FOX NEWS - SEX SCANDAL - LOSS OF RESPECT

I am ...or was a Fox News addict. Bought it all: 7 am news break right on through O'Reilly. Loved it, even took notes. Just thought I'd that up front.
     Now, on to this sex thing going on at Fox. No One appreciates the ladies more than I do. No one. I am of the old school, a gentleman, one must ask first.  I know, I sound like a Boy Scout, but it works. And the ladies love you for it.

Are you with me?
     I don't like how this sex scandal is being handled at Fox. They are trying to bury it, cover it up, and on-air, pretend it doesn't exist. That's NOT to their benefit.
     They juggle staff around the schedule, make up new programming, so far, so good, and continue whistling through the graveyard hoping no one will notice. The competition will. It (the suspicions, the stories, the whispers, the wonderings) will not go away. Think of the last time this happened and the man/men clammed up. Yeah, we're still wondering, right? Still.
     Someone at Fox has got to do the right thing by these women, and tell the whole story.  There has to be a FULL disclosure by an impartial reporter, interviewing everyone, telling everything that's going on so that the public can absorb the gravity of what we perceive as the " fall from grace" that our favorite cable channel has experienced
     Don't think so? A few of the women that have left-some viewers may have differing views with, political views notwithstanding. But, Greta? C'mon. I swore by Fox, now, not so much. Where do I go for ' The Truth ' now?
     Do it, Fox. pull the trigger, otherwise, those much ballyhooed figures will begin to melt away.  You heard it here.
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JOHHY RINGO AND WYATT EARP- HOW HE DIED

I am a freelance writer, retired and living in Tucson. About 30 years ago, I was very close to Glenn G Boyer, a freelance writer and prolific author on the Earp Brothers of Tombstone dring the melee down there.
     He knew them, their families, wives and some of the off-spring. Glenn spent A LOT of time down in Tombstone after he left the Air Force, he lugged his famous two reeler tape deck down there and recorded everything. He had every letter that transpired between the relatives, and between the family members and him. A pile of them.
    It took a long while for them to open up to him, they did, and he respected. Here's one I share with you. He and I toured the countryside where the cowboy gang roamed when Earp  and the posse chased them. In their gang was among others , the Clantons, Curley Bill, and John Ringgold). Glenn always bugged me to use his full last name - Ringgold.
   Glenn and I rode down an old wagon trail parallel to Turkey Creek and stopped short of a clearing. of to the right was a clearing, where Glenn said Ringo parked his horse, sread his blanket one night and was literally going to the bathroom, trap door down.
   Earp and Holliday horsebacked it up the same road we were on, saw him, Wyatt yanked his rifle and began shooting at him. As Ringo ran, one hand on his shorts, the other on his pistol towards the other cowboys with him, he was hit twice by Wyatt and
keeled over.
   Earp and Holliday commenced shooting, the other cowboys fled or died and Ringo was punctuated with rifle and pistol shot within the next ten minutes.
   Now, get this. He was such a famous pistolero, and Holliday a darkly comic personality, he suggested spiking the body in the arms of a nearby tree trunk, but first, he insisted to strap the gunman's pistol belt on - UPSIDE DOWN. Holliday thought that a devastating funny joke. No one got it, none of the papers back east even printed it.
   My friend, Glenn Boyer was one of the most assiduous researcher of western history that I know. He wouldn't release a piece unless he had three (3) references who could swear to the accuracy.
   This I know.
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HYPOCRACY IN CONGRESS!!--?? (new??)

I could have written this in 1863 and there would have been little surprise amongst the readers and little change in the news copy Today.
    I heard a cacophony of political experts recently decry the sad state of the mental capacity of Congress on both sides of the rail just in the last few days. The cause? Who cares? You name it. I second the motion for the poor boobs out here who actually believe it.
    The intellects on the scene posit that if the outcome of the election last year were reversed, the same lard heads would be running their mouths off in reverse.
    Some Congress person yesterday said that the N.R.A. was as potent an enemy as ISIS. (...and I'll his home state gives him a license to drive cars!!)
    Ok Watters World Fans, we all know Jerry Lee Lewis got in trouble marrying a 13 year old cousin. Darn near blew his career up. Alright. How many times was he married in total, and, how old was he when he first married? Some Harvard Graduate has GOT to know that.

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THE COMMUNISTS - THE KOREAN WAR

In this country, America, they used to be illegal. The FBI spent a lot of time trying to fish them out of the pool, so to speak. Google Herbert Philbrick and "I lead Three Lives."
     Some genius after that war decided to make them "legal" and as a result, most of them surfaced. Now, we have the Communist Party, USA, with scads of 'Americans' members, all over the place.
     If Jesse Watters from Watters World (Fox News) were to hit the street, camera and mike in hand, and quiz our current day college campuses, most wide eyed kids wouldn't know what Communism was, nor, would they know that some of their profs are Communists.
     When I was at the front part of my life, during the Korean War, Saturday movies always began with a film called " The Big Picture."  The US Army produced a black and white showing how the armed conflict was going north and south of the 38th Parallel. They pulled no punches. I know all about the Chosin Reservoir.
     Each village that was liberated from north Koreans our guys would film the casualties: in almost everyone, piles of villager bodies were stacked five and six deep in a row, sometimes 15 to 20 feet long. All dead, all shot or chopped up, men, women, old people, young children used for bayonet practice.
     I saw this, at 13. Saturday after Saturday, I witnessed the barbarism of the North Korean Communists who would slaughter their OWN people because the southerners wanted to live free, unencumbered by dictatorial village chieftains and party chairmen.
     Joseph Stalin headed the shop in Moscow. He was the man in charge. He has been analyzed to death in the years since his demise. In his history, it has been written he personally ordered the execution of 25 million of his own people. One historian chronicled a military report that to save ammunition, Stalin ordered two men to have their heads bound together and the rifleman to shoot once, killing both instantaneously.
    Communism: not taught in our schools. Socialism, also not taught in our schools. I venture to say, quiz half of our legislators this question, " Define Socialism?"
    I KNOW THEY WOULDN'T ANSWER CORRECTLY.
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POLITICS, THE PAST, LOST CIVILITY, THE "DRAIN"

I hear more complaints now from the main line media that the natives are growing restless, rude and oftimes CRUDE in the expression , opinion of the White House, Republicans and all things contrary to November 8th outcome.
    Disgusting is more like it.

    I became sentient during the Eisenhower years. He, the Chairman of the Board, was a gentleman, in control, and spoke with manners, courtesy and strength. What he said, you could believe. He brought our troops home from Korea. He ended a cruel recession by simply telling Americans it's time to go buy refrigerators if you need them. We did. Everyone felt safe when he was in charge. He was in control.
    That ended with Kennedy.
    Double that with President Johnson, drugs everywhere, the Communist infiltration well into the core of our society, insurrection in the government and downright incivility from some American citizens that drove the rest of us nuts.
    The 70's got crude, rude, the "kids" grew out of control, draft dodgers who previously were a national scandal became almost an ideal, one becoming a president.
Riots common place, Abortion was the law of the land, police morphing into public enemies thanks to rebellious

press - it seemed our societal norms were on the verge of being upset.
    Ronald Reagan saved the culture by reverting us back to our national, mainstream senses with two terms of common sense administration, followed by his Vice President's full term following him.
    James Carter, peanut farmer was later cast as possibly the worst president
the nation had ever endured.
    Republican president George Bush had two terms of the most outrageous press biased against him since Abraham Lincoln. Still, the public spoke loudly in his favor, voting him in twice.
    The tone of American Society had steadily circled the drain in the last twenty years, partially due to the type of candidate running for national and regional office: their educational backgrounds continue to deteriorate  as expressed in reports on high school and college school standards further collapse in score levels.
     Language, comprehension, and general attitude of our representatives sure reflect a one-sided and partisan view of the world and lesser non-partisan view engendered by political dogma, and not open minded exploration or greater academic adventure.
     Hence, stupidity seems to win the day.
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CHILDISH FITS, TANTRUMS FROM NOV 8TH

....and on and on it goes. Michelle Obama said on her husband's election " at least I'm proud of my country." I was shocked, as were other Americans.
    I live and learn. Now it is me who is ashamed of my country, no longer proud of some of my fellow citizens: take for instance:
    The Mayor of New York, I don't dare speak his name. Mr. Sanctuary City. And, all the other clown Mayors who voice the same ruptured legal principals " I CHOOSE TO UPHOLD SOME LAWS, VIOLATE OTHERS AT WILL." So be it. The Federal Government chooses (I hope) to withhold federal funds from your cities until you comply.
    ex-Pres Obama once threatened seniors with, " I can't guarantee Social Security checks this August." Hmm.
    Actor Samuel L. Jackson falls somewhere SOUTH of racist with his radio TV spot spot violently (he's good at that) spewing diatribe at President Trump about...you guessed it, " he's a racist."  We're all impressed with Hollywood actors expressing their political opinions against Republican presidents, aren't we, Jane Fonda, the much over=exposed Madonna, and the "girls" from the violently sexual movies of late.
    Even Fox News Shepard Smith seems to be sniveling out some swipes against POTUS recently on his daily telecast. Of course, Fox walks a fine line with current administration, fair and balanced as it were. But with Smitty, of late, I've wanted to ask him, " what's your beef with Trump?"
    The Tax Day demonstrations all across the land? Who knows, my theory is this - pry open their voting records and I'll bet $5 for every Republican you find in every one of those crowds. Gut feeling is, the crowds are a set-up driven by the sour grapes Hillary-lost crowd and we're gonna belly ache until the country rolls over and kvetches.
    Trump hasn't been in office 4 months, probably just found the coffee pot and mens room in the White House, been working 16 hours a day and already the sour-puss Democrats are hounding the hell out of him.
     REMEMBER THE TOUGH TIME OBAMA HAD HIS FIRST SIX MONTHS IN OFFICE?  REMEMBER THE REPUBLICAN INSPIRED RIOTS?
     Yeah,.....I don't either.
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SAMEUL L JACKSON SHOOTS HIS MOUTH OFF, FIRST AMENDMENT - OK, HAVE AT IT

The black actor from the movies best known for showing anger, resentment, hostility and violence (don't think so? Google his movies. Try to find on that didn't involve guns). Shooting people, or racial strife aimed at.......guess who? Yup, us - white people.
     That First Amendment cuts both ways, Sir, so - here's my two cents as my mother used to say. Ok, subject at hand this morning it was aired his interview about his Ad that will run escoriating Prez Trump as a (get ready) " racist." Yup, he called our President a racist. Here is a guy who is quoted as telling black community before Obama's second election, " Wake The F%^#" Up!!"
     And to him President Trump is a racist.
     In this country, the majority of people who violently disagree with someone's rude, angry and offense behavior usually vote WITH THEIR WALLETS. That is the country I was born into, Sam.
     As for me, this is just another drop from the "we're pissed off that Hillary Lost" crowd. Drip-drip-Oh,show us your taxes Don, crowd. It will NEVER end. But, Mr. Trump, if I guess right, will ignore this heavy mass of pestilence and keep on, keeping on. Remember citizens, he is NOT a politician - he's a CEO. Different breed of cat.
     By the way, Mr Jackson, WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET?

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