When I left my home in Canada and moved to America, I did it for two reasons, taxes and freedom from regulations.
Canada not only has a ton of taxes (That free health care is sure expensive, ain’t it), but it also has too many rules and regulations.
Unfortunately, some restrictions in Canada were getting in my way, so I left for America.(Oh and after Saskatoon, Sudbury, Ottawa, and Toronto, it was time to play in the Super Bowl of radio, the States.)
After crossing the border, though, I discovered that the U.S. was in turmoil.
But only having a green card meant I couldn’t vote, so why would I care about politics?
Back then, all I cared about was creating good radio, but now that I’m winding that down and am also an American citizen, I’ve become very curious about how the political system in America works.
However, I’m pretty sure that the politicians in the U.S. are totally against limiting the amount of money they can raise from corporations and lobbyists.
Not only that, but the lobbyists get the cooperating politicians some great book deals, speaking engagements, and insider stock tips which give them a hell of a retirement. Can you spell R-I-C-H?
The Media, for whatever reason, doesn’t bother to report on any of this, I guess because both sides of the aisle are involved, so exposing one exposes the other
My question is, who the hell do you vote for, and why?
Five years ago, this kind of thinking would just be some kind of a crazy conspiracy theory, but…
We’re already used to Dictators, our parents, our teachers, and our bosses, but I think I’d prefer a benevolent one; it seems to work for the Catholics.
But a Benevolent Dictator? How would that work? Do we let them do whatever they want? How would we keep them in check?
The flock, as far as I can tell, seem happy doing what the Pope tells them to do. (Can you imagine if the Pope told them how to vote?)
The rest of us are reluctant to do whatever the current President wants.
We take what he says under advisement and treat what he tells us to do as suggestions.
I’d rather be ordered to do stuff; that way, I wouldn’t have to think so much because I think I’ve already got a thinkin’ problem.
GEO’S LIFE-LINERS
Wouldn’t you love to see a list of all those who got rich because of the Pandemic?
Things that give you a perk or two are my favorite investments.
Nobody has the right to do wrong.
When like me, you live in places where folks go for their vacations (San Diego for eight years and West Palm Beach for more than twenty-five), it’s hard to figure out where I should go for my vacation.
If we don’t respect our leaders in Washington, then why the hell would the rest of the world?
So far, I’ve figured out that the only right that I may have that my parents didn’t is the right to tell everyone, including the President or Prime Minister, to go fuck themselves.
Don’t you hate it when what you’re doing interferes with what you should be doing?
What would happen in America if the wealthy had no more power than the rest of us?
The only time you can’t lose is when you’ve got nothing left to lose.
So, if the politicians are cheating, I guess that lets the rest of us off the hook, huh?
Most of the stuff I write about is only my opinion. However, what I do know a lot about is radio, and what I know is, “It ain’t workin’.”
Years ago, one of my favorite Presidents, Bill Clinton, said, “It’s about the economy, stupid.” So with that in mind, I want to wish President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau good luck; they’re going to need it.
Unfortunately, as smart as my Grandson is, I actually had more opportunities than he’ll ever have.
After all this time, I still can’t figure out what the hell we’re doing, still fighting in the desert.
Back in the day, Jim Hilliard used to say, “Anybody can sell good ratings.” Unfortunately, Jim, today, good ratings ain’t near enough.
Are you, like me, a little bit suspicious of those who don’t say what they believe?
Some people change the world, whereas a lot of folks are changed by it.
Wow, the most beautiful woman in the world, Racquel Welch, is gone. 🙁
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Larry Dixon: Hey, George. Your comment about where to vacation when you’ve lived a few years in San Diego, and West Palm Beach reminded me of a quick story here. Toward the end of my career, I worked at Salem Radio Network in affiliate sales, trying to place our talk programming on news/talk stations. One of my states was Hawaii. There was a guy on The Big Island that I enjoyed talking to. I called one day about this time of year and was informed by his secretary that he was on vacation. And I said when you live in Hawaii, where do you go on vacation. North Dakota? And she said, actually, he went to Minnesota. So there ya go. Minneapolis or St. Paul? I enjoy reading your stuff. (Benevolent Dictator)
Geo: Wow the great Larry Dixon checks in. Thanks for the comment, Man.