Monday, August 22, 2011

BloggeRhythms 8/22/2011

Really good weekend all-around, Jets beat the Bengals 27-7 in their second pre-season game, but just as important for me, Freddy won at the Senior Player's Championship at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, NY. That's a place I've visited many times to watch pro tournaments, and walking it yourself proves it's a long, tough, tree-lined layout.

I've been a Couples fan since he first came on the pro tour in 1980, after graduating from University of Houston. He was a low-key, take-whatever-comes-in stride kind of guy back then and still is to this day. His status in the game, many wins, and crowd adoration hasn't changed him a whit. All he really wants to do is hit golf balls, find them and hit them again. And in between, he loves to talk about all the other sports too, because he's a fan himself. He says that recent back surgery in Germany is helping him with problems he's had for years, but he feels great right now and I sure hope he's right. Because as did Arnie, who set the standard for class and sports professionalism, then Jack, Raymond Floyd, and Hale Irwin, Freddy represents all that's good about pro golf, so I hope he's still around for a long, long time to come.

In other happenings, I heard someone suggest that there might be a push for a Perry/Giuliani ticket and that former NY Governor Pataki could also enter the presidential race. And although I'm quite certain that the next president will not be a Democrat, no matter, at least these three guys are seasoned, experienced, successful government leaders. And that's what the nation needs right now, a steady hand on the tiller, not some stereo-typical politician with little to no history of accomplishment to rely on.

And while I was typing I just had a random thought about the issue over prayer in school that could solve the problem easily. Instead of making a big deal about whether or not school prayer should be allowed, the ones who truly want to pray ought to simply stay in their seats, close their eyes, and silently pray whenever they feel the need. Because in today's educational system, almost every student, and likely most of the teachers, are dead to the world anyhow, so who would possibly notice? In fact, they could probably stay half-comatose for as long they chose, unless their cell-phones suddenly rang and woke them from their trance.

That's it for today folks.

Adios

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