Happy Columbus Day, and to our loyal canadian ...

contingent, Happy Thanksgiving. What no Italians living in Toronto? Seems to me our northern friends have missed an opportunity to get another national holiday here.

More quick hits - No mention will be made of the Boston Red Soxes, as Blog rules forbid same.

I will send a case of free FreezePruf to any elite member who can show that they predicted that the Denver Bron-aids would be undefeated after the second week of the NFL season, let alone after five weeks of play.

NY Football Giants are just where I predicted they would be at this stage - the best team in all of football. Of course, JINTS' Supremacy has my stance every single year since Yelberton Albert Tittle first laced up his giant cleats in 1961. (definition of a fan, after all).

Phillies of Philly are the most dissed World Champion team ever: first two games started at worst time for players and fans - midafternoon shadows at their most disruptive point, then last nite game started at 10 p.m. eastern time. Only a very few Phillie fans saw game end after 2 a.m. this morning. City of Philadelphia deserves better.

With all the important topics have been fully addressed, I turn to a suddenly Peaceable Planet. We are in day 47 of the One's re-deliberation of his March 27th Afghan. strategy. Finally, he is taking Ike's advice and not rushing into a major blunder; Oops, he already agreed to send 20,000 additional combat troops to the Graveyard of All Empires; current debate is only concerned with the next requested deployment of 40,000 more heroic warriors.

So, clearly it is time to end "Don't ask, don't tell". We need to have access to every American Patriot volunteering to serve in harm's way, inasmuch as so many more will be sacrificed soon on the alter of futile nation building. Just saying...