A Couple of Observations This Week

1. Dick Cheney: will you please just go away. When you were "in office," nobody could find you. Now that you are out of office, nobody can escape you. You did enough to screw up this country and trample on the constitution while lining the pockets of your fat-cat buddies. So, shut up already. (And, just because you are trying to pitch a book to publishers is no cause for you to defend your shameful positions as VP.)

2. Kris Allen earned the title of American Idol. He won was because of a broad appeal to the voters in these United States. Adam Lambert didn't lose because he might be a homosexual. He didn't lose for lack of talent. He didn't lose because Clay Aiken doesn't like his version of "Ring of Fire." He came in second. He would have be the American Idol if he had broader appeal. What he does is brilliant. It is simply not some people's cup of tea. No one should take anything away from the delightful singer who is Kris Allen simply because he is a less theatrical guy who also happens to be modest, low-key and a seemingly, genuinely nice guy. And all he wants from life now is just a little more chest hair, LOL.