So many of the following are dated, but when I listened to the tapes, I thought they were still typical of our conversations at the time. Forgive me for going way back in the past and just see them as the ramblings of a Phool!
Sometime ago, there was an article on the news about Bombers being built to keep us from going to war, but the comment was that some of the current bombers don’t seem to be able to fly. Well, if they don’t have to go to war, is that why they don’t have to fly?
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There was a Press Conference called to clear the air on the B2 Bomber, you know, the newest (at that time) secret weapon. Since the B2 is a secret weapon, it is covered by National Security and so the plans can’t be discussed, and the audit can’t be discussed, and the cost can’t be discussed, and the progress can’t be discussed. So….why is there a Press Conference?
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IMA: JESS, guess what I heard on the radio the other day?
JESS: Don’t make me guess, just tell me!
IMA: I heard that the government is paying some people (don’t know exactly who) $2000. 00 per day, to store a lot of surplus food, because, they said they can’t afford to pay $10.00 per day to distribute it to the needy.
JESS: Kinda makes you wonder just how much money the government spent in the Poverty Program to get the poor people out of Poverty!
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IMA ON THE DRUG WARS: “I bet if the Law would pretend that gangs and drug dealings were the Black Panthers or the protesters at the 1968 Democratic Convention, they could probably get rid of both gangs and drug dealers!”
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IMA said she just heard on the news that somewhere in Florida the Police Department will only have to pay $1.00 per car because some Corporation is going to buy them and have their logos painted on the sides … just like the Nascar race cars. Hey … you know some school systems are already contracting with Soft Drink companies, etc. to pay for school stuff as long as their machines are placed in the schools; let’s forget the fact that some of the soft drinks are really not the best nutritional stuff for the children.
So the Corporations are buying the schools, now the Police Departments; they’ve already bought public radio and public television, the multimedia, the newspapers, radio stations and journalists, the movies, the government…why not sell them the fire departments too? (Oops, did I just hit on something in the works?) Anything else for sale? Oh yeaaaah…the children, who wear their logos on their sneakers, sweats, t-shirts, caps, school books…..!
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