Pixelated, things that live under rocks, and sports stadiums
Do kids get those crystal radio kits for Christmas anymore? I didn’t think so. * * * We’ve gotten an early exposure to digital TV. Every once in a while the picture will pixelate, and our TV picture turns into little checker board squares. I hope this is just part of tweaking the signal; otherwise we’re in for some fun in February. * * * Can you imagine that? Now what am I talking about, you ask? President Richard M. Nixon. People looked at President Nixon in the 1970s and said, "Now there’s a crook." Nixon didn’t believe he was. Today there’re people in this country crawling out from under rocks that pose a bigger threat to us than President Nixon did. We’ve got more crooks in our government, corporations, and financial institutions than we know what to do with. Why do we have so many of them? History will be kind to President Nixon because of comparisons to what we’re seeing today. What President Nixon did seems more like a misdemeanor to me. For every lousy President or bad situations we find ourselves in, Nixon climbs one more rung up the ladder. We survived Richard Nixon…I’m not sure we can survive these modern day crooks. The new motto for this country that once served as the title of a Johnny Carson day time show. "Who do you trust?" * * * The Indianapolis Colts are playing in a new stadium this year. Their old stadium has already been imploded and turned into nothing but rubble. I said old but I shouldn’t use that word. The stadium was only 24 years old. That’s what we do in this country now. Things become not good enough in a hurry. Team owners claim they need more revenues from the stadium, from such things as luxury boxes and more restaurants in order to make the team’s payroll. I can’t believe that. The Detroit Lions left the Silverdome in 2001 after 25 years and probably for the same reason. The stadium was bankrolled by Michigan tax payers. Don’t we wish we had that money back now? My problem is with the exception of Calvin Johnson there’s no Lion player worth more than a million dollars a year. That’s just not possible. We’ve put sports ahead of what America really needs. More attention to things that really count in life. * * * Now for a bit of holiday advice, don’t keep your hands in your pockets when you’re walking on ice. Happy New Year! Until the next time . . .
