Hello World

“The only way to make some people you agree with speak is to support the rights of people you don’t agree with.”

Hi everyone, welcome to my blog. I know I’ve made fun of bloggers in the past calling them dangerous, mis- informed, un accountable for their actions and down right irresponsible, It is in that spirit that I join the ever growing world of people key board tappers.

I’ll try to be informed, well researched, polite, fair, inspirational and entertaining. At times I will come across as a left wing socialist and at other times as a moderate Democrat just trying to make sense of the world. Most of all I’ll try to coax a laugh or two out of my readers.

Writing in any forum is a freedom we sometimes take for granted in America. I will always be grateful for that opportunity and will never abuse it.

May you find something useful in this space and perhaps even share it with others.

Bouncing Back

The day offered bright sunshine and spring time temperatures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 289 points Monday, 1400 people applied for one job in Tacoma and the SoundersFC soccer team has lost two in a row. Can we ever rebound from all this. Of course we can, of course we must, of course we will.

The opening of baseball season this year was a special treat for a lot of reasons. First of all Ken Griffey Jr. is back in Seattle where his career started 20 years ago. The Mariners won 7 of their first 10 games and host the Tampa Bay Rays for the next three days. The Rays are an inspiration for any last place team. If they can go worst to first so can the Mariners.

The NFL draft takes place Saturday. This is the most over hyped off the field activity in the history of sports. Entire careers are made on guessing which team will pick which player. Is it much ado about nothing? Of course it is, but it’s also a lot of fun for millions of people so why not?

The NBA playoffs started over the weekend and people in Portland are besides themselves with joy despite that 20 loss to Houston in Game one.

In politics the right wing attack team is out in force all over talk radio. They are relentless, mean spirited and border on treasonous but we will always respect their right to make fools of themselves.

Barack Obama is the best President of our lifetime and will prove it by the time his first term is over. By the end of his second term there will be a push by some to end “term limits.” I love the guy but even I won’t support that. We messed with the constitution enough the last 8 years, so let’s leave it alone for a while.

And finally on that 48 year old British singer Susan Boyle I have only this to say. Thank you for showing the world that a book should never be judged by its color although so many of us are quick to do just that. You have the voice of an angel and have