The People have Spoken. Now What?

The handwriting has been on the wall for a few days now. It was sure that Mubarak would step down either sooner or later. It is good I suppose that the army did not fire on protesters and as of now very few lives have been lost on the street. Everyone is happy. Our president is pleased and of course any ally of ours must be wondering if they will be dropped in the grease when the going gets tough. After the honeymoon wears off and the Muslim Brotherhood becomes a force in the region things will not look so rosy. I hope the West has some contingency plan to seize and defend the Suez. Hate to be so pessimistic but if we are not prepared...

There is still Hope for MSNBC

Yesterday evening, after a hard day learning some fairly useless crap at a seminar, I turned on the "news" to see what was going on in Egypt and the rest of the world. I happened on MSNBC just at the time when Mathews and Maddow were on at the same time. "What luck" I thought to myself. What luck indeed. Just when I thought that MSNBC would crumble without that jackass Olbermann these two clowns began their minstrel show. Mathews, who has a bit too much interest in homoerotica, (not that there is anything wrong with that as Seinfeld would say), and that guy Maddow looked like they were near orgasm by the prospect of the military (of all groups) possibly taking over from Mubarak. Those two certainly are not real reporters to say the least. They are not qualified to hold the jock of any real reporter (if there are any left). Much like our esteemed President, they appeared to support regime change for regime change sake with no thought to the ramifications in the region and perhaps this nation. Yes there is still hope for MSNBC. That network has some of the best comedy going.

Sheila Jackson Lee Strikes Again

One of the few commercials that I found to be pretty good during the Super Bowl was the one presented by a major soft drink company that featured an African American couple. Ok I guess it is safe to say the add was pimping Pepsi. Well of course Congresswoman Lee found the commercial to be racist. Racist? Yes apparently she did not find the spot very humorous and saw some sort of derogatory racial undertone in the message. I think that most of us just found it to be kind of funny. Leave it to Lee to stir up some kind of nonsense. The woman is an ass and no mistake. A stupid ass if I may be so bold. As I have noted before she is an embarrassment to her district, the city of Houston, and the state in general. She probably just wanted (again) to get on television. Poor crazy old bat. I wish she had been defeated in the last election but as a man who likes comedy as much as the next bastard, I do see a silver lining to her retention in office. Incidentally, when the Super Bowl was held in Houston a few years back, (the wardrobe malfunction game), I was doing some bartending at an official event. At said event we were advised that only the aforementioned soft drink could be served as a mixer. I wisely hid a few cans of the leading soft drink behind the bar, both for personal enjoyment and to serve, for a price, to customers who made such a request. It would have been Un American to do otherwise. Oh nearly forgot; it was at a Super Bowl event that I first ran across dumbass Sheila Jackson Lee. She got up and spoke for quite a while until it became obvious to me that the party goers were becoming bored. Old Sheila didn't notice though and just kept droning on for a while longer.

What the Hell. I will also Pontificate on the "Egyptian Crisis"

Ok the Mohammedans are on the streets in Cairo, Alexandria, etc. I saw pics of some on camels. The cavalry I suppose. Did not see any flying carpets. I guess the Air Force was grounded for a bit. In all seriousness this a dangerous situation for those of us in the West, not to mention the "Zionist Entity."  The problem here as I see it is that whatever govt that Egypt comes up with next will likely not honor the treaty with Israel, will probably be influenced by Islamists and therefore not friendly to Western (and other) Democracies, and will likely, much like Iran, be interested in exporting the "revolution" across the Muslim world. I am certainly all for people living in freedom and I do truly feel for those that thirst for such in this part of the world. Unfortunately their freedom is not of paramount importance at this time. What is of great importance however is the security of Israel, the status quo, the security of the Suez, and the security of the West.  If hellish regimes need to be in place in that part of the world to ensure the above remains intact then so be it. A great many in this country and elsewhere need to grow up and look at the world the way it is instead of how they would like it to be. A Utopian is often a fool and I believe those that are immediately supportive of regime change in Egypt are not looking at the big picture. Perhaps they are not Utopians at all but just garden variety stupid.  

Yes I Watched the Game

I was not really interested in the Super Bowl. The Saints were out early; beaten by a team that really should not have qualified for the playoffs and I quickly lost interest in the season. I really have very little interest in the NFL anyway. College ball is my thing but to each his own I suppose. I guess I watched because it seems just a bit Un American not to. It is the biggest sporting event going no doubt. Yes Yes I know - the World Cup is bigger some of you may say but let us be honest. Most Americans don't give a rats ass about that. As my good friend would say "fuck a World Cup." If "futbol" is your thing then more power to you but be so advised that it will never replace American football in this neighborhood. Don't even think it will displace golf in popularity. Bowling and tennis (badminton) perhaps but that is not a given. Getting a bit sidetracked here. As I was saying before the ugly image of soccer raised its' head; the Super Bowl is almost a "must watch" even if one does not care about football at all. It was a shame that the game was a bit lame but I did find myself pulling for the Pack for whatever reason and I suppose it was nice that they won. It was indeed hard to watch though. The ballyhooed Super Bowl commercials were a tad off this year also it seems to me. One or two were pretty good but for the most part they just weren't attention grabbers. Glad it is over.

Irritated By a Money Grab

There are events taking place now in the "Middle East" that are of historic significance and likely a danger to the security of the United States and our allies. I may (or may not) offer some opinion on this at a later date but right now I feel the need to air a grievance with the City of Houston. I have noticed that far to many police officers are tasked with hanging out under overpasses looking for expired inspection and registration stickers. Houston is a very large city with more than its' fair share of crime and this seems a bit like a waste of resources. Of course it is nothing more than a money grab. Don't get me wrong. I am all for traffic enforcement. I would love to spend one week as a traffic cop patrolling the freeway system. Nothing annoys me more than watching some ass weaving in and out of traffic at 90 mph. Yes if I were a traffic cop some of these folks would get a bit more than a ticket. More than a few would have their vehicle towed and then find themselves cooling their heels in the city pokey trying to arrange bail. I would make a point of being as big a prick as the law allows for those that endanger others with their driving. This is an entirely different issue than wasting valuable resources by having a cop play meter maid. Now fair is fair. If a person is pulled over for other violations and all the required inspections/registration are expired well then that should be added to the ticket.  It should be sort of an incidental add on .  I would even task the "meter maids" that check parking meters downtown the job of writing inspection/registration tickets. I would not however task a real cop, with real responsibilities, to hang out looking for this nonsense. They have enough to do. It is demeaning to them personally and nothing but organized thievery on the part of the city.

Didn't This Just End The Other Day?!!

Well American Idol is back on. It seems like this just ended the other day. There are different judges this year with Randy being the only one back it seems. I must admit I, at times, watch this show. People with amazing talent do surface and lives have been changed for the better thanks to this contest. The "preliminaries" are sometimes hard to watch though. I usually skip the early shows because I just can't stomach the people that "audition" who are worse than bad. I mean the average person who sings in the shower has a better voice than some of these folk. Some of course just try to get on tv for laughs but there are those who really are so deluded that they believe themselves to have talent. It is kind of sad really.