Mark Knows It All

                               For some light reading these past few weeks, I decided to read a book called The Grey Wolf. For those non-historians among you, and I am sure they are plenty, that was the nick name for Adolf Hitler. The book’s premise it wasn't Hitler who died in that bunker in April of 1945…it was his double. Hitler, Eva Braun, and Blondie the wonder dog escaped to Argentina, a favorite haven for Nazis on the lam.  It explores in detail the relationship between the demise of Nazi Germany and the rise of Juan and Eva Peron (Evita). It's argument is simple. The story goes Eva Braun poisoned herself and Hitler blew his brains out. The bodies were then brought out of the bunker and burned to a crisp. Bones were recovered from the site, but none belonging to Hitler or his wife. So what happened to them? Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams do a plausible job in arguing that Martin Bormann, Hitler’s right hand man, planned for Hitler’s escape beginning in 1943 wh

When the train is coming down the track , there is no way to stop it . Get out of the way. And that’s exactly what happened last Tuesday night. To all of my Republican friends, all I can say is I’m sorry . After we retreat into our pensive selves to figure things out, I will guarantee you the sun will come out tomorrow . So now it’s time for the post mortem. I am reviewing the situation , to analyze what happened. As I sit at the bar, there’s a tear in my beer watching out the window at sundown . How could I figure I was winning when I was losing again!!! But all things must pass . Obama did a little sidestep right back into the White House. He had more money , and he knew how to use it.  Those guys from Chicago, Illinois, are tough. There’s always next year, and maybe this time I’ll win. God Bless America.     (There's a Tear in my Beer...really?)