Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Giants do not need asylum in Canada

These thoughts are mine
OCTOBER 23, 2010

We have all heard Russ Hodges’ famous home run call for “the shot heard round the world”, a home run by Bobby Thomson in 1951 hit in the bottom of the ninth of the third game in a three game playoff against the cross-town rival Dodgers.

“The giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant.” Is how it goes. Last night The Giants won the pennant. They now play the Texas Rangers in the World Series for the big one.

For the readers who also read the Saturday Daily Chronicle, Isn’t it about time the experiment with the quarter-page on the front of the Sports section be retired. It is irritating, difficult to read and does not re-fold properly. It is also about time to re-name the newspaper to the ‘Almost Daily Chronicle’ since it is not printed every day. At least get it right on the days you do print a paper.

I hope the folks looking for Antinette ‘Toni’ Keller can find her alive and well. I am proud of the local community and NIU for the volunteer work and effort everybody is providing in searching for ‘Toni’. I pray for a happy ending but one cannot fool reality. I have a sophomore away in college and cannot truly imagine the agony the parents are suffering. God bless everyone involved.

A college student had his leg bitten off by a shark off the coast of Surf Beach, California. 19 year old Lucas Ransom, a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara bled to death as a result of the unscheduled amputation. Three area beaches were immediately closed. Authorities say shark attacks are very rare in this area. For Lucas Ransom it was a 100% chance of shark attack on Friday, not too rare if you’re him or his family.

In Oklahoma, motherhood has become an issue in the race for Governor. Both of the leading candidates are 50 something women. One is the Lt. Governor. She has never been married or had children.  Democrat Jari Askins has been a corporate attorney, a judge and a legislator. Her opponent, Rep. Mary Fallin, a Republican, has been married twice and has a blended family of six children, which she regularly mentions in her advertising.

For years, it has been driven home to women that they do not have to follow the traditional role of wife and mother. They are equal to men and can have a career. Ms. Askins has chosen that path and it is being used against her. Or is her opponent cautiously suggesting Askins is a lesbian? Where is NOW in providing a defense to Ms. Askins? Just wondering.

You got to wonder what is going on with Randy Quaid, 60 and his wife Evi, 47. They were arrested in Canada. It was their third arrest this year. The couple appeared before a Canadian Magistrate where they said; "Yes we are requesting asylum from Hollywood 'STAR WHACKERS.' " Fame and fortune can’t get you everything.

I did not think Canada would take American rejects whom have the paranoids after them. Where is Randy’s brother Dennis in all of this? Smartly staying away I suspect.

Notable births on this date:

1632 Antony van Leeuwenhoek Hol, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions)
1788 Sarah Josepha Hale author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
1936 Bill Wyman England, rocker (Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb)
1953 James di Donato twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles
1953 Jonathan di Donato twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles

Notable deaths on this date:

1537 Jane Seymour 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies
1957 Christian Dior French designer, dies at 52 in Italy He or his estate is in the top ten earning dead people every year.
1971 Chuck Hughes Detroit Lion collapses during game & later, dies
1972 Jackie Robinson dies at 53
1991 Gene Roddenberry Star Trek creator, dies of a heart attack at 70

Notable events on this date:

1836 The match is patented
1861 1st transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express
1871 Mob in LA hangs 18 Chinese
1939 Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware)
1940 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938)
1940 Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball
1968 Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on œ50 bail
1979 Billy Martin punches a marshmallow salesman, puts job in jeopardy
1984 11 members of the Colombo crime family arrested
1987 Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by senate


1989 After a week's delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played (World Series #86.)
1989 Rev Jim Bakker is sentenced to 50 years for fraud.

BRUCE A. BRENNAN
Email: brucebrennanlaw@aol.com


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