Rant #3,333: Three Wishes

Yesterday went just fine.

I took my son to work, drove to the local pharmacy to get my cholesterol medication, and yes, I did go to my local record store, where I had my very own Record Store Day, using the gift certificate my wife got me for Hanukkah to pick up some great items.

And later, I picked my son up from work, and my wife came along for the ride.

I am kind of sore, but I was able to do it all.

So with this success behind me, i know i am figuratively and literally on the right road.

I am in a pretty good mood right now, and I fell like being a little bit whimsical.

Let's dream a little bit ...

So, if i had a magic lamp and a genie came out of it, I guess he would reward me with the proverbial three wishes.

Of course, my first wish would go for world peace, my second would go for the health of my family, and yes, I would most definitely ask for an uptick in my finances.

Maybe I would be cagey about it, and use one of my three wishes to ask for an unlimited amount of future wishes.

So, if I received the extra wishes, what would I wish for based on everything going on in today's bizarro world that we live in?

As I said earlier, one of my original wishes went for world peace, so that would take care of both the Israel-Hamas and Ukraine-Russia conflicts, and all other conflicts.

So what would I wish for with my new wishes?

I would certainly wish for those saying that women's basketball star Caitlin Clark is being underpaid as the WNBA's first round draft pick, as compared to what the male first round draft choices in the NBA get paid, to just shut up.

It is like comparing apples and oranges.

The NBA has been around for 75 years, is well established and financed, and has yearly revenues that dwarf those in the WNBA--a much less established league--by billions and billions of dollars.

The NBA finances the WNBA, and the thought of these idiots is that the pay disparity is unfair, and that the NBA should kick in many millions of dollars to erase that disparity.

Why?

Sorry, the best WNBA team simply cannot draw as many fans, and as much advertiser interest, as the lesser NBA teams, and sorry to these naysayers, but the NBA is far more popular than the WNBA will ever be, so there is going to be a pay disparity today and into the future.

These dummies looking for a better deal for Clark include every woke commentator on TV and even President Biden, who you would think would have more important things on his mind than worrying about whether Clark can survive on her "measley" salary, one that dwarfs what most people make--like many blue- and white-collar workers--by plenty.

So I would wish that these people would close their mouths, and understand that except for just a few sports--like tennis--women will probably not be on a pay parity with men because the economics between the leagues are very, very different.

And then I would use another wish to shut up these pro-Palestine protesters, and the schools that seem to support this idiotic behavior.

(Of course, if one of my first wishes was to eradicate all wars, perhaps these dummies wouldn't have a chance to crawl out of the woodwork with their anti-Israel and anti-Semitic views, but--)

Yesterday, the latest round of Congressional hearings taking on Ivy League schools for their anti-Israel and anti-Semitic tendencies took.on Columbia University and its president, who just happens to have an Arabic background.

That doesn't make her a bad person, and when she was asked, like the other Ivy League presidents who testified before her were, about whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated the school's code of conduct, she and other Columbia representatives vehemently said thst it definitely did--unlike the drivel her predecessors said in response to the question.

But later, when asked if a vehemently anti-Israel and anti-Semitic Columbia professor would be fired because he thought the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel was a joyous occasion, the mush returned--

"Ah ... umm ... I ... well ... yes," Columbia's president said.

As of this writing, this professor remains employed by the Ivy League school.

My wish would be that anyone supporting terrorists, and proudly sporting anti-Semitic and anti-Israel beliefs, would see the light and just shut up.

On a lighter note ...

This fascination some of us have for everything related to Taylor Swift ... I would wish that they would go away too.

I mean, this infatuation with the singer has just gotten crazy.

In fact, with Passover beginning next week, this craziness has even encompassed this great holiday, where there is actually a "Taylor Swift Passover Hagaddah" being pedaled around by people who evidently are as stupid in the brain as even the very thought of such an absurd thing sounds.

Swift isn't Jewish herself, which makes the whole thing sacreligious to begin with. But even if she were, this is completely idiotic, a way to make a buck that goes against everything Passover represents.

So i would wish for these "Swiftees"--who don't appear to be too swift at all--to wise up a bit.

And lastly, I would wish that The Ranting and Raving Blog goes on for at least 3,333 more entries--

And unfortunately, this last wish is the only wish that, in the real world we live in, has even a chance of coming to fruition.