Monday Musings With The Crew

Folks, I tell ya, some days this blog just writes itself.  Shall we begin?

Tryouts at Saudi Olympic Headquarters

• Saudi Arabia has announced they will be sending 2 female athletes to the Summer Olympics for the first time in the history of the Kingdom.  Initially they were to compete in beach volleyball, but they kept tripping over their burkas when trying to serve the ball.  The Saudi Olympic Committee has decided the women will be entered in this year's newest Olympic sport.....stoning.  

• Music fans in London's Hyde Park area were more than a little miffed when local authorities pulled the plug on a recent concert during the encore.  The reason....the show had run longer than the 3 hours the city council had alotted to it.  So, off with the sound.  That's what nanny state governmental intrusion has in store for this country!  Heck, it really wasn't that big of deal.  I mean, it was only a concert by a couple of no-name hacks...... Bruce Springsteen and Sir Paul McCartney.  The cozy little crowd of 76,000 was not amused. 

Why, she could be Mary Poppins!

• Charlie Sheen just can't get a break.  All he wanted to do was hire Lucy Treadway to be a nanny for his kids, when the ex-wife Brooke Mueller nixed the idea.  Why?  The erstwhile governess was "too hot".  Come on Brooke, one look at Lucy's picture and you can see she just exudes responsibility and integrity, and poses no risk to anyone's vows.  In fact, I have contacted Lucy about caring for my two boys.  Being 16 and 20 years old, they are quite enthusiastic about the prospects of Lucy joining the Crew's household!

• Finally there's this.  The Voter Participation Center is a group that targets likely Democrats who are unregistered.  The VPC then sends out a voter registration packet to them.  According to hotair.com, recipients of the packets include Rosie Charlston, a Labrador Retriever who died in 1998, Scampers the cat from Virginia, a deceased dog named Mozart, as well as actual human beings who are no longer above ground.  Page Gardner, president of the VPC, published a statement in response to the report at the group's website, www.voterparticipation.org.  Ms. Gardner's statement is the funniest thing I have read in a LONG time (SACSTW posts excluded of course)!  The heartfelt earnestness tinged with liberal indignation meant I could not get past the first paragraph without bursting into maniacal laughter.   Try it yourself......

The mission of the Voter  Participation Center is to register qualified voters- NOT (emphasis hers) dogs and cats.  Pets cannot submit voter registration applications and they cannot vote- which seems to be news to some people, given all the attention some small number of pets receiving a voter registration application has received.  

The story isn't that dogs vote- something that cannot happen- it's about the people who cannot.

Hey look, this is actually great news.  Now we can put an end to the controversy over voter ID legislation, and everybody just use your rabies tag!

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Monday Musings With The Crew

• If you follow sports at all, you have seen the story of Jeremy Lin.  The Asian-American point guard sensation came from nowhere to lead the New York Knicks to a 7 game winning streak.  The streak came to an end in a home loss to the New Orleans Hornets Friday night, in part due to Lin's 9 turnovers.  Here is a screen shot from ESPN.com after the game:

That's right, ESPN's headline after the loss by the Knicks was "Chink in The Armor".  Very nice.  ESPN has fired the employee responsible for the headline, as well as suspending on-air commentator Max Bretos, who used the same phrase in a discussion of Lin.  

• Time to give credit where credit is due.  Supermodel Cindy Crawford has decided to end her 10 year old daughter's budding modeling career, saying "at this point she's too young to pursue a career...".  Kaia Crawford's Versace ad did generate some criticism, including in a recent Monday Musings.  Not only are Cindy's parenting instincts on target, her political ones are as well.  After supporting Barack Obama in 2008, Crawford has gone on record as having switched party affiliations to the GOP and has endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican primary.  

• Not to be outdone by Ms. Crawford.....Sir Paul McCartney revealed in a recent Rolling Stone interview that he has given up smoking pot at age 69 in order to be a better example for his 8 year old daughter.  McCartney is quoted as saying "When you're bringing up a youngster, your sense of responsibility does kick in, if you're lucky, at some point"  Gee Paul, ya think?  

• Interesting political tidbit from Germany last week.  German President Christian Wulff resigned on Friday, after being embroiled in a series of scandals.  Included in those were charges that Wulff's frequent holidays were paid for by businessmen, that he had received favorable loans because of his position, and that he had criticized media outlets that were reporting on his actions.  Hmmm, does that sound familiar to anybody else?  
• Lavish vacations paid for by others.....check
• Favorable loan terms unavailable to others.....check
• Attacking media that criticizes his actions....check

               Oh yeah, now I remember.....this guy does that kind of stuff all the time

• New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ordered flags throughout the state flown at half-staff this weekend during Whitney Houston's funeral service.  There are many things I love about Chris Christie.  This was not one of them.  In a related story, a cocaine addict was found dead from overdose in a Newark alleyway over the weekend.  The B-2 flyover is scheduled for tomorrow.