I know, I know what a lengthy title and probably a little strange too.  It has been far too long since I have been musing and really need to get it all out.  So first things first.  I didn’t get up at 2:00 am and watch the royal wedding.  The only royal wedding I did that for was when Prince Andrew and Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson got married. I was 12 so I think it gets a pass.  So while I did not get up and watch I did hit the internet to see what her dress looked like and to see the first kiss (or two) from the balcony.  I am not awestruck, but I have to say I am a sucker for such pomp.  The British have a reputation as being boring, but they sure do know how to put on a wedding.  So after the royal wedding, Osama was found and killed. It was a like a wedding present to the world from the United States more accurately the Navy Seals.  I was sitting in the living room when my husband came in and told me that Osama bin Laden was dead. I didn’t believe it. Then I saw President Obama on the Fox News and knew he wasn’t kidding.  Personally I thought the guy was dead a long time ago.  How wrong I was.  He was not in a cave, but in a house watching videos of himself on Al Jazerra.  Which leads me to Pakistan.  If they think anybody believes that the government or military did not know that he was living just a few blocks away from Pakistan’s equvialent to West Point well I have ocean front property in Arizona.  According to the Pakistani ambassador if it is found out that someone knew about Osama living among them in Pakistan, heads will roll.  I don’t take this very seriously, but maybe something will happen. Pakistan has received $18.6 billion dollars since 2002.  They shouldn’t be receiving anything at all nor should any other country.  I totally agree with Ron Paul on this one. No foreign aid!  So while that is all playing out, the NFL and possibly the NBA will have lockouts.  The front page of the sports page in the Albuquerque Journal had a story about how the lockout would affect child support payments.  Seriously, child support payments.  In the players handbook about what to do during the lockout one section is devoted to child support and alimony.  One women quoted in the story has a child with Antonio Cromartie, an NFL player who reportedly made $1.7 million last year.  Her child is one of 9 by 8 different women. He needed an advance on his salary last year just to pay his child support.  Then there is the basketball player, Shawn  Kemp.  He has 7 children with 7 different women.  The list goes on and on.  I don’t get it.  In this video clip( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHe1AT-rk50&feature=player_embedded#at=42), Cromartie lists all of his children. Most are 2 to 3 years old.  What the heck!  We wonder as a society what is happening to our children.  Which now leads me to something else I should have put in the title – polygamy.  I am not a supporter, however, I wonder what is worse a man married to 2 or more wives who is involved in his children’s lives or a guy who has several children with women he is not married to and has very little contact with them?  The players and there are certainly players in the NFL and NBA that need to learn to keep it zipped.  Do they have children in every city that has a NFL or NBA team?  There are young, aspiring football and basketball players who look up to these guys.  I just hope they only admire their athletic ability and not their ability to father children. Okay so I ranted a little and it felt good.  As summer is on it’s way, I will have more time to muse and rant. I am looking forward to this.  So go forth and rant, rave and muse. It does a body good.