those brave Americans who, like me, avoided being captured by not serving at all-we are the true heroes,” he said.
Trump’s tale of valor appeared to move many members of his audience, some of whom waited in line after his speech to thank him for his lack of service.
Harry Newton, who’s getting the house ready for Claire and Sophie who are coming in this morning. What a pleasure.
I never heard tat story about trump I would think most news channels that lean left would have blasted that over and over if he keeps talking crazy stuff like that he wont have a chance at being elected the thing about deferment is you got lucky and didn’t have to be dropped in the middle of a place where people are killiong each other. great for him I think anybody would hope they got it but its not something to be awarded a medal
When you a born with a silver spoon in your mouth you could avoid the draft. Based on his recent comments I will never vote for him. Also, I saw the Trump name in yesterday’s sports section about the Dodgers moving from Brooklyn. Another reason not to vote for him