WHEN WILL WAKE UP?

The clock continues to tick on Health Care Reform. Iran, yet another deadline that will be ignored and the useless U.N. will make yet additional excuses. I could expand the list, but it would only be redundant. We have heard it all before - CHANGE THAT YOU CAN COUNT ON, that is if you have anything left to count.

NPR - National Public Radio and PBS - Public Broadcasting System

These two organizations are siblings conceived through incest! They were brought into this world with the best of intentions. Bring to the public educational and informative programming without commercials. Who needs commercials when the PUBLIC pays the bills?

I have a difficult time watching PBS with the exception of NOVA and some of the British comedy series. As for NPR, I would rather sleep with Janet Reno, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg together than listen to NPR.

The straw that broke the horses back (you can't say camels any more) occured last week when a friend forwarded an e-mail with a link to an NPR survey asking if Fox News was a real news organization. HELP FOX NEWS - VOTE! 80% of the voters on NPR voted no to Fox news - that's a shock?

I laud the loyalty to Fox news, their ratings often eclipse CBS and NBC not to mention their cable outlets. But support of Fox News is not the question. We, the American tax payer pay a substantial part of the public outlets bills, including their TALENT. Why then are they not fair balanced and above all honest? The answer is simple, as with other government entities, they are run by left wing Wienies!

What are our options you ask? First write to you legislators and TELL then to cut funding or change top management. Little hope of that happening you say, right, next boycott any company who proudly sponsors any show on either NPR or PBS. Even this administration would be hard pressed to dramatically increase their budgets.

Essentially - THROW THE BUMS OUT - The head of Philadelphia's Public TV station is paid over $1,000,000 annually. We deserve at least dinner and a bottle of wine before we again have painful love made to us!

ACORN

We are aware of "Acorns" exploits. To be fair they have done a great deal of good in many areas, whether enough to over come the fraud, tax evasion and voter cheats we will never know. I am not here to review Acorn, (or whatever their new name is).

We recently had dinner with a friend and his wife, they are intelligent, wordily and slightly to the left. When the name Acorn was brought up, they had absolutely no idea what we were talking about. "Acorn, isn't that what squirrels eat"? To add insult to injury, Charley Gibson the former ABC News Anchor pleaded ignorance of Acorn in a radio interview. Charley is no longer an ABC news Anchor.

As with NPR and PBS much of Acorn's support comes from our pockets, yet they are a hidden operation. WHEN WILL WE WAKE UP?

THROW THE BUMS OUT!!!! NOVEMBER 2010.

WHEN WILL WE WAKE UP?

WE REALLY SHOVELED IT THIS WEEK!

QUESTION TO PONDER - If corn oil comes from corn and olive oil comes from olives. Where does baby oil come from?

SHOVELING OUR WAY OUT OF IT!

This was truly the week that was here in the eastern part of the country. Record snow fall, caused havoc throughout the area. Washington, D.C. was shut down for 4 days and no one realized that the government wasn't working.

Actually, the country functioned quite well while Washington was shut down. We received a much needed break from seeing the likes of Pelosi, Reed and Bumbling Barney Frank on TV. Barbara Boxer was seen on a beach in California, wearing a camouflage bathing suit and digging for clams. Chuck Schumer was walking the streets of Brooklyn looking for a camera and a microphone to stand in front of.

Without Washington's droppings to shovel, all we had was snow. Many of us had back aches, sore muscles and got colds. But it is safe to say that our stomach's were not upset without the government operating.

Perhaps they should shut down one week each month, they would never be missed.

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

Those of you who are regulars know that I never wish harm to anyone. The former President was never on my top 100 favorite people list, but I do respect his intelligence. He got away with cheating on his wife (who could blame him) and being the winner.

Billy boy was smart enough during his terms in office to listen to Gingrich, move to the right of center and make himself look good. On the other hand his taste in women left a great deal to be desired.

I believe in giving credit to those who earn it. Bill Clinton, has done more good for the world since he left office than he ever did as president. It could be said that his leadership (or lack of it) was somewhat responsible for the terrorist situation that we now face. His affinity for tax increases was disgraceful and I am hard pressed to find anything that he ever did for the minority communities. Yet he is revered by them!

History will prove him to be a step or two above Jimmy Carter and a step or two below Dwight Eisenhower as a president. As a citizen today he is an asset and we wish him a quick and total recovery.

It's time to pick up the shovel, Washington is again open for business. Time to get the fertilizer!

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ANYWAY!

A LESSON LEARNED - If you lend a person $20 and you never see that person again it was probably worth it!
REMEMBER - Experience is something you don't get until after you need it!

THE AFTERMATH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MIRACLE

When former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakus ran for president, the Massachusetts Miracle was referred to the clean up of the rivers and bay that adorn the city of Boston. As we all know, Governor Dukakis lost the election in a landslide, winning only his home state. Which by the way Al Gore did not do, costing him the presidency and creating the Florida hanging chad war.

Today the Massachusetts miracle is referred to the victory by a Republican in the race for a the vacant Senate seat of Ted Kennedy. Lets see what this "miracle" created!

We now know that the Democrats had a bad candidate, they always blame the candidate, who was hand picked. They also did not get their story across, even with $650,000 spent on the final week end by SEIU and a personal visit by The President, who used the wrong name when referring to the candidate.

The why really is not important, the result is! This "Miracle" stopped the folly known as the Obama health care plan in it's tracks. It woke up the Democratic leaders to the fact that it may not be "business as usual" in November for their old timers. Although a long shot, this may be a one term President. By the way, we have never had an effective one term President!!!

The Massachusetts Miracle forced The President to take time from bowing to nobodies and visit with the Republican congressional caucus. You would have thought that he would have used a conciliatory tone, or held out a hand of cooperation. Not this President, although he did admit that the right had some ideas they were still just blocking history.

I do give him credit for taking a few (6) questions, but answering none. When all was said and done, the time could have better been used perfecting his genuflect for future fascist visitors.

HE DOES NOT SPEND TIME WATCHING CABLE TV!

At a recent White House briefing the press secretary was asked what the President thought of comments made by two "anchors" on MSNBC. They were, to say the least condescending and bordered on worship. The press secretaries answer was "The President does not spend time watching cable TV". HMMMMM! if that is the case how come he comments regularly on what is said about him on FOX News?

Back to the fire place and warm milk. Only 2 weeks until pitchers and catchers report to spring training!!!