Liberty Pen: Milton Friedman: ‘A Conversation On The Free Market’

Source:Liberty Pen- Economics Professor Milton Friedman, talking about the so-called free market, in 1980.

Source:FreeState Now

“From Milton’s award-winning series, “Free To Choose. Liberty Pen." 

From Liberty Pen 

We need to get past the notions of free market and free enterprise, because those things simply do not exist in the developed world as much as Libertarians or economic Libertarians, like to use these terms. What economic Libertarians are talking about things that aren’t real.

Any economic system that is subjected to taxes and regulations which exist everywhere in the developed world, as well as developing world are not part of any free market. What developed nations or developing nations that are developing fast like Brazil or Mexico or China have, as well as the developed world have are private markets and private enterprise.

Private enterprise, is a private economic system run by individuals. But subjected to taxes and regulations by government. To perform government services that individuals consume.

And the difference between free enterprise and private enterprise or private markets and free markets and private enterprise and free enterprise, is that in a private enterprise system like in America or Canada (to use as examples) is that they have private enterprise economic system. Where a lot or most of the economy is in private hands owned by people, not government. Which is a private sector, but these private enterprises are subjected to taxes and regulations by government.

If these countries had free markets and free enterprise, these private companies wouldn’t be subjected to taxes and regulations. Private companies, aren’t free to be bigoted towards their employees, or potential employees, or customers. Or free to pollute the air. They would be in a free market however.

In a true free enterprise system, (and not a made up one) private companies could essentially if not in complete actuality, do whatever they want under law with their companies. Because they wouldn’t have to pay any taxes, or have to deal with regulations, like monopoly laws, because there would essentially be no rules of the road. Because it would be a free market economic system. That is just not the economic system that we have in America, or anywhere else in the developed world.

As much as Ayn Randian’s dream about in their fantasies for that to come about, if you truly believe in a free market and free enterprise, then you would be against things like corporate welfare. And other taxpayer-funded investments in the economy. And let the true free market decide the success’ and failures of private business’s. Why, because you don’t want government involvement in the economy and taking taxpayer money. But many so-called Conservatives, support corporate welfare and don’t even view it as welfare. So let’s stop throwing around labels and terms as if they don’t have any real meaning.

We obviously don’t have a socialist economic system at least in a pure form. And no developed country does. (And thank God for that!) But again no developed country in the world has an economic system where charity and economic assistance, is in complete private hands. Where taxes and regulations don’t exist. Which is a great thing, because if we did we wouldn’t have the national highway system (to use as an example) because that wouldn’t be very profitable for private companies.

Liam Leahy: NBA 1986- ‘The Boston Celtics Win Sweet Sixteen’

Source:Liam Leahy- perhaps you already know who this guy is.

Source:Real Life Journal 

“1985-1986 Boston Celtics – “Sweet-Sixteen” The road to the championship…

From Liam Leahy

1986 was a very interesting NBA season with the upstart Houston Rockets with their twin towers Hakeem and Ralph Sampson. And their very good and up-incoming backcourt Mitchell Wiggins Louis Lloyd and of course the Rockets upsetting the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Finals. And of course the 1986 Boston Celtics who had the MVP in forward Larry Bird who was the best player in the NBA in 1986. And leading the Celtics to the 1986 NBA Finals Championship over the Houston Rockets. 

Perhaps the 1986 Celtics were the best passing team and big team of all-time with all of their stars and former stars upfront, in Larry Bird a 6’9 small forward who was big and strong enough to be an all-star power forward. But with great passing, ball handling and shooting skills of the great small forward and the best small forward of all-time that he definitely is. And the two great big man down low in power forward Kevin McHale and center Robert Parish. And if that is not great enough, Bill Walton off the bench.

But 1986 wasn’t just about the Celtics and Rockets. You also had the Lakers taking a step back and not just failing to defend their 1985 championship, but not even getting back to the NBA Finals. You had the emergence in the Eastern Conference Playoffs with the Atlanta Hawks who looked like they were going to be an Eastern contender for years to come led by Dominique Wilkins. And the emergence of the Detroit Pistons as a serious Eastern Conference contender as well.

1986 was a great year for the NBA, because it proved that the NBA was more than just the Lakers and Celtics and even Philadelphia 76ers. That there were other very good if not great teams that were perhaps just one or two players away from winning the NBA Finals as well. Like the Rockets, Hawks and Pistons, and even the Dallas Mavericks. That the future of the NBA was going to very good if not great.

CBS Sports: NFL 1986-Week 14-New York Giants @ Washington Redskins

Source:CBS Sports-  The Giants and Redskins: Week 14 1986 at RFK Stadium.

Source:Real Life Journal

“In a battle of two 11-2 teams the Giants beat the Skins 24-14 on their way to winning the NFC East and ultimately Super Bowl XXI.”

From Ken Gelman 

One of the classic games in the great Giants-Redskins rivalry with the Giants winning at RFK 24-14. Breaking a trend in the rivalry where both teams would win at home every year. As well as the Giants sweeping the series. But the 1986 Giants were special and accomplished things they hadn’t accomplished in while like winning an NFL Championship for the first time since 1956. As well as sweeping the Redskins and beating the Redskins in Washington. And beating the Redskins in the NFC Final in a 17-0 shutout.

But this post is really about the Pat Summerall intro. He was the master at that and is no secret why he was the number one play-by-play NFL announcer at CBS Sports for what twenty-years. Because of his voice, his delivery and his simple great knowledge of not just the NFL, because he played himself, but because of his knowledge of the New York Giants, Redskins and NFC East more broadly, because he and John Madden did so many NFC East games together. Because they were the number one NFC broadcast team at CBS Sports and the NFC East was a great division back then.

NBA-TV: NBA 1975- NBA-Finals-San Francisco Warriors vs Washington Wizards: Feature

Source:NBA-TV- perhaps game 1 of the 1975 NBA Finals.

Source:Real Life Journal

“The GoldenState Warriors face the Washington Bullets in the 74 – 75 NBA Finals. Warriors win in a 4 game sweep”

From Knag 91

The 1975 NBA Finals and perhaps the 1979 NBA Finals are two Finals the Bullets would love have to have back. Because they both cost them opportunities to be the NBA team of the 1970s. And being able to win three NBA Finals in that decade, instead of just the lone championship in 1978. When they lost to the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1971 Finals, I believe at least they lost to a better team. But in 75 and 79, they were the clear favorites going in and could’ve won both Finals in five games.

The 1975 San Francisco Warriors (as I called them) were a very good team. Great player in Rick Barry, sort of like the Larry Bird of the 1970s with his ability to shoot, pass and handle the ball at the small forward position. A great head coach in Al Attles and a very good supporting case around Barry. But the Bullets had the better team and better players, but were simply beat in this series.

ABC Sports: MLB 1986- NLCS Game 3- Houston Astros @ New York Mets: Full Game

Source:ABC Sports- New York Mets CF & leadoff hitter Lenny Dykstra.

Source:Real Life Journal

“Houston Astros 5 at New York Mets 6, F — Game 3 in a series tied 1-1 are always critical momentum changers. Mets’ starter Ron Darling was shaky early, allowing four runs in the first two innings, but settled down after that. The Mets got back into the game in the 6th, tying it on Darryl Strawberry’s three-run shot. Ray Knight committed the Mets’ only error of the series in the 7th, allowing the Astros to regain the lead, 5-4, and it stayed that way until the bottom of the 9th. With Astros’ closer Dave Smith on the mound, Wally Backman bunted his way on, benefiting from a controversial runner-out-of-the-baseline call. He advanced to second on a past ball, but it would not matter. One batter later, up stepped fan favorite, firebrand Lenny “Nails” Dykstra, who struck out in his first at-bat as a pinch-hitter in the 7th. Not known as a power hitter, Nails got ahold of one and enjoyed the two-run walk-off, as the Mets took the game 6-5, and lead in the series, 2-1.”

From MLB Vault

An interesting matchup in the 1986 NLCS, because it sort of looked like a miss-match on paper. The Mets clearly looked like the best all around team in MLB in 1986 and dominated the National League. One of the best teams since divisional play started in MLB in 1969. They had great pitching, starting and the bullpen. A very good defense and very good, deep and balanced lineup offensively, as well as a very good bench. They had both speed and power in their lineup and Davey Johnson was their manager. All of these qualities for one team tend to equal MLB World Series champion.

The 1986 Astros sort of reminds me of the 1969 Mets: very good pitching, very good defense and a lineup that only seemed to produce enough hits and runs for the team to win. This would’ve been a miss-match had the Astros not of gotten the pitching and defense that they did in this series. And they got a lot of timely hitting Kevin Bass in this series who had a career year and didn’t do much pre-86 or after 86. Which sounds like several New York Mets of 1969. The Astros did enough in 86 to make this series one of the best NLCS’s of all-time.

CBS Sports: NBA 1975-NBA Finals-Game 3-Washington Wizards @ San Francisco Warriors: Full Game

Source:CBS Sports coverage of the 1975 NBA Finals.

Source:Real Life Journal

“NBA Playoffs 1975 / The Finals / Game 3 / Washington Bullets @ Golden State Warriors”

From Basket Old Videos

The Bullets down 0-2 in this series after losing game one at home and game two on the road. Don’t know why the NBA scheduled the NBA Finals that way back then going home and home instead of the first two games at one arena and the next two at the other team’s arena, but that is a different story.

The Bullets still in San Francisco trying to avoid being down 0-3 in this series, a series that they were supposed to win going in and were a heavy favorite. And yes, the Warriors played very well in this series. But the Bullets probably didn’t take them seriously enough and had a big let down.

I think the Bullets were also out coached in this series. Al Attles did a great job in this series and always made the right moves and knew from the first game how his team needed to play to beat the Bullets.

K.C. Jones for the Bullets, never figured out the Warriors and exactly what they were doing and how to attack them. And they were never really able to get their big man power forward Elvin Hays involved and dominating a smaller team that the Warriors had. And not having Elvin at his best cost the Bullets in this series.

CBS Sports: NBA 1979- NBA Finals- Game 5- Seattle Sonics @ Washington Wizards: 4th Quarter

Source:CBS Sports with game 7 of the 1979 NBA Finals.

Source:Real Life Journal

“Being born and raised in Seattle and having attended that game, I found it a crying shame that the most important game in Seattle sports history besides the 2014 Super Bowl was nowhere to be found on the net except for a crappy VHS clip of its final seconds. Seattle’s KIRO-TV was gracious enough to release the entire fourth quarter of that game for the 34th anniversary of the championship, and even tho it was a Brightcove protected video I was bound and determined to release it for all to enjoy. So here it is, in perfect wide-screen video :)” 

From John Bonifas 

The 1979 NBA Finals was one of the closest played NBA Finals of all-time. Even though it was just a five-game series with Seattle winning the series. But the games were very close, it’s just that the Sonics made more plays, especially in the clutch than the Bullets. The key bucket, the key defensive stop, the key rebound. Similar to the 1975 NBA Finals between the Bullets and San Francisco Warriors, the Sonics simply played better as a team than the Bullets. Even though I at least believe the Bullets had better personal in both 75 and 79 and finally won the NBA Finals in 78.

I’m sure we ever got to see how good the Bullets could’ve been in the 1970s. I don’t think we ever saw the great team that they had the potential to be, at least not in the NBA Finals. The 1978 team that finally won the Finals, was 44-38 in the regular season. They had all sorts of injuries during the regular season and didn’t play very consistently. Finally got healthy late in the 78 season in time to make the great playoff run that they did in the Eastern Conference. And beating the Sonics at Seattle in-game 7 to finally win their first NBA Finals.

Movie Clips: Airplane! (1980) Crash Positions

Source:Movie Clips- in case anyone is still wondering: this is from a movie. It's not real life.

Source:Real Life Journal

“CLIP DESCRIPTION: Striker (Robert Hays) tries his best to land the plane despite little help from everyone around him." 

From Movie Clips

Damn! I would hate to land an airplane with a crew like that to work with. Especially with a bomber on the plane with his bomb going off. Not sure what to take away from Airplane! Was this a movie of passengers busy people who need to get from Los Angeles to Chicago? Was this a movie of mental patients including the crew that are being transported from Los Angeles to Chicago where they can get the care that they need, or be treated at a cheaper facility, or a movie that just happened to have every screwball in Los Angeles and decided to try to deport them to Chicago.

Maybe I have it now: Airplane was a movie where the City of Los Angeles decided that they simply had too many screwballs in their fair city (and of course it only took them fifty-years to figure that out) but we’re talking about Los Angeles here where cults are fairly common, at least back in the 1970s and 60s. This movie was made in 1979-80 and screwballs are fairly common there and L.A. figured that out and decided to try to send as many screwballs as they possibly could and try to send them to Chicago.

David Moon: 'Maryland Juice Asks Attorney General Doug Gansler to Address War on Drugs & Marijuana Arrest Disparities'

Source:David Moon talking to Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler.

Source:FreeState Now

"Maryland Juice blogger David Moon asks Attorney General Doug Gansler to address huge racial disparities in marijuana arrest rates at an August 13, 2013 forum in Montgomery County." 

From David Moon

Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler had the perfect answer for David Moon's question. And I'm not talking about the perfect answer in the political sense, where a slick politician gives the right answer to help them politically. I'm talking about the perfect answer in the sense Moon asked a solid question about African-Americans getting arrested more often in Maryland for marijuana offenses, than European-Americans. And Gansler's answer was and this is a paraphrase: 

"If African-Americans are being arrested more simply because law enforcement is targeting them because of their race, or they're from low-income communities, then that would be wrong. But if they're being arrested more because they're more of them in possession with illegal narcotics, as opposed to other people, then there's nothing wrong about that in a racial sense." 

Doug Gansler sounding like a public servant, instead of a politician, which is what we need more in Maryland and I'm sure in the rest of the country as well. 

NBC Sports: NBA-1991-NBA Finals-Game 5-Chicago Bulls @ Los Angeles Lakers: 1st Quarter

Source:NBC Sports- Michael Jordan & Scottie Pippen, represent the new leaders of the NBA, in the 1990s.

Source:Real Life Journal

“Michael Jordan (30 points, 10 assists, 5 steals), Scottie Pippen (32 points, 13 rebs, 7 assists, 5 steals), and John Paxson (20 points, 9-12 shooting) all have superb games to lead the Bulls to their first ever NBA championship defeating the Lakers in the Great Western Forum.”

From Scottie Pippen

This was one of the best games in NBA Finals history. And had Big Game James Worthy been healthy and played this game for the Lakers, this game would’ve been different. Because it would’ve meant less double-teaming on Earvin Johnson, with Scottie Pippen or Michael Jordan having to cover James Worthy or Horace Grant having to cover James Worthy. And not being able to help out on Magic as much without getting burned by it.

This should’ve been one of the best NBA Finals in NBA history and not a five-game series, with the Bulls dominating at least two of them. But where this series goes back to Chicago at least for game 6. But the Lakers not having all of their weapons and not being as good as they were in the late 1980s, meant that this great Bulls teams was playing an inferior Lakers team even with Magic for their first NBA Championship.

Michal US: NBA 1990-ECSF Game 3-Chicago Bulls @ Philadelphia 76ers: First Quarter

Source:Michal US- Da Bull and the 76ers from 1990.

Source:Real Life Journal

“76ers vs.Bulls 1990 game 3 (1/…)”

From Michal US

The Bulls and 76ers had an interesting good little rivalry in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I believed they played each other three 2 years in the playoffs from 90-91. With the Bulls winning each series, but they played a lot of good games against each other as well as in the regular season as well when the Bulls were contending for championships and the 76ers were back in the playoffs on a regular basis, but never advancing pass the semifinal round. 

The 76ers were good enough to beat the Bulls at home, but not good enough to beat them in a seven-game series. Because other than Charles Barkley, they didn’t have another player that could consistently hurt the Bulls. Which meant Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen could both have big games for the Bulls. Without the 76ers having anyone who could counter them.

BTRO: Airplane! (1980) Food Poisoning Scene: Good Reason Not to Eat Airline Food

Source:BTRO- Leslie Nielsen, Julie Hagerty, and Peter Graves, in Airplane! (1980)

Source:Real Life Journal 

“Here’s my Second Favorite Scene from Airplane! Airplane! (titled Flying High! in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan, and the Philippines) is a 1980 American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Lorna Patterson. The film is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour!, from which it borrows the plot and the central characters The film is known for its use of absurd and fast-paced slapstick comedy, including visual and verbal puns and gags.” 

From BTRO

One of the funniest scenes in the movie which is really saying something because the humor in this movie was so ironic and not very obvious or cookie-cutter that most of the humor in this movie came from this movie. Rather than using lines and humor that we’re used a lot in other movies and the movie was done so well, that they could make what seem like little jokes or comments seem hysterical. Because a lot of silly things were taken literally in the movie.

Like the Robert Hays line: “This is a totally different way of flying all together.” With the Leslie Nielson and the stewardess repeating:“This is a totally different way of flying.” Because Hays said that and also said all together.

But if this scene doesn’t get you to pass up airline food on the plane, perhaps you have suicidal tendencies that need to be addressed and looking for options in how to kill yourself. Food poisoning, or dying in a horrible plane crash.

When your food is so bad that it makes the food that prison inmates look like first class meals at expensive fancy restaurants and it poisons your pilots, you know you have a food quality problem. It’s hard to do worst than prison food. If you are familiar with any of those documentaries and hearing about prison inmates getting sick because of what they are forced to eat. But it looks like Airplane found a way to do worst than the food people get in prison.

Movie Clips: Airplane! (1980) 'Oh Stewardess, I Speak Jive'

Source:Movie Clips- Thank God, the old lady speaks jive! LOL

Source:Real Life Journal 

"When a flight attendant struggles to understand her jive-talking passengers, a friendly old lady (Barbara Billingsley) steps in.”

From Movie Clips

Just to sort of be serious for a minute and then I’ll go back to being an asshole: I’m just glad this movie and scene was made in 1979-80 instead of lets say thirty-years later. Why? Because it wouldn’t of gotten made in today’s political correctness universe and Hollywood.

Could you imagine how MSNBC, Salon, The Nation, AlterNet and others would react to a Hollywood movie making fun of Jive and what is today called Ebonics. All of the charges of racism that would come as a result with perhaps hundred of thousand or so far-left wing protesters protesting against Hollywood studios.

But of course it is perfectly okay with the so-called leftist political correctness community to make fun of rednecks and rural Americans in general, just as long as they are Anglo or Caucasian or both and not female. Because according to the Far-Left in America that is where all the ignorant people in America live and that is what all of them look like.

Just tells you how ignorant the Far-Left is in America. I think only Bill Maher and his supporters on the Left, let’s say the true Liberals would for one find this scene funny today on the Left. And defend the people who created it.

Now far as the scene goes, it is classic Airplane and how this movie represented the times, the late 1970s and that decade in general and what America was like as far as the whole movie in general and what the country was going through.

The Cohen brothers just did in better satiric form than perhaps anyone else when a couple of African-American men flying on the same plane together and apparently they only speak what was called then Jive. Perhaps they’ve only spent five-minutes outside of the ghetto their whole lives and this is the only way they know how to talk.

So what does Airplane do, but have an older, wealthy, Anglo-Saxon woman (played by Barbara Billingsley) who was in her mid-60s at this point as the only person on the plane besides these two men who can speak and understand Jive. This is classic Airplane and why they were so ahead of their times as far as talking about the times and putting it an entertaining way that everyone can understand and not take offense at.

Iron Skin BNG: 'The Washington Redskins- Department of Defense'

Source:Iron Skin BNG- Redskins defensive end Dexter Manley, being featured.

Source:Real Life Journal

"This is a Highlight Mix of the two Best Pass Rushers in Redskins History Charles Mann and Dexter Manley."

From Iron Skin BNG

What I loved about the Redskins defense of the 1980s, was that they could get to the QB with their front four. They didn’t have to blitz to pressure the QB, because they had three guys that you basically had to double team. With two defensive ends who were both quick enough to be linebackers and the strength of defensive ends in Dexter Manley who should be in the Hall of Fame. But that is a different blog and Charles Mann who you might be able to make a good case for him as well.

But with Dexter on the other side commanding so much attention, Charlie didn’t have to take on a lot of double teams at least with Dexter there. And then you had DT Dave Butz in the middle, 6’7 three hundred something pounds of muscle, bigger than most offensive tackles back then in the 1970s and 80s playing defensive tackle. With Darryl Grant who was built like a nose tackle playing the other defensive tackle with very good quickness who could get up the field.

So with these four DL, it meant the Redskins didn’t have to pass or run blitz much because there defensive line could do most of the work. Leaving the linebackers to finish off play and not having to make most of the plays. The Redskins defense back in the 1980s wasn’t great because they had so much talent or more talent than anyone else. Because they certainly didn’t, but they had a lot of very good players and depth, who all played very well with each other. And a great defensive coach like Richie Pettibon leading them.

Carlos Cejero: 'Hart to Hart 1979 TV Movie'

Source:Carlos Cejero- From the original episode of Hart To Hart, which was a TV movie.

Source:Real Life Journal

"Hart to Hart 1979 TV Movie."

From Carlos Cejero

Hart to Hart is a strange show to me, because it is about this very wealthy businessman with his own company, that he doesn’t seem to spend much time running. Sort of how some pro sports franchise owners treat their clubs and have someone else running their club for them.

And his wife who is like a part-time writer, but basically acts as the first lady of her husband’s company. And hosts a lot of parties and charity functions and so-forth.

And yet this power couple in Los Angeles is always dealing with crime cases as if they’re the primary detectives on the case. Either as pi’s which they are or police detectives.

And they also don’t make it very clear what type of company Hart Industries, owned by Jonathan Hart played by Robert Wagner, is and what they do. If Hart Industries was a private eye firm run and owned by this power couple the Hart’s, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, played by Hollywood goddess Stefanie Powers, who has real Raquel Welch qualities, that I’ll talk about in a future blog post, then this show would make sense. Except for Hart Industries, they would need to call it Hart Pi’s or something like that.

But this show does have things that make it worth watching. Like Stefanie Powers and Robert Wagner, especially Stefanie and this show has a lot of good humor and it and the plots are good. It’s just not very realistic that the two main investigators on the show aren’t investigators. They aren’t police detectives or private detectives. But people who work in finance and do other things. And yet they end up doing most of the investigative work on the show and solving the cases themselves.

Brandon Hansen: Take a Trip Back to The 1970s

Source:Brandon Hansen- when Hippies were everywhere.

Source:Real Life Journal

“A homage to the 1970s.”

From Brandon Hansen 

A very divisive decade politically the 1970s, but a decade with a lot of great movies, sports, music and the designer jeans revolution of the late 1970s. Also the decade where I was born and started school. So I can’t really complain about a decade that I didn’t play much of a part in and don’t remember most of it.

My first memories of life start around 1978 or so and if you look at that time, it doesn’t look much different than 1981 or 82. But a fascinating decade with all sorts of incredible things for good and bad.

One of the worst fashion decades of all-time and this coming after the 1960s. But in the 1970s we go from min-skirts and western hippie clothing, to bell bottoms, platform shoes and flares. It was a decade where most of America looked like they were high or drunk, or in Jim Morrison’s case, both. Where everything was in and everything was done at the same time and whatever happens is whatever happens with not a lot of thought into the consequences.

It was a decade where we go from having a Tricky Dick, to a Peanut Brain, I mean Peanut Farmer, with a stumbling bumbler in between as President of the United States. The greatest country in the world and yet this is who we have leading the way and taking us to the promise land.

If this country was the best back then, I sure as hell would get to see the worst. But again most of the country was high, so who the hell cares, even for the people who sober enough to vote. The 1970s, what a decade and America, what a country.

Barbara Walters Special: Johnny Carson (1984)

Source:Videoholic Prime- The King of Late Night Johnny Carson, talking to ABC News anchor Barbara Walters, in 1984.

Source:Real Life Journal

“From 1984, here is part 1 of 2 of a Barbara Walters interview with Johnny Carson. Some really good stuff here, gang!!!”

From Videoholic Prime

The King of Late Night Johnny Carson, talking to the Queen of Prime Time (at least when it came to talk shows) Barbara Walters, in 1984. But the video and link that this photo is from, is not currently available right now.

Source: Daily Motion- The King of Late Night Johnny Carson, talking to ABC News anchor Barbara Walters, in 1984.

The title of The King of Late Night is all you need to know about Johnny Carson. Because that is exactly what he is and still is and still the standard that late night hosts and comedians that interview famous people have tried to live up to ever since. Because he was not only a comedian, but an informed comedian who knew the people and topics he commented on and joked about. Because of the work he put into it.

Johnny is one comedian that both David Letterman and Jay Leno and you can add Conan O’Brien to that list, of comedians/talk show hosts, that have tried to be the next Johnny Carson, or at least be as good as the man who is still the standard when it comes to late-night talk shows.

As Johnny Carson put it to Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes in 1979, his show wasn’t a political talk show, or a current affairs talk show. But a show that covered those things in order to make fun of them. Carson was of course interested in politics and current affairs and I’m sure like most comedians who joke about those things do. But his show wasn’t Meet The Press or Face The Nation.

The Tonight Show was a show that made fun of what went on in the world. Johnny made fun of a lot of politicians and public servants, because they tend to make the most news. At least the most important news. That at least pre-reality TV and 24 hours of tabloid TV, tended to lead the national network newscasts.

As far as Johnny Carson being shy, I think that is fascinating. Because he’s a man whose one of the best comedians we’ve ever had. Whose great in public and great at doing his act and someone who was very good at interviewing other people and even doing it from a serious standpoint. And getting his guests to tell him things that they perhaps haven’t told others. And yet he’s somewhat reserved and shy when in private. And perhaps only tells his close friends his real personal feelings and what he’s going through.

I would think someone so open in public would also be open in private, because that is the person that they’re accustomed to being.And yet there are two different sides to Johnny Carson.

The thing that I guess like and respect most about Johnny Carson, is that he was always Johnny Carson. He was knew himself better than anyone else and didn’t know anyone else as well and knew that. Which is why he didn’t try to be anyone else. He saw himself purely as an entertainer and comedian. Not a journalist whose also funny.

Which would be a great way to describe Barbara Walters and Mike Wallace. Two journalists with excellent sense of humors. Johnny knew his job was to make people laugh and entertain them. Not to tell them what to think and what should be important to them. But to make fun of the world and the funny people in it.

The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson: Steve Martin- 'Not Important Enough to Leave Early’

Source:Johnny Carson- Comedian Steve Martin, on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, in 1978.

Source:Real Life Journal

“Steve Martin tells Johnny Carson he has to leave on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” in 1978. One of the funniest moments on the Johnny Carson show! More Steve Martin on Johnny Carson’s show:The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson."

From The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson

You hear all the time on these late night talk shows about the guest being so important and busy that they can only give the current host and show that they are talking to when so much time before they have to go to their next appointment. Whether they have to rehearse the show they are currently working on, rehearse a scene in a movie that is coming up, rehearse some new album that they are working on, negotiate their latest divorce settlement, meet their mistress, see their drug pusher, talk to their analyst, you know whatever it might be.

But apparently Steve Martin wasn’t important enough in late 1978 and had nothing else to do that day and could’ve given Johnny Carson all his time and done the entire show together.

He could’ve filled in as the couch potato and given Ed McMahon the day off. He and Johnny could’ve made a cake together, he could’ve picked up Johnny’s laundry or met Johnny’s girlfriend because Johnny needed to be with wife that night. Whatever Johnny needed Steve to do for him, looks like Steve had the time to help out and be a good personal assistant for Johnny, since he wasn’t important enough to have to leave early.

Heartbeat For Us: Phil Donahue Show- Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers: On Hart To Hart

Source:Heartbeat For Us- Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers, on Phil Donahue in 1993.

Source:Real Life Journal

"Stefanie Powers - One from the Hart: A memoir (Simon and Schuster) 2010
Robert J. Wagner - Pieces of my heart: A life (HarperCollins Publishers) 2008
On Nov 10, 2010 the stars of Hart to Hart fame appeared for a special reunion at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. They also signed copies of their books."

From Heartbeat For Us

This may sound strange, but I was never a fan of Hart to Hart and explain why and I’ve seen a few episodes on demand and on reruns now on cable. But I’m a big fan of Stefanie Powers and Robert Wagner and without them, you would’ve had a bad to mediocre show that probably would’ve been on for maybe three episodes in late 1979 or 1980. Had RJ and Stefanie not of been on that show and you replaced those two with, lets say average actors who are perhaps good character actors, but aren’t ready for lead roles. And perhaps both of them aren’t that well-known yet and have just been discovered.

Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers are examples of why acting and the ability for actors to improvise are so important. Great actors can make mediocre if not bad shows look watchable, because of their presence and how they present themselves on the show. Especially if they are funny which RJ and Stefanie were and perhaps still are. Hart to Hart wasn’t that believable which is my main problem with it. You got a guy who runs his own corporation, even though they never make it real clear what his company does. And his wife who is essentially the wife of a CEO and perhaps does charitable work or something.

Hart to Hart was essentially a show about a rich man and his gorgeous wife. A very wealthy CEO with his own company, jet and everything else and yet this show is essentially a private eye show. With Jonathan Hart and his wife doing most of the detective work. Even though neither one of them are professional detectives and have never been detectives or even police officers. Similar to McMillan and Wife where you had a big city police commissioner, the Commissioner of Police for San Francisco and his wife doing most of the detective work. But RJ and Stefanie made Hart to Hart watchable, at least some of the time.

Heartbeat For Us: Live With Regis and Kathie Lee- Stefanie Powers in 1989

Source:Heartbeat For Us- Hollywood Goddess Stefanie Powers,  on Live With Regis and Kathie Lee in 1989

Source:Real Life Journal 

“Stefanie Powers – Live with Regis & Kathie Lee 1989” 

From Heartbeat 4 Us

Stefanie Powers reminds me of Raquel Welch. Once you see and hear her its hard not to love her once you see and listen to her because of how gorgeous and cute she is and how she sounds. When I see her speak and in a movie, or Tv show, I’m always focused more on here face. Especially her cheeks, dimples and eyes, instead of what she’s saying. And concentrate on how she sounded, instead of what she actually said.

Stefanie has an incredible face as well as voice. Gorgeous and baby-faced adorable at the same time with a great voice. And yet she doesn’t sound or look like a little girl. Unlike Jayne Mansfield, who was always a teenage girl to me, despite her hot sexy looks. But Stefanie Powers, looks, sounds like and is a gorgeous sexy woman. Who has always been as cute as a button and who is also a hell of an actress with a long successful career.

Wonder Mania: Wonder Woman Cat Fight- Lynda Carter vs. Stella Stevens

Source:Wonder Mania- The Real Wonder Woman Lynda Carter.

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“Wonder Woman Cat Fight 3D” 

From Wonder Mania

A cat fight between goddess’, which is how it should be. I mean, who wants to see a cat fight between a couple of two-hundred pound dykish looking women. I guess dykes, but who else?

But what you have in this scene is two goddess’. Lynda Carter, perhaps the best looking woman on TV in the entire 1970s, if not Hollywood all together. Versus Stella Stevens, who made most of her mark in Hollywood in movies in the 1960s and 70s. Two gorgeous sexy women and yet they are both baby-faced adorable as well.

I tend to call Wonder Woman, played by Lynda Carter Wonder Baby. Because as hot and sexy as she was and still is, at least to a certain extent, she was just as cute as well. Stella Stevens reminds me a lot of Kim Novak physically, but not as shy and a lot funnier. And these two women are also excellent actress’s, which made for a very good scene.

Democracy Now: 'Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson, 91, On How Women Were Silenced at 1963 March On Washington'

Source:Democracy Now- Gloria Richardson being interviewed by Amy Goodman.

Source:FreeState Now

"Fifty years ago this week, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, A Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin and other civil rights leaders spoke at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. But where were the female civil rights activists? At the historic march, only one woman spoke for just more than a minute -- Daisy Bates of the NAACP. Today we are joined by civil rights pioneer Gloria Richardson, the co-founder of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee in Maryland, which fought to desegregate public institutions like schools and hospitals. While Richardson was on the program for the March on Washington, when she stood to speak she only had a chance to say hello before the microphone was seized." 

From Democracy Now 

I believe the main difference between Malcolm X and Dr. King had to do with different approaches. Dr. King’s approach was slower, because it involved more people, more negotiating and was completely non-violent. But at the end of the day, it was the only one that worked or could work. Otherwise, the members of the movement would’ve been portrayed as thugs, criminals and terrorists by the media. No serious politician, with serious power, would’ve worked with people seen as thugs and criminals. 

Malcolm X’s approach was more combative, that Africans have been in America for three-hundred years and should’ve gotten that freedom three-hundred years ago and “we are mad as hell and want our freedom now”. Which is certainly understandable, but it would’ve never worked, had the members of the movement used violence, even just to defend themselves.

Golden Cyber: Wonder Woman- Captured by The Skrill

Source:Golden Cyber- Wonder Woman Lynda Carter-

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“Clips from Mind Stealers from Outer Space” 

From Golden Cyber

Wonder Woman being captured by a monster. I guess even super heroes have their weakness’ and can meet their match. To believe in Wonder Woman, well you have to believe in Wonder Woman. Which is a big enough challenge in itself. And then you have to believe that the U.S. Army, or at least some Army officers are dumb enough to believe that Diana Prince and Wonder Woman are two different women. Why, because even though they have the same body, face and voice, one where’s glasses and an Army uniform and the other doesn’t. So of course they can’t be the same woman.

Sort of like cops not thinking that is the car they’re looking for, because the license plates are different. Even though the car is the same make, model, year, color, same dent in the front door. And it doesn’t occur to the Detective that the suspect simply changed the license plate of the getaway car. Well, Wonder Woman wasn’t an entertaining show because of its realism. But because it had a goddess like Lynda Carter and some real good action scenes.

ESPN: USFL 1984- Washington Federals @ Tampa Bandits: Gary Anderson TD

Source:ESPN- the Federals playing the Bandits at Tampa Stadium.

Source:Real Life Journal

“Gary Anderson starts for the scoring for the Tampa Bay Bandits against the visiting Washington Federals in this 1984 United States Football League (USFL) game.”

From the USFL Guy

Because of the Redskins, Washington should’ve never have had a USFL franchise. Neither should have Tampa, because of the Buccaneers, which was just one of the problems with the USFL. Two many duel market teams competing with the NFL for fans when they should’ve been trying to develop their own fan base.

Back in 1984, Florida already had Orlando and Jacksonville as far as USFL franchises. They didn’t need to be in Tampa as well, which wasn’t a proven NFL market yet with the Buccaneers struggling.

So putting another pro football franchise there was a mistake. And Maryland had the Baltimore Stars in the USFL, after the Colts moved to Indianapolis. Plus, the Redskins in Washington for Maryland NFL fans.

So the USFL had no business in Washington or Tampa. Other than wanting to have a club in a big market like Washington.

Anita Lande: Cherie Currie- In Concert in Chicago 2013: Cherry Bomb

Source:Anita Lande- Cherie Currie in concert in 2013.

Source:Real Life Journal

"Cherie Currie 2013, Chicago IL Cherry Bomb."

From Anita Lande

I’ll be real honest and say that I’m not that familiar with Cherie Currie other than I know she’s friendly with Joan Jett and they perform together. But she sort of sounds like the female version of Alice Cooper. But a much more feminine voice and a much better voice.

Alice is more of a heavy metal headbanger and perhaps the current king of leather and leather jeans at least in rock and roll. Especially since Jim Morrison passed away in 1970. Cherie sounds to me more like a hard rocker and not a classic rocker and perhaps has a similar sound as Joan Jett.

Her Cherry Bomb to me sounds like Warrant’s Cherry Pie from 1990-91. She definitely has a solid sound and I’ll check her out more in the future.

Carol Vorderman: Dancing in Very Tight Jeans

Source:Daily Mail- British Denim Diva Carol Vorderman. This baby has a lot of back.

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Source:Real Life Journal

“Carol Vorderman looked as though she might be wearing SPANX under her jeans as she performed on Lip Sync Battle UK.

The television presenter, 55, who famously won Rear Of The Year in 2014, showed off a tell-tale line under her skin-tight jeans as she danced on the stage of the star-studded show.

Performing All About That Bass for the Channel 5 show, when she impersonated chart-topper Meghan Trainor, all eyes were on her pert posterior as she embodied her pop star alter-ego.”

From the Daily Mail

I think what you get from Carol Vorderman is someone who knows she beautiful and sexy not just proud of those facts, but believes the rest of the world deserves to see how attractive she is. And she also loves, if not in love with denim, especially skin-tight denim. And there really isn’t any better way for a beautiful, sexy woman to show off their body in style and do it with class, then in skin-tight denim jeans, especially with boots. 

Source:Daily Mail- British Denim Diva Carol Vorderman.

“Carol Vorderman in Very Tight Jeans Dancing.”

Source:Daily Mail- British Denim Diva Carol Vorderman.

“Girls on Box: Carol Vorderman Touching & Shaking Amazing Ass.” From

Here’s an opportunity to check out British Denim Diva and TV host Carol Vorderman from the front. I doubt anyone is disappointed.

Source:Daily Mail- British Denim Diva Carol Vorderman.

I love Carol Vorderman, physically. She seems mostly physical to men and someone with a great body who promotes that and that is basically what all her fame is about. But I guess you use what you have and if you’re successful you use as well as you can. But she does have a great body. Good height, strong tight body. Great legs and a beautiful butt.

And perhaps what I like about her most is that she shows off that body very well and wears skinny and skin-tight jeans a lot. I think you’ll have a real hard time finding a women who looks better in skinny Levis than Carol.

Carol Vorderman is known as a game show assistant. I person who moves the pieces on the board. And there primarily very for her physical sex appeal. But she’s so good at that and so open about her body and sex appeal that you have to give her hats off for that and tell her job well-done. And you can’t wait to see her again.