I wrote this in December but didn't post it. Thoughts on Ohio State and HRC.
Ohio State’s Opponents
I found this while scrolling through the HD sports listings online. Saturday 12/15/07 @ 12:00ET Presbyterian College Blue Hose vs Ohio State Buckeyes on the Big Ten Network. What, there wasn’t an on campus intramural opponent available? I didn’t realize that FB Coach Jim Tressel was tasked to setup the basketball schedule as well!
“I’ve got Editorial Support!”
That was Sen. Clinton on the Today show on 12/17/07, referencing the Des Moines Register editorial endorsement (I’m curious, what percentage of the voting public reads newspapers like that these days?), while hoping viewers weren’t paying attention to Sen. Lieberman (2000 Dem. VP nominee) endorsing Sen. McCain for the Presidency. Mrs. Clinton is so confident, she even appeared on the Fox News Channel! (I can’t hide my sarcasm) She is still sinking in the quicksand aftermath from her all-Kerry circular answer/non-answer to the driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants question at a Democratic Debate in Philadelphia a LONG TIME ago. And now she’s counting her Senate service like dog years – we need one heck of a Senate Pension lock box if 7 years in the Senate equals 35 years of service.
Then her husband is on the CNN Website (don’t worry, I reached it from Matt Drudge’s page) claiming that the first President Bush will tour the world with him to undue the damage that the current President Bush is doing to the country in the international community. Has WJC completely lost it? Not too long ago, he revised his Iraq position. Remember, he was for regime change and launched missile strikes against Iraq in 1998. In 2003, he supported President Bush’s actions against Iraq (quoted in Time Magazine). Does his understanding of the word IS not enable him to understand that the Fox News Channel IS the leading cable news network and they WILL and DO report on his inconsistencies. They weren’t on the air in 1992, and were just launching in 1996, so it is an organization that he didn’t have to be concerned about while he was a candidate. CNN, NBC, ABC, and CBS won’t be able to ignore Mr. Clinton’s inconsistencies this time around.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Super Tuesday & CPAC Reflections
I’m referencing CPAC since that’s where Mitt Romney bowed out and John McCain attempted to reach out to conservatives. McCain has been choice #1 for me for about a month; I arrived at him after performing deductive analysis rather than inherently being in agreement with him (I caucused for Obama as part of the ABC (Anyone BUT Clinton) Alliance. After Super Tuesday, I didn’t see a path for Romney to achieve the nomination, though the lack of a path is significantly influenced by the outcomes from three large-delegate winner take all states that McCain (or any Republican) has next to no chance of winning in November (NY, NJ, CA). Of all the Republicans referencing Reagan, I think Romney had the best chance of succeeding in Reagan’s footprints, but his conversion to conservatism was abrupt. (He might have earned my #1 choice if he had a longer track record of being guided by conservative principles) Reagan’s conversion took some time (as in decades). Romney would be wise to emulate Reagan’s activity between his tenure as Governor (CA) and Party Nominee.
McCain – we’ll be able to observe the effectiveness of reaching out to the other side. Immigration, Campaign Finance Reform, No Child Left Behind, Gang of 14 are a few of the issues where McCain has compromised on conservative principles. I do think those are examples of leadership, but I also have concerns about the direction of such leadership. And what are the chances that media outlets like the New York Times will endorse him in the General Election? That entity would endorse convicted drug-dealer former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry over Sen. McCain for President.
So Mrs. Clinton had to “loan” her campaign $5 MILLION dollars? Where did that money come from? As Senator, she’s in the 100K-200K range. Her husband was in the 200-300K range while President. Even if your investments pay off like Whitewater and Cattle Futures, those salaries don’t turn into having chunks of $5 MILLION dollars lying around. Especially when they had all of those legal bills to pay and those 2 houses to buy after leaving the White House in 2001 (and they didn’t have any home equity to cash in, having lived in Arkansas-provided housing prior to moving to D.C.). Did this money come from the likes of Norman Hsu, the Daly City, CA postal workers, or some Saudi Oil royalty? IF it has Saudi Oil roots, then how can HRC be all upset w/ Big Oil? Big Oil might just be the force keeping her afloat in the campaign. And now she wants to debate Obama every week? If I’m Obama, I don’t take that unless I can guarantee a question that will cause her to outcircle Sen. Kerry like the driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants did last October. At least Mrs. Clinton finally exhibited some honesty about HillaryCare when she said she’d approve of garnishing wages to fund her health care plan. That is code word for ADDITIONAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX. I think the people who want universal health care should move to Canada and try it out for awhile. Then they can come back to the USA and share what they learned. I can see a benfit to disconnecting health care from employer benefits, but am not sure how painful that would be to implement. But I would be in support of improving the process in that manner. Just look at the cost of Lasik eye surgery. It has significantly dropped in price and seems to be of high-quality, and IT IS NOT PART OF MOST EMPLOYER COVERAGE. When will a conservative candidate recognize this and use it?
McCain – we’ll be able to observe the effectiveness of reaching out to the other side. Immigration, Campaign Finance Reform, No Child Left Behind, Gang of 14 are a few of the issues where McCain has compromised on conservative principles. I do think those are examples of leadership, but I also have concerns about the direction of such leadership. And what are the chances that media outlets like the New York Times will endorse him in the General Election? That entity would endorse convicted drug-dealer former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry over Sen. McCain for President.
So Mrs. Clinton had to “loan” her campaign $5 MILLION dollars? Where did that money come from? As Senator, she’s in the 100K-200K range. Her husband was in the 200-300K range while President. Even if your investments pay off like Whitewater and Cattle Futures, those salaries don’t turn into having chunks of $5 MILLION dollars lying around. Especially when they had all of those legal bills to pay and those 2 houses to buy after leaving the White House in 2001 (and they didn’t have any home equity to cash in, having lived in Arkansas-provided housing prior to moving to D.C.). Did this money come from the likes of Norman Hsu, the Daly City, CA postal workers, or some Saudi Oil royalty? IF it has Saudi Oil roots, then how can HRC be all upset w/ Big Oil? Big Oil might just be the force keeping her afloat in the campaign. And now she wants to debate Obama every week? If I’m Obama, I don’t take that unless I can guarantee a question that will cause her to outcircle Sen. Kerry like the driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants did last October. At least Mrs. Clinton finally exhibited some honesty about HillaryCare when she said she’d approve of garnishing wages to fund her health care plan. That is code word for ADDITIONAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX. I think the people who want universal health care should move to Canada and try it out for awhile. Then they can come back to the USA and share what they learned. I can see a benfit to disconnecting health care from employer benefits, but am not sure how painful that would be to implement. But I would be in support of improving the process in that manner. Just look at the cost of Lasik eye surgery. It has significantly dropped in price and seems to be of high-quality, and IT IS NOT PART OF MOST EMPLOYER COVERAGE. When will a conservative candidate recognize this and use it?
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
No Crying or Coughing in Politics
What the heck is going on out there? Mrs. Clinton's hopes dimmed before the New Hampshire, so she teared up. It worked, and when Obama's surge continued into Super Tuesday, she did it again. Someone finally got the message to her to stop cackling when asked a tough question. We should send all of those tapes to the CIA. They won't have a need to waterboard any prisoner - just loop Mrs. Clinton's cackling! Just be sure to issue the CIA agent some hearing protection so that our national asset doesn't go insane. So today she started coughing when KTVU asked her what Mr. Clinton's role would be if she became president. She came down w/ a persistent cough to refrain from answering! (2 days after doing this on Stephanopoulos' show). Is she going to do that when Ahmadinejad or Putin surprises her? The American people need to know what Mr. Clinton's role will be. I'm sure he'll spend MANY more nights at the White House than he has spent the past 8 YEARS in her, er, their Georgetown home. And how many Foreign Donors to the Clinton Presidential Library will visit the Lincoln Bedroom on his behalf? Didn't we learn our lesson allowing the satellite technology to the Chinese in the 1990's?
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Super Bowl Reflections
I was bored by the first 3 quarters - disappointed that the Patriots couldn't figure out how to protect Tom Brady or run the football. The Giants' pass rush was outstanding, but Brady and the Patriots didn't go to hot reads or max protect blocking. They did throw a bunch of hitches and WR screens, but couldn't sustain drives with those plays. The multi-TE set that was successful running the football against San Diego didn't work against the Giants. They did have a solid drive in the 4th to take the lead - the problem was that they geared their strategy all season to score, score, and score some more. Their defense is old by NFL standards - it broke on the Giant's final drive (similar to last year vs. Indy). Harrison and Samuel dropped interceptable passes. The DL couldn't wrap up QB Eli Manning on the huge play to David Tyree - what a CATCH! WR Steve Smith got out of bounds converting a 3rd and 11 for a first down the play before the TD to Burress. The Giants were in a hurry-up mode, but never had to truly rush things. Something that neither FOX's Joe Buck or Troy Aikman noticed on the Patriots' last ditch effort: the 3rd down pass to Moss traveled 65 yards in the air ACROSS the field. Unfortunately for the Pats, the Giants secondary stayed home and didn't roll right w/ Brady. That was the only play that the Pats moved Brady the WHOLE game - surprising since his pocket was non-existent the whole game. I was disappointed that Belichick left before the Giants took the kneeldown to end the game. He should have shown the respect to allow the game to properly end.
Some things that didn't make any sense to me:
1. Why was HC Bill Belichick wearing a red hoodie? He'd worn some shade of gray the rest of the season, er seasons, including past Super Bowls.
2. Why the Pats passed up on a 49 yard FG on 4th and 13 in the 3rd quarter? 4th and 4 or 5 with Welker and Moss, ok. But not 4th and 13 the way they played in the first half.
Some things that didn't make any sense to me:
1. Why was HC Bill Belichick wearing a red hoodie? He'd worn some shade of gray the rest of the season, er seasons, including past Super Bowls.
2. Why the Pats passed up on a 49 yard FG on 4th and 13 in the 3rd quarter? 4th and 4 or 5 with Welker and Moss, ok. But not 4th and 13 the way they played in the first half.
Super Bowl 42
It's almost kickoff time so I should get this posted before wages close.
New England 38 (-12) N Y Giants 20. I think we're more likely to see the dominant Patriots passing attack return. The Giants' secondary is relatively weak, though their strong postseason play might be keyed by DB Corey Webster playing better after replacing Sam Madison (from Louisville). When was the last time that Brady & Co. played in 70 degree weather? Nov 4th vs. the Colts - though they only had 24 in that one. But that Colts team (w/ Freeney) was statistically the league's best defense. The other games in that time frame were the 49-28 and 52-7 type. Sports fans were being reminded that a major league baseball franchise exists in Denver.
Props: I like Moss over 95.5 yards receiving, Brady over 295.5 yards passing, and Welker over 7.5 catches - though I haven't placed any dollars or chips on those. Yesterday's Spygate revelations signaled to me to not touch this game w/ a 10-foot pole. The Pats should use that as a positive motivational tool, but it reminds me too much of the Falcons inexplicaply attempting a 2-point conversion instead of kicking an extra point late in a 34-19 loss to Denver after the '98 season. Chris Chandler rolled left (he's an immoble righty) and threw the ball into the front row of the stands. Why was that significant? The over-under in that game was 53 and the bulk of the money that year was on a Denver repeat.
New England 38 (-12) N Y Giants 20. I think we're more likely to see the dominant Patriots passing attack return. The Giants' secondary is relatively weak, though their strong postseason play might be keyed by DB Corey Webster playing better after replacing Sam Madison (from Louisville). When was the last time that Brady & Co. played in 70 degree weather? Nov 4th vs. the Colts - though they only had 24 in that one. But that Colts team (w/ Freeney) was statistically the league's best defense. The other games in that time frame were the 49-28 and 52-7 type. Sports fans were being reminded that a major league baseball franchise exists in Denver.
Props: I like Moss over 95.5 yards receiving, Brady over 295.5 yards passing, and Welker over 7.5 catches - though I haven't placed any dollars or chips on those. Yesterday's Spygate revelations signaled to me to not touch this game w/ a 10-foot pole. The Pats should use that as a positive motivational tool, but it reminds me too much of the Falcons inexplicaply attempting a 2-point conversion instead of kicking an extra point late in a 34-19 loss to Denver after the '98 season. Chris Chandler rolled left (he's an immoble righty) and threw the ball into the front row of the stands. Why was that significant? The over-under in that game was 53 and the bulk of the money that year was on a Denver repeat.
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