Thoughts From A November Bike Ride

1. I am not as concerned about whether or not Herman Cain sexually harassed women in the 1990s as I am the fact he is a cancer survivor. If he is elected president next year, he better have a strong person as his Vice President.
2. Steve Jobs last words were, "Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow!" In other words, his reaction toward dying was the same as Apple customers reactions are to the release of a new product.
3. While the news has been covering the Occupy Wall Street story, we should be more concerned with how many shoppers occupy Wal Mart and other retailers on Black Friday. If shoppers stay home this year, 2012 will be worse for all of us than 2011.
4. I still do not understand why we observe day light savings time. Each day is still twenty-four hours long so where is all the savings?
5. If I were the Republican party's 2012 presidential candidate, I would select Newt Gingrich as my running mate. He is the only person among the current candidates with both the intellect and Washington experience necessary to get things done but no one will elect a guy who once divorced his wife after she was diagnosed with cancer.
6. Conan O'Brian's shows last week from New York were brilliant. No one on television is as funny as he is. How you you not crack up over his masturbating bear or Triumph the insult comic dog?
7. Why are college football games more exciting to watch than NFL games? One, the enthusiasm of a college crowd can not be duplicated by NFL teams that charge the prices they do to attend their games. And two, there is a lot more ingenuity on display in the college game than in the No Fun League.
8. I will always root for athletes that do the kind of things skier Lindsey Vonn did this week. To take the time out of her busy schedule and accept the invitation from a shy 15 year old boy to his prom is a class act that will provide that boy with a fantastic life time memory.
9. Why is it when Lance Armstrong passes every drug test known to mankind he is still under investigation for cheating long after retiring but when the 2010 Tour de France winner, Alberto Contador, fails a drug test he is still competing a year and a half later while authorities decide his case?
10. I wonder how tolerant the Chinese government would be if their citizens decided to occupy Tienanmen Square...again?
11. As long as the ninety-nine percent focus on the one percent who make up ninety-nine percent of our news and entertainment, we can continue to expect to see one in every fifteen Americans living in extreme poverty.
12. Our government spends far too many resources on other nations problems that should be spent solving our own. Where would we be today if England had taken that approach in 1776?
13. Americans are addicted to the quick fix which is why we have so many long term problems piling up on us today.
14. A four hour bike ride up and over a mountain wearing the season's first snow fall is something I'm glad I experienced.