Eeee– Yabba dabba doooo..!
TGIF! I got my second unemployment check this week. Obviously nothing to brag about. I don’t know how Barbara Bush or anyone else for that matter could possibly think a “benefit” from the government “…is working very well for them.”
Let’s see… I became unemployed May 2. I applied for the benefit May 9. It was determined my waiting period was the week of May 17th. I got a check for one week Thursday after Memorial Day and now this one. Yep, BB, as you can plainly see, this is all working very well for me. Yes ma’am.
I stumbled across quite a few brag-a-blogs this week that made me wonder for a second whether people really are good at heart. Just get a load of this: 
Wow, right?! Referring to the wedding band, the blogger gushed:
“I am so in love with it! It’s not too flashy and definitely unique because I’ve yet to find a ring, anywhere that is similar!!”
No, not flashy at all. The EG ring’s all over that part, this simple, modest little token of his intent. Maybe not quite a thousand points of light but with all that blinding bit of “not too flashy” bling flashing in your eyes, who’s counting? It’s good to be her, huh? Damn right!
President Bush was on a weeklong farewell tour through Berlin, Rome, Paris and London– all of Western Europe’s Big Four nations. Bush started his trip Monday, June 9th in Slovenia where he participated in the annual U.S.- European Union summit.
He stayed in Italy to see his old friend, Premier Silvio Berlusconi, had his third meeting with Pope Benedict XVI; visited Germany to chat with Chancellor Angela Merkel; spent two days in Paris with French President Nicolas Sarkozy; went to Windsor Castle to see Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II; and stopped in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to hail the power-sharing agreement between Protestants and Catholics.
The President was on a tour of persuasion.
“I will continue to work on this trip to talk about the dangers of a nuclear Iran — not civilian nuclear power, but a program that would be aimed at blackmail or destruction — and that we’ve got to work to stop them from learning how to enrich,”
Bush said in an interview with RAI TV of Italy.
Meanwhile back at the ranch…
Iowa…
Illinois…
Missouri… Hang on! Help is on the way! President Bush is gearing up to tour your flood ravaged communities and offer up his unique and particular brand of encouragement and support.
“The only thing we have to be afraid of is being scared!”
Well, it coulda been a Bushism.
According to all the news photos and Al Roker, the whole of the midwest is totally submerged under water.
“God gave Noah the rainbow sign, / No more water, the fire next time!”*
Pain is pain, whether it’s persevering through a natural disaster, biting the bullet at the gas pump, or enduring the fear and isolation of prolonged unemployment, we are all experiencing the same pain, only different. Some of you have been through it all before in ‘93. That doesn’t make your present experience any less hard to bear. Just different. I feel your pain.
So here we go again. It’s Friday. Some folks are enjoying the good life. Some folks are not. The only confort in it all is that nothing stays the same. This, too, shall pass. It didn’t come to last, it came to pass. The sun will come out—“after all Tomorrow is another day.”**
Mommy told me something
A little kid should know
It’s all about the devil
And I’ve learned to hate him so
She said he causes trouble
When you let him in the room,
He will never ever leave you
If your heart is filled with gloom
So let the sun shine in
Face it with a grin
Smilers never lose
And frowners never win
So let the sun shine in
Face it with a grin
Open up your heart and let the sun shine in
When you are unhappy
The devil wears a grin
But oh, he starts to running
When the light comes pouring in
I know he’ll be unhappy
‘Cause I’ll never wear a frown
Maybe if we keep on smiling
He’ll get tired of hanging ’round.
If I forget to say my prayers
The devil jumps with glee
But he feels so awful awful
When he sees me on my knees
So if you’re full of trouble
And you never seem to win
Just open up your heart and let the sun shine in
So let the sun shine in
Face it with a grin
Smilers never lose
And frowners never win
So let the sun shine in
Face it with a grin
Open up your heart
And let the sun shine in
*The Fire Next Time | James Baldwin | 1963 |
