1. I did not want to cast any aspersions on the fine state of Wyoming--after all Noah and his family live there.
2. You folks who really know how to maneuver around the inernet have to find the Jon Stewart/Bernard Goldberg interchange. Goldberg used to be a serious investigative journalist in sports as well as hard news. But one day he woke up and became a Fox mouthpiece. Stewart eats him up alive in this vignette and it is hilarious. Hope you can find it.
Now I am really off.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
See You By The Pool
I will be the slightly overweight (but nonetheless studly)guy without the umbrella drink. Hopefully, they will have a nice single malt. Gary and Somee are getting married in Puerto Vallarta a week from tomorrow. Apart from being very happy for them, I am personally very happy because Anna will be there as will Jess/Steffen and the kids. A good time will be had by all. I will not even whine about the circuitous flights we will be on--just will enjoy the moment and welcome some joy into our lives (what a positive attitude, huh?).
Wouldn't you think the Vatican would have learned something from the sex abuse scandals in the U.S. generally and Boston specifically? Apparently not--denial follows denial follows blame the victim follows blame the media and the walls go up higher to protect the hierarchy. They learned nothing and one thing they especially did not learn was how to handle their own PR. They gotta know that all sorts of fools (not me of course) have access to the internet and will be trying to nail the Pope. But nope, they refuse any calls for transparency or openness sticking instead to their belief in the infallability theory--since I am infallible I can do no wrong.
So we are halfway to having casinos. Now we have our state senate deliberating and taking their time and studying the issue and mostly stalling until they can figure out what their constituents want. Actually, mostly stalling until they get told how to vote and find out whats in it for them. The realization finally hit that THERE ARE NO OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE UNLESS TAXES ARE RAISED--and since they are gutless, taxes are not on the table. Plus big time bucks are on the table in terms of fees, construction, and ultimately gambling. I happen not to believe they can turn back now but do believe they can delay it for a while.
So I gotta hand it to Mr. Obama. He can do more than one thing at a time and he can thank Goldman Sachs for perhaps allowing him to be successful again. Financial Reform is coming and Wall Street is about to get kicked where it hurts. Some Republicans are going to think long and hard about voting in a way that seems to defend Wall Street. Then, this coming week Kerry and that Graham character from South Carolina are introducing a big environmental bill. These are major major initiatives and when taken together may not be perfect--but they are important and should put the Bushies to shame.
But not Mr. Cheny who sticks his nose into the Florida senate race and claims Charlie Crist is too tight with Obama and we should all vote for Rubio--who is only tight with the tea baggers. Last I heard, Cheney lives in Wyoming and should mind his own business. Rubio is dangerous much like our own Scottie Brown who is worse than we could have imagined and an embarrassment--its Kennedy's seat for God's sake.
Okay some of you may think this is sports but it is really about college athletics and their total prostitution to big time football/basketball. Turns out the NCAA is not just investigating Rich Rodriquez for his fine work at Michigan--they are looking at some of his efforts at his previous school West Virginia. I have been onto this guy from jump street when Michigan, to its everlasting regret, gave a million bucks to West Virginia to break his contract there. He has got to go to the curb and be kicked on his way there. Damaging two programs while under the supervision (ahem) of Athletic Directors and school Presidents.
Now real sports:
The Celtics and the Bruins have looked better than I expected. The Bruins especially have played way above the way the played in the regular season. They just have to hope Rask stays hot and they don't run into a high scoring team--like the Caps. The Celtics will likely get by Miami but then will have Mr. Lebron in front of them. Serves them right for lazing through a third of their games. The Cavs in my mind are suspect unless Lebron goes berserk.
And, oh by the way, the Yankees look very good even though I wont discuss that sport until July 4th!!
Cerveza por favor--a round for all my friends and a Glenlivet for me.
Sayonara.
Wouldn't you think the Vatican would have learned something from the sex abuse scandals in the U.S. generally and Boston specifically? Apparently not--denial follows denial follows blame the victim follows blame the media and the walls go up higher to protect the hierarchy. They learned nothing and one thing they especially did not learn was how to handle their own PR. They gotta know that all sorts of fools (not me of course) have access to the internet and will be trying to nail the Pope. But nope, they refuse any calls for transparency or openness sticking instead to their belief in the infallability theory--since I am infallible I can do no wrong.
So we are halfway to having casinos. Now we have our state senate deliberating and taking their time and studying the issue and mostly stalling until they can figure out what their constituents want. Actually, mostly stalling until they get told how to vote and find out whats in it for them. The realization finally hit that THERE ARE NO OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE UNLESS TAXES ARE RAISED--and since they are gutless, taxes are not on the table. Plus big time bucks are on the table in terms of fees, construction, and ultimately gambling. I happen not to believe they can turn back now but do believe they can delay it for a while.
So I gotta hand it to Mr. Obama. He can do more than one thing at a time and he can thank Goldman Sachs for perhaps allowing him to be successful again. Financial Reform is coming and Wall Street is about to get kicked where it hurts. Some Republicans are going to think long and hard about voting in a way that seems to defend Wall Street. Then, this coming week Kerry and that Graham character from South Carolina are introducing a big environmental bill. These are major major initiatives and when taken together may not be perfect--but they are important and should put the Bushies to shame.
But not Mr. Cheny who sticks his nose into the Florida senate race and claims Charlie Crist is too tight with Obama and we should all vote for Rubio--who is only tight with the tea baggers. Last I heard, Cheney lives in Wyoming and should mind his own business. Rubio is dangerous much like our own Scottie Brown who is worse than we could have imagined and an embarrassment--its Kennedy's seat for God's sake.
Okay some of you may think this is sports but it is really about college athletics and their total prostitution to big time football/basketball. Turns out the NCAA is not just investigating Rich Rodriquez for his fine work at Michigan--they are looking at some of his efforts at his previous school West Virginia. I have been onto this guy from jump street when Michigan, to its everlasting regret, gave a million bucks to West Virginia to break his contract there. He has got to go to the curb and be kicked on his way there. Damaging two programs while under the supervision (ahem) of Athletic Directors and school Presidents.
Now real sports:
The Celtics and the Bruins have looked better than I expected. The Bruins especially have played way above the way the played in the regular season. They just have to hope Rask stays hot and they don't run into a high scoring team--like the Caps. The Celtics will likely get by Miami but then will have Mr. Lebron in front of them. Serves them right for lazing through a third of their games. The Cavs in my mind are suspect unless Lebron goes berserk.
And, oh by the way, the Yankees look very good even though I wont discuss that sport until July 4th!!
Cerveza por favor--a round for all my friends and a Glenlivet for me.
Sayonara.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
PLAY BALL!!
The other night on Olberman's show he said (during his comment)that he had nothing he was angry about that day and so he was going to simply stare into the camera--which he did. I have never had that problem--duh. A deep well of anger and angst can be tapped at any time.
So we have Ms. Palin invoking the Holocaust to describe what might happen to Israel if Iran is not dealt with. That set me off. First of all, the frequent use of the word truly trivializes what happened to the Jews in Europe. Second, some people have standing to use that word--members of the "Tribe" and survivors for example. But Sara is neither and she is stupid besides. Now all of this is bad enough if it were not for my unease that Netanyahu is just spoiling for some fight with the Iranians and may not care what the U.S. might think of that. He is being egged on by folks who are in the AIPAC, by right wingers in his own government, and by our own home grown right wingers. Sticking it to Iran is right up Limbaugh's alley. The jets are already streaking over and into Gaza.
Then we have all of you opposed to casinos. I know who you are--hiding out there in the weeds ready to pounce on me--worried all of a sudden about slots and how bad they are and how they don't create jobs (they don't and I agree with that)--but no one has yet to tell me where new revenue is to come from. And we all know where cuts in state budgets come from--Human Services in general, some fee increases, and layoffs. Five years ago, you could go to the registry and get out in less than half an hour because they had plenty of offices and plenty of staff. They have less of both now and encourage you to go online--but guess what? When you reach a certain point (ahem--that would be a certain age), you have to go in for an eye test. Guess what else? You have a 5 minute test after a 90 minute wait. Plus, you out there in the weeds, we got the lottery which has worse odds than slots. No one objected to that. So I got the welcome mat out (though not in my back yard!!) for casinos, slots,and any other new stream of revenue which will protect both educational and human services.
Then we have our new senator, Scott Brown (by the way, I have no truck but I do have a jacket like his) picking a fight with Rachel Maddow in order to scare people. Picked the fight in order to raise money--but not here at home; no, his efforts were focused outside the state where people might actually get freaked out by the prospect of an "out Lesbian" actually dethroning him. If only. I am aware she responded in a big way to boost her ratings but still he is as stupid as Sara.
Sport Talk
Don't care what happens opening week between the Yanks and the Red Flops. My mantra for eons is to talk to me on July 4th. But here in Beantown at least, opening day will help take our minds off the floundering Bruins and the suddenly inept (and perhaps aging) Celtics.
I hate Duke but they are all I have left in the pool which I will lose one way or another anyhow. And I have recently heard a number of interviews with Coach "K"--he seems like quite a bright, articulate, and sensible fellow. Not at all like Calipari, Pitino, Rich Rodriquez, and that crew.
Go Pats.
Sayonara
So we have Ms. Palin invoking the Holocaust to describe what might happen to Israel if Iran is not dealt with. That set me off. First of all, the frequent use of the word truly trivializes what happened to the Jews in Europe. Second, some people have standing to use that word--members of the "Tribe" and survivors for example. But Sara is neither and she is stupid besides. Now all of this is bad enough if it were not for my unease that Netanyahu is just spoiling for some fight with the Iranians and may not care what the U.S. might think of that. He is being egged on by folks who are in the AIPAC, by right wingers in his own government, and by our own home grown right wingers. Sticking it to Iran is right up Limbaugh's alley. The jets are already streaking over and into Gaza.
Then we have all of you opposed to casinos. I know who you are--hiding out there in the weeds ready to pounce on me--worried all of a sudden about slots and how bad they are and how they don't create jobs (they don't and I agree with that)--but no one has yet to tell me where new revenue is to come from. And we all know where cuts in state budgets come from--Human Services in general, some fee increases, and layoffs. Five years ago, you could go to the registry and get out in less than half an hour because they had plenty of offices and plenty of staff. They have less of both now and encourage you to go online--but guess what? When you reach a certain point (ahem--that would be a certain age), you have to go in for an eye test. Guess what else? You have a 5 minute test after a 90 minute wait. Plus, you out there in the weeds, we got the lottery which has worse odds than slots. No one objected to that. So I got the welcome mat out (though not in my back yard!!) for casinos, slots,and any other new stream of revenue which will protect both educational and human services.
Then we have our new senator, Scott Brown (by the way, I have no truck but I do have a jacket like his) picking a fight with Rachel Maddow in order to scare people. Picked the fight in order to raise money--but not here at home; no, his efforts were focused outside the state where people might actually get freaked out by the prospect of an "out Lesbian" actually dethroning him. If only. I am aware she responded in a big way to boost her ratings but still he is as stupid as Sara.
Sport Talk
Don't care what happens opening week between the Yanks and the Red Flops. My mantra for eons is to talk to me on July 4th. But here in Beantown at least, opening day will help take our minds off the floundering Bruins and the suddenly inept (and perhaps aging) Celtics.
I hate Duke but they are all I have left in the pool which I will lose one way or another anyhow. And I have recently heard a number of interviews with Coach "K"--he seems like quite a bright, articulate, and sensible fellow. Not at all like Calipari, Pitino, Rich Rodriquez, and that crew.
Go Pats.
Sayonara
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