April 2 anniversary!

On April 2, 2007, I gave Michelle her engagement ring in front of Heinz Field in Pittsburgh!

On day, they will built a monument to the occasion.....:-P

Happy Easter!

Try not to get sick off jelly beans and chocolate bunnies!

And thank Jesus for dying for our sins though we don't deserve it.

No need to hurry back....

Please, just go all ready....

President Obama, the latest in a long list of presidential disappointments,  is visiting Cuba today, the first US president to do so since Calvin Coolidge.  I am not sure why.  Maybe just to do it.  I would have preferred to see a US president visit after Castro dropped off, but I will file this under the same place an increasing number of Americans are when it comes to Obama: "Who cares?"

President George HW Bush boasted back in 1992 that he would be the first US president to visit a "free Cuba."  Cuba still is not free (but getting better), and Bush never went.  Like I said, the line of presidential disappointments is long and goes waaay back, including both parties.

Obama's poll numbers tend to go up when he does nothing, so maybe we will get lucky and he decides to stay there. Even the Black Congressional Caucus can't seem to stand the guy....

He is on the way out and the looney-bin contest to replace him is under way.  That is a lot more interesting, regardless of you feel about it.

Time to run the clock out on Obama, time to see who's next.

Two party insanity--or stupidity

Our two-party political system, a relic from the Civil War, is clearly dysfunctional and borderline tyrannical.  It does not represent the people.  It does not work.

Let's junk it.

We are watching the Republican Party fighting against its own base.  This is  moronic and not conducive to...well...anything.  The reason Donald Trump is surging, against Republican opposition is because the Republican party does not act like Republicans.  They don't fight for anything, do it half-heartedly and are overall incompetent.  They have had control of Congress since 2010 and have done absolutely nothing

Except fight with the Tea Party.

The Tea Party rose up in 2006 in response to a GOP that ignored it members.  The GOP talks a good game, but really does not care, taking donations to accommodate lobbyists and go on junkets to Mexico.  If this is conservatism, then toss it overboard. This is why Donald Trump is rocketing upward in the polls.

If the GOP base listens to the Republican establishment to abandon Trump, then what? Let Clinton win?  This explains why no one trusts the GOP.

On the Democratic side, we see the same thing.  There are many, many Democrats who cringe when Hillary Clinton trots out her sexual predator husband Bill at campaigns.  She is clearly a creature of Wall Street (as is Trump, but at least he does not pretend otherwise) and cares for no one but herself.  The "superdelegate" sham is a why of giving her the nomination in spite of the impressive showing of Bernie Sanders.

Sanders' presence in the Democratic version of Trump.  Many in the Party of Jefferson are just as upset with their party as Republicans are with theirs.

In a real democracy or republic, there would be three or four parties: a center-right and center-left, along with some sort of socialist and conservative parties, maybe even a nationalist thrown in there.  In other words, Trump (nationalist/conservative), Rubio and Cruz (center-right), Clinton (center-left) and Sanders (socialist).

Jefferson said a revolution was necessary every now and again.  He was thinking (hoping) in terms of elections, not some sort of French Revolution.  Now, its just a nasty election.  Listen to your base, Republican and Democratic establishments

They are the ones with the pitchforks and there a LOT more of them than you.....

Happy Leap Year!

Every four years, we have an extra day on the calendar!

Of course, every four years we have a presidential election.  Ever notice its always close to Halloween?  I wonder what that is about.  They are all usually creeps. :-P  This year is promising to be extraordinarily nasty.

Enjoy the show.....

Democratic nomination: Is the fix in?

How does Bernie Sanders fight Hillary Clinton to a standstill in Iowa, win HUGE in New Hampshire, and still trail 394-42 in delegates?  And this matter of "super delegates" who can vote as they please regardless of what the voters have said?  And you call yourself "Democrats?"

If this is the way it is going to be, then let's ask for Vladimir Putin to become president.  This is a disgrace and not worthy of the United States of America.

If I were Bernie Sanders, I would run an an independent.  If it hurts the Democratic party, so what?  It is not democratic nor worthy of his loyalty if it arbitrarily takes wins from him.

On the Republican side, there is similar dismay.  I have never seen a political party with such disdain for its own supporters.  Rather than modify its stances and actually try to win something on occasion, it seeks to punish its supporters.

They both deserve to lose.

Super Bowl Sunday!

This morning I was thinking that if NY/NJ could have a Super Bowl,why not Charlotte.  Then it started snowing....LOL

Everyone in NC is excited about the Super Bowl since the Panthers are in it.  It is halftime now and Denver leads 13-7.  A lot can happen in a half, so we will see what happens.

Some observations:

Levi Stadium is very generic.  A better name might be "Acme Stadium".  No personality, nothing really distinctive about it.  I'm also not a fan of corporate names.  They should be in the LA Coliseum for the 50th anniversary

Cam Newton looks rattled.  He is way too arrogant and hopefully he learns something while getting a victory.  On the other hand, well, Denver is playing good defense.....Yeah, I want my Steelers to be in it! LOL

I like the grass field.  It is outdoors and this is the way the game should be played.

Anyway, having fun watching it and it is a tight, defense dominated game like I enjoy most.

Go Panthers!  Go Broncos!

Next year, its Pittsburgh's turn!