Am I the only one who notices that the only times there is a threat of a “Government Shutdown” is when there is a Democratic President and a Republican lead Congress? It happened with Clinton and now with Obama, and seriously it’s about time he showed some balls and actually vetoes this ridiculous extension and its condition of $12 billion in cuts. At what point are they going to acknowledge that cutting education and welfare programs will not give them the money they need. But cutting the three biggest, most bloated things in the federal budget will. And that would be Defense, Social Security and Medicaid. Why is this never included in the debate? In a country that spends more on defense than the next 30 nations combined, isn’t it time to cut something? Especially when no conventional army can come anywhere near us militarily and our current enemies will not be defeated with money or conventional weapons but the winning of hearts and minds, which I assure you costs less. 
For anyone in their 30's the death of Kurt Cobain was sort of our JFK moment...everyone knew where they were when they heard the news. I was coming home from basketball practice with a walkman on my head (remember those?) and I turned on the radio and caught a DJ talking about Kurt Cobain’s suicide in mid sentence. I don’t know why there are so many reflections this year about the anniversary of his death since it’s only been 17 years; maybe because there is a new statue in his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington being unveiled this week. Something that Cobain would have surely loathed if he were alive. Needless to say, music has never recovered; a quick glance at the pop charts can confirm that. SPORTS
Bad enough that he has alienated so many basketball fans, now it looks like LeBron James’ mom is in trouble as well, but this is a bit worse. It seems she couldn’t get her car fast enough, so she decided it would be best to assault the parking valet. When police arrested her at 4:47 AM (nothing good ever happens at that time unless you are indoors, believe me) they said she smelled of alcohol. Wow…what a shock. You know, whenever I argue with my mom about something, I stop, count to ten then reflect on the fact that at least my mom is not one of these fame obsessed, self entitled nitwits who try to live vicariously off their children. And I’m even happier because my mom wouldn’t embarrass me by getting arrested. However, should my mom ever get arrested, she will either not survive or end up starting a shopping club in the prison.
Did you hear that Ben Roethlisberger is getting married? I wonder which nightclub bathroom stall he is registered at?
THIS WEEK'S REASON WHY TERRORISTS WANNA KILL US
Nobel Prize recipient Toni Morrison got $30,000 for a speaking engagement at Rutgers University. Of course she deserves it; she is an accomplished individual and one of the greatest American authors of the last century. Having said that, I am a bit surprised to learn that Snookie from Jersey Shore got $32,000 to speak at Rutgers University. You know, I admired the football team at Rutgers for being ranked a few years ago by the BCS on true talent and wins alone; so much so that I got a Rutgers football cap. Anyone want it? Now is all fairness, you can’t blame Snookie for getting paid, but it is certainly a testament to what our society chooses to value, and it’s not a particularly comforting one.
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LMAO @ Donald Trump Joke!
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