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Sept. 7, 2009 First Things First: I found Ken Hughes’ response to my last article filled with the usual tripe. Never did he address the issue of the anger of his generation. In my article on the wave of rage exhibited by older white males, I quoted Hughes as follows: “Obama-nomics is failing and no amount of propaganda and media hype will change that. The supposed 90 % of economists who say the country is coming out of the rescission is pure hype… This can all change back by changing congress in 2010. If you love America they [sic] way it was make it known by your vote for congress in 2010.” Not once did he try and support that garbage, which plays to the anger exhibited by his cohorts. Thomas “No, not Alan” Keyes made similar claims in his quote, but at least he had the good sense not to rebut. I notice that everyone who has ever rebutted me is from that “old guard” mindset—Keyes, Hughes, McCrae, Pain/Lewis.and Carl Tirpitz/Bart Warren. ‘Nuff said… Department of Health and We’ll Scare: The President and this healthcare fiasco is a case of too much too soon. While I agree that change in the industry is needed, the Obama administration needs to shelve the idea for at least a year. People have jitters about the economy and while some statistics say there is improvement, until there is something tangible they can hang their hats on—lower unemployment numbers, they’re going to have their hands full. Second, Republican “scarology” is confusing the electorate and the Dems are too inept to articulate their message.. Being A Bad Sport: Denver Bronco owner Oat Bowlen should write a book titled, How To Wreck A Sports Franchise In Eight Short Months.. His ineptitude has led to the rapid decline of a once-proud franchise, and like their new quarterback, Kyle Orton, rabid Denver fans are aiming their errant missiles at the wrong targets—ex-QB Jay Cutler and troubled wider receiver, Brandon Marshall. First, Bowlen fired long-time head coach Mike Shanahan after the coach refused to fire his defensive coordinator. The problem with Denver ’s porous defense was not the coaching, but simply a lack of talent, and Bowlen is notorious for not jumping into the free-agent market to bring in new talent. Second, most of the draft choices of recent years simply have not panned out. Does Bowlen fire his General Manager or try to shore up the teams scouting corps? Np, he brings in New England whiz kid Josh McDaniel, a disciple of Bill Belichick, whose former assistants have gone on to dismal finished elsewhere. This list includes Romeo Cremeil in Cleveland (4-12 record in 2008), Eric ”Gee, thanks a lot Brett” Mangini in New York (after a late-season collapse), and Charlie Weis at Notre Dame (who should have been fired, but wasn’t.) The first thing McDaniel does is low-bridge his quarterback, the young gunslinger Jay Cutler, whom many experts around the league regard as a franchise quarterback. McDaniel stealthily tried to trade for Matt Cassel, the super-sub who filled in for Tom Brady =last season in New England . Why would he want a quarterback controversy with a quarterback whyo broke the single-season Bronco passing Mark once held by Hall of Famer john Elway? Cutler not only broke John Elways passing yardage mark, but threw 34 touchdown passes and cut down on his interceptions. The problem is, while the Broncos were explosive, their defense had a knack for implosion. These are guys who showed up drunk for work at the nitroglycerin factory. McDaniels never apologized to Cutler, and anyone with an ounce of knowledge about NFL quarterbacks knows they are prima donnas. Cutler was upset and talked his way into a trade to the Chicago Bears, whose defense when compared to Denver ’s, looks like the old Pittsburgh Steel Curtain. Now wide receiver Brandon Marshall—knowing that new QB Kyle Orton is no Jay Cutler—also wants out. You’d think the team would accomofate him since he’s made it obvious that he does not want to be in Denver and two, is constantly in legal and personal trouble. Rumors have surfaced that the Broncos lockerroom is divided—half back McDaniel and half want him out. Rather than hire McDaniels, Bowlen should have opted for a proven winner like Joihn Gruden or Steve Mariucci. Cutler, being a young quarterback, could have benefited from the tutelage of Steve Mariucci, who helped develop perennial all-pros Steve Young, Matt Hasselback and Bret Favre. Young is already a Hall of Famer and Favre, who holds almost every major passing record, is a first-ballot shoo-in. Gruden helped develop Rich Gannon in Oakland and even won a Super Bowl with the marginal Trent Dilfer at the helm. Or if he really wanted to win, he could have went crazy with the checkbook and lured Bill Cowher out of retirement. Look for Bowlen’s moves and lack of drafting acumen to set the Broncos rebuilding process back five years. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Broncos are the third worst team in the NFL—behind the Detroit Lions and the St. Louis Rams. You Be Kim Jong Illin’ We need to quit coddling North Korea and “put the smack down” in the form of a fierce embargo—one the U.S. will stick to. I get sick of reading every eighteen months or so that North Korea agrees to abide by negotiations hammered out by U.S. delegates, only to violate it months later and again test the patience of our Government. While no one wants a war in that part of the world, the Chinese seem complacent about things and the Japanese are powerless to do anything about North Korea ’s nuclear ambitions. I just hope our leaders have a contingency plan—that is, a plan to go in there and take out those nukes and North Korea ’s leadership. I say if you can’t beat ‘em, don’t feed ‘em. If I Had A Yammer: Hopefully we have finally put this whole Michael Jackson thing to rest. Oops, wait a minute—there’s still the issue of trying his killer(s), isn’t there? Damn! Just when I thought it was safe to turn on the TV again. This also means more of Nancy Grace’s non-stop yammering. I imagine that in some region of hell, there is non-stop audio feeds of Miss Grace, Ann Coulter, Rose Ann Barr and Fran Dreschler all squawking at once. I’ve Got Gas And I’m Lovin’ It: Let me fire off a sad farewell to the best Canadian import since Labatt’s—the CTV comedy, Corner Gas. For those unfamiliar with the show, it centers on Brent Leroy (played by three-time Canadian Entertainer of the Year Brent Butt), a small-town gas station owner and an island of sanity in a sea of idocy and misfits—which includes his parents Oscar and Emma (played by Eric Peterson and Janet Wright), his hot-tempered co-worker Wanda Dollard (Nancy Robertson, who is Butt’s real-life wife), local buffoon Hank Yarbo (Fred Emanuick), café owner Lacy Burrows ( ) and inept police officers Davis Quinn and Karen Pelly (Lorne Cardinal and Tara Spencer-Nairn). Reruns show on Monday and Tuesday mornings—1:00-2:30 a.m. PDT). It’s worth staying up (or getting up early) for. If only U.S. comedies were as clever. We Hate Short Shorts: Doesn’t it seem like the NBA season just ended? Just think, in another seven weeks the season begins anew. I’ll make my prediction now— Cleveland over the Lakers in an epic seven-game thriller. Shaq V. Kobe; LeBron going for his first ring and the ensuing comparisons to a certain tongue-wagging noopster who once played in Chicago . Shake, Rattle and Blow: Worse news in the so-called war on drugs. Now there is no need to cook methamphetamine in dangerous labs filled with volatile explosives that have the potential to wipe out entire city blocks. A quicker, but smaller quantity can be cooked in soda bottles and shaken until the product is finished. Moreover a lot less cold medicine is required to make it, so the cooks can avoid the watchful eyes of police and pharmacists. However, rumor has it that if there is even a small amount of oxygen in the bottle—KA-BAM!!! Or if you shake it too much—BOOOOOM!! Imagine being a junkie coming off a five-day binge without food or sleep, craving more meth, and with no concern for the advanced case of the shakes, he decides to mix a batch. Singing the National Anathema: What’s this singing before football games crap about? I mean, when Hank Williams struck up a few chords for Monday Night Football, it was okay—at least for the first season or two. Actually, all he did was recycle one of his old songs, but that’s beside the point. Now we got some country bumpkin yodeling before the start of college football games and last season we had Pink and Jessica Simpson performing before MNF games. Just stick to singing the national anthem, tossing the coin and starting the damn game already. Anger’s Aweigh: The Chris Brown interview with Larry King on CNN was both tragic and laughable. Brown appeared after being sentenced to five years of probation and a thousand hours of community service for beating up his then girlfriend, pop star Rihanna. Brown claimed that he didn’t remember what happened and that he still loved her. Float like a butterfly, lie like a rug, stumble young man, stumble! The part of this slo-pitch softball game that I found most interesting was Brown’s proclamation that his striking Rihanna, “That ain’t the kind of person I am.” The fact of the matter is, he admitted to being the person who struck her, so that IS the kind of person he is. Now maybe he’s trying to do something about it, but his version of things sounded like he was in denial. In short, I think he’s full of more s--- than Kirstie Alley’s toilet after a chocolate bar binge. Hope you had a happy Labor Day weekend. I turned fifty last week. This week, Reno ’s a bit too congested, so I’ll fly up there next weekend. ------------ About the author: Timothy N. Stelly is a poet, essayist, novelist and screenwriter from northern California. His novel, HUMAN TRIAL, is the first part of a sci-fi trilogy and is available from Amazon.com, allthingsthatmatterpress.com and in e-book format at mobipocket.com. Visit me at: http://www.myspace.com/pittwit website: http://stellbreadO@tripod.com Email: stellbread@yahoo.com 
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