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Life Begins at Incorporation by PITT DICKEY Bloody Mary in South Pacifi c who wisely counseled, "Happy talk, keep talking happy talk/Talk about the things you like to do/You gotta have a dream, if you don't have a dream/How you gonna have a dream come true?" The wonderful dream of the Citizens United case yelling "Get me out of here." Once freed, she would be hired by the Republicans to play at their upcoming wake for Mitt Romney's stillborn administration. I can imagine Janis wailing for a fl ock of Republican wall-to-wall white guys, belting out "I've got those old cosmic post-election blues again, Mama!" How embarrassing is it to lose to a President with 8 percent unemployment and a weak economy? Let me count the ways. I do not think the Republicans are taking to heart the advice of If Janis Joplin were alive today, she would be banging on the lid of her coffi n and "If you wake up and you are not in pain, you know you are dead." The pain the Repubs are feeling now is proof they are still alive. Become one with the pain, Repubs, become one with the pain. You live! Admittedly in an undead sort of way. At the risk of quoting Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, I shall quote Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. Haley made the profound statement that political parties are about addition, not subtraction. You are supposed to attract new people to your political party, not run people off in an effort to attain ideological purity. If you diss the Hispanics, Women, Blacks, Gays and youthful voters they may not join your party. They might even vote for the other guy. It turns out not everybody lives in a gated community. Personally I think newly re-elected President Obi owes allowing unlimited secret corporate money to buy the election has turned into a Republican nightmare. Like Mudville after the Mighty Casey struck out, there is no joy or happy talk in the Mudville of Romney land. The Gated Community of Aging White Republicans has turned into the land of the Walking Dead. The Repubs can't even whistle past a grave yard, because as Zombies, they have no lips. Have you ever tried to whistle without lips? It ain't easy. It's like trying to win an election without women, blacks, Hispanics, gays or young people voting for your presidential candidate. I'm going to miss Mitt Romney. It was always exciting to see which new position he would stake out today. But now Mitt is gone with the wind. Alas, Mitt, we hardly knew which one of ye we were watching. Observing the Republicans assemble their circular fi ring squad to sort out the blame for Mitt Romney's Day Off is pretty colorful. As I listen to the Republican Vote Gurus explain why Mitt lost, I am reminded of the celestial choir from Hee Haw who sang the immortal lines, "Gloom, despair and agony on me/ Deep dark depression/Excessive misery/ If I didn't have bad luck/I'd have no luck at all/Gloom, despair and agony on me." I will try to cheer up the Republicans by quoting the Russian proverb that says, rest assured that the brilliant minds who brought Mitt Romney to the point he could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory are working on a way to toss the country into a Depression. If the economy crashes they can blame President Obi and prevent his third term. They are pretty good at imitating lemmings. As Karl Rove counsels, "When life gives you lemmings, make lemming ade." PITT DICKEY, Columnist. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomingweekly.com good government. They did not expect any favoritism from a Mitt Administration. The country is poised on the Fiscal Cliff yawning before us in January. We can a great big thank you to Karl Rove for Karl's brilliance in extracting millions from billionaires and putting that money where it would do President Obi the most good. Karl, you are now a folk hero to the Democratic party. I hope you will live long and prosper. May Karl continue to advise the Republicans on how to run campaigns for President for many election cycles to come. Let us hope for Karl's sake that none of his billionaire secret PAC buddies mind burning large piles of money. Sometimes billionaires expect a return on their investment. I am sure all of the money dudes Karl put the bite on were only interested in APPLY FOR SPRING 2013 "I feel like my journey at Methodist University has been about leadership. I've moved into leadership roles with every campus group that I'm a part of, as vice president of both Beta Sigma Phi and One Voice International Gospel Choir, editor of the newspaper, and a section leader in the marching band. 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