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Irregular commentary on whatever's on my mind -- politics, sports, current events, and life in general. After twenty years of writing business and community newsletters, fifteen years of fantasy baseball newsletters, and two years of email "columns", this is, I suppose, the inevitable result: the awful conceit that someone might actually care to read what I have to say. Posts may be added often, rarely, or never again. As always, my mood and motivation are unpredictable.

Buster Gammons















Saturday, August 8, 2015

The R's Should Have Come To Where We Were


Roger Ailes orchestrated the first Republican debate to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, site of the eventual 2016 GOP Convention.  It was a Fox News exclusive, an extravaganza which drew record ratings.  I'm sure Mr. Ailes was coming in his pants all night long.

The day after the debate, the lovely Mrs. Gammons and I found ourselves bivouaced in the Darlington/Florence, South Carolina area, in the midst of a national black motorcycle club rally that weekend at the Darlington racetrack.  Black bikers were everywhere.  We chatted up few of the guys, wonderful fellows, and learned that this was an annual event with a different location each year, and this year in Darlington they were expecting upwards of 70,000 attendees.

I was thinking it was kind of a shame that the GOP wasn't holding their beauty pageant down here with 70,000 black bikers.  Would've given them an entirely new perspective. 


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