America's New Terror

We can forget about Al Qaeda now and worry about our new terror - the Bush Administration and the $700 Billion bailout. Listening to Paulsen and Bernake if we don't act RIGHT NOW we are going to see credit tighten so much that jobs will be lost, business will cease and Armageddon will be upon us.

Somebody needs to explain to me that what the rush is about? Let's get the damn thing right! We, the taxpayers, are about to have another proctology exam given to us and we're suppose to rush thriugh this? I don't want this to be a permanent one! This is nothing but another bail out for corruption. That is why Wall Street is waiting, they want to see if this will be hung around their neck. Chicken Little in the White house isn't helping saying 'The shy is falling and it won't stop if we don't pass this'. He hasn't gotten the war right, what makes him right about this?

The people who pay their takes, pay their mortgages, play by the rules are really going to get pissed off soon. We are the camel's back and we're only one or two straws from breaking. As Peter Finch said in Network, "Everybody stand up, open your window and scream 'We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore!'"

What Is Our Society Coming To?

You've got to be kidding me! Every time I think we can't raise the level of stupidity, we out do ourselves! The lunacy in the Jericho Scott case that he can't pitch because he is too good is absurd! Here is a GIFTED 9 year old kid who can pitch in the 8-10 year old league has been told he cannot play because "he might hurt someone". WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Have we evolved into a cry baby society? Why should Jericho be punished? It sounds like there are more kids who can't play the game and now it needs to be dummied down for them.

If the other coaches and parents are that worried, get your kids to practice more! Jericho's pitching will push these other kids to practice harder thus raising their game. But nooooooooooooooooooooooo, we don't want to do that. We want to make it easier on the kids, let's not them try as hard. So instead of making kid's work hard and excel, here is what the league will
do: "Officials for the thre e-year-old league, which has eight teams and about 100 players, said they will disband Jericho's team, redistributing its players among other squads, and offered to refund $50 sign-up fees to anyone who asks for it." (SI Online "Nine-year-old told he's too good - MLB -
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Did they think how this would make Jericho feel? When asked, he said "I feel sad," he said. "I feel like it's all my fault nobody could play." This is the way we're supposed to encourage kids to play? How many kids has he hit? Zip, zero, nada, zilch! The attorney for the league, Peter Noble, has agreed that he hasn't hit anyone. So what's the issue? Quoting Noble, "Facing that kind of speed" is frightening for beginning players." THEN DON'T PLAY! This guy ought to have a field day with junior football. Can you imagine saying this to Babe Ruth?

It's time to get real. This is sports and sports have contact. You get hit, get up, rub some dirt on it and play. If you're that worried, don't play!

Romney Out

So much for the speech Tuesday night that he's in it for the long haul. What
does that say about him and his campaign?

Congratulations To Rob Kane!

I want to congratulate Rob Kane on his victory for the state senate seat in the 32nd district. I have known Rob for close to 5 months now as we are both pursing our MBA degrees. He is a fine, intelligent person who will well represent his district. I am sure Rob will not look out for his district but will look out for the interests of the state as well.

Good luck Rob as you begin your term as a State Senator!

Giants Win.... Yea, the GiantsWin

Well, as a Cowboys fan, I didn't think I could explain this but there always was a nagging feeling at me for this game. Giants hot, Cowboys not. I guess the first inclination as to what was going to happen was it is tough to beat a team 3 times in one season. That wasn't it. It was probably more of the way the payed in the month of December.

Can we move the team to the CFL? At least there season is done in November!!

Let me give credit to the Giants. They took advantage of the Cowboys miscues. Reeves taking a penalty on the final drive of the 1st half was plain stupid. Instead of a possible 3 points, they gave 7 points up and tied the game. Coming out for the 2nd half down 7 is totally different.

This Cowboys offense just wasn't the same after Thanksgiving. The win against Detroit was a gift. The whole month of December was atrocious. Why Phillips did pull everyone out of the Washington game and work them over the bye week is beyond me.

One quick point. Don't give me the bullsh** about Jessica Simpson. If I remember correctly, she went out with Tony Romo, Not T.O. and Patrick Crayton who dropped some important catches. Nothing more that Crayton's in the 2nd half were he might have broke one for a touchdown. But that's neither here nor there.

Dallas, again, now gets to think what might have been. And we as fans think what happen. The player's move on and why not, making all that money doesn't have the same impact. I go to work Monday and will take a ribbing from my Giant friends (now there's a oxy-moron). The players will jet away and not be heard from again until early July. Where we start the process over again and see which fan gets crushed again.

I guess when it goes bad, it really goes into the toilet. Football, Baseball, Hockey, it's been a while since a championship and I thought this might be it. I take away another painful loss and hope the Cowboys take away a lesson that will propel them to the Super Bowl in 2009.

Uh, before I go, I bought my "cheese hat" for the championship game!

What will be raising faster than gas prices?

Insurance rates! Cripe, I think NASCAR has gone nationwide, if not, they're here in Connecticut. Is everybody competing for points? I drive the I91 corridor between Meriden and Hartford and I can't believe the speed of some of these vehicles. I'm not one who does 45 MPH in the fast lane, I keep with the traffic's speed which is usually on either side of 70. But some of these "Jeff Gordon's" want to set land speed records.

I'm surprised the amount of accidents have not increased. Along with the speed they have to wind in and out of traffic. It won't be too long before we see one of those NASCAR pile ups. The problem is that those drivers know what to do when it starts and are very well protected in their cars. We are not. Somebody make sure Life Star is on stand by.

The Good Ole Days