THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO, "HUH?"

Poor Toyota! Now the NFL is after them too.

It seems the NFL has requested the auto company to edit a commercial about research into head injuries. Toyota has done so.

League spokesman Brian McCarthy complained the commercial "portrayed the sport of football in an unfair manner."

One assumes the next target for "Mac" will be the commercials marketing the video type/TV adaptable football games which also "portray the sport of football" similarly.

Can't wait for the NFL to issue an edict about the frequent use of instant replays by the various networks who each game are also displaying the helmet to helmet images for which Toyota was chastized.

Don't laugh - it could happen.

The NFL's interpretations of just about anything deemed to be NFL'ish are starting to resemble the confusion as to which colleges are chastized by the NCAA for their insensitivity.

Their offense? The use of anything deemed negative to our Native American population that could possibly be interpreted as such by anyone residing as far away as Outer Mongolia.

One wonders if both regulatory groups - making millions and millions from the exploitation of their admittedly violent sports- aren't going the way of Homeowner's Associations with their puzzling rulings and edicts.

Power will do that sometimes.
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In polls conducted by just about any organization able to persuade people to answer their phones and respond, one subject has produced an overwhelming reaction.

And no, it isn't the one about the display of poor taste attributed to Lady Gaga for wearing her meat ensemble, something decried by almost everyone with the exception of the folks over at Chic Filet.

The question raised is about partisan politics. It relates to a causal relationship between the opposing philosophies of our two "leading" political parties and the negative effect it is having on a positive resolution of the many problems facing this country.

Folks throughout this land have responded loud and clear that they would be willing to give up eveything, except possibly their Starbucks Carmel Latte, if our politicans would just get together and put the best interests of this country first.

That is, as opposed to exploring their own grubby, selfish, and current indefensible positions.

Trust me. America is making substantial progress on one "black/white" problem, but have substituted another more divisive one in our current political discourse.

The interpretation of the poll results under discussion appear to be positive as demonstrated by the amount of compromise legislation passed since the mid-term election during the lame duck period. That's good in my opinion.

I'm old enough to remember that the ability to get both parties to work together will probably be the most important part of Ronald Reagan's legacy.

Despite this "current mandate" from the people and the encouraging results, we still have idiots around like House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, whose logic tests the wisdom of "any reasonable and prudent person".

Incidentally, the latter phrase is a cornerstone of the interpretation of laws as expressed and associated with various sources of rational jurisprudence in this land.

Somehow that principle has eluded our old pal, Ryan.

The Republican House Representative from Minnesota is quoted thusly: "This is a different kind of time in our country than when Reagen came in."

He continues:

"This is a time when, I think, instead of muddling the different philosophies between the two parties we need to accentuate them, to give the country a real clear choice . . . to give the country an alternative choice to the path we're on."

"Ah, Paul? You see, the country has already made that clear choice!"

Could this be yet another timely argument in favor of involuntary counselling of obviously disturbed individuals?

"Huh?"