Featured Column
Week of 11.11.2007
More things I'd like to hear them say
We could use some more honesty
Bill Gates – “I’d trade it all to be better looking.”
Sigmund Freud – "I can't help it, sometimes I just get horny"
Hillary
Rodham Clinton – "Chew on this, Monica!""
Elvis Presley – "I think I hurt my hip."
Madonna – “Actually, I don’t like sex.”
Al Gore – “Yes. I invented global warning and I also invented the Internet.”
Charles Lindbergh – “Everybody asks me the
same question. No, there wasn’t a restroom on the plane. Yes, I held it. Yes, I got a splitting headache.”
Bob Dylan – "I can't
stand to listen to myself sing either."
J. Edgar Hoover – "Someone gave me a friggin' dress for Christmas."
Napoleon
Bonaparte – "Stop with the short jokes already."
Dr. Laura Schlesinger – “Why do you think I’m only on the radio, not TV. Take
a look.”
Dr. Henry Kissinger – “Vat der hell you mean you can’t understand vat I’m zaying!”
O.J. Simpson – "Yes, yes,
yes and yes. It was me."
Oprah Winfrey – “Diet, schmiet, gimme that donut.”
Ron was born in the Bronx, New York. He was raised in Southern California and lived in Honolulu, Hawaii for three decades. He attended Inglewood High School and U.C.L.A.. His youthful goal was to become a major league baseball player. In Hawaii Ron played on a series of championship softball teams. He is an active tennis player.
Ron’s career began at the Inglewood Daily News where as a youngster was enrolled in a publisher training program. He served as an advertising salesman, circulation manager, writer and layout and design staffer. He has been a newspaper publisher at the Oregon City Oregon Enterprise Courier, the Beloit Wisconsin Daily News, the Elizabeth, New Jersey Daily Journal and This Week Magazines (Hawaii).
Ron lives with his wife, Marilyn, in San Diego, California. His two children, Douglas and Diane also live in the San Diego area. Ron’s interests range far and wide and are reflected in his columns diverse topics.
Ron Cruger