A Nod To The Gods

So I just got done with 4 hours of jury duty. Out of 36 people, 9 were chosen, thankfully I was not one of them. I say thankfully because the case seemed like a waste of time and the defendant was going to go to trial no matter the evidence against him, which appeared substantial.

It is our right to trial with a jury of our peers but wow, what a waste of state resources and time of the perspective jurors, I guess that is how the system works.
If I was innocent of some kind of accusation I certainly would want my day in court. Glad it is over with.

Jury Duty….damn.

The reasoning behind the GSA Vegas scandal is government waste at best, but saying basically, “well the other guys spent a lot too” is just absurd.

Like a mentioned in an earlier post, this is a federal government that spends taxpayer money with no regard for the state of the nation.

Once again, we are boned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Boilerdoc

Lois Oosthuizen makes first double eagle at the Masters since 1937.
http://youtu.be/J77VKo_A7tc

Stopped in to check out the Bigs and noticed this particular picture. What struck me about it was the men standing in line at this job fair. How old would you guess their average age. From the looks I would say that late forties early fifties is about right. What happened to this countries manufacturing companies? Where did the jobs go that you worked for 30 years at one place and retired? How did it get to the point where companies don’t or won’t provide some kind of benefits for their workers?

It is just a damn shame what our ploliticians have done to this country, and I mean all of them.  With a record 87 million people unemployed, the politicians “kick the can down the road” mentality has hit the end of the road. I am unemployed, have been since Christmas, my company closed the doors because we could not compete in this economy. I would be one of the 50 somethings standing in this picture. Damn shame.

 

Evening news used to be something that, as a kid, I would watch because the old man was watching it. With three network channels at the time, I was a captive audience, no other choices. I was so busy later in life raising a family that I did not get involved with the politics of the news media, basically I thought that they had to be un-bias, it was part their journalism oath. I had no idea that politics in the MSM was herding the sheep behind the scenes.

So the point of the post is simply-Who did you trust as a news anchor on network news? I know Wallace was a 60 Minutes guy, but did you trust him?

Got this in an email. I had to tweak it a bit in order to fit, apologies to whoever made it.

Our European Arrogance – In Alphabetical Order

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apologize to no one. 
Remind those of our sacrifice and don’t confuse arrogance with leadership.
The count is 104,366  dead, brave Americans. 

And we have to watch an American elected leader who apologizes to Europe and the 
Middle East that our country is “arrogant”! 
HOW MANY FRENCH, DUTCH, ITALIANS, 
BELGIANS AND BRITS ARE BURIED ON 
OUR SOIL… AFTER DEFENDING US 
AGAINST OUR ENEMIES? 

WE DON’T ASK FOR PRAISE… 
BUT WE HAVE ABSOULUTELY NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE! 

 

One of my favorite players, a little trivia:

• Couples enjoys a reputation for being one of the most laid-back, easygoing players on the PGA Tour. His best friend on Tour, Davis Love III, confirms this: “Everybody thinks Fred’s relaxed on the golf course, but he’s more tense on the golf course than anywhere. He’s a relaxed guy.”
• Couples is an avid gardener. Couples learned gardening from his grandfather, who was a groundskeeper at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.
• Inducted into the National Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
• Couples is one of few professional golfers who does not use a glove at any time.
• Couples is a good friend of Michael Jordan and a season ticket holder for the Charlotte Bobcats, where Jordan is the majority owner.

 

….others not so much. You decide.