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Setting the Stage

  Unusual Suspects Americans face seemingly insurmountable problems and need someone to blame. We have mastered the world.   America is the most prosperous and powerful country on Earth, and we tend to take credit for that success.   However, we cannot do everything and some things we do have unintended side effects that we cannot control.   For example, we do not treat everyone equally.   While many things point to why, the greater truth is we have not figured out how to make that workable.   We have created a great deal but consumed a great deal to do so.   This has created problems such as pollution, which we have struggled for decades to ameliorate with minimal success.   We invest trillions in our military but cannot stop wars, and we provide others with weapons to fight.   We reached the top but now watch others climb past us.   We are the wealthiest country with the highest debt and have no plan to settle it....
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Political Football

Alabama Plays the Trump Card to Defeat Georgia Candidate Trump wearing Georgia Red with Crimson Tide supporters The only thing more divisive than this year's election would probably be the Alabama/Georgia game.  While everybody in the stadium was probably as red as blood, the shades made all the difference.  Mr. Trump sat with the Alabama Tide because one of his Mar  Largo members offered an invite that probably included a campaign contribution.  His support was widely noticed in the Tuscaloosa stadium, much to the chagrin of the Georgia fans, who watched as the Tide kept the Bulldogs from reaching the winning goal in the final minutes while tolerating the constant chant 'Eat Them Dawgs' from Tide fans, who were referring to the rumors of Haitians eating neighbors' pets in  Springfield, Ohio, not the Bulldogs.  Mr. Trump got caught between high Tide and many potential Georgia voters.  It was more entertaining than the halftime show.

October Surprise

 Welcome Back This has been a difficult year for quality entertainment in the 2024 election cycle.  While there have been countless sideshows and outrageous actions, the mood of the audience has turned dark.  One major candidate bowing out due to senescence and another almost assassinated have dulled the audience's senses.  The race is almost a dead heat in more way than one.  What could move the needle in this dark race? The October Surprise Of course, there have been many of these in our history.  It must be the Halloween spirit.  To name a few - The Founding of the U.S. Navy (1775), The Great Hurricane of 1780, The Battle of Yorktown (1781), The Second Battle of Bull Run (1863), Hayward California Earthquake (1968), The Chicago Fire (1871), The Stock Market Crash (1929), The Launch of Sputnik (1957), The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), Civil Rights Act of 1964 Enforced, The Pentagon Papers – Completion of Study (1969), "The October Surprise" of the 198...

The 2024 Presidential Debacle

 A Unmemorably Senior Moment   Our choices The evening of June 27th marked a nadir of political dark humor.  The two oldest men to ever run for the presidency acted like very old men.  President Biden could not reliably string two sentences together, proving his senility, while former President Donald Trump raged on, saying anything he thought might get votes.  While Trump was more desperate than usual, Biden's mumbling took center stage.  It was mesmerizing, like watching a train wreck in slow motion.  The video (link above) marks a downward inflection point for the Democratic Party and the nation as a whole.  Sadly, there was nothing entertaining about it.

Stranger than Fiction

Better Than Perry Mason   Our First Step to Our First Outlaw President One trial down and three to go, once again The Donald sucks all the air our of the News Media and looks to continue his run well into 2025.  He has now made Bill Clinton look like a choir boy, too.  Now, that is entertainment NSFW!

2024's Longest Running Joke Finally Has a Punchline

    Ron DeSantis finally ended his Goofy quest with a whimper of a misquote , which seemed to punctuate his campaign. Churchill would be baffled, as were the voters.  Perhaps, Ron was quoting former president George W. Bush, who was also famous for malapropisms.

License To Kill

 Trump Goes James Bond -   Just For Me But Not for Thee - Trump's lawyers argued in Federal Appeals Court that a sitting president would be immune from prosecution if he ordered the assassination of his political enemy.  The judge found this uncompelling.  However, the Supreme Court may think otherwise.  If they do, then Sleepy Joe can end The Donald with prejudice and impunity.  Now, that's entertaining!