{"id":9666,"date":"2016-09-16T03:42:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T08:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=9666"},"modified":"2016-09-15T21:25:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T02:25:34","slug":"its-not-walking-pneumonia-if-theyre-dragging-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=9666","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Not Walking Pneumonia If They&#8217;re Dragging You."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I know most of you read this while you should be working, make sure your corporate LAN is up to the task, read the blog, and then get to work! <\/p>\n<p>A gentle reminder first: if you&#8217;ve read <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Assault-Saint-Agnes-Joseph-Courtemanche-ebook\/dp\/B01DGXSHRU\/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&#038;qid=&#038;sr=\" target=\"_blank\">Assault on Saint Agnes<\/a><\/em> but not yet reviewed it on Amazon, please do so right this second. Your reviews are critical to my sales, and I appreciate your taking five minutes to do a review right now. Nothing special needed, but your honest input is highly valued.<\/p>\n<p>A brilliant woman I know pointed out that Hillary wasn&#8217;t suffering from walking pneumonia. I quote, &#8220;She might have had pneumonia, but she sure wasn&#8217;t walking.&#8221; I wonder if there&#8217;s such a thing as &#8220;being dragged by the Secret Service pneumonia?&#8221; I checked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.webmd.com<\/a> but they don&#8217;t list it. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fcommotioninthepews.com%2F&amp;screen_name=joecourtemanche&amp;tw_p=followbutton&amp;variant=2.0\">Please follow me on Twitter<\/a>, and <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/josephcourtemancheauthor\">&#8220;Like&#8221; the Facebook author page<\/a>. Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe (the box is on the right side of the page) to be eligible for free e-books and other benefits! Oh yeah &#8211; <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?page_id=9219\" target=\"_blank\">grab a copy of <em>Assault on Saint Agnes <\/em><\/a>if you&#8217;re of a mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thursday there was a kerfuffle when one of Trump&#8217;s kids said that &#8220;They\u2019ve let [Hillary Clinton] slide on every indiscrepancy, on every lie, on every D.N.C. game trying to get Bernie Sanders out of this thing,&#8221; Trump Jr. said. &#8220;If Republicans were doing that, they\u2019d be warming up the gas chamber right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, being a student of American history, and smarter than Wonkette, I immediately flashed to the scene in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0039645\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>My Favorite Brunette<\/em><\/a> when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001362\/?ref_=tt_cl_t1\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Hope<\/a> is being marched to the death chamber and he remarks on how cheap the state is, as they&#8217;re still executing prisoners with gas and haven&#8217;t upgraded to the electric chair yet.<\/p>\n<p>Yup. Sometimes a quote just gets misconstrued by the press &#8211; on purpose. I hate everything, and everyone, that trivializes the Holocaust. If you&#8217;ve been reading this blog for any time, you&#8217;d know that all in spades. I suspect that if young Mr. Trump had said &#8220;The lynch mob would be after him.&#8221; nobody would flash to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061747\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\">Hang &#8216;Em High<\/a><\/em>, but instead say that Donald Trump advocates lynching black men while giggling over the act. If he&#8217;d mentioned&#8230; well, no matter what he said, the rabid morons of the press would be on this like a rash.<\/p>\n<p>The F.B.I. is at a new low in public respect. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0956544\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2\" target=\"_blank\">Efrem Zimbalist, Jr<\/a>. must be spinning in his grave after a career boosting the agency has been undone with one political lackey (the current director) covering up for the democrat candidate &#8211; Monica&#8217;s ex-boyfriend&#8217;s wife. Standards of justice should be just that: standard. If I&#8217;d done it, you&#8217;d never have heard of me. I&#8217;d still be in jail. She&#8217;s getting away with it because&#8230;?<\/p>\n<p>Eh. That&#8217;s it for the moment. It&#8217;s Friday and you&#8217;re all filling out your time sheets and getting ready for barbecue. Get going. And, have a great weekend.<\/p>\n<p>********* ********** *********** ***********<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Assault on Saint Agnes <\/em>is now available. Just <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?page_id=9219\" target=\"_blank\">click this link to find all the options<\/a>! (I recommend the autographed copy. It&#8217;s cheaper than from the big stores, I scribble in it, and you get it mailed within 5 days. We all win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">When you finish reading any book (especially mine) please review it at www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com, and www.goodreads.com. Your review increases the chances of someone looking for a new book greatly. Authors appreciate your review, even if it is just &#8220;I thought this was a good read and will give it to my dog to chew. I especially liked the ending, because it made me feel better when he killed all of the main characters. 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