Blake Griffin "The Beast"

Finally ESPN does a Blake Griffin best 10 plays highlight reel. It is a must watch. I have no idea of the future of the Clippers but this much is in little doubt: IF Mr. Griffin remains healthy his potential ceiling is cause to watch a 3 win team even right now.

President Obama Dismisses McChrystal / Nominates Patraeus

Thank You Mr. President

I had almost forgotten that our government was CAPABLE of acting on the biggest and most stubborn of problems facing us. It occurs to me this was passed on the first day of spring by the US House of Rep. (vernal equinox) and by the US Senate on the first day of winter (winter solstice).

A Moral Imperative

Endeavour Comes Home

A stark and somewhat surreal photo of Endeavour on final approach to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida was posted last night shortly after the successful completion of the mission to install one of the final large sections of the ISS. This was the Tranquility module which included a large windowed cupola intended for aiding the astronauts in visual control and the station external robotic arms from inside the station.

Endeavour Comes Home

Gallup Daily Widget

My Mother last Christmas

President Obama's First Annual State Of The Union Address

This man is a great leader. I have never been more proud of my president in my lifetime. The address speaks for itself.

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This in my opinion is the single most powerful statement by President Obama of the unbroken links between today's fight for justice such as better access to health care and the much more perilous burdens Dr. King's generation and those preceding it had to bear. The video speaks for itself:

Weekly Address 16.Jan.2010

President Obama explains the bank fees he is pushing through to be applied to the largest financial firms that benefited from the TARP program and whose continued existence is largely a function of the massive assistance granted to it by the Treasury and Federal Reserve and ultimately the US taxpayers. This fee will complete the recovery of all of the 750B$ of TARP funds + interest over a period of 10 years and in my opinion if clearly sensible and entirely justified.