In their week one rookie analysis nationalfootballpost.com had the following to say about Detroit Lions first round pick Jahvid Best:
"He struggles in pass protection, does not get good position and he lacks power. But on the positive side, he shows a willingness to block."
The website also suggested:
Best will eventually be used as a complementary back to Kevin Smith
I think they are completely wrong on this. They clearly have been looking at this from a national perspective since all of the local coverage suggests they are full of crap. Additionally they seem to be stuck on the scouting reports that Best has injury concerns and is not big enough to be a starter in the NFL. No one has questioned CJ Spiller's ability to be a starter even though he and Best are almost exactly the same size. When considering Best, think Brian Westbrook not Reggie Bush. I also take issue with Kevin Smith as the feature back. If Kevin Smith gets more than 10 carriers in a game that Best plays in I would be shocked. Nationalfootballpost.com actually has it backwards, Best is a feature back and Smith is the complementary back. One other note, why is it when talking about Tim Tebow, his willingness to compete proves he can be successful since he can taught all of the other things but with Best somehow it is a knock.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Dino Rossi doesn't understand the word bailout.
Dino Rossi the Republican candidate for Senate in Washington has called the most recent small business bill a bailout. The problem is, this is money that is being set aside for banks to specifically offer credit to small business that have been unable to get it. Banks are hesitant to lend in these hard times which only compounds the problems for small business that unlike big business are not sitting on piles of cash. This gives the smaller banks some security in offering loans to smaller business that have a higher risk.
According to Wikipedia the definition of a bailout is as follows:
"an act of giving capital to an entity (a company, a country, or an individual) in danger of failing in an attempt to save it from bankruptcy"
Based on Dino Rossi's claims every bank loan must now be considered a bailout since all this bill does is offer loans - not give aways - loans. Evil right?
Additionally Rossi seems to be out of step with Mitch McConnell on this, who recently called this aid package:
"a little itty-bitty small business bill that no one thinks will have much of an impact on the economy."
Based on his statements McConnell seems to prefer a bigger small business aid package which is in stark contrast to Rossi.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to talk about the Bush Tax Cuts. I hear Republicans (I'm looking at you Chuck Grassley) talking about how letting the tax cuts for people making over $250,000 will hurt small businesses. As an employee of a small business I was very skeptical of this claim. After further investigation using the Gretchen Carlson Google I found the following article titled Who Makes $250,000 a Year, Not Small Business Owners. It is from 2008 so the information may be slightly outdated but the point still remains that there is a very small number of people making over $250,000 and almost none of them are small business owners. So this argument that ending the tax cuts for this top percentage of wage earners will hurt main street is complete bunk. It will hurt the following groups:
Athletes
Entertainers
Corporate CEO's
Attorneys
Brokers and Investment Bankers
People who come from money
These are not your everyday people and by in large they do not create jobs for the general public. Eliminating this tax cut will help the deficit and the only people it hurts, are people who can afford to pay a little extra. When you add to this, the fact that most of these people find ways to hide their money and end up paying less taxes than the little guys, it becomes a no brainer.
According to Wikipedia the definition of a bailout is as follows:
"an act of giving capital to an entity (a company, a country, or an individual) in danger of failing in an attempt to save it from bankruptcy"
Based on Dino Rossi's claims every bank loan must now be considered a bailout since all this bill does is offer loans - not give aways - loans. Evil right?
Additionally Rossi seems to be out of step with Mitch McConnell on this, who recently called this aid package:
"a little itty-bitty small business bill that no one thinks will have much of an impact on the economy."
Based on his statements McConnell seems to prefer a bigger small business aid package which is in stark contrast to Rossi.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to talk about the Bush Tax Cuts. I hear Republicans (I'm looking at you Chuck Grassley) talking about how letting the tax cuts for people making over $250,000 will hurt small businesses. As an employee of a small business I was very skeptical of this claim. After further investigation using the Gretchen Carlson Google I found the following article titled Who Makes $250,000 a Year, Not Small Business Owners. It is from 2008 so the information may be slightly outdated but the point still remains that there is a very small number of people making over $250,000 and almost none of them are small business owners. So this argument that ending the tax cuts for this top percentage of wage earners will hurt main street is complete bunk. It will hurt the following groups:
Athletes
Entertainers
Corporate CEO's
Attorneys
Brokers and Investment Bankers
People who come from money
These are not your everyday people and by in large they do not create jobs for the general public. Eliminating this tax cut will help the deficit and the only people it hurts, are people who can afford to pay a little extra. When you add to this, the fact that most of these people find ways to hide their money and end up paying less taxes than the little guys, it becomes a no brainer.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Buy American?
If you care about the Buy American push than you should support government spending because no other entity purchases more American goods and services than the US government. Additionally no other entity employs more Americans than the US government. In these tough economic doesn't it make sense to use trickle down economics and remove the Bush tax cuts for the rich to employ Americans and buy more American goods.
While companies like Nike and Haliburton avoid taxes and outsource work the US government is required to buy American in The Buy American Act. Fighting for tax cuts for the rich only costs Americans jobs and keeps the economy stagnate putting your own job at risk.
While companies like Nike and Haliburton avoid taxes and outsource work the US government is required to buy American in The Buy American Act. Fighting for tax cuts for the rich only costs Americans jobs and keeps the economy stagnate putting your own job at risk.
Policies that put us behind the rest of the world
A recent ruling by Judge Royce Lamberth puts the future of stem cell research in doubt. I imagine this brings great joy to conservatives. The problem is that other countries (South Korea, Singapore and Great Britain) are still going to do stem cell research regardless of what America decides to do. This means that by limiting stem cell research in America you are essentially outsourcing jobs to these other countries. Not only will we lose jobs but we lose control over the process. Who do you trust to be more ethical in their treatment of stem cells; American scientists or the Koreans?
The Lions got jobbed.
For some reason a number of people in the sports media have decided that the obviously bad call in the Lions Bears games from this past Sunday was correct in that it was to the letter of the rule. I disagree. The rule reads as follows:
If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball after he touches the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete.
I feel that he had established possession after he touched the ground. In fact his hand was out of bounds before the ball came dislodged. The biggest support for my belief is that everyone seems to believe that this is a bad rule. This means people think that the NFL deliberately made a bad rule. I believe that the problem is the interpretation of the rule not the rule itself. This rule was designed to look at diving catches where the receiver does not have a chance to establish two feet in bounds...at least that is how I remember this rule coming about.
If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball after he touches the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete.
I feel that he had established possession after he touched the ground. In fact his hand was out of bounds before the ball came dislodged. The biggest support for my belief is that everyone seems to believe that this is a bad rule. This means people think that the NFL deliberately made a bad rule. I believe that the problem is the interpretation of the rule not the rule itself. This rule was designed to look at diving catches where the receiver does not have a chance to establish two feet in bounds...at least that is how I remember this rule coming about.
Being anti-Muslim does not make you Patriotic
While there has been a lot of attention shown on the Muslim center the is blocks away from ground zero, it should be noted that what the liberal media isn't telling you that there have been protests against 14 other proposed Muslim construction projects across America. The only problem is that these other 14 projects don't dishonor anyone and just show the hate that the right is showering on Muslims.
For conservatives who claim to hold the constitution is the highest regard, to so blatantly ignore the freedom of religion that is afforded by the first amendment, is concerning. This is done out of fear. Acting out of fear has never had good results for the US. See Japanese internment and McCarthyism.
One other thing for the right to consider. By dividing the country you are letting the terrorists win. They wanted to weaken our country and there is nothing more detrimental to our democracy than having one group decide that our democratic principles don't apply to another group. Doing so make us no better than them.
For conservatives who claim to hold the constitution is the highest regard, to so blatantly ignore the freedom of religion that is afforded by the first amendment, is concerning. This is done out of fear. Acting out of fear has never had good results for the US. See Japanese internment and McCarthyism.
One other thing for the right to consider. By dividing the country you are letting the terrorists win. They wanted to weaken our country and there is nothing more detrimental to our democracy than having one group decide that our democratic principles don't apply to another group. Doing so make us no better than them.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Tim Tebow shows how many yards intangibles gets you in the NFL...2
Tim Tebow made his NFL debut today rushing twice for a total of 2 yards. I guess being a great competitor with heart doesn't get you what it used to.
Friday, September 10, 2010
The Married...With Children Rule
I admit it... that is a terrible name for the premise of this post but bare with me.
The idea is that, if I recall correctly, Al Bundy would rather mercilessly tease and insult Peggy - but if someone else were to go too far in insulting Peggy, Al could get quite protective of his better(?) half.
This is not unique to that show, of course (which is why it's a terribly named rule); I'm sure that is common to many relationships (for example: adolescent siblings where the older sibling is protective of the younger).
I bring this up because of the comments of Petros Papadakis (a USC grad) regarding University of Michigan football on Jim Rome is Burning yesterday. I like Papadakis; he is one of the more enjoyable guests that Mr. Rome has on his (now one-person) panel. However, yesterday he earned a nomination for the Furriners BS Watch List.
Here are quotes from Mr. Papadakis on the subject of U of M v. Notre Dame:
As a Michigan alum, I say 'go fuck yourself, Petros'. While I reserve the right to complain about our unarguably disasterous run under Rich Rodriguez, I don't need you telling me it's "too much of a culture change". I can handle the culture change. I just can't handle going 0-2 against Ohio State, Michigan State, Penn State, Purdue, AND Illinois. That's the problem, big boy.
Needless to say, the stakes are very, very high for tomorrows game.
Run, Denard, run.
It's okay with me.
The idea is that, if I recall correctly, Al Bundy would rather mercilessly tease and insult Peggy - but if someone else were to go too far in insulting Peggy, Al could get quite protective of his better(?) half.
This is not unique to that show, of course (which is why it's a terribly named rule); I'm sure that is common to many relationships (for example: adolescent siblings where the older sibling is protective of the younger).
I bring this up because of the comments of Petros Papadakis (a USC grad) regarding University of Michigan football on Jim Rome is Burning yesterday. I like Papadakis; he is one of the more enjoyable guests that Mr. Rome has on his (now one-person) panel. However, yesterday he earned a nomination for the Furriners BS Watch List.
Here are quotes from Mr. Papadakis on the subject of U of M v. Notre Dame:
Michigan needs this game worse than Notre Dame and, no, they're not going to get it.
What happened to Notre Dame under Charlie Weis is what happened to Michigan under Rich Rodriguez. They lost their identity. They're no longer a physical, angry football team.
It's too much of a culture change. You can run a spread and still be physical. Brian Kelly has proven that at Notre Dame (Really? After one game?). Rich Rod has not proven that. Too much of a change for the people of Michigan.
As a Michigan alum, I say 'go fuck yourself, Petros'. While I reserve the right to complain about our unarguably disasterous run under Rich Rodriguez, I don't need you telling me it's "too much of a culture change". I can handle the culture change. I just can't handle going 0-2 against Ohio State, Michigan State, Penn State, Purdue, AND Illinois. That's the problem, big boy.
Needless to say, the stakes are very, very high for tomorrows game.
Run, Denard, run.
It's okay with me.
A Furriners Correction/Update
A couple days ago, I posted a, uh, post about Spain's loss to Serbia in the FIBA World Championships. In it, I said this:
That was actually incorrect. The loss actually did happen in the second round of the knockout round as Spain had beaten Greece in the first round. Fortunately, because the losers in the second round actually do play additional games to determine 5th through 8th place, we got another chance to witness the Spanish Pistol Pete Maravich, Ricky Rubio. Lucky us!
Today, Spain beat Slovenia 97-80. Spanish Pistol wowed us with 3 points (1-5 shooting), 4 assists, and 2 turnovers.
Did I say Spanish Pistol Pete? I meant Spanish Dan Dickau.
Today, Spain lost in the first round of knockout round of the World Championships.
That was actually incorrect. The loss actually did happen in the second round of the knockout round as Spain had beaten Greece in the first round. Fortunately, because the losers in the second round actually do play additional games to determine 5th through 8th place, we got another chance to witness the Spanish Pistol Pete Maravich, Ricky Rubio. Lucky us!
Today, Spain beat Slovenia 97-80. Spanish Pistol wowed us with 3 points (1-5 shooting), 4 assists, and 2 turnovers.
Did I say Spanish Pistol Pete? I meant Spanish Dan Dickau.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Ap declares combat in Iraq not over
Last week Tom Kent of the associated press issued this edict to his staff:
"To begin with, combat in Iraq is not over, and we should not uncritically repeat suggestions that it is, even if they come from senior officials."
As has been mentioned here before we have ended many a war without actually ever removing our military presence. So according to Mr. Kent we are still fighting WWI, WWII, the Korean War, and the Gulf War since we currently have the following troops deployed there:
Germany – 57,080
South Korea – 27,014
Kuwait - 10,548
I guess according to the AP Germany is still a major threat since we currently have more troops their than in Iraq.
"To begin with, combat in Iraq is not over, and we should not uncritically repeat suggestions that it is, even if they come from senior officials."
As has been mentioned here before we have ended many a war without actually ever removing our military presence. So according to Mr. Kent we are still fighting WWI, WWII, the Korean War, and the Gulf War since we currently have the following troops deployed there:
Germany – 57,080
South Korea – 27,014
Kuwait - 10,548
I guess according to the AP Germany is still a major threat since we currently have more troops their than in Iraq.
Iraq War and Burning the Qu'ran (Koran)
I have had a number of other thoughts on this whole Terry Jones Qu'ran BBQ. First in some of the support I have seen for Mr. Jones it seems that people feel that Muslims are just evil people, such as this quote from redstate.com:
" If Islamists did not have koran burnings to incite them to kill Americans, they would just find something else. Heck, they may go back to soldiers in Iraq using the koran for target practice."
I here these guys are considering voting for Mitt Romney because of his ability to unite people.
My guess is that the people who are supporting Terry Jones are some of the same people who supported the Iraq War from the get go. Well George W. Bush had the following to say:
" A young democracy will provide the stability we look for. I will tell you that if we just isolate ourselves from the Middle East and hope for the best, we will not address the conditions that had led young suiciders to get on airplanes to come and attack us in the first place."
This means either the Terry Jones supporters are stupid or completely ignorant. If Muslims are evil people then why in hell would we try convert them to Democracy. Why would we help evil people enact the greatest form of government the universe has ever known. It just doesn't make sense. Saddam Hussein was evil and we used our Democracy to kill him not reform him. Did you people not understand the mission W. laid out?
" If Islamists did not have koran burnings to incite them to kill Americans, they would just find something else. Heck, they may go back to soldiers in Iraq using the koran for target practice."
I here these guys are considering voting for Mitt Romney because of his ability to unite people.
My guess is that the people who are supporting Terry Jones are some of the same people who supported the Iraq War from the get go. Well George W. Bush had the following to say:
" A young democracy will provide the stability we look for. I will tell you that if we just isolate ourselves from the Middle East and hope for the best, we will not address the conditions that had led young suiciders to get on airplanes to come and attack us in the first place."
This means either the Terry Jones supporters are stupid or completely ignorant. If Muslims are evil people then why in hell would we try convert them to Democracy. Why would we help evil people enact the greatest form of government the universe has ever known. It just doesn't make sense. Saddam Hussein was evil and we used our Democracy to kill him not reform him. Did you people not understand the mission W. laid out?
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Are We Being Punk'd?!?!
I saw this on the CNN Political Ticker:
Meanwhile, when it comes to whether (Meghan) McCain would support a potential Palin presidential bid in 2012, she said her heart actually belongs to another likely White House hopeful.
"I am so sick of this us-versus-them mentality," she said. "I just want a candidate that's going to stop being us versus them. So right now I am team Romney."
Ummmm... does she not realize what an ASSHOLE Mitt Romney is?!? He is no more of a "Uniter" than George W. Bush. Don't believe me? Watch this segment from The Daily Show.
I will say that I don't think this quite replaces the quintessential embarrassing moment of Meghan McCain's public life (thus far):
this classic clip from Real Time With Bill Maher.
Ouch! You got to turn off the empathy instinct when you watch that... or else you're going to feel bad for her getting so badly public owned. Of course, if you're a Republican, there is no empathy instinct to turn off... and, let's face it, you're not watching Real Time anyway.
Meanwhile, when it comes to whether (Meghan) McCain would support a potential Palin presidential bid in 2012, she said her heart actually belongs to another likely White House hopeful.
"I am so sick of this us-versus-them mentality," she said. "I just want a candidate that's going to stop being us versus them. So right now I am team Romney."
Ummmm... does she not realize what an ASSHOLE Mitt Romney is?!? He is no more of a "Uniter" than George W. Bush. Don't believe me? Watch this segment from The Daily Show.
I will say that I don't think this quite replaces the quintessential embarrassing moment of Meghan McCain's public life (thus far):
this classic clip from Real Time With Bill Maher.
Ouch! You got to turn off the empathy instinct when you watch that... or else you're going to feel bad for her getting so badly public owned. Of course, if you're a Republican, there is no empathy instinct to turn off... and, let's face it, you're not watching Real Time anyway.
Ricky Rubio Is Awesome
Another one for the It's too early to say 'I called it' file... but I will acknowledge I am dying to do so.
I am referring to the play of Ricky Rubio in the ongoing FIBA World Championships.
Long before the Furriners blog existed... I had opinions. Many of them involved Derek Anderson. Some of them did not.
One of the opinions I expressed around the office was that I was extremely disappointed in what I saw of Ricky Rubio in the 2008 Olympics. We were told he was a new Pistol Pete/Steve Nash. And although I am too young to have ever seen Maravich play, I consider myself a Pistol Pete fan... so I was excited to see this kid. I was extraordinarily underwhelmed - but, of course, Rubio was a 17(!) year old playing in the Olympics against the likes of Chris Paul and Deron Williams - so I didn't want to be too dismissive of his talents.
Of course, now Rubio is all of 19 and I admit it's still too early to call him all hype with no substance - and not to bring up a 20+ year old take on Larry Bird by Dennis Rodman - but one can't help but wonder if Rubio would be such a big f'n deal if he were a black kid from Baltimore?
Today, Spain lost in the first round of knockout round of the World Championships. The rest of Spain's starting lineup are all very fair NBA players (& Marc Gasol has improved to the point where he has to be considered above-average for an NBA center). Here is the basic stat breakdown for the Spain starting five:
Juan Carlos Navarro - 27 pts, 5 ast
Jorge Garbajosa - 18 pts, 6 reb
Rudy Fernandez - 15 pts, 5 reb
Marc Gasol - 13 pts (6-7 fg), 5 reb, 3 blk
Ricky Rubio - 3 pts, 3 ast, 3 to
What's the word for the Rubio performance? Underwhelming... yeah, that is it.
And, for the record, this is from the Sports Guy 2009 Draft Day Diary:
5:03: ... An orgasmic Fraschilla says Rubio is "the best passer in the last decade of drafts" and he's "got a Gretzky-like feel, he sees the game two and three plays ahead." Totally agree.
We'll see.
And I will say that I watched preliminary round coverage of the tournament and the same Fran Fraschilla was decidly non-orgasmic when saying that it was time for Rubio to start becoming a dominant player rather than just a vat of potential.
I am referring to the play of Ricky Rubio in the ongoing FIBA World Championships.
Long before the Furriners blog existed... I had opinions. Many of them involved Derek Anderson. Some of them did not.
One of the opinions I expressed around the office was that I was extremely disappointed in what I saw of Ricky Rubio in the 2008 Olympics. We were told he was a new Pistol Pete/Steve Nash. And although I am too young to have ever seen Maravich play, I consider myself a Pistol Pete fan... so I was excited to see this kid. I was extraordinarily underwhelmed - but, of course, Rubio was a 17(!) year old playing in the Olympics against the likes of Chris Paul and Deron Williams - so I didn't want to be too dismissive of his talents.
Of course, now Rubio is all of 19 and I admit it's still too early to call him all hype with no substance - and not to bring up a 20+ year old take on Larry Bird by Dennis Rodman - but one can't help but wonder if Rubio would be such a big f'n deal if he were a black kid from Baltimore?
Today, Spain lost in the first round of knockout round of the World Championships. The rest of Spain's starting lineup are all very fair NBA players (& Marc Gasol has improved to the point where he has to be considered above-average for an NBA center). Here is the basic stat breakdown for the Spain starting five:
Juan Carlos Navarro - 27 pts, 5 ast
Jorge Garbajosa - 18 pts, 6 reb
Rudy Fernandez - 15 pts, 5 reb
Marc Gasol - 13 pts (6-7 fg), 5 reb, 3 blk
Ricky Rubio - 3 pts, 3 ast, 3 to
What's the word for the Rubio performance? Underwhelming... yeah, that is it.
And, for the record, this is from the Sports Guy 2009 Draft Day Diary:
5:03: ... An orgasmic Fraschilla says Rubio is "the best passer in the last decade of drafts" and he's "got a Gretzky-like feel, he sees the game two and three plays ahead." Totally agree.
We'll see.
And I will say that I watched preliminary round coverage of the tournament and the same Fran Fraschilla was decidly non-orgasmic when saying that it was time for Rubio to start becoming a dominant player rather than just a vat of potential.
WWJD? Apparently Terry Jones isn't all that christian.
Why is it that the right only supports the Military when it is convenient for them? John McCain said he would essentially defer to the military leadership on don't ask don't tell. That was until the military leadership came out with a stance that John McCain didn't agree with.
Similarly the right loved David Petraeus up until he indicated that burning the Qu'ran was not a good thing. Being uninformed on the topic like Gretchen Carlson I looked up the event on Google and the first listing in the news section was under Redstate.com which the author states:
"David Petraeus and the media have decided to magnify the event and guarantee it’ll be featured on the front page of every major newspaper in the Middle East."
Yes, David Petraeus, with one simple statement, trying to protect the lives of our American service men and women has now become part of one of the most hated groups in America - The Liberal Media. If there is anything more damning of the conspiracy theory that is the liberal media bias, I haven't seen it. That's right conservatives we got David Petraeus and we don't plan on stopping until all of the military is under our control. You've caught us. It's so freeing to finally have our agenda out in the open. Soon we will eliminate all unnecessary military actions...Oh wait, I actually agree with that.
Well regardless, the blogger continues on to say:
"Petraeus is essentially attributing direct responsibility for American deaths to the activities of American citizens"
As if Muslims would not react to the burning of their holy book with any hatred. The author even suggests that a violent reaction would be a uniquely Muslim action and that Christians would never perpetrate such retaliation.
Again after a simple Google search I found the following story of a young man who was taped to a flag pole by military veterans because he burned the flag.
I assumed I would find the same redstate people defending Terry Jones to chastise these veterans. He is some of the comments:
1.It’s unfortunate that this ass didn’t catch fire in the process!!
4.Thank you Veterans for taking care of this creep!!! If you find any more despicable people like this, do it again!! I’m behind you 100%!!
7.This smells like justice to me.
28.I am a Vietnam Nam Veteran and a member of a VFW an American Legion and a Disabled Ameracan Veterans Post. Lucky for him I wasen’t there or any of my members. We wouldn’t have given him three choices.
While burning the flag and burning the Qu'ran are both legal I'm not sure either is a very good form of protest as both will elicit more hate from the other side. The Muslims will simple revert to the tried and true Christian belief of an eye for an eye. The only problem is, as the example above illustrates, the eye for eye exchange program never seems adequate to the second party and so the never ending cycle of increasing violence usually ensues.
The really odd thing is that if Terry Jones were truly Christian, he would meet with the Muslims and try to show then the error of their ways not look for opportunities to incite violence.
This is another example of how conservatives have trouble putting themselves in someone else's shoes. Not all Muslims are extremist and if Terry Jones knew how offensive burning their holy book was to them he would never even consider the idea.
Similarly the right loved David Petraeus up until he indicated that burning the Qu'ran was not a good thing. Being uninformed on the topic like Gretchen Carlson I looked up the event on Google and the first listing in the news section was under Redstate.com which the author states:
"David Petraeus and the media have decided to magnify the event and guarantee it’ll be featured on the front page of every major newspaper in the Middle East."
Yes, David Petraeus, with one simple statement, trying to protect the lives of our American service men and women has now become part of one of the most hated groups in America - The Liberal Media. If there is anything more damning of the conspiracy theory that is the liberal media bias, I haven't seen it. That's right conservatives we got David Petraeus and we don't plan on stopping until all of the military is under our control. You've caught us. It's so freeing to finally have our agenda out in the open. Soon we will eliminate all unnecessary military actions...Oh wait, I actually agree with that.
Well regardless, the blogger continues on to say:
"Petraeus is essentially attributing direct responsibility for American deaths to the activities of American citizens"
As if Muslims would not react to the burning of their holy book with any hatred. The author even suggests that a violent reaction would be a uniquely Muslim action and that Christians would never perpetrate such retaliation.
Again after a simple Google search I found the following story of a young man who was taped to a flag pole by military veterans because he burned the flag.
I assumed I would find the same redstate people defending Terry Jones to chastise these veterans. He is some of the comments:
1.It’s unfortunate that this ass didn’t catch fire in the process!!
4.Thank you Veterans for taking care of this creep!!! If you find any more despicable people like this, do it again!! I’m behind you 100%!!
7.This smells like justice to me.
28.I am a Vietnam Nam Veteran and a member of a VFW an American Legion and a Disabled Ameracan Veterans Post. Lucky for him I wasen’t there or any of my members. We wouldn’t have given him three choices.
While burning the flag and burning the Qu'ran are both legal I'm not sure either is a very good form of protest as both will elicit more hate from the other side. The Muslims will simple revert to the tried and true Christian belief of an eye for an eye. The only problem is, as the example above illustrates, the eye for eye exchange program never seems adequate to the second party and so the never ending cycle of increasing violence usually ensues.
The really odd thing is that if Terry Jones were truly Christian, he would meet with the Muslims and try to show then the error of their ways not look for opportunities to incite violence.
This is another example of how conservatives have trouble putting themselves in someone else's shoes. Not all Muslims are extremist and if Terry Jones knew how offensive burning their holy book was to them he would never even consider the idea.
Boehner spills the beans
For months now congressional Republicans have been acting as obstructionist but refusing to admit it...that is until John Boehner couldn't help it anymore. Apparently all it takes is a faint sniff at a leadership position and John Boenher shoots his wad. He had this to say recently:
"Politicians in Washington are talking about wanting to create jobs as a ploy to get themselves reelected while doing everything possible to prevent jobs from being created here in our country"
Straight from the glowing orange horse's mouth.
"Politicians in Washington are talking about wanting to create jobs as a ploy to get themselves reelected while doing everything possible to prevent jobs from being created here in our country"
Straight from the glowing orange horse's mouth.
Monday, September 6, 2010
For The B.S. Watch List
Michael Smith said this on Jim Rome is Burning on 9/3:
If they don't go 2-2, they got no shot at the last 12 (indecipherable because Jim talked over him).
This comment was made about the Pittsburgh Steelers trying to survive without Ben Roethlisberger (and Byron Leftwich) for the first four games of the season. I certainly disagree with this take; a 1-3 Steelers team could certainly still make the playoffs.
We'll just have to re-visit this prediction if the Steelers go 1-3.
If they don't go 2-2, they got no shot at the last 12 (indecipherable because Jim talked over him).
This comment was made about the Pittsburgh Steelers trying to survive without Ben Roethlisberger (and Byron Leftwich) for the first four games of the season. I certainly disagree with this take; a 1-3 Steelers team could certainly still make the playoffs.
We'll just have to re-visit this prediction if the Steelers go 1-3.
My New Pet Peeve
I am a pretty easy going guy. Not much really bothers me.
But I am here to report my new pet peeve. My old pet peeve was that I would watch Pistons games and Richard Hamilton basically travels every time he catches the ball. He apparently believes the concept of having to establish a pivot foot does not apply to him. Unfortunately, the refs seem to collectively agree. Also unfortunate is that for all of the odd videos on YouTube... no one has seen fit to make a compilation of Rip Hamilton traveling! What is up with that?
Anyway, my new local sports pet peeve is Detroit Tigers second baseman Will Rhymes abuse of the "neighborhood" call when turning the double play. I swear that little guy was not on the base as he turned the game-ending double play in Saturday night's 6-4 win over the Royals. This was the not first time and I'm sure it will not be the last as the umpires let him get away with it. That is the lesson of Rip Hamilton.
But I am here to report my new pet peeve. My old pet peeve was that I would watch Pistons games and Richard Hamilton basically travels every time he catches the ball. He apparently believes the concept of having to establish a pivot foot does not apply to him. Unfortunately, the refs seem to collectively agree. Also unfortunate is that for all of the odd videos on YouTube... no one has seen fit to make a compilation of Rip Hamilton traveling! What is up with that?
Anyway, my new local sports pet peeve is Detroit Tigers second baseman Will Rhymes abuse of the "neighborhood" call when turning the double play. I swear that little guy was not on the base as he turned the game-ending double play in Saturday night's 6-4 win over the Royals. This was the not first time and I'm sure it will not be the last as the umpires let him get away with it. That is the lesson of Rip Hamilton.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Did You Know?
In the past three seasons:
Matt Leinart has three touchdown passes in 218 attempts. That is against eight interceptions.
Why is anyone surprised that he is crashing and burning?
Matt Leinart has three touchdown passes in 218 attempts. That is against eight interceptions.
Why is anyone surprised that he is crashing and burning?
Is It Just Me... Or Is Duberstein Bi-Polar?
Okay, I'm late with this one but I wanted to talk a little more about Ken Duberstein's appearance on Charlie Rose on 8/19. (See the first mention of it here.)
As I may or may not have mentioned on that post, Mr. Duberstein has strong conservative credentials but seemed, for the most part, to be offering sincere critiques of Barack Obama (and his administration) - as opposed to using only Frank Luntz approved talking points that is so often the methodology of Republican leadership (You know 'em: McConnell, Boehner, Pence, Michael Steele, etc).
That said, consider these two opinions expressed by Mr. Duberstein within the same 30 minute segment on Charlie Rose:
commenting on the lack of bipartisanship in legislation:
"There are ways to go about legislating where you don't get 100% of what you want. (Obama) got almost 100% of what he wanted. There are ways to incorporate the other side of the aisle that really would have made a difference."
and then a little later he critiques Obama's leadership:
"I think he is too much of a legislator and not as much of an executive... that he tries to acquiesce and get everybody together and on board rather than saying 'this is the principle, this is what I want, let's go do it and fight for it'. There may be a little bit too much give rather than give-and-take. But the mentality is one of much more accomodation than it is the forceful 'this is what I want, this is the direction we're gonna go in."
So there you have it. According to Mr. Duberstein, President Obama is a apparently a wimp who nevertheless succeeds in getting nearly 100% of what he wants.
By the way, if I can push back against his first premise... he gets "nearly 100% of what he wants"?!!? Then why no 'Public Option' in the health care bill? Why is Gitmo still open (with no prospects for closing anytime soon)? Why is 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' still the law of the land? Why has the energy bill been dropped from the Senate's agenda? Why no comprehensive immigration reform? Why are the White Sox dropping the standings?
I hope Obama wants Matt Leinart to start for the Arizona Cardinals - because then I could be sure it will never happen!
As I may or may not have mentioned on that post, Mr. Duberstein has strong conservative credentials but seemed, for the most part, to be offering sincere critiques of Barack Obama (and his administration) - as opposed to using only Frank Luntz approved talking points that is so often the methodology of Republican leadership (You know 'em: McConnell, Boehner, Pence, Michael Steele, etc).
That said, consider these two opinions expressed by Mr. Duberstein within the same 30 minute segment on Charlie Rose:
commenting on the lack of bipartisanship in legislation:
"There are ways to go about legislating where you don't get 100% of what you want. (Obama) got almost 100% of what he wanted. There are ways to incorporate the other side of the aisle that really would have made a difference."
and then a little later he critiques Obama's leadership:
"I think he is too much of a legislator and not as much of an executive... that he tries to acquiesce and get everybody together and on board rather than saying 'this is the principle, this is what I want, let's go do it and fight for it'. There may be a little bit too much give rather than give-and-take. But the mentality is one of much more accomodation than it is the forceful 'this is what I want, this is the direction we're gonna go in."
So there you have it. According to Mr. Duberstein, President Obama is a apparently a wimp who nevertheless succeeds in getting nearly 100% of what he wants.
By the way, if I can push back against his first premise... he gets "nearly 100% of what he wants"?!!? Then why no 'Public Option' in the health care bill? Why is Gitmo still open (with no prospects for closing anytime soon)? Why is 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' still the law of the land? Why has the energy bill been dropped from the Senate's agenda? Why no comprehensive immigration reform? Why are the White Sox dropping the standings?
I hope Obama wants Matt Leinart to start for the Arizona Cardinals - because then I could be sure it will never happen!
Congratulations Bill Simmons, You've made the list.
Bill Simmons of ESPN recently ranked the top QB's in the NFL and while I don't have much to say about his rankings of the top half, I have to take issue with his thoughts on Sam Bradford who Simmons ranks 24th. This ranking is way to high for my liking, but particularly problematic with his Bradford ranking is who he has below him. I'll give you Trent Edwards and Josh Freeman but there is almost zero chance that Derek Anderson, Jake Delhomme and Matt Hasselbeck will have worse years statistically than Bradford. Similarly Alex Smith, Matt Cassel and possibly Matt Moore will have more success.
My reasoning is two fold. First, as has been mentioned here before college QB that are system QB's has trouble adjusting to the NFL and Bradford will be no different. Second, and more importantly the Rams blow. I have them pegged for another top 3 draft pick this coming April. This is the reason that when all is said and done Matt Staford will have a much better career than Mark Sanchez. Their statistics for their rookie seasons are very similar yet the Jets, in spite of Sanchez, made the playoffs and the Lions struggled to two wins. It is difficult for a QB to be successful when his team is no good and regardless of my thoughts on Bradfords long term success, to think that he will be anywhere near the 24th best QB at years end is laughable.
My reasoning is two fold. First, as has been mentioned here before college QB that are system QB's has trouble adjusting to the NFL and Bradford will be no different. Second, and more importantly the Rams blow. I have them pegged for another top 3 draft pick this coming April. This is the reason that when all is said and done Matt Staford will have a much better career than Mark Sanchez. Their statistics for their rookie seasons are very similar yet the Jets, in spite of Sanchez, made the playoffs and the Lions struggled to two wins. It is difficult for a QB to be successful when his team is no good and regardless of my thoughts on Bradfords long term success, to think that he will be anywhere near the 24th best QB at years end is laughable.
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