just not sure

Here it is, here it is, here it is! Super-duper cosmically fooper Sunday. I can’t wait, I can’t wait, I can’t wait. Two professional football teams will play tonight and then the season will finally be over for a couple of days! Then the rookie camps and the draft and the camps and it’s time for football again! Yay!

I must admit that I am not much of a fan of pro football. I was once when I didn’t need two pit stops and a meal to make it through the game and I wasn’t fed the last play 20 times over. But now when 15 minutes of action is crammed into 4 hours of mostly commercials and replays, I get bored quite easily. Did I mention I hate commercials? That is what remote controls are for. Life will return to somewhat normal tomorrow with the threat of a winter storm breathing down our necks.

Were you paying attention last week?

1) Despite a seeming increase in juvenile gun violence at schools, the Iowa legislature is discussing moving the age to use handguns down to what age?

2) What Congressman walked out of the State of the Union speech last Tuesday?

3) Ever the visionary, Gov. Branstad said the state should consider regulating what in the future?

4) Which of these is the highest food consumption day in America?
a) Christmas
b) Thanksgiving
c) Super Bowl Sunday
d) July 4th

5) At the Grammy Awards last Sunday Queen Latifah did what to 33 couples, gay and straight?

6) Due to cuts in aid to the poor, including food stamp cuts and cuts in unemployment insurance, what company cut its quarterly profit forecast?

7) Henry Waxman announced his retirement from congress. What young woman accidentally thrust into the spotlight by Limbaugh and other tea baggers may run for his seat?

8) We are freezing here in the Midwest. What western state has experienced truly unusual rain in January?

9) Oh No the end of civilization is nigh! An Iowa House subcommittee voted to raise the tax on what this week?

10) Iowa could be out of what valuable winter commodity in mid-February?

11) The Arizona Republican Party censured what well known senator for being “too liberal?”

12) Venture capitalist Tom Perkins claimed the United States is on the verge of treating its rich like Nazi Germany treated what minority?

13) How quickly we forget. What two teams were defeated in last week’s NFL conference championship games?

14) What folk singing, political activist died this week?

15) The orange lump behind and to the left of President Obama at the SOTU Tuesday was actually what?

My wife actually gets the TV tonight and I check in during commercials for the score. About all I need. But no other network will program against the Super Bowl, so she may be watching something from the DuMont network days. Even the puppy bowl gets stale after a while.

Oh – Beatles 50th anniversary next week. Let that hair grow – if you have any left.

Answers:

1) 12 – really.

2) Steve Stockman. Claimed he may start impeachment hearings because Obama would be a king with executive orders.

3) drones.

4) That is right it is b) Thanksgiving

5) married them on stage.

6) Walmart. The right wing war on the poor is cutting into Walmart’s customer base.

7) Sandra Fluke. We owe her a seat for being the catalyst in Limbaugh’s downfall.

8) Alaska. Has had rain. In January

9) they voted for a 10 cent raise on gas. Doubt it will go any further.

10) LP gas

11) John McCain. You just can’t be crazy enough for some people

12) Jews

13) Seattle beat San Francisco and Denver beat New England.

14) Pete Seeger

15) That was a human, Speaker of the House John Boehner.