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Why this former Republican WON'T be voting for Scott Brown

Scott Brown is a phoney.

Easy to say and easy to prove. When he ran for the vacant seat held by Sen. Ted Kennedy after Kennedy's death, I was wildly supportive of Brown. I was a Republican, glad to see that there was a chance to take a Senate seat from the Democrats.

In other words, I voted for him for the wrong reason.

From Brown's own website:

Did Obama lose the first debate? Of course!

I told myself that I wasn't going to do it, but I did.

As much as I detest the phoney characters that we always seem to have involved in the debates, like a car-wreck, I just had to watch. I'm not satisfied with either President Obama, nor am I convinced that Mitt Romney is right for the job.

But to pretend that some third-party candidate even has a chance, is foolish.

Legalized loan sharking on Native American reservations?

I am more than happy to admit that during the history of this country, our residents have treated the Native Americans with disrespect, stealing their land, and making it our own. The history of the United States is filled with past grievences against others that should not be forgotten, but we must continue to work to avoid repeating ever again.

However, should the sovereign nation status that Native Americans have allow them to make the Mafia and other low-life loansharks look like Beaver Cleaver?

UPS is great, but...it was also my worst job as a Quasi-Teamster

This evening, while driving my son back from a late afternoon baseball practice, we were driving through Shrewsbury, MA, and I saw the UPS depot. I pointed it out to him, and I told him that that was where the baseball glove he got last week had been loaded on the truck, and he asked me how I knew that.

It was all due to an awful experience that I had with UPS.

What the hell was he thinking?

So here's a great idea: after the pathetic "film" slamming Islam, let's follow that up by seeing if we can do something even more stupid.

Hmm, there's a lot of different dumb ideas from which to choose. You could go to a movie theater and yell "fire" and laugh at how long it takes for people to react. You could dress up as the Joker and walk down the street with a weapon. You could even walk into a school dressed like the murderers at Columbine.

Boy, those are all such funny ideas, aren't they?

Of course not.

But the following demonstrates the idiocy to which people will go for their fifteen minutes of fame/shame. If Columbine, Colorado, and every other shameful events in our country haven't taught us just how awful some people in this country can be, this video will prove it.

UC Davis to pay close to $1 million to protesters they pepper sprayed

I'm 49 years old now, but last year, while traveling through Toronto, I came upon the Occupy Toronto site, and decided to walk over and talk with the people, who were of different ages and different ages.

Personally, even though I had been a conservative at heart for nearly a quarter of a century, I gave them credit for having the moxie to stay in the park, night and day as long as they did. At least they had something that there were organized against (or was it for?) that allowed them to get involved in their government.

Mitt Romney: snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?

I couldn't resist writing this after watching this old (over a week in InterWeb time) clip from Jon Stewart and the Emmy Award winning The Daily Show.

As one of America's millions of undecided voters, I keep laughing at the gaffes on both sides. Mitt Romney isn't stupid, but I have to question why he has the staff he has? If you're really good at hiring top talent, I have a suggestion or two:

The NEW-NEW iPhone 5: unbelievable, and nothing like it!

This is without a doubt, the BEST Apple phone ever!

Friends, don't argue with me on this...

Boycott the NFL

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not as rabid a football fanatic as most of my friends (my game is baseball), but I do enjoy watching the games.

The replacement referees that have been tasked with an impossible job are doing their best, although as last night's Monday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks proves, no matter how much instant replay comes into play, or Roger Goodell's office, it makes no difference.

That's no fault of the players, the coaches, management, or even the referees.

It lies directly with Roger Goodell.

Barack Obama: I Did it My Way?

While the leader of Iran rants at the United Nations, and leaders from around the world get ready to take their turn in front of the United Nations audience, and the world, the President of the United States decided to do things his way.

Rather than meeting with leaders from around the world, including Israel, he made mention of the fact that his schedule didn't allow for it. He's the President, so that's his choice.

But if you don't have the time to speak to the likes of Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, how do you explain it to him when you make time for Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, et. al. over at The View?