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Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/14/11

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Me, too, Phyllis. 

Phyllis Laura Isaacs Email
07/14/11

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Aw, I hate when we discuss politics. 

Barry Gibbs 
07/14/11

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Lynette:
I envision great things ahead!  When you get elected, my brother is a banker and would be a great replacement for Bernake.  I have a good friend with a large gun collection and he would be perfect to head the Justice Dept or Homeland Security.  You might want to look into getting rid of the EPA, Dept of Education, Energy Dept and the FDA since they serve no real purpose other than stifling productivity and driving up prices.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/14/11

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Barry, you would be one fine campaign manager.  And of course one's pet projects are NEVER considered "pork barrel"!

Barry Gibbs 
07/14/11

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Lynelle, you should run in the next presidential election, but not with Johnny.  In case you haven't noticed, Johnny has a few latent liberal views. I think Jud or Sam would make a better running mate.  If you get on the ticket, I'll be your campaign manager-for free!  And, after you are elected, we can discuss a few of my "pet" projects for Port O'Connor, Southlake and Palo Pinto County.  These are not to be confused with the current "pork barrel" projects.

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
07/13/11

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John, I am sure some corporate entity is receiving something in return for the $3 billion the American taxpayer is giving Afghanistan. In other words, you need to figure out who is profiting by continuing this war and why haven't we brought our troops home__ and end this stupid mess?
DYK? The citizens of Minnesota are suffering because they are unable to buy beer due to the state government being shut down. Don't you know that problem is going to be settled quickly?

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/13/11

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John,  you and I should run in the next Presidential election.  As the Beatles said so eloquently, money can't buy you love.  Washington will never understand this, but you and I do get it.

John Southworth 
07/13/11

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Lynell, your list really hits home with me - especially the item about cutting foreign aid.
 
Last month's Senate Report on Foreign Aid spelled out that we are currently giving $320,000,000 a month to Afghanistan. That's $3.8 BILLION this year of our taxpayer hard earned money just being handed over to a country in which the inhabitants largely hate us and want us to leave. And what are we getting in return?
 
The country is so corrupt that little of it makes its way to the impoverished citizens. Since 2002 our government leaders have given over $18 BILLION to these folks. You cannot convince me that we don't have American citizens who could have better benefitted from that wasteful decision.
 
It makes one wonder why do I even pay taxes if my inept government (both parties) is so willing to just hand it out overseas? It is time for The Revolution and we can start by voting out every single person now in office and starting with a clean slate.
 
I'm serious - I mean throw out every Senator and Congressman and clean house on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/13/11

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Here's how I'd solve the deficit:
  • Cut grants by 50% to everyone who has taken a class in grant-writing. I know I took a class in this but never asked for a grant in anything, so it's okay to cut me.
  • Make all payroll by checks, with appropriate deductions.
  • Everyone pays taxes, including those sucking off the system.  It might be $100 a year, but people need to know that free stuff doesn't come without a price.
  • Stop subsidizing colleges.  If they can't make it on their own, there may be a reason.
  • Send employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens to jail for 72 hours.  General population. 
  • Cut foreign aid by 50%, unless the aid goes to countries where the so-called leaders take the bounty. In those cases, cut it by 100%.  Instead, do fly-overs dropping food. 
  • Cut college grants for anyone who ever failed any course in public schools.

Barry Gibbs 
07/13/11

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Make that "Medicaid".

Barry Gibbs 
07/13/11

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Obama is using scare techniques when he talks about SS checks.  There is more than enough money to pay not only SS, but Medicare, Medicade, military payroll, etc.  Even the Federal Budget office has said that SS checks will be mailed.  Of course, Obama could probably figure out a way to have his goons stop the checks.  This would not be the first time he would have performed an impeachable act.

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
07/13/11

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Mike, What do you think of Mitch McConnell saying let President Obama handle the debt ceiling. It seems to me the Republicans are shrieking their duty to govern. If this is the only solution, to the country not forfeiting on their debt, then this is good solution. I am sure the Republicans plan on using this against President Obama later on. I guess they will do anything short of bankrupting the country to get rid of President Obama. Congratulations to the citizens of Wisconsin on their recall election process. I have always liked the idea of "kicking the bums out."

Mike Peters Email
07/13/11

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Been away for a while; just got caught up on all the news and I must add, enjoyed a few chuckles. 

Seems like Peaches and Brenda had birthdays; congrats and best wishes to all on their special days. 

ROFL regarding the words offered up regarding the Honored One in Washington.  The audacity of him wanting to mess with our SS when he will not need it; he has a better deal. 

Sam Tenpenny 
07/13/11

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Cousin Johnny, thanks for the personal email, checking up on me, and inviting me back on this site with my SOC brethren to remind you all how that bleeding heart, left wing hopey changey thing is working in Washington.  Workin' out okay fer ya?  Yesterday it was threatening withholding SS checks.   Heaven knows what today will bring.  Hi to all my SOC '63 friends. 

John Southworth 
07/13/11

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Well, Barry, there was a time when I wanted to get close to Ellie May Clampett - but somehow she turned 77!!!

Barry Gibbs 
07/13/11

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John:

All this time I thought you were related to Jethro Bodine of the Clampitt family!

Cynthia Huse 
07/13/11

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John - all I can say is that you have wasted talents.  We have been forced into reality TV when you could have written some great comedy series!  You always make my day !

John Southworth 
07/13/11

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From the "What Goes Around, Comes Around" Dept.:
 
I read today that NBC will be trotting out "The Firm" as a 22 epidsode series on TV. This is their version of John Grisham's legal thriller book from 20 years ago. Now why would anyone want to invest 22 hours of their time watching this when they could just rent the movie?
 
Also, I cringe each time I see the new TV ads for resurrecting "Dallas". I thought Larry Hagman passed away years ago? Oh, well - at least it gives me another opportunity to display the Ewing Family Tree which proves my lineage to J.R. (sort of).
 
I'm sure some of you still remember my grandmother Eleanor (Miss Ellie) Southworth - over on Atoka Street. And it is just SO obvious that the Sue Ellen character is a thinly veiled copy of my old Kimball girlfriend Suanne Carr.
 
http://people.consolidated.net/swsw/ewing.jpg

B.J. Field Email
07/12/11

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Busy at my computer, but wanted to stop and wish y'all a great, blessed and happy day. Love you each and everyone. B.J.

Jud Caldwell Email
07/12/11

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Part of what fueled the rapid growth in North Dallas was the expanded alcohol sales when Oak Cliff dried up.

Ron Lyons Email
07/12/11

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Oak Cliff went dry in 1956..we had just moved there from the other side of Dallas..

Sharon Reeves 
07/12/11

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Oops.  Guess that should have read convenience store, but, they were convenient!

Sharon Reeves Email
07/12/11

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I barely remember the jingle, but I do remember taking the TV tubes to be checked and buying a new one right then.  I don't remember ever buying a Slurpee, though.  KLUV played some old Slurpee jingles yesterday, and what I'm sure was really funny in the 70's, seemed somewhat lacking today.  What year did Oak Cliff vote "dry" and all the convenient stores quit selling beer and wine?

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/11/11

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Rooster, raccoon -- I knew it was one of those R animals.
 
Thank you, John Anders (cousin to our own Miss Charlotte Anders) for supplying the lyrics.  I found this in the Dallas News archives, dated May 4, 1977.
 
http://lynell.smugmug.com/Other/empty/7138883_u7cxL#1379104937_WfWQ6mp
 
Click Slideshow to make it full screen and readable.  Gee, I miss John Anders' column in the paper, but I'll sleep better tonight knowing what they sell at 7-Eleven.

John Southworth 
07/11/11

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In the old 7-Eleven 1950ish animated tv commercial, the two critters singing were a rooster and an owl (subliminally indicating their hours of operation).

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/11/11

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Happy birthday, Brenda!

Remember the little owl in the 7-Eleven cartoon commercial on black and white TV?  Seems like they had ice, milk, beer and something else.

"Seven days a week we open up at 7

and seven days a week we’re open till 11.

 We’ve got ____, ________, _____ and _______

7-Eleven's got everything!"
 
That must have been some catchy jingle to have stayed in my head this long.
 
Somebody help me figure out what the owl said they sold. There was another animal, a raccoon maybe. Right now, I have to take the TV tubes to 7-Eleven and check them on their machine!

Cynthia Huse 
07/11/11

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Happy Birthday Brenda.  I hope you have a wonderful day and a great year ahead with great health and God's blessings.

John Southworth 
07/11/11

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FYI - Today is FREE Slurpee Day at your local 7-Eleven store! [That's an even better deal than last week's Free Meal Day at Chick-fil-A where you had to show up in a "cow suit" to earn your grub].

Some Oak Cliff trivia about the very first 7-Eleven in the world:

"It was located on the corner of 12th Street and Edgefield in the north Oak Cliff section of Dallas. Back in the 1920s, it was an ice house, until the owner decided to start selling groceries as well. It was open late and on weekends, a rarity for the time, and the convenience store was born. It was a popular location for kids, with Greiner Junior High School located across the street. It eventually closed in the mid-1990s, and now houses a LULAC education center. Today, few people even know the small, unassuming building was the start of a multinational company still based in Dallas."

charlotte anders s 
07/10/11

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Brenda,
 
What Peaches said!!! 

Peaches Sweezy Walker Email
07/09/11

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Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, happy birthday Dear Brenda Brown Kemp,

Happy birthday to you!!!!!!! And many many more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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