Beginning of Summer

Official beginning of Summer now, so some topics of interest are as follows:

Spent the holiday weekend down in East Atlanta in Ormewood Park. Old, neat little neighborhood. Unfortunately, so many homes have bars over their windows, at one point, I thought I was back in Costa Rica. It's unfortunate that some homeowners have done wonders with their homes and lawns, while right next door or across the street, some appear to look like garbage dumps. As much as suburban neighborhood ordinances can be a pain, I totally appreciate them after seeing some of the mess I saw down there. The good news is, once the housing market picks up again, the area will continue to change and go up in value. As this happens, it will weed out (no pun intended) the undesireables that continue to de-value property. The neighborhood demographic is definintely changing for the better, now they just have to dissolve the crime-ridden areas.

Obama - another example of affirmative action and the Ivy Leagues. I can forgive a mistatement (well, actually not while running for the President of the US) of traveling in all "57" states, but this business of a non-existant uncle that helped free prisoners from the wrong prison camp in Germany is just too much. Doesn't he know his own family? We all know what this is about, getting the Jewish vote. If he can't get his facts straight before speaking, we're in for a huge blow if he becomes President. Hopefully, he'll have a cabinet that is better at writing his speeches than his campaign advisors.

I just read where Big Brown is training for the Belmont in 1 1/2 weeks. He has a 3/4 inch crack in his right front hoof that is healing. Now, isn't that just special? I viewed a special on ESPN last week. Bernie Goldberg, who is a regular contributor on FOX News on The O'Reilly Factor, did a segment on thoroughbreds. I almost threw up at one point. If these horses survive injuries and are able to breed, they live a good life after racing. If they become too slow or,for whatever reason, are no longer acceptable to race, odds are they won't breed. When owners decide it's too expensive to keep them around, guess swhat? They're taken away by autioneers. They are put into an auction stable to be bid on. Once they are bought, they are taken to cattle stalls where they are stunned (sometimes until they die, sometimes not). Then (even when alive) they are hoisted upside down, cut, and bled out. Then their carcasses are sold for meat to be shipped overseas where countries eat horse meat. Can you imagine eating what was once a beautiful racing animal? Once again, animals should NOT be bred exclusively for human entertainment. Horse-racing is NOT the genteel sport it's projected to be, and this treatment is horrific. If they have to go this route, why not just humanely euthanize them? It's completely disgusting, and the sport is now being viewed much more closely than ever.

Wonder how long Ted Kennedy has left? I never wish death on anyone, but if someone is going to have something this bad happen to them, I can't think of a better person.

I see where the Boy Scouts are under scrutiny again for not alllowing gays into their organization. The best thing they can do is get the hell out of a government facility. More ACLU infiltration of our government at its best.