LA Kings Win a Nail Biter Game Seven in Chicago

The LA Kings won last night in a suspense filled Game 7 in Chicago and defeated the Blackhawks 3 to 2 in overtime.  The Blackhawks were up two points to zero in the early going that they reported in the early evening news.  So just imagine it; it took till Overtime to resolve this one.  So I was left feeling like King Darius of Persia, who by reason of legal technicality was compeled to sentence Daniel to the Lion’s pit, and then the next morning approaches the pit and says “Daniel, do you let live” and Daniel comes out.  Of course there is a version of that story not found in the King James Bible where the prophet Habbakuk sneaks in and feeds the lions before Daniel got there.   All three rounds the LA Kings took it all the way to game seven, and some of us loyal Kings fans were having our doubts about this one.  The LA Kings will be opening at Staples Center this Wednesday night against the New York Rangers.  Owen Martin wanted to know if Staples Center took Master Card and I said “I don’t know; I’ve never attended a sporting event there.  Some of you are wondering whether my grandfather is Martin Owens or Charles Dutton.  Well, I never met either of them because they both died before I was born.  I would say that my great great grandfather, Charles Miller, had a son named John (Miller?) - who was a little boy in those old fashioned clothes I saw in a photograph taken maybe 1870 or around just after the Civil War, I think.  But he had a son named Charles Dutton, who took a wife named Elizabeth.  And I have no biological relation to Elizabeth- - but my own grandmother is of course, is from his second wife in a romance during World War I, named after a famous soap opera "grandmother" (of which there are many) on "Days of our Lives".  

In other strange news, there is a drone problem in our National Parks now because people send up these radio controlled planes equipped with camera to take aerial shots of El Capitan and Half Done.  Also Donald Sterling was seen attending a black church in south central LA and I guess he’s really trying to atone for his mistakes of the past.  Actually I see no problem with this, because the act kind of proves he has the “balls” to face his “problem”.   Meanwhile yesterday morning Dr Levy took the opportunity to trash one of the “Terrible Four” corporations that the Romulans hate, and even mentioned “I think these people want to take over the world or something”.  Those are my sentaments.  They think they’re God, and have had their own “religion” and dedicated groupies for countless decades in the 20^th and 21^st centuries.  Just right “Ya Basta” over their gravestone.  I would add as a personal slice of wisdom – “Beat the recession and put more of your hard earned money in your wallet and boycott this corporation”.  And then of course- - along the same vein - - Lisa Simpson thinks GMO’s are just wonderful because they are pest resistant and “will be instrumental in feeding starving millions”.  I would argue that GMO’s are single handedly responsible for causing millions in the world to starve.  You can’t copyright “life” in my book, especially with seeds pre programmed to self destruct. 

 As you know the Federation put themselves out there by being so public about supporting the LA Kings.  The Federation also has it on the life for California Chrome this Saturday at the Belmont.  Of course the odds of a victory there are the same as predicting a spin on the Roulette wheel, or predicting to the number, two consecutive rolls of the dice.  (which somehow sounds easier)  I am informed that California Chrome cosmically is from the purple planet, pre Aldeberan IX invasion, so perhaps the horse should psyche himself up for the race listening to either Deep Purple, Spirit, or pre 1976 Steve Miller.  Of course in baseball the Federation are die-hard SL Cardinals fans. Just this morning I was just thinking to myself "all of this cosmic origins stuff is a real pain in the ass; I'm not going to report it anymore".   And I got a message from "someone", "You are not to second guess us, your job is just to report what we tell you".

This POW who was released Bowe Bergdol, was the only prisoner of war in the Afghanistan war.  If indeed he was guilty of just “walking off the base” going AWOL, a strong argument can be made for just leaving him there, ill health or not.  They say the man is so traumatized he’s actually afraid to speak English, and they say he has to “de-pressurize” and is not even meeting his parents till he gets re acclimated.  Of course five hardened Talliban terrorists were released from Guantanamo Bay prison to Qatar- - with the only stipulation that they not be allowed to leave that country for one year.  Formerly the Talliban had demanded payment of one million dollars and the release of 21 Al Qaeda prisoners, to secure Bowe’s release.  As it is Republicans are not one bit happy saying we got the short end of the deal, and after giving due hard thought to this issue, I am forced to agree.  This argument of “it isn’t a terrorist ransom but merely a prisoner of war exchange” just doesn’t wash.  I think (sadly) that President Obama is so desperate for headlines, he’ll stoop to doing anything about now.  Now on the Stephanie Miller show, the argument is put forth that "This is President Obama's way of closing Guantanamo prison by going around congress".  Bowe Bergdol’s “story” can be found in the Wickipedia, and maybe I’ll paste that entry in the posting if I feel like it.  E mails to parents state that Bowe was highly disillusioned with the military. 

I went and read the mid August posting in “Opera” and then the late March 2008 posting in the same blog.  My writing had a lot less urgency and “insistency” in those days.  It was much less high voltage.  Back then of course I agreed with Thom Hartman’s assessment that the stock market was going to crash soon, because that’s what happened.  What was true then is not true now.  Sylvia Brown, the psychic seemed to announce her “retirement” on the Montell Williams show around October of 2007.  It’s funny how I am the only person who doesn’t mind his old predictions being brought to light.  I commented on the Georgia invasion when it happened, and my feelings now are pretty much what they were then.  Hillary Clinton was engaging in certain antagonistic attacks on Obama that she wouldn’t be caught doing today.  And Mc Cain described Obama as “The strangest Presidential candidate we’ve ever had”.

The other planet identified by a color is of course "the yellow planet" referred to by the local SC Romulans as "the yellow cat planet" or "the Sheffield Planet".  It was Neil Asphenol who informed me that my destiny, after death, was to that planet, or second star in Orion's belt.  Of course Neil has an inherent  antagonism with Mal Evans.  When Paul Mc Cartney and Mal Evans were touring California in the spring of 1967 there was one band with a long name (title is classified) that David Graham picked for the title of his band, too (vocalist and harmonica player) in which Pete Richards played drums.  But again- - the title was kited from the roomered existence of that other band a year earlier in the spring of 1967.  Personally I think it really sucks that George Martin did not like the track "Only a Northern Song" but told George Harrison to write another song.  As you know Neil Asphanol also doesn't get along with John Lennon that well.  In addition to John trashing Neil's professional credentials in accounting, Neil is still remembering an incident that occurred just after Pete Best was fired by the Beatles as drummer in August of 1962.  Neil asked John "Why in the world did you fire Pete Best?" and John Lennon just responded in a rather snide tone, "That question is none of you're concern, Neil, you're just the van driver".