What's Happening?

I'm feeling a little under the weather today. I guess I'd better rethink the Chips and Dip breakfast option.

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I'm so sorry for poor Pharmaceuticals,
I'm biting my nails to their cuticals.
With their patents expiring,
Their sales are declining,
And the FDA isn't cooperative.

We can all say good-bye to Zyprexa,
There'll be a generic instead of ya.
The same fate awaits Plavix and Lipitor,
Generics are standing in the wings.
And there's nothing to take their place for ya.

Phizer, and Lilly and Squibb, you've been fine,
Too bad, Bristol-Myers and GlaxoSmith Kline.
Board the generics band wagon while there's time.
You might make less profits, but you'll still be in business.
Take a generic Zoloft and don't whine.

OK. Not a very good effort. But, I couldn’t resist. The pharmaceutical companies are complaining because they don’t have anything in the works to take the place of all their biggest Dollar meds. They say it’s because the mean old FDA won’t okay their new drugs fast enough. So, now, they’ll have to start laying people off and their profits will go down and, and, Wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah!

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Oprah took her show on the road over the weekend, campaigning for Barak Obama. It remains to be seen whether she'll have that much influence over voters when it comes right down to it. Don't count Hillary! out just because a talk show host is able to draw crowds. A lot of those people went only to see Oprah. They'll make up their minds about Obama later. In the voting booths.

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Isn't it heart-warming to know that Giuliani was concerned enough to have his police protecting his mistress in the aftermath of the Twin Towers bombing? What a guy! He assures us that if he becomes President, he won’t have Secret Service protecting any future mistresses. Well, that’s a relief!

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And, how about Arkansas' very own former governor, Mike Huckabee. Well! He's also known as "Huckabucks", "the Rev-Gov." and "The Huckster". And, at the peak of his weight problems, John Brummett, of the Arkansas Times, took to referring to him as 'Old Triple-Wide". This was also a reference to the triple-wide mobile home his family occupied while the Governor's mansion was renovated. Anyhoodle, imagine everyone's surprise when, while the national media was obsessing over Fred Thompson, Rudy Giuliani, and Mitt Romney, Huckabee was circling the Religious Conservatives' wagons and quietly moved into first place in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Wouldn't it be funny if....................no, no. Hillary would have too much fun running against him.

Now that he is ahead in some areas, the Media has started scrutinizing his background and they’re finding some things they think we might not like. For instance, he pardoned a killer/rapist who went on to rape and kill another woman.

In 1998, he went along enthusiastically with the Southern Baptist Conference’s statement that “women should submit to their husbands as servants……, “ I wonder how First Tomboy, Janet reacted to that? Not well, I’m sure.

And, just wait until you year all about his ethics problems. Hint: There was no gift too expensive for him or his wife to refuse.

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Finally, Dana Perino, President Bush’s Press Secretary told a funny little story on herself. Chuckling, she admitted that she had never heard of the Bay of Pigs. She wondered if that was the same thing as the Cuban Missile Crisis. What does this say about the state of our Education System in this country? Wonder if she's ever heard of Castro?

'Nuff said. See you later.