What An Inspirational Speech!!! | Eastern NC Now

    The Inspirational Speech was going great and then that screw fell out. This first sentence got you confused? That's why I am here. Stay with me and I will explain it all to you.

    Many times I pass through the TV Room to find CSPAN or CSPAN2 coming out of the tube. My wife loves to watch either one of these two channels. I love to pass through the TV Room (and keep right on passing through) while she is watching either one of these two channels.

    Earlier today my ear caught the sound of a brilliant speech in the making on CSPAN. I was mesmerized. I stopped. I sat down. I watched. I listened with rapt attention. The guy was awe-inspiring!

    If you have spent any time watching CSPAN or CSPAN2, you well know that there are two cameras used to keep the folks back home right in the midst of history in the making. This is how the setup is set up...

     One camera faces the part of the chamber where there are all the desks and flags.
     This is where there is a leader, president or such person with a gavel.
     The gavel is banged periodically and the leader, president or such person reminds the person speaking how much time he has left.
     The gavel is also banged when the time has expired.
     There is another person sitting below the leader, president or such person who is taking copious notes or checking his email. It is hard to tell which activity he is engaged in.
     The other camera faces the current speaker.
     The cameras are fixed in place.
     They do not turn either right or left.

    As I was saying, I could not take my eyes off of the Inspirational Speaker. I found myself taking notes so that I could blog the world as many pieces of wisdom as I could transcribe.

    Then it happened. An important screw fell out of the tripod that was holding the camera fixed on the Inspirational Speaker. The camera first turned to the left and then came to rest on a table. As it was hitting the table it turned to the right.

    This happening afforded me a view of all the members in the chamber as they listened to the awe-inspiring, brilliant and, as I have said before, Inspirational Speaker.

    There was no There There. To be more precise, there was no Them There. There was no one else in the chamber except the Brilliant Speaker, the Gavel Person and the Email-Checking Other Person.

    No wonder no one ever changes their mind in our Congress. There is no one in our Congress that is listening to our Congress.

    Would I kid u?
    Smartfella