Howdy to all my reader kith. We have now entered into a dead period of the year in my humble opinion. I think January and February, and to a lesser degree, August and September are the lull periods of the year. Having said that, the pundits on the national scene are still talking about the vitriol coming from both sides, which bring the echo of Rodney King “can’t we all just get along”? I’m not sure that will ever happen. WARNING- I’m about to sound like an old codger.

What used to bring us all together in the past was that we could agree on things or at least each generation could agree. In the 50’s we all loved Lucy. In the 60’s we all liked Elvis. In the 70’s we all camped in for Mash. In the 80’s we all laughed at Cosby. Prior to the 60’s we all shared most of the same values and work ethic.

Now the music industry is fractured in at least five directions. We have hundreds of TV channels to pick among and the Oscar nominated movies are mostly heavy, deep, and dull. What do we have to pull us together? The Internet does on occasion serve as Face book until someone decides to change the format to make a nickel on it. At the same time, however, it gives us a format to argue for days on the same topic of minutia.

We used to have sports heroes and movie stars. Now we have Paris Hilton and the drug rehabber of the week. We can now talk on the phone anytime and some of us do, even when it is rude and intrudes on others privacy. Today it seems we can’t even agree to speak the same language! Most of us believe in hard work and self-sufficiency, but many want government socialist programs for all. With nothing to bring us together, what hope do we have?

Until next week, Doc.