The “Line In The Sand” Edition

Hello – So much of the week’s discussion has been mired around the FY2011 budget deal made by Democrats and Republicans, and the preparation for the FY2012 budget.  Paul Ryan has put forward a budget plan that has been bantered about from many pundits as being anything from bold and aggressive and smart, to the [...]

The “Bizzaro World” edition

So, like you, my Friday night was thrown into a tailspin as I sat anxiously in front of the television hoping and praying for an averted government shutdown.  I mean, those poor 800,000 federal workers in Washington!  In all seriousness, America watched as House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and President Barack [...]

The “Shut It Down” edition

Former MLB player Derek Bell once famously said: “Nobody told me I was in competition. If there is competition, somebody better let me know. If there is competition, they better eliminate me out of the race and go ahead and do what they’re going to do with me. I ain’t never hit in spring training [...]

The “Let’s Do It Again” edition

From my over sized chair in my living room, the third NBA regular season game on in my house hold this year, child napping and tummy full of Sunday afternoon McDonalds goodness, oh – and for the first time in years, an investment in a WWE pay-per-view looming on the horizon (investment of both time [...]