Don't duck Donald

Gonna watch the U.S presidential debates? NO? Hold on a sec. Because if early polls are any indication Donald Trump will will participate with verbiage that we never get to hear from politicians whose only practice is to say things that will not offend any one or any group...Trump is the opposite ... he irritates everyone...he is the Don Rickles of politics.

Here is a preview of what you can expect....

On Obama
'' worst president ever''...
On Obama's golf
 ''If he’d like to play, that’s fine. In fact, I’d love for him to leave early and play. That’d be a very good thing,”

On former Texas Gov. and GOP aspirant Rick Perry
''He should be forced to take an IQ test before being allowed to enter the GOP debate.He's doing very poorly in the polls. He put on glasses so people will think he's smart. And it just doesn't work! ''

On Senator Bernie Sanders also a presidential hopeful
'[Sanders] knows the country is ripped off. And I know the country is being ripped off, The difference is that I can do something about it and he can’t. He’ll never be able to negotiate with China.”

on Hillary Clinton
 “Hillary Clinton was the worst secretary of State in the history of the United States," and this tweet:  ''If  Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?” 

I do not know about you but I this is a must watch tv for me

Donald Trump leads in New Hampshire with 21% support of potential Republican voters, according to NBC News/Marist latest polls. Jeb Bush has 14%, and Scott Walker 12% in New Hampshire

Catching up

Wow ...a lot can happen between blogs... last entry was over a year ago...One of the great things about writing is to look back to see what you were thinking or amused or entertained by.... and on reflection I have just gotten older not smarter... so why bother
blogging?  A lady friend asked me to talk with her 22 year old son about his future
and (I presume) advise him.. This is not the first time I have been asked to talk to young
people on what to do because I suppose I have had moderate success in life... which means 1 success for every 10 failures. Problem with that is I have nothing to offer except my own history. So all I now know is what made me happy. Steve Jobs in his commencement at Stanford* had the best stuff..'' Do what you love''  O God is he
ever right... Forget about the money...it will come but to chase money for its own
sake is folly. In the long road I have travelled I have never met a rich person who
was happy because of their wealth. NOT ONE!!!  And I have met and know a lot of
them..... What seems to make them happy is friends, family and the enjoyment of free stuff like a warm day in spring, children playing, sunrises, sunsets, having a passion
for anything, Little things like being asked a question because someone respects your
opinion, asking a question because you are in the presence of someone whose opinion
or knowledge you respect, breathing in mountain air, a really good dinner party for
6 or 8, a laugh anytime over anything.
So what to advise a young person to do...The only common denominator I can think of
is TRAVEL. Go anywhere in the world. By yourself. just have enough money to
get by...sleep in hostels...work if you can any job no matter how menial .... You will
learn more in 1 year travelling than 4 years at any University. And it will be fun and
tremendously useful....do not put it off till you are older....You are young and free
from most responsibilities and your mind is (hopefully) still open.

22 million views of SJ at Stanford ...great way to spend 15 minutes
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc