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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

Boom Goes The Fireworks!
Once Upon A Time In A Town Named Jackson

Posted Friday, July 10, 2009, at 1:00 AM

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  • Well LMAO, this was very creative on your part. Good job.

    -- Posted by gman on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 6:34 AM
  • As always - right on topic and very appropriate. Good job!

    -- Posted by farmwife2 on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 7:38 AM
  • LOL, I like that one Brad

    -- Posted by mogearjammer on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 8:35 AM
  • Nice addition, Just_Me.

    Although it could get a little confusing to readers since there are two potential Larry's they could think of -- Mr. Cunningham and Reverend Rice. I guess if we were to incorporate the homeless angle he could be Preacher the Possum.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 8:51 AM
  • This was great!!!! I always look forward to reading your blogs, and this one so far has topped them all. Thank you for the friday morning laugh. I, along with my entire office enjoyed your creative writing.

    -- Posted by random_opinions on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 8:52 AM
  • Grow up Brad! I think its beyond time we let this silly subject die. This issue was dead the minute these JACKSON idiots skirted the procedures. Any fool that knows local politics knew this was silly and would NOT fly!..I just wish these Jacksonites would put the same amount of effort (phone calls and written complaints in this media)

    into writing and calling their Representatives in D.C and Jeff City to stop these blood sucking politicains from stompimg on our civil liberties!..Jackson will have its fireworks. If not that City next door to Jackson we call Cape Girardeau will indeed benefit greatly in sales tax revenue. Frankly I am all for Jackson abolishing firworks sales and use but Iam not so ignorant as to understand that this foolish decision by local politicians would never fly.

    -- Posted by GREYWOLF on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 9:31 AM
  • Hmmmm? I should grow up. Did you read the moral of my little fable at the end?

    The fireworks foolishness in Jackson was just a current example of the larger problem the modern age: over-regulation of our civil liberties. I guess we can agree on that, if not the method of presentation.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 9:42 AM
  • Greywolf, lighten up. If you don't want to read more on the subject, why read a blog titled "Boom go the fireworks"? Brad, I have to say this is your best yet! It's right up there with another of my favorites, the house moving story. Keep up the fantastic writing.

    -- Posted by capetoo on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 9:57 AM
  • Well said Brad,

    However, I would delete " over-regulation "

    and add "destruction"!...I believe that would be much more on target!

    -- Posted by GREYWOLF on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 10:25 AM
  • Capetoo,

    ok I will lighten up. I would ask, when was the last time you wrote your Representative in regards to your civil liberties?

    -- Posted by GREYWOLF on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 10:33 AM
  • Brad, I thought it was great! I must admit I didn't really like being refered to as a animal...especially a COW. ☻

    -- Posted by Turnip on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 12:56 PM
  • Hilarious! The Moral of this Story just capped it off. Thanks!

    -- Posted by gurusmom on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 1:40 PM
  • My apologies Turnip.

    I wasn't thinking specifically of you or any other Jacksonian when I used a bovine as one of the animals. I felt I needed it for the "Angus practically had a cow" bit to tie in properly.

    TFR.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 1:50 PM
  • Perhaps if his name was Jerry that would have worked, Spank.

    I could have also used Larry the Llama or Larry the Lizard, but I think a lynch mob would have caught either of those animals long before the highway. While the moral would have been the same, the demise wouldn't have been quite as poetic.

    TFR

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 3:09 PM
  • Brad that was amazing, but I was there when Larry made his motion and you forgot "the rest of the story" on that peaceful Jackson evening. You know, the part about how the three other Alderanimals ( Dale the Dalmation, David the Diamondback, and that sly Fox Phil)followed Larry the Lion as they all so often do. You see they are all part of the well known boys club within Jackson's beautiful Board of Alderanimals. Since Larry was so much faster than the other three, he got to the road before them, and that truck full of fireworks did not get them. But if the mob keeps chasing they will keep running, and soon they will get theirs. Since there are so many of them we need to ensure the mob is very big. The next meeting of the Alderanimals is on the 20th of July at 7:30 PM. The first step in the chase is to be there and be heard. The next step will be on election day when we vote to ban the boys club in Jackson politics.

    -- Posted by veteran of 23 on Sat, Jul 11, 2009, at 4:41 PM
  • I appreciate your version Veteran of 23.

    Actually in my first draft (yes, I actually put some thought into these blogs) I had Dale the Dalmation, David the Doberman and Phil the Flounder, but then I decided they kind of got in the way of the overall narrative so I cut them out.

    Thanks for Reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Sat, Jul 11, 2009, at 6:34 PM
  • How about Dale the dinosaur?

    -- Posted by capecounty on Mon, Jul 13, 2009, at 10:53 AM
  • I have some fireworks left over from the 4th if anyone wants to set off after Jackson throws this ridiculuos "momentary lapse of judgement" out. I'd do it myself, but July 4th is past and I'm not into breaking the law, not to mention I'm new to the area and don't want to get off on the wrong foot with local officials and law enforcement.

    -- Posted by TheArmySarge on Tue, Jul 14, 2009, at 6:20 PM
  • Greywolf - I have addressed the Cape city council, written emails to city reps including the mayor, written my State legislators and to a President. As I said before, Brad, keep up the great writing. You are a hoot!

    -- Posted by capetoo on Tue, Jul 14, 2009, at 9:28 PM