Ya-ya's and yahoos.

Last night as I joined in with the revelry of the Detroit Tigers and their amazingly efficient sweep of the dreaded Ya-ya's , I was taken by the words of owner, and Little Caesar Pizza King ,Mike Illich, "There are no 'Hot Dogs' on this team." How great is it to hear an owner dwell on character and teamwork.

Last night the Prez was on the Jon Stewart show saying through his convoluted logic that he and his admin did nothing to confuse the American public, and the Stewart yahoos in the audience cheered maniacally. This just proves once again, that if you get the right audience you can mislead with impunity.

Oops, I promised myself this morn that I wasn't going to talk about Politics today. To paraphrase Flip Wilson's Geraldine, "The Obama made me do it."

The Question:
Ok, lets get it out there. Who are the 5 largest donors to the Romney campaign

The Headlines:
--Syria Conflicts Could Spread Throughout The Middle East.
--Texas Judge Says Ok To Cheerleaders Using Banners With Biblical Citations.
--Markets Underwhelmed By Euro Banking Deal.
--Candidates Go Light At Humorous Al Smith Dinner In NYC.
--Boy Scout Sex Abuses Long And Deep.
Sandusky Appeals.
--Another Gunman Mass Kills At Public Place; Shootss Self After Killing Three, Wounding One In Casselbury Fla Beauty Salon.

Ashton Kutcher is the Alex Rodriguez of sit-com. He is the highest paid actor on TV and is an intrinsic contributor to the downhill slide of once great enterprise. Well, I would never use the word "Great" when talking about the Ya-Ya-Ya-...(WYKWIM)...

The NYC Catholic Archdioceses Al Smith Dinner is always a time when the candidates move away to the bitterness and go for a few yucks. Romney poked fun at Obama -- "The President looks out at this rich audience and thinks, so much money and so little time to redistribute."; At Joe Biden --"I wish Joe was here. he laughs at anything." At the Press .. My job is to lay out a positive vision for the future of the country and theirs is to make sure nobody finds out about it."; At himself -- Standing there in his Tuxedo, Mitt quipped, "It's nice to be able to relax and wear what Ann and I wear around the house." Obama also got off a few: Sometimes I feel like this race has dragged on forever. But, Paul Ryan assures me it has only been 2 hours and 50 minutes." And, "Earlier today I went shopping at some Midtown stores. I hear Mr. Romney went shopping to buy some Midtown stores." And, referring to the first debate the President said, "I have learned there are worse things that can happen on your anniversary than forgetting to buy a gift." Romney scored when he commented on the headlines reflecting media coverage of the event, "Obama embraced by Catholics; Romney dines with rich people."

Lance Armstrong lied to Nike and Tiger Woods didn't (Or because of the media digging, never had a chance to). Nike dumped Lance, kept Tiger. Maybe there's something to be said for "owning up", eh Mr' President.

Google's big challenge, they say, is to try to develop for new Android offerings a "Line" mentality similar to Apple. In other words, they have to devote more attention to the Insane.

Reading between the Lines Movie reviews:
--Alex Cross is the big promotion of the week. If you read, there is a chance you have come across this popular Patterson character, who has shown up before on the screen in the person of Morgan Freeman. A young Cross meets his match in a serial killer. The cat and mouse game gets personal and our hero is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits.
--The First Time is nice little romantic comedy picture about two high schooler's discovering honest to goodness, real love for the first time. It is more about love than bad comedy.

Before you "click" to delete, check this out. Google which makes it's big money on "Clicks" is in a market where, According to Advertising Age, less than 1% of people click on digital ads. Which is essentially nobody, yet Google's "click" revenue amounted to $2.8 Billion last quarter! How do they do it? Sneakily! Google has become very sneaky at tricking users into accidental clicks by, for instance, making the 'close x' button smaller and smaller or placing ads over text. In other words they have relaxed ethical standards.

The Conscience: Chapter 11.
   "God dammit, how did this happen." Jason was screaming anybody who was in earshot as he paced back and fourth before the ruined hull building shed. The audience used to his antics were still and solemn, especially the guard who was waiting for a direct assault. Jason was known for tirades. It was also know that the best course was to wait him out.
  Bleaker than Jason's words were the pungent aromas of burning plastic. "What the hell was that?" The onlookers stifled a laugh as they watched Jason tumble over the maze of fire hoses.
   Wu whispered to his cadre, "Ah, good. Now he can yell at the Firemen." Wu actually was actually as disturbed as Jason. This was a major disaster for a boat builder at the height of the ordering season. he walked over and helped Jason climb up from his fall, making sure that he didn't step on another hose. "Sorry Boss." Jason looked up at his most trusted adviser. "We have to get back to your office and forget the blame, and figure how to find alternatives to the hull facility.
   "It was that Bitch, Angelica. Had to be. This was no accident. That is plain to me." Wu was taciturn as usual. "Do you think she's eaten Jeff alive yet?" Jason paused. "Bring that guard up with you." With that, Jason turned and walked quickly back to his office, tripping once again over a fire hose. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. That Bitch."
Wu looked at the burnt out building and destroyed, partially built hulls, and then back at Jason."You've gone too far this time Ange."
 
The Answer:
 Number one donor to Romney, mainly through SuperPacs is Sheldon Adleson, Owner of Vegas Sands Empire. ($34.2 Mil)  2. Harold Simmons, owner of Contran $16 Mil  3. Bob Perry, Houston real estate $15.3 Mil  4, Robert Rowling TRT Holdings $4.1 Mil  5. William Koch, $3 Mil. 4 of the five have an average age of 78, so we shouldn't be seeing them in a Cabinet post.

There are days when the world opens and ideas rain down like a soft summer rain. When the mind crystallizes like a cool Autumn morning. And then there are days like today.

Have a terrific weekend!