Thursday Reading: 9/10/2009

Good morning all. The week is almost over and Thursday is here. Hope this dispatch finds you well.

1) President Obama made an passionate and excellent speech last night, in a joint session of Congress last night, as he made one final hail mary pass for Health Care Reform. CNN reports this morning that over 70 percent of those polled found the speech was good and that most are confident that health care reform will happen. However, there was dissent and it happened at the most wrong time. A congressman from the state of South Carolina shouted DURING the President's speech, "YOU LIE!", then the President talked about health care coverage for undocumented people in the US. Sen. John McCain asked for this guy's immediate apology.

2) The NFL season FINALLY gets started tonight, as the Pittsburgh Steelers will play against the Tennessee Titans. I hope the Titans win this game. I don't know about you, but I'm sick of hearing about the Steelers.

3) I was very happy to hear that Ellen DeGeneres will be the permanent 4th judge on AMERICAN IDOL. Yeah, she may not have a record, she may not be an artist, HOWEVER, she will give the average view of the average person. And those who know me, know that I love Ellen so much. So, this is good news all-around. Go girl. Congrats.

I gotta get going now. Have a good day.

-- Matt