Late April Stuff That Interested me and Other Senseless Ramblings

Goodbye April, hello May .

If I did a "Though of the Day" segment or mention , it would be THIS.
With all the hullabaloo about gay marriage and how gays are wrecking marriage, my buddy Keith Larson asks "who's gonna save marriage from heterosexuals?"

Check out the indisputable PROOF of alien spacecraft monitoring events around our sun.

Check out this former top secret US Gubmint/NASA facility RIGHT in our back yard, up the road in the Pisgah National Forest. They are having an open house Saturday, May 5th.

The NFL Draft has taken place. If anything, the draft makes me pine for preseason and the regular season after only 2 months off. Why can't American Football be like soccer and be seemingly continuous throughout the year. Actually, the players cannot make it through the current season health wise and I'm in favor of actually shortening the season back to a 14 game season, with 2 off weeks spread out in the schedule.

The NBA's Charlotte Bobcats are the proud owners of the worst single season winning record percentage ever in the NBA.

Found THIS on the net _- SpaceX Falcon 9 engine test will be webcast live at spacex.com on Monday, April 30. The test is scheduled to begin at 2:30 PM ET/ 11:30 AM PT, with the actual static fire targeted for 3:00 PM ET/ 12:00 PM PT. Actual launch to space is currently targeted for May 7

F-22 Raptors Reportedly in UAE; Air Force Stresses 'Very Normal,' Non-Threatening Deployment. HAHAHA!

Now the Secret Service will have observers watching them. Wouldn't that kinda defeat the purpose? This and the soon-to-be hiring increase of female secret service members.All this and now they cannot drink at least 10 hours before duty nor have certain "guests" in their room overnight. And they can't visit non-reputable establishments while on duty or travelling for the US.

and finally, Campaign '12 rolls on!! I along with many people early on fell in "like" with Herman Cain early in the Republican primary process. I liked his business sense. I didn't care about the womanizing rumors, which were found to be totally untrue, BTW. I fell "out of like" with Cain when he stated on a couple of TV shows that we need to fix and restructure the things we have in government not in the constitution or causing our deterioration instead of ending them. I disagree with this strategy. The Republicans are touting the Paul Ryan plan which follows this path. The problem I have with Ryan's plan is that it's too slow and really doesn't accomplish much different than Obama's. Read it. http://www.roadmap.republicans.budget.house.gov/
I then tossed peer pressure and social acceptance into the wind and jumped on the Ron Paul bandwagon. Ron Paul predicted the housing bubble burst way back in 2003 and everyone laughed at him. He was the ONLY elected person in Washington expressing the concern over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Ron Paul has always been my choice for the Republican or "3rd party" candidate for president. Ron Paul continues to draw large crowds. Larger than Romney or any other flavor by week Republican threat to Romney at times. In my opinion, Ron Paul has grown larger than the "where are they now?" tea party and is the most significant force in politics today.
Amidst the disillusionment I feel and see, among the ambivalence and "let's toe the line and vote straight 'whatever' party" mentality, Ron Paul is the only movement "moving". He's at the helm of this remarkable "thing" that will wind up as little more than a footnote. in history. Ron Paul is the only "authentic" candidate running in my humble opinion.
Do I agree with him on everything? No.

We disagree on the removal of Saddam Hussein. In my opinion, America is no more responsible for 9-11 than a loose, scantily clad, flirty person is to blame for getting raped' though I see the argument, I fail to share it.

Ron Paul's so called isolationist foreign policies have been skewed so far it's not funny.Though I disagree with some of the paths he'd point us in or take. I urge everyone to look at his website for complete understanding of what a Ron Paul presidency would entail and not depend of the popular sound bites and incomplete statements heard so far.

What say you?

Next week : The Avengers!!

CRAZY Monday Afternoon Goings On

In SHOCKING, NO! REALLY!?!?!?! news (thanks Keith Larson)

Sarah Palin has officially joined the Fox News Network in a variety of roles on the Business and News sides of the network. Fox News said that while Ms Palin would not have her own program, she would appear on the channel on a regular basis as part of a multi-year deal.

Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.

Simon Cowell has confirmed today that this IS his last year on "American Idol". He's bringing his English show, the "The X Factor" here to the states for Fox. This puzzles me as he already produces the same show formula but as an American version of the show on NBC called "America's Got Talent".

Many news outlets are reporting that the current host of "The Tonight Show" is very upset. Five months after relocating his family, his company, and everything else in his life to Los Angeles, Conan O'Brien is reportedly ready to leave NBC over talks to move Jay Leno back to his old spot on the late-night lineup. I don't blame him. The REAL winner of this is Jimmy Fallon and Carson Daly (yes, he's STILL on TV).

in NOT so SHOCKING! NO! REALLY?!?!?! news:

While (not because of) production on Spider Man 4 is temporarily delayed, Marvel Studios has begun production on Kenneth Brannaugh's "Thor" movie- TODAY actually. Nathalie Portman will play the love interest in this.

Whitney over at USA Today's Pop Candy is reporting that Stan Lee will guest star on The Big Bang Theory

Slash says he has turned down millions to reunite with Guns N' Roses.

Another Star Trek movie concerning the NEW timeline and new kids on the bridge is set for a 2012 release.

In other stuff,

5.China's online game revenues hits $4 billion in 2009. The US in 2009 had about $1 billion

Former NBA star Jayson Williams, his personal life in shambles, took responsibility for accidentally shooting his limousine driver to death eight years ago by pleading guilty Monday to assault and agreeing to serve at least 18 months in prison.

While Marvel sues to keep it's main comic book characters, it's also suing to invalidate the Kirby family's copyright claims. In a lawsuit filed today in New York City, lawyers for Marvel assert that Kirby's work for the company was "for hire," invalidating the claims of the heirs.