Jay Kersting's Blog

Senator Barack Obama turns 47 today, best wishes to him on this day!  It was in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was born on this date.  So anyone who sends you one of those stupid e-mails questioning his citizenship or his birth certificate, tell them to shut up.

Anyhow, on that note, again Happy Birthday to Senator Obama.

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I have said repeatedly what a stupid idea a Windfall Profits Tax is.  Now, read what the Wall Street Journal has to say.

I know that my opinion is right.  This is not the Soviet Union.  This is not Nazi Germany.  This is not Fascist Italy.  This is not Franco's Spain (was he fascist, socialist??).  And this is not Chavez's Venezuela.  This is supposed to be the United States of America.   This is supposed to be a nation founded on freedom, liberty and equality.

So, hopefully NOW you can understand when I refer to Barack Obama as a Socialist, that is me being nice.  Accurate, but nice.  I could do worse.

Oh, and Happy Birthday Senator.

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Follow up report from the weekend.

First, thank you again to the folks at HyVee and to Tina Short with the Kansas City Royals for their help in making this promotion happen.  

On Saturday, our group of winners met in the heat up at Kauffman Stadium for the game against the Chicago White Sox.  We gathered at the George Brett statue and then Tina took us in just before the turnstiles opened up.  

To get to the field, we took the elevators near the old, and future, offices.  The group got separated in two and the first group got a bit of a surprise.  On our way down, the elevator stopped one floor too soon.  Waiting for the elevator was second baseman Mark Grudzielanek on crutches (injured Friday night).  One of those on the elevator noted that he was her favorite player.  (I tend to agree since he is the only one on the Royals who is older than me...by a month.  But, probably Luke Hochevar because of his educational background.  Anyhow....)  So, that was a little added treat for that group.

I went back and met the rest of the group and brought them down to the others.  Then we went out on the field.  The Royals had early batting practice, so we got to see the White Sox hit a few.  And experience how hot it was.

And then we moved to our seats...in the sun.  Very nice in April and May, not so much in August.  But then again, when we planned this trip, it was for a 6:10 start, not 2:55.

Most of the group moved out of the sun, my boys sat up in the concourse next to a beer stand for a few innings.  (A preview of things to come?) 

For the first time that I can recall, I left a baseball game early.  Had to.  

We listened to the rest of the game on the way home.  And we stopped to get something to eat and drink.  I was encouraging my wife to drink Gatorade....then I realized I really shouldn't do that considering my place of employment.

I hope everyone had a good time despite the heat.

Oh, and the Royals faced a scare late in the game, giving up 4 runs in the eighth.  But the Royals held on to win 9-7.

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Have a great week and stay hydrated...with a drink of your choice.