The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
    Richard Day's picture

    IRONY

    So he asked me if I believed that Jonas really survived in the belly of a whale for three days.

    I responded that I did not know but maybe I will ask him when I get to heaven.

    And what if he is not in heaven when you arrive.

    Well then you can ask him.

    (Bishop Sheen)

    Sometimes I find it better to admit when I do not know something.

    RUSH LIMBAUGH

    LIMBAUGH: I had a friend of mine send me some excerpts of Martin Luther King's speech fifty years ago, and there are four of them there. He says, you know, Rush, when I read what King said, I'm reminded more of things you say than things Obama says." [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show8/27/13]...
    LIMBAUGH: This was between 9 and 10 pm last night on CNN, who is in a quest to become the, again, most respected news organization in the country, perhaps even in the world. So, "nigga," with an "a" on the end, well I think I can now. Isn't that the point? 'Cause it's not racist. That's the point. I could be talking about a male, a Chinese male, a guy at the Laundromat. I could be talking about a man. That's what she said it means. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show7/16/13]



    http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/08/27/rush-limbaugh-has-heard-he-sounds-like-martin-l/195628


    I find myself over indulging in Limbaughmania. I was worse, much much worse years ago.

    All one ever has to do if one finds himself curious about this radio satan and the most outlandish claims he has made recently; is simply to google mediamatters and you can read rusho's quotes to your heart's content for weeks.

    Lately I have been outraged with Limbaugh's treatment of our First Lady.

    He insists upon calling the single most physically fit First Lady in the history of our White House 'fat'.

    I know there is some pun about black kettles in the midst of this investigation, but...

    I mean Rusho has been slandering this fine lady, this fine mother, this fine American for at least five years.

    It is just that Rusho, besides being the most lauded racist capitalistic neo-fascist prick in this nation for decades, is a big fat ugly undisciplined prick.

    Due to efforts made by private groups and charitable organizations and due to the efforts of this First Lady, the food habits of our public school children have changed drastically over the last five years.

    http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/08/27/2531771/healthy-school-lunches-progress/

    I mean Palin can haul around 64 ounce Pepsi's or whatever but we know that her tiny frame and thin profile would not allow her to consume such crap; ever. If you do, you get fatso.

    But back to Rush.

    THIS GUY THINKS HE IS THE REINCARNATION OF MLK?

    His attacks on the First Lady are like:

    Stalin accusing Truman of being a Communist.

    Or, Gabby Hayes. accusing Huey Long of being a terrible orator.

    Or, The_Elephant_Man accusing Paul Newman of being ugly.

    Or, a four-year-old accusing T. S. Eliot of being a bad writer.

    Or, Joan_Crawford accusing St. Mary of being a terrible mother.

    Or, John D. Rockefeller accusing Teddy Roosevelt of being a money grabbing capitalist prick!

    Or, Ted Cruz accusing President Obama of not being eligible for the Presidency under our Constitution due to birther problems.

    Or, Tebow accusing the Manning Bros of being incompetent quarterbacks.

    Or, Merv Griffin accusing Dylan of being a terrible song writer.

    Or, President Buchanan accusing President Lincoln of being a bad Chief Executive.

    Or, Mickey Rooney accusing Wilt Chamberlain of being short.

    Or, Trump will lead you to a better education than elite universities.

    Or, ...I keep hoping for a growing readership. Fill in your own metaphors. Hahahahahah

     

    HEADLINES

    This headline really 'grabbed' me!
     

    DON'T WASH YOUR CHICKEN!

    http://drexel.edu/dontwashyourchicken/

    Now I have certain sensibilities and I was too afraid to really check out this link. I mean I find myself stopping videos of Bill Burr and Louis CK from time to time....I mean there are lines that should not be crossed.

    Frankly, I make it a point, especially when the summer heat begins attacking certain parts of my anatomy with pustules approaching those attributed to Job that...and suffice it to say that I make sure that I really scrub my chicken....okay; enough of that.

    SIDELINES

    A remarkable summary of President Obama and race can be found at the New Yorker.

    http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/17/081117fa_fact_remnick?currentPage=13

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    Comments

    Bishop Sheen brings back memories of Sunday night TV in the 1950's.

    Gabby Hayes came on every afternoon after Howdy Doody before the Lone Ranger. 

    Rush is slowely dying in AM radio land.  He has been a chronic disease that is in it's final stages.  Anything he says now is just a death rattle. A very shrill death rattle.

    Thank you,  Resistance for telling me about Google Chrome.  I am now fixed.  


    Hahahahaha . . .

    As per usual, great stuff here Dick.

    As I came upon that don't wash your chicken it immediately brought to mind what they'd say about what to do, or not to do to a duck.

    Hmmmmm . . .

    ~OGD~


    I don't know about you but when I here:

    DUCK

    I lower my head and pray!

    hahaah