Commentary from the boondocks. If it makes any sense, it is just by chance. billyjoebobsbbq@yahoo.com

 
Cletus is beside himself to discover that Junebugg is still stopping by. He says that almost encourages him to jump in and start posting again or not.

Things are pretty quiet around here these days. Bubba retired and is fishing and painting his house (shouldn't more than a decade or so).

Cletus has been out cutting trees that were blown over in a storm we had a few weeks back. He says he should have gotten into that business years ago as it pays well and doesn't happen everyday. The fire wood business was pretty constant and not all the good in the pay department.
posted by <"Billy Joe Bob"> at 7:59 AM

 
Cletus says he heard the great Chicago Cubs player Ernie Banks on NPR this morning. Mr. Banks said he had wanted to win the Nobel Peace Prize since was 15.

He is 79 and does not feel as if he has done anything important altough Cletus is sure that Cubs fans would disagree.

Cletus says Mr. Banks appears to be laboring under a misconception about the NPP.
posted by <"Billy Joe Bob"> at 1:51 PM

 
Cletus says the death and funeral of Edward Kennedy set him to thinking about the whole concept of politician worship. No other word seems to fit how a goodly number of people view some politicians. It seems to be more of a political left phenomena but certainly arises on the right as seen by the large number of our fellow Alabamans who believe that Roy Moore is the Second Coming or at least, a major portent thereof.

The Kennedy worship is especially disturbing in that so many otherwise intelligent people overlook behavior ( not Ted's only)that should disqualify anyone from Sainthood or the Crown,

Elroy told Cletus that he should quit trying to understand his betters and just accept the cake crumbs from their table.
posted by <"Billy Joe Bob"> at 6:41 AM

 
Cletus is mighty upset. The best he can figure, he has been called a racist by a bunch of our National level Democrats. He says it is about as bad being called a racist as it was being called some kind of "lover" a few years back because he took a young balck kid hunting and fishing.

Elroy's opinion is that you just can't please some people.

Cletus hasn't been out to any protests but he has a few questions about the health care bill and from what he can see, not acceoting what his betters at face value is "racist" according to some folks.

Oh, well. He has been called worse.

Bubba says he thinks I should call up that feller "Guy" from the food network and invite him by the old Emporium. Says this is much more of a "dive" than anything they have had on so far.

Bubba retires, on the 28th, from his job as a highly skilled equipment operator. Ms. Bubba says she is looking for work as the Bubba estate doesn't have room for them both. Bubba says he is going to paint his house and fish in retirement. Cletus asked what he was doing in October.

Bubba didn't see the humor.
posted by <"Billy Joe Bob"> at 1:26 PM

 
Cletus says he was considering going out and disrupting one of Rep. Griffith's townhalls but he can't find either his Brooks Brothers or Hart,H&S suit and just would feel right wearing his shorts and sandals. We all agreed that it wouldn't be right to subject innocent people to such a sight.

Elroy says he thinks the information Cletus got about the dess code for disrupting meetings may be a little off since most of the rioters seem to be dressed pretty much normally for people around here in the Summer.

I don't know about this whole Obamacare issue. My gut tells me that it won't be pretty at the same time I know something needs to be done. The old BBQ Emporium has medical insurance for our staff (If you call five people a staff) and it runs over $1000 a month for each. It goes up every years and I don't know if we can keep it.

Cletus says he is fortunate to be within a few months of Medicare so his biggest concern is "help" with his life style. Bubba wondered aloud if how Cletus lives could be referred to as any knid of "style" but we all have the same worries. No one here could be classified as "rich" and we will be depending on Medicare as we (hopefully) grow old. Reading comments from Dr. Emanuel, Obama's medical advisor, doesn't give anyone of us a warm, fuzzy feeling about the future.

Cletus says he figures from the comments he has been reading about Southern white guys being deranged and insane, they won't be real high on the "useful" list when it comes to treatment.

Elroy thinks Cletus is deliberately taking the most pessimistic view of the bills and reading the worse in every line. Cletus says that being a pessimist has never done him wrong. Things are almost never as bad as he expected.
posted by <"Billy Joe Bob"> at 11:28 AM

 
Cletus was looking for a filler medical care program to tide him over until Medicare kicks in and is highly upset that Senator Reid is delaying a Seante vote until August. Cletus says the woodcutting business never had medical coverage and at the ripe old age of 64, he is feeling poorly at best.

Could be the huge lunch he ate or the ten cups of coffee he has had so far all the while complaining that coffee keeps him awake.

Elroy doesn't think that there was ever a chance of anything passing before Cletus turns 65 in August so he has lost nothing.

Bubba says he figures Cletus is one of those people with a destructive life style who will be on the long list for medical care regardless.
posted by <"Billy Joe Bob"> at 12:16 PM

 
Cletus says he has been thinking hard about how the intellectual powerhouses of the Ivy League do not receive their due in the hinterlands. Everyone knows that the Eastern schools are far above all other schools (How else would they be able to charge those tuitions?) and it just shows how ignorant flyover country is to even consider someone not educated there as appropriate material for national office.

Pointing to the fact that little other than wondrous economic and political ideas are ever produced by such people is sour grapes and will not be tolerated. The mere fact that our esteemed leaders were able to get themselves admitted as undergraduates should entitle them to a term or two in the Congress.

Elroy asked how they compared in intelligence to his daughter who has an IQ of 160 and works as a Nurse. Cletus says that the fact that she is a Nurse is the answer. What good is she doing for her neighbors and country and that even asking such a question shows that Elroy can't be taken seriously and besides all true intellectuals know that intelligence can not be measured by any test.

Cletus says he has a theory that just crossing inside the I495 Beltway adds 30 IQ points unless you are only visiting.

Elroy said he would have really hated to meet up with some of our politician before they got there as they had to have been serious droolers.
posted by <"Billy Joe Bob"> at 11:26 AM