Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• I always thought it was true, but yesterday I learned that this blog can kill a political campaign if the readers want it to happen. (Maybe I possess those elusive weapons of mass destruction.)
• I meant to mention yesterday the Arizona Diamondback signing pitcher Zack Greinke to a 6 year and $206,500,000 contract.  That's  over $34 million a year. If he falls down the stairs this morning and blows out his shoulder, he still gets the money. 
• Despite my sickness (I'm upgrading myself to 80% or perhaps 79%), I put out Christmas lights on the lawn yesterday evening. The fact that there were no lights out there drove me crazy. 
• Baylor's bowl game will be in Orlando. Since the announcement, this song has been stuck in my head (despite the fact that Disney Land is actually in California.)
• In a campaign statement, Donald Trump called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on". He got a standing ovation. If he wins the GOP nomination, you will see this biggest beat down since Reagan won 44 of the states in 1980. And Trump wouldn't be on the winning side.
• Radio guy Mark Davis said this morning that Trump "might have won the presidency" with that statement and theorized about how the policy could be implement. Buddy, you have lost your freaking mind.
• Special note to my Courthouse friends which includes the County Attorney's Office, District Clerk's Office, County Clerk's Office, County Judge's Office, Sheriff's Office, Maintenance Staff, and Probation Office: If one guy does not walk away he may cost his boss, who is a good guy with a wonderful family, his job. Buddy, walk away. Do the right thing. After all, you are a Protector of Children. This is all about you. 
• I'm beginning to realize most people have never seen me pissed off before. Honestly, it rarely happens. But when it happens ..... Oh, my.