Musings

As I write this the news reports are coming in that the French have nailed a pirate ‘mother ship’ and have detained eleven pirates. Good. I’m hoping more navies of the world continue to get involved.

Maybe this is a foolish idea, but have nations thought about using the World War II strategy if doing some traveling by convoys with naval ships of various nations providing an escort service to them? It would take coordination and cooperation, but it might destroy the pirate trade.

I am officially tired of ‘the dog.’ That’s is all I’m going to say and the way this story is going, I’ve already said too much.

Somewhere along the line Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey, and Fox News seem to have dreamed up this tea time day to protest taxes. I guess that this is to protest that I now have more take home pay than I did a month ago...

Rush Limbaugh is criticizing conservative commentators who said that Obama did the right thing in authorizing the rescue of the captain. It’s not that Limbaugh is opposed to this tact, it’s just that....Oh, wait, this is Rush Limbaugh and I’m trying to find a coherent thought. Ugh.

I wonder if Rush knows about the dog yet...

It is looking like Al Franken has won the election for Minnesota’s Senate seat. Coleman seems to be running out of options other than to delay Franken’s seating.

Mel Gibson and his wife will probably end up splitting close to $1,000,000,000.00. We can only hope that they can survive on this pittance. Maybe one of them can purchase GM.

Chrysler is pinning its hopes on Fiat. Fiat engineers are seeking to do something that I thought was impossible. They are seeking to make Chrysler products even less reliable than they are now. I thought this was impossible but Fiat just might be able to do it.

Sarah Palin is going to speak at some Right to Life Gathering in Evansville, Indiana. Her own party is angry with her because she will be in Indiana during a critical legislative session in Alaska where they have had a major economic downturn that is leading to problems. It’s difficult to imagine that a right to life gathering thinks having a person who is so incredibly pro-death penalty gives them any credibility on life issues. Than again, most of these groups are merely anti-abortion but not really pro-life. They just like to pretend that they are.

I think that “Morning Joe,” on early on MSNBC is one of the best news commentary shows on television. They have very fair and balanced discussions on issues and they do so very respectfully and carefully listen. Joe Scarborough, a former Republican Congressman from Florida is the host of the show and he keeps a very even disposition through things. Just for the record, he’s tired of the dog stories as well.

I finally, the Giants cut Plaxico Burress. To his complete chagrin and surprise, no one else has signed him as of yet. Considering that he’s probably going to spend some time in jail, a fact that seems to be eluding him, might be part of this.

Speaking of football players in jail, I can’t help but wondering what Michael Vick thinks about ‘the dog.’