RONIE'S RANTS
Random Thoughts
Ronnie
Ford
Andover’s Superintendent of schools
Claudia Bach wants to eliminate sports
from the school system. This of course
would be in contrast to the philosophy of
St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, Plato, (no
Claudia, not Mickey Mouse’s dog) and
eighty percent of the medical and
academic segment of our society.
Perhaps the school committee of the
lovely little town to the south, should
put more concentration into using the
gray matter (brains) and stop this right
now. Mind and body work hand in
hand and always will; to say nothing
about a little well known builder of
character, called School Spirit and Pride
in ones accomplishments representing the
whole community.
**
Judah Folkman, a world-class physician,
scientist, and most of all a wonderful
servant of his fellow man, has left this
earth. In his wake, Judah has planted a
heritage of kindness, service, and
compassion. I knew Dr Folkman for a short
period of time in 1982. I experienced a
wonderful human being, gifted with almost
every character strength available in a
man. I mention this to remind the
world that we need more Judah Folkmans.
Every child should know about this
outstanding person and the greatness he
displayed. So that, maybe, just maybe,
one small child might follow in his
footsteps. Judah Folkman was a surgeon at
Boston Children’s Hospital; he was
also a research scientist whose work
resulted in many avenues to fight a
multitude of diseases. Most of all
he was a kind and considerate gentleman.
**
I had an opportunity to rub shoulders
with the crème de la crème, of the
business world at the Andover Country
Club.The Merrimack Valley Chamber of
commerce, led by that fireball Joe
Bevilacqua and his able assistant Will
carpenter, as always, produced a very
interesting litany of Mayors, Municipal
Managers, and Kevin Burke, who hangs
around with DeValle Patrick. All this
coupled with a delicious and nutritious
breakfast.
The local leaders spoke about their
communities advancements and the future
of the Merrimack Valley. I sat with my
kid brother Ken Henricks, who always
wanted to grow up to be just like me! I
talked with Clark Smidt, of WCAP radio,
who promises an all En-glish-speak-ing
radio station in the greater Lawrence,
Haverhill, and Sa-lem, NH, in the very
near future. Clark seemed sincere, and
many people are looking forward to
getting back to full coverage of news and
events in our hometowns. Informative
events such as this breakfast would not
be so successful without the planning and
hard work of people like the chambers
Malvena Burbank, and Denise Murray. They
are the best. They deserve a raise Joe!
**
FrontPage Magazine is about as rightwing
as you can get. But they did hit
the perennial nail on the head.
Focusing on that “friend” of
the poor, Joe Kennedy and his Citizens
Energy Corp. A non- profit
(naturally) organization.
Kennedy is the oldest son of Ethyl and
the late Robert F. Kennedy. Joe is the
self-proclaimed ally of the deprived and
the underprivileged. Kennedy is also a
close compadre of the North and South
Americas top communist, Hugo
Chavez! Together it seems, they
have conspired to sell the Citgo Corp,
which is the wholly owned subsidiary of
Chavez, as the property of the Venezuelan
people!
They want us to think that it is the
Venezuelan people who are giving the oil
to the Northeastern Americans.
Kennedy, who is making me ill regarding
his television face in front of us; he is
constantly telling us how wonderful
Chavez is. (Typical Kennedy)
The super poor of Venezuela are 40% of
the population, and Chavez is keeping
them that way. Chavez’s buddy,
jolly Joe Kennedy, gets a cool (no pun
intended) $400,000.00 plus per year to
spread the message of free oil from
Venezuela. And that is just the
non-profit side of Citizens Energy.
This guy is pulling in some serious
money! So the next time you see the
Kennedy face on TV spouting the virtues
of his co-hort Chavez, try Alka-Seltzer,
it helps.
I have a lot more to say but
unfortunately, no more space. So,
may the good Lord take a liking to
you. Do something nice for someone
today, and we wish you enough.
Ronnie Ford is a Methuen resident and
the former host of the “Hot Line”
radio pro-gram. Ford is also a former
methuen police officer and a former
member of the Methuen school commit-tee
and city council. You can email Ronnie at
Radiotalk@comcast.net
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