Dividends

After the first Gulf War, we were informed that the world was a much and safer place. The Soviet Union had been dismantled, Sadam had been pushed out of Kuwait in the historic 100 hour war and peace was breaking out all over. As a result, we were told we could reduce our forces and thereby save billions of dollars. It was called a “peace dividend.”


Today, we are engaged in a world-wide war with Islamo-Terror-Fascists. The Chinese are undergoing a military expansion particularly with regard to their naval capabilities. Russia is now resurgent. They mean us no good in diplomatic relations across the globe - in spite of the P-BO’s effort to hit the “reset button,” (which was inexplicably translated to the Russian word for “overcharge” on the actual button Sec State Clinton presented to the Russians). Iran is months away from developing nuclear weapons. The Middle East is as unstable as it has been in my lifetime. Europe teeters on economic ruin.

In the face of all that, the P-BO will cut eight brigades from America’s Army. What is this reduction in force going to be called? It cannot be called a “peace dividend.” There is little peace anywhere in the world today. I think we can safely call this one “The P-BO doesn’t give a $h!t dividend.”

Last on Joe Pa
Penn State held a memorial service for Joe Pa yesterday. One of the speakers was Nike co-owner Phil Knight. Knight got a standing-O after delivering these lines:

"He gave full disclosure to his superiors, information that went up the chain to the head of the campus police and the president of the school. The matter was in the hands of a world-class university and a president with an outstanding national reputation.


"Whatever the details of the investigation, this much is clear to me: If there is a villain in this tragedy, it lies in that investigation, not in Joe Paterno's response."

The crowd’s response reminded me a bit of a bunch of kids who still want to believe in Santa Clause. They kind of know he’s not real but they want so much to believe. They try harder than ever to convince themselves that he’s real. Parents indulge the kids hoping they can hold on to their fantasy for as long as possible. Then another year goes by and nobody even tries to pretend.

Joe Pa and Jerry Sandusky are linked forever. Penn Staters can pretend it isn’t so for now.