Anybody Seen America? (Fred Left Behind)

fredoneverything.net ^ | 2/02/04 | Fred Reed

[thesummerwind]

http://www.fredoneverything.net/FOE_Frame_Column.htm

This is one great site. Check it out.

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[TomServo]

Already posted here.

[thesummerwind]

What should I do about that? Really, I' not kidding.

One thing, this guy, Fred Reed, is one great writer!!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Inspite of Freds lamentations, the US is still the greatest country on earth. We need to turn her around but she isn't lost yet.

CG

[Moosilauke]

Fred is the greatest. He's got a very large archive of earlier columns online. I start every day by reading (and re-reading) articles from his website. In some respects he's like a male Ann Coulter--he says things that are so obviously true, but never mentioned, because they are not PC.

[TomServo]

No need to do anything. It's just a "pointer" to the other discussion (and a gentle reminder). And alot of us here are familiar with Fred. One helluva man's man...

[sandydipper]

Fred Reed for President - It's a sign in campaign. Lets make it happen.

[thesummerwind]

Fred is the greatest.

Agreed! I ran across him years ago much by chance. Then I lost his name and his location in my records and in my mind. Just this morning it popped into my head, and I don't know why.

This guy is brilliant. If you read his his bio page, the brilliance is understandable.

I think in future years, he will be known as one of the greats.

In his bio, he wrote, "After two years at Hampden-Sydney, where I worked on a split major in chemistry and biology with an eye to oceanography, I decided I was bored. After spending the summer thumbing across the continent and down into Mexico, hopping freight trains up and down the eastern seaboard, and generally confusing myself with Jack Kerouac, I enlisted in the Marines, in the belief that it would be more interesting than stirring unpleasant glops in laboratories and pulling apart innocent frogs. It certainly was." He's an interesting guy.

He also wrote, " The years from 1970 to 1973 I spent in largely disreputable pursuits, a variety that has always come naturally to me."

I wonder what those "disreputable pursuits" were.

Fred sees things so clearly that I can't help but think that he was not unfamiliar with mushrooms and other interesting consumptions.

[somedaysoon]

Discovered Fred about 2 years ago....been one of my favorites ever since.

[thesummerwind]

Fred Reed for President - It's a sign in campaign. Lets make it happen.

Speaking of signs, how about this one for a window/bumper sticker?

VETS NOT FONDA KERRY

[thesummerwind]

"Today cars seem to be designed with transvestites in mind." -- LOL!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Is Fred published in a newspaper anywhere ? He's great !

[jolie560]

Thanks for that link.

This guy--Fred--is one heck of a read. A new addition to "My Favorites". Thanks.

[thesummerwind]

Is Fred published in a newspaper anywhere ? He's great !

I don't know, but here is his site if you want to try and contact him. This guy is one of a kind, and I like that kind.

http://www.fredoneverything.net/index.html

[MEGoody]

Hmmmmm. . .it would seem to me that many of the things the writer is 'missing' about the old U.S. are also missing in Mexico. Not sure the swap was a good one.

[CholeraJoe]

Fred, it's still like that here in flyover country. I don't lock my doors, everyone owns guns and almost everyone is always polite.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

So...you live down here in the Missouri Ozarks, eh ?

[JFC]

BUMPER STICKER IDEAS

FEDDA KERRY
BIBS FOR LIBS
PERKY SHUT-UP
MEDIA LIES, DESTROYS AND FEEDS ON THIER OWN BIASED OPINION
MEL IS THE MAN
PHONEY HOLLYWEIRDOS
SAN FRAN- LAND OF LOU-LOUS
PC IS BS
CNN LOVES CLINTON
NBC IS FOR FREAKS
CBS MARRIES JACKSONS
DEAN IS A SCREAM

LAST NOT LEAST.. THE ONE I HAVE ON MY VOLVO NOW....
BUSH/CHENEY 2004