Shite I've Been Thinking

Come along and sing this song and join the F-A-M-I-L-Y,
M-I-T  T-R-O  M and N-E-Y...

There's something good in NEARLY everyone.

Is it IRONY when Cee Lo Green catches crap for re-IMAGINING the lyrics for "Imagine"?

The GREEK GODS yougart is the absolute best thing in all the world, it just is!

I hate BUICK because there's some subliminal message that tells all old people they must possess one, and their Xmas envy commercials are "Land of the Unwanted Toys" depressing.

The nation of Samoa changed itself right across the International Dateline, skipping last Friday altogether. What will be the fallout from this Samoan Skipday? Will this coming February 29th even things out there? Is this what the Mayans warned us about?

Why am I the same age as Gene Chizik and Sean Hannity? More importantly, why does this bother me so?

Matt K. Lewis offered up the notion that the Broncos might make the Super Bowl this season. But as Shannon Sharpe observed (and he ought to know), the Denver Donkeys will no doubt blow it in their first post-season contest. Thanks anyway, Raiders. But what Mr. Lewis, my Twitter pal, fails to understand is that this theory of his would upset the whole applecart here in Coloradoland. Lookit, John Elway had to struggle through years of hardship before sliding that first oversized ring onto his finger, if Tebow does it first time outta the box, well, then it's worse than Samoan Skipday, it's Tebow Skipcareer. Not to go all Garrison Keillor on your arses, but it just can't be that easy. Where's the pain? Where's the monumental Sisyphus cautionary tale? Sorry but the price just isn't right. We'd rather lose.

And finally, is the problem a government that is too big or simply a large and unwieldy population? Think of it this way: What if the federal government was, say, the Wal-Mart. You walk in and there are no greeters--I'm okay with that part. Then you mill around the aisles unassisted, which is fine in most cases. But there are no "price-checking stations", no cashiers, and no predictable and informative queues in which to make your purchases. You're on your own. You must use your imagination--unless you're Cee Lo Green, of course. Now IMAGINE the parking lot... I'd rather not. There are a buttload of us and like all cattle we need corralling. Back in the federalist days when there were three people in this nation of ours and they all knew each other, they could do without taking direction. Now it's a matter of public safety. We need our lines, paths, and plans just as much as we need our teachers, air traffic controllers, and paramedics. We are numerous, we are boisterous, and somehow we manage to do some pretty amazing things even with a "system of government". Government isn't "too big" though often it is too wealthy, old, and white. Government can be too reactive rather than proactive, but that's no reason to chuck the whole thing. (I'm looking at you, Ron Paul.) In the likely words of Patrick Henry, "Give me Rollbacks and Express Lanes or give me certain death!"

Back to the Clubhouse, Mitty!