NOBODY ASKED ME - BUT

I truly believe in the importance of voting and did so again recently.

My vote went to the Independent candidate who received 4% of the vote- versus the 5% needed to suggest our Florida two-party system is inadequate.

If the two nominees for Governor were the best choices our two leading political parties could come up with - am I wrong in concluding that neither party really gives a damn about what's best for the Florida voters?

Who vetted these two guys? Bernie Madoff?
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The media  - particularly USA Today - continue to dwell on the alleged political incorrectness of The Washington Redskins in refusing to change it's name.

Recently, columnist Nancy Armour reminded us that the issue is still a high priority "sports" issue because:

      The number of the people still SUPPORTING the name Redskins
      is shrinking from a "1992" polled 89%  to 71%  in September,
      2014 - a decrease of 18% over a 22 year period - in which I'm
      sure nothing else of particular interest or change took place.

      Armour failed to breakdown how many of the allegedly 3500
      "protestors" at Washington's last game were actually Native
      Americans  - and how many were there for the sole purpose
      of scalping tickets for the game.  (OOPS!)
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In the last couple of years, the board of the Augusta Golf Club - site of the annual Masters tournament - in a concession to the "pressure of the press" added females to their previously all male membership list.

With the 2015 Masters coming up in a few months ,can we now fully expect a media push demanding that, out of fairness -  the number of female members should more closely reflect the state of Georgia's male-female populace breakdown?

And, if so, should we be surprised - that their next demand will be for one of those female members - former Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice - to be  appointed to the board of  the club?

One assumes that would be as opposed to her being relegated to playing piano during the Sunday Brunch.
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported early in the week that Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin is concerned about a possible letdown by his team when they go on the road to play the "one win - eight loss ''Jets", this Sunday - following winning their last three games in spectacular fashion.

Tomlin apparently fears an "intensity" breakdown similar to that which occurred when the Steelers caved in to the notoriously dangerous Tampa Bay Buccaneers one week after a brilliant team victory.

Is there anybody out there old enough to remember when making sure that doesn't happen - used to be the responsibility of the Coach?

Pehaps the reason for him voicing his concern so early is that, in the event of another spectacular "El-Foldo" by his team- and he is asked to explain  by the post game sports reporters - his prepared reply would logically be : "Hey, I warned you guys this might happen!"
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OK, I'm done!

Never should have quit smoking.