Random Stuff

1.) I've been waiting since 1994 and it's finally here! Guns n Roses is releasing their first studio album in 14 years Sunday: Chinese Democracy. I know that Axl is the only original left, but I don't care. I get geeky of so very few things I'm allowed a free pass to bring out the G n' R fan that was me in my formative years.

2.) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here? The Administration of Change is being filled with veterans of the Clinton Administration, a Clinton and a current Bush Administration Secretary. This is not "change". This is "revert" or at best this is "status quo". Of course there are plenty of new faces coming to Washington, but none in the crucial cabinet positions. Here are the top dogs.

John Podesta - Former Clinton Chief of Staff - Leader of the Obama Transition Team.

Rahm Emanuel - Former top aide to President Clinton - Obama Chief of Staff.

Eric Holder - Attorney General. Deputy Attorney General under Janet Reno during the Clinton Administration

Gregory Craig - White House Council - Clinton impeachment lawyer.

Lawrence Summers - Treasury Secretary. A former Clinton Treasury secretary

Robert Gates - Secretary of Defense. Current Defense Secretary.

Hillary Clinton - Secretary of State. Clinton Administration Wife and a Clinton.

Remember Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention? "Change doesn't come from Washington, it comes to Washington" Hmmmm...

3.) I wrote a letter to Ms. Claus the other day.

Ms. Claus,

I hope this letter finds you well and prepared for the holidays. Included in this email is my list of Christmas wishes for Santa. As you have a direct connection to Santa, I'll leave the passing of the list to him in your capable hands.

I don't believe that "good" or "bad" is a definite distinction, rather a sliding scale in relative terms and in relative terms I've been quite good this year. If the NFL will let Pacman Jones come back, yet again, I'm sure you can make sure my name finds its way onto the "nice" list. I can give you some samples of good things I have done for you to reference.

1. I have raised a very intelligent, beautiful, vibrant daughter
2. I built a fence that my wife has been asking for.
3. I replaced the roof on my house that my wife has been asking for.
4. I regrew my back yard from a dead patch of dirt to a luscious green yard.
5. I have made new friends in several countries across the world.
6. I didn't vote for Obama.

I am counting on your affirmation of my good behavior if anything should come into question.

With Kindest Regards,

E-Rock

4.) Speaking of Christmas, I leave for a Christmas theater tour next Friday. The show is a Rockettes Style show featuring a troupe of dancers, singers, elves, etc... with modern and classic Christmas music. This is another first for me, but I'm sure it will be a good tour. Here are the dates and cities.

11/29 - Travel to Gettysburg
11/30 - Gettysburg, PA
12/01 - Gettysburg, PA
12/02 - Warren, OH
12/03 - Williamsport, PA
12/04 - Bradford, PA
12/05 - Muncie, IN
12/06 - Naperville, IL
12/07 - TRAVEL DAY
12/08 - Shreveport, LA
12/09 - Cedartown, GA
12/10 - Morganton, NC
12/11 - Yanceyville, NC
12/12 - Newport News, VA
12/13 - Newport News, VA
12/14 - Shippensburg, PA
12/15 - Culver, IN
12/16 - Greenville, TN
12/17 - New Wilmington, PA
12/18 - TRAVEL DAY
12/19 - TRAVEL DAY
12/20 - Mason City, IA
12/21 - Mason City, IA
12/22 - Travel Home

That's enough for today. For those of you lucky enough to have some, go outside and play in the snow.

Election Thoughts

I haven't commented on the recent election of Barrack Obama yet. I think I'm still reeling in the shock of the utter gullibility of the American electorate. Hook, line, and sinker the majority of Americans fell for the rock star aura of Barrack Obama and bought into his promises of a better future through the hard work of others. They saw that all of their problems are being caused by the evil rich people in this country. Any sense of what it meant to be an American is long dead.

Our founders did not believe that the haves owed anything to the have-nots and they would not approve of the direction our country has taken. (In fact, we left England for less.) Somehow that genuinely American gung-ho attitude filled with the spirit of hard work, self-reliance, and innovation has fallen into a herd like mentality that would rather depend on the government to provide for their every need than lift a finger or fail a few times before succeeding. Millions of Americans have cast their ballot saying "What's in it for me?" They would rather use the police power of government as an instrument of plunder than take responsibility for their own lives.

What is the scariest part of the Obama election? It isn't the economic policy; it isn't the leftist swing in both houses. It is quite simply the terrifying rallying behind a human. Barrack Obama isn't the messiah. He isn't even a rock star (although American's certainly seem to think so). Barrack Obama is just a politician who was so much smarter than the electorate that he ro-sham-boed his way into office amid the whirlwind of discontent with the current administration.

Maybe we'll all be as lucky as this lady.