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Having Fun
With Mojo
Lots of questions about table games!
Hey kids! Mojo here! Today I thought I would share some more constituent letters, or what I call fan mail!
Dear Mojo, What is your position on the table games issue? Harvey Henderson, Wheeling.
Dear Harvey, I am 100 percent in favor of it! Table games will create thousands of new jobs and provide millions of dollars for our state's economy! Thanks for writing, Harvey!
Dear Mojo: Can you tell me how you feel about the table games issue? Mary Johnston, Charles Town.
Dear Mary: I am completely opposed to table games! They will do nothing except bring more undesirable elements from out of state, cause unnecessary congestion on our roads, and lead to countless individuals becoming addicted! Thanks, Mary!
Dear Mojo: Do you support or oppose the table games referendum? George Ludwick, Charleston.
Dear George: I'm still wrestling with that issue! Ask me again on August 12 and I'll let you know! Thanks, George!
'Shooting Michael Moore' a revelation
A documentary called "Shooting Michael Moore" reveals the misleading and often downright dishonest tactics used by the liberal filmmaker to score his political points.
The film has been in the making for a couple of years, but its director was featured in an interview on Sunday on C-SPAN, much to the chagrin of leftwing bloggers.
The film reveals the tactics Moore often uses to get his interviews, including instructions to his camera crews to identify themselves as being from a local TV station, or even from PBS.
The film also includes interviews with several people who ended up in Moore's films, and felt they were completely misrepresented after they viewed the finished product
SUBTLE MESSAGE
Todd Gunter, a table games opponent, was gently asked to re-think his position via a shotgun blast to this sign that was in his yard, then placed on the windshield of his car after it was decorated with buckshot.
The Life and Times of
Saint John of Martinsburg
The miracle of the Blue Book
And Saint John stood upon a pedestal, and looked down upon the multitudes and spoke unto them, telling them all that he had seen and done.
And he said unto them, "Many hours did I toil in Calcutta with Mother Teresa, and the work was backbreaking and arduous."
And the crowd marveled among themselves, asking one another, "How can this be? For his hands are smooth as silk and his countenance is as one untouched by the sun."
And Saint John continued, saying, "Many months did I sit at the feet of great teachers, learning all of man's knowledge and growing wise in my youth."
And the crowd was amazed, because they had seen no evidence of his wisdom, though they had followed him for many weeks.
And Saint John said unto them, "And I spent many years trading in fine foods with the one called Oshel of Tudor. And he looked favorably upon me, and shared with me his secrets of herbs and spices."
And the crowd was glad, for they were hungry and in need of bread.
And one man lifted his eyes unto Saint John and said, "Saint John, we have followed thee for many weeks, and we have heard many great things. But few things have we seen with our eyes. What have ye that we might increase our faith and know that our path is right?"
And Saint John took compassion upon them, and summoned his helper, the one called Staff. And
Staff delivered unto Saint John a small box. And Saint John reached into the box, and held up a great journal, with a shining cover of blue.
And Saint John said unto them, "Thy faith has been great and thy patience shall be rewarded tenfold. Nay, tenfold times a thousand. For now I deliver unto each of thee that which I received of those who sent me. I give you this day the Blue Book, that your faith may be strong and your gratitude without end."
And another man, a worker of the polls, said unto Saint John, "But there are so many of us, and so few Blue Books. How can we each be given that which ye have received?"
But Saint John silenced them, and said to Staff, "How many Blue Books have ye?" And Staff replied, "Only five, and two from last year."
And Saint John raised his hands to the sky, and gave thanks, and commanded Staff to set the books among the people. And they each took one, and were amazed, for their number was five thousand, yet each received a book.
"How can this be?" asked one. "How can we each receive a book when there were so few?"
And Saint John answered, and said, "Verily I say unto you, under the Gold Dome are many Blue Books; if it were not so, I would not have told you. Go, read, and remember the one from whom ye have received it."
And they went away, amazed, and read the Blue Book, which spoke of many great things, But they were still hungry.
Sen. Weeks once exposed hypocrisy of smoking laws
Departments of Busybodiness, er, Health, across the nation, including Kanawha County's, continue to worry themselves over people who smoke and businesses that want to let them.
Former Sen. Russ Weeks once called the bluff of those insisting they want to curtail smoking.
During the 2006 session, Weeks, fed up with various attempts to limit smoking here or there, decided to see how serious the Legislature was about ending smoking. He offered an amendment to "ban the use, sale, transportation and storage in West Virginia of all cigarette products.”
Russ remembers that a sudden silence came over the whole committee room.
"There were about 25 to 30 people sitting in the audience and I think I saw about five people almost fall out of their seats," says Weeks. "I definitely had the entire committee room’s attention."
About six or seven members spoke against the amendment, warning of the financial impact of banning cigarettes. In the end, Russ' amendment was quickly defeated.
The president of the local American Cancer Society was present, and Weeks asked her, “You heard my amendment. Would you and your group support my amendment?”
Russ says that without hesitation, the leader of the American Cancer Society replied, “No Senator, we would not.”
The state doesn't want to end smoking. The financial hit would be too great. So why does the Legislature allow health boards to behave like unelected dictators?
Here's a novel idea -- let business owners of restaurants and bars decide for themselves whether to allow smoking, let each customer decide whether to patronize each business, and let every employee decide whether or not they want to work there.
Or would that be too much like a country we used to know called America?
