Yes, kiddies, it is that time again . . . time for another adventure from yesteryear. Yes, we all know you are all ready for another adventure of Rusty Rucker, and today's exciting episode is chock full of spine-tingling tales. So gather around, hush your mouths, make sure the parents are in the other room and let's get this show on the road:
Those of you keeping track will probably notice that Episode No. 14 was Septermber, 1999's column and this one is from November, 1999. I was unable to recover the one for October, 1999. It has gone the way of the dodo, it seems.
Old Rusty lives way back in the boonies with a couple of hound dogs and one lazy ole mule. With nothing to do all day except whittle and listen to the radio, he gets some off-the-wall ideas about our political structure and its impact on our daily lives. Maybe you will get a chuckle out of some of the stuff he comes up with, and who knows, you might even agree with part of it.November, 1999 Updated regularly -- Totally new first of every month.
Hope all you kids survived Halloween and didn’t get sick on the candy. Mostly I hope you read my Halloween poem. If you didn’t, go to my poetry page and check it out. It’s so good, even my dogs wag their tails when I read it to ‘em. I’ll leave it there through November -- or at least ‘til I think of a subject for Thanksgiving.
USA Today has conducted a new survey: Apparently three out of four people make up 75% of the population.
Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift
That's why it's called the 'Present'Prayer in school continues to be a much cussed and discussed subject. Can not understand why. This little poem that someone sent me says it all
NOW I SIT ME DOWN IN SCHOOL
Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of him very odd
If scripture now the class recites
It violates the Bill of Rights
Any time my head I bow
Becomes a federal matter now
The law is specific the law is precise
Praying out loud is no longer nicePraying aloud in a public hall
Upsets those who believe in nothing at all
In silence alone we can meditate
And if GOD should get the credit GREAT!
They are bringing guns to school,
They think being armed is really cool.
But I don’t dare bring my BIBLE
To do so might make me liable
So now OH LORD this plea I make
Should I be shot in school, my soul PLEASE TAKE.
--Author UnknownThanks for the ride. Y'all come back now ... Ya hear!!!
"Old age is fifteen years older than I am."
--Oliver Wendell Holmes
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