The big news in Philly is that the Phillies have obtained a Cy Young award-winning pitcher, Cliff Lee, from the Cleveland Indians for four minor leaguers. The basball cognescenti are predicting that this virtually guarantees them winning the NL Pennant and returning to the World Series as defending champs.
We'll see, but hearts beat faster on Broad Street these days.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
DARLIN' ARLEN
Our esteemed Constitutional scholar, Senator Arlen Specter, who was a Democrat before he was a Republican before he was a Democrat, has sent out an email crowing about the suitability of Ms. Sotomayor to join the Supremes. At least, that's the email I got. Up in the conservative coal regions of our Commonwealth, who knows what position he took? There has rarely been a more vicious or two-faced politician than our Darlin'. Anita Hill can testify to what it was like to be demeaned by this nasty "gentleman."
Arlen, who is now 79 years old, is famous here in Pennsylvania for standing on all eight sides of every issue. As far back as the Warren Commission, it was Arlen (who served as their special counsel) and his single bullet theory who managed to explain away the gunfire from the grassy knoll, the Cuban conspiracy possibility and the Mafia gunmen theory all at once.
Now that he is a Democrat again, a real Democrat is preparing to run against him for the party nomination for his Senate seat. Joseph Sestak bears watching. He is a retired Admiral who spoke out forcefully against the invasions of Iraq, a stand that got him elected to Congress from a Suburban Philadelphia county.
Representative Sestak, who is conducting a State-wide "listening tour" now is very likely to end Darlin' Arlen's remarkably slimy service in the Senate.
Remember, folks, you read it here first.
Arlen, who is now 79 years old, is famous here in Pennsylvania for standing on all eight sides of every issue. As far back as the Warren Commission, it was Arlen (who served as their special counsel) and his single bullet theory who managed to explain away the gunfire from the grassy knoll, the Cuban conspiracy possibility and the Mafia gunmen theory all at once.
Now that he is a Democrat again, a real Democrat is preparing to run against him for the party nomination for his Senate seat. Joseph Sestak bears watching. He is a retired Admiral who spoke out forcefully against the invasions of Iraq, a stand that got him elected to Congress from a Suburban Philadelphia county.
Representative Sestak, who is conducting a State-wide "listening tour" now is very likely to end Darlin' Arlen's remarkably slimy service in the Senate.
Remember, folks, you read it here first.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
BASEBALL BEEN BERRY, BERRY GOOD
This is one of those times when I set out to write and I have no idea about what...I thought I was going to discourse on T. S. Eliot, but then I changed my focus to F. Scott Fitzgerald and now here I am, with no idea why. Maybe I am meant to write about initials?
No, I think I am caught up in baseball, having witnessed the All Star Game last night. St. Louis is, indeed, a hallowed city for baseball fans, more so even than Manhattan. Bob Gibson, Stan Musial, Ozzie Smith and of course Albert Pujols...they all have meant so much to Baseball. And let's not forget Steve Carlton. Did the Phillies not steal him from the Cardinals for a bucket of spit?
Come to think of it, T. S. Eliot would have made a nifty little shortstop.
Play Ball.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
THE DAY THE HOT DOG DIED
It was reliably reported today that Oscar Mayer died in Wisconsin at the age of 95. Farah, Michael and now this. Who's next, Howdy Doodie?
He did!?
He did!?
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