I Know, I Know...

I said I would be positive from here on out, but then I read this today:Greenspan sworn in to fifth term as Fed chief.

I mean, c'mon! The man is 78 years old! You mean to tell me that after four long terms, the Fed has STILL failed to come up with a succession plan for their chairman?

And why was he sworn in on a Saturday at the home of Gerald Ford in Colorado of all places?

I wonder if Greenspan is a Bonesman?

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Paul

Here We Go: Good Job, Pistons!

Those of you that know me, know that I'm a fair-weather Lakers fan. And I'm on record (so to speak) for predicting a runaway championship for Los Angeles. Well, with results like these (Yahoo! Sports - NBA - Pistons 88, Lakers 68), it appears that I could be mistaken.

But in the spirit of staying positive, instead of pointing out the Laker's inconsistencies, I want to give credit where credit is due: the Pistons are playing as if they really want to win this championship. Who would have guessed that Rasheed Wallace would calm down enough to be effective? Who knew that Chauncey Billups (who?) would be a scoring machine? Who, other than his father, expected Richard Hamilton to be so...Kobe-esque?

Perhaps the credit should really go to Larry Brown, who was defeated in the finals by the Lakers a couple of years ago, even though he had the magical Allen Iverson in his toolbox. Looks like Larry has figured out the triangle.

And how about that Detroit defense holding L.A. to 68 points? The Lakers are used to scoring 68 points in a half!

Here's the problem for L.A.: they HAVE to win this championship, or their entire season, what with the Malone/Payton experiment, will be deemed an abject failure. Karl, at least, has an injury to blame for his poor performance. Gary "The Glove" has yet to appear in this series...c'mon Payton, put it in place!

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Paul

Time to turn a New Leaf.

I've been thinking, and I know that may alarm some of you, but I've been thinking that my posts have been too negative. I mean, I'm just responding to the wackiness in the world, and a lot of this so-called wackiness is just bad stuff. So it would seem that a negative comment or two would be called for. But I don't think it helps the world to continue to put negative energy out there. So I have decided it's time for a change.

From this date forward, I am going to focus on positive events, people and places. Instead of a scathing review of a P.O.S. moview, I'll try to write about whatever good I can find in the film, and if I can't find any good, then I'll forego the review entirely.

From now on, if I can't say something good about President Bush, then I won't say anything at all. You can count on not reading much about Bush here, then.

This change in approach started when I was feeling inundated with the Reagan funeral coverage. I am not, and have never been, a fan of Ronald Reagan, so you can imagine that I have plenty of negative things to say about the man. But I will leave that to others. The best thing that I can say about the former President is "a lot of people seemed to like him." I'll just leave it at that.

Let's see where this new philosophy takes us.

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Paul

Pope: "I'll give ya 15 minutes, tops"

The headlines are blowing up about Bush meeting the Pope (Yahoo! News - Pope Calls for Free Iraq, Deplores Prisoner Abuse), but hidden in the middle of these stories is the fact that the two guys only talked for 15 minutes!

Wonder how much of that was small talk?

Pontiff: "Make it snappy, Bush. I'm a busy man."
Prez: "Me? YOU asked for this meeting?"
Pontiff: "Geez, I SAID I'll make it snappy. What, are you both deaf and dumb?"
Prez: "Wha...?"
Pontiff: "Whaddya got cameras in prisons for? What the heck are you guys thinking? Leave that amateur porn to the Mormons..."

(My apologies to the Mormons, the Catholics and everybody else. I got carried away!)

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Paul