Weekly Mail December 15, 2019

Hello:

We are unbelievably, 10 days away from Christmas. Yesterday was Santa Con in Manhattan, and the combination of unseasonably warm weather, rain, and of course booze made for an interesting commute to and from the big bad city on Saturday. I know I've gotten old because I'm less interested in watching the shenanigans than I am in getting my own seat on the LIRR. But such is the circle of life.

This is going to be our so called Fall Finale. I am trying to come up with ideas for our Christmas Eve Special, but as of right now, I am drawing a blank. I've already started working on the year in review, which I realize is a bit of a snooze-fest.

My co-editor, (Razor) Ray McGarvey has been pitching me to bring back my annual Nerd of the Herd list. That was fun to do when the list was made up of ex-girlfriends of ours, but the combination of the #metoo movement and the fact that I'm coming up on 14 WONDERFUL years of marriage would limit my choices to celebrities, athletes and politicians.

Actually a real good place to start would be the House of Representatives. I could produce a list right from the hearings that went on there last week as the two Articles of Impeachment brought against President Trump were debated and voted on by the House Judiciary Committee. 

I was fortunate (or unfortunate maybe) that some of the hearings went into prime time so I could watch. During the day I can't watch while I'm at work, so I catch some of the highlights at lunch. But because the GOP decided to drag this out. I got to see the $hit$how in real time.

There was Jim (Non)Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin who could only be portrayed properly by the late Chris Farley. There was Ohio Rep Jim Jordan who has managed to make an a$$ out of himself in front of both the intelligence and judicial committees. Louie Gohmert of Texas may have spilled the name of the whistleblower during one of his many rants (Hat Tip to Ed Robinson* for pointing that out to me-as I missed it). Gohmert also asked his nay vote to be repeated, "just to make sure." Aaaaasshooooole

We are fair and balanced here at WM, so I will also criticize California Democrat Zoe Lofgren who suggested that Bill Clinton was impeached because he had an affair. Many of my friends have said to me over the years that Clinton shouldn't have been impeached because he "got a blow job." I simply point out that he was impeached because he lied about said BJ under oath. I understand that regular folks like myself would think he was busted for cheating on his wife. I expect a longtime member of Congress to know the difference. And I'm sure she did. She just wasn't being honest.

But really it was the Republicans whose pants were on fire. And if I had to pick one who really pissed me off, one who went above and beyond, even worse than the aforementioned 3 stooges above, I'd have to go with Florida Rep Matt Gaetz. Amongst his brilliant observations.

He suggested that Democrats "rent and don't buy" in Washington because their pursuit of impeachment will cost them votes. Pretty much admitting that he's covering his ass rather than doing what's right.

He also said that everyone tries to dig up dirt on their opponents, so what difference does it make that Trump did the same thing. He didn't mention that most other people don't ask foreign governments for help in that regard. Details, details.

But perhaps his biggest foot in mouth moment was when he criticized Hunter Biden for his past issues with cocaine. This coming from a guy who himself was busted for DUI.

It reminded me of an episode of MASH when Winchester suggested that Hawkeye was jealous of him. Hawkeye responded, "The only thing I'm jealous of is your chutzpah"

Folks, I really do try to play it down the middle as best as I can. Even when I disagree, I always try to see it from the other side. (The exception being 9/11). I've tried here as well. I've tried to understand how anyone could hear what Trump said to the President of the Ukraine and think there was nothing wrong with that. Could it really be just as simple as they don't care as long as they can hold on to their seats and keep a Republican in the Oval Office. Do they really believe what they are saying?

The only argument that I can kind of/sort of understand is the one where they say that impeaching someone because they don't agree with their policies is a dangerous precedent. I agree. But I don't think that's what's going on here.

They say that in the first 175 years or so of our nation, only one President has been impeached, and that was Andrew Johnson. In the past 45 years, we've had one who resigned before he was impeached, one who was impeached, and one about to be impeached.

Richard Nixon goes without saying, most members of his party knew he had to go. Bill Clinton? I'm not going to lie, even though I know he was impeached for perjury and not for adultery, there was a part of me pissed at his overall arrogance. If he got caught with Gennifer Flowers while he was governor of Arkansas, how the hell did he not think he'd get caught as the leader of the free world? That bugged me. But should that have disqualified him from office? No. Committing perjury? Yes, that's impeachable.

There were some who thought that Bush 43 should have been impeached for lying about WMD's and Obama for lying about the Affordable Care Act. Now THAT would have cheapened the impeachment process. Thankfully smarter heads prevailed there.

To me what's more scary is cheapening the election process. If candidates can solicit help from foreign governments, what does that mean?

The Republicans either don't know or  more likely they don't care.

And there they are folks: Your 2019 Nerds of the Herd.

BTW: It took Hakeem Jefferies of NY to remind those schmucks that President Trump took time out of watching his ass getting impeached to troll Time's Person of the Year, a 16 year old girl named Greta Thunberg. You know, when Kathy Griffin said she was going to go after Barron Trump, I went off on her. Young kids are off limits. You want to say Greta made herself a public figure by challenging the world on climate change? I say debate her points, don't insult her. She's still 16. You're the President and you're picking on a 16 year old?
THAT's the man you guys are defending.



SPORTS: Wrapping Up 2019

So here's where we stand as 2019 comes to a close...

The Jets have handed two teams who were trying to lose their first wins of the year.

The Giants before Sunday's win against the Dolphins, had not won a game since September. In other words, the Mets had won more recently than the Giants had.

The Knicks are the worst team in basketball. The Nets aren't that far ahead of them despite signing two max free agents.

Speaking of the Mets, the highlight of their offseason so far has been news that they may be getting a new owner in 5 years, Otherwise, while the Phillies have hired a winning manager and signed Zack Wheelrs and DiDi Gregorious, the Mets have signed two mediocre pitchers and a no-hit outfielder. n other words a big fat nothing burger.

The Yankees spent over a quarter billion dollars on a pitcher. Garrit Cole may be the man to get them over the hump, for that amount of cabbage, he better be.

The Devils are on their second coach of the season, a big disappointment after drafting Jack Hughes and signing PK Subban and Wayne Simmonds.

The Rangers have gotten better, though they are probably a couple years away from serious Cup contention. If they make the playoffs this year, it will be by the slimmest of margins. More likely, they will be back in the lottery again.

The Islanders have been one of the best teams in the game. They have cooled off a bit as of late, but are still up in the standings.

Not much to hang our hats on here NY. When the Islanders are one of your best hopes to bring home some hardware, you know things aren't good.


Back to the Mets for a minute.... I'd love to get excited about hedge-fund honcho Steve Cohen buying out the Wilpons. People were going bananas comparing it to New Years Eve. And look, I'd love to send those three bozos (Fred, Jeff and Saul Katz) packing. But shoot a LOT can happen in 5 years. The three stooges could change their minds, Cohen could end up in the slammer (apparently his company has been investigated by the Feds) and according to Forbes, there's a chance MLB wouldn't approve the sale, though I find that hard to believe. My point is 5 years is a looong time. Tell me this is the last off-season I have to worry about those idiot Wilpons running the Mets, and then maybe then I'll celebrate. 


JUSTICE: Disorder in the Court

One of my favorite shows growing up was Night Court, with the late Harry Anderson as Judge Harry Stone leading a team of misfits as they heard bizarre cases. This judge in this Kentucky courtroom makes Harry Stone's courtroom look tame.

Judge Dawn Gentry, a family court judge in Kenton County, Kentucky, is facing her own impeachment from the bench.

According to Cincinatti.com, Judge Gentry is being accused of either having sex or trying to have sex with her employees, including her secretary, Laura Aubrey, and a specialist she hired for casework, Pastor Stephen Penrose. Gentry also tried to recruit Katherine Schulz, an attorney who Gentry appointed to a panel, into a threesome with her and Penrose.

She's also accused of punishing people who didn't give to her campaign and other sleazy actions. I'm just having trouble getting past the threesomes in chambers. That sounds like the plot of a real cheap porno. I mean, a courtroom isn't exactly up there on my list of "places to get it on before I die." But, I guess if you are a judge or a lawyer who spends a lot of time in court, it's any port in the storm.



All right folks, that's it. I tried to end on a light note. If anybody has any suggestions for Christmas Eve, you know how to reach me. (Either Facebook or WildWill45@aol.com)  I'll get something out I promise Then we'll do our two end of year specials, and return January 12. Depending on what goes down in the impeachment proceedings, we may be back sooner. We will start analyzing the remaining Democratic Candidates as the Iowa Caucus approaches.

Stay safe and happy.

and Have a Great Week.

*I want to give shoutouts to Ed, and my forever friend James Tubridy. Ed's been providing coverage on FB of much of the goings on during the impeachment proceedings, and the big J has provided me with insights from both sides of the divide with his debate inducing FB posts. And of course to my two co-editors, (Razor) Ray-McGarvey and Karl (the Ace) Ludwig for their contributions.