“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.” Helen Keller said that. There’s a bit of humor in that because I didn’t recall having seen that quote from Miss Keller and yet, it [...]
Archive for January, 2012
What’s the one thing you can do?
Posted in Big Money, Congress, My Beloved Country, Opinions, Personal, President Obama on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Make your vote count
Posted in America, Opinions on January 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Mitt Romney pays income taxes at a rate that is less than half of the rate at which the average American pays. Some of his money is in banks in the Cayman Islands. He makes a $10,000 bet the way you and I would gamble half a buck on something. He enjoys firing people. He [...]
“Another fine mess, Ollie!”
Posted in Opinions, Politics on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Taking shots at politicians is somewhat unfair. It’s rather like shooting fish in a barrel, and although I’ve never participated in that, I’ve been deep sea fishing when the darn things seemed to be trying to jump into the boat…sort of takes all the sport out of the whole thing. Back to the politicians. The [...]
There are no rules in hunting
Posted in Accountability, History, Honor, Human behavior, Murder and murderers, Opinions, War on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
You will have to pardon me but I have no problem with four marines pissing on the bodies of Taliban fighters. I do have a problem with “sawing” off heads of innocent civilians such as Daniel Pearl, Jack Hensley, Nicholas Berg and Eugene Armstrong. On the one hand, one might say that both are disgraceful [...]
How many athletes?
Posted in Athletics, Opinions, Sports officials on January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I will grant you this: Collegiate football players have to learn a playbook and know what their responsibility is once the ball is snapped…offensively or defensively. They also have to be in excellent physical condition to get hit or to hit as many times as they do during a game. In addition, they must listen [...]
Muscling up
Posted in Addiction, Athletics, Changing yourself, Exercise, Goal setting, Opinions, Stupidity on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Had a comment on the blog the other day. It came from a 15-year old. “Can you tell me how to get ripped and have bigger biceps?” I wasn’t certain whether to laugh, cry, or just throw it in the SPAM folder. In addition, the article which prompted him to ask the question had nothing [...]
