Kingdom's Favorite Hockey Team gets Fired

I guess this weather is making me extra grumpy lately. Firing the Royal Meteorologist didn't help matters much.  We just had another thunderstorm after a severe drought that lasted over 12 hours in Moronica. It was getting to the point where I was going to have to water my lawn as the sun, which actually made an appearance today, was drying the grass out too quickly. 12 hours without rain...Just too bloody long but I really digress.
Now back to the meat of this stupid blog. I have been a Buffalo Sabres fan from day one. Ever since that infamous coin flip that allowed them to draft Gilbert Perreault first overall, and Vancouver ending up with some slug, I have rooted endlessly for them. That is forty years of pain and suffering and having my heart broken. Well last night was it. They rolled over and died against Philadelphia in game seven of their series. It was so nauseating that I ended up changing the channel to watch "Deadliest Catch" on Discovery before the end of the game. They should have won in game six but a stupid penalty taken by, now banned from Moronica, Chris Butler gave Philadelphia a power play which they used to tie the game up and then went on to win it in overtime. I am now firing the Buffalo Sabres as the favorite hockey team of the Kingdom of Moronica. I am going to watch the rest of the playoffs and the beginning of next season before deciding on a new team to represent Moronica. It will be like giving the other 29 teams an audition to see who will represent Moronica. Now, there are certain teams that will not be considered. Teams such as Philadelphia, Boston, any New York City based team, the Detroit Red Wings and any team that is stupid enough to sign Tim Connolly this off season. Those teams have already been ruled out. Now it would be nice if the other teams remaining in my list would seize this opportunity to become Moronica's team. Maybe fly out your King, wine him, dine him and throw a few souvenirs his way to sway him. Hey, everyone has a price and so does your King. But the Sabres are out, caput, finis, done and whatever other word fits.
Your King is tired getting laughed at, especially at work. My Facebook postings for the Sabres have been treated as a joke(probably deservedly so) and I am tired trying to defend a team that lacks heart at the time where heart means the most. Philadelphia showed the heart and determination they had inside them to crush the Sabres in game seven. Buffalo is now off to see the wizard to get a heart but I think he gave the last one to the Tin Man.
This is your King wishing that you all have a pleasant evening my friends.

Royal Droppings

1) I was watching the Sabre's playoff games and a commercial I saw gave me quite the chuckle. It was a commercial for Independent Health and it featured a special kind of treatment. It was called the 'Red Shirt Treatment', and anyone being a fan of Star Trek, would have a laugh at this. We all know that if you were a 'red shirt' on one of Captain Kirk's landing parties your chances of returning to the ship were pretty remote. This leads me to believe that this "Red Shirt Treatment" of Independent Health may be part of the so called death panels that Sarah Palin was talking about. To me the red shirt means that you have a trip to visit the coroner on your upcoming schedule. I think I will pass on that treatment.
2) OK, since the New York State electorate pretty much voted back in the same batch of knuckleheads that has screwed up this state lately I do not find it hard to believe that they are now knocking heads on two very difficult decisions. The decisions that must be reached will have deep implications into the future of New York State. The two decisions are: Will it either be Corn or Onions as the state vegetable and what will the official state dog be. Man, I cannot think of anything that they can be doing that would take priority over these tough decisions. I just hope that the semi-bipartisanship that resulted in an on time budget, for once, comes into play here. I would hate to see the government of New York State held in a long deadlock whilst the two parties wrangle over these choices. Only in New York State.
3) They helicoptered in a prisoner from some woe begone prison in Greene County a few days ago to Strong Hospital. Mr. Kenneth Piker, raper and sodomizer of a 13 year old girl, needs a heart transplant. I say let him die and reduce the surplus, useless population.
4) While the treasury of Moronica still has not returned to pre-Queen levels your King has decided to take a vacation. Sometime in the future, at a time to be determined, I will be off to Myrtle Beach to rest and relax at a seaside resort soaking up some much deserved sun. The clubs will be with me so maybe I can leave a few divots there as a reminder of my visit. With this cold and rainy spring your King has gone stir crazy and needs to get out of Dodge for a week. I will give you a report of my trip upon my return.
Well, this is enough baloney for today. It is actually quite nice out but, I need a snorkel to go out into my back yard. This is your King wishing you a pleasant day.

Your King Gets Snubbed Again

I fully expected that I would be holed up somewhere in London today awaiting the festivities of the upcoming Royal Wedding. You see, as King of the monarchy of Moronica, I fully expected to get an invitation to the Royal Wedding. You would think that in this day and age we monarchs would stick together and invite each other to our royal shindigs. Well, I kept checking my mail for the last couple of months and the box was continually devoid of said invitation. I find it hard to believe that they would not invite me to this occasion. I even checked with the USPS to see if there was an issue and they said they had no record of anything like that being addressed to the Kingdom. So you can see my frustration as to being, probably, the only royal figure not invited to this festive occasion. My monarchy may be small but it should not be ignored and that irks me. I hope it rains on their parade tomorrow. It has most certainly rained enough here.

Sacrifices Must be Made

Ages ago certain civilizations made sacrifices to appease the gods in hopes that they would provide what they needed to survive or even prosper. We in the modern era still make sacrifices but in a totally different way than our ancient brothers. If gas is expensive we sacrifice trips in the car. If our cholesterol is high we sacrifice fatty foods. Not in the ancient era. In the ancient era the high priest would select a person to be sacrificed to appease their gods. Usually it would be a beautiful young female virgin that would be placed upon the altar and sacrificed to their gods. They believed that this would bring them rains for their crops, victory over their rivals or just to make their gods happy or so they thought. Now has come the time for us to make such a sacrifice. Firing my royal meteorologist, then rehiring and firing him again did not work. The weather still blows in this neck of the woods. It is time to dig deep, like our ancient brothers and make the ultimate sacrifice to appease Mother Nature and bring about our spring. We need spring. Spring makes people happy. Birds sing, plants grow, the sun shines more and women start to wear skimpier things but I digress there. We must select a human sacrifice. After giving this great thought as to who to sacrifice, and no it will not be a pretty young female virgin as your King is now single and he does not want to risk sacrificing someone who may think he is hot but again I digress, and it will be someone who represents cold weather. The person to be offered to Mother Nature loves the cold and snow and his sacrifice will represent our desire to be returned to the sun and warmth that we expect from spring.  After consulting with a few people of Aztec descent we have determined that our sacrifice shall be meteorologist Kevin Williams of Channel 10. Anyone that puts a snowmaking machine, though it was a number of years ago, in his back yard should be sacrificed to appease Mother Nature. Sacrificing Kevin will show Mother Nature that we are serious about our desire for sun and warmth. Winter in Western New York and Moronica lasts far too long and for it to be extended as long as it has been is a crime. It is now April 18th and after looking out the window today and still seeing the white crap falling has made me, and a whole lot of other people, go crazy. This needs to end and it must end now. As I have said, sacrifices must be made and Mr. Williams is it.
It is now time for your King to take his medication to bring me back to reality. Until next time, and hopefully on my meds when I put up a new post, this is your King wishing you a pleasant evening.

Royal Mumblings from your Monarch

1) Well, your King did it again. After suffering through one of the most painful years bowling at Bedrock(Spencerport) Lanes I at least finished strong enough to win the 'League High Average' award for the second straight year. What is amazing is that it only took a 192 average to do it. Now, your King is not a 192 average bowler as anywhere else in the universe I can probably average around 210. Not at Bedrock. Dead pins, screwy oiling patterns and prehistoric machines lead me to wonder why I subject myself to this. I must be a glutton for punishment.
2) I had to chuckle when they put a video out of Czech president Vaclav Klaus slyly 'swiping' a ceremonial pen during a conference with Chile's president. I have the same problem at work with pen swiping. I had to put my name on my pens as a certain vendor of mine, when she would come early in the morning to drop off completed work, would bag a pen of mine each time. It really became comical for a while as it was always a guessing game as to what I would have left for writing utensils in my cube when I showed up for work long after she left. It could only happen to me.
3) How about the Buffalo Sabres??? From being the worst team in the league around Christmas they managed to come back and make the playoffs as the seventh seed in the east. If they play in the playoffs like they finished the season they may be a live underdog pick but knowing your typical Buffalo team they will be gone by the end of the first round.
4) I find it quite funny that Jane Corwin will probably be the next Congresswoman for the 26th district of New York. She has been a member of one of the most dysfunctional state governments for a while so I guess she can now bring that dysfunctional attitude to the Federal Government. BUT, I will give the state government kudos this time. They brought the budget in on time and actually reduced spending. Maybe Andrew Cuomo has brought in a new attitude to the circus in Albany. Only time will tell but so far he gets a plus.
5) Using the last of the foreign aid that the Kingdom of Moronica received from the United States Government this past March I again improved the infrastructure of the monarchy. Along with the new 46 inch Samsung LED TV your King also authorized the purchase of a new sofa-recliner. This replaces the couch that your King has tolerated for the last twenty three years. The old sofa did its job comforting your King but its was time to put it out to stud. It was depressing seeing it sitting out by the curb waiting for the Town of Gates to come and take it away as your King did have a soft spot for it but it had to go.
6) It is amazing how the weather started to turn better after the firing of the Royal Meteorologist but after much thought he was rehired last week. Now after the rehiring the weather is turning crappy again so maybe I made a mistake bringing him back. Hmm... Well that is enough garbage from my fingers for tonight. I was hoping to go golfing this Friday but they knocked down the predicted high temperature for the day by about ten degrees so maybe I will stay home. Your King wishes that you have a pleasant evening.

Your King Takes Action

Well, being that Spring is nowhere to be seen I have finally decided to take drastic action in this matter. The constant cold and snow has penetrated deep into my psyche and is driving me nuts so I took the only course of action that seems logical to me. I fired the Royal Meteorologist. Someone had to take the fall for this rotten weather and it most certainly was not going to be me. It was difficult to do as I have known him for a long time but like I said...with this crappy Un-Spring heads will have to roll. It went sort of like this after I paged him into my not so Oval Office.
"Yes sire, you called for me?"
"Yes I did. You know the weather we have been having lately has been driving me insane, correct? "
"I am familiar with your rants about the weather. I do follow your Facebook page."
"I am glad that you do as you will learn a lot from my writings but that is not the point. Someone is going to have to take the fall for this Spring that isn't."
"What do you mean Sire?? Fall??"
"Yes, fall. I must take action now. Tough action. Proactive action. I must make it clear to my fellow Moronicans that I will do what it takes to improve their situation before they pull a middle east on me."
"Sire, we all love you. You have done the best that you can. Your new royal Samsung TV has greatly improved life here in Moronica."
"You are right but again, that is not the point. Action must be taken because of this weather. I am sorry but you are now royally canned."
"Sire, I am sacked?"
"Yes."
"But Sire, I have no control..."
"I don't care. Someone has to take the blame for this rotten weather and it is going to be you. You may now leave my presence and visit the Royal Unemployment Office to sign up for your 'benefits'."
"Sire, I do my best. What else can I do??? I can't just wave a wand and make it sunny and seventy five."
"It is too bad that you can't as you would still have your job, Now begone with you before you head will really roll."
"Yes Sire. Goodbye Sire. mumble. mumble, jerk, mumble."
"What did you say?"
"Nothing Sire. I now leave your presence."
I guess I was in a bad mood and I should not have really taken it out on him but my royal golf clubs are sitting and waiting for warmth to arrive and there is no sign of it. Oh well, the money I save by not paying him I can put towards a royal vacation somewhere, somewhere warm. This is your King wishing you a pleasant evening and if you ever see an ad for a new Royal Meteorologist I would not answer it if I were you. "

Your King Makes a Huge Decision

Faced with a better than expected windfall into the Moronican Treasury, thanks to my tax returns, I had a big decision to make. A lot of time and thought went into this decision and I did not want to look wishy washy, like someone in Washington D.C., when it came time to announce it. It came down to either taking a hell of a nice vacation or investing the money into the infrastructure of the monarchy. Great pains went into this decision. The pros and cons were tallied and compared to each other to help decide what would be the best use of these funds for the good of Moronica. After great thought I decided to use the funds for the betterment of Moronica. Infrastructure is a key component for a great society in this day and age and Moronica wants to be on the forefront of this. So your King went to Best Buy and bought a nice 46" LED Samsung flatscreen TV. This decision will put Moronica on the top of the map when it comes to the latest TV technology. While Hawaii sounded nice it would have come and gone after a week. Hopefully this TV will last a bit longer than that and provide your King with years of high quality HD TV entertainment that I most certainly deserve. Watching the Sabres and Bills screw up will be even more fun on the big screen and when it gets hooked up to my el cheapo surround sound system it should really be enjoyable. I am looking forward to it. Hawaii??? Maybe next year. This is your King saying I may not always watch TV but when I do I watch Dos Equis commercials. Stay thirsty my friends!!

Your King gets Crowned

Well, Your King visited the Seneca Niagara Casino today in an attempt to replenish the Moronican Treasury at the expense of the Seneca Indian Nation. Well, my friends, it did not go as planned as your King left the Casino with his tail firmly between his legs. It was such a disaster I did not even get my crab to munch on as I foolishly went into the buffet a little too early. I had luck on only one machine that I played and that only payed out piddly amounts, not really enough to really cash out and feel like a winner.
I called my friend Chief Raininthepuss and told him of my adventure with the Senecas and he just laughed at me, sort of like my wizard the other day when I asked him to lift the curse that was placed upon me. He told me that his fellow chief, Chief Haslotsofwampum of the Senecas, surely appreciated my contribution today. What could I say? I guess that Haslotsofwampum now has even more wampum to put into his account. It will be a long while before I dare try my hand in the casino again. Once or twice a year is more than enough for me. Unless, of course, I decide to go to Reno in May but with the way I am bowling I find it difficult to see myself lugging bowling balls 2,500 miles west to bowl in the USBC National Tournament. The only place I want to take my bowling equipment is to the nearest bridge over the Genesee River and drop it in. It would be the most enjoyment that I have had with my bowling equipment for a good long time. Unless I decide to roll the balls down Court Street in Geneseo, but again I really digress.
Well the Sabres are now on and it is time for me to sign off and watch the game. Have a pleasant evening my friends.

Royal Droppings

1) The number one peeve that I have about athletes is when I see an athlete not being able to play because of the flu. Tomas Vanek is out of tonight's Sabre game because of it. Now I ask you with the amount of money that these guys are getting payed by their clubs don't you think that the Sabres can afford to get their players flu shots before flu season so they won't catch the bloody flu?? You would think that they would be more than happy to have a nurse come in with twenty five doses of the crap to inject into the players. But then again that would be logical.
2) I had a good chuckle during my weekly nightmare at Bedrock(Spencerport) Lanes this past Monday. Early in the first game I hear a funny noise and the sound of Niagara Falls behind me. It turns out that something, maybe the ancient roof on the place, sprung a leak and all of a sudden we had a cloudburst near the counter. Only at Bedrock. Also their oiling machine had fit last night and laid out a flood shot. Of course I did not bring my oil ball there as they are chintzy in laying out the stuff. I would never expect to have the need to use it so why lug it around? It was a battle to keep my sanity all night but the team took all eight points. That is all that matters!
3) Well, my back survived this past snowstorm without too much damage to it. I still ended up using the blower twice on my driveway as it was the heavy wet crap that this time of year is famous for. I almost waited too long to do it the first time as my blower had a battle with it. It was only about three and a half inches but it was so heavy that the poor thing nearly died...as I would have if it did. I am so sick of this damned climate.
4) My young apprentice at work came through for your King last Friday. I have had a hankering for a real Philly Cheesesteak sandwich for quite a while. Ever since I saw the bit for Philadelphia based 'Pat's King of Steaks' on a Travel Channel show a while back I have had this craving. They make it just the way I would love it. He told me of this place on the corner of Long Pond and Ridgeway that was as close as you can get to it without going to Philly. I think the name of the place was, in fact, Philly Cheesesteaks. So I went there and ordered one. I was in heaven as it was just like I would have imagined that Pat's would taste like!! If it just had a tad more Cheez Whiz it would have been perfect as I love cheese oozing all over my fingers. I will definitely be back there for more.
5) Your King is planning a trip to the Seneca Niagara Casino in the near future. I got my taxes back and will take a small bit of it and have a day out. They had better order more crab for the buffet as that will be one of my targets. I asked Mary's magic eight ball, which has never lied to me, if I would win on my next trip to the Casino. It said 'most definitely'. I hope its streak of telling me the truth continues and I come back with a wad. But then again, since Merlin could not lift my curse, who knows. I am sure I will write about the trip...unless I lose big. Stay tuned.
Well, that is enough droppings for tonight. Maybe I will grab a Dos Equis from my fridge and watch the Sabres. Stay thirsty my friends, thirsty for more of my droppings. Have a pleasant evening.
Your King.

Your King Tries to Lift the Curse

Considering the black cloud that has seemingly been hovering over my head the last few years I decided to call in my Royal Wizard, Merlin, to see if he could lift the curse that seems to have me by the petunias. It was an interesting conversation.
"Merlin, I need your help. How good are you at lifting curses?"
"Your Royal Highness, curses are right up my alley."
"That is good to hear I can really use your help with this one."
"Okay sire, of course you know the higher the level of the curse the higher the fee."
"Hey, if you get rid of this one you will be paid handsomely!"
"You have a deal sire. What I need to know is the exact wording used by the person that placed this curse on you."
"The exact wording?"
"Yes."
"It was 'I now pronounce you man and wife.'"
"Sorry bub, there is nothing I can do to lift that curse...You are on your own. I am out of here."
I guess I am cursed for life.

The Rain, The Park and Other Things

It has been such a lovely day here in the Kingdom of Moronica. Rain all day soon to be followed by 6-12 inches of white death. It was Channel 13's weatherman, Glenn Johnson's, turn to get on my nerves this week. On Friday he was showing that Sunday's storm had two possible tracks, one good for us, the other sucky. He was leaning towards the track that was good for us Friday night which would have meant only flurries and gradual clearing on Sunday. The big chicken left it for the poor weekend weather sap, Mark McLain, to lower the boom on us while he sat home out of the limelight. I have only three words to say to Glenn..."bock, bock, bock!!"
Considering that Moronica may be snowed in tomorrow I went out to eat today and decided to go to Red Lobster. Nothing like a plate full of crab and other seafaring goodies to make your King purr while awaiting the impending dumping. I still had a gift card from my 50th birthday party, which shows you that I really do not get out that much, for the place and finally got around to using it. I am now out of Red Lobster gift cards so if you readers really love your King feel free to send me new ones.
I hope that this storm proves to be a dud, which I highly doubt, as my back has finally recovered from last Friday's nightmare. It is now March. We in Moronica are supposed to be thinking of warm weather, golf and even seeing the sun on occasion but this is beginning to get ridiculous. We have already had more than enough snow this season and frankly, I am just about sick of it and I am sure all of you are too...save for my favorite snow and cold lover foil, Channel 10's Kevin Williams.
As you can tell I am really bored tonight to devote a whole blog on the weather. The Sabres played this afternoon and I forgot about that so I am stuck as Time-Warner, as usual, really has absolutely nothing on all of its channels. I could have written about how much I hate Time-Warner but I want to be in bed before midnight. I will save that for an extra boring night.
This is your King wishing you a pleasant evening. Have a Happy!!

Moronica News Wire - King Dinglefritz Reporting

1) It is hard to believe but I think the guy that runs the oiling machine at Bedrock Lanes has finally read the owner's manual and listened to the tech that delivered the machine to them. The tech told them to use light oil in the machine so what did they use until five weeks ago??? Heavy oil. The wicks did not saturate and the shot they put out sucked. The shot now is playable and my 'Great Recession' drop in my average has ceased and is now going up. I have been averaging well over 200 during the month of February. Is it enough to bring me back next season? Probably not at this time. I am getting too old to be frustrated all of the time.
2) New York State continues to make me laugh and shudder at the same time. Now they want to put license plates on bicycles, for a fee of course, make them get inspections, for a fee of course, and make certain riders get insurance. OMG what will this state do next to get a buck?? Tax my blog per word I write? I would not put it past the jerks. What this state needs is a Tunisia like revolt with people marching into Albany and toppling this state government and putting in a new one. We need to see what budget smart states are doing and start doing what they do.
3) One thing I do like though is their idea to put a cap on Teacher Superintendent pay. They make far too much money for what they do. They should be paid in regards to the size of their districts. But in the end the state will cave and teachers and state workers will continue to rape the taxpayer for their benefits so they can get their glorified state pensions. OR get another job while collecting their pension to really stick it up our chutes. You should be ineligible to collect a state pension if you continue to work. Also you should not be able to fatten up your pension by working tons of overtime in the last three years prior to your 'retirement'. Those are the real scum sucking dogs.
4) This past Friday sucked. My backed ached for days as I had to shovel quite a bit of my driveway as my small royal snow blower could not handle the amount that nature dumped on us. It tried its best but I spent an hour heave-hoeing the snow where it was too deep for it. I could just picture our pal, Kevin Williams of Channel Ten, smirking as I was dying screwing around in my driveway. You want snow, Kevin??? Move to Antarctica!!
5) I miss the Royal Mutt.
6) As you can see by the title of this blog I have to do all of my reporting. The depletion of the Royal treasury by the ex-queen has resulted in my canning the entire Moronica press corp. Maybe I can hire one back after I get my tax return. It is either that or a trip somewhere warm this spring. Right now the trip is leading all Moronica opinion polls by wide margins. My friend Mike wants me to go to Reno this May. Unfortunately that would include bowling. Talk about ruining a trip to the Worlds Biggest Little City. I have been to Reno twice and have enjoyed it both times...but that was when bowling was fun. It is not fun anymore.
7) I am happy that we are now in March. Good bye February and good riddance!! Last year we did not get a flake of snow the entire month. Can we get that lucky this year or will Mother Nature make up for last year. I have a bad feeling about this month. But there is always hope.
This is your King wishing you a pleasant evening. Have a happy!!!

More Mumblings from your Monarch

1) Woke this morning about 3:30 and rolled over in bed. As I was rolling over it felt like someone shot your King in the lower back. As of now it still hurts like hell so maybe it is time for me to get one of those Teeter hang ups. If anyone, who reads this nonsense of mine and, has one I would appreciate an opinion on this product. I need a new back. Ouch.
2) I was looking at an old magazine of mine, I am a pack rat when it comes to keeping old mags, and one of the articles asks "Is evolution making us dumber?". It discusses how our brains have been shrinking a bit over the past thousand plus years or so. It is said we only use ten percent of it anyways so what is a little shrinkage among friends? Anyways we are getting dumber as a society and I will tell you why. The cause is technology! Kids nowadays have too many diversions technologically wise that I did not have as a kid. They have all sorts of video games they can rot their minds on among other things. When I had nothing to do I read books and learned things. Just ask the people I work with as my mind is a vast container of useless knowledge. Kids today do not read but they sure as hell have the strongest thumbs around. The only reading they do is reading the latest text that is sent to them by their friends. No need to even learn how to spell anymore when using 'textese'. Ugh.
3) Did I say that my back is killing me?
4) The weathermen are predicting a warm up this week for this area. Temperatures may sneak into the upper forties by Friday. I can't wait. Gonna get my bathing suit and tanning lotion out for this occasion. Oh, I forget, it is going to take months before all of this snow melts. Poor Kevin Williams must have had a tear in his eye when he saw the weather models predicting a warm up.
5) The Bills made a 'big' signing a couple of days ago. They resigned linebacker John Corto. Wow, that will help plug that huge hole in the Bill's defense called the entire linebacker position. It makes me want to start a countdown to training camp...if there is even going to be a season this year but I will wait to talk about that until later.
6) Rumor had it that former Congressman Chris Lee is hiding out in Florida after his resignation. I guess he got sick of the weather in Washington and figured out a way to get out. Unless there is more to come I do not feel what he did warranted his resignation. Others have done far worse and stayed on the job. I just would not want to be him when his wife gets a hold of him. Whoa Nellie will the fur fly then!!! Maybe she can borrow that 3 iron from Elin Woods. Mr. "Buff Boy" will not be so buff after his wife takes a few divots.
Well that is enough garbage for tonight. Time to try again to find a position to put my body in so my back will stop aching. I would give my kingdom for a cute Swedish masseuse right about now. Oh the pain....the pain.

Oh No, Not Again

It is beginning to seem that once you are elected to Congress from Western New York you are required to take a stupid pill. It all started with Democrat, and chief tickler of the 29th District, Eric Massa who resigned last year amid allegations of sexual impropriety. Well, it has happened again. You would think others would learn from a previous Congressman's mistakes but I guess not. Representative Chris Lee (R) of the 26th District ingested a few stupid pills of his own in a Craigslist scandal where he misrepresented himself to a young lady and sent topless pics of himself to her. Rumor has it the Mr. Lee contacted Brett Favre to find out the best ways to contact young females. Well, we at least have to give him credit for sending naked pics of only the upper half of himself to her and not taking Brett's full advice.
A site called Gawker, I believe, reported this earlier today and he resigned his seat in Congress less than two hours ago because of this. OMG, how stupid can people get nowadays??? What is going to happen next?? Are we to find out that Louise Slaughter supplements her income at the Tally Ho??
Supposedly this man was happily married but, I guess, family values meant nothing to him. Is the pressure of working in Congress so much that people lose their common sense? Maybe the actual winners of last years elections were the ones who did not get voted in. They get to keep their sanity as a reward for losing. I think it is time for we in Western New York to demand more from our elected officials instead of them turning our area into a circus. The only thing missing now from Western New York is P. T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum is most remembered for saying "There is a sucker born every minute" but in our state I guess that includes everyone that voted for Eric Massa and Chris Lee. I was a sucker for voting for Eric in 2008 and at least I wasn't suckered by Chris Lee this time. I feel for the poor saps in his district that did vote for him believing they were going to get solid representation from him. Boy, were they wrong. We just cannot win in New York. Excuse me but I have to leave now as I must patrol Lyell Avenue in order to raise money to pay my NY State tax bill that keeps on getting bigger every year. I have to make sure that all of those state workers and teachers get their pensions so they can retire at 55 and move to Florida but I digress. That discussion is for another day. Good night.

Your King is On The Beach

Your King decided to watch an oldie but goody movie that got me to thinking, and anyone that knows me realizes that usually means trouble. The movie was "On The Beach" which is a drama about the aftermath of a nuclear war between the USA and the USSR and the people of Australia awaiting the slowly approaching radioactive aftermath of this war. It stars Gregory Peck as the captain of a US nuclear sub that manages to make its way down to Melbourne but that is besides the point.
Watching this movie gets me to thinking why do we need these atomic weapons of mass destruction? Who in their right mind would ever use these in a war? Russia and the USA have just signed and ratified the newest START Treaty which limits our two respective countries to 1550 atomic weapons each. That is 3100 of these dastardly weapons between us and that is not even counting what China, England and the rest of the nuclear fraternity have in their stocks. How many times over will 3100+ weapons destroy this world? Is there any need for even one of these devices of doom to exist let alone the number that actually do exist??
The big question is who has the wherewith all to actually use one of these devices? Pakistan, India...maybe but I doubt it but if I were to lean towards one it would be Pakistan. North Korea?? The thing is I do not think they would. They want attention from the developed world and what better way to get that attention than by having a few of these bombs in their arsenal. The country on this planet that we have the most to fear from if they obtain one of the devices is Iran. This is a country that is populated by a group of people whose radical elements would not hesitate to strap on an explosive device, walk into a crowd of innocent people and detonate it. Their government is led by idiots who could possibly be stupid enough to unleash this weapon if they ever get a hold of one. We need to get together as a world to keep these morons from getting the bomb.
The thing is do the peoples of this planet need to be equipped with weapons that would leave this Earth a radioactive wasteland, uninhabitable for many years? The answer is no. These weapons need to be eliminated from the arsenals of all countries that have them. All it takes is one moment of stupidity, one misidentified blip on a radar, one overzealous nut that just happens to have his finger on the button to make a mess of things. I am sure if the Earth had a choice it would try to cleanse itself of this mess called humanity. We, as a species, do not deserve this planet. We kill each other wantonly, pollute this planet beyond belief and destroy species that have every right to try to survive here along with us. AND we have the ability to render this planet uninhabitable unlike the mountain gorillas or the bottle nosed dolphins.
The ending of the movie "On The Beach" is powerful and it is a movie that needs to be watched. "Fail Safe", starring Henry Fonda, is another movie that shows what can happen when something goes wrong atomic weapon wise. Just sit back and think about the folly of nuclear weapons and you will realize that they are a disease that is waiting to strike. Can you imagine what you would be thinking about if you were stationed in Antarctica and were among the last, temporary, survivors of such a war awaiting the slow southerly march of the radioactive fallout cloud knowing that your time is nearly up?? It boggles the mind to even ponder that this could ever happen. I hope we are smarter than that.
Your King has spoken.