DOOLEY Observed: I guess I dozed off ....................

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson

"When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." .... jbd

"When once a job you have begun, do no stop till it is done. Whether the task be great or small, do it well, or not at all." .... Anon

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

Television is one daylong commercial interrupted periodically by inept attempts to fill the airspace in between them.

If you can't start a fire, perhaps your wood is wet ....

When you elect clowns, expect a circus ..............

Saturday, August 23, 2014

I guess I dozed off ....................

FOOTBALL. When I was in high school, in the 40's, we used to go to the games on a Friday night. We had a band, a small stadium and we had "school spirit." We only had 89 students in our class, so not a big school by any means.

I listened to games on the radio on Saturday, bought those pre-season magazines with their "potential" stories and those great pictures, running backs were doing the "stiff arm," quarterbacks were passing, lineman were growling. It was a Saturday sport.

Last night and today I am watching high school football, down South, played in stadiums that many colleges would have been proud of years ago. Carpet on the field, graphics all over the field, advertising, signage, and these are just high schools.

There is something ironic, there is a segment trying to prove how harmful football can be, at all levels, yet it just grows and grows and grows. On another channel, a pre-season show of the pre-game show, they just can't wait for the season to begin.

Nancy Drew used to take a train to the big game, wear a raccoon coat, ride in a jalopy, wear a big chrysanthemum, and carry a pennant with the name of her team. There would be a big dance after the game, the players would enter to loud cheers, they were heroes, they were football players who had played in the big game.

Thanks to television, it is now a billion dollar industry, a multi-billion dollar industry. There will be games almost every day, at one time or another.

If the game is televised, there will be a man down on the field, HE is the TV guy .... when his arm is raised, stop, don't play ...... till ..... his arm goes down, then the game can continue. Thanks to TV and the money they generate for the schools, college players soon will be "paid to play." If these high school games continue, and get bigger and bigger .... may it can become a good high school job ..... to play football. Yes, there is Little League football. Soon we may see signs for a DAYCARE FOOTBALL TRAINING CAMP.

All, thanks to television and their desire to generate BILLIONS .. what comes at BILLIONS?

I remember in the 50's, in Reno, we all dreamed of hitting a KENO ticket, $1.10 eight spot.... pick all 8 and you will 25,000.00 .... enough to go home, get a new car, buy a house and almost retire. Now, they won't write lottery tickets for that amount ...