Hi everyone,
Welcome back to the house of randomness. What is with the weather? It was supposed to snow last night, but today's forecast calls for a high in the mid-50's. I have several meetings today, and my brain tells me that it's late February, so of course I need my winter jacket, but I don't if it's really going to be that warm. What to do? I'm having a brain cramp here. Okay, first things first. Grab a medium DD, then let's clear out some Clutter, and then I'll figure out what coat I need. Here we go...
It can't be a good sign that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear another case regarding affirmative action policies in higher education. The scope of the ruling could be narrowly tailored to the case involving a woman who was unable to get into the University of Texas, but no matter what, it's hard to imagine it won't be a restrictive outcome.
Casting a cloud over the entire election process, it appears that 25% of all super PAC money this year is coming from five donors. The Supreme Court may think that money equals speech, but these guys have their surround sound stereo blasting at 11 while the rest of us are barely above a whisper.
Mitt Romney continues to follow Rick Santorum's lead by claiming President Obama has led some sort of "war on religion." I wonder if there's any part of Mittens that feels the slightest bit of shame at the depths to which he will sink to try to win this campaign. His rhetoric is so consistently not-based in reality, that it seems like he will truly say anything at all for a vote.
The struggle for control of Romney's inner voice continues. On the one hand, you have the "severe conservative." On the other, you have the man saying that cutting growth slows down the economy. That's not going to play well with the base, though not much is these days.
The search for the "real Romney" continues. (pic via invisiblechildren.com)
The S.S. Romney continues to take on water, as a new poll shows him losing his once-considerable lead over Rick Santorum in Arizona.
GOP Senate candidate/former Representative Pete Hoekstra is running as fast as he can from his own racist campaign Super Bowl ad.
Republican Indiana State Rep. Bob Morris thinks the Girl Scouts sell gay abortion cookies.
Wait, what's this? Conservative voters use the safety net too? Shocking. One of the greatest cons in American politics is getting middle and lower-income voters to repeatedly vote against their own economic interests. Needing help isn't a moral failure, it's a simple fact of life. We should be looking out for each other, not looking down on each other.
Comcast is launching its own version of Netflix. I hope it's a better service than "On Demand," which lists about 5000 programs, of which, three are interesting.
Johnson & Johnson CEO Bill Weldon finally lost his job after the company was forced to recall seemingly-all of its products at one point or another over the last few years.
There's a new edition of Sam Adams coming out to celebrate the Boston Marathon, and the best part is, you don't have to run the marathon to drink it!
The saga is over: The Boston Red Sox are getting a Chicago Cubs pitcher named (not "that") Chris Carpenter as compensation for Theo Epstein. Carpenter is projected as a hard-throwing middle reliever-type and doesn't seem that bad. The Red Sox never should have let Theo go before they knew who they were getting in return, but since they did that, Carpenter seems about a good a prospect as they could have hoped for. Let's move on.
Chris Carpenter (pic via bleacherreport.com)
There's nothing I love hearing from a player more than boston Red Sox third baseman/Tom Brady's future brother-in-law Kevin Youkilis's comment, "I’m going to make it as hard on them as possible not to bring me back.’’ Good luck, you sweaty bull. Force ownership's hand and make them offer you a new contract at the end of this season.
Let the fun begin! (pic via espn.com)
Speaking of which, condolences to Tom Brady on the passing of his longtime quarterback mentor Tom Martinez, who died yesterday of a heart attack while undergoing dialysis.
Denver Broncos backup quarterback Brady Quinn probably hasn't won any supporters with his whining about Tim Tebow. This might be why you're a backup, Brady. Broncos VP John Elway is clearly looking for a way out of "Tebow Time." Make your case that you deserve the job in such a dominant fashion that Elway can say there was no way for him to ignore you. Otherwise, shut the hell up.
Community returns on March 15th! Get with the program and watch this show, my friends. If there's room on TV for The Bachelor, there's room for this well-written program.
Who would dare go after the estate of The Godfather author Mario Puzo and why? Doesn't sound like a wise move, unless they're prepared to sleep with the fishes.
Okay kids, that's going to do it for now. Let's have Willie Nelson take us out with his amazing cover of Coldplay's, "The Scientist." If today's "Song of the Day" doesn't move you, then...well, that's just sad. Enjoy the master at work:
Thanks for stopping by, everyone. It was great to see you as always. I'll be running around town today, so if you see me and identify yourself as a Clutterhead, I'll buy your coffee. Until then, I still need to pick out my coat, and today's Clutter has now been cleared.