12:05 am would make it the Tomorrow Show, right?

So, there are a couple of things concerning me right now. First, the airline safety thing, I mean, you know...after the underwear bomber and all. Back after 911 and terrorists were caught with knives and guns-the airlines immediately prohibited knives, guns and sharp objects from being brought on the planes. Then, the shoe bomber got caught and the airlines made us take off our shoes and check them before getting on the plane. I’m just waiting to see how they handle this whole underwear bomber problem; it’s getting me a little nervous, you know? "Ok, line up…boxers in the left lane, briefs on the right"-tell me the truth, that's a little uncomfortable, right?
Then there’s the NBC Tonight Show, Conan O’Brien-Jay Leno fiasco. It seems like Letterman and Kimmel are having the most fun with it. But it’s interesting to see how much both of them dislike Leno. There’s some really nasty stuff going on here. These guys are all sparking at each other. I mean, the only person they’re hammering harder than Leno is that brilliant executive Jeff Zucker, President of NBC, who caused this mess in the first place. What a dope. He had a good thing going with Leno's Tonight Show but decided to fix it anyway. But how much do we want to hear about how these spoiled stiffs, each reportedly earning more than $20M a year, crying and moaning over how unfair everything is? To steal from that great American philosopher Artie Lange; "Whaaah, they're messing with my TV show ma." There’s no question that O’Brien didn’t get a fair shake. After moving his entire staff from the New York area to California the rug gets pulled out from under him after 7 months. But they're paying him off with a check in the $30-45M range. Of course, he didn’t kill with ratings but his lead-in is Leno who’s a bust at 10 o’clock. And it’s clear Leno’s a snake and not trustworthy but hey, he’s got a contract too and if you’re working 2nd shift and your boss tells you he wants you on 1st…you honor your contract and change shifts. The thing about Leno though is not his lack of loyalty. I mean, why should he be loyal to his competitors like O’Brien or Letterman or anyone else his show competes with? And he is showing loyalty to his network…for whatever that’s worth. But the thing that kills me about all of these guys is the complete absence of grace from all of them. Their behavior is unseemly and childish.Letterman is reveling in Leno's misfortune because he hates Leno. Kimmel, showing his unabashed hatred for Leno to his face. Look, we’re fighting wars, unemployment is surging, people’s homes are being foreclosed, Haiti is dealing with devastation and these guys are worried about their glossy image or the legacy of a television show? Get over yourselves people. And please, why are we paying attention to this junk?
Oh, and one other thing has my attention these days. Since when did business become so evil? I’m more than a little tired of Obama, other politicians and the entertainment community making business people out to be the bad guys! After making the insurance companies out to be Hannibal Lecter and chewing up Wall Street, (with fava beans and a nice chianti) they’re going after the banks and financial institutions. Obama wants to tax profitable banks to recoup $90 to $117B over the next 10-12 years and bad mouthing them in the process. These firms are the most profitable in their sector. The ones that took TARP money have repaid the money with interest. They want these guys to pay the freight for the companies unable to repay the money the politicians fronted them. That’s like loaning 2 people each $1000 to repay with interest. The first goes off to Atlantic City and gambles his thousand dollars away and can’t repay the loan. The second invests in his business repaying the $1000 plus the interest. Now the government wants the guy who repaid his loan to pay off the loan of the guy who blew his money in AC. It’s not capitalism. It’s not individual responsibility….and it certainly isn’t honorable. It’s supposed to be free enterprise. We had no business bailing out any of these bums in the first place. There's no such thing as too big to fail. Trust free enterprise and our market. Let the market take care of itself and stop micro-managing it.Obama and Jeff Zucker-ever see them in the same room together? But,who cares about individual responsibility and honor anymore? After the way these politicians have worn us out the new value system seems to work best for cynics and lazy people. It's up to us to demonstrate what hard work, belief in ourselves and the products and services we represent and the way we will service our clients to earn their trust and their business is the true formula for success. Let's work together and support each other to make 2010 our year.