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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.

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

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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.

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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

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Approval ratings and the debate

October 8, 2008

President Bush and his administration have seen their approval rating hit new lows, along with that of both Republican and Democrats in Congress.  In fact, the only team exceeding expectations in Washington is the Redskins.

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Amazingly after almost two years of this presidential campaign, millions of Americans still claim to be undecided.  And aren’t these the same people who always seem to be in front of you in line at Starbucks?

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Despite his 22 years of Senate experience, John McCain sought to portray Barack Obama, with his four years in the Senate, as being responsible for the mess in this country.  Isn’t that like Al Davis blaming Lane Kiffin for the Oakland Raiders?

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During the Presidential debate, at one point John McCain talked about “gold-plated Cadillac” insurance policies that pay for hair transplants.  Oops, who gave him one of Sarah Palin’s debate index cards?

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And some commentators thought John McCain was being condescending by referring to Barack Obama as “that one.”  Nope, McCain wasn’t being condescending, he just couldn’t remember Obama’s name.

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Since all four division series ended in four games or less, Tuesday night was the first night since the All-Star break that fans couldn’t watch Major League Baseball.  To which Washington Nationals’ fans said “Welcome to the club.”

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Say Ray!

October 6, 2008

Congratulations to the Tampa Bay Rays, who followed their first winning season by winning their first playoff series.    This despite a year where their attendance ranked 26th out of 30 teams. 

Which might explain why when Tampa area residents were asked about their baseball team’s chances to make it to the World Series, the number one response was “We have a baseball team?”

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Barack Obama is moving out to a solid lead in recent polls.  In fact, many pundits say the only way he could lose is if he puts on a Cubs jersey.

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One bit of cheery news for the Angels of Anaheim.  They may be going home after the first round despite the best record in baseball.  But at least they’re going home to Disneyland.

 

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Apparently while Lehman Brothers was pleading for a federal bailout before they went bankrupt, the investment bank was also steering million dollar bonuses  to their executives.  So CEO Richard Fuld and others could face prosecution.  Though they will try to have charges dropped so they can go out and find the real bank robbers.

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Playoff time thoughts….

October 6, 2008

For the third time in a row, the Angels-Red Sox playoff game finished up well after midnight Eastern Time.  It’s all part of Major League Baseball’s “No child left awake” policy.

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And silver linings for Cubs fans.  At least they won’t have their hearts broken in the World Series.  Plus think of all the money they will save on Series tickets.

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Sarah Palin said that voters “don’t know the real Barack Obama.”  Considering that Senator Obama has been campaigning under a media microscope for almost two years, isn’t it more likely that voters don’t know the real Sarah Palin?

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The John McCain campaign is really hitting new lows of negativity.   And if the story about former radical and current University of Chicago Professor Bill Ayers doesn’t work, the next thing they may say is that while in Chicago, Obama associated with Rex Grossman.

 

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The University of Wisconsin marching band has been suspended for alcohol, hazing and sexual misconduct.   Along with possible additional charges of -impersonating the Stanford band.

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Now former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin has been advised to sue Oakland owner Al Davis for defamation.  And Kiffin might have a strong case.  As long as he could convince potential jurors that by taking the job in the first place, the young man wasn’t showing signs of insanity…

 

Finally a great thought from Nick Coombs

John McCain announced last week that he was pulling his operation out of Michigan today.  To think he says he’s the candidate for change? He’s just doing what most businesses in the state have been doing for the past 30 years!

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Sarah Palin meets the Queen of England…

October 3, 2008

I have no connection to Saturday Night Live, or a comic troupe, alas…

But nonetheless, here is an imagined conversation between Governor Sarah Palin and Queen Elizabeth II of England.   (imagined with Tina Fey as Sarah and Kristin Whig as the Queen.)

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Great to meetcha.  Can I call you Liz?  Are you a hockey mom too?

Swell house.  Yes, I’d love tea. You betcha. You know, we have English Breakfast Tea at my house.

John has told me that you guys have been such a big help in Iraq.   And we just can’t wave the white flag of surrender. I mean, just because we are trying to control a country across the ocean that doesn’t want us there…   Did I mention that John McCain and I are Mavericks?
 
And I brought you a present.  It’s a wolf I shot that I found on your lawn.  I even field dressed it for you.   But, gosh, your English wolves have short legs.  A Corgi?  No, what’s that?  Oh, terribly sorry Liz.  Say it ain’t so.  Dog-gone.

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A silver lining in Chicago….

October 3, 2008

Apparently the city of Chicago has directed bars and restaurants near Wrigley Field to stop serving alcohol after the seventh inning of any Cubs potential series clinching home playoff games. 

Does this really need a punchline?

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And when asked about Barack Obama’s new lead in the polls, John McCain replied “Life isn’t fair.”

So McCain is finally acting presidential.  It’s just that the president is Jimmy  Carter.

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Senator McCain’s campaign announced Thursday they were leaving Michigan.  Well, finally, some proof that McCain has an exit strategy.

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Most pundits agree that in the debate Sarah Palin met or exceeded expectations.  But have we learned nothing in the last eight years other than maybe we should be setting the bar a LITTLE higher.

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A new NBA report found no evidence of illegal activity by any referee other than Tim Donaghy.  Wonder if this report was done by the same people who figured a few years back that baseball’s steroid problem was Barry Bonds.

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Interim positions?

October 2, 2008

Tom Cable was appointed the Oakland Raiders’ interim coach.  But for the Raiders, isn’t “interim coach”  redundant.

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If Sarah Palin flops in Thursday’s debate, will they begin referring to her as the “interim vice-presidential candidate?”

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Actually the Palin camp has a new debate strategy.  They will give Joe Biden free reign to make an opening statement, which should lead right into Gwen Ifill saying “well, that’s all the time we have.”

More about that scandal in Canada, where Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been accused of making a speech lifted word for word from a speech by Australian Prime Minister John Howard.  Well, at least no one accuses George W. Bush of plagarising.  That would require that he read something.

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And this from actual Dodgers fan Nick Coombs:


What’s the difference between a Cubs fan and a Dodgers fan?
One waits 100 years, the other waits till the 7th inning.

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