(Written 8/2)
Opening Stuff:
Schubert's great Ninth is one of those full-of-emotion symphonies that some conductors get, and others miss by a mile.
Irony Department. Or, is it Hypocrisy Department:
As Gabby walked upon the Congressional floor amidst adoring applause yesterday, the same kinder/gentler people that targeted Sarah Palin for incendiary speech were out there on the radio and TV labeling honest Americans who want sensible spending as "Terrorists" and "Suicide Bombers". And that included America's National Plagiarist Laureate, VP Biden.
I think the next big Golf trend should be wooden putters. It could be a bonanza for the person who markets them first. Why? Because, golfers will pay anything to improve putting. And, generally failing to realize that their putting woes may be in their head or hands or both, it rarely works. So, if someone is going to pay $200-400 for a putter that really doesn't work unless you change your putting ways, they should overpay you for one that at least looks great. You can get some very elegant wooden putters. And walk to the green amidst the accolades..."Nice Putter."
The Question:
1. After a reader comment to my opinion about my two favorite tennis players yesterday, I was reminded just how great tennis was when the Aussies were dominant. They were a bunch of lovable characters who could flat out play. It was the heyday of Tennis popularity spawning indoor Tennis centers in every village and town, and finally a rash of exciting young American stars. Name the top Aussies of all time. Bonus "Q": Quick, name the top five "Party Colleges". And which college won the "Stone Cold Sober" award?
The Headlines:
--11 Year Old Missing New Hampshire/Canada Boarder Town Girl Found Dead; Police Suspicious.--Stock Futures Lower On Economic Concerns; Manufacturing Down Significantly; Consumer Spending Faltering.
--Geithner Unsure Of US Credit Rrating Going Forward.
--Central Falls First City/Town In Rhode Island To Go Bankrupt.
--Italy Pulls Envoy From War Torn Syria As Murdering Of Protestor Citizens Continues.
--Saudi Signs Deal To Build Tallest Building.
--Newport Folk Festival Best Ever.
If you ask me, Congress and the exec Branch punted.
Strauss-Kahn is the Albert Haynesworth of International banking.
It looks like Putin is running for President of oil rich Russia and it appears he's doing it on a "Cold War is Good" platform. Calling the US a parasite living off the world economy; A country living beyond its means; Implying that the US economy is in the hands of the Russia/China bondholders...he put himself squarely atop an anti American message that are not the words of a potential bosom buddy. Of course a lot of pretty smart people in America know we're living beyond our means. But we'll get back at him the American Way -- Next year's Jersey Shore will move from Florence to The Kremlin.
The last people I want "Working for me" is AARP.
A couple of lobster and steak dinners for the Moody's auditors will have the US credit rating back on top in no time.
Most people don't know that the Post Office doesn't get a dime of taxpayer dollars. They just think it does because it runs as inefficiently as the federal government. Maybe that's why some Senator or bureaucrat probably thought of charging for email stamps! It's not hard to believe considering that soemwhere soem legal mind suggested that anything that uses the word "mail" is beholden to the government ownership of the word.
With 16 million employees of the Feds thinking about something somewhere, it's really not hard to make up just about anything about the Gov that could be true... even as outlandish as it may sound.
I think New England Patriot fans are going to have a Psychotic Fall: To applaud or not to applaud for Albert Haynesworth.
I can now calculate the errors in my golf swing by where the pain occurs in my rapidly deteriorating body.
Almost Near: Chapter 32. --Audrey was walking cautiously down the other side of the street opposite the house where Florence's car was parked. Her eyes appeared focused on a drug store on a corner a couple of hundred feet away. The cell phone ringing in my hear was finally interrupted with a cheery, "Good Afternoon, Law Offices of Dante Wallowalski."
"Hi, my name is Tommy Lambert. I think I can help him with the missing woman case."
"Oh really, Why do you think that."
"Aah, what an excellent gate keeper you are," Tucker laughed into he phone. he didn't hear laughter at the other end. "You may know that Tommy Lambert was Samantha's jilted fiance', and I am him. I know exactly where Samntha is right at this moment." "He paused a second. "Look me up in that yearbook you have there and then ask me what my goal in Life was."
"Just a moment."
"So you're Tommy Lambert,"came the almost too eager male voice."
"The very same, Dante. One of those guys who looked to pick up Wallowalski's female leftovers." Tucker chortled, and he thought he heard a smile in Dante's voice as he came back on.
"But of course you were taken and probably didn't look at the other girls."
"You are right. I was taken. But, I wasn't dead."
"So you know where Samantha is right now?"
"I know exactly where she is, and in fact I'm going to call her when I hang up from you. But first, tell me about why you are looking for her."
The Answer: 1. The top two woman were Goolagong and and the very dominant Margaret Court. Lefty Rod Laver may be the greatest player anywhere of all time. Others of that era were Rosewall, Roy Emerson, Lew Hoad, John Newcomb, Tony Roach, Ken McGregor and the first of the Aussie greats, Frank Sedgman. Of course, the coach of these rascals was harry Hopman. Bonus Q: The top five party schools are the brandy new #1 Ohio University. It is followed by U Georgia, U Miss, U Iowa and U Cal Santa Barbara. Brigham Young U retried the Cold Stone Sober award years ago.
With about 150 days left in the year, it's about a hard 8 iron or soft 7 iron til the end of Christmas shopping.
I expect that now that the "Deal" is done, all of the media will take the rest of August off and there will be no news at all until after Labor day. That's the way it works. Now watching the Pols clearing the Capitol and running off to vacations, I'm reminded of a 40's Kids Radio Show guy named Uncle Don, who after a show unknowingly said into an open mike,"That should make the little bastards happy for another day." He was fired. We have to wait another year to fire Congress and by that time they will have rewritten the history of the deal mess.
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