Reflections on music, movies, TV, sports, American History, and other stuff.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

I WONDER HOW MANY KIDS ARE BEGGING THEIR PARENTS TO VOTE FOR ROMNEY

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Be very scared of Michelle Obama if you are a parent of kids in school.  Never mind that while her kids eat pizza and cream of mushroom so...
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

HOLD ON TIGHT! ONE HUNDRED DAYS TO BIG TAX INCREASES

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If you want to test yourself on the “Barf-O-Meter” to check your tolerance for tossing your cookies, click here and take a look at what ...
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Monday, September 17, 2012

THE ROLLING STONES STILL PERFORMING AFTER 50 YEARS!

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I have always loved pop music.  As a kid in the 50s we had the standards from Eddie Fisher, Vic Damone, Joni James, Teresa Brewer, and a lot...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

ELEVATORS CAN BE STRESSFUL EVEN WITH SHIRLEY MACLAINE

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I rarely ride elevators anymore, especially in an employment situation where I would be working in a job that requires going up and down...
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Saturday, September 01, 2012

THE STATE OF THE NATION ACCORDING TO THE AP

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You have to love the Associated Press (known by some as the “Administration’s Press”) and their never ending attempts to create a ray of s...
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Saturday, August 25, 2012

REMEMBERING WOODIES AND 1969 EXPENSES

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From the Hedda Hopper school of journalism: Dammit, Biden!  I said move the prompter over a  TRACE; not in front of my FACE! Flash...
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Friday, August 17, 2012

GOVERNOR BREWER MAKES CORRECT DECISION ON DEFERRED ACTION

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It doesn’t take much common sense to see what Obama was up to with his “deferred action” executive order allowing children of illegal immi...
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Monday, August 13, 2012

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WORRY ABOUT THE SMALL STUFF

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The do-gooders are comical is their endless attempts to make sure no one’s feelings are hurt; especially minorities.  I’m sure many minoriti...
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Saturday, August 04, 2012

CHICK-FIL-A, 8.3? NO, 8.254!, AND DIRTY HARRY'S ENDORSEMENT

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A gay “kiss-in” at the Chick-fil-A restaurants?   Chick-fil-A welcomed it as long as the participants were orderly.  The restaurant chain ...
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Saturday, July 28, 2012

AN ERA WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T TAKE THEMSELVES SO SERIOUS

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"This is probably the greatest honor that I've ever had in my life."    Elvis; after making his first appearance on The Ed S...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

"IF YOU'VE GOT A BUSINESS; YOU DIDN'T BUILD THAT"

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“One thing not subject to debate is what government owns.  It owns nothing.” Gary Burk, American Thinker Edward Klein’s bestselling ...
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Saturday, July 14, 2012

UPDATING MY STATEMENTS FROM THE ARIZONA AND SCOTTSDALE REPUBLICS

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The following are comments I made during 2012 in the Sunday Arizona Republic feature “Plugged-In” and to the Scottsdale Republic for the...
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Sunday, July 08, 2012

AMERICAN COMPOSER LEROY ANDERSON

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“I love music all day through although it makes me do the things I never should do.”  You may not have heard that verse but it was sun...
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Sunday, July 01, 2012

"THIS......IS........JEOPARDY!"

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I’m sure most of you are familiar with the game show “Jeopardy” and the show’s host, Alex Trebek.  Alex has been doing the show since 1984 s...
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Sunday, June 24, 2012

PAWN SHOP BUSINESS REFLECTS BAD ECONOMY

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If someone would have told me ten years ago that pawn shops would become a big business, I would have thought they were crazy.  Looking at ...
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Monday, June 18, 2012

OBAMA AND HIS PHONY HOLLYWOOD BUDDIES

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I used to give my dad a hard time when I was a kid because he disliked so many show business people because of their wild private lives.  ...
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