George’s slightly off-center view of the world
If you are outraged by the War on ChristmasTM and the holiday cups Starbucks Coffee is foisting on us, there are options available to you. The folks at Willamette Week newspaper have researched the marketplace and identified coffee alternatives.
The winner? McDonald’s, who else?
Something you may not have noticed in your travels: the disappearance of “Vacancy” signs. Fewer and fewer motels and hotels display them. Travelers these days can use a smartphone app to see what lodging is at the expected destination and can call ahead to check on availability.
Fewer mom-and-pop motels exist; chain hotels, as in other industries, are more prevalent. The chains don’t want to advertise that they are full. They want the traveler to come inside, so if there is no room at the inn, they can be directed to a nearby property operated by the same chain.
If you are planning a motor trip, RoadTripUSA.com is an excellent resource for traveling off the interstates. Or you could buy the book.
After nearly eight years of oppression, we white people have finally broken the shackles of political correctness.
Kory Duquette – Arab, Alabama:
Trump has eliminated “that uncomfortable feeling of being afraid to speak your mind as a white man. There is nothing wrong with being white.”
Christine Bolan – St. Paul, Minnesota:
“Obama cared more about black people.” Democratic politicians have too often tried to make her “ashamed to be white.”
Richard Spencer – Whitefish, Montana:
“… white Americans of all classes revolting against political correctness.”
Feel better?
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin recently compromised her Christian faith. She issued her annual “Oilfield Prayer Day” proclamation that stated, “Christians are invited to thank God for the blessings” created by the industry and to “seek His wisdom and ask for protection.” It also declared that Christians believe oil and natural gas are “created by God.”
Bowing to pressure from non-believers, she revised her decree to invite people of all faiths to pray for the industry. Apparently the blessings of fossil fuels apply to all, regardless of their religious beliefs.
The recent election may help revive a flagging industry. Already suffering from Internet competition, the besieged porn industry had largely fled the Los Angeles area because of burdensome government regulations.
Molly Ivins from 2003, Texas is the future:
“These are Shiite Republicans – they don’t compromise, they don’t deal, they don’t look for the middle way. Because they believe they’re right. They think it’s them against evil. And everybody who ain’t them is evil. I’m just warning you. This is about to happen everywhere. The whole country is being turned into the state whose proudest boast is that sometimes we’re ahead of Mississippi.”
