Back to work.

Well, another vacation has come and gone. I am rested, albeit scorched from a week at the beach that was way beyond hot. Now it's back to work. July 4th is quickly approaching, which as I get older, feels more and more like the beginning of the end of summer. It's time to start remembering why our country was founded and what it stood for. Does it still stand for those things? Are we on a slippery slope to being less free? Think about where we are and where we are headed. Over the next weeks, I'll tell you the way I see it. I want to hear what you think.

The Politics of Oil Spills (Politics)

Well, another Earth-shattering, mind numbing speech by our politician-in-chief was on prime time last night. Net result:NOTHING. The President did nothing but try to promote his political agenda on the backs of the folks on the gulf coast.

And then he follows up today with a VERY important meeting with BP execs. How important, you ask? The President was in the meeting for 20 MINUTES, during which time he left the room at least twice. It sounds like the Executive Branch is all over this gulf oil spill thing!

Meanwhile, the gulf states are beginning to go rogue and act on their own, in defiance of the do nothing that is the federal response. The Obama Plan to clean up the gulf: raise taxes. That is a surprise to exactly zero people. That's the way I see it. What do you think?

What in the world is going to happen with conference affilliations?" (sports)

I have been following with interest the merry-go-round that is college conference affiliation. East Carolina University (my alma mater) has been on the outside looking in since the last round of changes. The current re-do could result in a seismic shift in the college football landscape. Those left out of this round could be left in a precarious position from a $$$standpoint.

I don't know what is going to happen. I know there are worried alumni in Big 12 land, and the Big East could see itself implode if some of its members jump ship to the Big 10. If you are in the SEC you gotta love your position. You don't need anybody, and everybody wants what you got. If you want to go to 16 teams, you got the ACC to raid, any member of which would jump at the opportunity to be in the premier football league in the country (except THE University of North Carolina, who is too superior academically to stoop to SEC levels. just ask them).

Hey SEC, if you guys are looking for a presence in North Carolina that would provide a natural rivalry to SC, would give you fertile recruiting exposure in the heart of the ACC, and would provide THE best game day football atmosphere of any school not already in the SEC, pop on up to Greenville and give me a call. I'll show you around. If you look hard at ECU, I'm sure you'll see we are a good fit. That's The Way I See It............What do you think?

Well, here I go again.

After goofing around with the totally unusable blog site associated with My Space, I am going to try Google and see if it works better. Only time (and posts) will tell.

I am going to use this blog to give my opinions. They are MY opinions. They will be on politics, religion, sports, the law, and anything else I feel may strike a note with others.

Let me say this again......These are MY opinions. In posting them, I want to encourage you to share your opinions. I may not agree with you, but your opinions are just as valid as mine (even if you are wrong!) Just kidding (not really). Please post and tell me what you think about the issues I raise. Or raise some other issue. It may lead to another blog post that tells you The Way I See It.......