The World Gone Mad

I see in the newspaper this AM that a number of MLB players have signed contracts with new teams.  Imagine a .229 hitter getting $60 million for four years?!?!?!  Some other guy received more for .259 and 23 HRs?!?!?!  And the former Tiger, coming off a suspension for drug use, signed for $12 million a year for several years.  Of course, the millions of dollars flowed, but most of the names of the players were not at all familiar to me.

If only 25% of what Clarence Thomas writes about Democrat political leaders in his autobiography is true (and I have no reason to believe it's not all true), those Dem political leaders are the scumbags I've always thought they are/were.  Ted Kennedy (I will refrain from bringing up Chappaquiddick and Mary Jo Kopechne--oh, I just did bring it up.  "Lion of the Senate?"  More like "Lyin' of the Senate."), Metzenbaum, Leahy, the list goes on.  And who comes across as among the slimiest?  Joe Biden.  Look someone in the eye, pat on the shoulder, and make a promise about something, knowing it's a lie, never intended to be kept.  No shame, no dishonor, no sense of character--none.  (But always remember, as if they ever let us forget, "But Bush lied.")  Again, if only 25% of what he writes is true....  And, from both parties (Look at what the Republicans have done in this state the past couple of years.), some of these guys aren't particularly bright.  If just a fraction of this is accurate, there are some pretty dim bulbs running our country.  Does that mean dishonesty and stupidity are qualities desirable in a politician?  Just asking....

So, unemployment numbers are down.  Good, except that 40% or more of the new jobs have been government jobs.  Hmmm......  Gee, are the Dems getting worried about the '14 elections?  Surely they wouldn't try to buy the election, would they?

How goofy is Michigan weather?  Phew, we managed to dodge that big storm south of us that ran from Texas eastward.  I guess Columbus, Ohio received 7 or 8 inches!  But last Tue AM I ran with temperatures at 56/57 degrees.  Wed AM's run was in 25 degrees.  This AM, with my blind buddy, was 19 degrees with a pretty stiff breeze.

Out to do The Saturday Stumper......