Thoughts of a Common Man

Someone dropped a few more items from the Epstein files and it’s becoming apparent that Epstein had a partner or that Epstein was working for the pig that is currently hiding the files. And the worst part of it all is that the mainstream media appears terrified of even commenting on anything that is being leaked. Please. Read those vile accusations and the testimony of the victims. And then stand up with the rest of us who believe that all involved need to lose their jobs, and their freedom. The people who are guilty must go to jail. Each and every line of these documents must be investigated. The files detail the rape and murder of children. Not underage men or women. CHILDREN  Who were trafficked and abused beyond belief. ICE? It’s a distraction. The tariffs? Just hiding this information. Get them all out in the open. Try them all. Then bury them under the jail. Pigs. Straight up sexual predators. That’s deplorable.

I parred the first two holes of the year, and 3 of 4. Which is rough for the poor guys who’ve known me for the last thirty years. I don’t shut up. And we played again on Thursday morning…and it was so much fun to stand out in the sun and swing a club as the entire northeast is in a deep freeze. As a matter of fact, Buffalo will be below zero today… …so I’m gaining about 75 degrees. Chippy has been solid. My drives are mostly straight, and while I’ve missed a few short putts… …oh hell, it doesn’t matter. I was golfing, with good friends. We have laughed a lot. We’ve eaten great meals. And kind of laughed about how bad it is back home… …but down to a matter of days before I’m back in the frozen tundra. But I will be a little bit happier than I was before I left. Golf and sunshine can do that for you.

I’m so proud of Bruce Springsteen. Now, readers of this blog, and dear friends of mine know that I love Bruce’s music. It’s not just because I can sing every word to Dancing in the Dark or Glory Days. It’s because he has always been there - every step of the way as I’ve journeyed through my life. His lyrics have taught me about growing up and becoming a man and a husband and a faithful, kind, compassionate American. Yesterday he released a song, dedicated to the Americans who lost their lives to a thug fucking Army in an American city. Bruce stood up. Again. And a song or a book, or a blog won’t change the world, but it might change one person’s mind. I will keep trying. And Bruce is always on the right side of love and compassion. Those Americans should not have died. And if you’re on the ‘other side’ of this - you know that too. Thank you, Bruce. It’s why you’re the greatest to ever do it.

It’s hard to describe the day I had yesterday. My flight was delayed for two hours. Then another hour.  Then it was cancelled. I got used to the idea of going on Wednesday, but found out, I was rebooked and I’d be leaving at 3:00. Good enough. A snowstorm on the way to the airport, and yet, we were loaded onto the plane. We waited 30 minutes and were greeted with the following announcement: “You might wonder why we aren’t leaving. We can’t find the pilot.” Seriously! We waited. 30 minutes later: “We found the pilot. We will be leaving shortly.” My phone pinged. My connecting flight from Charlotte was cancelled. They rebooked me on a flight for the morning, but I looked around, there was still a flight leaving at night. I got off the plane and went to customer service and switched my flight. Found one of the guys from Syracuse who was booked on the same flight. As we ate an $11 slice of pizza, twenty feet from the gate, both of our phones pinged. “The flight has been canceled.” We w...

There’s a photo floating around that the NFL put out on September 4th for the start of the new season. In the photo (which I couldn’t post for some reason) a player from each team was shown, staring up at the Super Bowl trophy. The two players closest to the pedestal where the trophy was displayed were: You guessed it: Drake Maye and Sam Darnold. In a league with Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Matthew Stafford, Lamar Jackson, and Jalen Hurts… …among about 200 other players you’d think of before Maye or Darnold entered the conversation… …that was who the NFL decided to feature… ..4 months before the big game. Coincidence? Now, for years, the NFL has heard rantings of lunatics who discovered that the Super Bowl logo (which is released before the start of the year) always gets the colors exactly right… …red for Chiefs and dark green for Eagles last year… (It’s happened a lot!) But this????? Darnold and Maye?????  Seriously???? The Patriots and the Seahawks both missed the pl...

I came in from cleaning the car and creating a path to it from the front door. My feet were like blocks of ice when I came in. We got about 9.5 inches here, which is basically a dusting. Ollie got his reps in, and we watched a couple of movies and checked the football games. I’d even watch the NFL to stay away from the news. That poor guy was murdered on video, and the pigs in charge are doing whatever they can to blame him for being beaten, disarmed, pepper sprayed, and shot in the back, and then shot 9 more times. An RN nurse who went to check on a woman who was body-checked into the snow bank. One guy explained to me that “Americans need to learn to carry their papers if they leave the house, but should just stay home.” Really? Doesn’t he know that ICE doesn’t need a warrant to enter your home? This is the America we want to live in? A virtual police state? Ruined the weekend for a lot of people. Check social media… …it’s just scared Americans wondering how the madness can be stoppe...

Saturday was the latest day to be ruined by the tyrannical administration ruining what was a once great nation. “We are a shithole country,” was what I said. Watch the video - as painful as that might be - ICE murdered another American in Minnesota. They got away with the first murder by claiming that a woman was a domestic terrorist. Her murder was absolutely disgusting. The one yesterday was even worse. ICE officers pushed a woman down - for walking down the street - and a 37-year old man, who is a nurse, has no criminal record, and was a legal gun owner, approached in what can best be seen as an attempt to help the fallen woman. Eight ICE Agents took him down, disarmed him, pepper sprayed him, bashed him with their gun, and then shot the man multiple times. There are videos from every angle. Murder. The Kent State moment, and as I watched the video for the second time, all I could think was, it’s not sustainable. It has to stop. The premise is that ICE is ridding the country of ille...