The President, Conspiracy Theories, and Things I Want To Do

The President's visit was a mixed bag. Whether there's a Republican or a Democrat in the White House, it's always interesting to have a front row seat to see the most powerful person in the world.
For just a few hours, President Bush got away from low approval ratings and the war.
Or so he thought.
The day Bush was in town, the paper had an interesting front page. On the right side of the page was the "President is coming to town" article.
On the left side was a huge headline reading, "IT WAS ALL FOR NOTHING" with a soldier's picture jammed between the two articles.
The story was about some local soldiers who had driven through a very dangerous section of Tikrit to conduct a training mission with Iraqi soldiers. They arrived safely only to be stood up by the Iraqi soldiers...hence the headline.

I did think it was interesting how the President and his administration refer to "the planet."
President Bush doesn't not talk about global warming. He doesn't because everyone knows that if you believe in global warming, you are a liberal, left leaning, card carrying PETA member who hates America.
You can, however, be concerned and believe in "climate change." The President regularly preaches his concern for climate change and says that we need to be ready to work diligently for a solution. He is concerned about climate change and not global warming.

'Cause only liberals like Al Gore believe in global warming. Conservatives are concerned about
climate change.

Speaking of Gore....and an "Inconvenient Truth".....

Look Al, next time your hungry, reach for an apple or a banana and skip the Bugles and Doritos. An inconvenient truth is that you and I both need to hit the treadmill more often.
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What is your favorite conspiracy theory? When the President comes to your town, the Secret Service mandates that you are in a specific place by a specific time. Usually that means you get to your spot two hours in advance and stay there. So, there is plenty of time for plenty of discussion about anything.

My favorite conspiracy theory is the 2000 election, but it's not what you think.
Mine is that the Republican party did "something" for Ralph Nader. Nader got 95,000 votes in Florida and Bush won by 537 votes. I don't think Nader ran to make a statement or to give people a third option.

Another one...in sports.
The NBA rigged the draft lottery so that the New York Knicks could get Patrick Ewing.
Love that one and knowing the way sports can work, I don't doubt it.

Junior winning at Daytona in July after his dad was killed there in February is a good one.
Don't know...but at a restrictor plate track, when you hit the gas and pull away from the draft,
that tells me something is a little different.
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Things I Want To Do:

1) Be on Oprah after she recommends by book.
2) Accept my Tony Award for best play from David Letterman.
3) Go on a two week trip down the Colorado River.
4) Throw out the first pitch at Wrigley.
5) Throw out the first beer at Wrigley.
6) Pick out my very own blue healer to run around with in the back yard.
7) Do stand-up and KILL the crowd.
8) Wake up by the beach....everyday.
9) Win The Lottery. Give almost all of it away.
10) Win a World Series of Poker bracelet.

More later I'm sure.