Archive for October 9, 2008

Barack and the Weatherman.

October 9, 2008

John McCain’s campaign has been trying to discredit Barack Obama by his association with a former Weatherman.  But the accusation isn’t getting much traction.  Most voters under 50 say they don’t even watch the Weather Channel.


And a version for readers over  50…

John McCain’s campaign has been trying to discredit Barack Obama by his association with a famous former Weatherman.  But the accusation isn’t getting much traction.  For most older voters, the only person that brings to mind is Willard Scott. 

Barack Obama has purchased 30 minutes of network primetime for October 29.  Well, that ought to be almost enough for some introductory remarks by Joe Biden.

Former NHL goalie Clint Malarchuk accidently shot himself after he placed a .22 caliber rifle between his legs after shooting rabbits. The bullet hit his chin. 

Tonight, Malarchuk reportedly said he considers himself “the luckiest man in America.”.

The NHL season opener was Thursday night, which means in the US, that hockey television ratings were about the same as they were Wednesday night.

From my funny friend Bill Littlejohn: 
Kevin Costner and Ron Sheldon are reportedly discussing a sequel to ‘Bull Durham’.This time, Crash and Annie help Nuke after Laloosh was named in the Mitchell Report”

More debate thoughts during a baseball lull…

October 9, 2008

So  with all division playoff series ending in four games or less,  we’ve now had the first 48 hour period since March without  Major League Baseball.  Or as they call it in New York.. October.

How slow and low scoring was Tuesday evening’s US presidential debate?  At one point they were thinking of settling it by penalty kicks?

Actually, viewers in Los Angeles rated the debate as less boring than most people in the United States. Maybe it’s because they tuned in after the first half hour and turned if off  well before the end.

The Chinese Gymnastics Association has asked for U.S. help iwith their new investigation into the ages of two members of the 2000 Olympic team.   Specifically if we could loan them the investigators who determined that cheating with NBA referees was confined to Tim Donaghy