My shame is I told my folks I played piano in a whorehouse because I didn’t want to admit I was a helicopter pilot.

I’m definitely not hoping. I actually like being proven wrong. Every so often a real, true heroic figure comes along. It would be very interesting if this is one of those times. Much more interesting than if it isn’t. I do believe Tiger Woods is one of those figures. Jack Nicklaus is. Jimmy Stewart was. Grace Kelly was. I love it when folks defy the odds. Let’s hope Beck pulls it off!

Finally, someone is clearly explaining to us, the taxpayers, exactly what is happening inside that mysterious, gigantic, corrupt political system we have. We, the working middle class, have always been afraid of the machine, and I think the politicians/criminals wanted it that way. With their pompous, pious faces and sneaky hands, they have been stealing and lying. We were too busy raising children, working and going to church to have time to research them. Now, finally, one man has done it. Cracked the Code. Exposed the Fraud. Shone the Light on the Basement Rats! Now, the rats are all scurrying around, all nervous. They are calling The Man With The Flashlight names. Mean names. Squeak! Squeak!

From what he says, and how he behaves I would assume he has a strong family and he and they are well aware of the dangers involved with his chosen profession. I’m not really talking specifically about Beck, just black and white statistics. It’s the “tall poppy syndrome.” Whenever anyone sticks up too high above the fray, for too long, they get smacked down. Regardless of who Beck is, or how he lives his life, or what his family is, or isn’t, it’s like watching a man dance on a tightrope for two years, with no net, and someone has lit both ends of the rope on fire.

I think Tiger Woods is a good example. When is the last time we’ve seen an athlete garner the publicity he has, for so long, without something knocking him or her from the pedastel? That’s a big part of the fascination with Woods. How can he be so elite? Beck is doing something similar. It simply seems statistically impossible to do what he is doing. Something’s got to give. But, as I wrote earlier, I’ve guessed wrong about Beck before. This guy just may be the real deal.