My Five Things

Here they are:

1- Swine Flu in Mexico City. This could be a "biggie". A biggie because of the world wide travel in today's world. The last "Biggie" was the Hong Kong flu outbreak in 1968. We've all been worrying about the Bird Flu the last few years- but it has luckily been confined to bird populations and people who play with dead birds... i.e. there is no human-to-human transfer. Sine flu on the other hand is being passed from person to person and therein lies the problem.

They are passing out masks in the area's in and around Mex City and they are saying that the antiviral medicine, Tamiflu, is somewhat effective.

Something you might want to keep around the house is: masks, Tamiflu, Tylenol and an emergency stash of food and water. Good hand washing, as always, is vital to staying healthy.

Stay tuned to see how this plays out.

2- Lions plunk down over $70 million to sign junior QB Matt Stafford. Won't they ever learn? Most football teams build a solid foundation and then select a QB to run it once all the parts are in place. The Lions brain trust however (drawing on their 50 years of not winning a championship) have chosen a different path. The thinking goes is that Stafford will hold a clipboard and learn this year ($8 million a year for holding that clipboard- must be one VERY IMPORTANT clipboard) and he'll be ready to start next year. What did Forest Gump say... "stupid is as stupid does" ? It applies here.

3- Red Wings are rolling. They wiped out the Columbus Blue Jackets four straight games to move on to the next round.

4- Cool weather in San Diego. We had some 100 degree weather on Sunday and Monday- but it cooled off and is a chilly 65-70 degrees for the next few days. It feels nice.

5- Presidente Obama's first 100 days are almost up. He seems to be shaking up our country, our finances, our national security and defense. He is becoming friends with our enemies and making enemies with our friends. What's up with that? Change, Change, Change. Is it for the good or the bad? Seems to me there is a fine line between Change and screwing up and I think he's crossed it. Are the actions he has taken in his first 100 days going to take 100 years to correct and undo? Now the media might think I am being negative about the so-called and self-proclaimed "savior" of America. But I can only judge the lame results from his massive spending and hob-nobbing with dictators.

Hugo Chavez and Barrack Obama were a pretty cozy pair recently at the "Meeting of the America's"- exchanging warm greetings and Communist literature. I just hope he didn't sign up for Chavez's "Dictators for Dummies" class. All this Obama-mania and left winger change makes me more than a little nervous. Following the leader (president or dictator) blindly is not in my playbook.

And how was your week?