What's bugging me

I rather enjoyed my last rant so I am doing it again. And some of you posted comments on what's bugging you. So let's do it again...

1) How is it that an Olympics baseball game involving the U.S. turned into a beanball fiasco? I've been to the Olympic games. This is not what it was meant to be...And we wonder why some of the nations of the world don't like us very much.
2) Why does the Dow soar 250+ points on renewed confidence in the economy and the very mext day, it drops 200 points on fears about the economy. Are we that nuts?
3) I see why there are people who won't go to Eagles games. I was there last Thursday night and would say that the behavior was embarrassing. Fans with little kids dropping F-bombs and other salty language.

I'm sure there's more but I will save them for bext time. This is good therapy, eh?

What's bugging me

OK, it's time to vent. This is what's bugging me:
1) Oil prices drop like a brick but gas prices don't.
2) Pro athletes complain about contracts -- even though they're making millions.
3) The ocean temperature is in the high 50s and low 60s. IT'S SUMMER!
4) We still have four months of political ads to stomach on the TV.
5) People being cruel to animals. It takes a real powerhouse to beat a dog or starve a cat.
6) People being cruel to other people. Like the Philly case of the poor little girl allegedly neglected by her parents until she ended up dead. What are these people thinking?

That's it for now.
Let me know what's bugging YOU! Maybe we can do something about it...

West Chester 'Sex Shop'

Oh, please. While I have all the respect in the world for the church -- any church -- and its leaders, have church officials flipped on the TV lately? There's more skin showing and more sex in five minutes of cable TV then will ever go on inside the Feminique Boutique. And like cable TV, it's up to parents to supervise where their kids are going -- including any store in any town. No, this store is not for kids. But's also not going to scar them for life or corrupt their morals if they walk past it. There are way better issues to tackle to protect our kids like perverts on the Internet, kiddie porn and other really nasty things. Some lingerie and exotic oils aren't the biggest threats in my view...

The primary is over ... so what's next?

The primary in Pa. is history. Now it's on to November. Honestly, at this point I am looking for someone -- anyone -- who can get us out of this mess. When $3.43 in New Jersey for a gallon of gas is considered a bargain, something is wrong. Meanwhile, OPEC and all of the others are holding us hostage. C'mon America, wake up! It's time to declare energy independence. It's the Boston Tea Party all over again. We're making the oil companies rich beyond their wildest dreams. We need new sources of energy and now, not later. There's solar, wind, water. Who is going to step up and move us out of this chaos? I'm waiting...

Obama and WCU

It was quite an amazing thing to see all the kids at West Chester University heading to the field house to hear Barack Obama. They were all very excited. And of course, there were those opposing Obama as well. It was a good lesson in the democratic process. You can't do those things everywhere in the world. So while our system isn't perfect, it's pretty darn good.

Globetrotters

Yes, I know. It's the same show every year for the Harlem Globetrotters. We went Sunday night -- for the second year in a row. However, I would argue that the Globetrotters are sort of what we look for in sports -- fun. There's a concept, eh? For a couple of hours, you have a bunch of high-level athletes doing their thing and just for fun. Yes, they get paid but I'm pretty certain it's not Kobe Bryant money. They interact with the kids and the grandmoms and everyone has a good time. The dunks, the amazing talents of the Globetrotters, all of it is just a good time and a departure from the spoiled athletes of the modern era. I say keep it going Globetrotters. I will always be a fan.

Ryan Howard

Well, today's the day. Phillies slugger Ryan Howard and the team head to arbitration. The two sides are $3 million apart. Smart money would have said split the difference and move on to working on a real deal -- a long-term pact to keep the slugger happy and in Philly. We wonder if this gets settled before the arbitration hearing actually concludes. Should the Phillies give him the money? Yes indeed. It's been a long time since the team had a core of players we fans actually wanted to go see play. Your vote?