Morning Joe

I'm in Augusta today - been here all week.

I leave town tomorrow and the Masters shows up here on Monday.  My hotel room at the Doubletree (yes I got my cookies) is $119 per night.  Next week this same room goes for $450 a night.  There are people that leave town during the week of the Masters and rent out their homes for thousands of dollars for the week.  This is a very big deal here.

By the way, my rental car is a mini-van.  I don't know why they gave me one of these but I love it.  I've always liked mini-vans.  They tend to load them with all types of neat things.  The basic idea is "When in doubt, add another cup holder - somewhere."  This one has a backup camera in the review mirror.  It only comes on when you're backing up.  When I first saw it, my brain dropped offline and I nearly dove out my door.

Have you heard about Hookups?  Apparently, there are websites designed for college students where you can simply "hookup" for sex.  This isn't really that new of an idea.  We had them back when I was in school.  We called them bars.

Has anyone out there ever listened to a radio show called The Savage Nation?  A guy named Savage is a talk show host that makes a living saying whatever pops into his head.  Yesterday, he claimed that $4 a gallon gas was part of Obama's secret plan.  He went on to say that Michelle Obama's "grow your own vegetable garden" thing is a plot to turn our children into communists.  This guy is so out there its fun to listen to him.  I know that no one can take him seriously - right?  Okay, maybe if you believe in the Tea Party this guy makes sense but otherwise...

Betty White, at 89 years old, is going to have her own show.  It will be old people playing pranks on young people.  I actually think that sounds like it could be good.

Donald Trump is a birther.  Seems anyone can run from president.  Rand Paul is considering a run.  What is he, 12, 13 years old.

In my view, it doesn't matter who runs against Obama, he's my guy.  However, I don't say that because he's a Democrat.  In fact, if he wasn't going to run for a second term, I'd have to look carefully at both parties.  Basically, most Democrats are wimps and most Republicans are bullies (but God is on their side apparently).

Is it just me, or is Carol Costello of CNN a Babraham Lincoln?

In Libya, the rebels want a cease fire but only if they are allowed to protest peacefully.  I have a feeling their messenger is going to be returned, strapped to the back of his horse with a note taped to him that says, "No Soup For You!!"

A 5 foot, 11 inch tall guy won the college dunk contest.  This guy has a 50 inch vertical leap.  Here is a video of him.



I have a higher leap but only when I'm wearing my cape.

Up, up and away...

jim