August 1, 2012
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gone too long to catch up, but here goes....
How annoying. Two months of being blocked out and so much I could have commented on for your amusement. Oh well, spilled milk and all that. Onward!
The Olympics. Wow...spectacle is the word. Beautiful athletes using their bodies to the maximum and showing the world how wonderful they are. The same, however, cannot be said for NBC. Ryan Seacrest was so necessary. Who cares to watch the "personalities" (I refuse to call them newscasters) learn to racewalk and mug for the cameras. They do remember who the Olympics are about, don't they? And let's not even go to tape delay.....ok? Let's just not go there.....
Mitt's big overseas adventures. Somebody clue this man in, will ya? Is there a country or culture that he hasn't managed to offend? I suppose that is bound to happen when your family views everyone as "you people...".....
Penn State. Oh boy. This entire mess is almost beyond belief. There is much consternation that PSU is being treated unfairly and the NCAA sanctions are beyond harsh. (Note of transparency here: I have obtained 21 PSU credits in grad work, just about enough to be considered an alumni. Nittany Lion football has been a staple of my autumns since I was a kid.) This isn't about the football team being punished, although to hear a lot of people, you would think it was. Did the NCAA hammer Penn State? Yep. Was it because of jealousy? Maybe. PSU has trumpeted itself as so much better than everyone else for decades. The mighty have fallen. They weren't pushed, they tumbled off their vaunted pedestal because they forgot that they were not the most important thing in the universe. The alumni and fan base are outraged and sadly, do not yet (and may never) understand that they share the blame. It's football. It's not your identity, it's not your reason for being on the planet, you aren't in the lineup and wearing a jersey does not make you an automatic member of the club. Raising a statue (idol) to a living person? Even the true heroes of battle do not earn that until they have passed on. The culture of JoPa worship and football worship and out of control university importance is the crime here. The victims were the most vulnerable of society-kids, kids who life had already kicked around. Football was deemed more important. Was it time for it to be knocked down to proper size. Yes. And unless lessons are learned, it will happen again....
August 1.....almost time for school.....my how the time flies. Go eat at Chick Fil A or not. This tempest in a teapot gives both sides ample time to fluff their feathers, cry out in moral outrage and claim intolerance on both sides. It has nothing at all to do with making disciples for Jesus Christ.
That's enough for now....can't get you all too excited....LOL
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NBC gets to broadcast the Olympics because they buy the rights. But if it were up to the people, if we got to vote, NBC wouldn't get the opportunity again. I've heard nothing but complaints about their coverage. Did you know they cut out a tribute to the victims of terrorism in G.B. from the opening ceremonies in order to show an interview? Whose stupid idea was that?
Our government is supposed to be the other way 'round. We are supposed to get the leaders we want by voting for them. But more and more it seems that whomever holds the purse-strings runs the show. Are we still a democracy or what?
It's GREAT to see you back! I love reading your blog.
@DMMeyer - Why, didn't you know that NBC is the all happiness/all the time show of the Olympics? Yeah, right....as for the elections, we can thank the Supreme Court for this mess,....corporations are people and we the people aren't anymore. Our forefathers must be spinning in their graves....
@BookMark61 - Thank you! I do try to be entertaining :>)
I can't believe Romney is still in the running. The man is a walking fiasco; a great argument against his own campaign. LOL.
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