Opening Stuff:
Many of these protestors calling for the end of an unregulated Wall Street (Including the usual suspects like Alec Baldwin) fail to realize that Capitalism could be quite self-regulating without government interference and in particular -- the Bailouts!
With the masses of intellectual elite gathering in the beautiful parks in southern Manhattan telling the world that bankers are causing poverty, I'm reminded of a Clinton aid who suggested 3 steps ot avoid it: !. Finish High School, 2. No babies out of wedlock. 3. Wait until you are 20 to marry and have childen. Research of that formular showed that only 8% of those who followed those simple rules entered poverty while 70% escaped and moved on to good productive lives. But there are many leaders in the community who love that Wall Street greed can be another excuse for those in poverty. "The banker made me do it!"
R.I.P. R.I.M.
The Question:
How much do you know or remember about the Osmonds? On which TV show did they get their start. How many kids are there? What was their home state. I'm not going to ask you to name the most famous of the siblings, but I'm going to ask you to name Donnie and Marie's greatest hit.
The Headlines:
--Wall Street In Decline After Soft China Economic Data And Disappointing Earnings Form JP Morgan; Morgan Readying 1,000 Pink Slips.--New Jobless Clain=ms Down Slightly To 404,000.
--0-Man/DNC Raises %70Mil In Q3.
--House Dems Warn "SuperCommittee" To Do More Than Just Cut.
--Chicago Symphony Maestro Carlo Muti To Receive Nobel Award For Music; Award Named For Brilliant Swedish Soprano Birgit Nilsson.
--Crazed Husnad Kills 8 In Upscale Long Beach Cal Suburb.
I should try to sneak in my last weeks picks result in 8 point type. God, what a mess. But, it is indicative, as I have said so many times this year, of a season when anybody can be beaten. A miserable 7-6 last week brings the record to 52-25 or a big dip to 67.5%. (Maybe if I predicted unemployment that would be dropping too.) But that's another story. This weeks posers are Dal-NE, Phil-Wash, upstarts SF-Det, Buff-NYG and Houst-Balt. Ok, deep breaths now...and...e-x-h-a-l-e -- I'm going New England, Washington, Detroit, Buffalo and Baltimore. For the rest it's Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Carolina, Cincinnati, Oakland, New Orleans, Chicago and the Jets. If the Jets weren't at home I'd be tempted to pick a first win for Miami.
Separated at Birth Department:
Chris Dodd and Michael Flanagan, lawyer for Jax Doc Conrad Murray.
I hate to write about the Ya, Ya, Ya...(WYKWIM) Fans...because it is so hard to get started. Well, while the Red Sox fans celebrated the demise of the Bombers in the play-offs a huge fan of the Bronx millionaires got even. He just happened to be the Greens Keeper for the Jamestown Golf Club up here where I play quite often, along with lots of RS addicts. Last Thursday in preparing for Friday play, he rolled and cut the greens so grass low that they putted like on Macadam. Then he proceeded to place the flags in impossible to reach positions and the tees in the most obscure sites forcing extra shots for easier holes. Yikes!
Over the years I have met several new friends who, being that much younger than I, had participated in the student protests of the late sixties/early seventies. To a person they say that it is embarrassing for them to look back upon those school days cause all they can see is a mold-able person without brains. So, just sit back and hope the=at they clean up the mess they left behind. It will end.
Have you noticed how when describing "Meat and Potato" restaurants, food critics always appear to be surprised to find that they are good! I think they are the only kind of restaurant.
While on food, the good news around here is that Bay Scallop season will arrive in about 3 weeks. The really good news is that I was beginning to think these tasty morsels were endangered species. I have only seen lately those giant sea monsters in super markets and never recently the little fellers on menus. I like all fried fish and the "bays" are among the most splendiforous.
Almost Near: Chapter 44 continues. --"Why do I have to waste time listening to family bickering? Huh? My brain is hurting." Jess decided to take charge and get Tucker and Audrey to stop what he considered irrelevant noise. The two turned and looked at him. Audrey then broke out in laughter realizing that being small and bitchy was not normal for her. But Tucker just stood there looking at her without a change in expression at all.
"You alright Tuck?"
Tucker continued to stare, and then just like that he shook his head and smiled. "Why...uh...yes, I'm just fine." He looked at Jess and then back at Audrey. "I guess you both just took me by surprise." Audrey gave him one her little punches. Which drew Tucker over to give her a gentle one arm hug. He backed off quickly. "I guess I'm not into real crime. I can make up stories about all sorts of evil things, but this is real, isn't it?"
"Very!" Jess now relaxed back into his editor pose.
"So, how serious do you think the police are about Samantha?"
They both started answering...Audrey raised he hand and took over the conversation. She now felt embarrassed, kinda of stupid about her rant.
Softly, "I think the police are very serious. They may think it is self defense but they don't know the entire story, and I haven't yet told them what I learned. I wanted to talk to you first."
"I'm sorry". Audrey now saw a nearly defeated man staring at her, looking for forgiveness. She felt a sadness in her heart. And she didn't know why.
The scary part of the WS protests is that there are those are those on soap boxes calling for the violent overthrow of the money Barons. Now...they don't sound particularly coherent or even sane, but people are standing there applauding and listening. Are we turning into the Middle East?
The Iran government has emphatically denied any participation in the so-called DC assassination plot calling the US accusations a pure political move by the leaders. In a strongly worded letter to the UN the Iran Ambassador states: "The Islamic Republic of Iran categorically and in the strongest terms condemns the shameful allegation by the United States authorities and deplores it as a well thought evil plot." Middle East watchers in the US are actually divided. Some say there is plenty of evidence against Iran while others explain that the action is way out of line considering Iran's normal modus operandi. And others are scratching their heads at the apparent out-of-character amateurism of the plot.
The Answer:
Four Osmond brothers, Alan. Wayne, Merrill and Jay, started it all as avery good Utah Barber Shop Quartet. They were spotted by Andy Williams and soon were an instant his on his popular TV show. Two older borthers, Geroge and Tom were born deaf and did not perform. Of course the big stars were Donny and Marie hwoi joined the original four with much younger brother Jimmy. The four plus Donny's first bi hit was One Bad Apple. Marie's first hit was "Paper Roses", and Donny's "Go away little girl". (But, the girls didn't!) Donny and Marie's duet hits were "I'm leaving it up to you" and Morning side of the Mountain". Interestingly, with all of Donny's success, Merrill always remained the groups lead singe,. (Note: Williams spotted the four when they were trying out for the Lawrence Welk show where they were rejected!
Wouldn't it be really sad if we had a French Revolution style violent takeover based on the false impressions from exaggerated information in Obama speeches about Rich People's taxes.
In addition to passing some kind of intelligence test for voters, we should also impose standards for those calling for revolutions.
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