#CWAA: Can We All Agree™ – 6/17/18 edition
June 16, 2018
CWAA: Can We All Agree – 11/5/16 edition
November 5, 2016
Can we all agree the World Series was a great diversion from the campaign? Maybe that’s why it had the highest TV ratings in 20 years.
Can we all agree both the Cubs and Indians deserved to win?

Fans outside Wrigley Field where the names of generations of Cubs faithful are listed. (AP photo)
Can we all agree, like Red Sox fans in 2004, the most touching stories involved Cubs fans who were not alive to witness the historic win?
Can we all agree Bill Murray’s interview with Theo Epstein was a highlight of the post-win coverage: not to mention the Budweiser ad featuring Harry Caray?
Can we all agree Chicago needed some good news given the record number of murders that have occurred in the city this year?
Can we all agree the contrast in campaign style during the last week, mirrors the differences between the two presidential candidates?
Can we all agree it’s no surprise Mr. Trump’s income may not be all he says it is?
Can we all agree, even Mr. Trump probably thinks his latest newspaper endorsement is probably ill timed?
Can we all agree, reports about Mr. Tump’s ties to Russians who wanted to launder money through his projects, would doom most candidates, but not him?
Can we all agree that both sides are pulling out all the stops in the final week? Donald Trump brought out his wife and Hillary Clinton brought out the President: it was not a fair fight.
Can we all agree that, in one sense, this election will be like many others, since it all depends on voter turnout?
Can we all agree the strangest story of the week might be the link between the Trump campaign and a group of teenage hackers in Macedonia?
Can we all agree we owe the Washington Post a big thank you for compiling a list of the biggest lies of the campaign?
Can we all agree the one thing we are all happy about, is that there are only 3 days left to the campaign?
Can we all agree that based on his agency’s activity of the last 10 days, FBI director James Comey, has some real issues to deal with? I guess the question is, will he be around to deal with them?
Can we all agree the latest jobs report is good news for the Clinton campaign?
Can we all agree it would be hard to believe that two of Chris Christie’s top aides, who were were found guilty of conspiracy, could have planned anything without his knowledge?
Can we all agree that Harvard did the right thing in canceling the men’s soccer team’s season, after their sexually explicit scouting report on the women’s team, came to light?
Can we all agree that Vladimir Putin has good reason to derail Mrs. Clinton’s campaign since, if she wins, he will have to deal with female leaders in Germany, England and the US ?
Can we all agree we’re a bit confused about the ‘controversy” between Beyonce and the CMAS?
Can we all agree, speaking of strange, that the leader of South Korea dependence on a mystic, conjures up memories of Nancy Reagan?
Can we all agree that conducting an opinion poll in North Korea can hardly be considered scientific?
Can we all agree Brexit just got a lot more complicated this week, when the English courts said Parliament had to vote on the exit agreement?
Can we all agree the development of GMO’s was never about saving the world, but was more about making money?
Can we all agree when the Venezuelan president told city dwellers to grow their own food, it sounded a lot like “let them eat cake.”
Can we all agree that Syrian President Assad is dealing with his own version of altered reality?
And finally, this week’s train wreck award goes to:
A Wisconsin high school that made up a story about students killed in a crash, to warn young people about the dangers of drunk driving,
or
The Bay Area Rapid Transit system which paid a janitor over $270,000 in pay and benefits for work in the last year.
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back.
CWAA: Can We All Agree – 5/7/16 edition
May 7, 2016
Can we all agree it would be interesting to see if Donald Trump would bar the new Muslim mayor of London from entering the United Staters?
Can we all agree this week’s turn of events in the GOP is just stunning? Trump wins Indiana, Cruz and Kasich drop out and the party establishment goes nuts.
Can we all agree that Trump’s chances in the general election depend on how many party loyalists vote for Hillary, or just don’t vote at all?
Can we all agree that, once again, the media listened to too many ‘experts,’ and were never able to provide an accurate picture of what was going on with GOP voters? But then people blame the media every four years, anyway.
Can we all agree the parade of GOP leaders who will not support Trump, combined with talk of a third party movement shows how desperate the party has become?
Can we all agree that the Democrat’s biggest worry may be overconfidence?
Can we all agree that it has taken President Obama way too long to visit the disaster that is the Flint, MI water crises?
Can we all agree that it is hard to comprehend the number of Canadiens who have been forced to evacuate because of the Fort McMurray wild fire?
Can we all agree we are surprised but not shocked that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US?
Can we all agree that the FDA needed to do something to regulate e-cigarettes before states such as California created a patchwork of regulations like we already have on cigarette sales?
Can we all agree as North Carolina and the Federal Government battle over the state’s so called, bathroom law, the real losers will be the citizens of the state?
Can we all agree the announcement on new national monuments to the gay-rights movement seemed timed to counter to rising tide of anti-gay sentiment in the US?
Can we all agree that the San Diego judge handling the class action lawsuit against Trump University must have been counting on a Trump loss in the presidential election when he scheduled the trial for November 28?
Can we all agree this video taken from a camera attached to a rocket launched into space is just mesmerizing?
Can we all agree that 160,000 new jobs may not be what economists expected, but it’s better than a loss of jobs or declining wages?
Can we all agree the best we can say about the first Communist Party Congress in North Korea in 35 years is “who cares.?”
Can we all agree the same could be said for the Sport Illustrated plan to feature a nude photo of Kaitlin Jenner on its cover?
Can we all agree it will be great to see Jon Stewart back on TV around the election, even if it’s just short videos?
Can we all agree cease-fire agreements in Syria seem almost meaningless?
Can we all agree California will join the list of states which have legalized marijuana after the votes are counted in November?
Can we all agree comedian Larry Wilmore crossed a line with his remarks at last Saturday’s Correspondent’s Dinner? But the President was very funny.
Can we all agree, now that Malia Obama has decided to take a year off before attending Harvard, everyone will follow suit?
And finally:
Can we all agree they best story of the week was the Leicester City soccer club winning the English Premier League title? One commentator likened it to a Triple-A baseball team winning the World Series.