It is truly amazing to me the lack of talent that Saturday Night Live "chooses" in their musical guests! Take for instance this last Saturday night. Improved comedy...great guest host (Rosario Dawson) and pathetic musical talent.
Care to hear some real talent? Go to the I-Tunes Store and enter Radstarr in the search box on the upper right hand side....or just go to the Radstarr link on the left side of this page.
True Chicago talent!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
A Hero on the Hudson...........
As incredible as U.S. Air Flight 1549 landing safely after ditching in the Hudson River might be it seems curious to me to what degree the media took this and ran with it. We have even become so familiar with the pilot that we refer to him by his nickname! Yes..."Sully" has become an icon without even a soundbyte for us to latch onto.
Might it be that the entire event is, in fact, a metaphor for us all as we hear the engines of the world economy coming to a grinding halt with no assurance that we might all become victims of this catastrophic event? Could it be that all of the hopes and dreams that we are placing with our new president are not simply a pipe dream? "Yeah...the plane is going down" and "Yeah, we need to brace for impact but in the end by the grace of God and a good pilot we may all come out of this alive". Hmmmm...something to think about.
Might it be that the entire event is, in fact, a metaphor for us all as we hear the engines of the world economy coming to a grinding halt with no assurance that we might all become victims of this catastrophic event? Could it be that all of the hopes and dreams that we are placing with our new president are not simply a pipe dream? "Yeah...the plane is going down" and "Yeah, we need to brace for impact but in the end by the grace of God and a good pilot we may all come out of this alive". Hmmmm...something to think about.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
"This isn't your run-of-the-mill recession," says acting director of the Congressional Budget Office.
Hmmm….that does not sound like good news, does it? Well what I want to know is: If President Bush is leaving office with a budget deficit of over 1 trillion dollars just what does that number look like? I mean it is fine to throw numbers around like $700 billion for government bailout or $455 billion reflecting last years' record breaking budget deficit or even $857 billion which is what the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost so far. But just exactly does the number 1 trillion look like?
Well…it kind of looks like this: $1,000,000,000,000
which is less than $999,999,999,999.
But not as big as $10,600,000,000,000
which is the total amount of U.S. debt we will owe by the time President Bush leaves office.
Well…it kind of looks like this: $1,000,000,000,000
which is less than $999,999,999,999.
But not as big as $10,600,000,000,000
which is the total amount of U.S. debt we will owe by the time President Bush leaves office.
Monday, January 5, 2009
News Flash: Raul Castro: "Obama has awakened Excessive Hopes"
Well thanks for the insight, Raul! Just wondering if you might know a thing or two about "awakening excessive hopes".... as in the failure of a revolution to create a society that lives up to its aspirations? Yet, there is something earnest and forthright in your addressing the impact of our President Elect on the eve of his inauguration: "Because even if he's an honest man -- and I believe he is -- a sincere man -- and I believe he is -- one man alone cannot change the destiny of a country and much less the United States..." So true! Let's just hope that your dire prediction that "the U.S. treatment of Cuba.... [will be] 50 years more of 'incessant struggle' with an 'enemy' that 'will never cease to be aggressive, treacherous and dominant" does not become a self fullfilling prophecy.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The case for Roland Burris....wagging the dog...
It appears that our illustrious governor Blagojevich has made an executive decision which has created a feeding frenzy for our mass media....Congratulations Mr. Governor!
As our media pundits pore over the good and the bad of Governor Blagojevich having the audacity to execute his lawful "duty" he is described as "defiant". Defiant of what??? His party telling him that they refuse to seat an appointment because he made the appointment?
While Mr. Blagojevich might be getting a hardy chuckle at stirring up his adversaries it certainly could not be the primary reason for his choosing to proceed with his "duty". No.....Mr. Blagojevich knows an opportunity when he sees it....as does Mr. Burris who is simply utilizing his god-given American right to take care of himself first and foremost.
The bottom line is that Governor Blagojevich had nothing to lose by doing exactly what his opponents dared him not to do. In fact, he has managed to divert the media's focus on the upcoming decision by the courts to allow some of the taped conversations obtained by U.S. Attorney, Pat Fitzgerald, to be given to the committee considering the impeachment of Mr. Blagojevich....not to mention the contents of those taped conversations.
So bully for you Governor Blagojevich! You have diverted the attention of the masses from the real issue. As for Mr. Burris...taking care of yourself may, in fact, ultimately be for the good of the Democratic Party, itself. You sir, have placed your colleagues in a precarious position.
As our media pundits pore over the good and the bad of Governor Blagojevich having the audacity to execute his lawful "duty" he is described as "defiant". Defiant of what??? His party telling him that they refuse to seat an appointment because he made the appointment?
While Mr. Blagojevich might be getting a hardy chuckle at stirring up his adversaries it certainly could not be the primary reason for his choosing to proceed with his "duty". No.....Mr. Blagojevich knows an opportunity when he sees it....as does Mr. Burris who is simply utilizing his god-given American right to take care of himself first and foremost.
The bottom line is that Governor Blagojevich had nothing to lose by doing exactly what his opponents dared him not to do. In fact, he has managed to divert the media's focus on the upcoming decision by the courts to allow some of the taped conversations obtained by U.S. Attorney, Pat Fitzgerald, to be given to the committee considering the impeachment of Mr. Blagojevich....not to mention the contents of those taped conversations.
So bully for you Governor Blagojevich! You have diverted the attention of the masses from the real issue. As for Mr. Burris...taking care of yourself may, in fact, ultimately be for the good of the Democratic Party, itself. You sir, have placed your colleagues in a precarious position.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Maybe 1st lady, Laura Bush, really meant to say: " the Bush presidency is not a COMPLETE FAILURE"
Hard telling how anyone could say that "W's" presidency was not a failure...unless it was his wife. Sure...George went on vacation for almost 6 months once he was inaugurated in 2001...but don't blame him for 9/11.....and speaking of vacations he sure had to be awfully comfortable in Crawford, Texas as he sat by watching the Gulf take a direct hit byHurricane's Katrina and Rita...Maybe we should all say "Heckuva job!". And..... with nearly 100,000 civilians killed in Iraq since Rumsfeld helped to convince "W" that there were "no good targets" in Afghanistan we can certainly see how the Iraqi people should thank him in the future.Much less the hundreds of thousands of service personnel with injuries they will carry for the rest of their lives...not to mention those that never came home alive of which we must also count those pushed to the point of suicide.
Of course, we won't really mention the wasteland that has emerged from an economy gone to hell to the tune of $800 billion dollar bailouts...bank closures....massive home foreclosures...devastated retirement accounts, failure of longstanding businesses and rampant unemployment...Surely our grandchildren will want to give "W" a big thumbs up as they continue to pay for the recklessness which created this financial ruin. (And we all thought Enron was the worst of our problems....)
So Mrs. 1st Lady... if you would like for us to say: "3 Cheers" for "W"....your are right. It will be a long time coming.
Of course, we won't really mention the wasteland that has emerged from an economy gone to hell to the tune of $800 billion dollar bailouts...bank closures....massive home foreclosures...devastated retirement accounts, failure of longstanding businesses and rampant unemployment...Surely our grandchildren will want to give "W" a big thumbs up as they continue to pay for the recklessness which created this financial ruin. (And we all thought Enron was the worst of our problems....)
So Mrs. 1st Lady... if you would like for us to say: "3 Cheers" for "W"....your are right. It will be a long time coming.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Whatever happened to the Lollipop Guild...that's what I would like to know!
Why is it that I find myself singing the words to that great aria from the movie, The Wizard of Oz by the Lullaby League: "We represent the Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild. And in the name of the Lollipop Guild............We wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land! It's almost as infectious as the old Ipana toothpaste ad: "Brusha, Brusha Brusha...with the new Ipana....." (catchy ain't it?)
And then I start to wonder....where did the word Munchkin come from? Well it turns out that the term was first coined by L.Frank Baum, the author of the novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in 1900. However, the movie didn't come out until almost 40 years later.
And then I start to wonder....where did the word Munchkin come from? Well it turns out that the term was first coined by L.Frank Baum, the author of the novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in 1900. However, the movie didn't come out until almost 40 years later.
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