Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.
Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/89477
Separated at Birth by PITT DICKEY looked like Eddie Munster. The more I thought and pondered on this concept, it occurred to me that Mitt Romney looks a lot like Herman Munster without the neck bolts. Coincidence or warning from the Mayans? Ann Romney doesn't bear much resemblance to Lilly Munster but no analogy is ever perfect. Grandpa Al Lewis bears more than a passing resemblance to Grover Norquist. Marilyn Munster could be any of the blonde Fox News cranky ladies. Study the pictures and decide for yourself. By the time this column appears in print on Oct. 24, you may feel like you have absorbed almost all the political advertisements that you can bear. Don't give up, the politicians must fi rst make you sick in order to make you well. They bring to the body politic the cure only they can provide. Be grateful to them. They live to serve. Just ask them. But for the weak of stomach, just hang in there, only two more weeks until the election. Then the politicians can stop pretending to care about us and get back to tending to their real constituency — lobbyists pushing wheel barrows of campaign contribution cash into their offi ces. For the last 12 months we have enjoyed a non- stop, all-you-can-stomach buffet of "My Opponent is the Anti-Christ" ads. On Nov. 7, these ads will come to a screeching halt. The abrupt termination of these ads will send some people into severe withdrawal. Where are my Romney ads? Where are my Obi ads? But let not your heart be troubled; if the political ads disappear, can the Christmas ads be far behind? Fear not. There will be no gap in advertising after the election. The seamless web of hucksters selling candidates, bladder drugs and CDs of Barking Dogs yelping Jingle Bells will never leave us. These ads just change with the season. Our beloved political ads will immediately morph into Christmas ads, which will fi ll your world with good cheer and opportunities to spend like there is no tomorrow. Because this I watched the Vice Presidential Debate and was struck by how much Paul Ryan looks like Eddie Munster. Could they be brothers from another mother? I think that is the reason Joe Biden kept laughing at Paul. Joe also thought Paul 645616457i S e i AAhyy8yXvr8uvyy ArhvtXurDpvpyrChtiEuSr CvtuyhqQrirvh8upu Cvtuyhq6rr Ahrrvyyr I8 Avqh Ppir!% ! !&)" Wvvrivrh vtvup t Trq7) Tqrshyyhtrhqvrqsrrspuhtr & hurq# Uvpxr rhvpxr Uuv wrp v rq i ur 6 8pvy v h i pvivsivrrhqvqvvqhy hqututh sur8vsAhrrvyyr 8iryhq8hqurIu 8hyvh68pvy hhtrpsur9rhrs8yhy Srpr 6 UCW OCTOBER 24-30, 2012 UP & COMING WEEKLY hqpvtrrxy p www.RButton4NCHouse.com Paid for by the Committee to Elect Richard Button for NC House Representative for NC House District 44 year there will be no tomorrow. If the Mayans are right, the world will end on Dec. 21, when we reach the end of the 13th bâakâtuns, which is 5,125 years on the Mayan Long Count calendar or 35,875 dog years. Apparently the planet Nibiru is going to smash into the Earth on Dec. 21. Mayans. As the NCAA won't have the ability to sanction college football programs after the Mayan Apocalypse, now will be a good time to stage a Banned in Bowl Competition championship. There are some pretty good teams on bowl probation: Ohio State, Southern Cal, Penn State and UNC could play their own Outlaw Bowl Championship. Cockroaches and Twinkies will survive but not the NCAA after the world ends. Why not go ahead and stage a playoff among these teams. What is the NCAA gonna do after the world ends, take away some scholarships? Who cares? Every sour hath its sweet. Colliding with Planet Nibiru is not all bad if it lets Carolina play in a bowl game this year. The world ends one day after my wedding anniversary so I will need to buy one more anniversary gift before the Mayan Apocalypse sweeps us all away. Since no one will have to pay off their Christmas credit card bills because there will be no January 2013, please consider the end of the world as a license to spend unwisely and profl igately on presents for everyone you ever knew. End the last bâakâtun with a bang by maxing out your plastic. It doesn't really matter now that Carolina's football team has been banned from attending a bowl game this year. Most of the bowl games won't be played anyway due to the A wise man was asked, "How would you like to be remembered after you die?" He responded, "Occasionally." Think the politicians will remember you after election day? Not even occasionally. Go Heels! Beat Southern Cal. PITT DICKEY, Contributing Writer, COMMENTS? Editor@ upandcomingweekly.com. Our Economy And Good Jobs Depend On Strong Businesses I am committed to reducing regulations and overhauling NC tax codes to ease the burdens of doing business in this State. I will work to maintain a balanced budget through responsible spending and cutting waste. School Choice fosters Education Improvement everywhere it has been implemented. Richard Button VOTE: Christian Married 45 years Traditional Family Values Engineering Career 42 years WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM This is Richard Button