There was quite a discussion about books and how they can take you to great imaginary places. The Harry Potter series was talked about because it got kid reading again.
10-17-17 What’s good for the goose….
Jack Cianchette, Gordon Draper, David Jones and Ray Richardson discuss the double standard in the political world. Why is it okay for Bill Clinton to use his power to intimidate and consider women play toys in the White House, but President Trump was villified for locker room talk.
10-17-17 Mississippi to Kill a Mockingbird
A school district in Mississippi is going to pull the classic book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, off of the required reading list. School officials say they can teach the same lesson with a different book.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee’s observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The story is told by the six-year-old Jean Louise Finch.
10-17-17 North Korea/IRS
Ray, Debi and Gordon Draper talk about the Nuclear War threat from North Korea again. IRS refuses to give $59,000 to a Veteran after seizing cash from his gas station. Even after an investigation and cleared of any wrong doing, refuse to give his money back!