THE LIGHTER SIDE
God bless America, and how’s everybody?
Mount Vernon hosts celebrations honoring George Washington’s birthday Saturday, including Colonial troop parades, speeches and parties. He’s greatly loved for a reason. George Washington is the only president in American history who never blamed his problems on the previous administration.
Academy Awards presenters and recipients were asked not to get political Sunday, but partisan sniping from the podium is inevitable. The movie industry hates President Trump. I have an actor friend named Donald who just changed his name to Adolf to improve his chances of getting an agent.
Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe caused a firestorm Sunday when he told CBS’ “60 Minutes” he sat in on a meeting at which FBI officials considered taking Trump out with the 25th Amendment. This is insane. The only way to get rid of Trump is to take him out with the 25th Big Mac.
Sears emerged from bankruptcy protection after the CEO leveraged a stock buyout of the oncegreat retail giant at a bargain basement price. In one interesting note, back in the 1890s, Sears used to advertise cocaine and syringes in its catalogs. That’s back when Sears was profitable. Argus Hamilton is the host comedian at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. E-mail him at Argus@ArgusHamilton.com.