Jasper Journal

While Rush Limbaugh may not be every one’s cup of tea, I can personally thank him for saving me the price of a speeding ticket.

As generally happens while I am driving around town for my job, I listen to talk radio. It makes the time go by and pretty much allows me  to get so involved I forget the mundane things like time, traffic etc. It also sometimes makes me not notice speed limit changes.

So when I pulled into a  parking spot on one of our local military posts the other day, I was stunned to find a military police vehicle behind me, with the Sergeant approaching my vehicle. He asked if I knew why he was there? Well to make a long story short, he said I was going 38 in a 30 zone. I confessed that I really didnt know as I was listening to Rush, and kind of got lost in my thoughts. Well, when he asked for ID, drivers license, insurance and registration, I figured a ticket was in my future.

  I really didn’t have any defense , so I told him I was just daydreaming while listening to Rush and  didn’t notice the speed limit change. To my surprise, he handed me back all my paperwork and said “sometimes that happens when you listen to Rush; be aware next time .”

So thank you unknown  sergeant for brightening up my day, and thank you Rush for having such a well known  reputation that your name alone can make good things happen.

While eating breakfast this morning, I had the unpleasant experience of listening to Professor Obama railing, posturing and lecturing the crowd in PA on how we had to have his health care plan NOW!   I couldn’t even eat my corn flakes in peace.

 Then I had to endure tales of a naked punk Rahm Emanuel slithering in the House showers and bullying House members. Does this guy have any decency at all ? Calling him a punk or thug is an insult to all the decent punks and thugs out there.

Finally, I picked up the mail today and there was a letter form the Census  Bureau. Silly me , I thought it was our census form. But no; it was a first class letter telling me that the real census form would come in a week and would I please fill it out.

So this is the same government that wants to run health care that just wasted over $20 mil ( My estimate) to send out first class letters to all of us telling us that we will be getting another first class mailing in a week? Are they kidding? Could the day get any creepier?

 Not until I heard the Dan Rather comment on Sunday that Obama as a leader was so bad that “he couldn’t sell watermellons  even if you gave him the state troopers to flag down traffic.”   Good old Dan… and that’s the way it is Monday 8 March 2010.

I watched parts of the Academy Awards tonight as I am a glutton for beautiful actresses in stunning  outfits. Kudos to Penelope Cruz, Rachel McAdams, and Sandra Bullock among others for continuing to bring classic Hollywood appeal to an overly long and drawn out love fest. Thankfully the political attacks  were limited, probably because the Hollywood favorite is currently in the White House. But of course that didn’t stop Barbra Streisand who  could not help but bring up whether the best director would be the first woman or African American. Who cares? I want the best director to win and I am not keeping score of sexual or racial firsts.  But I am not a member of the elitist class of Ms Streisand.

I didn’t see many of the movies nominated for awards this year, and the few I did see didn’t win anything. So for my friends in the audience, here are some of my favorite movies from last year in no particular order. If you have favorites, add them to the list.

Star Trek

New Moon

Jennifers Body

Transformers 2

Zombieland

The Hangover

White Out

Whip It

Inglorious Basterds

Julie and Julia

As you can tell,  comedies and sci fi are my favorites. Perhaps that’s why I  am the way I am.  But at least I go to bed at night with a smile