Random Observations

Say what you will about George W. Bush. He had great reflexes. When the guy threw the shoes at him he ducked at just the right time. The second throw was not a big deal because he was prepared. But Bush did a great job not getting hit on the first go around.

Speaking of President Bush....is it my imagination is it he and the Democrats working together in opposition to the Republicans in Congress? It is ironic because he generally offered no compromises with the Democrats before and now seems in love with their ideas.

Rod Blagojevich is not going to have a happy Christmas season. Where does one begin with him? Does one observe that we ought never elect a person with a name no one can pronounce? Do we not vote for people who use Miracle Grow as a hair treatment? It sounds like virtually everyone knew he was corrupt and remained silent. No one, however, seems to be passing an opportunity to toss him over the side of the ship. Sad thing is that this fool totally deserves it. What a sleaze! The best thing he did for Obama was to call Obama a word the speaks of maternal incest. What a sleaze! At this level of sleaziness and dishonesty and maggotry about the only thing left would be to be a host on talk radio.

In watching the football game last night, it struck me that the next time Tony Romo goes to Cabo for a romantic getaway, he should take John Madden instead of Jessica Simpson. Madden just couldn't stop speaking about how wonderful Romo is. The man sounds absolutely smitten!

Part of the difficulty of the McCain/Palin campaign was an utter cluelessness about technology. There were tons of Blackberries handed out with contact information, private e-mails, phone numbers, cell phone numbers, and many e-mails on them. The campaign decided to sell these off for $20.00 a piece which is really, really cheap so they got rid of them all very quickly. BUT, they had the mistaken notion that if you let the battery run down, all the data would vanish. They know nothing about flash memory and so all these Blackberries hit the market with contact information, private e-mails, phone numbers, cell phone numbers, and private e-mails on them. They didn't realize that they had to erase the data. My ability to be dazzled and amazed is, again, stretched...

Caroline Kennedy looks like she's really interested in New York's Senate seat. One pol in New York warbled on about how unprepared she is. I guess the fact that she's one of the country's leading Constitutional scholars is not a big deal...

Sarah Palin's turkey slaughter turkey got a lot of money on E-bay. In watching that scene, I keep having to remind myself, this is not Tina Fey, this is not Tina Fey, this is not Tina Fey....

People always weep this time of year for college students. Papers are due and exams are there to be taken. Been there, done that. There is a group, however, who truly do deserve our sympathy. We ought to really pity the professors who must sit and read the masterpieces their students have written. I've actually taught some classes on a college level and was amazed to discover that many students and the English language are not on speaking (or at least) writing terms...