Friday, October 26, 2007
Odds to Boot
Did you see Matt Ryan yack on the sideline after he threw that amazing pass last night? I felt like yelling, "Omicron!"
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Going to get deep for a second....where are the rest of the candidates?
It’s still more than a year. i.e., ¼ a presidential term, away from the 2008 presidential elections and the media are busy trying to whittle the candidates down. More than a year away and the major media outlets are well on their way to telling us that there are only two candidates, one from each major party. Poll after poll says that Clinton or Guiliani is ahead. When was the last time you heard about the other major party candidates like Dennis Kucinich (Dem) or Ron Paul (Rep)…and not to mention third party candidates like Jesse Johnson (Green) and Daniel Imperato (Libertarian)?
Why are the media saying that there are only a handful of candidates? I wish I had the answer, but I’m sure money is at the root of it. That and maybe sheer laziness. It is as if the everyday citizen is too dumb to choose among any option greater than 2. “Uh, I don’t know [scratching head with other finger in nose]. Maybe I should just flip a coin, cuz it’s way too confusin’.”
Several months from now when the parties make their candidates official, it will be back to the same old story: choosing between the lesser of two evils. Who’s gonna screw us less? If I may paraphrase the controversial figure, Michael Moore (whose politics I don’t necessarily agree with), at least you know the Republicans are screwing you. The Democrats would have you believe that they are actually doing the right thing. We don’t even get to hear what these other candidates are saying. If we had smellivision, you could tell that the major candidates are actually serving the same brand of reeking bullshit, some just has more corn in it.
One way to open the forum to more choice would be to have the option to vote online. Unfortunately, it won’t happen for a long time because the nay-sayers will tell you that it disenfranchises minorities and that it is not secure. Well, it would only be an option. You could still be able to vote at polling stations. As for the security issue, millions of bank transactions happen everyday and we don’t see an epidemic of people having their bank accounts wiped clean. Commission a university to come up with a secure method. Use quantum computing or whatever you need to. Of course, there will be opposition because it is in neither party’s interest to have online voting, because that means that you’ll have more 18-35 year olds voting and that could mean…(ready for this?) a third party emerging. Heaven forbid!
Since CNN and FoxNews won’t do it, take a few minutes and see what these other candidates have to say. Everyone running has a campaign website, and there are plenty of sites that summarize for you. At least you could have better water cooler conversation, and that’s how it all starts.
Why are the media saying that there are only a handful of candidates? I wish I had the answer, but I’m sure money is at the root of it. That and maybe sheer laziness. It is as if the everyday citizen is too dumb to choose among any option greater than 2. “Uh, I don’t know [scratching head with other finger in nose]. Maybe I should just flip a coin, cuz it’s way too confusin’.”
Several months from now when the parties make their candidates official, it will be back to the same old story: choosing between the lesser of two evils. Who’s gonna screw us less? If I may paraphrase the controversial figure, Michael Moore (whose politics I don’t necessarily agree with), at least you know the Republicans are screwing you. The Democrats would have you believe that they are actually doing the right thing. We don’t even get to hear what these other candidates are saying. If we had smellivision, you could tell that the major candidates are actually serving the same brand of reeking bullshit, some just has more corn in it.
One way to open the forum to more choice would be to have the option to vote online. Unfortunately, it won’t happen for a long time because the nay-sayers will tell you that it disenfranchises minorities and that it is not secure. Well, it would only be an option. You could still be able to vote at polling stations. As for the security issue, millions of bank transactions happen everyday and we don’t see an epidemic of people having their bank accounts wiped clean. Commission a university to come up with a secure method. Use quantum computing or whatever you need to. Of course, there will be opposition because it is in neither party’s interest to have online voting, because that means that you’ll have more 18-35 year olds voting and that could mean…(ready for this?) a third party emerging. Heaven forbid!
Since CNN and FoxNews won’t do it, take a few minutes and see what these other candidates have to say. Everyone running has a campaign website, and there are plenty of sites that summarize for you. At least you could have better water cooler conversation, and that’s how it all starts.
Man Tour
Felipe has rekindled the idea of going on a man tour, a la the Germans we ran into when in Europe several years ago. The more the merrier.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Had to post this...hilarious!
From: Mark Gentile
Sent: Thu 10/11/2007 9:29 AM
To:
Subject: RE: Update
You've never met Weston before? Yeah, he's a good guy. He's been my boss for my whole career minus the 1 year I was in
- I’ve been sleeping with Weston for years! I once kidnapped him and held him hostage in room 4, he was wearing a wig and I told him to pretend to be a chick.
He heard what?!?!?
- He knows he’s my bitch
Where do these rumors start?
- I started spreading this rumor on the internet, hoping people would think I’m normal.
Not really a rumor to me. Been a while that I've known her. I've just been keeping it low key. After all, I am in my own little world out here.
- “keeping it low key” = she doesn’t really exist. HE is supposed to pretend he is a chick when people ask
Did buy the house (last Friday it was official). Furniture will be there, eventually. Little by little it'll get furnished.
I'm looking at this as a marathon, so one thing at a time.
- starting with some milk crates to put my TV on
Other than that, not much else going on.
What about you? How's the dad thing going? Sleeping at all? I'm sure it's a ton of work, but so rewarding.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Down with the Big Ten Network
Today's game should have been on TV for free. The Big Ten network is a total scam. I said, "screw it," and listened to it online. I hope Comcast never picks them up.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Funny T-shirts
If you've never been to www.bustedtees.com check it out. Here are some of my favorites.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Monday, October 8, 2007
The Rankings are crap
How is it that USC loses to an unranked team and still stays in the top 10! Who would have thought that Illinois would be a good. team. They took down Wisconsin with a spread offense. That doesn't look good for us.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Friends, Romans, Deke Brethren - lend me your ears.
After this past weekend of college football, what do we know? That the polls are a complete crock of sh*t:
Hello my name is Oklahoma, I got beaten by an unranked and poorly coached Colorado team. Don't worry though, I'll only drop a couple of spots in the polls because the other "good" team in my conference got the crap beat out of them.
Hello my name is Texas, I got the crap beat out of me this last weekend by an unranked opponent. Even though we played like crap against our first real competition of the year, we only dropped a couple of spots in the polls because: we're Texas of course and we have quarterback with a cool name.
Hello my name is Florida. I got beaten at home by an unranked team in my conference that I also lost to last year. Don't worry though, I'm still in the top ten because otherwise who would represent my conference? Besides that, we have the great white hope, Tim Tebow.
Not that we deserve to be ranked at all - but these teams lost to unranked opponents, they deserve to be dropped from the rankings altogether - especially Texas - that loss was not the result of an unlucky play.
Hello my name is Oklahoma, I got beaten by an unranked and poorly coached Colorado team. Don't worry though, I'll only drop a couple of spots in the polls because the other "good" team in my conference got the crap beat out of them.
Hello my name is Texas, I got the crap beat out of me this last weekend by an unranked opponent. Even though we played like crap against our first real competition of the year, we only dropped a couple of spots in the polls because: we're Texas of course and we have quarterback with a cool name.
Hello my name is Florida. I got beaten at home by an unranked team in my conference that I also lost to last year. Don't worry though, I'm still in the top ten because otherwise who would represent my conference? Besides that, we have the great white hope, Tim Tebow.
Not that we deserve to be ranked at all - but these teams lost to unranked opponents, they deserve to be dropped from the rankings altogether - especially Texas - that loss was not the result of an unlucky play.
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