Just some brain droppings
(a nod to George Carlin) for a Monday.
I've met Buddy Dyer (Orlando mayor, for my
"foreign" readers) once. He seemed like a decent man who wanted to
dedicate himself to public service. As mayor of Orlando, he appears to me to
have done a reasonably good job as mayor, especially compared to the huge
errors of the past, Baldwin Park $6 million sweetheart deal giveaway by Glenda
Hood coming to mind. The recent commercials run by one of his opponents
accuse him of personally "mismanaging" several major civic big ticket
items, all of which enhance the Orlando quality of life, whether it be for theater
goers , football, basketball or soccer fans, and all of which, regardless of
the (to be expected) glitches during completion, are functioning well and bringing
revenue to the city.
I wondered where
this slash, burn and lie strategy came
from until I noted that the opponent's campaign is managed by federal tax fraud
convict Doug Guetzloe. You wanna talk about
mismanagement? The man mismanaged his
own personal finances to the tune of $187,000 in "unclaimed" personal
income, all the while shilling for "Axe the Tax". Any fans of irony
here? Guetzloe may well be the most morally challenged political figure since William Magear "Boss" Tweed. (yeah, it's an American history
reference, look him up!) So as a
candidate, why would I hire this convicted felon to represent my campaign? Think about it when you vote in November!
In
the "new drug with a catchy title picked by our ad agency" derby,
welcome Xifaxan! Turns out it's another irritable bowel
syndrome drug with a spate of possibly nasty side effects. That aside, Don't
you love the imagination intrinsic to the
brand name? Not one, but two "X"s and one pronounced as a
"Z". Can it possibly get any better than this? This just blows the
competitors like Viberzi, Amitiza and Linzess right out of the water. (besides,
all those names sound a bit like Verdi operas, anyway.
If , like me, you have for years, admired and respected ABC News' Robin Roberts, read Amy Robach's new book
"Better" about her struggle with breast cancer. There couldn't have been a better friend than
Ms. Roberts was/is to Ms. Robach during
her struggle, from diagnosis through chemo.
I see that "singer" Jesse Graham is suing Taylor Swift,
a real singer, whose name we have actually heard before, for using the lyrics
"Haters are gonna hate" in her
mega hit "Shake it Off." First, who the hell is Jesse Graham, and second,
why would the prolific Ms. Swift ever need to steal a lyric from anyone? Never mind that this illiterate's lyric is
actually "haters gone hate."
(Yeah I know, street creds, right?) In a
lyric written by Ms. Swift, of some 36 lines, she uses the line "haters
are gonna hate" twice. If we're keeping it real here, I have
heard that line for years, long before Jesse Graham ever put pen to paper. Looking
at the Swiftian body of work, it seems highly improbable that she would ever
have run across drivel on the level of Mr, Graham's ouvre d'artiste. The term is public domain, yet this asshole purveyor of
pilgarlic thinks he should be compensated to the tune of $42 million? What OJ
said!
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