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"DAY FIVE..." & "...atmospheric..."http://rick-multiverse.blogspot.com/

Fwd: DAY FIVE: PLANNED LAUNCH on HOLD; NEW MISSION PLANNED...

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Subject: DAY FIVE: PLANNED LAUNCH on HOLD; NEW MISSION PLANNED...

DAY ONE (Thurs., April 19): GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS TOUR is beginning in Charleston; CITIZEN
JOURNALIST is accompanied by TOPPER and HARVEY. They'll be visiting with the city's

famous ghosts from the Civil War; Play-by-Play supplied by Robert E. Lee. Blacks welcomed; Whites

must supply their own sheets...
Subject: Fwd: THE "GOODBYE-FAREWELL-AMEN TOUR - Days Two, Three, Four...
DAY TWO: THE SECOND LEG OF THE "GOODBYE-FAREWELL-AMEN TOUR...
Having left Charleston with a few fun ghostly scares from the denizens of the ether, CJ arrived

at Mount Rushmore, nearby he picked up his old but trusty CITIZEN JOURNALIST/GOOD YEAR

TOURING BLIMP. Next Destination: Remember the ALAMO! Our Pilot: The Spirit of AMERICAN HERO

AL SHEPARD. (groups.google.com/group/rickcosmos-eclectic)...

DAY THREE: Doesn't see Davey Crockett by ghost of John Wayne playing Davy. While there Citizen

Journalist shoots illegal's entering our sovereign nation without authorization - you'll be pleased to know

that he is a marksman!

DAY FOUR: CJ heads for Cape Canavel at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Will he and others

make it? Winds are heavy, veering off course but remember whose at the helm!

Fwd: GOODBYE*FAREWELL*AMEN* Part Two

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Sent: Sun, May 22, 2011 3:40 pm
Subject: Fwd: GOODBYE*FAREWELL*AMEN* Part Two

           H*I*N*T* "A Misunderstanding has been Cleared Up. It has

                         been an understandable Mistake."/Under Certain

                         Atmospheric, as well as Metabolic, Conditions

                        and Invoking Unique Extrasensory Powers, He

                        was able to Receive Messages and Monitor

                        Conversations Far Beyond the Usual Range of

                        Human Hearing.

    Subtitle One GOODBYE*FAREWELL*AMEN* **

    Subtitle Two Nation Needs NASA?Non-NASA Notions

 

(* and ** See end of Part One for explanation).

                                       by Richard DePersio,

                   groups.google.com/group/rickcosmos-eclectic

 

Preface: The Long Goodbye...This represents part two of a three part

series - the finale.' Citizen Journalist may appear sporadically in the

future and regularly if he can secure an associate or two.

       Tammy Gordin's has eclectic interests, including, astronautics

and poetry. She has kindly contributed this creative piece to our

swan song.

Sonnet XXXII by Tammy Gordin,

 

The Space Station's golden solar arrays
squeeze the last morsel of energy
from each orbit. An instrument surveys
all dosages of power at every
diurnal spin as they revolve around
the planet. Large measures of power will
be sucked into the batteries. Compound
silicon solar cells dominate. Still,
it is the rotary joint that lets
the panels track the sun and seize
the rays. ISS spins until it sets
into shadow. It performs this with ease
just like a geometry, zipping all through
limited plasma fields of cobalt blue.

 

By Bat-Ami Gordin link for picture is

 http://twitpic.com/4s3pix

credit goes to ISS astronaut Ron Garan

 thanks for liking my work, and for wanting to post/publish it.

We win; Obama loses. We encouraged our readers to phone or leave message at

websites of members of congress in our "Action Chain Letters" on

 a number of issues, especially, NASA. Recently, the Senate "Committee

on Science, Commerce, Transportation," headed by www.bolde.senate.gov/public/,

scolded our NASA, rightfully so, for failing to make progress on developing

a plan regarding NASA's primary directive: manned space flight. In a letter,

the committee expressed its concern that the U.S. would lose its

preeminent position in space exploration with all the technological/

economic ramifications thereof. It further stated, the Authorization Act of 2010,

"also requires NASA to leverage previous investments in the Shuttle

and the now-canceled 'Constellation' Program to develop a Space

Launch System (SLS) capable of carrying multi-purpose crew vehicle

(CJ: Orion)...which requires NASA to use existing contracts,

workforce, and capabilities to the extent practicable to develop the

new system.'

     This constitutes a victory for us. Obama wanted to start from

scratch in developing a heavy-lifter and super-heavy-lifter which would have

meant that the $9 billion investment in CONSTELLATION would have

gone down the same presidential black hole as stimulus funds and

cash-for-clunkers. He so enjoys wasting taxpayer money! Note bene':

All the member of the Committee - bipartisan - agreed! A 21-rocket

salute to common sense!!!!

(Part two will continue, we are experiencing a technical problem).

 

Fwd: FOR THE FEMINISTS:

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Subject: FOR THE FEMINISTS:

                  "There's nothing sooner dry than  women's tears."

                                                                        -John Webster

                  "...God created men and women different - then

                   let them remain each in their position."

                                                                     -Queen Victoria

                  "Man for the field and woman for the hearth: 

                   Man for the sword and for the needle she:

                   Man with the head and women with the heart:

                   Man to command and woman to obey:

                   All else confusion."

                                                         -Alfred, Lord Tennyson

                 "If I had to give   definition of women capitalism I

                  would say: the process whereby American girls

                  turn into American Women."

                                                           -Christopher Hampton

Tis the real reason that I don't go outside: fear of my dangerous wit.

                "I'm not denyin' the women are foolish: God Almighty

                 made 'em to match the men."

                                                                      -George Eliot

May I see the light of day again, ladies?

                   

                                                                 

Fwd: CITIZEN JOURNALIST...

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Subject: CITIZEN JOURNALIST...

GOING OUT-OF-BUSINESS TOUR is beginning in Charleston; CR is accompanied by

Topper and Harvey. They'll be visiting with the city's famous ghosts from the Civil War.

Play-by-play supplied by Robert E. Lee. Blacks welcome to join the tour. Whites must

bring their own sheets. Register at www.rickaddsite.blogspot.com

Fwd: HE HAS CLASS!....

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Sympathy Card: Disabled and Homebound; We Proudly Exploit Self To Gain More Readers. Please Bookmark

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www.rickaddsite.blogspot.com, Facebook: Richard DePersio, NASA_Ares, THE Meeting Place,

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Mr. and Mrs. Facebook are renovating NASA_Ares and THE Meeting Place but like all

landlords, they are only willing to do so much. Get in on the ground floor: Become a

member and post relevant words, photos and videos. Let's strive for First Prize.

Fwd: As Coral Burnett used to sing (Citizen Journalist)...

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Sent: Sun, May 15, 2011 10:02 pm
Subject: As Carol Burnett used to sing (Citizen Journalist)...

can't sing): "I'm so glad, we had this time together." Although, our time together

has been, for the most part, one-sided. Citizen Journalist needs to be sustained

by feedback. I want compliments...alright...constructive criticism too!

Fwd: "...atmospheric, as well as metabolic, conditions..."

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Sent: Wed, May 18, 2011 5:27 pm
Subject: "...atmospheric, as well as metabolic, conditions..."

  H*I*N*T*  "A Misunderstanding had been Cleared Up. It had been an Understandable

                 Mistake."/...Under certain Atmospheric, as well as metabolic, Conditions

                 and by Enforcing Complete Concentration and Invoking Unique

                 Extrasensory Powers, he was Able to Receive Messages and Monitor

                 Conversations Far Beyond the Usual Range of Human Hearing"*

Subtitle 1: Goodbye-Farewell-Amen**

Subtitle 2: NATION Needs NASA/Non-NASA Notions

                                              by Richard DePersio

 

(We hope that Citizen Journalist didn't overhear our telephone conversation with

his doctor, Doctor Henry H. Harley. Last year, CR was treated for his addiction

to alliterations at the "Riley Rehab Right of Raleigh {N.C.}." We fear that

he is experiencing a relapse).

 

Preface: This constitutes our Swan Song. AddThis and Google Analytics tell us

that we enjoy a respectable number of readers for which we are extremely

grateful...Thank you, readers/cyber-friends...Regrettably, there has

been a paucity of feedback: We want Compliments...alright...Constructive Criticism

too! (Oops! 3Cs). Regrets, we have a few but than again to few to mention.

Through it all, we stood tall and did it our way. There were times, we're

sure you knew, when we bit off more than we could chew but through it

all, we stood tall and did it our way.

 

Normally, we start off with the cosmos (which means world) and then deal

with the world. Voltaire's attitude was: Oh God, if there is one,

save my soul, if I have one. And, after creation, God laid back and with

free will allowed humans to make a mess of things. We concur but

wouldn't blame all humans but that group which considers itself

intellectual and sophisticated and looks down at the majority: lousy

little lying liberals! (Pardon).

       Recently, Mike Huckabee announced that he would not seek the

presidency. He ruined things for us. While it is premature to endorse

anyone, we were tentatively going to endorse (subject to change):

Huckabee for President and Cain for Vice-President.

 

Huckabee held up the stars. We spoke about the military's DARPA

Program (some of its projects are top secret) in the past. Recently,

a joint DARPA/NASA project was initiated called "The 100 Year

Starship Project" (did we mention this project before?). In

January, they conducted a workshop for strategic planning. Now, they

are taking suggestions during this study phase on creating a

business-style model which is multi-disciplinary in nature that will

make long distance space travel practicable and feasible which,

hopefully, will encourage private investment.

      It makes sense when NASA awards contracts to private companies

for products and services. NASA has its own programs, as well as,

those it does jointly with private companies or with NASA monitoring.

We are vehemently opposed to all subsidies on constitutional and

financial grounds. The fed gov is issuing $$$s to private companies

like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic to develop cargo and manned crafts

and rockets to go to and from space station. This should be done by those

who invest in risky projects - they are good at picking the right

projects - and generally make a profit. This shouldn't be the role of fed

gov (nor investing in green technologies) with taxpayer money. We

won't be paid back nor will we enjoy future dividends! Further, they

will charge NASA for trips to and from space station! This money

should be used to develop NASA Ares 1 heavy-lifter and Ares 5 super-

heavy-lifter or lifters based on the $9 billion invested in Constellation,

including, Ares R & D and testing. Obama wants to start a heavy-lifter

program from scratch! Wasting taxpayer money.

       Isn't this refreshing, original and converse: private sector investment

in a gov project - NASA/DARPA!!!

      (We need NASA, please see "Space Shuttle Spin-offs" (3Ss, please

pardon CR, he knows not what he does) and "Action Chain Letters,"

including, "Action Chain Letter 10" and "ATBTC..." at groups.google.com/

group/rickcosmos-eclectic, /group/newfederalism).

 

Let's take a break for a light and pleasant moment...

                "As every man must die, so every man may see that

                 he must die; as it cannot be avoided, so it may be

                 understood."

                                                  -John Donne

 

Here's a novel idea: Return to Constitution, more specifically, "The

Declaration of Independence", "U.S. Constitution, including, Bill of Rights"

and "Federalist Papers." Liberals, formerly known as progressives, have

insidiously and progressively abused the "Commerce Clause,"
"Enumerated Powers" and the following line in the Constitution: "...the

general welfare of the people."

       One of the enumerated powers granted fed gov is regulating trade

between U.S. and foreign nations and between the states. Dem-controlled

congresses over the past 100 years have invoked it for non-trade matters

and intra-trade. A year ago, Obama seized control of all water within

the U.S., including, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams intra-state, water not

shared by more than one state, including, the puddle in front of your

house! by invoking "Commerce Clause." Such actions have reduced

state powers and individual liberties.

       Some of the other "Enumerated Powers" are: manage a national

military; coin money; grant copyrights; manage a post office; make

treaties; establish fed courts below the U.S. Supreme Court; you get the

idea... areas best handled at the federal level and matters that demonstrate

our unity as one nation under God (Libs hate that!; our Founding Fathers

felt otherwise).

        Amendment 10 in the "Bill of Rights" makes it clear that any powers

not enumerated shall be considered state or people powers. Sadly, about

a century ago and most notably FDR's New Deal in the 1930's and LBJ's

Great Society in the '60's, liberals took note of "the general welfare." They

concluded that, in spite of, the Federalist Papers and the first 100 years

of our nation that it meant things like fed involvement with Social

Security for the elderly, Welfare for the poor, SS-disability for disabled,

etc. (Citizen Journalist is a cripple. He was hospitalized in 1990 for a

fractured rib. A nurse said, "You must be so excited that the "National

Disability Act" was just passed. He responded, "WE opposed it." She was

nearly shocked out of her nurse's uniform!).

       Look at the Enumerated Powers, Amendment 10 and Federalist Papers:

Fed gov should do those things best done at national level and those

things that are for all Americans (general welfare) and not specific groups

of people. Further, they mismanage, waste billions, billions in fraud when

they get involved with areas beyond their proper purvue. Liberal Supreme

Courts have condoned or have looked the other way while state and

people powers were slowly  reduced in breath and scope. Soon we

will need a microscope. Before you know it, fed gov will be taking porno

pics and molesting. ("ATBTC: A New Beginning" Proposal 17).

 

An A.D.D. moment sponsor by CitiBank (now, part of fed-controlled

nationalized banking courtesy of Obama - a major CONSTITUTIONAL
CRIME!!!):

               What is the difference between the degrees Doctor of

               Dental Surgery (DDS) and Doctor of Medical Dentistry

               (DMD)?

               The title depends entirely on the school's preference

              in terminology. The degrees are equivalent.

              -"The Handy Science Answer Book," Carnegie Library

              of Pittsburgh, 1994.

 

Economics...The truth about Federal Income Taxes: 50% of Americans

don't pay them; 25% get a return; the wealthiest Americans, the top 1%

pay 30% of them - they pay more than their fair share and don't mind

during good economic times: they pay less %-wise but more dollar-wise

but are collecting a lot more green due to Reagan/Bush cutting tax rates

and eliminating loopholes and deductions.

       What FDR and Obama taught us: Big $s in the form of stimulus

packages due little or nothing during bad economic times; What we

learned from R & W: Cutting tax rates does the trick. Non-lib JFK knew

this as well.

       Oil companies are stealing us blind: Think on this the next  time that

you go to the pump - 7 cents of the dollar that you pay goes to big bad

oil while 41 cents goes to the state (tax) and the rest goes to refineries, the

transporters of oil, the gas station, FOREIGN COUNTRIES, (TERRORISTS),

etc.

 

*The first part of quote comes from "M*A*S*H* Goes to Paris" (by Richard

Hooker, 1975, Pocket Books) and the second part from "M*A*S*H*" by

Richard Hooker, 1968, Perennial Books). Few people know that it was a

novel before it was a motion picture (1969) and a T.V. series (1972-83). Even

fewer know about MASH Goes to New Orleans/Maine/Paris.

**The title of the M*A*S*H* series finale.'

 

Your going to miss Citizen Journalist after he boards his starship for

destinations unknown. His ability to discern unusual connections, his

special outside sources, his extensive traditional library and his tools for

generating original ideas and proposals.

 

"You are number 6" "I am the new number 2" "Who is number one?" - The "Prisoner"

T.V. series, U.K. import. CJ (disabled/homebound) is number 1!!!

Conversely,

             "Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also

              called No-more, Too-late, Farewell."

                         -Dante Gabriel Rossetti

TO BE CONTINUED...

Fwd: CITIZEN JOURNALIST PRESENTS...

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To: rrdd3939@aol.com
Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 6:29 pm
Subject: CITIZEN JOURNALIST PRESENTS...

"JEOPARDY." ANSWER: Update, Update, Update. Question: What's at

www.rickaddsite.blogspot.com (color; charity site: click on one or three ads -

top-of-the-shelf companies).

Fwd: CITIZEN JOURNALIST REPORTS: The Devil Made Me Do It!

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From: b rrdd3939@aol.com UPDATE not needed.
To: rrdd3939@aol.com
Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 2:40 pm
Subject: CITIZEN JOURNALIST REPORTS: The Devil Made Me Do It!

(Originally published 4/27/2011 - no need to update).

EDITOR'S NOTE: A first - A Non-Controversial offering from Citizen Journalist...We think

that CJ is fibbing...It's our new policy...Yea and Obama understands the real U.S.

Constitution...

                                        Citizen Journalist Reports: The Devil Made Me do it!

                                                     Subtitle: Action Chain Letter 11

                                                            by Richard DePersio

  (Duty-free at Airport Facebook: NASA_Ares - No Porno Pix or Feel-ups; feel comfortable joining)

 

                           At age 20, CJ went to a movie theater accompanied by a pint. His pint-sized

                           secret was discovered by the usher, who said, "I have to confiscate your

                           bottle or you'll have to leave." What happened? CJ couldn't part with

                           his security blanket. And, yes, he wasn't so impaired that he didn't get

                           his money back. Which doesn't explain his attempt to purchase a

                           drink in a bar with his torn in half movie tickets. Yes, plural, for not

                           being of the sissy-boy persuasion was accompanied by a pint and a

                           lush.

Let the article proper begin:

 

                                                         An Apology for the Devil:

                                                   It must be remembered that we have only

                                                  heard one side of the case.

                                                  God has written all the books.

                                                                  -Samuel Butler, 1835-1902

 

Three cheers for the American public and a thumb's down for Obama; Who has tried

since 2011 to destroy Our NASA in general and Project Constellation (Orion. Ares 1 & 5,

Altair) save for a parochial-version Orion. His presidential efforts have been thwarted by

many Republicans and some Democrats. Most recently, by two Ds and one R.

       Full funding of a multi-purpose Orion and slightly scaled back funding for the

other stars of Constellation, including, moon mission has continued due in part to the

efforts of our readers. Recently, funding continued in Republican/Democrat compromise

to reduce spending and to continue to fund fed gov until the end of the fiscal year, in

spite of, Obama efforts to virtually scrap Constellation!

       Instrumental this time around in bi-partisan effort were: Democrat-Florida

www.nelson.senate.gov/public, Democrat-Md www.mikulski.senate.gov/public and Republican-

Texas www.hutchison.senate.gov/public Congressional phone: 202-224-3121 to secure

their phone numbers (Info on other key members of congress for space issues, as

well as, other issues are supplied in other "Action Chain Letters," supplements and

addendums).Join our concerted effort: phone and/or leave a message at their

website encouraging their activities and expressing your views.

      As of yet, no decision has made as to whether we will continue Ares rockets

(as we continue to fund these programs) or, at some juncture, stop program in favor

of rockets utilizing Ares R & D and test results. Let congress know your preference

or let them know that you are bi: comfortable with either approach. Obama wants

new rocket program starting from scratch and burning Ares R & D.! He relishes

wasting taxpayer money and he is so good at it.

      "Every time NASA lifts-off, it takes the American economy with it because

NASA is about innovation and it is about jobs," so says Senator Kay Hutchison.

There was a delay. They finally arrived: Our tickets to the Royal Wedding. We're so

excited.  George, John, Tom, Topper and Harvey (hint: we call him - rabbit) will accompany me.

 We won't give Royal Couple an insulting gift like Obama gave the queen an insulting gift

 two years ago and in another class act: returned gift to PM,given to us years earlier,for no

 apparent reason: a bust of Churchill (for those young enough to remember, Citizen Reporter

{who would later morph into CJ} apologized to the U.K. on behave of America {he thinks that

he represents the nation} in an open letter {email) transmitted 'across the pond'). Why such

poor diplomatic behavior on the part of the man who works on behave of George Soros - who

was kicked out of the U.K. in the 1990s for damaging their economy and was banned

from returning - - he also did it to Japan back in the '90s and is now doing his BLACK magic

here with no effort by Obama  to cu rtail his economic, socialist/communist/anarchist activities.

Scoop: Back in 2009, we warned about Soros a few weeks prior to Beck! Last year king

george declared, "Now, I know what it is like to play God!" The last we heard, God wasn't evil.

Unless, he meant the view of most ancient Gnostics regarding the god of the "Old Testament."

Are we on an A.D.D.-trip? Obama's bad behavior: could there be a Kenyan-connection?

(Perhaps. having to do with the mistreatment of the grandfather he hardly knew in Kenya in the

1950s when a British colony; personal but unprofessional). Stupid Americans bow when they meet royal

people. We won't. Americans aren't suppose to bow to royalty; we fought the Revolutionary War

 to get away from royalty. Ignorant Obama bows to royalty (where are his diplomatic protocol advisors!?!).

        T.V. is giving a lot of coverage to wedding. May 5th marks the 50th anniversary of the first American

to fly in space - the late and great Alan B. Shepard. How much coverage will it receive!?! Al passed

away in 1998 and was given comparatively little notice by the broadcast and cable networks,

in contrast to the extensive coverage granted the departed Johnny Carson (2005) and Bob

Hope (2003). No one is minimizing the importance of the gift of laughter that they gave

millions of people nor their charitable works. We shall return to Hope momentarily. Remind me:

A.D.D., you know.

       Mother Teresa and Princess Di died (hate that word, let's go with euphemism:) kicked

the bucket...let's do something that we never do: P.C...passed over, during the same

week and while the networks gave both extensive coverage, it tipped in favor of the

former kindergarten teacher who was ill-prepared to wear a crown and was an ambassment

to the royal family with her beach-hopping and bed-hopping (alright, alleged and whispered)

and who was allegedly - happy - a great mother(was that an example of a run-on

sentence?). The reporters kept telling us what a wonderful mother she was and how

much she did for charity. Who can forget the picture of her on a roller coaster with

her sons - we only so it a thousand times! They conveniently glossed over the

fact that she only saw her sons twice a year for the rest of the time they were

in boarding school. (We hope that our U.K. friends aren't offended. You forgave us

when we politely declined the offer of the title of "Sir" from the Queen as we felt

it would be inappropriate - though U.S. and U.K. are best friends and U.K. is

the second best country on earth {are we getting back into your good graces?} -

we are American). And, there was her selfless efforts regarding the peasants,

including, visits to children's hospitals. The dirty little secret: she made sure that her

publicist notified the press as to wear she was going to make her next selfless

appearance. Unlike the nun who didn't seek fame - tried to avoid it - but when it was

thrust upon her handled it with grace and dignity.

.......................................................................................................................................

We interrupt this report with a report: Day: 3, Deadline: 7 P.M. Will CJ make it? Cost:

article - one-third, Expenses, including, traveling: two-thirds. It is now: 1 P.M.

........................................................................................................................................

Returning to Hope...Back in the 1930s, he would do his radio show and then

entertain at military bases for no compensation. During the '50s, 60s, 70s and '80s, he

hooked-up with the U.S.O. which paid the entertainers on the tour save Hope and

paid the crew and covered everyone's expenses. The media would remind us time

and again that hope wasn't paid. B. H. would do about ten specials per year, two of

which showed him entertaining the troops, including, the famous Christmas-with-the

Troops specials. Talent? All of his specials landed in the top ten for the year for

number of viewers against other specials and episodes of weekly series. Most years,

his Christmas special was No. 1! He did 60 U.S.O. tours starting with domestic

military bases followed by entertaining the troops during WW2 to the Persian Gulf War

and during peacetime as well. His Christmas specials would have over 60% of T.V.

sets in America turned on tuned into it! In contrast, an episode of the No. 1 rated

show of today attracts 25 to 30% of turned on sets.

       He contributed a great deal of money to charities, especially, the U.S.O. He

gave his time and his Christmases to the troops. The dirty little secret: his high-rated

specials of which those of him entertaining the troops garnering the highest

ratings commanded tons of money from sponsors. Faith, Hope and Charity: He was

paid a mint for those specials! Technicality here: He could claim that he entertained

troops for free but he was paid handsomely to be shown on T.V. entertaining you

in clips of him entertaining the troops. It wasn't just faith, hope and charity that

made him one of the richest men in Hollywood!

       A Hollywood myth promulgated by the studio and excepted and perpetuated

by the media: B.H. and Bing Cosby were best buddies when they worked

together (the famous series of "Road" movies from the mid-'40s to the mid-50s)

and when they weren't doing so. Not many people know this: B.H. was miffed

with Bing for not appearing with him on more U.S.O. shows and, further, when

Bing "White Christmas" Cosby R.I.P-ed, his wife begged B.H. wife to get B.H.

to attend funeral. He reluctantly did so having not seen Bing "The Crooner" in

many years.

       A temporary aside: Bing had his own charitable endeavors. Our first cousin-

once removed was a Catholic missionary priest in the Philippines. He would

be sent to a village for five years where he had to serve as priest, administrator,

medical care-giver, arbitrator. Father Edward De Persio (notice the space

between the 'e' and the 'P' unlike our version - R.D. {Di persia or Di Persio} will

- CJ will insist - explain it to you some time) had to build a church, school

(we were remiss, he had to serve as a teacher too!) and med facility. He

would be sent to U.S. for two years of R & R but would only consume one -

we sometimes saw him during these visits. He had to return to doing his

God's work (over 35 years!). Would he be sent to the same village. Nope. He

would have to

start from scratch in another one. He went to his Maker (nice euphemism) in

the mid-80s. We 'discovered' our second cousin Ed De Persio in 2003 and

guess what we found out? Forget it. You'll never guess it. Bing "On the Road

to Morocco" financially-assisted and contributed materials to help facilitate

 our cousin's missionary work.

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We interrupt this report with a report: We HAD to take a break! Time: 3 P.M.....

You are cordially invited to the Big Party celebrating the 50th anniversary of

Al Shepard becoming the first American to fly in space on May 5th at our

place: take a right a Crater Tyco - you can't miss it! You can meet me in

person prior to the 5th - the 4th - by taking the Einstein/Rosen Bridge (don't forget

to pay the toll) to Facebook: NASA_Ares (gift optional).

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Speaking of Jerry Jewish. We might be 'one of his kids' and he might be 'one of our

Chosen People' but we tire of him reminding us year-after-year at his (it's all about

HIM) MDA telethon how he isn't paid for his efforts and that he works throughout the

year for MDA. We applaud him! However, what's to prevent his family members

and friends from accompanying him as he tours the nation meeting with COOs, CEOs

and CFOs raising money for his cause. We would imagine the he and company fly

first-class and stay in the best suites in the best hotels. Who supplies his wardrobe.

MDA no doubt grants him an unlimited expense account. It is reasonable to assume

that he takes the fat cats and moneybags to the best restaurants and clubs and

country clubs - if Jews are allowed - and movie theaters and playhouses. Your

partially compensated! Stay reminding us that you aren't paid and your noble

activities will be even more admired.

Let's brighten things up: Where (color where available) were we? We could give you

more examples but you get our drift. The inordinate amount of coverage to some and

the paucity of coverage to others. The networks will say: The Devil Made Us Do It!

You, dear reader, being the devil. They give you what you demand. You lead and

they follow. Let's cogitate on that...

       (Change of color where available). Prior to the 1980s and the birth of modern cable, and

later, satellite T.V. No. 1 shows enjoyed an audience of 50 to 57% (percentage of T.V.

sets turned on and tuned into that program). Since about 1980 that percentage has

plummeted to 25-30%! The other experts attribute it only to competition from cable/sat.

This expert claims that that is the number one reason but there are two modest- or

moderate-sized other reasons. They are: 1) A deteriation in the quality of the writing,

directing and acting and 2) The major and minor broadcast networks dramatic

acceleration, as we move from '80 to present in dirty, off-color and double entendre'

jokes and more exposed skin (No prude here: we enjoy in moderation and later at

night because of children). 85-90% of American believe in God, 78-80% identify

themselves as Christians (sharp increase in number of evangelicals over the best 30

years) and 60-65% (reflecting various polls and studies - reason for lack of precision).

attending services regularly (one a week or more) or semi-regularly (once a month or more).

We can't imagine that they moved to cable for filthier stuff. 40% identify themselves as

conservatives, 30% as moderates and 20 liberals (10% out-to-lunch; don't know who they

are). Interestingly enough, of the top 15 cable shows, 3 are from the Disney Channel,

3 are from FoxNews (the no.1 cable news network) and 3 are wrestling shows - go figure!

Are the major networks giving you what you want? Prior to 1980, 90% of T.V. sets

turned on were set, in prime-time, to the three major commercial broadcast networks; now,

50% shared by 4 major and 2-4 minor networks. When you had the "Family Hour"

beginning at 8 P.M. quality shows like "The Waltons," Happy Days" and Little House on

the Prairie" were popular. Now at 8 (7 central and mountain) parents are embarrassed when

they're watching T.V. with the kids. If we ran one of the major broadcasts networks, we'd

bring back family-friendly T.V. It wouldn't succeed today? Back in 1984, NBC was

hesitant to put "Cosby" on the schedule - they felt that it was an old-fashioned-type sitcom

and wouldn't succeed...the rest is history! It is possible to write a show were every joke

or every other joke isn't dirty. We submit this opinion a long with our evidence for your

consideration.

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We interrupt this report for a report: We had to take a break - rare visitor - - a nurse - - -

black and pretty, otherwise, she wouldn't have entered my spacecraft. Time: 5 P.M.....

A few weeks ago, when the shooting by Syrian government had just commenced, Hillary

- what a piece of work - stated the the Syrian dictator was now a reformer.... Syria is about

 to become the newest member of (the joke org.) U.N.'s Commission on Human Rights!!!

Now, back to our regularly scheduled program, already in progress.

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In order to keep abreast of everything that is transpiring, we even watch that which we hate,

such as, MTV, Current (co-owned by Al 'Pasticcio-nut' and 'Internet-inventor' Gore), IFC,

Sundance, G4 and MUN2 (and, we didn't even speak Spanish; it's a dirty job but

somebody has to do it!) and Community Access T.V. after midnight (you know what

I'm talking about normal guys!). Well-informed CJ. Like men used to say, "We only buy

"Playboy" for the articles. Hypocrite? No, non-prude, moderation and we're worried about

the children. We even suffer through liberal MSNBC and CNN. Liberals who have been

transforming America into a amoral or immoral, secular, socialist or communist nation

for the past 100 years. Also, in 2007, prior to Beck and others, we labelled the ACLU the

most dangerous liberal org in the country. Did you that that its founder, back in the

1920s, stated to members that their overt mission was to protect civil rights and that their

covert mission was the socialization and secularization of America!

 

Jaun Williams, liberal on fair-and balanced FoxNews or token black or Latino points out that

between 1997 (CJ: Republicans forced Clinton to sign in 1996) and 2008 (Obama watered it

down in 2007, we are predicting dire consequences) Workfare which had replaced Welfare

resulted in a 60% case load reduction. Poverty fell across-the-board, including, black

poverty and children living in poverty. Liberals want to keep poor poor for poor vote

damn dem!

 

By the Bye, Armstrong concurs with our space positions while Buzz doesn't. We are

confident that if Al were still with us that he'd be with us.

 

Obama's so-called "Tax Increase on only the Rich," will effect 47% of small businesses

which create far more jobs than big businesses.

 

And, now, for our major proposals on education, embassies and medical services...

We tire. We will leave you, for the time being, with something upbeat:

                                       "As every man must die, so every man may see

                                        that he must die; as it cannot be avoided, so that

                                        it may be understood."

                                                              -John Donne

What about ball-lightning? TO BE CONTINUED....