Presidio Sentinel San Diego, APRIL 2017
By
Laura Walcher
If
there’s some benefit to having tripped into a New York City sidewalk pothole,
trashing my ticket to “Hamilton,” sending my lovin’ kin, as a result, into an unexpected
adventure of ambulances, emergency rooms, changed schedules, and so on, it’s
that now, in a technologically-impressive boot and armed with crutches and
canes, I have sooo much time to read … well, everything. Along with Mr. Trump (to begin with, I
decline calling him “President”) and the on-going despicable and untrue tweets
and “news” he generates, I’m now an opinionator on ..everything!
Mr. T’s driver’s license says he’s 6’2”; but he says he’s
6’3’. His weight at both heights is estimated at 30-plus more lbs.
than he admits to. If only …! Instead of aspiring to the presidency, I
wish he would’ve noticed Cedric McMillan’s amazing physique as, mega-muscled, McMillan
won the 2017 body building competition in Columbus’ Arnold Sports
Festival. Now, winning a
body-building competition would’ve been much more satisfying to the ego-centric
Mr. T. than the presidency, and
much more satisfying for us, since body-builders need only stand there and look
pretty. Moreover, all that weight Mr.
Trump denied could’ve been turned into muscle.
Gone Guys: You just can’t say anything, anymore: noting that surprisingly few women have risen to the role of advertising
executive, Saatchi Chairman Kevin Roberts opined that perhaps women have less
“vertical ambition” than male counterparts. Ho-hum. He got
whopped but good for what he said was merely a ”miscommunication.” Never mind: he’s gone.
Over
at Uber, which hasn’t had enough problems, four execs just bailed, including their
bally-hoo’ed “president of ride
sharing, “ after only six months on the job. In exiting – without comment – Jeff Jones joins top company
executives Raffi Krikorian, Gary Marcus, and Amit Singhal in their race out the
door. Who hasn’t left (yet?) is
Travis Kalanick, CEO and company co-founder, whose well-publicized battle with
a driver made headlines. Said Kalanick, he’ll seek “help, ” but it’s not clear
whether he meant finding new leadership, a new temperament, or both.
Found guys: if not fortune, at least fame has come to the Kelly family
after Robert E. Kelly, the BBC commentator whose opinions about South Korean
politics, were hilariously torpedo’d by his 4-year old daughter and baby son, squirming
in the arms of his wife, who desperately tried to shepherd the kids out of the
camera’s eyes during an otherwise very serious interview. Despite having been a regular BBC guest
for years,
the
awkward incident catapulted him into international fame. Importantly, as noted
far and wide, he disputed a theory for why he’d never gotten out of his
chair: “I was wearing pants,” he humphed.
If
you (still) believe the news, you are a growing minority, sad to say. Trump trumpets his own lies, even while
attacking “the dishonest media” - but be assured, me, you can believe. I promise, I’ve carefully verified every word I’ve reported
in this column.
Under
the circumstances… what else do I have to do? ###
