Analyze the analyst

Saturday the NFL held it's annual draft. There are too many players to analyze the draft you would have to study for weeks to give any analysis. But you can comment on the analysts. Here is what I have to say about one guy who is in love with a certain Notre Dame quarterback.

Thank god Frank is dead

Some of you who know me well know that I am a huge Frank Zappa fan. I realize that not everyone likes Frank, his music is unusual and definalty an aquired taste. However I love his music. I think it's humorus,poignant and complicated on multiple levels. Frank's bands have always been known for excellent musicianship but despite his wide spread respect I still think his music is still under appreciated and mis-understood. His bands are tight as hell and play rythums and time signatures that are virtually unheard of in today's pop music.

Since Frank died in 1993 often times I have bemoaned his passing by thinking about all of music we were denied as a result of his early death; he was 52 when he died.
How many new albums were left in him, how many insteresting and complicated arragements were yet to come? We will never know. Sometimes I think perhaps a piece of music that would have been the most amzaing, intricate piece of music ever will never be heard and it makes me sad.

Then I see shows like American Idol. What would Frank think of this abombination? I will agree that a few of them have a little bit of talent,(Brent)
Kelly Clarkson maybe,but 99% of them suck and don't know shit about music. It's horrible. If you like American Idol, if you think it's an entertaining show that is fine you can watch it and like it but don't think of them as musical talent. It doesnt take talent to do a record these days and Idol proves it. I bet Frank is rolling over in his grave. To see the recording industry, which he as a pioneer of turn into a freak show like this. I miss Frank and wonder about what would have been. But sometimes I also think, It's a good thing he is not around to see this he would have dispised it even more then I.

I just took a golf lesson. Next I am going to take a history lesson

A few years ago I was telling everyone that I was the last person in America to read Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Remember when everyone on the airplane was reading it and everyone in your office, school or social group had read it? Well I finally picked it up and luckily for me I finished it prior to the movie coming out but it was close. Now I think I may have found another distinction that may be unique to me. I have yet to find anyone who shares this unusual set of opinions at the same time.

Last week I wrote a letter to the editor questioning some of our local elected officials and their jurisdictions. It seems as if they are operating outside of their elected duties and I was wondering why no one was calling them on it. Well, I guess I needed a civics lesson because the very next day in the Republic there was an article that explained how their actions were lawful and I felt like an imbecile.

So now there is this big debate in Congress about the President's desire to send more troops to Iraq. I was wondering why Congress was debating this issue at all. Isn't this the commander-in-chief's call to make? I don't recall in past conflicts where Congress called into question military decisions. I know there has always people who either support of oppose the war but I can't recall Congress acting as an entire body on an issue that they have no jurisdiction to decide. Then I answered my own question when I realized that what they are debating is not legislation to stop the escalation, they have no power to do so but rather a simple gesture of displeasure. Congress can however reduce funding but the are powerless to prohibit the President's decision. So basically what they are debating is a resolution, a statement of disapproval. That function is only ceremonial. But I am still confused. Hasn't everyone for the past four years been saying that one of the reasons we are struggling so bad is the lack of appropriate troop levels in Iraq? I mean everyone except a small group of the Presidents closest advisers namely Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz believed we should have sent more troops. didn't Shinseki basically get fired for saying so? So now, when the President is acquiescing slightly shouldn't we be supportive of that? I realize that 20K more troops is a drop in the bucket and will make little difference in the overall success of the operation. But 20K is 20K. I mean would all of the people who are against the troop build-up be supportive if the number was more like 70K?

So here is where I believe my opinion is a unique one. I thought this war was a farce from the beginning. I remember yelling BULLSHIT at the TV when Cheeny, Rumsfeld and Rice were making the rounds in the run up to the war. I thought it was an unjust war then, I think we should get out as quickly as possible and I think our presence in Iraq is making the world a more dangerous place. Yet I think it's not a bad idea to send some more troops in there. If you going to do a job get all of the resources you can. I realize that some say we are sending more people into harms way unnecessarily. But I say every little bit can help even if its incremental.

P.S. Maybe the title of this post should have been;
First a golf lesson, then a history lesson, then a writing lesson.

Letter to the Editor

Mr. Madrid,
I read your excellent article, A quieter and gentler J.D. emerges on Thursday. Even though I did not vote for
Mr. Hayworth I always believed he was a man with deep convictions.

I want to ask you about the last point in your article regarding CountyAttorney Andrew Thomas but before I do I want to compare Mr. Thomas to Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

For a long time we have known that the Sheriff has never met a TV camera he did not like. He takes every opportunity to hold a press conference even if the issue is of little consequence. I notice that lately the sheriff has been taking this technique to a new level. The idea of sheriffs officers trying to enforce immigration law has long troubled me. I wonder why this issue has not been addressed in the media with more detail. I am sure that the Sheriffs popularity might have something to do with it. I saw in the Republic today that at least he has now asked the County Board of Supervisors for the funds to get some training for his officers. If the sheriff is hell bent on deporting illegals then I am glad he is at least seeking resources to do it. But doesn't this action operate outside his jurisdiction? I am sure that the sheriffs supporters will applaud him for trying to step in to remedy a situation where the INS and Border Patrol is heavenly burdened. But I have always seen the issue as Joe Arpaio taking advantage of what he knows is a hot button issue with the voters of Maricopa County.

Now enter Andrew Thomas. Your last point indicated that Mr. Thomas is working to achieve faster trials in in death penalty cases. What does that mean exactly? How he is working to accomplish this? He is working with the courts on this issue?
What can he do to speed these trails up? and if he can do something isn't this a state court issue. Unless I am mistaken the state decides in matter of death penalty cases. A County Attorney can no more expedite these cases then you or I can or can he? I just don't understand these high profile, publicly elected politicians either operating outside of their specific duties or at the very least pushing the boundaries of their offices.

What is next, State Senator Ron Gould R- Lake Havasu introducing a bill to support the Presidents troop build up?


Kevin Maxwell
Gilbert AZ.

Larry King is a Whuss

Question? When did Larry King sell out and become a total media whore? I admit I have not watched Larry King on CNN for years now. I used to listen to his radio show quite a bit but then my local news/talk station moved his show time and it just not coincided with my schedule. Also since I got satellite radio a few years ago that really cut into my opprutunities for listening.

Larry King used to be a decent interviewer. I remember when I was in college I would tune into Larry and listen to him in the evenings. He I remember his having a good mix of entertainment people, politicans and other interesting folks. I also remember Larry as someone who would ask a difficult question now and again.

In the past few weeks I have walked into a room with a television left on and I have stumbled across Larry King Live on. I sat down and caught a few minutes of a couple shows and I have to say I was quite surprised. Frist of all it looks like Larry has cashed it in on the interviewing duties. I am pretty sure the guests walk into the studio and hand Larry a script. He just sits there and reads the questions. Second, when did he just turn into a stagging area for the gossip rags? My god, I tuned in the other night and they were talking about Scott Peterson again and they had on his pathetic lawyer Mark Geragos. Another guest was Gerry Spence. Gerry Spence, are you kidding me? That guy has not done a significant piece of legal work in the past 15 years. Yet there he is, again (for probably the 5ooth time) on Larry's show brought in to comment on a difficult legal matter. And Gerry was just pimping his website over and over again. "Larry for more of my thoughts on the subject visit www.gerryspence.com where folks can download my opinions and insights". Gerry is offering his opinion via download because no publisher in the world would publish another Gerry Spence book. (Actually there probably is someone, which is more depressing) This guy is so irrealivant it is not even funny. Yet there he is in front of the camera while Larry just sits there and props them up.

It was a very pathetic display if I must say. By the way, he Larry still married to that money grubber from Utah? I am sure Larry is just showing up to work to get his check. He needs to keep mamma happy.

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RVIA 2006

Pictures from the RVIA show in Louisville, KY. Nov 26-30, 2006.
My camera broke so I didnt take too many pictures. But I did borrow a camera
and shoot a couple of shots.

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Next years Halloween Costume

here is what I am wearing next year. I need my friends to help me out on this one.