I get so tired of the myopia and jingoism I hear today. In this season that's supposed to be about "Peace on Earth, and good will towards men," why is it that all we hear is "God bless America?" As though God would only be concerned with a portion of creation rather than the whole. It seems to me that we would all be better served by the attitude expressed by Tiny Tim, who says in the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, "God bless us, every one."
A true comic genius has passed away today. One of the first comedy albums I remember listening to as a child is "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart." His most famous shtick was the telephone conversation where the audience hears only his end of the call. The most famous and best of this is the " Introducing Tobacco to Civilization " skit.
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