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How funny would it be if the rumors were true and Brett Favre was the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings the night they retire his number?
Comedy gold!
What do the TV ratings for the Washington Nationals have in common with steroids? Both are being investigated by Major League Baseball.
Speaking to members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Commissioner Bud Selig said that MLB will be checking into the accuracy of published Nielsen ratings. The SportsBusiness Journal reported last week that the Nationals were pulling in an average of only 9,000 households in the Washington area.
That’s pretty bad.
It’s not as bad as the TV ratings the team was pulling when it was still in Montreal. They weren’t even televised the last few years was the Expos.
From the looks of this, Barack Obama has ditched the fake Obamaized Presidential seal and has gone to a new piece of tricked out podium art that shows THE WORLD. The only problem is that it shows a portion of THE WORLD that he technically wont be in charge of when he is sworn in next January.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain spoke yesterday on a litany of topics including Iraq and Afghanistan. He tried to point out where he and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama differed on on Iraq, mainly on the so-called “surge”. From Real Clear Politics:
Where Senator Obama and I disagreed, fundamentally, was what course we should take. I called for a comprehensive new strategy — a surge of troops and counterinsurgency to win the war. Senator Obama disagreed. He opposed the surge, predicted it would increase sectarian violence, and called for our troops to retreat as quickly as possible.
The problem with McCain’s comment is that although what he said was “technically” correct, the Obama campaign had already retroactively removed all proof that he opposed the surge from his website.
That means it never happened.
It’s clear that McCain is grossly out of touch when it comes to politics of the 21st century. McCain should know that before critisizing Obama on an issue, he should first refer to the official Obama website or his MySpace page to see if the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee still holds that perticular stance on the issue. He very well may have flip-flopped refined his position, like he did on FISA and or Federal campaign finance.
John McCain is now left with egg on his face. I don’t really know what that saying means. I only know that it’s not very good.
The local newspaper, The Herald-Mail runs a daily feature called Mail Call. It’s where they publish comments left on an answering machine, supposedly by people in and around the Hagerstown area.
I’ve had the theory for some time now that most of the calls are fake. I think they are made up by someone over at the Herald-Mail. Listening to a bunch of voice mails and transcribing them word for word sounds like a lot of work.
That’s something not often associated with the Herald-Mail.
This one cracked me up:
I’m a resident in the North End of Hagerstown, and I’d like to make a comment on this article in the paper this morning about shutting down the street to have a booze party. We can’t even have a nice Christmas tree in the square anymore because they said it interfered with the flow of traffic, but yet they want to have a booze party. I think it’s ridiculous. They call it an art district down there. How does that coincide with a booze party? Someone please tell me.
I’m going to out on a limb and take a guess that this fictitious caller doesn’t like booze parties. What he or she is referring to is the Downtown Live Hagerstown music festival. It’s a one day event where national bands and musical artists come and play on the square in downtown Hagerstown. They shut down Washington and Potomac street to vehicle traffic and make it a pedestrian-only area.
It’s been a huge success the first two years it’s been held. Though they serve beer, I don’t think any of the street vendors serve hard alcohol.
The New Yorker magazine claims that the cover of it’s July 21 issue is meant to be satirical. They claim that artist Barry Blitt is satirizing the use of scare tactics and misinformation in the Presidential election to derail Barack Obama’s campaign.
Really? Did anyone ever claim that Michelle Obama walks around wearing camouflage clothing with a AK-47 strapped to her back? I must have missed that one. When did anyone ever claim that they use the American Flag for firewood? Did anyone ever say anything about a framed portrait of Usama bin Ladin?
This cover makes it seem that any criticism, even valid criticism, pertaining to Barack Obama is unwarranted. There’s a difference between satirizing misinformation and just making stuff up. I fully believe there is more then enough to criticize Barack Obama about without having to resort to making stuff up about him.
The story that resonates the most with me is the one about him attending a church for twenty years lead by a hateful whack job of a pastor that believed the United States government created the AIDS virus. A man who when speaking about President Bill Clinton, actually humped the pulpit.
This story, unlike all the made up ones, is actually true.
Earlier I blogged about something Reverend Jesse Jackson said about Presidential candidate Barack Obama. The various mainstream news organizations would not actually quote the good Reverend, even the ones on cable TV where they are free of the constraints put down by the FCC.
I now know what he actually said. What Reverend Jackson said was that he wanted to violently mutilate Barack Obama’s genitalia. Specifically, he stated his desire to cut Barack Obama’s testicles off.
I’ll be honest. I’ve always been a big fan of the Reverend Jesse Jackson. I’ve always admired the way he lived his life. The man has dedicated his entire life to teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Not only with words, but with his actions. A man with his talents and abilities could have chosen a much different path in life. He could have been a captain of industry or an entrepreneur. Instead he chose to live a life dedicated to Jesus.
With that said, I cannot support Reverend Jackson regarding his desire to mutilate Barack Obama’s genitalia. If he has an issue with Barack Obama, he needs to find a way to work it out that doesn’t involve a knife and Barack Obama’s testicles. There must be another way.
It looks as though the all-time leader in interceptions thrown has second thoughts about being retired. Perhaps he found out that nowhere else other then in the training rooms of the NFL do they hand out Vicodin pills like Pez candy. The four letter network is reporting that Favre sent a letter via overnight mail to the Green Bay Packers asking for his unconditional contractual release.
The hilarity that will ensue as a result of this is mind boggling. If Favre were to sign with the Minnesota Vikings or the Chicago Bears, fat guys all across Wisconsin that wear a big chunk of foam rubber cheese on their head and name their first born son “Lombardi” will likely have strokes.
In recent Newsweek poll, Barack Obama leads Republican nominee John McCain by just 3 percentage points, 44 percent to 41 percent. Last month’s Newsweek poll, Obama led McCain by 15 points, 51 percent to 36 percent.
What a month it has been.
What’s changed? Well, Obama flip-flopped on the following issues:
- Reneged on the promise to participate in Federal campaign financing.
- Voted with the Republicans to give retro immunity to the telecoms for their part in illegal warrantless eavesdropping. This was after promising to help filibuster the bill.
- Altered his stance on late-term abortions by claiming that a woman’s mental health should not be a factor when it comes to an exception for the health of the mother. He stated that only a serious physical issue — and not a mental issue — should be considered.
- Flip-flopped on his pledge to remove all combat brigades from Iraq within 16 months of taking office by saying the he retains the right to “refine” his plan after taking office.
Can Obama’s slide be attributed to his flip-flops? It’s hard to say. I changed my mind about Obama when it became known that he had chosen a racist, hateful crackpot to be his spiritual adviser.
I woke up yesterday morning not feeling well. I couldn’t stop shivering. No matter how many layers of clothing I put on, I couldn’t stop feeling that I was freezing to death. I took my temperature and I had a slight fever of 100.3 degrees. Sheri talked me into going to the Washington County Hospital Emergency Room and I’m glad she did. It turns out I have pneumonia.
I’ve never had pneumonia before. What I find strange about it is that I don’t have any pain in my chest. I don’t have a cough. I seemingly have no respiratory problems whatsoever. The chest x-ray told a different story.
The folks over at the Washington County Hospital could not have been any better. I was extremely impressed with the level of care I received from everyone there.
They gave me an I.V. of something when I first got there to put fluids into me. When they diagnosed me as having pneumonia, they gave me a dose of Avelox by I.V. I have to continue taking the Avelox by pill for the next 10 days.
The doctor seemed to think that I got this way from going back on Raptiva for my psoriasis. It’s a highly effective drug for treating psoriasis on your hands or feet, but like most psoriasis medications, it lowers your immune system. I’m supposed to take another injection of Raptiva tonight, but the doctor in the ER told me to skip this week’s dose.
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