It's no surprise that the super committee assigned to find three-percent to cut from the budget came up empty. It was comprised of six Democrats, who favor tax increases, and six Republicans, who favor trimming programs. This will have to be decided by voters - continue the expansion of government or reduce it. It's not complicated.
This is why I love the PGA: David Duval was once the top ranked golfer in the world. He went into a mysterious slump and got by for years on the exemptions he earned for stellar play. Now those exemptions have dried up - and he finished 152nd on the money list, which means he has to go to back qualifying school. There are no guaranteed contracts in golf. Before anyone feels sorry for him, let's remember that he's probably set for life financially, unless he's been stupid with his money. And he can earn decent money on the Nationwide Tour, the golf equivalent of Triple A baseball, if his ego can accept the demotion. Good luck, sir.
Speaking of baseball, Ryan Braun has become the fourth Jew to win the MVP. Previous winners were Hank Greenberg, Tigers 1940, Al Rosen, Indians 1953, and Lafayette High School's own Sandy Koufax, Dodgers 1963. Mazel Tov, sir.
I didn't expect much action at the floating bookshop today, as it was as raw and gloomy as can be. Expecting rain, I initially set up at the viaduct on Avenue Z and was pleasantly surprised when a gentleman purchased an inspirational book by a woman who climbed K2. I eventually moved to my nook on East 13th and the rain held off long enough for me to sell Business in the 21st Century to a Russian gentleman, and an illustrated, simplified version of Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick(not a venereal disease, as the old joke went), to a woman for her grandson. Thanks, folks.
48 years ago today JFK was assassinated. Although it doesn't seem like yesterday, it certainly doesn't seem like virtually half a century has passed. I'm just a kid.
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