The Daily Dose/October 14, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
GO IN PEACE, CHECK YOUR MESSAGES: Recently, we received a text from Richard at Truth and Liberty. It noted that 41 million Christians probably wouldn’t vote this year. He deplored this and included a link for a voter guide.
USA! USA!: Yay for them. If any organization wants to distribute voter guides, it’s a free country. The problem comes when a government tries to enforce a specific morality on its citizens, which is what is happening in America right now.
Quote That Sucker: Former US Senator Barry Goldwater said it very well:
Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem…Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise.
USA! USA! II: From the Supreme Court ramming conservative morality down our collective throats to others trying to, Goldwater was right. Christians are trying to make America a Christian nation.
Fly In The Ointment: We are not, either by custom or decree. America’s basic proposition includes the freedom to worship – or, equally important, not worship – as you see fit. You can ram your spirituality down an adeherent’s throat, but it must be kept out of public life. The government’s only job is to ensure we can live the life we want.
The Bottom Line: It is not the government’s job to legislate morality. One, we’re entitled to make our own judgments on these matters and, two, it doesn’t work anyway. Prohibition and our current Drug War prove that. Besides, just because something is legal does not make it mandatory. There is room for all of us in this country, but all of us must make room for everyone else.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is told he sucks. Today’s Diary.
He grunts OK, and offers an ID and credit card, advising the credit card is his grandfather’s…Oh…We can’t take that, I’m afraid, sir…But he has power of attorney, he says in a tone that indicated he thought his power of attorney would probably also solve the Mideast crisis…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 2012 – Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner establishes a new record for the highest exit altitude and becomes the first person to freefall faster than the speed of sound in a jump that ended in the New Mexico desert. Baumgartner jumped from 127,852 feet and exceeded Mach 1 at 843.6 mph. He broke the record of 102,800 feet established by Air Force Col. Joeseph Kittinger in 1960 and the record is now 135,890 feet, done by Alan Eustace in 2014.
In 1916 – Jim Barnes of England wins the first PGA Championship, defeating Scotsman Jock Hutchinson 1-up (leading by one hole after the final hole) at the Siwanoy Gold Club north of New York City. It was the first of two PGA titles for Barnes and his first of four major wins. The PGA had been established in April, and the PGA Championship went to a 72-hole, stroke-play format in 1958.
In 1972 – Donna Fargo is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the first of three consecutive weeks with Funny Face. It was the first of 16 country Top 10s for Fargo, her first of five #1s, and the song also went #1 country in Canada and peaked at #5 on the Hot 100. The song was written by Fargo, who later said it originally had 16 verses.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
But Tim had done his best to dramatize an election in which neither candidate dared to say what he meant to an uneasy people who realized something was seriously wrong with their political system.
Gore Vidal
The Golden Age
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Micahel Jackson’s smallest hit on Billboard’s Hot 100 was Stranger in Moscow, which spent two weeks on the chart in 1997, peaking at #91.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which golfer won the most match-play PGA titles? – Answer next time!
