mike's common sense

It is now 7:00 pm eastern time, and the sun is going down. With the passing of the sun, brings a new day for us all. Tonight, the Senate, and the House, will once again try to pass a bail out of the financial institutions. So far I am amazed that so many House Reps. have listened to their... Sign in to see full entry.

I love American football. I also love Austrian rules football, but that's another subject. Today I want to tell you why I love football(American style). I played when I was younger,and there is no adrenaline rush quite like football. Running around, causing mayhem on defense, giving out punishing... Sign in to see full entry.

I don't really care for commercials, I normally fast through them if I'm watching on TIVO. But, there is one set of commercials I will watch. Ever see the ads for Liberty Mutual where one person does a good deed, and is seen by someone else? Who then does something nice for someone else, which is... Sign in to see full entry.

When I was young, my brothers and I used to watch TV. A lot of TV! My mother would have to kick us out of the house to get us to play. My parents called the TV "the boob tube". I guess their reasoning was, if you watch too much TV, you would grow up to be a boob. Back in the 60's "boob" was a slang... Sign in to see full entry.

Back in the post "Blue Monday", I warned you that I was a blog-a-holic. I am like a loaded gun, ready to go off at any time. Sometimes I say things that sound a little nutty. I do admit, that I am a little nutty. My views on things like spirituality, banking, and politics are different than most... Sign in to see full entry.

Are you ready for it? Because here it comes! The elites, headed up by President Bush, are pushing hard for the 700 billion dollar bail out for the banking system. And get this, they want us to pay for it! That's like Ted Kennedy begging among panhandlers! This is rich! It would be extremely funny,... Sign in to see full entry.

After two major investment firms went belly up, with the prospects of more to follow, the elitists realized that they screwed up. They don't give a hoot if you lose your house or not, but believe me, they care when one of their own goes down. Immediately they jumped into action, and decided to pump... Sign in to see full entry.

Today's topic is corporate greed. There has always been a war of sorts going on between the "have" and the "have not" factions of the human race. Here in the USA, the gap between the two is wider than it has been since the great depression. The reason for this, is the climate brought about by the... Sign in to see full entry.

Back around 1974 or so, Helen Ready had a hit song called, "I Am Woman", in which she starts out "I am woman, hear me roar", which I thought was hokey, and all. I still do. But now that I am older I realize that she was right, Women do all the roaring, while us guys do all the whining. I should... Sign in to see full entry.

Craig Wilson, of USAToday, wrote in his weekly column "The Final Word", today about the proliferation of cell phones. It was a cute article, and since we are about the same age, and from the same hometown(Rochester,NY), I related well to him. One problem, Craig, you never really talked about the... Sign in to see full entry.