The LuLac Edition #4,037, March 24th, 2019

MAYBE I’M AMAZED

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MAYBE I’M AMAZED…..that Lindsay Graham, one of John McCain’s best friends has become the premier suck up to Donald Trump. Graham has been tepid in defense of his deceased friend in the Senate. He still has his hard on for Hillary Clinton by bringing her up at a rich people only rally in Florida this weekend. 

The fat cats responded to “Lock her up” like mindless trolls. It is a shame that Graham has lost any sense of balance as a leader of the Republican Party. Graham like many other Republicans will be on the wrong side of history.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED….a butterfly hums in the key of F.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED….that Mike Trout now has become the richest player in Major League Baseball. The sheer length and wealth of this contract guarantees Trout and his descendants a very comfortable life for a very long time. As one who lived through the Sandy Koufax/Don Drysdale holdout where Koufax got $100,000 and Drysdale got $95,000 these numbers are stupefying.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-koufax-drysdale-holdout-20160329-story.html
MAYBE I’M AMAZED….that there is more sugar in a lemon than there is in a strawberry.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…..that people around here still do not realize the novelty of having two daily newspapers. That doesn’t even happen in larger cities. Recently the Times Leader cut some of its sport staff and that was met with high fives from the competition but sadness from others because no one wants anyone to lose a job. But the fact that there are two papers still publishing is a testament to the curiosity of people living here.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED….that a polar bear cannot be seen by an infrared camera due to the bear’s transparent fur.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…. that our friend Kathleen Smith, one of LuLac’ Women We Love went to the all male St. Patrick’s Day dinner a few weeks ago in Wilkes Barre. Smith a well know DAR volunteers had a wonderful time and was invited but I’m wondering if it was a first and what Steve Corbett who championed women being at those dinners would think.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED….that people seem to think the Mueller report will vindicate President Trump of all wrong doing. A report like that has narrow parameters and he can have a blue print but not necessarily make an indictment of a President. Remember Kenneth Starr did not indict Bill Clinton either but that did not exonerate him from the issues presented by Congressional investigations.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED….that two Democratic candidates who were defeated in key states, Beto O’Rourke in Texas and Stacey Abrams of Georgia are being touted as possible Presidential candidates after close losses. Albeit they are young and exciting but a political loss used to be the kiss of death for a political candidate. If the Democrats think running them against Trump is a good thing, they might need to remember Trump calling his 16 GOP opponents in 2016 “losers”. One or two might have had initial losses but went on to become sitting Governors and Senators. Trump would have a field day with these two “young uns”.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…that it has been thirty years since Minor League baseball came to LuLac land. I remember the doomsayers who said it would never fly and that it was a folly. But here we are three decades later with the game and entity stick kicking. Just a few more weeks until “Play Ball”
MAYBE I'M AMAZED……staying on a baseball theme, how about those early morning games from overseas? If you are a true baseball fan, that 5am first pitch tests your dedication. But I know a few people who got up to see just that.