What a week! The ups and downs, fear, anxiety, emotional turmoil, and the constant wondering "what if it happens to me?" I know that the news has shaken ya'll just as well, its like our world is being ripped apart! HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN IN AMERICA? I speak, of course, of the fact that Clay Aiken is gay.

When did this happen? Everything seemed fine, and there has never been any signs, at least outwardly that he might be g-gay. (Sorry, this is still hard for me). From his first CD "Measure of a Man" to his most recent "On My Way Here" to his stint on Broadway in the musical "Spamalot"! There was never any indication.

Anyway, I still a bit thrown by this whole thing. I will attempt to carry on and report whatever news is out there. But really, is there anything more newsworthy?

There was a debate this week with our next President and John McCain where they talked an awful lot about the financial brouhaha that's currently going on. No real clear answers from either of them. In fact, I can't recall at the moment what they said.

Do you remember when Clay Aiken starred in and produced his first TV special (December 2004), titled A Clay Aiken Christmas, with special guests Barry Manilow, Yolanda Adams, and Megan Mullally; the special was later released on DVD. For Heaven's sake! He was in a Christmas special with Barry Manilow and Megan Mullally! Do you think they knew he was gay?

Oh! The agony!

Where was I? Oh yes, the debate. Let's see...........McCain offered up the same old Bush policies and was able to remind us, again, of his sacrifices as a POW. In speaking of the financial predicament McCain claimed that he had warned us about the financial problems that we are now facing. But in November, 2007 he admitted that he hadn't seen the mortgage crisis -- the root of today's financial crisis -- coming. In fact, he is well documented as having said that he doesn't know much about the economy.

Wall Street Journal on Nov. 26, 2005.

Obama reminded us that we spent whatever billions of dollars on the war in Iraq which we should never have gotten into.

Speaking of Iraq. According to Clay, he told his mother that he was a gay, on the very day that his brother, what's-his-name, was being shipped out to Iraq! According to his blog ($14.99 a month to join) Aiken said he only told his family that he was gay four years ago. He recalled a tearful discussion with his mother in a car after dropping off his brother.



Back to the debate. McCain made reference to how "far left" his opponent is, while Obama told us that is mostly just him opposing George Bush's wrongheaded policies.

Oh, whatever! The debate was supposed to be about foreign policy, but they talked on and on about taxes, Wall St vs. Main Street, regulations, earmarks, energy and oil, healthcare and trade......... eventually, they got around to Iraq and all those places that end in “stan”, Georgia and Russia. McCain tried to drop in as many big names as he could, stumbling on Iran’s President Ahmadinejad, while Obama did his usual PC pronunciation of Pakistan. POC-A-STAN.

Obama threw in quite a few zingers, reminding us that McCain sang “Bomb, Bomb Iran”, while McCain told us, twice, that he has never been elected Ms. Congeniality in the Senate.

Speaking of singing.............

Sorry, I feel a bit faint and fear I must quickly repose.