The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

The Good – Prince William of England ended years of prenuptial speculation when Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, announced that young Prince William is to be married to his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton!  The English are all abuzz on what it means and should Charles let William ascend to the throne when the Queen passes and other such kingdom watching.  Regardless, the Royals seem to have gotten a positive bump.

The Good, Again– Pope Benedict XVI revealed in a new book that condoms can be justified for stopping the spread of the HIV virus.  The book, “Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times,” will be released on today!  Excerpts were released by the Vatican during the weekend.  It’s an amazing about face from his 2009 Africa tour, where the Pope noted that the AIDS problems could not be solved by distributing condoms. 

The Bad (for my wife, Sandi) -The Packers, in their 100th game against the Vikings crushed their border state rivals with a commanding 31-3 victory!  I'm happy, but Sandi, my wife, is less than pleased.  What can I say? Go Aaron!!  It’ll be a chilly week regardless of weather.  I look forward to Brett's triumphant return to Green Bay – as a retired football player...

The Ugly –The latest Quinnipiac University poll – a reliable political tracking poll – shows President Obama's job rating is not much changed from September, when he had a 47 percent-44 percent disapproval rating.  The November disapproval rating was 49 percent-44 percent. So, the public remains unmoved on Obama, but voters are clearly disapproving of both parties.  The Republicans rated a 63 percent-27 percent disapproval rating.  Not to be outdone, the Democrats disapproval was 66 percent-27 percent. There’s a not-so-subtle message here. I don’t know that squabbling and infighting is what the American people want – on either side of the aisle...

Kevin Fickenscher, MD

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