YES, I AM STILL HERE peeking out my window on Main Street, and I gotta admit that I agree with a reader that the newspaper would be a lot better if this column would stop attacking President Trump and with agreeing so often with Democrats.
So today I will write about something else.
‘Else’ is why we set ourselves up for conspiracy theories.
Like, why has the Charlie Kirk shooter disappeared?
Like, why did the President attend this annual White House Correspondents Dinner when he has turned down previous invitations? And why could any hotel guest have access to the hall? And why no metal detectors? If I didn’t know better I’d think someone was trying to set up the President to get shot.
And, whatever happened to the nutcase who shot the President’s ear?
Incomplete stories, inaccurate details; and a lack of openness make a perfect oven for festering conspiracy stuff.
Our national mindset for shootings has gotten really scary.
Nuts with guns. Nuts who respond to faceless ‘experts’ preaching violence or nonsense on social media.
A bad recipe.
But back to shootings. Have we not learned a thing by President Kennedy’s assassination? Conspiracy theories abound, fed by a sloppy investigation and many ‘hidden’ elements.
You just wait.
There will be conspiracy stories in the future about our governor’s strange desire for a prison to be built in a rural county where no one wants it and where there are not resources to meet the basic needs.
Let me end by saying something that is neither Republican or Democrat; conservative or liberal:
Don’t get touted off the Epstein Files!
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DON’T MISS! Spring is a wonderful time for events in our community.
Obviously next Saturday’s annual Peach Blossom Festival in downtown Nashville.
But there are other great events coming — the annual fund-raising BBQ and auction by the Center Point Volunteer Fire Department. I try not to miss this event, partially because I love to see the comaraderie of the community joined by people who used to live there.
I’m adding to my “Don’t Miss List” the May 9 donation car wash and $10 deluxe baked potato sale at the Life Tabernacle Church parking lot in Nashville out on the hilltop on the Murfreesboro highway. The original May 2 date has been pushed back, possibly to avoid conflict with the Peach Blossom Festival.
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#1 FAIR WEATHER Razorback fan.
Couple of things. I can’t stay awake long enough to watch the Hog baseball games. I go to bed and we’re behind. Wake up — sometimes — and we’ve pulled the rabbit out of the hat and sneaked a narrow win. Otherwise, we’ve committed some bonehead errors and given the game away.
Football — the sports broadcasters are trying valiantly to convince me that we’re gonna be good enough to play for the SEC championship this fall. Not so fast!! I’ve been tricked too many times. I just hope for a six-win season.The #1 Fair Weather Fan is willing to give the new coach a couple of years before the onset of whining and moaning.
Basketball — the sports broadcasters are trying valiantly to interest me in the superstars who might or might not sign and play for the Hogs. I’m not interested in any player that won’t be around long enough to learn his way to class.
I enjoyed seeing the Razorback Lady Golfer win the amateur tournament at the Masters, and our softball team is doing well. Lady Gymnasts had a good season, but gymnastics is sorta like the Ice Skating competitions — you’ve got to build a reputation for a couple of years in order to win. That’s why only Alabama, Georgia and LSU seem to win in gymnastics.
It’s almost like the football Razorbacks needing a favorable call at an extremely sensitive juncture of the game. Won’t happen.
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ANNIMAL CRACKERS. Have heard from several Bluebird watchers about a flash of blue around birdboxes. And another reader reports a wealth of Rosebreasted Grosbeaks.
It’s gonna make me jealous, but soon I’ll hear from the neighborhood Baltimore Oriole spotter.
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MORE THINGS I LEARNED from opening an email: RAISIN — A grape with a sunburn.
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WORD GAMES. I love oxymorons: “The Sounds of Silence.” (Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel). A favorite song of my generation.
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HE SAID: “If you have faith, then your whole life is put in a new perspective. You get to work but enjoy the work at the same time. If you grow spiritually, you do what’s in front of you and let the results speak for themselves.” Roy Orbison, favorite singer from West Texas
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SHE SAID: “It’s useless to hold a person to anything he says while he’s in love, drunk, or running for office.” Shirley MacLaine, actress
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SWEET DREAMS, Baby
