It Had to Start Somewhere

Many thanks to the late Ray Kroc, who opened his first McDonald's restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois fifty years ago this week. Just today, Mr. Kroc's American dream fed 50 million people in 31,000 restaurants across 119 countries. Over the past half century, McDonald's has created more jobs, more opportunities and more wealth here and around the world than we can count. And they've done it while giving generously to the communities they serve and providing inspiration to other entrepreneurs and dreamers. The world is better because of Ray Kroc's company... and it's no accident that the best restaurant with the cleanest bathrooms in Moscow was born in the USA. Happy Birthday, McDonald's, and God bless Ray Kroc....Well, we buried THE Pope this week and it was hard not to notice the numbers of lefty presstitutes who couldn't find reason to give this great man any unqualified praise. It was eerily reminiscent of the Reagan funeral of last summer. CNN, The NY TIMES and their ilk never fail to stand on the wrong side of history in their evaluation of facts, events and world leadership. John Paul will be missed. (Ten zlotys say the Vatican goes back to the Italians for another four hundred years.)...Heads up, Joan, here comes the feeding tube. Seems the years have turned Joan Kennedy into (literally) a falldown drunk. Joan is the ex-wife of Senator Ted "The Swimmer" Kennedy (D-Chivas Regal). Before he was known as a bad lawmaker, Ted was famous as the skipper who swam from the USS Oldsmobile when it capsized in the shallow waters of Chappaquiddick over 35 years ago, killing Mary Jo Kopechne. Now it looks like Joan's kids want to take control of her affairs so she won't do something stupid or embarrassing. You know, like drown someone, ski headfirst into a tree, beat somebody to death with a golf club, sell the beach house or otherwise bring shame to the clan. Joan had better be careful. The last family member deemed a liability was Ted's sister, Rosemary. The Kennedys had her lobotomized and put into an asylum until she died.... Tax Tip: It won't save you any money, but it might help your digestion on April 15 to delude yourself into believing that every cent of your '04 taxes bought kevlar, ammo and other necessities for our great military. I like to think all my taxes went to our troops and that Michael Moore is paying for a couple of buildings in West Virginia named after Robert Byrd.