Just Thinking

I swear either Michael Caine or Morgan Freeman are like in every other movie I see.

When I go from one place that doesn't have TV to another place that does, it makes me realize just how debilitating television is.

I find the whole thing about Homecoming floats really stupid. Does anybody really care if high school kids decorate the back of a truck to display in front of half-interested football fans at halftime? I'm not even sure the kids building the floats care.

And I hate Homecoming floats even more when the school extends the halftime break just for the festivities.

It cracks me up when soccer coaches scream at officials to blow their whistle. So when they do, instead of allowing for a play-on opportunity, the coaches gripe at that. Well, which do you want?

Apparently "All men are created equal" excludes innocent Muslims and patriotic gay people. I wonder if that was Thomas Jefferson's intent?

Taking a long hard look at the steps that you've traveled in your life gives one a pretty good perspective on how to get where one is going.

New York Jets wide receiver was pulled over for drunk driving last week. His team professed disappointment in his actions. So much so that they let him play on Sunday in a crucial game against Miami. I'm glad the Jets believe in holding people accountable and standing up for what is right - unless an important football game gets in the way.

For people whose job it is to pronounce people's names (news anchors, public address announcers) is it really that hard to find out how to say somebody's name before one proceeds to butcher it?

Now that Roger Clemens has been indicted for "misremebering" when he testified before Congress, what happens to the panel members that fawned all over him and kissed his ass that day?

Kevin Scott, an independent candidate for governor in Maine, says that his extensive list of driving infractions, around 35, shows that he's human. It also shows he is undisciplined, out of control and not much of a leader of men. And we don't need people like that running for governor - especially when we already have Paul LePage fulfilling that niche.

Tony Dungy has called out Rex Ryan for his profanity on the HBO show Hardknocks. But it is Dungy who ends up being painted as too pious while the foul-mouthed buffoonery of Ryan is laughed off. Profanity has become so common place in this society that people would rather curse up a storm than act and speak with a little more class and intelligence, even in front of their kids. I think that's pretty @$%^^& sad and really $$%%% up.

I think it is funny that I keep hearing these ads for Roger Waters' appearance at the Garden in Boston and every time, I can hear them playing the song Comfortably Numb over the ad. Of course, it was David Gilmour that sang that song for Pink Floyd and not Roger Waters.

The final combat troops have pulled out of Iraq after cleaning up George W. Bush's mess for seven years. With the government there in turmoil, I'd be tempted to suggest we send them the Cowboy Warmonger himself but that would just be cruel and unusual punishment for innocent people. I don't think we should wish him on anybody - unless it was before a tribunal for war crimes.

Speaking of which, it amazes me that the people that are jumping on the anti-Obama bandwagon were the same ones that stood by quietly while W wreaked havoc on this country and the world around us. So, obviously, they're not upset about the actions of the president, just his affiliation or maybe his race. It's just sad. Stand up for what is wrong because it is wrong. Don't defend it or ignore it just because of party affiliation.

I just wish people would work harder at finding solutions than they do in assigning blame.