Tonight president Obama will tell us the condition this country is in. Some will laud his words, some will protest. Some people will see the glass full, some will see it totally empty. Those like me will listen with eyes agape and wonder what is the state of the union and can you really put it in words. The talking media will bombard us before and after the president’s address and they will leave us in a state of total confusion. Then we will gather ourselves and proceed as always. Our reality will remain the same, our tasks will remain constant and after the fog clears we will realize that each of us as one and collectively must tackle the most pressing need of our country. Yes, there is no way around it, we must figure out who will win the super bowl. Is the faux velveeta shortage a hoax or is it real. Nachos, beer, what else is on the menu. Why is the game on Sunday, don’t they know we can’t all take a sick day. Are there any more pearls of wisdom emanating from the oracle, better known as Richard Sherman. Mr. President hurry with your speech, you do realize you’re making us miss the reporting from the super bowl press. I wonder Mr. President will you opine on the new pro bowl format or is it as doomed as the middle east peace talks. They’re talking about eliminating the extra point kick, this certainly ranks up there with stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Hey Mr. President I was wrong, there are plenty of things you can talk about in your state of the union speech. Just remember this is super bowl week and you’ll do fine. Oh by the way, what nut decided to play the super bowl in a cold climate? Don’t they know that the super bowl is a football event and not a football game. Who cares that football fans are not repulsed by the outcome of the event being affected by weather true super bowl fans don’t want their office pool ruined because something happened because of the weather. Oh yes the state of the union, don’t be dismayed that this is super bowl week Mr. President, we think your speech is important too.
Thanks Richard Sherman. At first I was befuddled by Richards declaration that thug is the new N-word. I like Richard, I want his team to win the super bowl this year. I like the fact that he graduated from Stanford and that no thugs are permitted to graduate from that fine institution of higher learning. I like the fact that he earns a salary that is sufficiently high enough that it precludes him from being a thug. I was perplexed however to learn that a word beginning with a t had replaced the n-word. Having graduated from a university not named Stanford I was unaware of how this could be. I will confess that I was not prepared to change. I know, I know, I know, the n-word is off limits to everyone except rappers. Having been born a negro and striving to be colored only to end up black, not to mention briefly being Afro-American, the n-word had been my only constant. I could express all feelings from hate to love with the n-word previously known as nigger or negra. I could be called the word by friend and foe and instantly know the person’s attitude towards me. Now I had to learn all the nuances of the word thug. I was happy that the music I listened to wouldn’t be altered by this new happenstance but my comedy taste would be significantly impacted. That niggers crazy would become that thugs crazy. I would have to learn to react to the word thug. I have never been associated with the thug word before now I had to change. My ethnicity was now entwined with the word thug. I was offended. I still am. The word thug doesn’t convey the vitriol that spews from the lips of those who use the word nigger as hate speech. The word thug doesn’t seem to have the versatility of the n-word. Time and tide wait on no man, so I’ll have to adjust I guess. No I won’t but thanks for the heads up Richard. You my thug, so gimme a hug. Whew, I said it.
How does one grieve. We know that death is inevitable but we are not prepared for its inevitability. Especially when its a loved one. The best mom the world will ever see has departed from her earthly body but she lives within me. Heaven is a better place today.
Well let the first say, I was wrong. I wrote that Steve Stockman’s underdog campaign for U.S. Senate against Tom Cornyn would be entertaining. Not so. The only suspense will be Cornyn’s margin of victory. Maybe I should have paid closer attention to the Houston chronicle’s inquiries on Steve. I admit, I was somewhat taken aback by Steve giving up his congressional seat after only one term but I chose not to speculate at least to keep my speculation to myself. It appears that Steve is running but not for the U.S. Senate. I hope I’m wrong in my private speculations. I was so looking forward to a hilarious contest.
This my expert analysis of the president’s speech on NSA. Well you say what makes me an expert on the subject matter at hand. Well I know very little about national security, but when you are talking about spying, as an avid viewer of I Spy in its hey day, I’m right there. I am also able to both talk and text on a smart phone, which in my world makes me a techie, or techno, or tech-spert, you get the idea. I also half listened to the speech and the experts who pontificated about the speech on the pseudo- news channels after the speech. My analysis was not influenced by these blowhards in any manner. Finally I’m opinionated and being bereft of knowledge has not hindered me in the past.
Now my bona fides being established me get on with my expert analysis. It seems that NSA, the National Security Agency which celebrated its sixty first birthday on Nov. 4, 2013, was like all Americans, appalled by the events of Nov. 11,2001. Well old NSA decided to step up its game at the behest of President George W. Bush. So NSA didn’t sit on the sidelines and twiddle its thumbs no siree bob. Old NSA was already spying on some folks and doing it very well so they decided to just spy on everyone in the world. They were spying right along and whistling a happy tune when some busybodies started asking about their activities. Well the said 911 and this seemed to quiet everybody down. Then some feller went to Taiwan and he got a hold to some spying information about NSA and started telling people that he had it and the government got mad at him so he went to Russia
Well people started to mean mouth old NSA and saying 911 didn’t shut them up. Well President Obama and the national security people like old NSA but them other folks was way mad. Well the president said he was going to get old NSA in check but he really didn’t want to. Well NSA didn’t take to kindly to people asking what they were doing but the president said chill I got this. Well the President told them people that was mad at NSA that he put NSA in timeout, and he told NSA they could keep spying on everyone except some people. Well now I think that everybody is mad at the president and not each other, so that’s my analysis. So hello MR.NSA I know you’re just checking on everybody so that we are safe. 911 there I said it, I feel safer already.
Chris Christie gave a great performance today. It was a masterful exercise in buck tossing. Man he threw some lady named Brigit Anne Kelly under the bus effortlessly. And for those who doubt his fitness, he flung that lady under the bus for two whole hours. In a fit of compassion for Brigit he flung some other guy under that bus with her. Some guy that was going to be the chairman of the New Jersey Republican party. I’m told this feller had been his campaign manager. I understand that there were already some people under that bus.
It seems these people he flung under that bus had been playing “Bridge”. I always thought bridge was an honorable game, but I heard they were playing the game using Christie rules without telling him. It seems that some evil doers got a hold of some e-mails where these people tossed under the bus talked about this bridge game. Oh, you mean this game was about an actual bridge. They shut it almost down on the first day of school in New Jersey. Huh, it was the busiest bridge in the country.
I’m confused, isn’t Christie the hands on governor of New Jersey? Let me get this straight, he didn’t know that Brigit was in cahoots with his other people that caused a traffic jam on the big bridge on the first day of school, until a couple of days ago. It still seems that they still haven’t told him that the traffic study about the traffic on the bridge was conducted by the tooth fairy. Well I am a believer in Gov. Christie. I believed Nixon when he said, ” I am not a crook” so it’s only fair for me to believe Christie when he says, ” I am not a liar”. Course as I recall things didn’t turn out so good for President Nixon. Well any man whose first and last name are pretty much the same has got to be a fine feller.
Well best I got out of Christie’s lecture was, he’s taking the blame for whatever them people under the bus did to the bridge that caused a traffic jam, just don’t blame him. Smart fellow that Christie.
I don’t know Dennis Rodman. I have seen footage of his life and read some things about him, but I don’t think I’ve ever got an inkling of him as a person. What little I’ve gleaned of him, he seems like a tragic figure. His latest foray in North Korea is much more dangerous than his obviously hedonistic life style previously on display. Whatever expectation of any positivity coming out his jaunts to North Korea vanished long ago. I don’t know much of anything about the ex-players who foolishly followed him to North Korea, but I hope they were well compensated.
Charles D. Smith can say “basketball diplomacy” any many times as he physically can for the rest of his life but things are what they are. The first trip Rodman took to North Korea with the Globe Trotters was basketball diplomacy, this latest venture is pure propaganda to aid a mad man who executed his uncle starves his people and constantly threatens a nuclear attack against us, not to mention his other dastardly deeds against his own people.
I’ll stop here because the disgust that wells up inside me is getting the better of me. Dennis you will return to this country a pariah. You will deserve the scorn heaped upon you by the American people upon your return.
Well as I predicted Duck Dynasty filming will resume as planned by A&E. How could anyone take A&E’s declaration that Phil Robertson was suspended from the filming of the show seriously.
They made their announcement and promptly began a marathon airing of the show. Whatever your view is of this so called controversy is, it is abundantly clear, that money trumps integrity at A&E. As I stated before they did the same thing with Dawg Bounty Hunter. In keeping with the true spirit of this holiday season, I will now take Duck Dynasty off my do not watch ever list and install it on my shows I don’t watch list. I will however have to put A&E on my banned network list.
As an aside why are all these faux news outlets reporting the A&E scam of a suspension of Phil Robertson as a real news story? It closely resembles their constant not to be believed poll stories.
Man how times change in a hurry. Phil Robertson of duck dynasty fame was riding high for being instrumental in electing a congressman and now he’s in the midst of a firestorm for saying something stupid. I’m not a duck dynasty super fan but from my viewing of the program, saying something stupid is Phil’s niche. Certainly the show is based on the not so hilarious hijinks of Robertson’s family as they go about their business of making whistles to call ducks.
As a black Texan his remarks about blacks are erroneous but I don’t find them surprising in the least. It’s about as surprising as going to a Klan rally and hearing the disparaging of Blacks and Jews. I will use my prerogative and not be a viewer of the show whether it’s on A&E or whatever network inevitably picks up the show if A&E bails.
I won’t pretend to speak for the gay community but they are well within their rights to be offended by Robertson’s remarks and A&E’s mealy mouth initial response. Remember Dog bounty hunter and his disparaging of blacks? Seems after a hiatus he found a way back to A&E.
For those who argue that free speech demands that the show should continue get real. Robertson had the right to say what he said but there can be consequences to our actions. You have the right to tell your boss to take his job and shove it and he has the right to terminate your employment.
I really don’t see what’ so confounding.
What is GQ’s responsibility for this? Did they purposely use Mr. Robertson’s lack of media awareness to hype a story? Me thinks they did.
Well I guess I never thought the color of Santa was an issue in this day and time. How clueless was I. In my day the question was ” Is Santa real”. Every year we were bombarded with a letter to Virginia. I don’t know who Virginia was but as I remember every year before Santa was to arrive she asked was he real. It seems she got an answer and shared the answer with us all. I don’t know how she felt about all of us reading her mail, but she never seemed to complain. Of course this was before twitter and instagram and all other forms of social media and as far as I can figure NSA. The newspaper was king and maybe they wouldn’t print her response. I had a question too. What is Santa going to do when he found out we didn’t have a chimney. I think old Santa was quite wise but it seemed to me that chimneys were his entry point in all cases. I figured I could stay awake and let him in the house but dear old mom soon was not in agreement. Well I thought we don’t lock the door most times so a note on the roof saying come in the door is not locked would suffice. Again mom was not supportive. It seems she didn’t want me on the roof, something about being clumsy. Well it seems mom and dad figured It out and Santa visited the Christmas tree every year without fail.
The truth of the matter is that Santa comes in all shapes and colors. He resides in those who love and care for each of us. Santa has never had any color kids, well yes he does have a color and it’s the color of love. So as I remember that’s the answer that Virginia got. It was a good answer then and it’s a good answer now.
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