The “Oils my Gears and Grinds my Gears Blog”

(With apologies to the “Family Guy”)

I have been overwhelmed with requests for a new blog.  So for you two folks who asked, here it is:

 

“Oils my Gears”-my new granddaughter, Riley.  She is the most perfect little sister for our Delaney.  And God keeps cranking out blessings and answering prayers every day for this ol’ sinner.  Speaking of God, my dad would have thought it blasphemous, but I can’t help but like that new country song “If I could have a beer with Jesus”.  Plain words and plain everyman thoughts.

“Grinds my Gears”-Aaron Hernandez was arrested today for murder and the Pats released him faster than goose turds through a tin horn.  Browns (oops, ex-Browns) rookie, Ausar Walcott was arrested on attempted murder charges.  Wow, shades of Simpson, Carruth and Lewis.  What the hell is it with these current and former football players?  Can anyone name a sport where more former and current players have been involved in such heinous crimes.  The ironic thing is that the Browns/NFL is currently hosting the NFL Rookies Symposium in Aurora (?).  This is sometimes a fruitless effort to help keep young football players on the straight and narrow.  Unfortunately for some, their talent and their inflated bank accounts cannot make up for their lack of upbringing, proper parenting or mentoring.  Yet they do seem to have that ENTITLEMENT thing pretty well down. 

 

“Grinds my Gears”-Paula Deen.  How dare you have said the n-word. I don’t think we have vilified this southern born and bred woman enough.  Let’s destroy her family, her means of income, her reputation and her business dealings.  The clock is now running to see if America will forgive her as fast as they forgave a fan-favorite football player involved in the murder of two people and will undoubtedly be a first ballot Hall of Famer along with a lucrative announcing contract. 

“Grinds my Gears Part Dos”- The n-word is only allowed to be said by a certain ethnicity towards or about someone in that same ethnicity.  Yet it is the same word that is proliferated in 78% of a certain genre of music that is sold to ANYONE and EVERYONE regardless of ethnicity.  You can play it, watch it, hum it, or even sing it.  If you are of one ethnicity, you can blast it as loud as you want it.  But if you are of any other another ethnicity you must keep it silent and under-wraps like an old skin magazine of the 1950’s arriving in a brown paper wrapper. (wrapper, get it?)  The word “nigger” is a vile, disgusting, abhorrent, despicable and contemptible word.  But I think its unfair that Black America wants to keep that word for themselves. For our current world is made up of way too many people who commit atrocious acts of violence and mayhem against their fellow man. Acts that are disgusting, abhorrent and despicable.  The word nigger should describe the interior blackness in a man’s heart and soul, not the color of his skin. 

 

“Oils my Gears”-Two months ago, I lost another partner, employer and most of all, friend.  One of the smartest men I ever knew.  His death left a void in many peoples’ lives and the imprint he will leave in the Law Enforcement, Private Security and business world will be felt for decades.  Go Rest High on that Mountain, Jim Riddell and we will meet again someday.