Roger Gitlin

Interview with an icon

The opportunity came to me quite unexpectedly to interview one of my boyhood heroes. I had the chance to talk with arguably one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time: Vernon Sanders Law of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The year was 1960 and I was this impressionable 13 year-old in Los Angeles who suddenly became very interested in baseball. A bunch of friends and I hopped the Venice bus, switched to the Vermont trolley and paid $.75 admission to the Los Angeles Coliseum to watch the world champion Dodgers take on the Pirates during the summer. Vern Law, whose nickname was “the Deacon” was pitching that day, He was magnificent! He shut out Johnny Podres and the ex-Brooklyn Boys 2-0.

The Thrill of a Lifetime; visit to St. George Reef Lighthouse, Crescent City, California

It was the thrill of a life time. Long anticipated, eagerly awaited, the weather was breathtaking, the stars were aligned, and I hopped on a helicopter at McNamara Field, in Crescent City, and landed on the pier of one of the most remote lighthouses in the world. I was one of few to take the cook’s tour of the St. George Reef Lighthouse, six miles off the coast of Crescent City, California.

TEA Party - Lincoln Club

I am proud of Rick Perry, today. The Governor of Texas finally came clean with his previous idiotic statement on illegal immigration and apologized to those he accused of having no cardiac parts because they opposed offering “dream type” benefits to the children of illegal aliens. Perry admitted flat out he was misguided after his wife essentially kicked him in the butt saying that he was wrong in attacking those who disagreed with how the State of Texas deals with the fallout involving the children of illegal aliens.

Two mischievous children caught with their hands in the international cookie jar

Political chameleon president of France Nicolas Sarkozy was caught confiding with his soul mate, Barrack Hussein Obama at the G-20 meeting in France, last week. He, Sarkozy, can’t stand Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu and L’enfant Grand actually called Netanyahu a liar. OMG !!! Pauvre, pauvre Sarkozy? The empathetic Obama retorted, “You are sick of him but I have to work with him everyday.” My heart goes out for the plight of these two children.

Basketball player-in-chief to watch game on an aircraft carrier Veterans Day

Veterans Day is always special but Veterans Day 2011 is unique this year. All the aces are lined up 11/11/11. This once-in-a-lifetime event takes place Friday.

The Feds are at war with the States!

President Barrack Hussein Obama is certainly no Abraham Lincoln. Unlike the 16th president who brought the full power of the Federal government against the Confederacy during the Civil War, Obama takes out his hunting rifle and picks off States who are simply trying to protect themselves against the onslaught of massive illegal immigration. South Carolina is the latest State to attempt to do the job our Federal Government refuses to do: Protect our borders from illegal aliens flooding into the United States. Now the Palmetto State finds itself in Federal Court fighting the Regime of the America-hating Left.

The Mormon Myth- fishing for a red herring

People whose opinions I value very much asked me who my choice is for the Republican nomination for the presidency. I have been very careful not to state my preference since the political landscape is still very fluid and there have been no actual primary votes cast. Iowa and New Hampshire are right around the corner.

Comparison: OWS with America’s Tea Party

President Barrack Hussein Obama has on more than one occasion drawn a comparison of the current cadre of Occupy Wall Street protesters with America’s Tea Party movement.

What is Zionism?

Nothing in all the World is more dangerous that sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1963. When Dr. King spoke those all-too phonetic words, I don’t think he was thinking about the so-called problems created by Zionist Jewish bankers. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t thinking Jews should be deported, thirty-eight years ago.

A conversation with Lefty

I was speaking to a Democratic friend of mind I affectionately call Lefty. (Indeed I do have friends on the other side). Humorously, I call him Lefty because he’s a southpaw, throws and bats from the left side. Interesting how his politics rooted itself on the Left, isn’t it?

Is Barrack Hussein Obama an anti-Semite?

As the allure of this ideologue fades into opaqueness approaching the 2012 election, the question begs to be asked: Is our Nation’s 44th president a Jew-hater. I submit the case he is in fact an in-the-closet anti-Semite.

TEA Party It’s the Jews!

“It’s the Jews. The Zionist Jews are destroying our country. They should be forced to leave

“Hey, Michelle, What’s for dinner, tonight?”

Can one ponder what’s goes through the mind of a radical ideologue like Barrack Hussein Obama?

Tea Party: Holder going down

Every day, more damning evidence is released tying the Obama presidency to the Fast’n Furious debacle of December 2010. The scandal swirls about the regime like a category five tornado.

TEA Party, First they ignore you

First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you Then they fight you Then you win! Mohandas Gandhi, 1947 I am observing the pathetic message-less Left. which has now moved to step three of Mohandas Gandhi’s famous statement 64 years ago. The behavior of the Occupy Wall Street horde comes straight right out of the Move on.org playbook and is funded by none other than #1 America-hater George Soros.