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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Cubs owners and bowling

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

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The Cubs ownership seem to be a new breed bent on ruining a good thing. Last week, the ownership came to the public trough thirsty for taxpayer money. They claim they didn’t want any new money just an advance on the amusement tax the City of Chicago now collects. They don’t understand the City does not collect this for the Cubs. It is not a private tax. The tax is for public improvements and crowd control expenses, allegedly, not for the Cubs to spend as they want. The Cubs want the money now to make upgrades in Wrigley Field. What they really want is an interest free. The Cubs make the improvements, keep the increased revenue and never pay the money back.

The Ricketts family bought an aging, decaying ballpark. They had their eyes open but refused to see. The glory days of the world’s largest tavern are over. People are wising up, even Cub fans. If the product is not worth following, they are not going to pay $50.00 a seat, $30.00 to park, $5.00 for a hot dog and $7.00 for a beer any more. Baseball is the product. The sun shines everywhere else for free.

Now the Cubs’ ownership is trying to increase revenue by having a College Football game at Wrigley Field. This is a novelty and will be successful once. Northwestern plays 15 miles away and cannot sell out. The Illini, a bad team, cannot sell out. In Wrigley, they will sell out. In steps the Big Ten, really Eleven. They had this plan before them for 15 months. The Big Ten approved the plan, including the field’s location. 24 hours before kickoff, the Big Ten changes the rules of football to accommodate itself. Now, every offensive play will be heading west, toward home plate area from right field. This is bound to ruin some grass. I know in a regulation game, the teams play on the same grass but they are going in different directions. The cleats are pointed in different directions, the push off from the players is spread around. This will make a difference, including the wind direction now being the same all game long.

The only game I can think of that is widely accepted in the United States where both teams go the same direction, (I don’t include baseball), is bowling.

The excuse for this fiasco is the potential for a concussion injury. That disease of the week has gotten old. Just make a disease of the week movie for The Lifetime Network and be done with it. The game is football. Injuries happen. You play through pain you do not play through injury. Let the players, who have done this their entire, although short, life, make the call. The people who made this decision probably have not played football in a decade or more.

Wrigley Field was the home of the Chicago Bears for over forty years. I don’t recall people dying or suffering catastrophic injuries all the time while playing there. Today the equipment is better, the trainers are better and the medical care is better and quickly available. This is football; let’s keep it that way. This is just another example of someone with a little power imposing their ideas on the masses. When you give someone a little power, they think they must exercise it or lose it. It is better to give someone all the power. Hen they are not as threatened about losing it and will exercise it in a more judicious manner.

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Friday, November 19, 2010

Gettysburg Address

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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Sometimes I feel like I am behind the curve. Below is a link I ask everyone watch. It may be old, I am not sure. I have never seen it before. It is pretty neat. Watch it and do not get choked up.

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

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.

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

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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