Archive for July 12, 2009

And the Sarah Palin beat goes on.

July 12, 2009

Far from leaving the stage, Sarah Palin is front and center in the news after resigning s Alaska’s governor. Even Brett Favre says – “Doesn’t that woman know when to quit?”

Rumor has it that retiring Governor Sarah Palin may run for in a special election for Congress in Alaska. Makes sense, in Congress, serving two years in a full term.

What would be Palin’s campaign motto. “When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping?”


Actually, Palin said she plans to campaign nationally for other candidates, including if they share some of her views, potentially Democrats. Though, really, hasn’t.she done enough for the Democratic party already?


Indeed, Palin has received a great deal of support for her statement that she is willing to campaign for Democrats. Most of it from Republicans.


Steve McNair was killed by his girlfriend, Arturo Gatti was allegedly killed by his wife. If this keeps up, it may not be the scariest thing for male pro athletes to decide they are gay.


Or,

Steve McNair was killed by his girlfriend, Arturo Gatti was allegedly killed by his wife. Who knew, the pro athlete who got off cheapest might have been Kobe Bryant.

Mary Matalin said today that Dick Cheney is not Darth Vader. Of course Cheney is not Darth Vader. Cheney is Voldemort.


Today was the All Star Futures game, a showcase for young players who hope some day to play for major league teams. Which is a great opportunity for kids on Triple A teams and the Washingtion Nationals.


Researchers have found that monkeys on severely calorie restricted diets live longer, Which is good news for men who hope someday to live in nursing homes with geriatric super models.


And I am just returning from a weekend in Canada. Where codeine is available without a prescription, but it takes months to get a permit to buy a gun. Think the U.S. just MIGHT have gotten this backwards?
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South and North of the border…

July 12, 2009

Well, we may have had a week without any big new scandals, but in Arkansas recently, Republican senate candidate Curtis Coleman said that to go to the southeast part of the state means mean you “might as well get a visa and shots.” He later said he was “heartbroken” that this was interpreted as meaning southeast Arkansas is like a third world country.

Not at all, actually, you don’t need shots or visas for many third world countries.

His latest followup comment. “It is a thousand more times more likely that I am stupid than I am racist.” This could be true, but I would say he is batting 1,000 on both.


Regarding Steve McNair’s funeral, and yeah, it’s probably a little soon to joke. But in all seriousness too, you have to wonder, how many his fellow NFL players attending the funeral and eulogizing him in the media have to be thinking “there but for the grace of God and/or gun laws…

Suppose CFL (Canadian Football League) teams would probably be above using in their recruitment pitches to US players… “tighter gun laws.”

And another exhibit of why it’s just a little different in Canada:

This letter, to the Globe and Mail. a national paper published from Toronto, and written by one Ted Wright from Nova Scotia.

“I’m confused. A pop star, whose accomplishments far exceed those of Mohammed, Newton, Christ, Gutenberg, Pasteur, Michelangelo and Euclid combined, passes away, and yet you insist devoting space in your newspaper to G8 summit meetings among world leaders that could determine whether or not the human race will survive the next three decades. What’s that all about?”


On the Canadian sports scene, the CFL season has started and the Grey Cup (the Canadian equivalent of the Super Bowl) champion Calgary Stampeders are 0-2. And the hapless Hamilton Tigercats, (the Canadian equivalent of the Detroit Lions) actually are 1-1 after knocking off the B.C. Lions, a playoff team last season.

So for NFL fans, this might mean that the Pittsburgh Steelers shouldn’t get too cocky, and the Detroit Lions actually could have some hope for next season….. (Well, maybe we shouldn’t get too excited about the Lions.)