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Mar. 29, 2010 Today’s column is brought to you by Hella Buttered malt liquor. “Remember, if you throw a party and wanna insure a good time, you gotta get Hella Buttered.” THAT’S THE WAY HE LIKE IT, UH-OH, UH-OH: Richard Finch, who along with Harry Wayne Casey, formed the basis of KC and The Sunshine Band, was arrested and accused of having sex with an underage boy. Supposedly, the six-time Grammy nominee told the boy he could open doors for him in his music career. After his arrest, it was reported that Finch admitted to having sex with boys between the ages of 13 and 17. Finch was arrested in Newark , in—no kidding—Licking County, Ohio . The following day, Casey disassociated himself from Finch, saying in a statement: “"Richard Finch has not been a part of KC & The Sunshine Band for over 30 years, nor is he a co-founder of the band.” Casey added, “"I created KC & The Sunshine Band in 1973. Mr. Finch subsequently joined the band a year later in 1974. While his talent contributed to the early success of the KCSB sound, his involvement ended in 1980.” He did everything but add a “Ha-ha” in closing. Finch has since proclaimed his innocence and has hired a defense attorney. The Band is best known for it’s hits—again, I’m not making this up: Shake, Shake, Shake Your Booty, I’m Your Boogie Man , I Like To Do It , and Keep it coming, love… RIGHT MAKES FIGHT After the passing of President Obama’s health reform plan, The GOP reiterated its tired and dire warnings, just as they did after the passge of the stimulus package. These naysayers swear that the Dems will ;lay in the fall elections, and the Republkicans will regain control of both the Senate and House of Representatives. I don’t quite see it that way. The GOPs newest scare tactic (remember claims of “death panels” and the “Stimulus won’t work” claims?) centers on the idea that the deficit will balloon out of control. In case you haven’t noticed, George W. Bush already saw to that. We can’t just sweep under the rug the fact that Obama took office under conditions no other President has ever faced—massive debt, falling stock market, failing banks, struggling auto and housing industries, two wars and rising unemployment. In his first 15 months on the job, the President has signed into law healthcare reform, a bill to help struggling homeowners, a stimulus package and a bi-partisan jobs bill. By 2012 we should begin to see the effects of these moves and if they are even moderately successful, help re-election. Of course, the tea baggers and the birthers and the rest of the loon squad segment of the GOP, will continue to spew their hateful bile, because when all other arguments fail, labeling is the next best strategy—especially when it works. (See Bush V. Dukakis, 1988.) Spitting, using offensive names and threatening Congressmen and their families will only show how unbalanced this band of ‘burb rats are. This is a group with nary a black face (at least as far as I can see), made up of middle-0aged white males afraid of “losing [their] way of life, 20% od whom think Obama might be the Antichrist! Sound familiar—that is, do they remind you of the boyz in the (white) hoods? For starters, most of the bill won’t take effect until after the 2012 elections. The parts that take effect immediately will benefit poor people who will do what? Vote for the man who helped them! And by the way, under Obama’s watch, didn’t we avert a second depression? In other words, the GOP—the party of NO—is going to be the big loser. Watch and see, and r3emember, you read it here first. CALIFORNIA SCREAMIN’: Former head of e-bay, Meg Whitman, the presumptive GOP candidate for Governor of California, is singing the same old tired ditty. In a state short on revenue and quick to cut programs that helpo the indigent, is running on a slash taxes platform. This in a state that has lost 18,000 jobs in the past year and that is facing a projected budget deficit of anywhere from 25 to 50 million dollars. Whitman plans to eliminate state jobs and agencies that aren’t working or which are redundant, but that’s the same thing the present Governor claimed he’d do, and instead of fulfilling that promise, he went after schools, social programs and raided county coffers. Warren Buffet and Steve Poizner (Whitman’s opponent in the GOP primary) both said that California ’s property tax rate is too low. Second, California needs to generate additional revenue by raising the income tax. School districts are going bankrupt, police and fire services are being cut in counties across the state, and hospitals are being shut down because of a lack of funding. Our schools are next to last in per student spending and the housing market may not recover for another 3 to 5 years. 11% of the nation’s population lives here—in what was once the 7th largest economy on the planet. That is too big a piece of the population to let down. In the Bay Area alone (where I live( more than 6700 jobs were lost in February alone. California can and must do better. If it is to continue as The Golden State, we will have to elect Jerry Brown, who is a former two-term Governor and current State Attorney General. BRACKETEERING: My predictions for the NCAA Final Four mirrored just about everyone else’s—Villanova, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky. After the first rouns I was 28-6, but with a plethora of upsets. I’ve gone 12-16 since. S0o here is my thrown-dart-in-the-dart prediction for the remainder: West Virginia over Michigan State, 71-64. Speaking of the NCAA tournament, ever wonder what ever happened to Wyoming star Fennis Marx Dembo? He took Wyoming to the 1987 NCAA tournament Elite Eight, averaging nearly 29 points a game. Well, according top Wikipedia, he played one season in the NBA (Detroit Pistons) and averaged 1.2 ppg. .He has also been beset by some personal problems, which I won’t go in to here. All I remember of him was that he was a fellow with an unusual name and mad game, and that he took an overachieving Wyoming team to the Elite Eight. ‘Til we meet again… ------------ 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. HUMAN TRIAL II: ADAM’S WAR is pending review and editing. Stelly also has a short story included in the AIDS-themed anthology, THE SHATTERED GLASS EFFECT, due out in February 2010. His story, SNAKES IN THE GRASS, Is a tale of love, betrayal and its deadly consequences. Reviews of HUMAN TRIAL can be read at amazon.com Visit me at: http://www.myspace.com/pittwit website: http://www.stellyhumantrial.com Email: stellbread@yahoo.com 
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