Thankful for...ok, I'm a Little Late

Yeah, yeah, I know I am a little late on giving up some thanks for the year.  But, hey, I was grading, sleeping, cooking, eating...all things I am thankful for.

Ok, I am going to combine this thanks stuff with one of my passions--college football.  Seems ok to me at the moment, now that the regular season is done (I do not count conference championship games as part of the regular season).  For my two cents, this was a fine example of a collegiate football season.

I am thankful to Stanford for beating the Ducks, and to USC for proof that Lame Kiffin is well, lame. 

I am thankful that Washington State stunk the season up, as I am no big fan of Mike Leach even though I have a PhD from Texas Tech.

I am thankful to BYU for deciding they could go college football alone--how's that working for you BYU?

I am thankful that Colorado State did not go winless, but McElwain has a lot of work to do with this program.

I am thankful for Baylor, who proved they were a fluke with RGIII and still beat Kansas State.

I am thankful for Texas A&M, they are proof that expansion is about money, but does not mean bad football.

I am thankful for Urban Meyer, who has now made expectations higher than reality for Ohio State (anyone remember what happened the last time OSU was 12-0, they lost to an SEC team--coached by Meyer).

I am thankful that Penn State did not fold up and go the way of the dodo bird this season.

I am thankful that the John L. Smith era at Arkansas was brief.  Woo Pig Sooie.

I am thankful that the people over at the barn finally realized what everyone else realized a few years back--Chizik is a barely average coach not worthy of an SEC program.

I am thankful that Bama is in a position to play for the SEC championship and the National Championship (particularly since I have academic ties and regional ties to this team).

My Guy Lost, Now What?

Well, my guy lost last night, wasn't even close--Sorry Virgil H. Goode, Jr. it was just not meant for the Constitution Party to win the White House, for the 1.6% of us who could not hold our noses and vote for either the current bum or the wantabe the bum it really didn't matter.  However, A lot of other people's guy lost last night too.  Romney only got 48.1% of the votes cast and currently tallied.  So, now what?

First, Barrack Obama won, he got 50.3% of the votes.  Great, he got 50.3% of the votes, which means there is no mandate from the people.  Sorry, but barely getting 50% of the population to support something is not impressive.  If you offer enough people a free ride on the backs of the rest of the population they will vote for you--and what does it mean--not much really and everything really.

Second, what it means is socialism.  50.3% of the population of the country think that redistribution of the gains of the wealthy is good for the country.  Redistribution be it through taxes or outright taking of property is still the hallmark of socialism.  So, 50.3% of the population has trapped the other 49.7% of the population in a socialist spiral.  Thanks 50.3%.

Third, don't read into my statement a great deal of sympathy toward Romney either.  Only 48.1% of the population liked Romney.  Surprise, Surprise, Surprise.   Do you really think that the 48.1% if they were the majority of votes cast would not have trapped the rest of us in a downward spiral as well?  If you do, come see me, I have real estate for sale.

Ok, so this is my two cents.  Duck, run for cover, start doomsday prepping now.  No, really, my two cents, it will take drastic behavioral adjustment and economic collapse to right the ship and get the majority of the country to move back away from socialist principals of nanny state control of minutae of life and redistribution of wealth policies.  In the meantime, I take solace in the fact that life will find a way and I will find a way to navigate the socialist control of government at the national level in the U.S.

p.s.  what will the first legal challenge to the CO and WA recreational marijuana laws be and when will we see this challenge? 

The North Koreans are Coming, The North Koreans are Coming...

Ok, not really, but hey I remember watching Red Dawn in the theater with my dad when it first came out way back in the stone ages (1984).  So I will probably go see this one...

Tibetan Self-Immolation Count

Tibetan Self-Immolation Count:  60

seven in the last two weeks