Growing the Pie

The DemocRATS want to divvy up everything folks have or earn pretty much evenly, reserving the best and most for themselves and their close cronies of course. The Republicans want to to increase prosperity across the board believing a rising sea lifts all Americans delivering better outcomes for every proverbial boater. The GOP wants to grow the pie that helps us all rather than carve up the little pieces we already have to give to those who have a little less. 

Unmerited Playoff Invitations

Tulane played nobodies except Ole Miss in the regular season, and the Rebels handed them their heads in non-conference play and again in the playoff. Notre Dame would have been a much better match, and I think the Irish may well have prevailed visiting Oxford. James Madison was stomped during the regular season by an average Louisville squad. Vanderbilt would have been a tougher match for Oregon. The powers that be should expand the playoff to sixteen teams or be much more prudent in sending out invites to compete. 

Ludicrous Bowl Season

Two tough six and six teams will be battling it out in the Bologna Bowl, but the top two running backs from Podunk University will be sitting it out as they enter the transfer portal along with the record-setting quarterback who is a legit pro prospect having set records for completion percentage and touchdowns passing this season, but dread not Podunk fans, Tech has all eleven offensive starters out as they have agreed to a package deal to transfer over to A & M. 

Battle of Heavyweights

Seattle and the Rams are both great football teams. Either has the chance to go a long way in the playoffs. I wonder if the Rams considered going for two points after their touchdown in overtime last night. I think they should have, as their offense at that point was overwhelming, and that conversion, if successful, would have likely meant Seattle could have secured a tie at best. These franchises are each capable of winning another Super Bowl this season. 

Poverty of Decency

There are reports circulating on the web of Gazans handing out candy to celebrate the Bondi massacre. If true, these stories do not reflect a dearth of supplies in Gaza but an absence of morality there. They are so starved there that they hoard sweets awaiting news of Jews being slaughtered somewhere to have a celebratory feast when someone stages an atrocity that kills Jews thousands of miles away from the conflict. I guess there ethos is an "unalived Jew" anywhere is a victory for them. 

Exempt from Terror

The most jihad beset place on earth is Israel. There are not "Apartheid" walls, but barriers that have been constructed and maintained to stop what would otherwise be constant murderous attacks against Israelis. No place else but the Jewish State was a suicide bombing campaign launched with dozens of separate incidents, including a hotel Seder being exploded wiping out generations and erasing whole families. Yet, circumstances have become so dire for Jews in other places that they are making aliyah to the place where they are under continual threat. How bad is it to be a Hebrew in France that a life of having to be ever vigilant in the Holy Land seems preferable? 

The Philippines Nexus

You remember Muslim terrorists in the Philippines took an American couple captive and ultimately beheaded the man before commandos rescued his partner. You recall Timothy McVeigh's one convicted accomplice was married to a woman in the Philippines. Hearken back to the airplane plot that was thankfully thwarted to use suicide bombers to blow up multiple planes more or less simultaneously that was hatched by jihadists in the Philippines, then consider whether the recent visit by the Australia terrorists to the Philippines might have factored in to the Bondi massacre.