BIDEN (mumbling incoherently): "They always were worried we were gonna go to Jesuit colleges"
An interesting comment, considering one of the recipients is Fr. Greg Boyle, Gonzaga '77. I graduated a year before Greg, and Biden's comment really pi$$ed me off. I received an excellent education at GU, going there was one of the best decisions of my life.
We saw him at Winstar Casino on NY Eve about 8 years ago. Great concert! After the show, I saw several of his band members at one of the bars. I called out to them, "Prosit Neue Jahre!" Next thing I know, their sax player starts rapping at me in German, as he worked for two decades in both East and West Germany.
It was a memorable 90 minutes, as we swapped stories about those days.
They still want to have room to have their children and grandchildren over for weekends and holidays; they paid for it and they earned it.
As much as I would love to move 4 hours south to the Hill Country, it's not happening. My 3 grandkids live within 30 minutes of me, and my grandson is even closer, attending a middle school a few minutes from our house. I'm still working full time, a few more years if the health holds out.
The House controls the purse strings, but Johnson gave that up. There is an issue worth fighting about for the rest of the year: putting a stop to the profligate spending in DC. By the end of the year, the debt will be at least $37 trillion. Show some spine Pubbies, for my grandchildren at least.