TAKING UP THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN

                         HE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO FIGHT THE VIET CONG AT AGE 18 FOR HIS COUNTRY.  HE HAD TO TELL HIS MEN TO GIVE COVER SO THAT THE US SOLDIERS WOULDN'T BE KILLED.  ONE FELLOW COWERED IN A CORNER FRIGHTENED.  HE TOLD HIM TO FIGHT YOU BABY.  THEY'RE GONNA DIE.
                         HE'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO WALK THE STREETS OF HIS COUNTRY WITHOUT GLARING EYES ON HIM.  HE'S THIS.  HE'S THAT.  I PREFER NOT TO RENT TO THEM.  THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.  HE TOLD THEM:  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU DIE.
                        I HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE HERE,BE PRESIDENT OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU REDNECKS THINK BELONGS ONLY FOR YOU.  I WAS 18 AND DODGED BULLETS IN VIET NAM FOR Y OUR FREEDOM.    I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU DIE.
                          YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN ME.  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  WHOSE THE COWARD HERE?  YOU WHO HIDES BEHIND YOUR WHITE SUPERIORITY BELITTLING ME?   OR ME -THE MAN WHO DIDN'T LET YOU DIE.
                           I FOUGHT FOR YOU AND ME.  I FOUGHT.  WHAT HAVE YOU DONE COWARD BESIDES SPEW PREJUDICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW?  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  HOW ABOUT A LITTLE RESPECT?  THANKS? HONOR? 
                           WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF ME?  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  I WASN'T AFRAID.  I DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.  MY BLOOD IS RED JUST LIKE YOURS.  I DIDN'T SAY THEY'RE NO GOOD .  I WON'T HELP THEM.  HOW DO YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO SPOUT THAT RACIST DRIVEL?  BOY?

HOME OF THE BRAVE-OTHERS NEED NOT APPLY

                                 THE ANSWER IS BLOWING IN THE WIND

PAWTUCKET VS. SCRANTON

                      PAWTUCKET WON AT YANKEE STADIUM IN THE LAST YANKEE - RED SOX GAME OF THE 2011 SEASON.  IT TOOK 14 INNINGS AND EVERY PLAYER CALLED UP RECENTLY ON EITHER TEAM GOT TO PLAY.  FINALLY ELLSBURY, A FORMER CAPE COD LEAGUE PLAYER IN FALMOUTH,MA SCORED AND THE TIE WAS BROKEN AND THE GAME WAS OVER.  IT WAS OVER AND SO LONG AND DISTRESSING THAT THE FAT LADY DIDN'T WAIT TO SING "SWEET CAROLINE."  THEN THE BOYS OF SUMMER HAD TO HEAD FOR TAMPA AND BALTIMORE.  IT WAS EXCRUTIATING AND ONLY A TEAM WITH A NEAL (BOY AM I DEPRESSED AND DEPRESSING) DIAMOND THEME SONG COULD PERPETUATE SUCH AGONY.  IT WAS LIKE WAITING FOR WET PAINT TO DRY.

                   FINALLY SCRANTON THREW IN THE TOWEL AND ALLOWED PAWTUCKET OT GET A  RUN.  I GUESS THE AIRPORTS WERE CLOSING OR FOG WAS SETTING IN OR SOMETHING.  SO IF THE YANKEES BEAT THE DEVIL RAYS,IT WILL HELP THEIR ARCH ENEMY GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS OR IF THE RED SOX CAN BEAT BALTIMORE OR SOME OTHER SCENARIO COOKED UP FOR THE CABLE TV MONEY AND ADVERTISING DOLLARS TO KEEP ON FLOWING UNTIL THEYE SQUEEZE EVERY PENNY OUT OF THEIR INVESTMENT.  SO IT'S ONE MORE GAME OR TWO OF MONEY BALL BEFORE THE FAT LADY SINGS " SWEET CAROLINE" OR FRANKY SINGS "NY,NY."

WHERE ARE YOU TED WILLIAMS?  MAYBE IT'S TIME TO DEFROST HIM AND CLONE HIM  8 OR 9 TIMES SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WATCH TRIPLE A BASEBALL AT THE END OF THE SEASON

                           THESE LITTLE TOWN BLUES ARE GETTING ME DOWN.   ROGER MARIS AND MICKEY MANTLE MUST BE TURNING OVER IN THEIR GRAVES.  THE BIG LEAGUES HAVE SO MANY TEAMS AND GAMES THAT IT'S TURNED INTO LITTLE LEAGUE AT THE END OF THE SEASON. 

PUT JESUS IN

THE NEW YANKEE STADIUM-THE HOUSE THAT JESUS BUILT

                      THAT'S WHAT THE YANKEES DID ON ONE OF THE FIRST FULL DAYS OF FALL VERSUS THE RED SOX AT YANKEE STADIUM.  JESUS MONTERO ALMOST WENT FOR THE CYCLE.  HE DIDN 'T GET A TRIPLE.  JESUS AND THE BOYS(DISCIPLES) GOT EIGHT RUNS IN THE SECOND OFF LESTER.  THE RED SOX DROPPED THE BALL A FEW TIMES IN THAT INNING.  THE GAME MOVED ALONG QUICKLY EVEN THOUGH BOTH TEAMS TRIED OUT EVERY BENCH PLAYER THEY HAD.  THE RED SOX USED A YALE GRADUATE TO HIT IN THE NINTH WITH A PLAYOFF BERTH ON THE LINE.  A JESUS HE WAS NOT AND COULDN'T GET A RUN.  SO THE YANKKES BEAT THE SOX AT THE STADIUM A WEEK BEFORE THE SEASON ENDS.  THE YANKEES ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS GUARANTEED ALREADY.          
                      SO FOX AND THE MAFIA CONTROLLERS OF CABLE TV MOVED THE GAME ALONG QUICKLY SO IT WOULDN'T INTERFERE WITH FOOTBALL OR CAR RACING OR BOXING OR SOME OTHER FOX RED NECK FAVORITE.  BUT JESUS AND THE 8 BASEBALL PLAYING DISCIPLES WON.  WWJJD?  NEXT TIME PUT MARY IN-MAGDALENE THAT IS.  SHE WAS A SWITCH HITTER.

SUNNY AND COOL

                                 I SLEPT UNTIL 10.  YES THAT'S HOW RETIREMENT IS.  AH THE TRUTH IS OUT.  I WENT TO THE BANK AND THE LIBRARY AND DID A LITTLE SHOPPING IN A TOWN WITH A PAUL REVERE BELL IN ITS CHURCH TOWER.  THE TRIP HOME WAS WITH THE TOP DOWN AS I DROVE ALONG THE COAST.  THEN I BIKED AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD. FALL BEGINS NEXT WEEK.

ELEVEN

FALMOUTH REMEMBERS TEN YEARS LATER-SEPTEMBER 11TH

NYPD BLUE

                                  NEW YORK IS A MASSIVE BELCHING PLACE.  IT EXPLAINS AMERICA TO THE WORLD.  NEW YORKERS ARE CONSTANTLY REINVENTING THEMSELVES AND THEN SPREADING OUT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

GROUND ZERO-THE HOME OF THE HERO

                               AMERICA NEEDS NY.  NY REPRESENTS THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE.  THERE IS A PLACE IN THE USA WHERE WE CAN REACH OUR FULL POTENTIAL.  THAT PLACE IS NEW YORK. 

SEPTEMBER 11,2011



9/11
2011
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
A DAY THAT WILL LEAVE IN INFAMY
REMEMBER 9/11/2001

HALLOWED STEEL GIRDERS FASHIONED INTO A CROSS-GROUND ZERO-NYC

GROUND ZERO-NYC

MIDTOWN FD-NYC

TIMES SQUARE-NYC

3000+ US FLAGS-KENYONS MARKET EAST FALMOUTH,MA

THANKS TO MLB, WE SAW JETER,AROD AND SWISHER HOMER AND SABATHIA WIN

NY YANKEE HOME RUNS ON MLB