I must say not watching but hearing about a no hitter is pretty awesome. Baseball players and fans alike are superstitious lot. I did not watch the game out of fear of jinxing one Homer Bailey aka Mr. No-No. Homer pitched a gem of a game. I must say Homer has grown as a baseball player, listening to the coaches and trusting his teammates. With the Reds going into the playoffs we needed Homer to step it up. With the no hitter he is doing that and more. The Reds in my opinion are looking poised to go deep into the playoffs, possibly bring back another World Series back to Baseball Town, USA (Cincinnati to you folks who don't know your baseball history). The Reds are doing all of this with out the guidance of one Dusty Baker who is still recovering from a minor mini stroke. Prayers going out to you Dusty for a speedy recovery.
UK hockey??? Who knew. I shrug my shoulders at that one.
Speaking of The University of Kentucky Big Blue Madness is only 14 days away. This will be when we get to meet the new Wildcats. So they can start their defense of the Championship and work their way to number 9.
I know I may bounce around round topic to topic. However write about things that I like and care about. Sorry this is short and sweet but life is about enjoying those around you and making memories that last. Until next time ........
So apparently we have a nut job in Cali making a poorly made movie dissing Islam and now we have a bunch of people protesting abroad, we have had diplomats murdered in cold blood, and the Republicans decide upon themselves to politicize this bullshit. Personally I do not condone pissing off an entire religion nor do I condone what radicals of that religion did to our diplomats. This is America and we have freedom of speech but the First Amendment protects Americans from our government. But out in the world you are not protected by the First Amendment, words or images that incite or provoke should be punished. You don't go on a plane and yell "Hi Jack!!!" or in a crowded theater yell "Fire!!!!", I know what your gonna say now Will everyone knows not to do that but I counter we have freedom of speech to say whatever the hell we want right. Again those are words that incite and provoke and are punishable by law. Now we have radical right wingers out applauding this guy , moderate Republicans are appalled by this, but are attacking the President saying that he is sending mixed signals. I for one think the administration is doing what it can , they have sent the Navy in and increasing unmanned drones in the area, working with our allies in the area to find those responsible. If the Republican party thinks this President is weak then my friends they are wrong. Mit Romney feels it necessary to spread with his campaign fear-mongering. Mit is saying we should be able to battle two fronts of war, hmmm so how does he plan to pay for two wars??? President Obama is being smart granted no one likes downsizing, but is 100,000 less troops really a big difference. My friends on the far right will say yes it is a big difference and my friends on the very far left will say it is not enough. Those just left of center may think it is alright but don't like and those right of center are like well it is necessary because it is fiscally responsible.
My friends the world is definitely a different place now than when I was growing up. Never really had to worry about Islamic extremist, or dirty bombs or cyber attacks. We are on a 24 hour news cycle, and the days and months seem to be going fast and faster.
I am worried for America we have one candidate that I do not trust and one that wants to do right by the American people but I fear if he gets re-elected the republican party will stymie what needs to be done for Americans. Have you looked at our decrepit infrastructure? Romney and Ryan are not right for America , they only care about their millionaire and billionaire friends and corporations, they will go back to trickle down economics the Reagan implemented back in the 80's. Were we better off then? Obama has tried to reach across the aisle with Boehner and McConnell and work with them but they have made it abundantly clear they will not work with the President.
I know what I am putting on this blog may not be "popular" or come off as a a "homer" for the Democrat party. Are there things the president could have done better of course, were there missed opportunities absolutely, but I stand behind this President and his plan for America. We need to invest in things like our power grid and roads and bridges. I have traveled across one such bridge recently in Cincinnati, OH that spans into Kentucky. I for one feel it is a worn out bridge.
Sorry no sports this time around more of an opinion of one guy that like to write out his opinions. We are all different , yet we are the same we are the human race.
