  When I have kids, I really hope they want to play sports. I lacked some hand-eye coordination and endurance athletes need, so I became a nerd. While that's not all bad, I sure hope our kids have some of both worlds. I went to Greg's Little League game (He coaches a team of 13- to 15-year-old boys. ) and thought about how fun it would be to go to baseball, basketball and soccer games if our kids were playing. I guess football would be OK, too, but that might make me more nervous. Anyway, the game didn't start until a little after 9, so I was at the ballpark until 11 p.m. or so, but enjoyed myself.
Ballparks also are places for social gatherings in communities like Murray. And that's OK, too. I ran into Beth Brockman last night. She was my high school guidance counselor and moved to Murray the same year I started college here. It's nice to see a familiar face who knew me when... Michael brought snickerdoodles to work today. I love snickerdoodles. Both saying the word and eating the cookies. They remind me of middle school, where the cafeteria's snickerdoodles probably really were the best thing about those years.
Supposedly, this is what Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks ago. But I have to wonder. It's good stuff, though, and hopefully he really did say it on TV: "I like big cars, big boats, big motorcycles, big houses and big campfires. I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies.
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game. I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE? I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.
I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens. Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door. I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off. When 70 percent of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70 percent of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability.
I believe that if you are selling me a milk shake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English! My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours. I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry self ifyou threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines. I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business. We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations.
I believe a self-righteous liberal or conservative with a cause is more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude. I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building. Ask your buddy who invented the Internet to help you. "I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement.
I am sick of "Political Correctness. " I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be "African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere else. And if you don't like my point of view, tough. 
