Wish I could call myself Uppity woman, but she's already a legend in the blogosphere. I don't want trouble, but I also don't want anybody to suppose for a second that I'm prepared to eat it when others assert that they're "more equal" than I because of gender, race or education. In this economy, money no longer impresses me. How do you handle debt?
It is regrettable that in the scandal coverage of the Obama Administration's forced "selection" of a Green Energy "Winner" funding, the uniqueness of the Solyndra product line is obscured. From my own college days in the 70's to this very day as I observe the WindMill field along the PA Turnpike heading to Harrisburg for State Committee meetings, I have wondered at the "off-beat" quality of the alternative energy industry.
I went to the Solyndra website, http://www.solyndra.com/technology-products/ and was impressed with the cylindrical design of the solar units. Unlike the panels which have been the typical solar collector, the Solyndra collectors look more like flourescent bulbs you see in work-bench lighting and kitchens of the 50's.
Increasingly more of them have been stood up enough to determine that their bad boyfriend only strings them along and takes the Mrs on Vacation. Figuring out that what they believed to be a relationship is nothing but a parasite isn't the worst part. It was SO loyal of them to beat back their dismay at the rumped 2008 convention when the roll call was called on account of competition. But it really frosted them to find themselves working the campaign headquarters as loyal Democrats while the Progressives were hijacking the flag, the America we all love and grinding them into serfs left to eat it as they were treated boorishly. You put these creeps on top and trusted them to reciprocate. Psyche!
But Gals, take faith...the Chinese want to pay cold, hard cash to get into Baseball!!!! Do you grasp what awesome diplomatic NEWS this is? This is a tectonic shift in all that is AMERICAN!
The money to pay for the deal would come from American investors and “certain state-owned investment institutions of the People’s Republic of China,” the letter said, according to the Times.
As a Pittsburgh Pirate fan, (the Steelers lost for 40 years, like Moses not asking for directions, while the Honus Wagner card commanded the most cash in the trading realm) we saw the only walk-off series winning homer sail over the Forbes Field ivy to beat the Yankees and make Bill Mazeroski a hero, and Roberto Clemente go "Arriba!" in '71 and again as the Family in '79. We also returned home to The Burgh when the City of Pittsburgh, the Banks, Corporations and the Fans took ownership of the franchise and truly became the Team Managed by Committee. Ah! to be part of the team in a meaningful way, we all felt like world-beaters @the Confluence.
So it is truly a mark of respect and the highest form of flattery that the Chinese have offered back a bit of the cash we paid them to import their job-robbing products to our shores for a shot at the Show. The people who sell tickets for Major League Baseball clubs will affirm that this is the best economic news Americans could hear. The Chinese will come to the United States to enjoy their team and learn, in the process, the joy of legitimate competition. They will gain insight into a gentle pass time that matches pitching duelers with hitting prowess and all manner of agility and fundamentals... like the Japanese, the Chinese will fall hopelessly in love with America and it'll be a reprise of "How the West Was Won." The Japanese President of Success Motivation Institute International once spoke at the company convention in Dallas with the announcement that he bought himself a 10 Gallon Hat and some baby blue alligator cowboy boots which he couldn't wait to wear back home while riding his motorcycle. I can only imagine the Chinese bringing their children to sing the National Anthem, God Bless America and "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" while watching themselves on the JumboTron. All things American and all things traditional are enshrined in Doubleday's Game and the Diplomatic Corps from the Foggy Bottom can throw a China Town take-out into a Dodger Blue cooler with a couple of Stoneys and rig up a rally cap.
Really, now, you Latino's, do you think you should offend your Chinese Friends with complaints that somebody "American" should own the Dodgers? Do you not get that THEY WANT TO BE AMERICANS? (Just like younz) This is their bid. Smile. Kim Jong Il wants in, too. And that apology tour the tool town Chic took to the middle east will be a laughable moment when the Asiatic workhorses can finally relate to the tomahawk chop, catching a souvenir foul ball and running the bases after a Sunday game. Awesome! They're gonna be too much fun in Spring Training. And the Carolinas will show them all that is Americana with the Mudcats right up there beside the NASCAR pits, perogie races and minor league spinning.. They'll be hookin' up with the Blue Jays, the Cardinals, the Orioles and the Tribe, the Reds, Rays / Fish, the Sox, Cubs, Braves, Mets, Yanks, A's, Astros, Tigers, Twins, Nats and Bucs, the Snakes, Rockies, Mariners, Padres and Giants...and they'll learn to love the way fans rip the bull pen and as they tune into the language of balls and strikes, they'll bring a whole new dimension to contemporary management - and of course, they'll all be doing this: And after they see this, they'll wish they hadn't done the little girls that way.
