A few thoughts while wondering if it’s really going to get as hot as they it’s says it will later this week. I was planning on playing one final round of golf before sending the clubs back east ahead of me, but that’s not looking too likely right now.

This is really an incredible story about an incredible soldier. Never heard of Island, KY either…

Reading this story made me realize just how much I miss Vegas. It’s only been about 4 1/2 months but it seems like years since I was there. I know where Firefly is – it’s on Paradise, close to our favorite Strip hotels. Never really appealed to me and I guess that’s a good thing!

You gotta love the New York Times, they really know how to spin a story. The whole comprehensive immigration bill the Senate voted for cloture on yesterday takes the concept of “extra security for U.S. Borders” to the height of absurdity. Ted Cruz is right – this bill is the Obamacare of immigration reform. It’s a pork-laden joke that shows just how unserious and recklessly incompetent our elected so-called “leaders” in Washington are. Hopefully, the House of Representatives will see this legisltaion for what it is and pay no attention to it. Serious issues deserve serious debate and legislation – in Harry Reid’s Democrat-led Senate, it’s just political pandering and game playing.

…and the fact that Republicans have bought into this nonsense is both sad and discouraging. I expected as much from John McCain – he’s useless – but Arizona’s other senator Jeff Flake ought to know better. Which is why I’ll join the effort to recall him.

Porous border security, 11 million illegal immigrants, a lackluster economy, government agencies running amok. So what does our esteemed President now focus his attention on? Climate change. Yeah, that’s exactly what the economy needs right now – more regulation and taxation. This guy is a friggin’ piece of work.

R.I.P. Bobby (Blue) Bland. Truly a giant of the blues has passed away. Great stuff like this and this.