Saw the Oscar show last night at a party.  Usually I don't watch the whole show, maybe the opening when Billy Crystal is hosting.  But since this was an Oscar viewing party, I watched the whole thing.  I thought that Seth MacFarlane did a very good job.  I think he was certainly way better than Ann Hathway and James France were a couple of years ago.  I think only Crystal has been better among the recent hosts.  But for some reason the reviews were mixed.  It seems that MacFarlane offended some people. I don't see it.  I thought he was funny and his singing and dancing were pretty good.  I think the best performer was Shirley Bassey of James Bond fame.  She must be near 80 years old but she looks much younger and her voice is still tremendous!  I finished an amazing 2nd place among the party guests in predicting the winners.  This is amazing because I have only watched one of the movies nominated!  Unfortunately, first place went to my wife who had only watched the same movie I did!

It appears that no deal will be made before March 1st and the sequestration will occur.  As I said before, let it happen.  Both sides think that it will be to their advantage, so neither side is going to compromise.  So let's see who blinks first.  I don't think that the cuts will mean poor people dying in the streets or our national defense become number two in the world.  The stock market will fall for a while and the economic growth will slow down.  But I don't think those two things will last long.  We will not go back to a recession as a result of this.

The justice department is suing S@P for not downgrading banks in the subprime mortgage debacle that greatly contributed to the downturn of the economy.  I say:  It is about time.  Except for one South Asian guy, no big shot in Wall Street or in the banking industry have been charged criminally.  I understand that the burden of proof in a criminal case is great.  But only one person after all the wrong doings?  In civil cases the burden of proof is much lower.  So I would think the feds and the states would try to get a large sum of money out of these guys.  I don't know how hard it is to evaluate banks and financial institutions.  But giving someone about to go bankrupt a AAA rating?  I find it hard to believe that S@P and others were not sleeping on the job.  So yes, I think S@P should pay big time.

Michigan escaped tonight with an OT victory over OSU.  I think OSU got robbed at the end, not getting a foul call.  But that is the case with home court advantage.  I would say that if a road team loses by less than 6 points, it probably outplayed the home team.  Well, at least Michigan held serve and will see if they can grind one out against Wisconsin this weekend. 

I don't know why Obama decided to release a picture of him shooting skeets.  It really would not change the mind of the NRA supporters.  As expected they express doubt about the authenticity of the picture.  I don't know what is the big deal about presidents able to use a gun.  Clinton also made sure that people knew that he hunted when he was president.  It is not macho.  Anybody can fire a gun.  Six year olds have done it and to tragic results.  So who cares if the president have shot before?  Now, if any president can hunt using bow and arrow, that would be impressive.

As I predicted, by predicting SF would win I have given them the kiss of death.  From almost a blow out to an exciting finish was great.  If SF had won, future Super Bowl coaches will be so paranoid of a power outage stopping their momentum that they will bring their own generators to insure no stoppage!

I am not surprised by Indiana beating Michigan at home.  But now Michigan must beat OSU at home or they will be in real trouble.