"Idol" thoughts!

Can't believe that there was a time when my fear was the possibility that a lack of information might keep me from writing blogs. Here are some reasons why my fear was misplaced.
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We continue to worry about the inconsistency of what comes out of our candidates mouth.Thomas Jefferson called slavery an "abominable crime".Yet he owned 600 slaves during his lifetime and provided for the emancipation of only 7 upon his death in 1826."
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For those old geezers out there who insist on marrying a much younger woman:

A recent study revealed,"As seniors, the answer to the question of their equally aging spouse,'Not in the mood dear?' should not be one of discouragement.

A majority of women reported sexual satisfaction increases with age - and arousal and orgasms are frequent, despite having low sexual desire - and sexual participation which decreased as they aged.

But, here's the kicker," Almost half (47.5%) of the oldest women reported sexual satisfaction almost always or always. The youngest women reported being very satisfied less frequently (33.5%).

Now, there is so much unsaid in the conclusions, but, you old guys may have found a great ice breaker at the next community Potluck Dinner.So many lines to deliver - so little time!
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Journalism - both good and bad - continues to be featured in the news by our politicians. Occasionally the subject of "muckrakers"
arises.

The term - coined by Bunyan (John not Paul) in "Pilgrim's Progress" became the byword of Progressive politician Theodore Roosevelt in his encouragement of what he saw as real investigative reporting.

So many of these journalists, Nellie Bly, Julius Chambers, Lincoln Steffens, and the always tantalyzing Ida M. Tarbell, did their thing to expose industrial wrongdoing.

Even Pittsburgh's own Ray Springle, a white reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner, who in the 40's applied skin coloring makeup, and sent back letters from the south describing his experiences as he represented himself as a negro was a valuable contributor.

Hopefully, "muckraking" will again become popular.Maybe we're ready for more Erin Brockavich's.

A recent article by columnist George Zornick in The Nation exposes the impending proposed settlement between the government and the Big Banks, and will be addressed in more depth down the road.

Heaven knows we have more information available - more informed sources - and Freedom of Information privileges than were available to those investigative journalists of the early 19th century.

Let China have "The Year Of The Dragon" and us "The "Year of The Muckraker."

That would be as opposed to the plentitude of yellow journalism we are witnessing on TV ads, the radio, the print media, the so-called political debates. This latter term applies to folks who were and are more interested in increasing circulation through articles devoted to scandal, crime, entertainment and sensationalism.

Who was it who said "the more things change - the more they remain the same?"

My first exposure to the "yellow "term came with delivering "The Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph" one of William Randolph Hearst's news properties.I tried to get people to add it to their Pittsburgh Press subscription and soon heard about the "yellow journalism" of the old 'Sun Telly".

It has been stated that Hearst, the well established yellow journalist - did a better job of building castles and getting popular movie stars into the sack than he did to making any valuable contribution to meaningful journalism.

We have gone through several changes in both the media and the staples of Hollywood productions.

Those of us who have been around long enough, know that there are only so many cities, bridges, and cars one can blow up via special effects in an attempt to camaflouge the absence of any meaningful plot or serious acting.

Likewise, there are only so many interesting places on the body an aspiring vampire can locate and choose to nibble.The latter observation also applies to porn.

Not much has or will change down the road - regardless of the number of increased breast enhancements - full frontal nudity - Viagra prescriptions and that which was wrongfully assumed to be the anonyimity of the Internet.

Hopefully, the really good, well-constructed movies: Hugo, The Help, The Descendants, The Artist, and Albert Nobbs will increase in number and people will again start to fill up the movie theatres.

But, Lord help us if actress Glenn Close in her many diverse movie roles later reveals she's also a Zombie.
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Finally, back to sex. After an exhaustive study recently completed by a team of German scientists, they concluded that they could not locate the apparently mythical "G Spot."

In a separate release, the scientist's wives unanimously agreed.
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Have a great weekend.