Sound Reasoning and Clear Thinking

I am a Scorpio, and a recent horoscope of mine hit the nail right square on the proverbial head. Let me quote: “You are a connoisseur of beauty and a paragon of good taste. So it’s no won­der

people are asking for your opinion now. They’ll bring rough ideas and ask you to shape them. It’s like you’re a one-person fo­cus group.”

What can you say? That horoscopist is one sharp lady. You never hear people say “now keep this under your hat” anymore do you?

“Sinister” is a great word. It looks and sounds totally evil.

In most families “computer time” has become much more im­portant than “family time.”

Our nation’s capital: Officials are taking steps to improve se­curity at Metro facilities after William Jackson, age 19, entered the bus facility in a driver’s uniform, took a bus, drove off, picked up passengers, and then crashed the bus. Mr. Jackson is not a Metro employee. Officials say an investigation is ongoing. Are you surprised this happened in our nation’s capital? I’m not; anything is possible in this whacky bin.

In Lakeland, Florida, atheists are suing the city over the prac­tice of opening city commission meetings with prayers. The group lodging the suit claims they felt uncomfortable for not standing during the prayers or for not saying “under God” during the recit­ing of the Pledge of Allegiance. As far as I’m concerned any citizen who refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance should be deported forthwith. No hearings, no appeals, right out the bloody door! Here’s a heart-warming story about a true American hero/icon. Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Ed­wards is going to have a movie made about him. I’m sure it will be a wonderful story about a man who runs for office, is an adulterer, a bold-faced liar, and does all this while his wife is being treated for a serious form of cancer. This real family man, this stand-up guy, is really someone whose life should be chronicled. And to think this man is the person John Kerry, Massachusetts’s current senior senator, chose as his running mate. Another example of Senator Kerry’s total lack of good judgment.

Have you ever heard the saying “you must avoid the appear­ance of impropriety?” Consider this please: The Massachusetts state czar for K thru 12 education is a man named Mitchell Ches­ter. The city of Boston school superintendent, Carol Johnson, re­cently hired a lady named Angela Sangeorge as executive director for teaching and learning and director of literacy. Now here’s the punch line: Ms. Sangeorge is Mrs. Mitchell Chester. Now isn’t that interesting. Do you think Ms. Sangeorge participated in a vast nationwide talent search and was deemed the most qualified applicant? Oh sure! The price of a gallon of gas is now half the price it was in 1975 when you factor in inflation. A bargain and there’s plenty of it. Here’s a story about a real upstanding guy. Ronald Forget, a tow truck driver from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, was sentenced to three years in jail for stealing the wallet of one of the victims in a double fatal car crash. Too bad it wasn’t thirty-three years.

Every once in a while you see tremendous acts of politi­cal courage. Our President, Barack Obama, really stood tall re­cently when he signed legislation to slash by $50 billion of tax­payer money paid to dead people, fugitives, and those in jail who shouldn’t be getting benefits. Yes, an act of courage like this is almost Churchillian. What a guy.

Have you heard the katydids, or cicadas, as they are properly called? They are early this year. I heard them first on the night of July 19th. I blame it on the Democrats in Washington. Whenever we foolishly allow them to be in charge everything ends up totally fouled up.

Here’s some great news from Mercedes Benz. They are intro­ducing a new gull-wing coupe, the SLS AMG. It is capable of going from 0-60 miles per hour in 3.7 seconds and has a top speed of nearly 200 miles per hour. Isn’t that great, and the best part is you don’t need a special license. Any idiot, any age, can drive one. You never hear anyone say “aw, your mother wears army boots” anymore. Would Roger Zimmerman have become a huge musical star if he hadn’t changed his name to Bob Dylan? This will probably strike most of you folks as hard to believe but I couldn’t get very excited about the Chelsea Clinton wedding. Maybe I’m just ambivalent because I wasn’t invited. Maybe that’s it.

I’ll bet if I was fifty years younger, had hair and money, that Katy Perry would be really hot for me. Then again, maybe not. Women are fickle and usually have trouble making sound deci­sions, so nothing would surprise me. Every day the obituaries record more and more deaths of World War II veterans, as the Greatest Generation passes away. Please reflect for a moment. if you will. on the current generation. Yes, the Greatest Generation is being replaced by Lindsey Lohan, Kid Rock, LeBron James, Lady Gaga, and Manny Ramirez. There, feel better now?

I’ve been looking at the trunk opening in the Dodge Charger, and because of the size of the taillights it looks somewhat small. So heads up any of you folks that deal in dead bodies or transport them or even if you’re just one of those public-minded citizens who when you see a dead body on the road you collect it up and drop it off at the police station. You may findstuffing it in this trunk difficult,especially if it’s been around a bit and stiffened up, you know, like they tend to do. So just a word to the wise on that score.