{"id":2039,"date":"2015-01-30T22:36:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T05:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a-mountain.com\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2015-01-31T12:09:30","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T19:09:30","slug":"the-most-trusted-name-in-lying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auslander.online\/?p=2039","title":{"rendered":"‘The most trusted name in lying’"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are impressed with the WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While not exactly made in heaven, it seems a good match \u2014 Waste Management, Phoenix and golf. For the record, it should be noted that we have eschewed references to garbage players, crappy players, and quotes such as this from TS Eliot’s Wasteland<\/em>:<\/p>\n

A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,<\/em>
\nAnd the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,<\/em>
\nAnd the dry stone no sound of water. Only<\/em>
\nThere is shadow under this red rock,<\/em>
\n(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),<\/em>
\nAnd I will show you something different from either<\/em>
\nYour shadow at morning striding behind you<\/em>
\nOr your shadow at evening rising to meet you;<\/em>
\nI will show you fear in a handful of dust.<\/em><\/p>\n

What’s more we\u00a0also\u00a0reject the view of some that Phoenix is the epicenter of waste. I, for one, would never support such a\u00a0notion because Phoenicians\u00a0are frightening: Of the 30 legislative districts in Arizona, 17 lie mostly within the over-heated confines of Maricopa County; Maricopa voters elect the governor, secretary of state, attorney general and the superintendent of public instruction and just about any right-wing dicey ducey that comes along. It is therefore unwise to talk trash about the capital city or to even hint that it is a city of garbage. If you dare to step out of line, the Legislature and\/or the executive will kick you in the Rio Nuevo and beat hell out of your Hispanic studies course. And they will be nasty sonsabitches going about it.<\/p>\n

Jim Cook used to think the rivalry was funny, and he did what he could to keep it frothy like \u201cHalf a Sack of Cats,\u201d which is the title of his memoir. Cook was known far and wide in this state as \u201cThe Official State Liar of Arizona.<\/p>\n

He was a terrific reporter and spent his career with The Arizona Republic<\/em> before he retired.<\/p>\n

Jim was the official state liar. He created the \u201cJournal of Prevarication,\u201d the official publication of the Wickenburg Institute for Factual Diversity. The Journal, of course, was \u201cthe most trusted name in lying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cook\u2019s wit and talent was pretty much beyond any Arizona journalists before or since his time.<\/p>\n

If you have not read Cook, you\u2019re in for a treat. Read his journal here<\/a>. His memoir \u2014 the full title is \u201cHalf a Sack of Cats: Jim Cook’s Version of His Raffish Youth \u2014 is available from Amazon here<\/a>.\u00a0He died three years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are impressed with the WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN. While not exactly made in heaven, it seems a good match \u2014 Waste Management, Phoenix and golf. For the record, it should be noted that we have eschewed references to garbage players, crappy players, and quotes such as this from TS Eliot’s Wasteland: A heap of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auslander.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auslander.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auslander.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auslander.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auslander.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/auslander.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2051,"href":"https:\/\/auslander.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions\/2051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auslander.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auslander.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auslander.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}