04/18/23 makes me wanna hollah…throw up both my hands… – Radically Rational

04/18/23 makes me wanna hollah…throw up both my hands…

There’s only one thing in the news this morning standing between me and total despair—the knowledge that Fox Spews is about to take a righteous and historic ass-kicking.

The rest? Too tragic to be true.

The slaughter at an Alabama Sweet 16 party.

A Kansas City teenager is lucky to be alive after making an innocent mistake that threatened no one. Except a racist old white man, a group that seems to be threatened by just about everything. I guess cowardly firing only one shot through a glass door just wasn’t enough.

And 45 shots were insufficient in Akron, apparently. It was the 46^th that provided police satisfaction.

Stop me if you’ve heard the one about the 65-year-old man in rural upstate New York who grabbed his gun on his front porch and shot and killed a 20-year-old woman who had accidentally driven onto his driveway. She had already realized her mistake, had turned her vehicle around and was leaving his property. He needed two shots, too. No one had exited the car and there was no interaction among the shooter, the victim and the two passengers in the vehicle. The shooter has been charged with second-degree murder and reportedly is not cooperating with police.

The GOP is forcing us all to play national and even global Russian Roulette with the debt ceiling because, because, well because…

Get your hyenas under control, McCarthy.

George Santos is running for re-election.

It’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. And many will not remember. And many others will even deny.

“Makes me wanna hollah, throw up both my hands….”

But, enjoy that ass-kicking, Fox Spews. You have certainly earned it.

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I clearly have the attention span of your median fruit fly.Look! Airplane!

Sorry. I’m back.

It’s both a curse and a blessing. I’ve never bought this stuff about, “He who dies with the most toys wins.” But I do think that a wide range of life experiences helps us grow as people, and helps us better relate to other people. I’ve been fortunate. And I am beyond grateful.

I show up on time. I go like hell. I’m a good listener. I hold myself accountable. I own my mistakes. And I have a natural and an insatiable curiosity. I’m never afraid to say, “I don’t know,” when I don’t. But then I try to find out.

The flip side is I’m a lousy ballroom dancer and my clothes sometimes fit me funny.

Stuff matters to me. I care. But while I take that stuff seriously, I try hard to never take myself seriously. As a result, I have sometimes been told, “Paul, it’s hard to tell when you’re serious and when you’re just having some fun. Which is it? Serious or fun?”

My answer is “yes.” But I think that is a legitimate criticism. I promise I’m going to work on that.

This has been the quickest and strangest half-century I’ve ever experienced. During that period, I’ve been afforded amazing opportunities in news and sports journalism across all platforms. I have taught wonderful students at the high school and collegiate level. Always, I learned more from them than they did from me. I’ve been a high school administrator. I spent ten seasons as a high school varsity football coach. I’ve been an advertising executive. I’ve hosted nationally syndicated television entertainment shows. In maybe the biggest honor I ever received, I was selected by NASA to be “Chet The Astronaut” for the “Land The Shuttle” simulator at Space Center Houston. (All I can say there, is “Do as I say, not as I do.” I put that thing in the Everglades more often than not.) Most recently, I just wrapped up a decade as a television news director, during which time our teams distinguished themselves in holding the powerful accountable, achieving both critical and ratings success.

What does all that mean? It means I am profoundly grateful. It also means I’m ready for “next.” So here we are. Radically Rational. It’s an idea I woke up with in 2017. I scribbled “Radically Rational” on a piece of notebook paper and used a magnet to stick it on our refrigerator. I saw it every day, and it just would not leave me alone.

I am second in charge at Radically Rational, LLC. My wife, Jo (also known as BB), is the president. Clearly, I have failed in my attempt to sleep my way to the top of this organization.

I hope you will learn that I’m loyal as a Labrador. But I will admit that this doggie can bite every now and then. My promise to you? I will show up on time. I will go like hell. I will listen to you earnestly and attentively. I will hold myself accountable. I will never be the least bit hesitant to say, “I don’t know,” when I don’t.

But then I’ll try to find out. Let’s do it.