Monday, November 26, 2007

WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING FOR TROUBLE IF WE ELECT A BUSH CLONE, A CLINTON, A CLINTON CLONE AND UNLESS HE'S DUMBER THAN A ROCK, RUSH CONTINUES TO LIE!!!

First of all, I hope that all of you had a very nice Thanksgiving.

I'm still up to my eyeballs in stuff that I hope will lead to substantive stuff of some kind, so until this stuff ends one way or the other, my blog writing will continue to be sporadic.

OUR ECONOMY IS SCARY AND GETTING SCARIER!!!

This is one of the things that Rush Limbaugh continues to either lie about or is telling what he thinks is the truth because all that Kool Aid he drinks has made him dumber than a rock.

Orrrrr...And I think this is the real reason... He's serving his masters well by taking the position he takes so that advertisers won't hear negative truth from radio's biggest cash cow.

The lousy economy is not just the fault of this administration. Yes, way too much money has been spent and continues to be spent on a war that no one in authority has given a good answer to the "For What?!?" question, now that the lies regarding "Weapons of Mass Destruction" and "9/11" have been exposed for the lies they are and always have been.

President Clinton is also responsible for the lousy economy we now have.

I can read your lips. "President Clinton?!? He's been gone for almost eight years!!!"

Uh, huh. But that NAFTA thing the Clinton administration signed off on was economically bad for us then, but it took a while for the effects of that lousy decision to grab us by the throat which is what is happening now!

Conclusion? In the next election, we're asking for even more trouble if we elect a Bush clone, a Clinton or a Clinton clone.

HE'S FAT, SHE'S FAT AND I'M FAT!!!!

I'm one of these guys who's always taken pretty good care of myself when it comes to physical appearance. My weight, if ever an issue, was an issue easily corrected.

Until now!!!

I had the feeling I was "letting myself go" recently. Ripped underpants was a big clue. Especially when all of them suddenly got ripped.

For a very long time, I've been a 195-205 pounds kind of guy. Sometimes it would (briefly) be in the high 180's or maybe close to 210, but 195-205 was the norm which is another way of saying 200.

Last Wednesday, I decided to get on the scale for the first time in a long time. It's an expensive scale. The kind you have to move something to the right for up and to the left for down until it gets into the "balance" position.

I had to move this sucker to the right. A lot! Until it reached....

235!!!!

YIKES!!!!

Why do we do this to ourselves, people!!! There's a little bit of a silver lining in my cloud in this case because a film role I'm about to read for requires someone carrying this much weight if not more, but I don't want to carry this forever!!!

Look, we all see the same things when we're in a place that has a lot of people. Like a supermarket. And many of us think the same things when we see these people, don't we?

"He's fat...She's fat..."

And now...I'm fat?!?

Here's a New Year's resolution for all of us! Lose that tonnage! It's not good for our health, it makes us to not want to look in the mirror, we have to buy new clothes for the wrong reason...

You and me together!!!

You know the old term, "Use it or lose it?"

Here's our New Year's resolution: "Let's lose it so we CAN use it!"


A NEW TELEVISION SHOW!!!

I don't know if you've seen it yet, but I really like this new ABC show starring Angie Harmon every Friday night. "Women's Murder Club". In addition to Angie Harmon, the other three "Murder Club" women are terrific as are the two male cops and female D.A. that we see on a regular basis. A lot of these people's personal lives are showcased along with their abilities to catch the bad guys and I find myself looking forward to Friday nights on ABC.

A NEW FILM!!!

If you haven't seen "American Gangster" yet, what are you waiting for?

I saw it last week. Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe are every bit as good as you would figure a couple of Oscar winning actors should be. Josh Brolin turns in a very good performance as a corrupt cop.

"American Gangster" is a film that (I think) is more than two and a half hours in length. But here's how you know you're watching cinematic excellence. When you're not distracted for one second while you're watching a film. And you have no idea what time it is or how long you've been sitting there until you look at your watch after the film has ended.

"American Gangster" is first rate film making and I haven't felt this way about a film since I saw "Silence of the Lambs" which is the best film I've ever seen.


A HIGHLY PRAISED FILM THAT IS MORE THAN A YEAR OLD!!!

I watched a lot of stuff I have on tape this past Saturday and Sunday. One of the films I saw was, "The Devil Wears Prada".

Wow!!!

Meryl Streep was nominated for an Oscar, but Anne Hathaway wasn't?!?

No argument about the Streep nomination. But Anne Hathaway, in her first major starring role, delivered. Big time!

I also liked the performances turned in by Stanley Tucci, Emily Blunt, Adrian Grenier and Simon Baker.

This is one of those, "you laugh, you cry, you almost die" kind of films. Fun, fun, fun!

If you haven't seen "The Devil Wears Prada", make it a point to rent it. When the film has ended, you might be tempted to thank me.


THE NEXT BLOG???


I don't know because of what I wrote in the second paragraph. But you will always know this; When I do write the next one, at least one of the subjects will be about something that makes me say, "Whaaaat?!?"



Wednesday, November 14, 2007

WHY IS THERE SO MUCH WATER IN MUSTARD?!?

I know...

I haven't written a blog in 9 days and my headline is about water in MUSTARD?!?

What can I tell you? It bothers me!

I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed this. If you have one of those squeeze tubes to get your mustard from, what's the first thing that comes out of that squeeze tube?

WATER!!!!

And if you're like me, you probably squeeze the tube over the sink before you squeeze it over your food. And you do that every time you use the mustard squeeze tube! Think of all the mustard you're wasting!!! Just because of all that water in the squeeze tube!!!

In order to fight this nuisance, I recently bought a jar of mustard!

Have you seen how much water is in a JAR of MUSTARD?!?

Those of you have read some of my musings about illegal immigrants know that I'm in favor of a law being changed. The law saying that a child born to illegal immigrants in this country is automatically a United States citizen. I don't like that law. If you're here illegally, I believe that a child you have while you're here illegally should be just as illegal as you are.

Because of politicians who are afraid of Latino voters, it figures to be hard to get that law passed.

Do we have any mustard making voters that politicians need to worry about?

If not, can we get a law passed for the benefit of all consumers? A law that would require mustard makers to "KEEP WATER INCLUSION TO AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM IN ALL MUSTARD CONTAINERS".


WILL A-ROD RETURN TO THE YANKEES?

A lot of baseball fans here in the Los Angeles area would like Alex Rodriguez to end up with the Angels or Dodgers, but we're now being told that Rodriguez has contacted the Yankees about wanting to have a conversation about possibly returning to the Yankees. And it sounds like he has made this overture without any involvement from his agent, Scott Boras. We're also being told that Rodriguez understands that consideration would have to be made (by him) for the 21 million dollars that the Yankees won't get from Texas because of that agreement being negated when Rodriguez decided to opt out of his contract.

High drama, huh? And like with so many things, we can think of only two words to say; "Stay tuned!"


THE POSSIBLE PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT COMBO THAT'S THE 800 POUND ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM:

I don't know why someone hasn't gone public with this. Or if they have, I'm not aware of it.

I've certainly thought about this.

The "this" being the possible history being made when the next presidential election has ended. That would of course be if Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama were elected to be our next president. Hillary being the first woman, Barack being the first African American, etc.

The biggest thing against Obama seems to be his lack of experience.

Am I the only one who can imagine a behind closed doors conversation involving Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama that's being presided over by Mister Clinton that might go something like this?:

"Barack, here's the deal. Hillary and I would like you to agree to be her running mate. When we win, you would then be our country's first African American Vice President while Hillary would be our country's first female President. After 8 years in office, everyone will agree that you now have enough 'experience' and we'll put the whole Clinton machine behind you so that you can become our country's first African American PRESIDENT!!!"

I can't believe I'm the only one thinking about this, but here it is in print.

Something to ponder, huh?


OUR NEXT BLOG WILL BE WRITTEN...???

I'm still working on some projects, but when I write the next blog, you know that (at least) one of the subjects will be about anything that makes me say, "Whaaaat?!?"

Monday, November 05, 2007

NOW THAT THE "LATEST" FOOTBALL GAME OF THE YEAR HAS ENDED...

Pretty good game, huh?

And if you have to ask, "What game?", I'm big time respecting how you avoided the hype leading up to this game.

Undefeated New England at undefeated Indianapolis. When Indianapolis took a 20-10 lead with less than 10 minutes to play in the 4th quarter, it looked like....

Once again, proving that looks can be deceiving, quarterback Tom Brady rallied his troops to a most impressive come from behind 24-20 win and now folks will concentrate on wondering if this team of Patriots will go through the whole season undefeated.

Have you thought about the interesting comparisons between the two quarterbacks on these two great football teams? Tom Brady and Peyton Manning? Brady's won more Super Bowls, but Manning does all the commercials. I mean, can you recall one commercial that Brady has done?

After some serious thought on this subject I have come to this conclusion. It's simply a matter of priorities.

Manning wants all the money.

Brady wants all the girls.

And by focusing on their objectives and being as successful as they have been, those of us paying attention can learn something about focus and doing as opposed to dreaming and doing...nothing!!

AND AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKIN' SPORTS....

New Dodger manager Joe Torre was introduced to the media at Dodger Stadium today. Because of the overflow crowd, the introduction had to take place in the outfield.

I'm not part of the sports media anymore so I didn't try to crash this party, but I have some thoughts about this hire.

I first met Joe Torre when he was still playing for the Cardinals in the 70's. In addition to being a radio talk show host on KMOX which was the radio home of the Cardinals, I also played records as a disco jock in a St. Louis nightclub and was pleasantly surprised when Torre, Tim McCarver and Bob Gibson walked in one night. All of them were playing for the Cardinals at the time and they were (to me) an early version of "The Three Amigos".

I already respected them, but I also learned to like them. And I'm happy that all three have done very well for themselves since retiring as players.

On KMOX, I had the pleasure of sitting with legendary broadcaster Jack Buck on a show that wasn't a sports show. Buck used to tell me off the air that he believed that Tim McCarver would be a great manager one day. Almost! I mean, isn't what he's been doing on television been the eqivalent of being a manager for us, the viewers? I know. A lot of people say he talks too much, but I'm not one of those people! Do you really think he'd be doing what he's been doing for as long as he's been doing it if most folks thought he was talking too much?

Back to Torre...I think this is a terrific hire for the Dodgers. And Torre's brought some loyal help with him. Don Mattingly and Larry Bowa who, like they were with the Yankees, will be coaches for the Dodgers.

And let's give the credit for this hire where it belongs. To the McCourt's, the owners of the Dodgers. If anyone thinks that GM Ned Colletti had anything to do with this except make phone calls that he was ordered to make, that person needs to pay closer attention to what's going on. For you see, Colletti has to be wondering if he's about to be asked to leave his keys with the receptionist after getting his severance check.

With Joe Torre as manager, there won't be a clubhouse featuring players trying to row this boat in different directions. And if Jeff Kent is still with this team when next season begins, one assumes he's smart enough to know that. If not, he'll learn and he'll learn immediately.

That also goes for a young Dodger player or two who are good, but not that good!

If the Dodgers don't (at least) end up in the playoffs next season, I'll be shocked. Beyond that? Who knows?

Will A-Rod end up being here when the new season begins? Who knows?

But here's something you can know; If you're a fan of the Dodgers, you're gonna love Joe Torre!

IS IT THE RIGHT TIME, BUT THE WRONG WOMAN?!?

I'll close with something for all of us to chew on.

Hillary Clinton is the leading candidate (by far) to be the Democrat's nominee to be our next President of the United States. But after what happened in the most recent debate that everyone's talking about, a lot of people are saying, "Hmmmmmmm!"

Here's what I'm saying; I think the timing is right for a woman president, but is it possible that this is the wrong woman?

My favorite candidate on that side of the aisle is still Joe Biden, but if folks can get past his lack of experience, Barack Obama might turn out to be the Democrat's best chance at victory.

THE NEXT BLOG WILL BE WRITTEN.....???

I'm still working on things I referred to in the last two blogs which you can easily read, but when I write the next blog, you know that one of the subjects will be about anything that makes me say, "Whaaaat?!?"