R.I.P.: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon & The golden TV era

I wish I had the appropriate words to express what is necessarily a difficult time for those who love and adored Farrah Fawcett , Ed McMahon and Michael Jackson. Their life was apart of Americana; they were a memorable part of the art form that was the ubiquitous TV land.

As members of the Greatest Generation and the Boomers fade out into just the lasting individual memories, outlandish laughs and smiles, and quirky classic videos and sounds, it brings to mind how quick it all goes away.

The fame and fortunes - Ed McMahon was in foreclosure and Michael Jackson was nearly broke- the looks and usual health - Fawcett inspiring battle against cancer decimated her - can be taken so fast. So fast.

Most remember Christopher Reeve's struggles and strength after his paralysis. And it is a reminder how uncertain it all is: life.

We can wake up, plan stuff, get the family involved (or no) and take the day by the horns. Then, it finally happens - a tragedy - and we don't wake up anymore. Others, such as Fawcett knew the odds were stacked against her - and yet she fought well - and acquired the greatest gift: The value of the time and friends and love, while here.

The hardest lesson will ever learn is the end of life - as we finally learn the secrets to it all - we have to take that lesson to beyond and to those we all ready missed.

Those of us left behind have the ubiquitous TV, a mountain climb, a clear sandy beach, a perfect corn field, a hustling and bustling downtown, a mountain lake, or a song, to remind us of you, the departed.

So here's a song for them all:
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

Good Bye Friends.

Michael Jackson's Bad (my favorite)

Affairs, Politics & Music: Gov. Mark Sanford & Rest Assured

Another Republican gets caught with his hand in the Affair cookie jar. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, an outspoken critic of the automotive bailout and potential 2012 Presidential candidate, had an affair of the heart - visiting Argentina to bid adieu to his "Don't cry for me Argentina" girlfriend. Yet, Sanford did:

"I've been unfaithful to my wife," he said in a bombshell news conference in
which the 49-year-old governor ruminated aloud with remarkable frankness on
God's law, moral absolutes and following one's heart. He said he spent the last
five days "crying in Argentina."

Such is the state of affairs in the Republican party.

Mark Foley (R-FL) was just a creepy idiot who must not have much understanding of technology and did not get out much. Newt Gingrich's (R-GA) had "long-term" affair with congressional aide Callista Bisek, who he married. (While this went on - Hypocrite Newt was castigating and impeaching ex-President Bill Clinton for the same thing...)

Much more recently, less than a fortnight ago, Senator John Ensign (R-NV) decided to keep it in-house, er, the affair. This governor at least got a nice vacation to Argentina, where, if he had much imagination, he would have blamed it all on Rio. (Leaving aside Rio's location in Brazil. But a liberal posited that Sanford was down there to talk to Hugo Chavez. So, who's loonier? (Don't answer.))

Which is why my Constitution Convention Idea must be a front burner topic. (Well, how bout back burner?) Americans, are you not tired of putting up with these morally vapid men & women? (No scandals yet from the fairer sex.)

I can say yes.

So here's my song that Mark Sanford was singing (crying) as he said:"The odyssey that we're all on in life is with regard to heart."

Rest Assured Treat Infamy - (Bittersweet Symphony inspired.)



Life does have its twists and turns.