No cell phones, no texting but everyone knew where to go for fun on a Friday night.

It’s been a long time since kids came home from school and Mom was there to get a report on the day in school. The evening news coverage on TV took about 30 minutes to cover the local and national events of the day.

We were constantly reminded to study hard so that we would have a possibility of being accepted into college. In my youth there was no expectation that everyone was able or entitled to go to college. It wasn’t the end of the world if college wasn’t on the agenda since there were apprentice opportunities that led to well paying jobs.

The jobs are gone, Mom isn’t home when the kids come home from school. Occupy Wall Street groups are camped in parks all over the country protesting their failure to get a job with the cry that they are the 99% being held back from success by 1% of the population that controls everything.

I listen with care to the statements of the protesters. They are absolutely clueless as a group. The media gives their mindless actions continuous coverage as if the activity has real newsworthy status. Local governments that have stringent rules for the permitting of hot dog stands, have allowed these groups to pitch tents in public spaces and foul the area with little action by law enforcement.

The San Diego Rally had a speaker who called for solidarity with terrorists that recently shot at the White House. Police have been injured and these small gatherings of anarchists at various cities around the nation continue to threaten our nations future.

It does not take a high level of understanding to recognize that these groups are organized and supported by a philosophy seeking a redistribution of the wealth. This is not a sensible spontaneous reaction to high unemployment. It is a calculated, sponsored movement to create chaos that will lead to the overthrow of capitalism as a core of our economic philosophy.

The followers of Saul Alinsky are using his chaos theory as the base action to take control of the Federal Government with a Left Wing Socialist revision of our economic system. Want to know where we are heading? -read Alinsky.

The Gimme, Gimme groups are on the streets, in the parks and receiving tacit support from liberal media and liberal local governments which are allowing these few radical groups to disrupt large segments of economic activity. The Federal government continues to buy votes with entitlement programs and by printing money that has a declining value The Occupy groups are costing government huge amounts of money for increased police activity and they continuously create actions that bring Alinsky’s chaos requirement into play.

I’m afraid that history is not on our side and we have passed the Happy Days of our life as a nation. The fact that there are millions of people that continue to support this administration is the real story behind the economic trials we are facing.

We have become complacent, fiscally irresponsible and unread as a nation.

The Cloverlay Group was well intentioned to see that a local Olympic hero didn’t wind up without money to buy Christmas presents for his kids, but the bigger picture didn’t seem to register. They didn’t understand that they had a world class talent on a contract.

I was just a young man, but as a collegiate athlete with bigger dreams than talent, I knew that Joe Frazier was a special talent and person .. The budget conversations with Cloverlay were frustrating. The showers in the Gym were too expensive as proposed. The question raised in the shower discussion was whether a boxer really needed a tile shower after his workout. The water and soap were important not the material on the walls and floor was the Cloverlay input into the conversation.

Nobody was mean or evil but in my office we discussed how clueless these folks were as to how special the talent was, that they were involved with managing.

The exception was Joe Hand the Philadelphia cop who had talked his way into Cloverlay with a $250 investment. He seemed to have an early understanding that Cloverlay consisted mainly of folks who were helping a poor black fighter who had some talent and was having trouble making financial ends meet. The support was given in many cases as some sort of gesture to social responsibility.

He never knew it but Joe Hand kept my company on the project. About once a week at our company staff meetings we discussed whether we should bail out on the project since every Cloverlay meeting was about how we could do something cheaper. Whenever this happened Hand would shortly appear with a positive focus on the real importance of the project. That goal was to give Smokin Joe a place of his own that gave pubic recognition to his accomplishments.

Joe Hand never knew exactly what we were discussing behind closed doors but his business and life accomplishment indicate that his instincts were spot on at important moments.

As we got to know Joe Frazier we joined the Joe Hand philosophy which was to push through and get the gym built because it was an important project to give the Champ a place from which to move to the next steps in his trip from Beaufort South Carolina to a legendary status in the history of boxing.

Joe Hand became a big deal and Joe Hand Promotions is now a big time company promoting closed circuit, pay for view, events on TV. I’m not sure how his training as an detective/inspector on the Philadelphia Police force figures into this whole story, but if I was a cop I’d do some investigation as to how to acquire the instincts and positive attitude of Joe Hand.

A young architect that I knew came into my office one day and excitedly said that Cloverlay had asked him to put the details together to build a gym for Joe Frazier. I knew that Cloverlay was a group of Philadelphians of some stature that had financed and managed the career of Smokin Joe Frazier the heavy weight champion of the world.

I was enlisted to put the deal together and renovate a vacant building to provide a gym for Joe to train Philadelphia boxers.

Cloverlay was very tight with their budget but the enthusiasm of my team of sub-contractors found the way to build the gym for a lot less money than it deserved.
The gym and Cloverlay turned out to be the least interesting part of project for me.

I got to know Joe Frazier pretty well during that period and also worked with a police detective named Joe Hand who handled various details for Cloverlay when he was off duty as a cop.

Joe Frazier was a great fighter but I got to know him as a really great guy. Joe did not have a strong education but he was obviously the product of a strong family in his early days in Beaufort South Carolina. During those days Joe had people around him that were more than hangers on. The people around Joe were interested in Frazier’s welfare.

Yank Durham trained Joe and gave him every bit of his experience as a fight trainer and a father figure.. Durham gave Joe the Smokin Joe nickname. He would tell Joe when he was training that he wanted to “see those gloves smoke.” When Yank died at a too early age Eddie Futch took over the handling of Frazier fight preparations.

It was Futch who was in the corner when Joe and Ali fought in Manila (The Thrilla in Manila) This fight was recognized as the most brutal display of courage between two boxers that ever took place After round 14 Frazier’s eyes were closed and battered. He could not see but insisted on going out for round 15.
The experienced Futch knew that Frazier faced serious permanent damage and threw in the towel despite Joe’s protest. Joe was angry at Futch for years but Eddie knew that he did what was best for Joe.

Joe Hand was one of those people that truly worked to see that Frazier interests were being addressed. Hand was a boxing fan and when Cloverlay was being formed he went to the offices of the prominent Philly businessman heading it’s formation and asked if they would take a small investment of $250 since he was simply a cop and fight fan wanting to participate in the program for Joe Frazier.

They took Hand’s $250 and got more that the money. Hand brought personality and street smarts to the organization. He quickly recognized the value of closed circuit broadcasting of fights and other sporting events. He handled the TV deals for Cloverlay and this eventually led to the formation of Joe Hand Productions which today is the premier promoter pf closed circuit pay for view events. They do boxing, wrestling, martial arts and numerous other events. If you are paying for the event on TV Hand is probably the promoter.

Those early glory days for Frazier evidently faded with the passage of time as he made financial decisions without the tight fisted Cloverlay group counting the money.
Joe still had the great smile and generous attitude even though the money was gone
In my career and travels I’ve met many people that have had fame and glory. Joe is in the top tier of those, not because of his great career, but because he was simply a fine human being.

Watching the interviews of the “Occupy Wall Street” crowds, I realize that we don’t have to wait 500 years to be governed by a crowd of no nothings. it is happening right now.

These people and their protests truly look like “Woodstock without the mud”**. The scary part is that their descriptions of goals and reasons for their protest is spaced out and senseless in it’s presentation in almost every case I have heard. What is scary is that they sound stoned without being stoned.

Listening to our liberal administrations reaction leads me to the edge of agreeing with Michael Savage that liberalism is a disease of the brain rather that simply a political stance.

I think we need some neurological studies of liberals’ brains. This Liberal move to Idiocracy might spread like Bird flu as a Liberal Pandemic encouraged by Obama. It is highly unlikely that everyone in the liberal camp got that way by being dropped on their head by careless handling while getting diapers changed as infant. There needs to be a medical explanation. I doubt if Obama Care will fund the study.

There is no doubt that support of Obama is support for the change of government from a Democracy to an Idiocracy. Obama is ready to lead the way!

** “ Woodstock without the mud” is a description that was used by a friend, Walt Whitehead, in an email to me. Walt can often be depended upon for a pithy comment that describes a situation.

It is more than simply an outpouring of rhetoric by a bunch of disenchanted under employed citizens. These are people who are capable of creating anarchy using the current administrations failure to address the continued jobless situation as their reason for anarchy.

Rather than addressing the economic needs Obama has stimulated a divide in the nation with the successful citizens being placed as the evil doers in a class warfare scenario. This is a reelection strategy by Obama using our economic distress for his personal gain in 2012.

The protests on Wall Street and other sites are not totally without some legitimate reasons for discontent. Millions of Americans continue to remain jobless with growing belief that no end is in sight for their financial distress. Unfortunately the waving signs and shouted slogans are taking place in the wrong location. The Capital is where the focus should take place.

Wall Street is populated by many greedy individuals. This is not a new phenomena .
A well known comment is that the market is driven by a combination of fear and greed.
The current administration has become more closely wed to the machinations of Wall Street and the Federal Reserve than almost any administration in recent memory.
Wall Street activity as with most entities has positive and negative aspects. In our time the negatives have taken control of this important element in our economy. The Greed Group is the current star in the Wall Street firmament.

Why is there such a plethora of greedy executives in prominent positions on Wall Street?
The famous bank robber Slick Willie Sutton when asked why he continues to rob banks answered, “that’s where the money is”. Wall Street is where the money is for the super greedy to plunder.

Looking beyond the current chaos there are some facts for the mob to recognize. The current economic slow down has affected Wall Street and New York as well as the rest of the nation. Wall Street firms have laid off 22,000 employees as a result of the current slow down. Wall Street firms provide a needed source of funding for company expansions with increased employment as a result. Wall Street is made up of firms that provide employment for a wide range of business skills, most of which are not paid in the millions which is the categorization being presented by the mobs. The greed makes the news but the thousands of ordinary
people doing a good job in the financial sector are almost unnoticed by the news coverage.

We are in a perilous moment as a nation and it is time for straight talk from our leaders
Going after millionaires as evil elements in our society is perhaps the most disingenuous
Obama activity yet promoted. Crying that everyone should pay their fair share of taxes and the millionaires needing to pony up more taxes is a purely political strategy with no real expectation that deficits will be met by a tax on millionaires.

50% of American pay no taxes. How is that fair?. The top 1% of income earners pay about 38% of all personal income tax l Government and the top 5% pay 54% of all individual income tax. That sounds like a fair contribution to me The proposed Obama millionaire tax actually is for individuals that make $200,000 and couples that make $250,000. This will affect small business dramatically since those that are formed as LLCs will be additionally taxed if they have an income of $250,000, which is not exactly a ton of money.

The proponents of anarchy now mobbing Wall Street should do some homework as to where the economic problems are being exacerbated by Obama’s policies and how closely his administration is aligned to the worst aspects of Wall Street.

Rick Santorum is not likely to ever get a nomination but his straight forward logical questioning of Rick Perry concerning college education of illegal aliens was interesting.

Santorum dared to point out the lack of any sensible logical progression in Perry’s stance that illegal aliens should receive in-state tuition to attend college. Santorum asked where the logic was that a citizen from another state would be required to pay an out of state tuition to attend a Texas university while an illegal alien in the state would get an in- state tuition, The difference would amount to an additional $100.000 in tuition for the citizen from another State in the United States compared to that a paid by a student who is illegally in the country.

Santorum made clear that his point was not to restrict attendance of anyone but that giving an illegal alien a $100, 000 reduction over a United States citizen applicant’s 4 year tuition cost made no sense at all

Perry answered weakly and looked less than presidential handling Santorum’s straightforward questioning on the subject.

Another part of the debate that kept me from dozing off was a comment by Herman Cain concerning the debate over what to do about social security. Perry has called Social Security a Ponzi scheme and there has been all kinds of commentary on his categorization. Although there is general agreement that Social Security needs fixing, There have been few concrete suggestions as to how to fix it.

Cain stepped up with the suggestion that we look into adopting the Chilean model of Social Security which has been successful for years and has been adopted by 30 countries. I do not yet have a clue as to what Chile does but Cain is the only candidate that has even come up with a suggestion that I will be able to look at.

Cain and Santorum have no chance of winning the nomination but they have focused my attention on major issues by which I can make a judgment on the major players.
The straight talk of Cain and Santorum on issues is something that the others might try.

Obama is clearly following Alinsky’s belief that the current system of government needs to be brought to a total collapse upon which a new system will be constructed.. The new system involves an expansion of government control of individual economic activity.

In the Alinsky book “Rules for Radicals” a major tactic to be used to gain control; is to continuously denigrate the opposition and blame them for all failures. Lying is described by Alinsky as a useful .tool to restructure government. Obama seems to have adopted much of Alinsky tactics.

Obama’s Jobs and Debt Reduction proposals are clearly designed to escalate the problems of our current economic situation and the sagging credit worthy status of America. Jobs and debt reduction are not the goals of Obama’s efforts. His reelection and expanded Federal control are clearly, the primary goals of his every move.

I have sometimes described Obama as clueless. I have been somewhat clueless in focusing on his economic failures. It has become obvious that he is operating on a level designed to create the chaos and collapse needed as a first step in creating a restructured socialistic form of government. Alinsky has laid out clear guidelines which seem to be the Obama path.

His personal goals and ego needs are prominent markers in his move to change America
Last week in a speech he said to the audience “If you love me help me pass the Jobs Bill”
He did not put the needs of America or the jobless as the first reasons to support his efforts. Prove your love for your leader by falling mindlessly in a line of support has been the call of totalitarian leaders throughout history.

Will giant images on billboards and flattering statues in town squares follow the call to prove our love for his leadership by supporting his plans without question?

My thoughts were that Romney looked competent but did not generate excitement.
Perry is another Texan ! Bachmann is enthusiastic but faces a negative press corps.
Jon Huntsman looks like a winner when he speaks but being a Mormon and being from Utah are likely to be looked upon as negative factors for his candidacy
Herman Cain probably has the most impressive resume of accomplishments but a Black man after Obama is hardly likely. It will take time for the Obama negative 4 years to fade.
Gingrich is savvy and experienced but has too much personal negative baggage.

Who then is the person whose nomination I will support with enthusiasm 2012 ?

The answer is that any one of the above will be better than Barack Obama and in addition, the Party trumps the person. We need to be rid of Democrat (Progressive) control of the House and Senate as well as the Executive branch. I’ll be rooting for an individual but will be supporting whomever ends up being Obama’s opponent.

Unless there is a serious error in the next few months it seems that the Republican candidate will be either Romney or Perry. Perhaps Cain or Huntsman would fill the VP post.

As a side issue, which may be important, Ron Paul needs to go away. He has a few good ideas but cannot be a serious candidate. He really is not a Republican and an independent Libertarian candidacy would help Obama.

I’m sitting back a bit and listening carefully to the Republican hopefuls and am ready to focus on job one next year. That job is to get rid of both Obama as our President and the Democrat Party control of the Senate.

There were numerous points in the speech that I feared that the Presidents pants were likely to catch on fire. Shading the truth is something that was woven into what was clearly a campaign speech with job creation as a $470 billion dollar fantasy element.

With no clear description of a working plan for the $470 billion dollars he was proposing to spend, the President called for enactment of his proposal “right away” 17 times during the speech.

Obama has moved away from any pretense of governing and is beginning an activity which he does well. That is running for office.

Certain parts of his proposal are clearly designed to be defeated in the House of Representatives. He will than accuse his opposition as the cause of the continuing poor economic conditions that are the hallmark of his administration

If his speech is parsed for content, without the histrionics of his presentation, the expectations, if accomplished, would qualify him as a new superhero in a Marvel or DC comic book series. I think that he is determined to be a featured character in a one or the other of these publications. A fantasy series is the most likely’ with an alien persona as his role.

If the Obama dream is enacted, construction workers will be quickly employed , the teacher ranks will swell, the unemployed can relax for an additional year, manufacturing will expand, schools will all be rebuilt, we will have new roads and bridges throughout the land and research will produce new products that will bring the world to our marketplace eager to spend their Euros and Yen here.
(expanded debt is not part of his description)

All this to be accomplished with the leadership of an individual who received his total private sector economic experience and training working in a Baskin Robbins ice cream shop for six months.

The pre publication comic book title is being penciled in as The Miracle Worker. If significant jobs are created and unemployment reduced by his actions it will truly be a miracle

I suspect that a better title might be Captain Chaos.

Not much. We’ve been fighting in Afghanistan for twice as long as it took to win WW11.
We are sill in Iraq –doing exactly what? I’m not sure.
Our leader has us involved in a third war. No American boots are on the ground but our air power is supporting a rebellion by folks that we don’t know.

Our economy is in the toilet and the current administration is staffed by a bunch of clueless suits. The support of our current clueless leader of the clueless, is being led by elements that are rallying the President’s reelection campaign with language that might be used by teenage thugs on an urban street corner talking about a rival gang of teenage thugs.

Jimmy Hoffa, Maxine Waters and Andre Carson are developing the election strategy for the President.

Hoffa head of the Teamsters Union talking about the tea party movement has called for his followers to” take these son of a bitches out”.

Rep. Maxine Waters Democrat from CA and Congressional Black Caucus member has said that “the tea party members can go straight to hell” in a speech last week

Rep Andre Carson Democrat From Indiana said in a speech to a gathering of Blacks that the tea party wants to see “African Americans hanging from trees”

Our President with a unity theme has started his reelection effort with the gathering of thoughtful supporters such as these three spokespersons.

OK, lets have a quick review of the Obama accomplishments.

Actual unemployment is about 17% of the work force
The increase in the debt during the 2.5 years of his administration exceeds the total debt of all the previous President’s administrations combined.
The wars he promised to end continue and he has added another war for us in Libya.
His support is gathering around a theme of hateful rhetoric designed to divide Americans.

The scorecard seems to indicate that to support Obama would require an individual to have been subjected to a Rip Van Winkle type infection for the last few years.

Thanks for all the notes I have received in recent weeks concerning my lack of Posts. I have simply been stunned and somewhat incapacitated by the realization that having a brain was not required to support the President for reelection. I hope these folks are not legible to have a driver’s license. Their eligibility to have a vote is dangerous enough.