I'm suffering from a very minor case of writer's block this week, so I thought I'd just write one big'ol helping of some King Kurtz thoughts and what-have-you. 

1. The biggest story of the week is obviously how bad the NFL Playoffs have been (tasteless joke - just kidding). Seven games in, and the only one worth watching was last week's Zona-Pack madness. I was rooting for the Cards, and they got beatdown 45-14, and the game wasn't even that close. I'm trying to endure this steamer called Boys-Vikes. I can't stand him anymore, but give it up to Favre - he's played a helluva game. Last I checked, Romo'd turned the ball over 19 times in this game. 
2. The real biggest story of the week was the Haitian earthquake, which is heartbreaking. Friday night George Clooney will be producing and hosting a multi-network effort to raise funds for Haiti, similar to the effort after 9/11. After that telethon, Bill O'Reilly picked a fight with Clooney because it was his assertion that all the money wasn't specifically going to 9/11 and its victims, it was just going into the Red Cross general fund. In one way, it's a fair question, in another way, Bill O'Reilly was and remains a major douchebag. Hopefully, so the attention can stay where it's needed, Clooney and other organizers have ensured that every dime is going directly to the relief effort. I'm not a fan of Clooney's politics or most of his films (although he was decent on "Roseanne," but give the man credit - at least he uses his fame for something good occasionally. 
3. I thought it was classy of Pres. Bush to accept The Dear Leader's invitation to join with Bill "Because of this earthquake Martha Coakley must be elected" Clinton to spearhead a philanthropic drive to raise funds for the cause. Pres. Bush, remember, is the source of every single thing that has gone wrong in the country since TDL took office, as TDL & Co. remind us ... Every. Single. Day. TDL is not only a terrible POTUS, he's a terrible person. 
4. Since every single person I know has asked me about it, no I don't think it was a mistake for Sarah Palin to become a contributor to Fox News, but I do think it was a mistake for her to go on O'Reilly and Beck. C. Edmund Wright at American Thinker had a delicious critique of how horribly O'Relly and Beck performed, noting that they talked over her, interrupted her, gave her no chance to answer questions, and repeatedly turned the focus back to themselves. Low point? O'Reilly asking Palin to address the issue that she's perceived as stupid. Were I sitting across from O'Reilly, I would have pointed out everyone knows my grades from school, yet the stammering buffoon leading the country hasn't released squat. Then, I would have punched O'Reilly and, just like that horrific and infamous scene from "Oz," I would have dropped my trousers and crapped on him. Another observation - some Conservative bloggers and sites are starting to turn on Palin for reasons that don't really make a lot of sense and one I won't get into here - over at American Thinker, there are two pieces dismissive of Gov. Palin today (no, I shan't link to them - this is a adamantly pro-Palin site - if and when I think she's jumped the shark, I'll let you know).
5. I was talking with a banker friend of mine about the latest wave of banking regulations and the challenges they pose to the banking industry. My belief - from the get-go - is that it's TDL's intent to nationalize American banks by the end of his first term, and if he doesn't by then, it will be the key focus of his second term if he gets re-elected and runs the nation even farther into the ground. I told my friend that, once again, one need only to look at Atlas Shrugged to see where this is going - the techocrats in Washington make pass so many cryptic rules, laws and regulations that it is impossible not to break one of them while obeying the other. Be afraid, be very afraid. 
6. I'm not this prepared, but I saw over at Instapundit an interesting email about disaster preparedness via reflections on the hell-on-earth that is Haiti. The man said that in a disaster, every person should not rely on the cavalry to come to their rescue, and any person without a two-week stock of food, water, medical supplies, batteries, etc is asking for whatever fate befalls them. As this is America and all these things are inexpensive and readily available, I'd say that's a pretty good take. I shall begin hoarding ... tomorrow. 
7. Because god clearly hates America, star striker Clint Dempsey went down with a blown-out knee today in an English Premiere League game, meaning he will either miss the World Cup or become much less effective. Ergo, there's not a chance in hell we'll make the semis, and I'm doubtful we'll break from our pool. 
8. An aide to Martha Coakley shoved a reporter for The Weekly Standard to the ground as he tried to as Marie Antoinette - er, Coakley (Michelle Malkin gets total credit for the quasi-funny joke) a question that Coakley didn't want to answer. The aide helped the reporter up, but kept body-checking him into the railing. Liberals hate dissent, they hate answering questions, and they hate we the little people. The same reporter had the cops called on him by Dede Scozzafava's goonish-husband in the contentious race in NY-23 last year for asking her a question, just as one union thug bit the finger off of a tea party protester in Arizona, just as a black man selling "Don't Tread on Me Gear" was hospitalized at a Tea Party event after union thugs beat him. Four simple, compelling examples of Change You Can Believe In. TDL is not the only problem, he's just the biggest one. Liberal entitlement mentality has (pick your cliche about reaching a turningpoint and never coming back) has made the pack of scum currently running our country feeling they not only don't have to answer questions, but it's infected their supporters to the point where they believe no one has the right to disagree, protest, etc. 
9. More Palin, now that I think about it. One of the general accusations being thrown at her is her decision to not attend CPAC (even though she was invited) while attending the "for-profit" tea party convention next month in Tennessee. Gov. Palin will make $100,000 to speak at the event, and this is driving some bloggers I respect crazy (hell no I'm not naming names). Here's my take on it: first, "for-profit" is one of the most beautiful terms in American English. Second, CPAC is tainted by its affiliation with The John Birch Society, and its organizer's attempt to get money from FedEx in exchange for its support of FedEx in its ongoing federal feud with UPS. Gov. Palin explicitly said that she's not attending CPAC because of the latter, and as a Palinista, I'm thrilled she's not attending because of the former. Moral of the story: many things are said about Sarah Palin, but the best source to get information about her is ... her. When it comes to political manipulation, she's an amateur, which is part of her charm. She doesn't speak in vague generalities, and when given a chance to speak (more than six seconds before being interrupted) her primary strength is explaining her position and then using an example from her record in public life to support it. This isn't that difficult, folks. 
10. I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of David Kahane's Rules for Conservative Radicals. The only book I will be more highly anticipating is Why Barack Obama Resigned, by no author currently available, for obvious reasons. 

GO JETS!