My Take on the Tiger Woods-Thing

21 February 2010:
Two days ago Alexander Haig died. The economy of Greece is imploding and threatens to bring down the value of the Euro. The U.S. economic situation continues to bring us doom and gloom. The situations in Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, and Afghanistan have to be top priorities for our own State Department. And Tiger Woods finally made an appearance - Thank God for that bit of news. We can all finally sleep well knowing that a golfer has made his amends and he can get busy to recoup his billion-dollar paycheck. He's a golfer, for God's sake. He isn't even an athlete involved in a sport. It's a past-time for God's sake - like indulging in needle-work or bass-fishing. Yet he was lucky enough to turn his days in the sunshine and schmoozing at country clubs into a fortune that would cause any Third World country green-eyed envy. I cannot envy him, criticize him, empathize with him, or pray for his soul. One wonders how he ever became a news item - he's a golfer, for God's sake! Forget about it.