I wonder how the High School principal would have reacted if his personal property was damaged..
Memphis in 1968. I witnessed a peaceful civil rights demonstration, which started on the main street of Memphis and ended on Beale Street. As I followed the participants, I noticed that there was no damaging behavior and not so much as a gum wrapper left on the streets. Dr King taught the true meaning of freedom of speech
I find myself reading your social/political commentary and nodding in agreement the entire time. Thank you for sharing.
BTW: factoid: yes, there are probably Teslas in the Lima south of the equator. I have been reliably told there are more Teslas per capita in Norway than anywhere else. It has to do with cheap electricity. Who would have guessed?
Not to worry. As Michael Stajduhar pointed out below, I mixed up Peru and Peoria. I guess I was thinking the old vaudeville line "Will it play in Peoria?"
I think both were referring to Peru, Indiana. But I always think of Lima, as I lived there two years and quite enjoyed it. Don't mean to sidetrack the story, but there it is.
At least he’s not Jimmy Kimmel. A Roger Simon quote for the ages.
Broaden:
At least she’s not Joy Reid; Rachel Maddow; Al Sharpton; Adam Schiff; Bernie Sanders; Elizabeth Warren. At least he’s not a sufferer of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Or, worse still, a non-sufferer who still acts like and votes like a sufferer.
I like his take on Bill Maher. Have often noted his inclination to balance his righteous views with statements that seem nonsensical. Keeping his membership intact in the He-Man-Trump-Haters club.
Perhaps it’s my double standards showing but I really don’t care about Khalil’s or the TDA’s or the AH kid’s right to due process. To quote Thomas Sowell- life is a series of trade offs. Freedom is not license.
Bill Maher, perfect example of the ravages of cognitive dissonance. I’m sure he was a Kamala voter and is a financial supporter of the Marxist/Democrat/Hate America Party.
Nothing better than a Sunday morning laugh from Roger and his followers I always say! I totally agree with the light beer comment. I'm German and my Navy beer drinking father would come back from his watery grave if he saw me drink anything but Spatan, the best German beer I know! Thank God for YouTube (not always!) as I can replace the likes of Maher, Kimmel and the other late-night left-wing haters with my ole' time favorite, Johnny Carson! I have no doubt that President Trump would write an executive order making Don Rickles & Rodney Dangerfield the heads of a new department called: MALA- MAKE AMERICA LAUGH AGAIN! I'm sure the pseudo-intellectuals would find some way to spin that into hatred for the sake of 'Democracy!' Have a blessed Sunday everyone! I'm popping open a Spatan with my bacon and eggs!
I recall while strolling through München I came across the Spaten brewery, a giant industrial complex with pipes and bridges connecting buildings across streets. And there in the midst of it all, in a giant room, visible through a large window, stood a small stone cottage, the ORIGINAL BREWERY(!) from 1397.
I may have forgotten how to spell it, but I sure know how to drink it! Thanks for the Spaten history lesson as I did not know it. My family came from Dresden.
I know this is drastic to say, but I would rather be dead than drink a light beer or domestic one to boot! I'm Italian also so Peroni is decent. Way to go Roger!! You got all of us tilting a tall one on Sunday!! Not a bad way to watch March Madness and I mean the NCAA men's hoops and not the left-wing madness!
Maher is just trying to have some relevancy in a business that shuns facts and truth, and, therefore, relevancy… We stopped watching any late night shows back in 2016 when Fallon joined the cadre of late night idiots with his mean spirited, non-funny personal attacks on the President. Sure miss Johnny and Jay. They were funny, a little immoral, but not cruel. George Carlin was in a class all of his own! Your friend, the Barber, reminded me of emails we shared about EVs. Neither of us wanted to get one. I shared that our son-in-law was seriously looking at a Tesla, and that worried me. Of course that was when owning an EV was touted as “mandatory.” I do trust Musk but not the democrats who will “eat their own.”
FYI Teslas are great for those of a “certain age.” Full Self Drive actually works, a boon when straining to drive at night. Many amazing features. If you have your own garage, you can install a charger and never visit a gas station. Does it help global warming? Not a chance. But that’s nonsense anyway.
I think Elon was really on to something with the Tesla but didn't take it far enough.
OK take the same design replace most of the batteries with a diesel powered generator, upsize it a bit, put it on 16 or 18 untired steel wheels run it on iron tracks & bob's your uncle!
Does anyone really, like, laugh at Bill Maher. Even when he criticizes wokeness, none of it’s all that funny. Do his fans get some kind of thrill when he talks? Just seems to take and kinda out of touch.
So, Mr. Simon (because I don't want to wring your neck), you write detective novels? I'm ordering all 7 of the Moses series, maybe it'll help me be more marketable.
Lord knows, writing like "a cross between Dean Koontz and John McDonald" (a review) doesn't seem to work.
Still trying to wrap my head around screenplays as you recommended a year ago, because I believe one would make a great movie.
My few loyal followers believe they all would, but they'd listen if I "sang the phone book." (A line from The Everyman Virus.)
I enjoy your razor wit, and your blunt reflections vicariously through the Barber. Both are spot on.
Mr. Simon, I would like you to know that I read everything I can find that you write. I look forward to your American Greatness column every week. I get a vocabulary lesson every week. I have a copy of Imprimis on my desk that I will read later to day after my "chores" about the house. I much appreciate your erudite writing and I am hopeful that it will continue unabated in a variety of venues. Thank you.
Great story,
I wonder how the High School principal would have reacted if his personal property was damaged..
Memphis in 1968. I witnessed a peaceful civil rights demonstration, which started on the main street of Memphis and ended on Beale Street. As I followed the participants, I noticed that there was no damaging behavior and not so much as a gum wrapper left on the streets. Dr King taught the true meaning of freedom of speech
I find myself reading your social/political commentary and nodding in agreement the entire time. Thank you for sharing.
BTW: factoid: yes, there are probably Teslas in the Lima south of the equator. I have been reliably told there are more Teslas per capita in Norway than anywhere else. It has to do with cheap electricity. Who would have guessed?
Er, Alice, I say this at the top and in the previous posting.
Not to worry. As Michael Stajduhar pointed out below, I mixed up Peru and Peoria. I guess I was thinking the old vaudeville line "Will it play in Peoria?"
I think both were referring to Peru, Indiana. But I always think of Lima, as I lived there two years and quite enjoyed it. Don't mean to sidetrack the story, but there it is.
Pretty funny Roger! You need to get back into writing scripts!
And yes Maher is a putz.
Agreed. He is clearly playing for the claps/crowd. Conservatives should not be so overjoyed when Maher cites common sense truths.
That said, his recent perambulations convince me that the Left just doesn't know WHAT to do. (so sorry...LOL and FAFO)
At least he’s not Jimmy Kimmel. A Roger Simon quote for the ages.
Broaden:
At least she’s not Joy Reid; Rachel Maddow; Al Sharpton; Adam Schiff; Bernie Sanders; Elizabeth Warren. At least he’s not a sufferer of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Or, worse still, a non-sufferer who still acts like and votes like a sufferer.
I like his take on Bill Maher. Have often noted his inclination to balance his righteous views with statements that seem nonsensical. Keeping his membership intact in the He-Man-Trump-Haters club.
always, thanks to you.
Perhaps it’s my double standards showing but I really don’t care about Khalil’s or the TDA’s or the AH kid’s right to due process. To quote Thomas Sowell- life is a series of trade offs. Freedom is not license.
Bill Maher, perfect example of the ravages of cognitive dissonance. I’m sure he was a Kamala voter and is a financial supporter of the Marxist/Democrat/Hate America Party.
Nothing better than a Sunday morning laugh from Roger and his followers I always say! I totally agree with the light beer comment. I'm German and my Navy beer drinking father would come back from his watery grave if he saw me drink anything but Spatan, the best German beer I know! Thank God for YouTube (not always!) as I can replace the likes of Maher, Kimmel and the other late-night left-wing haters with my ole' time favorite, Johnny Carson! I have no doubt that President Trump would write an executive order making Don Rickles & Rodney Dangerfield the heads of a new department called: MALA- MAKE AMERICA LAUGH AGAIN! I'm sure the pseudo-intellectuals would find some way to spin that into hatred for the sake of 'Democracy!' Have a blessed Sunday everyone! I'm popping open a Spatan with my bacon and eggs!
How about Rodney Dangerfield Fixes the Department of Education?
Brilliant!
Love it! If he were alive today he could do it!
I recall while strolling through München I came across the Spaten brewery, a giant industrial complex with pipes and bridges connecting buildings across streets. And there in the midst of it all, in a giant room, visible through a large window, stood a small stone cottage, the ORIGINAL BREWERY(!) from 1397.
I may have forgotten how to spell it, but I sure know how to drink it! Thanks for the Spaten history lesson as I did not know it. My family came from Dresden.
Right there with you. After drinking draft in Bitburg bars, everything in America "pales" by comparison.
I know this is drastic to say, but I would rather be dead than drink a light beer or domestic one to boot! I'm Italian also so Peroni is decent. Way to go Roger!! You got all of us tilting a tall one on Sunday!! Not a bad way to watch March Madness and I mean the NCAA men's hoops and not the left-wing madness!
Maher is just trying to have some relevancy in a business that shuns facts and truth, and, therefore, relevancy… We stopped watching any late night shows back in 2016 when Fallon joined the cadre of late night idiots with his mean spirited, non-funny personal attacks on the President. Sure miss Johnny and Jay. They were funny, a little immoral, but not cruel. George Carlin was in a class all of his own! Your friend, the Barber, reminded me of emails we shared about EVs. Neither of us wanted to get one. I shared that our son-in-law was seriously looking at a Tesla, and that worried me. Of course that was when owning an EV was touted as “mandatory.” I do trust Musk but not the democrats who will “eat their own.”
FYI Teslas are great for those of a “certain age.” Full Self Drive actually works, a boon when straining to drive at night. Many amazing features. If you have your own garage, you can install a charger and never visit a gas station. Does it help global warming? Not a chance. But that’s nonsense anyway.
I think Elon was really on to something with the Tesla but didn't take it far enough.
OK take the same design replace most of the batteries with a diesel powered generator, upsize it a bit, put it on 16 or 18 untired steel wheels run it on iron tracks & bob's your uncle!
Someone beat Elon to that. By about 150 years!
Well said and written Mr. Simon. Your work is great. Keep it up, please.
Thank you. I hope who feel that way would be kind of enough to pass on for more subscribers.
Does anyone really, like, laugh at Bill Maher. Even when he criticizes wokeness, none of it’s all that funny. Do his fans get some kind of thrill when he talks? Just seems to take and kinda out of touch.
Right on the money as usual!
So, Mr. Simon (because I don't want to wring your neck), you write detective novels? I'm ordering all 7 of the Moses series, maybe it'll help me be more marketable.
Lord knows, writing like "a cross between Dean Koontz and John McDonald" (a review) doesn't seem to work.
Still trying to wrap my head around screenplays as you recommended a year ago, because I believe one would make a great movie.
My few loyal followers believe they all would, but they'd listen if I "sang the phone book." (A line from The Everyman Virus.)
I enjoy your razor wit, and your blunt reflections vicariously through the Barber. Both are spot on.
Shalom. Jackie
Mr. Simon, I would like you to know that I read everything I can find that you write. I look forward to your American Greatness column every week. I get a vocabulary lesson every week. I have a copy of Imprimis on my desk that I will read later to day after my "chores" about the house. I much appreciate your erudite writing and I am hopeful that it will continue unabated in a variety of venues. Thank you.
You slipped up and put in a "Peoria" (Illinois) instead of a "Peru" (Indiana). Peoria is about 3 1/2 hours due west of Peru.
That far? Thanks Michael. That's name spell check wouldn't pick up.