Merry Christmas!!!

I will leaving today and will not have access to a computer. My trips home are usually bouncing from place to place. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Be safe and remember to do an act of kindness towards your fellow man, after all the greatest act of kindness was someone given their life for all of humanity.

The Balance of Power

Tuesday Night, I was quickly looking over I believe the Congressional Quarterly and one of the articles was the mostly probable scenario for Republicans to come to power is if one of the Democratic Senators would die and a Republican Governor would have to appoint a new Senator. At this time the scenario would not work for say Hawaii nor Massachusetts because in Hawaii the governor is required to appoint a senator from the party of the previous senator and in MA the legislature will appoint.

Then on Wednesday I learn that Tim Johnson of South Dakota had stroke like symptoms. Today, he is in critical condition recovering from brain surgery. I don't recall if he was mentioned in the article and would not think so because he was so young. As a compassionate person, my prayers are with him and his family for a full recovery. As a political junkie, I believe the Republican need to learn their lesson out of power, after all they did not do what they promised.

One thing that stands out is the hypocrisy of the media. Many pundits point out the Republican Governor only won by a slim margin as if that makes a difference he is now in power. Some say he might chose a Democrat because of his electoral situation. As I recall, no leftist media suggested this to the Democratic Governor in Georgia when Republican Senator Coverdale died, but then again I bet they regretted he appointed, "Give The Hell Zell" Miller.

Recommendations

1. Taliban - by Ahmed Rashid - A mostly unbias account of the power struggle and constant warfare in Afghanistan. Hey, if the guy is hated by both sides, I think he must be doing his job at presenting the truth.

2. Shelby Steele's article in Fridays Wall St Journal is an excellent account of the world's struggle against militant Islam and the failure of America's resolve as the lone super power to the lead on the world to victory.

3. America's national security - I know the security people at a particular military building were being nice letting me in out of the freezing cold to make a call, but they should not reveal who visited the building. I don't recall how we got on the topic, but after a few minutes I figured out it was Prince Faisal and his entourage. I wonder what that was about.

The Gym

I truly love working out. I'm not one of those narcissistic people that works out during all my free time. The running is very cathertic and clears my mind after a long day of work. It also allows me to enjoy the eye candy that I see. My rule is never bother anyone at the gym, everyone is there to perform their regime and go home.

Sometimes, the gym provides a jovial moment such as the other day. As I finished up lifting, I was about to take a shower, but someone was right in front of my locker. As I walked around waiting and hoping I could get in soon I noticed he was laughing very quietly. I then saw why he was laughing. This big naked guy had toliet paper hanging out of his Grand Canyon. Right there I started to laugh and had to walk out.

When I came back in I asked the guy, did Mr. Grand Canyon notice the toliet paper? He said no, it just fell off and is right there on the ground. We both agreed it was gross and laughed some more. On my way I out I informed the staff to tell the cleaning people they should use gloves when picking up the floor in the men's locker room and even told them why. Honestly people how ca n you not know it is there.