Fred Trost, a true sportsman who spoke truth to power, gotta admire
a man like that, even though I admit that I am no sportsman. I don’t know that
I could stay awake during a grease bearing demonstration.
I did kind of see the writing on the wall though when you talked
about him criticizing sponsors. Seems to me the world of hunting and especially
fishing is built on lying, and some of those products seem like the throw your
voice or have x ray vision gizmos advertised in the back of comic
books.
Speaking of gizmos, I have always been suspicious of those Duck
Dynasty guys. I never watched the show but I think the premise that they got
filthy rich by inventing a duck whistle, seemed awfully shaky. I mean how hard
can it be to sound like a duck? How could their duck call have been so
superior? Even if it were how are you going to get filthy rich peddling a duck
call?
And speaking of lying, how about that Brian Williams? He seemed
like a nice enough guy, certainly had a nice enough job, it’s not like his
ratings would have shot up because he was in that helicopter, he had to have
known that the guys in that helicopter would have noticed that he wasn’t there?
I haven’t been following the story that closely, but as far as I
know he has never explained it in his own words. Seems to me that if he just
said, well I told a fib, you know how it is you are hanging around with your
buds and they are all looking up to you and you are telling a story and at some
point it occurs to you that the story would be even better if you altered a few
details, and so you do, and so I did.
I think people could understand that, who hasn’t been there? It’s
not like he told a lie on the air, who cares?
But I think he got lawyered up, or PRed up, or something those big
shots do where spokesmen read statements and the guy is nowhere to be found.
And now I expect Brian will be found in some rural tavern in
northern Michigan playing pinochle with Fred Trost, probably trying to cheat
just a little bit, be we all know Old Fred Trost will be having none of
that.
Well lying, how can you speak of the subject without bringing up
the master, the big dog himself? Haven’t come close to him in almost sixteen
years. Bush was the country lawyer who thought he was pretty sharp, but it was
always clear he wasn’t. Obama is the city lawyer who can’t believe how stupid
you are. But Bill, he could put his hand on your shoulder and give you the
earnest look and start up that hoarse voice and you would be reaching for that
fiver in your wallet before he even asked to borrow it. Before him there was
only Reagan, who was damn good, but if you listened long enough you realize that
he didn’t know much about what he was talking about.
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