LOL in LA

The Michael Jackson’s wrongful death trial ended yesterday when the Judge issued his sentence.  The Judge handed down a four year (maximum) sentence to Conrad Murray and then added insult to injury with a scolding from the bench.  Only in LA. The whole trial atmosphere and the findings are surreal.  It revealed a world where [...]

What’s The Story?

Yesterday the media was aglow with reports that a woman has accused Herman Cain of a 13 year affair.  She knew it was wrong but she did it anyways, she said.  Is that the story? Most reporters raced to the probable impact this revelation might have on Cain’s chance to gain the GOP Presidential nomination.  [...]

Time To Be Strong

The year end is approaching rapidly.  Our Country is faced with a dysfunctional Congress trying to deal with an out of control deficit and a dangerously large debt.   It is, also, time to get out of Iraq and it is time to begin a steady reduction in troop strength in Afghanistan.  While Iran represents [...]

Early Christmas Present

The breathtaking news flashing across television screens yesterday said it all.  Professional basketball was not dead for 2011/2012.  A deal had been reached in what must make most Americans wonder who is the adult in the room. NBA owners were unsatisfied with their 43% take of team revenues.  Not surprisingly, the players did not want [...]

Great Mysteries of Life

The most recent opinion GOP Presidential nomination polls show Newt Gingrich on top.  His margin is not much but the mere fact that he is not on the bottom is amazing.  It makes you wonder what type of cool aid people are drinking. The more I thought about this mystery, the more I realized that [...]

Mattel’s New Competitor, the Defense Department’s Defense.

Between now and Christmas, television sets will be filled with commercials.  “Buy this”, or “Buy that”.  ”This is what every child wants”!  Soon, however, there will be more heart wrenching advertisements.  These ads will be designed to keep make you worried and keep you awake at night.  What are they? These ads will be naked [...]

Occupy, Super, and the GOP

What is the similarity between Occupy Wall Street, the Super Committee, and GOP policy?  Give Up? The answer is they are all losers. Occupy Wall Street may have began with a noble, if not idealistic, goal of exposing the over the top behavior of big banks and investment houses.  The movement has now morphed into [...]

Two “Two Faced” Groups

What do Congress and conservative religious groups have in common?  Answer, they are both “two faced” about what they say they stand for. It is really easy to see that characteristic in Congress members.  We are so used to our politician’s behavior that we sort of think that “two faced” nature comes from their DNA.  [...]

Super Solution

The Congressional “Super Committee” is wrestling with finding $1.2 trillion is deficit reduction measures.  So far they have been stymied.  Shouts of “no new taxes” and “don’t cut my Medicare” fill the air.  The most hypocritical group are the defense hawks who predict a national disaster if the Committee fails and sequestration is used by [...]

Where Are You, Joe, When We Need You?

This post is not about Penn State’s Joe Paterno, or Joe DiMaggio for that matter.  It is about Joe Sestak who ran for the US Senate and was defeated in 2010 by Pat Toomey.  If only Joe had won, maybe we, as Pennsylvanians, wouldn’t have to be embarrassed and shamed by our elected US Senator. [...]