Acting Childish - brought to you by the Tea Party

Let's review a few significant events in the world of politics over the past few years.

1. Barack Obama was elected president in 2008.

2. He signed a healthcare reform bill which became known as Obamacare.

3. The case got taken to the Supreme Court and was ruled as Constitutional.

4. The Republican Party went after Obamacare and promised to repeal it if they won enough elections in 2012.

5. Obama was re-elected in 2012 and Democrats picked up seats in both the House and the Senate.

6. Obamacare is scheduled to be mostly implemented as of January 1st, 2014.

7. House Republicans tried repealing, defunding, and delaying Obamacare even though Democrats controlled the Senate and the president, who the bill was named after (according to the GOP), was also a Democrat.

8. After these efforts failed, the House decided to shutdown the government until they got their way.

Notice a theme with this series of events? Republicans lost.

The 2008 presidential election? Republicans lost.

The Supreme Court ruling? Republicans lost.

The 2012 elections? Republicans lost.

Efforts to repeal, defund, and delay Obamacare? Republicans lost.

Even with the simple fact that the Republican Party has lost time and time again with regard to Obamacare, they haven't gotten the clue, and have decided to go the route of being childish by shutting down the government to try and showcase that the rules don't apply to them. It reminds me of this following story I'm about to make up and share.

Setting: A boy's driveway, where he and a friend are playing basketball

Joey: "Okay. So, do we have a deal?"

Billy: "Yeah - whoever gets to 21 first gets the basketball we found in the park earlier today."

::Joey leads 20 to 16::

Joey: ::makes a shot for the win:: "Woo-hoo! That did it! I'm past 21 now! Good game, Billy."

Billy: ::grabs the ball::

Joey: "Can I have the ball, Billy? It's mine now."

Billy: "No, it's not! It's mine!"

Joey: "Come on, Billy - we had a deal!"

Billy: "Best two out of three!"

Joey: "Okay, fine..."

::Joey leads 20 to 18::

Joey: ::makes a shot for the win:: "Wow! I'm on fire today!"

Billy: ::grabs the ball::

Joey: "Let's not do this again. Come on, Billy. I beat you two times fair and square! Can I have the ball now? I think your mom's calling you for dinner."

Billy: ::walks away with it:: "No! It's mine! All mine! You can't have it!"

Joey: "So now I can't play basketball unless I get another one?"

Billy: "Too bad! I'm going to eat now. Bye, loser!"

Joey: ::sighs:: "Alright. See you tomorrow then."

Billy: "Maybe..."

Another look at "The Nightly Show" with Larry Wilmore

After its first week, I gave The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore a B+ grade. While I didn't think the show appeared to be perfect by any stretch of the imagination, I also liked the Daily Show meets Politically Incorrect vibe I got from it, and thought, with the proper adjustments, the show would indeed provide a great fill-in for The Colbert Report . In the show's succeeding weeks, however, I've been less impressed by it and think that if it doesn't make certain adjustments, it could be in jeopardy of losing many long-time viewers of the show's time slot. One major issue I think the show's had to this point is a lack of direction. It's been unable to decide whether it wants to be a comedy show with serious conversation sprinkled in or a serious show with comedy sprinkled in. It's almost as if the show's writers want to give The Nightly Show a Real Time with Bill Maher feel. The problem with that idea or format is the fact Real Time is an hour lon...

My first book review of "Penetrating the Heart of Life: Ambiguous In Thought, Ambivalent In Feeling"

Well, I received my first book review on this poetry-compilation book I completed and published late last year, but have finally gotten around to marketing now. The reviewer gave it 5 out of 5 stars and said: "I enjoyed the poetic journey the writer has taken me on. From darkest days and hopeful optimism to the conclusion of hope realized. The visual images that the poem titled "Room Temperature" elicits, made me think of the song, "Horse With No Name" sung by the band America. In a similar manner, another poem – "Deafening Sigh-lence" reminded me a great deal of Simon & Garfunkel’s song, "The Sound of Silence". There are so many poems in this book that I related to, that I felt a connection to the author and felt that we were traveling on this journey together." http://www.lulu.com/shop/craig-rozniecki/penetrating-the-heart-of-life-ambiguous-in-thought-ambivalent-in-feeling/paperback/product-18677501.html

A closer look at the Scramble With Friends power-ups

I am unashamed to admit that I'm a nerd. My idea of a good time is playing a word game like Boggle or Scrabble. Thankfully, I (and many others) can play such games via Facebook and/or my (our) cell phone(s). While it seems that cheating has become more commonplace in these games (Words With Friends in particular) than San Diego has had nice weather, I've yet to give in to that craze. One element present with the game Scramble With Friends (Boggle) not present in Words With Friends (Scrabble) are legal boosts called "power-ups," which cost a number of tokens from the 15 available. I've now tried all five power-ups, including the latest one which costs money. So, in case anyone's curious about playing the game or giving these power-ups a gander, here's a rundown of them all: Freeze - I think this is probably my favorite of all the power-ups. With the freeze, time stands still for a matter of seconds, which allows you more time to find words and improve...

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