Sarah Palin is in town

Sarah Palin is in Washington, DC for the Alfalfa Dinner. She will be meeting President Obama. I wonder how that conversation is going to go? I think it might be one step in here exploratory committee for 2012. She will probably expect that some of the money from the stimulus package will be going to Alaska. Then again maybe Obama is reluctant to give anything resembling pork money to the State of Alaska.

Also, Michael Steele was named RNC Chairman. He is the first African American elected to the post. In his 2006 Maryland Senate campaign he earned a lot of respect from both sides with his easy going style and polished and intelligent way of speaking. He gave Democrat Ben Cardin quite a scare but in the end it was in Maryland and they usually do well there. They also needed to hold the seat to attain their majority in 2006.

Big family

Can you believe that lady that had octuplets already had six kids at home? Any more than four kids in a family is not close knit by any means. How can you manage finances and give each one of your kids the love and attention they need and expect. I don't expect insurance companies to step up too much for various reasons.

Super Bowl weekend

It looks like I will be having a fairly healthy crowd on Sunday. It was not the intended audience but it will be one new kid from the group plus a couple of friends. That is okay. I like low key stuff. One of my friends that is coming has a big screen so I am somewhat surprised, then again we have watch the Super Bowl together every year since I moved down here. In the meantime I am doing a canvass on Saturday and one on Sunday, it never ends I guess. I suppose it is better than last year when I basically had to give up Saturday night to study so I could enjoy the game on Sunday. Also it will be nice to get out on Sunday. Best of all next weekend I will be going to California, first trip ever.

As far as my pick, I will go with the Steelers for one simple reason, the Steel Curtain defense that they have always had. Then again, the effectiveness of Hines Ward could be a factor. Of course Santonio Holmes could always step up just as he did with Ohio State. By the way, Ohio State is another favorite team of Boston to Washington, as is Penn State as we had family that went to both schools.

Presidential Super Bowl pick

President Obama picked the Steelers to win the Super Bowl today. I guess there was a little pressure with Pennsylvania native Vice President Joe Biden sitting right next to him and it will be in play yet again in the 2012 election. He alluded to Dan Rooney being a supporter of him during the campaign. Something is telling me he was analyzing the matchup and the stats with this pick unless electoral votes has something to do with the figures.

Goodbye Blago

The Illinois Senate voted today to kick him out of office. So long, fairwell, adeu!!! It is time to focus on some real issues. This will now be a "Blago Free Zone."

2-17-2009 You have heard all about it

The House voted today not to delay the switch from analog TV to digital. Therefore on February 17, those that use bunny ears to watch TV will need digital converters if they want to continue to watch. However if you don't have cable or satellite you won't have to worry about it. For all the hype it is getting I hope the picture is better. Also, what if we get up and find out our TV isn't work. I don't think there is any fine print involved but you never know what conspiracies there are out there.

Postal Service cutting back

It was announced today that the U.S. Postal Service is planning on cutting back their service to deal with cost issues as a result of the bad economy. What concerns me is that it is going to slow up important mail such as bills and packages that are sent out on Saturday. Also, people won't be able to utilize the post office on Saturday mornings when they get most of their errands done. However, at least when I go out on a Saturday night and I forget to get the mail I won't have to worry about bringing it back to my place. It doesn't surprise me that a lost day of business would help them cut costs, after all it is a government-run enterprise. Now if only the bank would cut Saturday service-might I go back, I don't think so.