Monday, October 7, 2019

Unsolicited Opinions



  • The Dems never ask my advice, but here it is anyway. Concerning impeachment: take your time.
  • I have been a baseball fan for about 65 years. I am all in favor of new stuff if it is an  improvement to the game. But in my opinion, play-by-play announcers using the phrase "wave and a miss" is NOT an improvement over "swing and a miss". It's not as descriptive.  It's not clever. And it isn't even cute.
  • I gave up watching the NFL when the league decided to let Donald Trump set its policies. I don't miss it even a little. And this is from someone who grew up in Wisconsin during the Lombardi years.
  • Are troops really going to leave Northern Syria? Soon? I will wait and see.


Friday, October 4, 2019

Sessions, Trump, Brooks



  • Jeff Sessions was wrong about most things but I don't believe he ever intentionally broke the law. (Which is really why Trump fired him.)
  • Trump and his supporters don't seem to think that impeachment is in the Constitution ("It's a coup!"). That's because the Founders didn't put the provision in the Second Amendment. That's the only thing they read--and then only half of it.
  • I have friends and family who are pro-Trump--some avidly so. I am embarrassed that they are not embarrassed about it.
  • I tend to be a defender of David Brooks even though he is usually wrong, because I believe he at least tries to argue in good faith. But this latest column about Flyover Guy is just plain dumb, dumb, dumb.