A gotcha question for Donald Trump: "If 'is' is 'profiling,' what is 'is'?"

During President Obama's speech last night with regard to the San Bernardino shooting and battling ISIL, he said this:

"Muslim Americans are our friends and our neighbors; our co-workers, our sports heroes - and yes, they are our men and women in uniform."

At this, GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump decided to tweet the following response:

"Obama said in his speech that Muslims are our sports heroes. What sport is he talking about, and who? Is Obama profiling?"

First off, Trump has taken multiple photographs with former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, not to mention gotten into a spat with the NBA's all-time leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Secondly, though, it appears The Donald knows profiling about as well as he knows how to be specific when answering questions. Since the president was speaking about Muslims, it appears as though Mr. Trump was referring to racial profiling. Allow me to define that for him:

"The use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense."

Let's look at the president's statement again:

"Muslim Americans are our friends and our neighbors; our co-workers, our sports heroes - and yes, they are our men and women in uniform."

Mr. Trump, care to weigh in on this?

"Obama said in his speech that Muslims are our sports heroes. What sport is he talking about, and who? Is Obama (profiling) using the race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense?"

Yes, his statement appears even dumber now, doesn't it? I can just hear him engaging in the following back and forth if he were a contestant on Jeopardy:

Alex Trebek: "The answer is, 'Complimenting a religious minority community, making them feel welcome, making mention of their multiple achievements to help progress a nation.'"

Donald Trump: "What is profiling?"

Trebek: "I'm sorry, but no, and you're an idiot."

On that note, expect The Donald to utter the following in the future:

Initial statement: "I can use both hands equally well."

Donald Trump's reaction: "Oh, so you're dyslexic? Cool."

Initial statement: "I was actually born in Amsterdam."

Donald Trump's response: "That's pretty sweet. I'm part Danish too."

Initial statement: "I don't fully believe there is a God, yet don't fully believe there isn't one. I haven't been convinced either way."

Donald Trump's response: "Oh, so you're one of those logistics, aren't ya?"

Initial statement: "I've suffered from seizures for a number of years."

Donald Trump's response: "You know, I once a knew a guy who suffered from epilogues too."

Initial statement: "I'm about to earn a degree in sociology. I just wanted to ask..."

Donald Trump's response: "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Get this guy out of here! I don't want any socialists at my rally!"

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-forgets-muslim-champions-during-obama-criticism-n475306

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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