GS has this little thing going on called the All-Time Greatest Hero. It's a popularity contest plain and simple. I figured we'd see the normal heavy hitters advance in the bracket style voting structure, but was flabergasted when I pulled up the current brackets to see Master Chief losing to Bub and Bob from Bubble Bobble? Come on! I had to chuckle about that because in what twisted realm of reality do people consider Bub and Bob greater hero's than Master Chief? I know, it's some kind of mad conspiracy.... Is Master Chief that polarizing a character where individuals cannot resist clicking the Vote Now button for any opponent he faces? That's truly sad.

Did anyone watch the town hall meeting with Arlen Specter where the woman claimed that a, "sleeping Giant had been awakened"? She stated she was a Republican and a Conservative that never took a large interest in politics. That's fine. She may have felt compelled to notice what was going on in her country before. That's her right. She also asked Arlen Specter what he was doing to get this country back to what it used to be. Now I don't know what she meant by this, but I guess she believes that some time in the past, this country was better than what it is now. That belief is too subjective to even argue. Did she want this country to be like it was back in the early 1900 when her gender didn't even have the right to vote? What about back in the early 1800 to mid 1800 when I would have been property and the country was going through the worst period of combat losses suffered by Americans? Her question smacked of just another con perpetrated by the Right to impede the Left from doing anything productive.

It's funny, here we are, nine months after Obama was elected President and now the critics have come out of the woodwork like cockroaches when the lights are turned off. One argument I've heard against the Democrat proposals is because of the deficit and the large amounts of spending. Remember the Tea Parties earlier this year? Hey, I'm all for fiscal responsibility; as long as it's motivated on that principal and not some political agenda. Where were all these fiscally responsible individuals when Bush was doubling the deficit? I'll tell you where. Home! Their man was in office and they had no reason to kick up a fuss. From President Washington all the way to President Clinton, the deficit was only built up to five trillion. That's right, FIVE TRILLION! George W. Bush doubled it by himself. If that's not evidence that these wack jobs out there are prostituting their kids in front of the camera for a damn political message, I don't know what's going to do it for you. Some of the arguments I've heard have been flat out lies and down right asinine. One thing they've all been though is a little sad; at least to me. It seems to highlight a huge flaw in humanity. It makes me realize how shortsighted we are. It makes me think of the timeframe after the Fall of the Roman Empire when people were scavaging brick from the aqueducts and coleseum to make their brick hovels. The fools! Imagine me as Charlton Heston at the end of 'Planet of The Apes' screaming.

We have the Healthcare argument going on now. Unfortunately, it's not going good. It's funny, because when I was younger, and not a parent, I could not care less about health insurance. But I've seen my premiums go up and my quality of service drop off. When I'm paying one hundred forty dollars every two weeks for something, I expect it to be a little better than it currently is. It's some out there that claim our system is the best in the world and I'd agree if you suffix that with 'that money can buy.' If you don't have money, you're screwed. Period! A co-worker of mine just had heart surgery to fix a too large vein/artery. His portion that he has to pay is a little more than 10k. He's making payments on that; a hundred dollars a month. At that rate, I'm not sure he's ever going to pay that off. His estate might have to do it. His situation is not unique and that's why I say our system is broken. The argument against socialized medicine is that things get rationed. That bureaucrats are between you and your doctor. Well, guess what. Those things are going on now. I have bureaucrats telling me which doctors I can and cannot see. It's called in network and out of network. While I have the right to go out of network, I cannot afford to go out of network. While this is only implied, the results are the same; I go to doctors that are assigned by bureaucrats. This is the same scare tactic that was used back in the fifties with the same successful results.

I'm a huge comics fan. I've been collecting for a quarter of a century now and don't plan on stopping anytime soon. I'm a huge Avengers fan with my favorite being The Vision. I like what Marvel has done over the last year plus with Civil War and Secret Invasion both at the top of my must read list. Y the Last Man was also one of my most favorite books with the shocking conclusion of events in the last three four issues being one of the saddest I've ever read in comics.

Right now I'm reading Kick-Ass, and The Sword . If you're a fan of comics, you should definitely pick up issue ten of The Sword. Writing like that contained in issue ten will appeal to a wide range of people and shows that this medium has matured so much over the last thirty years.