Wednesday, February 11, 2009
A Live President's Day Broadcast, Here Come The Not-So-Newlyweds & Ginger
It's really a shame that a local Olympic hero like Michael Phelps has gotten himself caught up in this drug controversy, but we are all accountable for our actions (or should be). You have to be really careful out there, especially if you're in the public eye. These days, do something stupid today and it'll be on the Internet tomorrow. Eight people have been arrested in this "bong" incident, and Sheriff Leon Lott of Richland County, South Carolina says there could be more arrests made. In fact, the sheriff says he'll press charges against Phelps IF he can prove the swimmer smoked marijuana in his jurisdiction. Let's think about this for a moment. There's a picture.........there's a bong.........in the picture, Phelps is smoking from the bong....and we know that the picture was taken in a house near the University of South Carolina, which is Sheriff Lott's jurisdiction. HHHmmmm.......what else does this guy need? It kind of sounds like a slam-dunk to me there, Inspector Clouseau. By the way, how appropriate and ironic is it that Phelps was smoking from a WATER pipe? I have a lousy weekend coming up. I'll be "on the road" this weekend. In fact, I'll be flying U.S. Airways this weekend. Since that little mishap a few weeks ago when a goose rammed one of their planes and Captain Sullenberger had to make an emergency "landing" in the Hudson River, people are afraid to fly because apparently they think this is a common event. A couple of things about this. Number one: It's U.S. Airways who refer to this incident as an emergency "landing". Landing? They call "LANDing" because it's supposed to take place on LAND. Anything other then that, is pretty much a crash in my eyes. U.S. Air makes it sound like they took off from the airport with the INTENTION of landing in the Hudson River. Talk about an industry that's completely full of baloney, it's the airlines. "In case of a water landing (what the heck is a water landing?) your seat can be used as a flotation device". They make it sound like it's a minor setback. Let's face it, if you crash into the water from an altitude of fourty-thousand feet at 600 miles per hour, I think it's safe to say that the flight is pretty over. What are you going to do? Float the rest of the way to your destination? Number two: U.S. Airways issued a statement saying that the odds of a plane you're flying in colliding with a goose are 10,000 to 1. Ironically, those are the same odds of arriving on time and your luggage showing up where it's supposed to.
Here she is today.
Hey, she's 75. Cut her a break,will ya?!
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