Friday, November 19, 2010

Gettysburg Address

These thoughts are mine. They may be shared by many but I am speaking for myself. If you are offended, it was not intentional. If you continually get offended by my positions and opinions, you should change, I doubt I will.
NOVEMBER 19, 2010

If you were born 4 score and 7 years ago today, you are 87 years old. 7 score and 7 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, perhaps the most celebrated speech in history and certainly one of the best. There are 246 words in its ten sentences. It took less than five minutes for Lincoln to deliver the Gettysburg Address, words he said would be long forgotten.

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Michael Jordan’s restaurant yesterday, Harry Caray’s restaurant, (one of them), today. I hope we have finally grown out of the celebrity restaurant phase we have been going through for thirty or more years. What does Michael Jordan have to do with restaurants other than he eats? Same question for Harry Caray. These people should be embarrassed for bilking the public out of their money just to eat in a restaurant they make money from and whose only connection is they sell the use of their name. Of course the worst thing about it is it is them and not me.
The House has decided to Censure Charlie Rangel. That means he has to stand at the front of the class and get scolded by another crook whom just hasn’t been caught yet. It is rather convenient for the House to get this ordeal out of the way before the Republican’s take control of the House. With the current atmosphere in Congress, Censure probably would not be as friendly and just seek a Censure.
Tiger Woods has started to Twitter. He has had the Twitter account for over a year but has never actually used it. An hour after he posted on Twitter, he had over 90,000 followers. He now has over 100,000 followers. Tiger has also written a short “editorial” for Newsweek. In the editorial, he says he is not the same man he was a year ago. He sure isn’t as wealthy or as marketable. Maybe he should stay out of the restaurant business.
My daughter is coming home from the University of Illinois for Thanksgiving today. I have to pick her up. Her mother and I miss her. We will enjoy her visit. Her dog will get more attention over the next week than he has gotten in the last two months.
So a man grabbed something to eat at a Sacramento Burger King. The receipt, like most receipts these days, had a message printed on it. It was designed to read “Thank You” instead, it said “F__ k You”. It was printed on the receipt twice. Burger King says they will fire the store manager and the person liable for this. Sounds like a password to change the script on the cash box receipt is in the near future for Burger King. I bet the customer sues and wins something, probably by way of settlement. Burger King does not want this in the news for the length of the trial. Sounds funny to me but my Whopper is going to go up in price because of it.

Notable births on this date:
1752 George Rogers Clark frontier military leader in Revolutionary War                   1831 James A Garfield 20th President (March 4-Sept 19, 1881                                      19-- Matt Sorum rock drummer (Guns 'n' Roses-Sweet Child of Mine) How old is this guy?                                                                                                                                    1921 Roy Campanella Brooklyn Dodger catcher (NL MVP 1951/53/55)
1926 Jeane J Kirkpatrick US ambassador to UN (R)
1933 Larry King radio talk show host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show)
1935 John F Welch Jr Salem MA, CEO (GE)
1936 Dick Cavett Kearney NB, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show)
1938 Ted Turner broadcasting mogul/owns (Atlanta Braves)/won America's Cup
1939 Garrick Utley Chicago IL, newscaster (1st Tuesday, NBC Weekend)
1941 Dan Haggerty Hollywood CA, actor (Grizzly Adams)                                        1961 Meg Ryan Bethel CT, actress (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns)
1962 Jodie Foster Bronx NYC, actress (Taxi Driver, Accused)
1963 Justine Greiner Boston MA, playmate (February, 1984)
Notable deaths on this date:
1915 Joe Hill Labor leader, executed for murder
1971 Bill Stern sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights), dies at 64
1983 Peter Coffield Illinois, actor (Kevin-W.E.B.), dies at 37
1985 Stepin Fetchit 1st black star, dies of pneumonia at 83
1988 Christine Onassis heiress, dies of heart failure at 37
Notable events on this date:
461 St Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope
498 Anastasius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage                         1863 Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; "4 score & 7 years..."
1874 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (NYC) convicted of defrauding the city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment
1879 National Assoc of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter            1947 200" mirror arrives at Mt Palomar                                                                          1959 Ford cancels the Edsel                                                                                             1979 Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion                                      1988 LA Law's Corbin Bernsen marries actress Amanda Pays
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

GM, Palin and the TSA

These thoughts are mine. They may be shared by many but I am speaking for myself. If you are offended, it was not intentional. If you continually get offended by my positions and opinions, you should change, I doubt I will.

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

I sure am glad I am not flying this Thanksgiving holiday. I think it is going to be a mess with plenty of mad people, some mad at the government, some mad at the civil disobedient and some are just always mad. I will stay at home and find a normal reason to be mad at a holiday tradition I have never liked and never will.

Some government employee just stopped by my house and demanded I allow him to feel me up. I introduced him to two of my friends, Smith & Wesson. If anyone except a government employee touched people the way we are being touched now, they would be arrested…or shot. Perhaps the Homeland Security Department should try to hire priests for these pat-down jobs. It might prevent crime outside of the airport.

The group that manages Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse in New York City is Bankrupt. Michael Jordan is not, just one of the many companies that pay him to use his name and likeness. He might lose a little money but he should be able to pull through OK.

Sarah Palin thinks she can win the presidency in 2012. She is going to change the name of her TV show from “The Last Frontier” to “Fantasy Island” I can hear it now; “Dee Palin. Bee Palin” being yelled by a ‘little person’ every episode, speech, election and airport.

General Motors announced its IPO, initial public offering, will sell the new shares it is printing at $33.00 a copy. Experts thought the price would be around $28.00 to $31.00. GM expects to raise 23 billion dollars through the IPO and preferred stock it is also offering. The money will not be used to pay back the U. S. Government, which owns around 61% of the company from the Detroit bailout. So far, GM has returned nearly 10 billion dollars to taxpayers of the 60 billion dollars we were owed.

The purchase of the stock at the IPO price should be a good investment if done quickly. It is anticipated the price for the IPO will rise 10%-to 20% in value on the first day of trading. IPOs have a history of rising on day one and falling back quickly.

Qantas says up to half of the Rolls Royce engines on its fleet of Airbus 380s need to be replaced. The total could top 40 engines. I suspect a selloff of Rolls Royce and Qantas stock today. One if not both of these companies will not survive this problem.
The head of the TSA said his agency will not back down on the full body scans or hands-forward pat downs. Isn’t it great to have government bureaucrats, who work for us, that listen to the public. Of course he went through the procedure before cameras to show us how non-invasive it is. Funny thing is he did not wait in line at O’Hare Airport at 7:00 a.m. on a Monday, anonymously, and go through the same search the flying public experiences. Get real, buddy.



Notable births on this date:

1901 George Gallup Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll)
1908 Imogene Coca Philadelphia PA, comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl)
1909 Johnny Mercer Savannah GA, lyricist (Moon River, That Old Black Magic)
1923 Ted Stevens (Sen-R-Alaska)
1928 Mickey Mouse cartoon strip
1951 Mark N Brown Valparaiso In, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 28, STS 48)
1956 Tony Franklin NFL kicker (Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots)
1966 Gwendolyn Hajek Shreveport La, playmate (September, 1987)
1969 Cheryl Bachman Jacksonville FL, playmate (October, 1991)

Notable deaths on this date:

1886 Chester A Arthur (21st President), dies in NY at 56
1946 Donald Meek Glasgow Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach)
1962 Niels Bohr physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1922, dies at 77
1969 Joseph P Kennedy dies in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, at 81
1970 Hal Dickinson singer (Modernaires), dies at 56
1978 Leo J Ryan (Rep-Cal) & 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of
           Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 912 member
1982 Donald Dillaway actor, dies at 78

Notable events on this date:

1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head
1776 Hessians capture Fort Lee, NJ
1883 Standard time zones established by railroads in US & Canada
1928 Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie"
1936 Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
1940 George Matesky Mad Bomber's first time bomb
1964 J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"
1990 Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait
1991 France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti
1991 Muslim Shites release hostages Terry Waite & Thomas Sutherland
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Fast food Katherine Middleton apparently doesn't eat.

These thoughts are mine. They may be shared by many but I am speaking for myself. If you are offended, it was not intentional. If you continually get offended by my positions and opinions, you should change, I doubt I will.
NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The obesity epidemic is not new. The term fast-food first appeared in a dictionary, Merriam’s, in 1951. In 2007, the last year complete statistics are available for, Americans spent 110 billion dollars on fast-food. That is more money than we spent on cars, on computers and on movies, theatre, video and music, combined. Less than forty years ago, Americans spent 6 billion dollars on fast food.

Forty years ago, when we wanted to eat, we had to get out a pan, utensils, the food, turn on the stove, cook the food, watch the cooking process, put the food on a plate with silverware, eat, wash the cookware, wash the plates and silverware, clean the stove and table and throw away the garbage. Now we eat from the package or microwave something that is quick and does not require our undivided attention. The only thing the same is the garbage must be thrown out. Why am I fat?

Political correctness is not an American curse. In Lancashire, England, school officials have outlawed the term Gingerbread Man on the school menu in over 400 primary schools. It will now be Gingerbread Person. In the nursery rhyme, the Gingerbread Man escaped the old man and old woman. Nobody kidnaps a person, they kidnap a man, woman, boy or girl. Apparently there has been a rash of little British six year old girls running rampant causing mayhem in England because they cannot grow up to be a Gingerbread Man. This story has been kept under wraps by the Baker’s Association so it has not been reported on by the press, until now.

Prince William and Kate Middleton (now Katherine according to the Queen) are officially engaged. Congratulations.

The Beatles are not rich enough, at least Yoko Ono isn’t. It has long been rumored she was the holdout on making the Beatles’ songs available digitally. She is the only member or groupie of the Beatles who hasn’t exactly had a stellar post-Beatles career. I don’t count George’s Olivia Harrison. She has always been in the background, seemingly happy about it.

Apple announced they have signed a deal to sell the Beatles songs on iTunes. I wonder what these songs will cost. They probably will not be the normal $ .99 a copy.

STOP THE PRESSES!! This came over the wires about 1:00 p.m. I had to rewrite this article.

Prince William announced he and his fiancé plan on having a family. Excuse me but isn’t that his job, to father an heir to the throne. Not a bad gig if you can get it.

Rep. Charles Rangel (D) NY was found guilty by the committee he walked out of. Now it goes to the second of three or four stages plus appeals, The House can censure him, i. e. say bad boy, refer him for criminal prosecution, take away his various positions or boot him out. I predict he will ensure his pension and then slither away under whatever rock will have him. Even rocks have standards.
The Medal of Honor was handed out yesterday to one live person and seven people posthumously. Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta lead on.

Notable births on his date:

1755 Louis XVIII 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)
1887 Bernard L Montgomery British general (WW II-African campaign)
1925 Rock Hudson Winnetka IL, actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms)
1938 Gordon Lightfoot Ontario Canada, folksinger (Sundown)
1942 Martin Scorsese Queens, dir (Mean Streets, Last Temptation of Christ)
1943 Lauren Hutton Charleston SC, model (American Gigolo, Lassiter)
1944 Danny De Vito Neptune NJ, actor (Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins)
1944 Tom Seaver pitcher (NY Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young '69 '73 '75)
1945 Elvin Hayes NBA star (San Diego, Houston, Baltimore)
1962 Traci Lords fictious birth date to do porn movies (actual 5/7/68)

Notable deaths on this date:

1979 John Grascock of Jethro Tull, dies at 27 following heart surgery
1981 Bob Eberly singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65
1982 Bill Baldwin announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 69
1982 Duk Koo Kim S Korean boxer was legally declared dead
1986 Alan Hewitt actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71
1991 Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter) suicides at 33

Notable events on this date:

1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted
1796 Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy
1800 Congress held 1st session in Washington DC
1869 Suez Canal opens (Egypt)
1884 Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel"
1889 Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & San Francisco
1894 Daily Racing Form founded
1913 1st US dental hygienists course established, Bridgeport, Ct
1913 Panama Canal opens
1926 NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Toronto St Pats 4-1
1966 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
1967 Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names
1968 Heidi bowl-NBC misses Oakland's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
1973 President Nixon told AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
1989 Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract
1991 Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralyzed in a game vs Los Angeles Rams
1993 US Congress votes for NAFTA

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Charlie Rangel and other politicians

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The boys and girls in Washington D. C. are fighting again. Rep. Charles Rangel, (D) NY, a man accused of being a crook for many years and suspected of being a crook for even longer, doesn’t like the fact he has to face the music. He fired his legal team months ago as he prepared for this ethics hearing. He has known about this hearing for a year. On the day the hearing starts, he shows up and demands a continuance. He says he cannot afford an attorney and needs time to secure one. Apparently he needs additional time to steal enough money to hire a better lawyer. He gets on a soapbox about himself and walks out of the hearing. Had a non-Congressional citizen showed this contempt for Congress, they would be in jail as we speak even if just to prove a point, but not Charlie.

This tactic of claiming poor before your judges is a favorite trick of politicians. However, they are stupid in all aspects of life and haven’t figured out it doesn’t work. ‘Blago’ tried it and is still using it, result…conviction. Our former Governor Ryan tried it, result…conviction. Representative Jefferson (D) LA, tried it, result…conviction. Rep. Reynolds (D) IL tried it, result …conviction. (Reynolds was charged with sexual misconduct with a minor he then bought off.)

The age-old and disproven legal tactic of a thief claiming poor, thereby showing the world he isn’t a thief or he would have money is getting old and tiresome. Something only gets old and tiresome after you are sick of hearing it over and over again. Chuck Rangel is playing the same card while making the entire Congress look ridiculous. If they give him a break, it is the ‘good old boys network’ if they do not I can see the race card just waiting to be played.

You learn in Law School, or should learn in Law School, you can disagree without being disagreeable. Politicians need to grasp this concept.


        Great Orators
 
"One man with courage makes a majority." -  Andrew Jackson
 
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -    Franklin D. Roosevelt
 
"The buck stops here." -  Harry S. Truman
 
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." -   John F. Kennedy

  
And, from today's genius ' ...
"It depends what your definition of 'Sex' is?'' -  Bill Clinton
 
"Those rumors are false ... I believe in the sanctity of marriage." -  John Edwards
 
"I invented the Internet." - Al Gore 
" America is ... is no longer, uh, what it ... it, uh, could be, uh, what it was once was ... uh, and I say to myself, 'uh, I don't want that future, uh, uh for my children."  -  Barack Obama
 
"I have campaigned in all 57 states." -  Barack Obama  (Quoted 2008)
 
"You don't need God anymore, you have us Democrats." -   Nancy Pelosi   (Quoted 2006)
 
"Paying taxes is voluntary." -  Sent. Harry Reid
 
"Bill is the greatest husband and father I know.  No one is more  faithful, true, and honest than he." -  Hillary Clinton   (Quoted 1998)
 
And the most recent gem of wisdom from the "Mother Moron": 

  
"We just have to pass the Healthcare Bill to see what's in it." - Nancy Pelosi (Quoted March, 2010)


''Life's tough ... it's even tougher if you're stupid.''
- John Wayne

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Politics; Let's get it right

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

How about them Bears. The game I watched was very similar to a traditional NFL football game, with offense and defense. The Bears had too many penalties but they won.

I watch the talking heads on Sunday morning. If you do it right, you can watch ABC, FOX and then NBC. I sure miss Tim Russert. David Axelrod was on two of the shows. He and president Obama just don’t get it. Everybody knows the tax cuts are going to be extended at least until after the 2012 election, even Obama has hinted at this but his people will not commit to it. That is why nothing gets done. Both sides play games until some magical moment occurs, which is generally some obscure, meaningless event, and then they do what everybody knows is going to happen and what everybody wants. This obscure event allows them to spin it in their favor like they would never have agreed to the inevitable if it were not for this event.

Stop the games. Do your job or get the hell out of the way. If Congress were the crew on a ship, they would have two choices, fish or cut bait. It is a lot better to fish. So, Congress, fish or cut bait. You are not serving the people, rather you are self-serving.

I respect most politicians. It is not easy to run for office. It is rare when a politician has never lost an election. The candidate stands up for a position, under goes intense scrutiny and even the winners have nearly one-half of the voters vote against them. I have never run for office but I complain about those that do but I truly have a respect for the person who at least tries. The politicians do not usually begin their careers as incompetent hacks, most of them just become that way once they are in the club and see how it works.

Unfortunately, the way I see it, from the outside, it doesn’t work. Change is hard to bring about. It is nearly impossible for the lone shining star leading the way. Discouragement sets in and the do-gooder accepts the status quo rather than continue to pound his/her head against the stone wall of establishment.

The voters made a good start two weeks ago by voting over half of the incumbents out of office. I hope this train, now rolling down the tracks, does not lose steam or find a hill too steep to climb. The news this week about budget reduction is a good start. It will be a hard pill to swallow but it is good medicine. I hope the politicians do not strip it of its teeth and then claim victory. Let the world defend itself. Let the intentionally poor and unfortunate suffer with the rest. Let Israel join the majority and quit cashing that persecution check. Let’s pay the extra gas tax, if it is used to build better roads and bridges, thereby putting people to work. Let’s quit borrowing money to send it overseas as foreign aid. Haiti is not our fault, let charities deal with it and other countries, not just the USA. Let the Middle Eastern countries and their oil riches come to the aid of mankind instead of trying to intimidate and control it. The churches should pay property taxes like every other business and individual. Don’t spin the tax code and claim we are getting a tax cut. Tell me what I owe, treat me like an adult, spend the revenue on America first and I will pay it.

Read every law before you vote on it. Get rid of oversight boards and committees you appoint to watch yourself. We are not morons even if some of you are. We elect you, we pay you. Do not hire outside consultants and pay for studies. You have a large, well paid staff. You knew what the problems were and how to fix them during the campaign. Now that you are elected, do what you said you would do. If I wanted a consultant or a study done, I would have voted for the consultant or the person doing the study.

Stop forcing business to explain every minute detail to the consumer. Stop the paperwork overload you have forced on business. The free market economy and capitalism was around before anyone alive today was, let it work

End the duplicity in government agencies. Dominoes Pizza has been advertising the improvements to its pizza recipe. They changed because the cheese board in the Department of Agriculture gave them a great deal on cheese and other ingredients. During this same time period, another arm of the Department of Agriculture is telling us ad nauseam about obesity. One arm is giving away cheese to promote more eating while another arm is telling us to stop eating. Unfortunately, government agencies have more than two arms.

As it exists now, an agency is given a budget. It is in its own best interest to go over budget so next year their budget will be increased. If an agency head is properly doing his/her job and coming in under budget, their budget next year will be reduced. No one wants that in the world of government.


Notable births on this date:

1882 Felix Frankfurter Vienna Austria, US supreme court justice (1939-62)
1887 Georgia O'Keeffe Sun Prairie WI, painter (Cow's Skull)
1887 Marianne Moore St Louis, poet (Pulitzer-1951-Collected Poems)
1891 Erwin Rommel German field marshall (WW II-African campaign)
1891 W Averell Harriman US, (Gov-D-NY)/ambassador to USSR (1943-46)
1919 Carol Bruce Great Neck NY, actress (Lillian Carlson-WKRP)
1919 Joseph Albert Wapner La, judge (People's Court)
1925 Howard Baker (Sen-R-TN), presidential chief of staff
1929 Edward Asner Kansas City KS, actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant)
1930 Whitman Mayo NYC, actor (Grady-Sanford & Son)
1932 Petula Clark England, singer (Downtown, My Love)
1937 Yaphet Kotto NYC, actor (Brubaker, Alien, Raid on Entebbe)
1977 Peter Mark Andrew Phillips 9th in sucession to British throne

Notable deaths on this date:

1958 Tyrone Power actor, dies of a heart attack at 44
1963 Fritz Reiner conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies at 74
1978 Margaret Mead anthropologist, dies in NY at 76
1983 John LeMesurier actor, dies at 71
1984 Baby Fae who received a baboon's heart, dies at California medical center

Notable events on this date:

1492 Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco
1492 In Spain, 6 Jews & 5 Conversos are accused of using black magic
1660 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in NYC (New Amsterdam)
1763 Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania & Maryland
1777 Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress
1791 1st Catholic college in US, Georgetown, opens
1806 Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak
1864 Sherman burns Atlanta
1869 Free postal delivery formally inaugurated
1939 Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews
1959 Richard Hickock & Perry Smith kill Clutters-In Cold Blood
1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
1979 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage
1982 Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev
1988 PLO proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence
1989 "Batman" is released on video tape
1990 Producers confirm that Milli Vanilli didn't sing on their album-It has never been the same since
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Pelosi and Pacquiao

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I went to the Mayfield Church for their semi-annual whole-hog breakfast on Saturday. It was a great time. The world needs more places and events like this breakfast. Check it out the next time they run it.

It is pretty early for a foot of snow in the Midwest, if you ask me. The storm is blamed for at least two deaths in Wisconsin and over 400 traffic accidents in Minnesota. It is not Thanksgiving yet, although that is less than two weeks away.

There are only 41 shopping days left until Christmas. Men, it is time to get serious. By now, we men should at least be thinking about where we will be going on December 24th.

Manny Pacquiao beat Antonio Margarito in Cowboys Stadium Saturday night before over 41,000 spectators. This was as close to a Gladiator show as boxing fans have seen, in a big-money fight, in many years. I enjoy boxing; my friends and children enjoy boxing but much of the match last night was unnecessary. In the eighth round, Manny Pacquiao, winning big on all three judge’s cards, urged the referee to stop the fight. Manny was concerned he was going to cause permanent damage to Margarito’s eyes and sight. The referee let the fight continue as did the trainer and manger for Margarito and the ring-side doctor. His fight would have been stopped in Nevada, New Jersey or New York and probably most states. Texas will have a hard time getting another big-time fight after this debacle.

Pacquiao was 17 pounds lighter than Margarito at fight time. The weight advantage did not help the loser. He was cut all around the eyes. He was bleeding badly about the eyes with blood affecting his vision as it ran into his eyes. The eyes were swelling shut early in the fight and were nearly completely shut when the fight ended after 12 rounds.

Laurence Cole did stop the fight twice to look at Margarito’s eyes but let the fight continue. It was Pacquiao’s 13th straight win and his record eighth world boxing title in eight weight classes.

Surprise! The poorest kept secret in Chicago slipped out of the bag Saturday. Rahm Emanuel is running for Mayor of Chicago. Don’t forget to vote earl and often for our next behind-the-scenes governor.

Nancy Pelosi just doesn’t get it. Her own party wants her out of sight but she won’t go quietly. Pelosi has made a deal to be the leader of the minority Democrats in the House by making promises and concessions to Steny Hoyer of Maryland and James Clyburn of South Carolina. So now the top House member is from the left coast and the next two in command in the House are from the right coast. Makes you feel good to be from the Midwest, doesn’t it. I don’t think we can count on the President bringing home mush bacon for a couple of years after the last election. I guess we will just have to pay the tax bill so the House leaders can give it away to their constituents.



Notable births on this date:

1765 Robert Fulton built 1st commercial steamboat (or 0819)
1776 Henri Dutrochet discovered & named process of osmosis
1840 Claude Monet France, impressionist (Water Lilies)
1842 Walter Williams claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)
1896 Mamie Doud Eisenhower 1st lady
1909 Joseph R McCarthy (Sen-R-WI), anti-communist lunatic-Nice claim to fame!
1912 Barbara Hutton heiress (Woolworth)
1921 Brian Keith Bayonne NJ, actor (Bill-Family Affair, Loneliest Runner)
1929 McLean Stevenson Normal IL, actor (M*A*S*H, Hello Larry)-Part of Adlai Stevenson family.
1940 Freddie Garrity rocker (Freddie & the Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now)-I really am telling you now.
1955 Jack Sikma NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks)-I graduated in same class at Illinois Wesleyan University with Jack, Class of 1977. Because of his signing bonus and high salary, the graduating business class of 1977 had an average starting salary of over $100,000.00 per year. It was a small class in business school. The entire University had only 1,800 students when I attended IWU.

Notable deaths on this date:

565 Justinian Roman emperor, dies at 82
1915 Booker T Washington educator/organizer, dies at 59 in Tuskegee AL
GOOD DAY TO DIE IF YOU WANT TO GET NOTICED.

Notable events on this date:

1666 Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
1732 1st US professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia
1792 Capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay
1851 "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published-I missed it by 5 days
1881 Charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination
1888 St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
1943 Chicago Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Giants (56-7)-We will see about today, later.
1969 Apollo 12 launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
1970 Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV

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