Headlines this week........

Penn State, head football coach Joe Paterno is fired because he didn’t report that he knew Sandusky was raping kids. Students riot in support of, “Joe Pa.”
Seriously?
Children – God only knows how many – were raped by a coach at one of the largest universities in the country. Paterno knew about it but didn’t call the police. He got fired. We’re done. The latter was the natural consequence of the former.
Will it tarnish Joe Pa’s legacy?
Let me make this very clear.
I DON’T CARE.
Nor should anyone else, frankly.
Let me say it again – though it makes my stomach turn violently – CHILDREN WERE RAPED.
Beyond that, beyond seeing that justice is done for those victims and their families, and making damned sure this doesn’t happen ever again, not a thing matters.


Rick Perry speaking during the GOP debate to the three offices of the federal government he’d close as president, forgets one. It was funny. It was human. He was goofy and sorta charming about it. It’s the first thing he’s done that hasn’t made me roll my eyes. I wouldn’t beat him up too badly about it because you know his wife did. Perry is only still in this mess because Mrs. Perry is at him every day.
“I want that (White)house, Rick! Get me that house!”


The GOP race. Is it as big a mess as it looks like? I don’t pay that much attention really. I read articles on line and pieces in the newspaper. Not enough to be well informed, probably, but at least I no longer totally depend exclusively on The View and Dave Letterman’s Top Ten for my politics du jour.
Though I would never underestimate a stupidity circus and the entertainment it provides, it would be so nice if the GOP was not mentioned in the same breath as the Kardashians. I'm a Democrat, so I suppose I shouldn't care. I'm also an American and these guys are starting to look like Curly, Larry and Moe.


Drinking, in any amount raises a woman’s risk of breast cancer significantly. I heard this. I also heard that it still means a woman has a 1 in 36 chance of dying from breast cancer. She has a 1 in, I believe, 3 chance of dying from heart disease, which can be positively impacted by drinking moderate amounts of red wine. Thank you Dr. Goodmorning America for relating the whole story for once. If I hadn’t been informed of the entire story I wouldn’t have stopped drinking. In fact I’d have had to drink more to forget about my increased chance of contracting cancer. Now, in light of the truth, I drink without fear and my heart is happy.

Bil Keane, creator of the Family Circus cartoon, died at 89. What a happy life he lived. What a blessing he and his work were to all of us. The cartoon will carry on through his son. Lucky us.