{"id":1124,"date":"2011-05-02T16:26:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T16:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoe.com\/wheresjoe\/?p=597"},"modified":"2011-05-02T16:26:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T16:26:17","slug":"debts-sharks-50s-a-singer-and-d-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1124","title":{"rendered":"debt, sharks, ’50s, a singer and D-Day…"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have stayed in Carrabelle, Florida (pop. 2,778) the past week, continuing to campaign (while also working on a new website). \u00a0 We believe if we don’t carry Carrabelle, we won’t carry the country. \u00a0 And yes, we continue to do all this without paid political consultants… \u00a0Some of the highlights from the \u00a0last week: \u00a0 Jonathan, 8, and I stumped at the Franklin County Senior Center weekly breakfast. \u00a0 At a round table, of sorts, the conversation focused on the National Debt. \u00a0 One man, who works part-time at Ace Hardware here, said the answer to the debt was simple: \u00a0 “We need to run the Federal Government the way I run my household budget. \u00a0 \u00a0I don’t \u00a0spend any more than \u00a0I’ve got.” \u00a0 \u00a0 And on the bail outs: \u00a0 “Would the government have bailed me out? \u00a0 No.” \u00a0 During this conversation, Jonathan was reading a book he’d brought in about sharks. \u00a0 After the political discussion was over, these older men fascinated Jonathan with their own “…stories of the sea.” \u00a0 One guy, for instance, had once caught a: shark. \u00a0 The whole thing was tremendously endearing and a throwback to the ‘general store’ days of old. And speaking of the past, we also stumped at the Carrabelle Junction Restaurant in downtown Carrabelle. \u00a0 The restaurant has a ’50s motif and as far as memorabilia goes, is perhaps the finest ’50s restaurant we’ve come across in the country. \u00a0 Owner Ron Gemper, who is actually a Cleveland Indians fan (Go Tribe!), said the stuff isn’t so much common memorabilia, as it is: museum pieces. \u00a0 And I’d have to agree… \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 While at Carrabelle Junction Restaurant, I also met Harriet Fairchild, 88, who was in show business in Manhattan during the 1940s and ’50s. \u00a0 She was a singer who performed about town and did two USO Tours during World War II. \u00a0 Ms. Fairchild, who looks 20 to 30 years younger than her age, said she loved the music of that era. \u00a0 However the music of this era, she continued, leaves her a bit dismayed. \u00a0 She said much of it now is “…a lot of talk, anger and smut.” \u00a0 Ms. Fairchild added: \u00a0 “Music just isn’t music anymore.” \u00a0 Speaking of World War II… \u00a0 We took the kids swimming at a local beach, with dunes and a historic marker. \u00a0 One that read: \u00a0 WWII D-Day Training Site: \u00a0<\/strong> In late 1943, this beach was used by the U.S. Army’s 4th Infantry Division to train for the Normandy Invasion on D-Day June 6, 1944. \u00a0 Note:<\/strong> \u00a0 The following is a scene from the Carrabelle River Fest last weekend and a couple from the Carrabelle Junction Restaurant that were taken by our son Joseph.
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We have stayed in Carrabelle, Florida (pop. 2,778) the past week, continuing to campaign (while also working on a new website). \u00a0 We believe if we don’t carry Carrabelle, we won’t carry the country. \u00a0 And yes, we continue to …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}