Boy what a week !

                      Boy has this last calender week been one for the books or what ! There are so many things going on globally and locally , It has made my headspin like Linda Blair In " The Exorcists " I guess for a lack of a better term these are my takes on the events of the week .

1 Mark Sanford decides to take a hike on The Appalachian Trail and Inexplicably ends up In Argentina ! And then the South Carolina Governor ended up In the arms of his Argentine flame who to my knowledge Is not named Eva Peron ! And on top of that was expressly forbidden by his wife to see her . Now I hate to say this however I wonder why a married politician gettin some on the side Is news anymore ? I remember Monicagate . And Eliot Spitzer last year and a multitude of other ones who made these transgressions  . It has become so commonplace that It has replaced bank bailouts as the most boring Items In the news ! Oh well at least Mr Sanford wasnt In an airport tappin his foot In a stall In the mens bathroom  lookin for a walk on the wild side . Family values party , eh ?

2  Iranian protests and the death of Neda  . Even though this Is getting to be old news now . I for one really see a spark of hope for future relations with Iran . This young lady had her life robbed from her far too soon . And It chilled me to the bone to see the footage being  shown on the cable news channels of her untimely death . But now the young people of Iran have a face to connect with a cause . And I believe our President Is handling this situation properly . His dialogue while firm has been low key . But of course President Anmaja whatever the @*^% his name Is has fingered the perpetrators of the protests , and by no surprise It Is the good old USA ! When are we gonna learn to mind our own @%^* business ?

3 We had the hat trick on the passing of celebrities this week . But not just celebrities but social Icons of American life and one In particular a global Icon . Ed Mcmahon passed on In the first part of the week and I was sad but not surprised as he was getting on In years  . Farrah Fawcett passed away at 62 after a long battle with cancer and this was a woman whose poster was on my wall when I was a overly excited and hormonally active teenager . I feel bad about this one because on MSNBC I saw a little portion of the documentary of her having her ongoing battle with cancer and I felt so sad for her . RIP and be with the angels above now Farrah ! And lastly of course the passing of the king of pop his highness Michael Jackson .

           Jackson passed away at 50 of a cardiac arrests that some believe was chemically Induced as he was living on narcotics that made Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin look like lightweights . Now for me personally like all of you the lasts 15 years or so were hard to look at, because of the pedophilia and the botched surgeries and Neverland ranch . However for me I like to think about being a 9 year old kid that watched them on " The Ed Sullivan Show " and like the rest of the kids on my block In 1970 ran out to the record store to get that album "ABC " . And used to dance continuously to It . However me dancin Is not a pretty picture so I wont elaborate to much on this . But I also remember being In my early 20s when a new channel called MTV came on and me and the rests of the Animal House clan I rented a house with would watch Michael Jackson videos along with Duran Duran and Van Halen of course !

                So like I said on a previous thread here on hubpages The King of Pop and his brothers have been part of the soundtrack of my life for almost 40 years now ! RIP Michael your tortured soul can now find some peace .

4 Billy Mays passed away this morning at the age of 50 . YIKES I am about to turn 49 next month and I would hate to think I only have one good year left In me . I mean damn I havent even had a good reason to hike The Appalachian trail and If I did I would be killed anyway . But Is It me or was this guy just a little overexcited about cleaning products ? Oh well god bless Billy .

5  And now In Honduras they are taking a page out of the Iranian protest playbook and rioting In the streets because of crooked elections . I mean I am glad I live here In the USA because nothing like that ever happens here right ?

              Oh and by the way here are a couple of other little tidbits that caught my attention that I thought I would let you be aware of .

6 An American Airlines jetliner going to Austin Tx from LA had to do a brief layover In Tucson AZ because of an unruly an extremely drunk passenger whom to my knowledge Is not named Goldentoad . Now first off dont they have an air marshall ? Or come on man , overpower the sonofabitch ! Anything not to have a layover In Tucson !

7 In Louisville Ky Pastor Ken Pagano asked his flock to bring unloaded  handguns In their holsters to New Bethel Church In Louisville . At least 40 attended the services In support of the Second Amendment rights . Now I am all for peoples rights to own guns. Even though I do not own one myself . However call me chicken@*&^ but I am keepin one eye open during prayers at that service !

8 And lastly locally here a congressional hopeful named Francine Busby had a fundraiser over In Cardiff by the Sea which locally here to me Is Heaven ! On Friday night they had the fundraiser with the usual stuffed shirts In attendance and got a disturbing the peace call on them ! The parties hostess Shari Barman got pepper sprayed and arrested for disturbing the peace and assault on a peace officer . On the Initial report the police asked Ms Barmans date of birth so he could file his paperwork about the noise complaint . Ms Barman refused and a crowd of 30 to 50 people  surrounded her and were subsequently pepper sprayed when they tried to separate her from the police officer . And then Barman allegedly punched the officer .

          Now this Is my kind of fundraiser ! Ms Barman next time I will state here that I will be happy to bring the kegger to your next fundraiser ! I get sick of the mundane routine of my life and It sounds like you know how throw a party !

          Well that Is about It for now ! I will be checking In on your hubs as well . So enjoy your week my friends ! Your humble correspondent Is checking out ! LATER !