RIP Jerry Springer.....

I include the cartoon below out of respect.
Jerry himself would have loved it!

Can't say that I was a fan of the show, but Jerry himself was whip smart, self deprecating, and seemed to be a genuinely good dude.
He owned his defication, and he loved nothing better than a good sacred cow, cooked rare and shared with a laugh. I thought, perhaps from a bio read long ago, that he had a PhD in history, but the wikis credit him with a BA from Tulane (bet THAT was a culture shock!) and a JD.
He was a proud Democrat back when being a Democrat was a GOOD thing, and he was a contributor to the local machine until at least 2018.
We agreed about little politically BUT he was unafraid to share time and space with political opponents AND he remained a passionate advocate for:
Free Speech.
Questioning Authority.
Poking fun at main-stream-media.

So...
Thanks for being here, pal.
See you topside later.



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I see a lot of the 'old Jerry' in the current crop of state legislatures, and although I may not be down with their "struggle" I'm old enough to know that there ain't much new on this rock....