Sports and more sports

I would have realized sooner had I been more observant. It is now painfully obvious that many football and hockey players are less mature than other sports figures. If one looks closely, most, if not all, have pacifiers in their mouths. Oh I'm sure they're not called by that name......but look for yourselves, you'll see.......marge

Winners, or, less losers........

I confess to not being knowledgable about major events such as The World Series, Super Bowl and Primary Delegates Conventions. The intrinsic aspects pretty much escape me. I am only left with these thoughts. Its not who wins the most. Its who loses the least. Thus enters Mitt Romney into my quandry. Congratulations on being ahead. Oh wait, make that, Congratulations on not being the most behind!..........marge

Men's professional sports vs breast feeding.

It is by some, unacceptable for a woman to discreetly breast feed her child outside the confines of her home. It appears however, acceptable for a ball player to intentionally slam into a catcher or second base player while trying to reach the plate or stop a double play. It also appears acceptable for a hockey play of considerable size and weight, to INTENTIONALLY body check with full force, an opposing skater into the sideboards. Don't even ask about football players and the cheap and dangerous shots THEY knowingly take. So tell me again why her behavior is less acceptable than all those 'wonderful' sports figures?........marge

Remembering........

I had a friend, long since dead, who left an indelible mark on my life. Two memories stand out. The first. She cradled our Spina Bifida, hydrocephalic baby in her forearms and gently told him how beautiful he was. Secondly. I and two of my children came down with the chicken pox at the same time. She took my eight month old home to care for her without a seconds hesitation. Some time later, I told her how grateful I was. She looked at me in astonishment and said, "You don't know how honored I was you asked me!" Her name was Audrey Clapham. Never to be forgotten. Remembered with the greatest of love..........marge

news media alert - don't label us

If an adult gets knocked down, injured, robbed or anything else, that person doesn't need a special age label by the news media. It may matter if one is a child or infant, but not an adult, please! The worst being, labelling us 'elderly'. Are we older than average? Certainly, but tagging us as 'elderly' is totally unnecessary and quite frankly, insulting. Are you telling us the sum total qualifications for our years of living comes down to 'Elderly'? Does this make your story more compelling, sympathetic or dramatic? It shouldn't. We are more than that............marge

Detroit Lions Coach, sending wrong message to players?

I don't know who is to blame more, the Lions players who flagrantly disregard basic decency rules on the field and then try to tell the public its just part of the game so the deplorable behavior is ok, or their head coach, who appears to do nothing to correct it. But perhaps even worse, sadder, or scarier, they believe the hype they say on camera. If one behaves like a total jerk, perhaps one IS a total jerk.........marge

Michele Bachmann

Listened to Michele Bachmann this morning (for as long as I could stand). She appears to have mastered the art that instrumental musicians have to not break the sequence of their playing (talking) by taking an obvious breath. The moderator is thus effectively thwarted in asking more than one or two probative questions in say, any given half hour. She gets an 'A' in clever avoidance.