Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando. He will perform at Orlando's Amway Center on Saturday and Sunday night.
Relationships are hard. Once the "newness" or "honeymoon" period wears off, you have to find ways to fall in love. We know this from studies and watching reality television. So watch out!
The reason the IRS scandal has gotten more attention from the American people than the scandals surrounding Benghazi or the Associated Press is twofold:
1. It hits at the heart of the operation of our country because it deals with tax money.
2. The IRS needs, must, and unequivocally has, to stay a non-partisan extension of our government or else we are nothing more than some third-rate country where absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It's one of my biggest fears when driving to Flagstaff to escape the Valley heat in the summer -- deer in the road.
Sometimes they just stand there not moving an inch even when you slow the car down to avoid hitting them. There are warning signs everywhere.
I've even seen an accident once when a car hit a deer on the highway. Not pretty. But I've never seen actual video from inside a vehicle showing an actual deer crashing through the windshield. This video out of Pennsylvania is quite disturbing.
Very true statements, but what really makes this scandal truly disturbing is that the IRS must act without partisanship. All the three-letter tentacles of our government, (i.e., CIA, FBI, DOJ, EPA, IRS) have to operate ABOVE partisan politics.
The IRS affects about 99 percent of the American populations in one form or another. When a scandal like this bubbles out of the muck and mire of D.C., it doesn't matter whether you're Republican or Democrat, it should make you furious.
If we can't trust the IRS to be above partisanship, why should anyone be for a two-party system?
• 3:15 p.m.: Jodi Arias back in court and might face death. Monica Lindstrom joins us to talk about how Juan Martinez just obliterated the defense on Wednesday.
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When I clicked the link I'd hoped there'd be some insight into why the accused kidnapper, Ariel Castro, had committed these vile acts, maybe some evidence or something along those lines. Instead I was just disappointed ... with myself.
Turns out Castro's backyard was just littered with junk more or less, and I clicked on to another article about something else, but I was left with a dirty feeling.
I guess I could be upset with CNN, the piece didn't have much news value, if any. But hey, they knew some photos of this creep's backyard would net them page views galore, so I can't really say I blame them.
I've always been curious about things my whole life. I love to ask questions, get to know people and figure out what makes them tick. Did I think I could learn insight into Castro's life by clicking on the link? Maybe.
Don't get me wrong, I think this was a huge story. It's not every day you see four females rescued from a kidnapper's house who've been held captive for 10-plus years.
But is it just me or do things get taken too far? Are photos from a neighbor who hopped Castro's fence and snapped a few quick shots necessary? What's Jodi Arias going to be eating in jail? How do the jurors sit in the courtroom? Ariel Castro's making Kool-Aid in his jail cell. It's ridiculous.
Does anyone really care about any of that stuff? I guess someone must or the stories wouldn't be getting made.
If I want fluff I'll turn to reality TV, or a sitcom, not the courtroom or a Cleveland house of horror.
• 3:15 p.m.: THE SOURCE: Do you know who Juan Martinez is?
• 4:35 p.m.: Ariel Castro's brothers don't want to be associated with him and say that Ariel was the only one involved in the kidnapping and torture of the girls in Cleveland.
• 5:15 p.m.: Signs of the economy and who we are: The gap is widening, and it's not going to be good.
