Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Office of the Governor
Office of the GovernorThere is some talk about Chris Christie running for President. I don't know about that but I do know that I like the way he's being governor of New Jersey. He's working on getting employment for veterans. My heart goes out to the brave people who staked their lives on a war that gives nothing back and for some not even a job.
Friday, October 22, 2010
REILLUSIONMENT
The War to End All Wars was fought
As if they really meant it;
In retrospect, the veterans thought
Their leaders all demented.
The Good War was a special case,
The planet on the line:
Toward which technology and race
Would Destiny incline?
The Cold War tacked a special cost
On ideology:
If one side lost, then both sides lost;
To be, or not to be?
Our chieftains call our present foes
An "existential threat."
The lessons from our former woes?
We haven't learned one yet.
-DAN CAMPION
(Published in LIGHT,
a quarterly of light verse
Fall-Winter 2008)
As if they really meant it;
In retrospect, the veterans thought
Their leaders all demented.
The Good War was a special case,
The planet on the line:
Toward which technology and race
Would Destiny incline?
The Cold War tacked a special cost
On ideology:
If one side lost, then both sides lost;
To be, or not to be?
Our chieftains call our present foes
An "existential threat."
The lessons from our former woes?
We haven't learned one yet.
-DAN CAMPION
(Published in LIGHT,
a quarterly of light verse
Fall-Winter 2008)
Sunday, August 22, 2010
BOARDWALK CONTROVERSY
Visitors can't aim for Obama - for now
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ - After a maelstrom of media attention last week, operators of a suddenly controversial boardwalk game have removed a mannequin depicting President Barack Obama.
The plastic likeness of Obama was among others of well-known people in the Walkin' Charlie game at Lucky Leo's arcade. Players throw baseballs at the plates held by the mannequins, which are on a rotating platform.
Obama has been replaced by effigies of former President George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton.
Although some people were offended by use of Obama as a target, other visitors to the boardwalk simply saw it as a game....
Walkin' Charlie is just like any other game in Seaside Heights, meant for entertainment purposes, Kabana said. Arcade manager Tom Whalen says the removal of the Obama mannequin was to show that the Walkin' Charlie game isn't anti-Democrat or anti-Republican.
A plastic bag was placed over the Obama character's head on Aug 11 after critics said it was disrespectful to us the president's likeness.
Whalen said he told a Secret Service agent who visited the business that employees did not urge players to throw at the Obama image. Whalen said the Obama figure might return in a few weeks.
By Hartriono B. Sastrowardoyo, Staff Writer
COMMUNITY REPORTER
http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/obama-finger-puppet.jpg
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ - After a maelstrom of media attention last week, operators of a suddenly controversial boardwalk game have removed a mannequin depicting President Barack Obama.
The plastic likeness of Obama was among others of well-known people in the Walkin' Charlie game at Lucky Leo's arcade. Players throw baseballs at the plates held by the mannequins, which are on a rotating platform.
Obama has been replaced by effigies of former President George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton.
Although some people were offended by use of Obama as a target, other visitors to the boardwalk simply saw it as a game....
Walkin' Charlie is just like any other game in Seaside Heights, meant for entertainment purposes, Kabana said. Arcade manager Tom Whalen says the removal of the Obama mannequin was to show that the Walkin' Charlie game isn't anti-Democrat or anti-Republican.
A plastic bag was placed over the Obama character's head on Aug 11 after critics said it was disrespectful to us the president's likeness.
Whalen said he told a Secret Service agent who visited the business that employees did not urge players to throw at the Obama image. Whalen said the Obama figure might return in a few weeks.
By Hartriono B. Sastrowardoyo, Staff Writer
COMMUNITY REPORTER
http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/obama-finger-puppet.jpg
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