What do we have here this Monday evening? This week’s poster boy for the almighty wealthy and dinosaur-ish Roman Catholic church; a disgustingly overpaid baseball player for the Yankees who apparently needs steroids to hit a baseball – he’s under soooo much pressure; a $359 “Blackberry” looking thing to read books and lastly the woman who John McCain thought was the best thing since sliced bread until he gave us the much better looking but much dumber Sara Palin.
So, here’s my take on “Monday’s” characters. First, just about everything the Roman Catholic church does makes me sick. Talk about a good thing gone bad. My readers know I’m a big believer in the “true” teachings of Jesus. What it is that the Roman Catholic church espiers to is clearly planets away from what Jesus was trying to accomplish. American Catholic’s should have long ago broken away from Rome and gone out on their own to do some good for the world. Too bad they seem just as ignorant as their brethren across the sea. And don’t you just love those hats? I love one of those filled with McDonald’s fries.
Moving forward to Alex Rodriquez aka “Arod” or “A-Rod.” A big whatever. Do we all agree that people who drink and/or take drugs are all liars? Yes. So he said he used to take steroids, but then he stopped. Again, whatever. I don’t care. Mr. Arod or A-Rod is irrelevant to me. I loved playing baseball when I was younger. But professional baseball bores me to tears. And, $275 million dollars for about 10 years of play – another $30 million if he breaks the home-run record – are you kidding? I guess not. Bottom line – don’t care.
A $375 device to read books? Listen I’m a very poor truck driver who just shelled out about $100 for a Blackberry and all the necessary do-dad’s you need to make it work. I will barely be able to afford the damn Parrot Bluetooth headset for another $79. I like the idea of the “Kindle 2”, but why can’t someone combine the Kindle with the Blackberry and save me $375? There are just too many “devices” out there that need to be combined into one affordable thingy. Isn’t Google doing something with books too?
And finally Meg Whitman, the former CEO of E-Bay, want to run – Republican, of course – for Governor of Caleeeforneeeah, as Arnold would say. She is calling for “a new Caleeeforneeeah.” She went to school at Princeton and Haaavaard. Her husband is Griffith Rutherford Harsh IV. OMG! Listen, a big whatever here. California is probably the weirdest place on plant Earth. I used to live in Pasadena and work in LA. Trust me, I always felt, being from NYC, like an alien there. How about the leggy Palin for VP and Whitman for President. Of the United States silly. Don’t think so? Well, “Flush” readers, remember anything can happen, especially if Pres. O doesn’t find his groove over the next 3 years. By the way I have not seen Meg’s legs (hey that rhymes) but she’s got to do the makeover thing – in one photo she look’s positively fat, in another a little better and yet in another, well, the consultants will hopefully help her out like they did Sara – LOL!
Whitman photo credit is: from the cover of The New York Times by Paul Sanoya of the Associated Press, the ARod photo from Wikipedia, the Williamson photo from tzvee.blogspot.com and the Kindle 2 photo from a general internet photo search.
