All in the family

I have this theory that you can tell the difficulty of any given profession by the number of legacies residing in the profession. My theory being that for some professions it's all about contacts, access to coaching and training and exposure.

For instance, take sports broadcasting. It is completely littered with Buck's, Caray's, Albert's, Brennaman's, etc. In my mind, it's not about talent for these guys but having access to the trade that gets them the job; being able to be in the booth with old dad, doing rehearsal tapes. being introduced to the players in the profession, etc........

I've always proclaimed this theory as it relates to sports. Baseball has to be the easiest of all the sports by just looking at the number of Boone's, Griffey's, Bell's, Alou's, Matthew's etc in the sport.

Or take auto racing where the name Andretti or Petty gets you a team as a five year old.

But Gordon, maybe it has more to do with talent inherited by the kids from the parents.

Well, if that were true, there would be at least 24 guys in the NBA with the name of Kemp since Shawn Kemp single handedly passed on his talents to hundreds of baby momma's across the country.

Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Moses Malone all have kids who probably wouldn't have even warranted D-1 scholarships if it weren't for their names, yet none of them have an impact on the NBA.

Using my theory, could there possibly be a profession that requires less talent than being a politician?

Just look at Nancy Lollapelosi's resume..........

Pelosi is Italian-American and was born Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro in Baltimore, Maryland, the youngest of six children of Anunciata M. ("Nancy") and Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., who was a Democratic party U.S. Congressman from Maryland and a Mayor of Baltimore.^[3] Pelosi's brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also a Democrat, was mayor of Baltimore from 1967 to 1971, when he declined to run for a second term.

What about the Kennedy's? Let's face it. Could any of them make a dollar in a fully functioning, legal, American business?

How about this list political legacies......

Jesse Jackson Jr?
The Bush's?
Robin Carnahan?
Kwame Kilpatrick?
Monica and John Conyers?
Hillary Clinton?
Evan Bayh?

A real talent pool........... for a zombie movie.

The American political landscape is totally littered with losers who wouldn't be anything if not for Mommy, Daddy, or Hubby clearing the way for them in the profession of politics.

So I think it's kind of funny that the pride of Harry Reid's loins, Rory won't use his last name in his latest political ad...............



Boy, he sure picked up his dad's weasel like good looks now didn't he?