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February 6, 2006
Just when you thought Islamic extremist number one targets would be
Bad Play Still Wins The Day
That was one of the worst played Super Bowls in a while; the biggest F has to go to the
February 4th 2006
Tom Reilly is a Dumbass
Deval Patrick got all of
February 3, 2006
My Space Scandal
Earlier in the year on sportspoliticandrevenge.com I predicted that there would be scandals involving myspace particularly about underage girls. Going around the wires yesterday was a story of underage girls assaulted by men they met on myspace. I predict congressional hearings about myspace and other sites by this time next year.
Oscar Nominees
I am rooting for Crash and ducked face cutie Michelle Williams to win. While
February 1, 2005
Charlie Card Confusion
In the old days, before the Charlie Card, monthly T pass holders would get a new card every month with a pretty and different color. Now with the Charlie Card, the new monthly T passes do not change there appearance each month aside from small writing on the back that indicates the month. This is going to cause confusion around the change of each month because people might have 2 cards in there wallet. There is chance of swiping the wrong card or even worse of throwing away the wrong card if one does not look carefully.
Katrina?
Did anyone else think it was odd that the State of the
January 30, 2006
Common Annoyance
I was waiting for an Amtrak train for that was over an hour late this weekend and an interesting thing happened. The longer the train was delayed the more the people waiting for the train began to talk to each other. Initially they talked about the lateness of the train and made jokes about that, but after they began to have conversations. I call this the snow storm effect. When something like a snow storm or in this case a late train occurs that everyone must deal with it brings people together.
In
People like to criticize the media, but many reports do put themselves in harms way in order to get a story. Get well wishes to reporter Bob Woodruff and his cameraman Doug Vogt who were injured by a road side bomb in
January 28, 2005
It was great news to hear when I came home that the CoCo Crisp deal became official.. This was a great trade for two reasons; Crisp is a younger and cheaper version of Johnny Damon. In addition, the redsox did not give up any of there top pitching projects in the deal.
As for the Celtics trade it was a wash in terms of talent. Wally is a slightly better scorer then Davis and neither is a top notch defender.
January 27, 2006
Watertown Democratic Plan and debate about ideas for 06.
The Watertown Democratic Town Committee meeting opened with some confusion last night; Chair Paul Denning, began by asking for volunteers for the February 4 Caucus. While he got volunteers, many in attendance wanted to know if volunteers at the Caucus could also run to be a delegate and the issue was not never given a definitive answer by chair Denning. What was definitive is that those who arrive to the Caucus after
Later, candidate for Secretary of State John Bonifaz gave a speech. Bonifaz highlighted many of his achievement: founding of the National Voting Rights Institute, Leading the fight for a recount in
As the meeting drew to a close, people discussed the need to get more Democratic Town Committee Members to attend meetings, the need to get greater voter turn out, and ideas to register younger voters.
January 26, 2005
Holy Shit
Hamas won a large majority in the Palestinian election. This, combined with the state of flux the Israel Government is in and
January 25, 2006
Why can’t we be friends?
Larry and Theo appeared on WEEI this morning and gave slightly more specific reasons for the rift. They identified differences about the philosophy and direction of the team as the reason for the divide. They both praised Ben and Jed as being selfless during the process. Theo admits that Edger Renteria was not a smart signing.
January 24, 2006
Hun
I hope
January 23, 2006
Football predictions
RIP
Two more West Virginian miners lost their lives in a mining accident today. I fear that politicians and others will make this an issue for only a few days; they will talk about mining safety measures, then as the topic fades out of the public consciousness, little will actually be done.
January 20, 2006
RRRRRedsox
It took me a while to pinpoint it, but this Theo Epstein saga is reminding me of something; while others have made allusions to Star Wars and literary references to give comparisons to the red sox off-season saga, there is one recent pop culture situations that mirrors it nearly perfectly. The Game vs. 50cent Beef. The Game is Theo the protégé who rebels against his extremely successful mentor who signed him. No one was quite sure what started the Game and 50 beef, just the same way no one is completely sure what started the Larry vs. Theo power struggle. After exchanging disses, some overt, but mostly subtle at one another 50 and Game held a press conference to announce the beef is squashed. All the while a captivated hip hop nation makes The Game and 50’s albums 2 of the best selling albums of the year. Even during the Pats season,
January 19, 2005
Lame Duck Doesn’t Quack About Successor
Mitt Romney said a lot about what he would like to accomplish as governor. However, both he and his audience know that Romney is a lame duck with one year left who has his eyes looking toward D.C. What was interesting about Last night's speech is that Romney only made one reference to lieutenant governor Heally. Heally, by most accounts will seek the governorship and it will be interesting to see how much Romney stumps for her.
January 18, 2006
Roberts Goes with Christian Right
Judge Roberts showed some of his true colors yesterday by siding with the dissent of Scalia and Thomas on the
January 17, 2006
24
The new season of 24 has been great so far, but can we once and for all get rid of the stupid subplots like the girlfriends son.
Martin Luther King jr.
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
January 15, 2006
Pats Beat Themselves ( with refs help)
Bull Shit interference call changed the tone of the game. After that, percentages caught up with the Pats; eventually everyone makes mistakes, and the guys who usually don’t make them Brown, Brady, and Vinateiri all made them down the stretch. Got to give Kudos to Ben Watson ( call could have gone either way) and the Pats D-Line for there performance tonight. Never thought I d say this, Go Indy.
January 14, 2006
November Rain
Well Mr. Marshal Mathers and Kim tied the knot again. It goes to show you, that once you become famous you have 2 possible relationship choices; date another famous person who understands the plight of fame and be hounded by the paparazzi or go with your first Love no matter how nuts they are good.
January 13, 2006
Oldest trick in the Book
Your in a heated argument with your girlfriend or wife, suddenly they start crying; quickly the entire scope of the argument has changed and you have lost. That is what happened at the senate confirmation hearings this week. The Democrats were fighting with Alito about his judicial record and clubs he belonged to while in college, and in the background Alito’s wife starts crying. Her tears changed the focus of the hearing for the general public from Alito to the harshness of the democrats questioning. While her tears were most likely genuine, they were a savant political move.
January 12, 2006
Hillary Clinton has had a relatively quite senate career. She has not been embroiled in many scandals or being extremely vocal on many issues. Recently she picked an issue to be vocal about; she pointed to a recent study about lack of body armor causing soldiers deaths to criticize the Bush administration. This is a small but important issue and a good political one for Hillary. Hillary will continue with these small issues until she officially declares her candidacy and then is forced to comment on larger issues.
January 11th 2006
My Space, Murdock, and the Moral Watch Dogs.
Robert Murdock the conservative billionaire who owns Fox/Fox news and countless news papers recently bought Myspace for over a half a billion dollars. Fox News’s moral watchdogs like Sean Hannity and Bill O Reilly love to go after any entity they think is corrupting children in some way. ( ie Ludachris, MTV, Grand Theft Auto, ext) Any quick search of Myspace will find tons of teenage girls posting provocative pictures of themselves. Now here is the question; will the conservative morality police that are employed by various companies that Murdock owns attack Myspace even though Robert Murdock owns Myspace and signs their paychecks?
January 10, 2006
Cheney Will Step Down
Dick Cheney has been to the hospital recently for various health problems. For his health problems and other reasons, Cheney will not seek the Republican nomination in 08 thus leavening a pretty wide open field in 08; McCain, Rudy, Condi, Allen, Romney, Frist ext…Reagan and Clinton ( our last two term presidents) both had there vice presidents easily anointed to their respective parties nominations. Bush would also like this ability to choose his successor. In addition, republican strategists would most likely want to avoid a drawn out republican primary season with the specter of Hillary Clinton looming large over the 08 race. A convergence of all the aforementioned factors will lead to Dick Cheney stepping down after the 06 midterm elections. Bush will select a new vice president and thus be able to leave a successor. The job is Rice’s if she wants it, but if she is true to her word and does not wish to run, George Allen will be Bush’s pick.
January 9th 2006
It is the Same Book
After being repeatedly encouraged to do so by a coworker, I started reading Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I am about two thirds of the way through and I have come to the conclusion that it is pretty much the same exact book as The Da Vinci Code. Both books plot threads are almost exactly the same; a late night phone call, a hot daughter whose genius father has been murdered, a methodical assassin, a secret organization rising again, clues in architecture ext… Both books are fast reads and have interesting conspiracy theories, but Dan Brown needs to have a little more variety in the plot the next time around.
January 8th, 2006
Quick Hits
First off
Damn the ABC to hell for not showing Kay Hanley singing the national anthem; if it was some hack like Kelly Clarkson ,I bet they would have found time for it.
The Patriots won without playing there best yesterday; too many penalties, dropped balls and potential turnovers. Smart move by not playing Bruschi in a game that we knew we could win without him. Ben Watson was Ben Coatesesque in his game breaking catch and run yesterday. Kudos to Troy Brown for his Ice Breaking TD catch and DB play. Finally, Willie seems to able to find the fountain of youth at the most important times like last night were he got his post season record sacks.
January 7, 2006
Pats Prediction
Pats 27-Jaguars 20: The Pats will get an early lead via an open 5 wide pass offence. Jags will slowly climb back in the game in the second half, but eventually they will fall short with a key turnover and the Pats will run the clock out.
Homecoming
Despite her move to
January 5th, 2006
News Overload
So here it goes; First a big fuck you to the inaccurate, insensitive, incompetent assholes who made the grief for the coal miners families worse by initially reporting that 12 miners had been found alive. Next, Ariel Sharon the Prime Minister of Israel appears to be in his last days. Hopefully a power vacuum does not follow further destabilizing the already tenuous piece talks. On a lighter notes, Vince Young just completed one of the all time great athletic performances in a big game to lead Texas to the national championship; Lindsay Lohan admits to having a eating disorder; something anyone who witnessed her sad deterioration from voluptuous hottie to waif already knew. Finally, Jon Stewart will attempt to liven up the Oscars; he will soon be named host.
January 4th 2006
Shit Going to Hit The Fan
Jack Abromoff, a
January 3rd 2006
It Could Be Worse
If you think your job sucks, be thankful you are not working as a coal miner; these guys ( and gals) have to spend there day a mile underground, with toxic fumes all around, and always in the back of there mind the possibility of something horrible like what happened to the trapped miners yesterday in West Virginia. Here is hoping that those trapped beat the odds and make it out alive.
January 2nd, 2006
Drop It Like It’s Hot
What a perfect way to end the most unique player in football Doug Flutie’s career with the most unique play in football; the dropkick.
January 1st, 2006
What year is it?
By the Chinese calendar it will soon be the year 4701 and the year of the Dog. In the Jewish calendar it is 5765. It is 2006 in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. In my personal calendar it will in a few months be the year 23TK.
December 31, 2005
Predictions for 2006
- .The Best albums of the year will be released by Kay Hanley, Outkast, Damone, Pharrell, Dashboard, and Lauren Hill.
2. Tired of other natural disasters getting all of the medias attention 4 volcanoes erupt.
3. After Brokeback Mountain wins best picture, Sean Hannity live on TV declares that he can’t hide who he is anymore and kisses Alan Colmes.
4. Theo Epstein, despite rumors of returning to the Red Sox, becomes the president/GM of the Washington Nationals.
5. Manny Ramirez will call Theo to demand a trade from the Red Sox unaware that Theo is no longer the GM.
6. Patriots win the Super Bowl and along the way eliminate both Manning brothers from the Playoffs.
7. Bush’s ineptitude and the Democrats being bereft of ideas will cause the initial rumblings of a credible third party candidate entering the 08 presidential race.
8. Sammy Hager will replace David Lee Roth in his morning show timeslot.
9. The Blue Jays will win the AL East; the Sox will get the Wild Card
10. A-Rod will miss his first game in years after refusing to play when he can not find his lipstick
11. MTV will debut its new highly rated show: Pimp My Daughter.
12. The biggest selling debut albums of the year will be from second generation rappers Lil Eazy E and Cory Gunz
13. The Iraqi army will miraculously become combat ready when the 06 midterm election near; conveniently making it possible to declare victory and start bringing the troops home.
14. Apple will debut the IPod Diablo which will have a new feature that allows you to store the souls of the damned into you IPod.
15. JK Rowling will announce the name of the 7th and final Harry Potter book: Harry Potter and the Deflowering of Ginny
16. Jerry Remy wins designer of the year for his Remdawg clothing line.
17. Howie Day will become Suge Nights Biatch in prison
18. Bono, will single handedly cure aids, stop a tsunami, and save a kitten from a tree.
19. Walmart, not satisfied with its current market share will declare war on Target.
20. The hot new Fitness Book will be called Jesus Walks and So Should You
Best Movies of 05
- Crash
- The Constant Gardener
- Serenity
- Batman Begins
December 29, 2005
Domination
This past Christmas weeks record sales were dominated by RNB and hip hop. Mary J, Jamie Foxx, and Biggie had huge debuts. What is interesting is all these artists careers began in the early 90s dispelling the stereotype that modern Rap and RNB acts do not have staying power.
6 in a row!
BC has the current streak consecutive bowl game wins with 6; while this seems like a good thing, it is actually a reflection of BC underachievement in the regular season. Because of there underachievement they end up in a lesser bowl game against a lesser opponent
December 27, 2005
Exhibition game
The last game of the institution of Monday Night Football felt like an exhibition game. The Patriots seemed to be trying out new plays and working on the running game, while the Jets seemed more interested it getting Vinny his record TD pass then winning the game. Furthermore, Law’s interception of Brady was like one of there epic practice matches from years past.
It Came Just The Same
Despite Bill O’reilly and others paranoia that somehow stores employees wishing people Happy Holidays would cause the end of Christmas, Christmas came just the same. To quote Dr. Seuss; Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas means a little bit more.
~1 John 3:11~
December 24, 2005
Best Albums of the Year
10. Eisley’s Room Noises
9. Beck’s Guero
8. Little Brother’s The Minstrel Show
7. Weezer’s Make Believe
6. Garbage’s Bleed Like Me
5. Damone’s Out Here All Night
4. Kanye West’s Late Registration
3. Bright Eyes’s I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning/Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
2. White Stripes’ Get Behind Me Satin
1. Fiona Apple’s Extraordinary Machine
A Good Year?
President Bush called this a good year for the American people. Did he consult the people who had there lives ruined by various hurricanes before he came to that conclusion?
We got Him!
The sox just signed John Flaherty; all our problems are now solved. Now we just need to sign Tim Naehring, Scott Cooper, Phil Plantier, and Bob Zupzic.
December 21, 2005
Jesus Walks… Away
Johnny Damon is now a Yankee. While the impact on the diamond is significant, off the diamond I am surprised he went to
Melinda Gates?
What the fuck did Melinda Gates do to be named one of Time’s people of the year. All she did was donate her husband’s money.
Line Down
Everyone is talking about the Colts loss, but little attention is being paid to the fact a few of there linemen got backed up. With the emerging Pats front 7 and a banged up Colts line, Manning will be in trouble.
December 18, 2005
Kudos
Kudos To Watertown’s own Deluxe Town Diner; it is the first restaurant on the east coast to heat itself with its own resources; its new omni waste burner uses the recycled filtered vegetable oil the restaurant uses to cook to heat the oil. In the end this saves money, energy, and the environment.
Guess Who’s back?
After today’s shellacking of the Buccaneers, the rest of the NFL must all have got a tingle of fear down there spins with the possibility that the Patriots have return to there 04 form.
December 16, 2005
State Legislators hit in the head?
State Legislators are strongly considering a bill that would force all soccer players from college down to wear helmets. These dumbasses need to understand that part of what makes playing sports fun is the inherent risk of injury. If you don’t want your kids to ever get hurt, let them sit and play video games all day and become fat.
December 15, 2005
Like Father Like Son
Mitt Romney has announced that he will not seek reelection as
P.S.
December 14, 2005
The Young and the Red Sox
The Redsox are no longer just a baseball team. They have turned into a full time soap opera; Will Ben and Jed last longer then Ben and Jen? Will it turn out that Theo’s Twin brother was really the one who resigned from the Red Sox on Halloween and the real Theo is currently being held in captivity sending trade proposal like Matt Clement to the Mariners for center fielder Jeremy Reed via Morse code to Ben and Jed? Will the Red Sox buy all the property around Fenway and rename
Stay tuned to the Young and the Redsox to find these answers and more.
December 13, 2005
Here Comes the Backlash
There is going to be a huge conservative backlash against the Oscors this year because movies like
December 11, 2005
RIP
RIP Richard Pryor. Nearly every major comedian owes a debt to you.
I Support Bush
Reggie Bush that is; for the Heismen Trophy.
Still Standing
Roger Clemons, Mo Vaughn, Nomar Garciaparra, Pedro Martinez, Edger Renteria, Derek Lowe, random players, owners, and GM have come and gone but Tim Wakefield has stayed and now in way is the face of the franchise slowly climbing the all time sox ranks in many categories. Who would have thought of this when Dan Duquette signed him over 10 years ago?
December 8th 2005
Bye Bye Edger Renteria
By Edger, try not to end any post seasons weakly grounding out or make
any crucial errors while on your way to the airport.
Rank us low please!!!
It seems whenever a BC basketball or football team quickly climbs the rankings, they must lose their next game.
Steven Colbert vs. Bill O’reilly
The Colbert Report and The O’reilly factor conveniently are both on at the same time during both of their airings. Here is a fun activity; pretend you have no knowledge of who either man is and switch back and forth between the two shows. Unless you knew before hand that Colbert was the satire on comedy central it would be impossible to tell which show was the satire and which was the actual “news” show.
Wow
The Philadelphia Eagles with their 42-0 loss just gave the archetypical performance of a pro sports team that has mailed in its season.
Guess whose back?
Looking at the Pats roster key players are slowly coming back. With the division soon wrapped up look for the experienced Pats to try to get everyone (except for Rodney) healthy for the post season run.
It is 2005 people
Liberals like many of my professors and democrats in congress need to stop referencing the 1960s. That was 40 years ago people; Start thinking about the Here and Now.
December 2 2005
Over
The Bruins with this
Another One bites the Dust
Some are Mathematicians, some are carpenter’s wives. Don’t know how it all got started. Don’t know what they doing with their lives.
November 30, 2005
A la cart cable TV
I love the idea going through congress to let the public be able to buy cable channels on an individual basis. This would be a boon to consumers who could tailor their TV experience. In the current format it is like if someone wanted to get the hamburger for dinner, but also had to buy everything else on the menu to get it.
It is Over
The Bruins’ season is lost. I almost want them to do bad now and get a high pick.
November 28, 2005
Cyber Monday?
Someone needs to tell the media to stop making shit like Cyber Monday up and actually do some investigating on what is actually happening in this country; for one thing the strong early reports of retail over the weekend may have been inflated.
No Answers
Injuries have made the Pats an impotent team. Luckily they already have the division wrapped up. If I was Belichick I would have the injured players sit out till the playoffs. There is no reason for the pats to risk injury to by having people come back to early when the Pats will not get a bye, but will be a division winner.
Senators
The Ottawa Senators are far from a deliberative body. They are the most exciting team in hockey. One wonder just like the Colts though if they can finally break through this year and win a cup.
November 25, 2005
The Lonely Kicker
This time of year, you are likely to hear the Adam Sandler’s Hanukah song or Thanksgiving song on the radio. But during yesterday’s Cowboys vs. Broncos game another Sandler song was appropriate; “The Lonely Kicker” in honor of the Cowboys kicker who missed a potential game winning field goal whose name I already forgot.
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 23, 2005
Help Bring the Troops home
Tomorrow is another Thanksgiving where 150,000 American service men and women are away from their families fighting a war that was started based on erroneous assertions. (ie WMD, greeted as liberators, Iraq/Al Quada connection ext) Furthermore, the war in now a stalemate with a non existent Iraqi military, an insurgency that can not actually defeat the
Recently congressmen and veteran John Murtha had a proposal to bring the troops home; but neither democrats nor republicans supported his proposal. I urge everyone to call or write their congressmen to tell them to support John Murtha on his call for immediate withdrawal. If you do not know how to contact your congressmen go to congress.org to find the name and contact information for your local representative.
Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA 7th) Phone: (781) 396-2900
Fax: (781) 396-3220
November 22, 2005
Props to John Murtha
He did a great job on Meet The Press yesterday in articulating a plan for withdrawal from
RIP Steve Belichick
RIP. It is interesting how many people in sports Belichick, Parcels, Clemens, et al still manage to show up for a game even when a close family member has recently died. Guess it is just their way of coping.
November 19, 2005
Campaign Signs?
People are lazy; their must still be hundreds of still on lawns two weeks after the election is over.
No Money, Power, or Respect
The lox have sounded like whiny fools on hot 97.7 the past few days. How can you go around saying you are a gansta hustler then cry on the radio when you got hustled.
Get Well
Get well sweat hart.
Novmeber 16, 2005
Trains
There is something inherently romantic about long train rides.
A-Fraud
A-Rod is one of the few people who can look like a bigger loser even after winning something as prestigious as the MVP. All the award did was further highlight his post season choke job.
T.O. was right
What a choke job by the Eagles tonight. Terry Glenn playing like it is 96 biatches.
November 13, 2005
2-0
It is always a good day when 2 sports teams win. Too bad the Revs could not join the victory party with the Pats and C's.
November 12, 2005
Ditto
See yesterdays plug.
Plug
Go see the girls of
Run for your lives
The Fisher cats are coming!! The Fisher Cats are coming!! Got to leave sweeps month when local TV news can turn a few dead house cats into the impending invasion of man eating Fisher Cats.
November 9, 2005
Kudos
To Paul Pierce for passing up the Buzzer shot and not forcing a miss like he has done many times in the past.
Congratulations
To Steven Corbett, Clyde Younger, and Mark Sedaris for their election victories today.
Ever heard this story before?
African youths and immigrant populations riot in the street burning cars and buildings and even causing one death; The riots were spark when 2 immigrants were electrocuted while allegedly being chased by authorities and because of general community frustrations because of lack of jobs. A story like this is usually would be thought to be taking place in an American inner city not “enlightened” Free Day When the Pats play Monday night it does leave Sunday as a free day when you can get chores or family stuff done. Pirates Am I a sick minded person, that I was found it just a little bit cool that there were pirates attacks recently. Buzz Kill It is early in the year still, but for the Celtics a win over the Pistons would have given the team credibility. Unfortunately, Rip Hamilton ripped the win away from the Celtics. November 3, 2005 False Alarm With the warm weather now taking hold, Saturdays’ snow was a false alarm. November 2, 2005 Opening Night Good OT win for the Celtics to open the season tonight. The team will be entertaining with all the young talent, though at times frustrating. West was the man tonight, lets hope he can be consistent. November 1, 2005 Theo fiasco Winners and Losers. Winners: Theo, Tony Maz, Michael Silverman, L.A. Dodgers, Josh Byrnes, Boston Herald, Will McDonough, young executives. Losers: Larry Lucchino, Dan Shaughnessy, October 31, 2005 Happy Halloween Have fun everyone Unnatural act? In all my years of watching football, I have never seen someone flagged for an unnatural act like in last nights pats game. I wonder what it was? Levitation, sodomy, create of carbon 64. October 29, 2005 Year That went by fast. Happy one year anniversary baby. Closing They almost blew it, but the bruins finally closed one out against a division opponent last night. October 27, 2005 Harriet, Good bye Its conspiracy theory time; George Bush was told to nominate Miers by the Cheney cabal. Cheney knew that republicans would stonewall her nomination and then they could nominate a really conservative judge. It would be harder for the democrats to oppose this judge since Miers would already have been knocked off and the public would not have patients for another nominee knocked down. Congratulation To Theorizing about Theo Does anyone else have a doubt that it was Larry Lucchino who leaked that Theo turned down a 1.2 million per offer? It is tactics like this why it is 50/50 in terms of Theo signing.
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Memory Lane Nothing sparks a memory like perusing one old album collection. I hope IPods don’t kill the album format. October 23, 2005 Sox pen does it again The White Sox 8th inning bullpen performance last night was reminiscent of el Duque performance against the Red Sox. Bored enough for board games? When I went to the toy store, I saw a giant selection of board games. Do people still play those? Idiotic Liberal Professors I actually had a professed liberal professor today rail against stereotyping then later in the lecture make a red neck joke and call people from the South and October 20, 2005 Attempted Jinks WTF. Fox promoted a Houston VS. Superbugs All these idiots using all this antibacterial soap and antibiotics all the time are going to kill off the weak virus and only leave us with mutated super viruses. October 18, 2005 Now that’s a real HR Lance Berkman HR might have given It's French Bitch The first 10 minutes of The Colbert Report was classic television, including the best why did the chicken cross the road joke of all time. October 16, 2005 Good Cubans The complete game victory of Jose Contreras along with countrymen Orlando Hernandez tonight to bring the Chisox to the series was a victory against two tyrannical rulers: Fidel Castro and George Steinbrenner. Battle of ex Pats Coaches Pete Carroll won the battle of ex Pats coaches today with a gutsy call to go for the touchdown instead of a tying field goal; it was one of the more ballzy calls I have seen in a big game in a while Too cocky Humans like to pat themselves on the back for their accomplishments a lot, but this past year nature has been putting us in our place with all sorts of natural disasters and the looming threat of the bird flu. October 13, 2005 Growing Schism Previously, I predicted a schism in the Republican Party in the 08 primaries. The current Harriet Meirs debacle just turned that schism from a small tear to a large crack. Bullshit Fucking umpires, the call tonight was the worst ever and it even worse because someone in the crew had to know it was wrong and did not speak up. The Angels should protest the result of the game. October 11, 2005 Theorizing about Theo Theo Epstein may be as big the sox biggest free agent this off-season. I always thought that sox president Larry Lucchino micro managed the sox too much and it appears that Theo Epstein may be frustrated as well and wants as part of his new contract to report only to John Henry and not Lucchino. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. The New Iron Ladies Angela Merkel officially will become the chancellor or Déjà vu This has never happened before; Tom Brady leading a game winning drive and Adam Vinateri making the game winning field goal. Mother Earthed Pissed? Natural disasters have always been a part of life but they seem to be happening a lot more frequently then usual of late with the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Pakistani/Indian border being the latest. Silver Lining While the Sox are now out of it, we can all look to Jonathan Papelbon playoff down the stretch and playoff performance as a sign of things to come. Bikes beating Cars In seems many Americans are waking up to the high gas prices and obesity rates. More Bikes were sold then cars in the past year. B before A Tony’s gaffe tonight was the classic trying to do B before A sports mistake. October 4, 2005 Over an Out At least Matt Clement got it over with quick. What the Fuck? The pick of Miers for the Supreme Court reeks of cronyism; forget all the political bullshit and let’s just look at her in terms of qualifications especially when compared to recent picks like Roberts ( who deserved to be confirmed) and Ginsburg. Can someone explain to me why Harriet Miers is qualified to be on the Supreme Court? The Cleveland Indaians tank job ruined the suspence of the Sox v Yanks this weekend. Reasons for Loss Portly Portsider earns Pay Fatboy did his job tonight. Lets see how the Yankees lanky lefty does tomorrow 11/ Arroyo No Show Happy 11 months baby. Bronson Arroyo tonight had his fist career September loss at the worst possible time. Luckly for the sox playoff hopes the not so hapless D-Rays beat the Indians Spoilers The dregs of the A.L. East where the spoilers last night; September 27, 2005 No Gas for Class Some schools in Out of bounds The unsung heroes of the Pats win yesterday were September 24/25 Watertown Fair on the Square/ Central Square World’s Fair Support local musicians, dancers, restaurateurs, merchants, ext. at the They are back A new Fugees song has leaked. Listen to it on hiphopgame.com/audio September 23, 2005 Life Imitates the Big Screen A few years ago, I remember watching a scene in the movie Independence Day where there is a giant traffic jam of cars trying to flea a city being attacked by aliens. What I thought was unrealistic about the scene was that even in the face of disaster of an alien attack, no one in was using the empty inbound highway to get out of the city. Flash forward to real life Rita, and we have a giant traffic jam going outbound and an empty inbound. It took city planners 2 days to figure out to open the inbound lanes to outbound. Learn from the movies people. Right where they want them? Well, the sox have relinquished their lead to the Yankees. Hopefully, this will be a wake up call to play like last year. At first you don’t succeed… Rita is not a category five hurricane; lets see if the government and people have learned anything from Katrina. September 20, 2005 Too Much of a Good Thing? The sox broke out of their offensive doldrums tonight with 15 runs. Lets just hope they did not blow their whole wad tonight. September 19, 2005 The Merkel vs. Schroeder election in Happy B Day Happy 300th birthday to the great city of September 17, 2005 Bush family likes their bottle It looks like another member of the Bush clan is a little to friendly with the bottle. John Ellis Bush, son of JEB was arrested for public intoxication, and charged with resisting arrest. No Need to panic Many in Red Sox nation are getting a little to panicky about losing the division after last nights loss to Kudus to Bush Props to Bush for being the first politicians to accept some blame for the Katrina disaster. Now lets hope we can figure out away from preventing similar predictable disasters again. September 14, 2005 Rocket and Big Papi David Ortiz hits another game winning homerun proving that he is the G.O.A.T. in the clutch. Condelinses to Roger Clemons who lost his mom today and still went to on the pitch a strong game. September 13, 2005 Many people speculate Bill Clinton wants to head the UN, and this week he is acting like he already has the job. Baseball Ruminations While Chris Carpenter should win the Cy young with the best pitching performance this year, Dontrelle Willis should be the league’s MVP. Tonight he helped the Marlins leapfrog September 11, 2005 RIP Rest in piece all the souls who lost their lives four years ago today. Weis Wins Charlie Weis is proving the amount of coaching genius the patriots had the last few years. He led Norte Dame to a 2-0 start and with a win over number 3 It’s not my fault In an email to friends and family former FEMA leader Michael Brown blames the media's 24 hour news cycle for his troubles and the reason no one wants to go into public service. I guess we should all just look the other way when a public official is grossly inept and lies on his resume. Patriots Prediction Patriots 31 Raiders 17: The game will be close after about two quarters tied 10 to 10. The Pats will score a TD going into half time. In the second half Randy Moss will be striped of the ball leading to another Patriots touchdown. The teams will trade TD in the fourth quarter. September 7, 2005 Déjà vu That was not a replay of last year’s playoffs; David Ortiz just hit another walk off homerun to beat the Angels. If the season ended today, the Red Sox would play the Angels in the first round. I am guessing that the Angels might learn their lesson by now and just walk Ortiz in the late innings. Moving on up The Naming of John Roberts as the nominee for Chief Justice was a shrewd political move. Roberts is young and could serve for 40 years; furthermore, he did not generate a lot of controversy with his initial nomination and the democrats would waste political capital attacking him that they will probably need when Bush nominates someone even more conservative to fill the reopened O’Conner seat. A.P.B On this Labor Day, I ask a simple yet important question; where the fuck is Dick Cheney? When Bush was on vacation, at least we knew where he was. With all the turmoil the country is in, from Hurricane Katrina to the Supreme Court having two open vacancies, one would hope that the Vice President might actually be seen or heard from. I can’t remember the last time I saw the guy;In addition, I ran Google and Yahoo searches on Dick Cheney and Hurricane Katrina and I can’t find a single comment he has made about the catastrophe.I just hope he is all right. Kudos Meet The Press’s Tim Russert again earned his reputation as the best interviewer today when he aggressively and emotionally held Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff feet to the fire for the agency’s ineptitude and lack of foresight in the Hurricane Katrina disaster. September 3, 2005 Right to die at home? Last week at this time it was known a super hurricane would hit New Orleans which is a city below sea level; despite the fact that their was a huge possibility of the city flooding, many people did not evacuate the city because they did not have the means to do so or did not want to leave their homes. In the case of the latter, should the government have declared martial law and forced the people to leave who did not want to? Many people who I know, especially in my family would not leave their homes even if there was a 90% chance they would be destroyed in a storm. This is a very similar situation ethical compared to Terry Shiavo and the assisted suicide debate. Wake up to the New Ace With Matt Clement being shaky since the All Star break, Curt Shilling not looking like the same pitcher since his ankle injuries and David Wells being suspended, is not Tim Wakefield who just got his 14 win last night the Ace of the Red Sox staff? Bush’ Herculean Feat President Bush who has only been on vacation the past 5 weeks and 20% of his presidency in Crawford Texas, cut his vacation short 2 days to actually do his fucking job and deal with the tragic effects of hurricane Katrina. What a noble gesture. Win for Bikers With gas prices and obesity rates souring one way to stay fit and save money is to bike to work or for fun. I urge you to support MassBIke ( link in link page) in order for them to keep passing crucial legislation like this: MassBike worked with our Congressional delegation to support key bicycling projects, such as Safe Routes to School, and our legislators came through in the recently-passed federal transportation bill. Additionally, a good number of local bike path projects also received funding through special “earmarks” the delegation secured. The great Highlights of the train wreck that is the 2005 MTV Video Music awards: Eric Roberts promoting his sons website, Suge Night shooting himself in the leg, Diddy trying to dance, Fat Joe and 50 going all WWF, Lindsay and Hilary showing off their anorexia, MC Hammer dressed thugged out, Kelly Clarkson sounding like a Banshee, Green Day sleep walking through their performance, Shakira gyrating next to some guy no one has ever heard of. Suge shot Somebody shot Suge night at Kanye West pre MTV awards party. 2 questions: What took so long? And how they only hit him in the leg? August 27, 2005 KC tease Kansas City was up 4 runs against New York in the 9th today. Nearly any other team would have put the game away, but not Hapless KC who predictably coughed up the lead in the 9th. August 26, 2005 Same old Story In the third and the most telling preseason game of the year the Pats looked to be in midseason form as the promptly kicked the Packers ass 27-3. Augusy 25, 2005 A Hollywood hipster scene Lucky Strike lanes is advertised as a Hollywood hipster scene. Who knew hipster scenes where nearly empty and looked alot like any bowling ally. August 24, 2005 Not crazy With so many child actors going crazy it is good to see My Girl and Golddiggers star Anna Chlumsky doing well with her life. She is 24, a university of Chicago grad, and works for Zagat. August 23, 2005 Getting Better While still not worth 40 million, it is good to see Edger Renteria start hitting the ball. August 22, 2005 20 Twenty years ago today a baby was made from star dust in order to give the earth a little extra light. Happy Birthday baby. I am sorry for what I did. August 21, 2005 Free Concert Why pay 600 bucks for stone tickets when you can hang out near Fenway and hear it anyway? August 20, 2005 Festival Go the Greek festival at the Saint Constantine and Helen Church on Magazine Street in Cambridge for great Greek food and music today and tomorrow. August 19, 2005 Bye Bye Bellhorn Bye and good luck to Red Sox Mark Bellhorn. While he sucked this year, he was one of the sox top hitters in the post season last year and earned his ring. August 18, 2005 Cool The morning airs coolness the past few days is a sign of the F word approaching, Fall. August 17, 2005 Embedded Red Sox Two years ago Ramiro Mendoza joined the sox from the Yankees and proceeded to suckdittlyuckflanders; now the tables have turned. The Yankees recently acquired Alan Embree from the Sox and he has pitched terrible including losing last night’s game to Tampa. August 16, 2005 Deadline? Yesterday was the “deadline” for the Iraqi constitution. Well it turns out the deadline was like the due date for a term paper when the professor is a push over cause now the deadline is next week. I wonder how many extensions the Iraqis will need. Lets just hope the dog does not eat the Iraqis new constitution. August 15, 2005 R.I.P. R.I.P to all the souls who lost their lives in the Helios airlines plane crash. August 14, 2005 It’s getting hot up there Temperatures in Alaska are at record levels the past few days with Fairbanks getting all the way to the high 80s and a McKinley River weather station recording a temperature of 92. With global warming slowly taking its toll, smart investors should buy up Alaskan beach front property. By the next century Anchorage should be the new San Diego. August 13, 2005 Juliet and Juliet The 2 Swans in the Boston Public Garden named Romeo and Juliet have turned out both to be female and in a committed relationship. Governor Romney was quoted as saying “Being someone who does not believe in gay marriage cause of my respect for traditional family values and a member of the Mormon religion which sanctions polygamy, that the only solution is bring in a male swan to be the husband to both the females. August 12, 2005 Who's your Daddy? A study by British researchers says that over 4% of fathers are unknowingly raising children who are not their own. With more and more DNA testing and research this number is expected to rise. August 11, 2005 EU vs. Iran The United States needs to let the EU deal with Iran and their nuclear ambitions. The United States can not be in the forefront of every situation and it would behoove the US to give the EU a chance to flex its political/military. If it appears the EU, after a while is failing to prevent Iran from getting the bomb, then the US should begin to interject itself more into the situation. August 10, 2005 Rogers Kenny “the whining fatboy” Rogers will pitch for Texas tonight. Here is hoping the sox kick his ass. August 9, 2005 Relief Does any one feel relief when the sox relief pitching enters the game? August 8, 2005 R.I.P. R.I.P. Peter Jennings August 6,7 2005 Moneyball strikes agian While in the past I liked to mock Billy Beane, what the Oakland A's are doing right now is fucking amazing. August 5, 2005 Novak Novak tries to top Zell Millar's Chris Mathews Show appearance with his "this is Bullshit" on CNN live for top conservative curmudgeon outburst. August 4th 2005 Hall needs some Rice With the revelations about Raphael Palmerio and Jason Giambi, and the strong suspicions of Sosa, Bonds, McGuire of using steroids, Writers need to put former players who were on the Hall of Fame bubble like Jim Rice in higher regard. Rice was dominant and the most feared hitter in baseball for years. While he did not have longevity, he skills eroded quicker then current players because he was not getting a boost from illegal enhancements. August 3, 2005 Forbidden Ticket Joe Biden said on the Daily Show yesterday that he would be willing to run on a ticket with John McCain or an other Republican. While this statement is most likely political posturing by Biden in an attempt moderate his public image, there is a chance a combo ticket could come to fruition. The primary process lends it self to success to polarizing politicians who cater to their base. If it becomes difficult for moderates to win their parties nomination, I would not be surprised if a centrist ticket emerges. August 2, 2005 One Down Well that explains Rafael Palmerio sudden jump in numbers in from his earlier career and his need for Viagra. I guess Barry Bonds was paying attention too and now will not play this year. August 1, 2005 Manny Ramirez vs. Wade Boggs Manny Ramirez may have topped new Hall of Fame inductee Wade Boggs for best referring to themselves in the third person quote of all time: After Sunday’s game Manny said “That’s Manny being Manny,' he's great man... this is the place for me... I'm back!" Wade Boggs once said after being asked why he did not have more RBIs “if Wade Boggs was hitting behind Wade Boggs, then Wade Boggs would have a lot more RBIs.” July 31, 2005 RIP R.I.P. Philanthropist and Veteran George Philos June 30, 2005 Trade Deadline Aside from the playoffs, the most exciting time in the baseball season is the the Trade Deadline. My predictions: Manny will stay, so wil AJ Burnett, Alfonso will go to the Mets. June 29, 2005 God Bless God Bless Kay Hanley for speaking her mind on issues and insulting her fans. June 28, 2005 Happy Trails Good luck to Ted Johnson in his retirement. June 27, 2005 Can I Live? The most unexpected music single of the year has to be Nick Cannon’s pro-life anthem “ Can I Live?.” June 26, 2005 Scary Their are few things scarier then watching a line drive going 100mph strike a pitcher off the head. June 25, 2005 Payola Ever turn on the radio and think someone would have to pay me to listen to this crap? Well it turns out Sony Music was paying radio stations to play crap from JLo, Jessica Simpson, Good Charlotte and others and now has to pay hefty fines. Random Questions Weekend Who gets the ever present real world fish when the show finishes its season? Is William Rehnquist feeding of the souls of puppies in order to have never ending life and thus never give up his chief justice position? June 23, 2005 New NHL Rules Shoot outs bad. Small Goalie Pads Good. June 22, 2005 Manny the Man While he usually appears aloof and clueless, Manny once again proved that he is a sage in the batters box. June 21, 2005 Terrorist number on assist People always want to worry about WMD, but the real WMD of terrorist is their ability to recruit disenfranchised young men to die for their cause. July 20, 2005 A Brewsky for Bruschi Here is to Tedy and for his good health. July, 19 2005 Potter Prediction Snape is still in the order of the phoenix. When Dumbledore was pleading with him he was pleading with him to kill him. Dumbledore was going to die from the potion anyway and wanted Snape to finish him off in order to not have him suffer and for Snape to keep up his death eater spying. July 18, 2005 F en Waltham Billy Costa playing Waltham on Kiss=another sign of the coming doom. July 17, 2005 100 pages in The Bush, Blair, Terrorist symbolism in Potter book 6 is not very subtle to say the least. July 16, 2005 Closing Baptism by fire. Curt Schilling, may end up helping the sox from the pen, but last night was his first taste of the differance between closing and starting. Closers are not given time to establish their fastball. July 15, 2005 Look but don't touch To the dumbass fan with the bald head and stripped shirt who caught Giambi home run in front of trot and all other idiot fans like you, if the ball can be played by a player, stay the fuck away. July 14, 2005 Arroyo back at his other job Now with his tour dates and CD release promotion behind him, Bronson Arroyo can go back to his day job, Starter for the Boston Redsox. Tonight is Arroyo’s biggest non playoff start of his career. July 13, 2005 Hooray for Harry The NHL and its players union have appeared to reach an agreement pretty close to the one Harry Sinden has been preaching for years. Now it is time to put up or shut up for the Bs; the bruins should be at the cap ceiling, and with few people on contract should be able to have a cup contending team shortly. July 12, 2005 Row Row your Rove gently down the stream While Rove appears not to have done something illegal according to the letter of the law since he did not give the name of a currently undercover CIA agent on foreign soil, he committed an unethical act when he gave Joseph Wilson’s wife name to a reporter in an act of political vengeance; he should either resign or be fired for this. June 11, 2005 Prediction David Ortiz will win the HR derby for mighty mighty DR. June 10, 2005 King of the Assholes Kenny Rogers says he will go to the allstar game: What an asshole. June 9, 2005 Dumb distractions With all the seriousness of the London Bombing it is good that the idiots of the redsox give us a distraction and debate between Schilling and Damon on whether or not it is wise for the sox ace to go into the bullpen. July 8, 2005 Let’s help the body fight the disease. The problem of extremism and terrorism in the Muslim world needs a Muslim solution. But there are things the west can do to assist them and to force their hand. The biggest is stop giving money to the people who fund extreme Wuhhabism. This can be achieved by not giving money to our alleged friends the Saudis. We need to become oil independent. I call on all United States political leaders the same way Kennedy called on the nation to reach the moon to call on the nation to become oil independent. This can be done by opening more nuclear plants ( France does it ), wind farms where possible, more use of biogas ( like the Swedes are doing with their buses and trains), higher fuel efficiency standards for automobiles, have all new house created to maximize energy efficiency, and even using the strategic Alaskan oil reserves ( sorry caribou). Then we will be in a better position to force the Saudis and other nations hand to deal with the extremism in their midst better. The blame, America, the west, and the Jews for everything thought process is encouraged by rich Muslims and Arabic governments who want the people to have a scapegoat instead of looking at their own government’s corruption and exploitation of their people. July 7, 2005 Worth a thousand words Despite the horror of today’s attack in London the image that will remain in my mind is Tony Blair speaking to the world in-between President Bush and Jacque Chirac standing behind him. Blair has literally between the EU and the USA for years now trying to balance the two powers and broker agreements. Now Blair with the attacks on London has the chance to go down as a historical leader and figure. If he can find a way to get the EU and US to speak in one voice (his) on a number of issues from terrorism to global warming then he will be remembered in a Churchillian manner. July 6, 2005 London Calling Today naming of London as the host city for the 2012 Olympic Games is yet another victory for Tony Blair. Blair has had the inevitable task of being the bridge to from the ever growing EU and the USA. He has managed this task skillfully and also domestically done a record term as PM for the Labour party. London Olympic win is another feather in his cap and a slap to his rival Chirac who will have to settle for eating bad English food if he wants to go the 2012 games. July 5, 2005 Supreme Justice Comeuppance Recently the Supreme Court ruled that it was ok for state and local government to take privately owned homes and then raze them in order to for more lucrative real estate deals. Darrel Clements has come up with a brilliant idea in order to show the court how anti-American this ruling is. Clements is trying to get the local government to take Justice David Souter’s home in order to build the Lost Liberty hotel which can be justified because it would generate more revenue for the community. I call on all Americas who feel it is pornographic ( and not in the good way) to give the government such broad power to seize private property to support Clements effort to take Souter’s house. July 4th, 2005 You know what would be pretty cool? You got to give it to the NASA nerd who said “you what would be pretty cool, if we crashed something into a comet on the fourth of July, for science of course.” And so it came to be something uniquely American around 2am on the fourth: Humans cheering their ability to play cosmic bumper cars. (For science) July 3, 2005 4 Stars Congratulations to the red sox fans for the ability to punch cards and use the internet in order to vote 4 sox to the starting line up all who are their deservedly so. July 2, 2005 Venus Rises again Props to Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport. While they are not as intriguing as Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Anna Kournikova, they played a memorable Wimbledon final that left even viewers exhausted. July 1, 2005 Lefty It is the Law of the Baseball Gods that the Sox need to get shut down by a lefty at least 3 times a year. June 30, 2005 Sharapova must wait for superstardom If Maria Sharapova won back to back Wimbledon, with her looks, she would have went from a star to a superstar. Her own assessment is correct that she needs to get stronger. I am curious to see if she focuses on becoming a great tennis player or if she gets sidetracked by the fame that her beauty causes. June 29, 2005 Superpower Tag Team Russia and China already announced joint military cooperation and more recently they have agreed to share training facilities and knowledge in order to hopeful overtake the United States in medal counts in 08 Olympics. From the Mid East, European Union, and China/Russia it seems that everyone is trying to challenge various forms of US dominance. Conquering tour Going to NY is a lot sweater for a sox fan after last year’s series. June 27, 2005 AC for Bitches Air conditioning is a waste of energy and takes away the feeling of summer. Hotness puts stress on people and breeds passion and creativity. AC stifles this. June 25/26 Summertime Firtst weekend of summer and it is Hot as Hell. Props to Revere Beach for the cleanliness it has achieved over the years. Props to the Sox for taking over this shit. Now all we need is a classic Summer Song to be released. June 24, 2005 # 1 No Curt, Pedro, and Edger sucks; Sox in first place biatch. June 23, 2005 Spurs win agian Congratulations to the NBA champion spurs. If they win next year they will be a dynasty. June 22, 2005 Dilettantes site up Any fans of Boston legendary Kay Hanley should check out the link in the link section to her new band The Dilettantes. June 21, 2005 Hefty Lefty Double Faulty One of the oldest crafty hefty lefties David Wells faced one of the youngest yesterday CC Sabathia, however neither was on their game so a potential interesting pitching duel was averted. June 20, 2005 Biden Bid in 08 Joe Biden is going to run for the Presidency in 08. While he will not beet Hilary in the primaries, Biden mainstream well spoken views on the world will help shape the debate in a more sane way then last elections focus on Dean’s Scream and Vietnam. June 19, 2005 Useful waste Sweden will soon start running the first train in the world to run on Biogas a renewable energy source made out of organic waste. Biogas has many advantages in that is renewable, reduces green house admission and does not need to be imported because the materials to make it can be found anywhere. The biggest snag to the energy technology is that it is expensive even more so then diesel to produce. But, if scientist can like most technologies figure out ways to make it more cost effective over time this is a great step for fuel conservationists. In addition to the train Sweden has 779 buses that run on biogas; the world should thank Sweden for its commitment to reusable energy development. June 18, 2005 No super record When wondering why no pitchers win 25 to 30 games anymore see today’s Marlins game pitched by 11-2 Dontrelle Willis. June 17, 2005 Happy Bunker Hill Day The Battle of Bunker Hill shows that sometimes even when you ultimately lose a battle, it can help you win the war. June 16, 2005 MassBike Volunteer Night: Please Join Us Tonight Pizza, friends, and envelope stuffing! We really need your help with our monthly membership mailing. Please join us from 5:00-8:30 p.m. tomorrow--Thursday, June 16-- for our monthly MassBike Volunteer Night. It’s a great way to have fun and help the cause. You can find us at 20 Park Plaza, Ste. 528, Boston (Arlington T stop). PLEASE NOTE NEW SUITE NUMBER. Please RSVP to mike@massbike.org. June 15, 2005 Uncertainty There are few things more stressful then medical uncertainty. June 14, 2005 Less Patriotic? The Army has missed recruiting goals that were already scaled down for the fourth straight month. Is this because people are less patriotic and do not want to serve their country? People still want to serve their country, the problem the government is having is that a growing number of people do no associate what is happening in Iraq with helping America. Not with Bang, but a whimper Some scientists suggest the universe will end not with a bang but a whimper; so it is with Mike Tyson’s career. He announced his retirement after his latest loss to a tomatocan opponent. His career that started with so many bangs will end with a winter. June 12, 2005 Message to the Ladies Unless you are truly way overweight you are not fat. From my girlfriend, her friends, at work, at school, celebrities, everyone all I hear from women is that they are trying to lose weight; the vast majority of the time these girls or women who are trying to lose weight either have a normal or skinny body. The ironic part of it all is that if these women got a skinny as their goal was they would be less attractive then they currently are. The most well known example of this is Lidsay Lohan; once the personification of hotness now she looks grotesque after losing too much weight. Speaking as a guy there is nothing less attractive then a girl is skin and bones. So please smart and beautiful women of the world stop worrying about your weight. June 11, 2005 Cold Play vs. White Stripes No two bands have garnered more hype this century then ColdPlay and The White Stripes. Last Tuesday both bands released new albums; in this case The White Stripes lived up to quality expectations and while ColdPlay still puts forth a solid effort they do not justify the hype machine. ColdPlay seems to be a little to earnest in this effort, while Jack White effortlessly seems to make simple catchy and creative tunes. June 10, 2005 Giant Homer It looks like the Simpsons will finally hit the Big Screen in a few years. While the last few years have been good, I hope Matt Groening takes control more of the movie to give the movie a little of the shows original feel. June 9, 2005 HOF No one is tougher or has a better name to suit them then Cam Neely; His hall of fame induction is well deserved. June 8, 2005 Dump Dumbass Dean Dean recently said that that all republicans are the same. This is any idiotic and false statement. Any political observe who unlike Dean has a keen eye will tell you that there is growing schism in the republican party between Bush’s neocons, old cons, the RINO republicans, and religious right. Many old cons are deficit Hawks and want the federal government to stay away from state issues two things Bush’s has not done. Then there are the McCain, Giuliani, and Swarzenaggers who are pro-choice. The 08 primary will be a battle for control of the Republican Party between all these factions. If Dean thinks that Bush, Buchanan, and McCain are the same he is a reactionary idiot just like I suspected of him. I call on all responsible democrats to dump dumbass Dean. June 7, 2005 Miami Wilts from Heat They could have easily won the game, but it seems Miami just slowly faded away those last few minutes of the game. I am disappointed they did not put up more of a fight. June 6, 2005 Will a Superstar be born? There are Stars and there are Superstars; Dwayne Wade has made himself a star this year tonight he has a chance to enter into the superstar stratosphere. If has a big game 7 despite his injury, he will reach the level of others from Jordan, Schilling, Gibson, ext who have been immortalized by overcoming pain and sickness when their team needed them the most. June 4 and 5, 2005 Tie Greece and Turkey tied yesterday. Greece already leading in the world cup standings gained more because the tie solidified their second place position. June 3, 2005 Sell Out The term sell out is thrown around a lot in the music business, but there are no bigger or truer sell outs then the black eyed peas who completely changed their sound to pop and added a talent less white women to the group for no other roll but to shake her ass. Hey Papi Clutch see David Ortiz. June 1, 2005 Holy Shit It is June 1, 2005. That is some crazy shit 15 years ago today was the furture, now it is just today. May 31, 2005 Deep throat reveled Well the mystery of who is deep throat has been reveled to be former FBI official W. Mark Felt and like most mysterious it was more interesting when it was unknown. May 30, 2005 Memorial Day On this Memorial Day remember those who have pasted and pray for the safe return of your fellow countrymen and women in harms way. May 29, 2005 Rout Even though it has no long term bearing on the season or even a momentum swing as some speculate, it is always fun to kick some Yankee ass 17-1. May 28, 2005 Déjà vu While Sox’s fans will be up in arms over last nights loss and Dale “wave em in Swain” getting 2 more people thrown out at home, they should just remember that the Sox lost to the Yankees in almost the same exact fashion as last year. May 27, 2005 Bush’s Moral Logic Regarding stem cell research George Bush said that he does not want to destroy life to help save it, but is that not what is happening in Iraq. Has he not “destroyed" the lives of over 1600 American soldiers and innocent Iraqis in the crossfire in order to save lives in the long run? May 26, 2005 Please call to support Fuel Efficiency Truth in Advertising Act of 2005 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise certain Federal vehicle fuel economy test procedures to take into consideration higher speed limits, faster acceleration rates, variations in temperature, use of air conditioning, shorter city test cycle lengths, and the use of other fuel depleting features. Call your senators to support this bill. John Kerry (617) 565-8519. Edward M. Kennedy (617) 565-3170 May 25, 2005 Meeting with State Rep Watertown Democratic Town Committee will meet next on Thursday May 26, at 8 pm. Rep. Kaprielian will attend this meeting to give us a legislative update. Watertown Town Hall May 24, 2005 New Reality While I am not an American Idol fan, I would watch the season finale if Kiefer Sutherland shot the loser in the knee. May 23, 2005 Town Hall Forum Natick 7:15-9:00 pm Exploring Resources: Alternative Transportation for Natick" May 22, 2005 List overload Time is coming out with a 100 greatest films list; did not everyone do this at the turn of the century. I like to debate lists as much as the next guy, but we need some time before we make new lists in order for list worthy books, movies, album, ext to come out. First Lady talks some sense Last week President Bush the leader of the free world was not stopped from his bike ride in order to be told that the White House (where the man lives for god sake) and the Capital building were being evacuated due to a plane going into restricted airspace. First Lady Laura Bush recently said the obvious statement that he should have been interrupted from his ride thus contradicting the official stance of the White House. What an interesting idea she has that when the White House is being evacuated someone should tell the fucking president. Thanks to the First Lady for stating this obvious fact because out of all the things the media makes into issues this seems not to have stuck. May 20, 2005 Warm Welcome Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis will be coming to the United States on May 19, 2005 Tag Team on theives Both Mitt Romney and likely gubernatorial challenger Tom Reilly recently proposed legislation to tougher penalties for Identity theft. This is an issue that should not be politicized. Romney and state democrats should join forces in this fight and quickly create and pass stiffer penalties for identity theft or else the crime witch can have debilitating complications on a person’s life will continue to rise. May 18, 2005 Ms. Federline’s fate Britney Federline AKA Britney Spears has a new realty show. What the show will illustrate much fate can seem to caste its shadow over a person. Oedipus, in the Greek Tragedy, was fated to kill his father and marry his mother. In the classic story, Oedipus fulfills that fate even though actions are taken by his father and himself in order for it not to happen. The moral of the story is that sometimes things will happen and there is not a damn thing you can do about it. So it is with Britney. When Britney was young maybe the fates said she would be married at 22 to a mediocre man, pregnant, and working as a waitress at her dad’s restaurant. Even though Britney spent most of her life trying to avoid that fate, fate again won out and she fulfilled her destiny May 17, 2005 Best on TV Today was the season finale of the best show on TV, Gilmore Girls. May 16, 2005 True political battle Bob Woodward reports that Dick Cheney might be a dark horse candidate in 08. This would be a good thing. With Hilary Clinton the most likely democratic candidate, a Clinton vs. Cheney match up would pit a true liberal vs. a true conservative. Everyone would know who they are, where they stood on issues and thus would have a clear choice of who to pick. May 15, 2005 Newsweek Fucks Up Big Time Newsweek admits that it is report of United States troops flushing a Koran down the toilet was erroneous. This is a mistake with humongous repercussions: riots in Afghanistan occurred cause of the story, it is another blow to the main stream media credibility, and it gives the government another reason to limit journalistic access. May 14, 2005 Hate it or love it In The Game song “Hate it or Love it”, 50 says “Hate it or love it the underdogs on top, and I am going to shine till my hearts stop.” Well in the case of Dave Chappelle who was the underdog most of his life, it appears he hates being on top. He gets great rating, signs a 50 million dollar deal, and then freaks out and heads to a South African mental hospital. Cats and Dogs living together Hilary Clinton and Newt Gingrich recently teamed up to support legislation that would give government assistance to the health care industry in order for the industry to streamline using computer technology in order to cut cost and improve care. While the bill is a non-controversial one, the fact that Hilary and Newt were on the same stage is a big deal. Hilary over the past few years has been praised by many high profile republicans such as McCain, Frist, and Gingrich. This is good news for Hilary who can point to this praise as evidence that she is not a Liberal Loon witch will be the label that republicans will try to stick to her. I can even see a campaign commercial of sound bites from republicans praising Hilary. May 12, 2005 How Sweet a little walk can be. The Sox have a day off today and then a long plane flight to Seattle. Despite the overall good home stand if yesterday’s game was lost by Foulke it would have been a long time for the team to stew and non stop Foulke bashing on the radio. Foulke should buy Varitek dinner for saving his ass with a walk off home run yesterday. May 11, 2005 Harkin Amendment The U.S. Senate has started debating the federal transportation bill (passed in March by the House of Representatives). Tomorrow, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin is expected to introduce a “Complete Streets” amendment to the bill, which would make it federal law that bicyclists and pedestrians must be accommodated on streets and highways (due to the work of State Rep. Anne Paulsen and MassBike, this has been Massachusetts law since 1996, but only two other states in the country have this provision). May 10, 2005 Rino on the loose. John McCain recently stated that he will side with democrats on the issue of judicial filibusters; it is his ability to cross party lines like this occasionally that make him popular among independents and a media darling. His courting of the center will obviously help him in the 08 general election. But, it is his courting of the middle that will lead to his inability to win the Republican primary because his fellow Republicans will call him a RINO ( Republican in name only.) If he is as big as a maverick as he portrays himself to be, then he should run as an independent in 08 and really shake thing up. May 9 2005 Orwellian progress A government official recently claimed the recent up swing in Iraqi violence is a sign of progress against the insurgency. While there is a rationale to this statement, that the increased attacks are a sign of an ever more desperate insurgency, it seems that this type of statement has been made many times before. If we are making progress, should not eventually the violence start to decrease? Furthermore, I suspect the second large amounts of United States troops withdraw their insurgence will step up their attacks even more. It may be later this year or ten years down the road, but eventually the Iraqi people if they truly want a democracy will have to rise and fight for it themselvesMay 8, 2005 Happy Mother’s Day To my mother and all the mothers of the world, Happy Mother’s day. May 7, 2005 Home Court Abort In sports, one of the advantages to having a good regular season is home court (or field, ice) advantage in the playoffs. But, on the rare occasion in a series home court does not matter at all and in the case of the Celtics was a disadvantage. The Celtics had many young players this series and Piece, Walker, and Payton did not do a good enough job leading them. This caused the Celtics to have more anxiety playing in front of their home fans then away since they were worrying to much about fucking up in front of their fans. May 6, 2005 Pissed Paul Pierced Everyone who watched last nights Celtics game is talking about Paul Piece technical foul at the end of the game to get ejected. Nearly all are calling Pierce a bonehead for his actions; in a backward way he inspired his team to greater heights. Losing Pierce allowed Walker and the other players to take over and shine. The game was a great pick me up for the C’s and I predict unlike the past series games it will carry over to game 7. May 5, 2005 Mike Barnacle Barnacles us Yesterday, I saw a commercial where former Globe columnist Mike Barnacle claimed his talk show was the place for sportspoliticsandrevenge. While the phrase has been in vogue for years, his penitent for stealing other people’s ideas leads me to believe he used the phrase cause of this site. Well, maybe he didn’t, but what the hell is someone like Barnacle who has both plagiarized and made up false stories for his columns doing with his own talk show? May 4, 2005 Two of a kind The Yankees are to Baseball what the Ecela Express is to high speed train travel; both overpriced and breaking down. Double Expansion McDonalds recently announced that they will now accept credit cars. This is a great thing for the public who can now kill two birds with one stone; They can expand their debt and their waistlines at the same time. May 2, 2005 Safe Routes to School Bill Hearing This Tues., May 3 It seems to be the week for bike hearings at the State House. MassBike has just learned that THIS TUESDAY, May 3, the Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on one of our key initiatives, H. 2121, the Safe Routes to School Bill, which makes it easier for kids to bike and walk to school. The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in the State House’s Hearing Room A-2. Please join us to testify in favor of this bill and show its grassroots support! Email mike@massbike.org to RSVP or to get more information on the bill. May 1 2005 Happy Easter For people of the Greek Orthodox faith like me, today is Easter. Many people wonder why this is. It has to do with at the way my church calculates when the day should be celebrated. Greek Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon of the Vernal Equinox. April 30, 2005 Happy 6 month anniversary. While we celebrate our anniversary a day late-I promise hun it will be worth the wait- Today, while they celebrate the earth on the hatch shell- my love for you will make my heart swell. April 29, 2005 No Post In respect of Good Friday ( Greek Orthodox) their will be no post. April 28, 2005 Things keep getting worse, or do they? Politicians, athletes and other high profile people of today, their conduct is just terrible. There are all a bunch of high profile crooks. This is a common misconception that many people propagate. In truth, today it seems like this because more high profile people are being caught in scandal and the mass media makes it more wide known. Their were more crooks, creeps, and cokeheads in high profile position in the past then today, but it was not as widely known. Today’s white hot spotlight is a good thing especially when it comes to politicians. Yesterday, ruling in Congress that is going to allow a fuller probe of Tom Delay is another example of people in power’s questionable behavior being scrutinized. This gives people in power forewarning that if their conscience does not cause them to stop unethical behavior, there is a good chance they will be investigated and caught. April 27, 2005 What the Foulke? Keith Foulke blew another game today; Foulke, not blessed with over powering fastball must rely on deception of speed to succeed. One way he does this is with his unorthodox short arm delivery to the mound. While many in Sox nation will be freaking out after yesterday’s debacle, Foulke will turn it around this season once he gets his delivery mechanics back into sync. April 26, 2005 Bike Bill Hearing MassBike has just learned that the legislature's Public Safety Committee will hold a hearing on the Bicyclists' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities (H. 1411) this Wednesday, April 27 at 10:00 a.m. in State House Hearing Room B-1. This is a crucial piece of legislation that codifies bicyclists' right to be on the road, requires police to receive training in bike laws, and mandates that drivers check before opening their car doors. We need you to come show your support for this bill! It is essential that we have a good turnout of cycling advocates. Please email mike@massbike.org if you'll be able to attend. Quick fix drug culture In today’s culture many people turn to quick fixes when it comes to problems with their children. Instead, of devoting their time, giving guidance, and being patient with their children, parents seek quick fixes when it comes minor childhood and adolescent issues like tremendously hyperactive children or excessive moodiness. They solution too many times today is to prescribe the children mind altering medication. Because this practice is recent, there are not enough long term studies, but I am willing to bet that medicating the still developing mind causes more developmental issues then it helps. One of the issues that overmedication may cause is children being likely to turn to drugs for their own problems or and for recreational purposes. A recent study done by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America found that 20 percent of The Kids are alright The national prognosticators picked the Pacers to preside over the Celtics this series with their experience and alleged deeper bench. What they did not take into account is that with experience comes age. The experienced Pacers look just plain old as the young Celtics led by Jefferson and Banks ran up and down the court getting buckets in transition, hitting three, and Jefferson specifically dominating the older Dale Davis down low. Draft Day One of the best aspects of being a sports fan is the ability to try to make decisions along with your team. Whether they be in game choices like when to take out a pitcher or it go for it on 4th down, or general manager type activities like who to trade to today’s event the NFL draft. The draft is a day of hope for the down trodden franchisees and a day for the successful to plug in holes for another championship run. All the while, fans get to guess what who each team will pick and who they would prefer their team to get. A few years back the big question in the Patriots draft was go with offense and get WR David Terrell or Defense and get Richard Seymour. Well, the pats got S. 233 Caring for Children Act This bill will assist in getting child care providers better training; this is extremely necessary considering how much of the wiring of the brain is formed during the early years Official Title as Introduced: 'A bill to increase the supply of quality child care. ' Call your senators to support this bill. John Kerry (617) 565-8519. Edward M. Kennedy (617) 565-3170 Stop Political Patronage Recently Tom Delay has been under fire for many reasons; one of them is that his political action committee paid his wife and daughter over a half a million dollars. In was also reveled that more then 2 dozen other senators pay close family members salaries with their funds. This is an unethical practice that needs to be stop. When a person donates to a political campaign they need to be sure the money is not going to the candidate’s daughter to buy a new Coach Bag. The Next Pope I do not know too much about the new Pope Benedict aside from the news stories about since he was named, but I can make a pretty educated guess that he will not be pope for very long. Thus the next Pope will be a more important choice. If the Catholic Church is smart, they will make a choice from Hilary Ready for Election Wars Hilary Clinton has more money then any other senator campaigning for reelection. Furthermore, her popularity in April 18, 2005 Bostonian Heaven Today, I got to experience Bostonian version of heaven. Wake up and head over to The Next Frontier Humans not content with trashing our home planted have official polluted space with our junk. In our orbit a piece of 31-year old Trail by Talk Show In the Thursday Redsox vs. Yankees game an incident occurred between a fan and Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield. While anyone watching the game could see that it was not a big deal, it was quickly blown out of proportion by the local and even national media. What happened the next day was surreal. I turned on the local sports talk radio station to hear some scores and hopefully some decent baseball analysis about Randy Johnson struggling or Reneteria breaking out of his slump. Instead, I got trail by talk show. The hosts of the show and caller after caller analyzing the video tape to try to determine the intention of fan: was he punching I do not know this man or if he was trying to hit Old Timers The Yankees and Red Sox are givens to both make the playoff, right? While both teams are extremely talented with high payrolls there is a common thread to both teams that could make jeopardize their recent play off permanence; they are both old and tired. Many of the most important players on both teams are up their in age. Furthermore, they have played more games then any other team in the last few years with many of those games being intense and hard fought. In the end as all predicted they will both likely make the playoffs, but the on the road their now and then the gray hairs on both teams will revel themselves. King of the Hill Tonight Curt Schilling is going to be back on the mound for the hometown club. It is early in the year but a strong start for Curt could be a little demoralizing for the Yankees. The acquisition of Johnson for the Yankees gave them an edge going into the season, but a strong debut by Curt that shows our ace is healthy and will match theirs will give them pause in the euphoria over Johnson. Further, a win tonight would put the high powered Yanks at 3-5. Right man was on the mound Yesterday, many in Redsox Nation were hoping Curt Shilling could make his first start during the home opener, but the man who most deserved the stage was on the mound. The resurrection of the redsox after 3 years in the doldrums in the early 90s was accomplished By Tim Wakefield in the 95 season. His great year leading the sox to the playoff inspired the front office to concentrate on building a winner now. So when Harrington left Theo and the trio only needed to add a few final touches to win the series. Furthermore,
April 11, 2005 Bad opening day poem The grass and the Wall are green-The hotdogs are letting off steam-It is like a dream-Wakefield is on the hill- the other teams run production will be nill-The beer starts to flow in the pub-while the patrons talk about the hometown club-It is time to play ball-after the first pitch the fans await the umpire's call-strike-The crowds cheer flows down the mass pike-so begins another year-the fans will boo the fans will cheer- April 9/10, 2005 Celebrate Greek Greek Independence Day Parade Eclipses signal end of error? Today the pope will be laid to rest; their will also be a solar eclipse. When the Red Sox won the World Series and laid the curse of the bambino to rest, their was a lunar eclipse that made the moon look blood (like Curt sock) red. Now I am not one to promote superstitions, but if during the next eclipse Castro is overthrown then we might want to start watching the skies a little more closely for the next monumental event. Let their Light (for 2 more months) Congressmen Ed Markey is cosponsoring a bill that extends daylight saving time two months. "The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use," said Markey, who cited Transportation Department estimates that showed the two-month extension would save the equivalent of 10,000 barrels of oil a day. This bill is a great and innovative idea to save energy. No need to panic Do not get up in arms over the sox losing two straight to the Yankees. The Yankees after losing last year are more naturally motivated and need these games to save face after last year’s debacle in front of their home fans. The last few years the Sox dominated the Yankees early in the year, and did not win the division. The only cause for concern is the Sox’s pitching is painfully plodding in its progress. If Wells is not well we need Curt (Theo said he is at his healthiest in years) and Wade Miller to be healthy to kick ass in the down the stretch run and the playoffs.
Hijacking of the Pope legacy Since his death, I have seen everyone from staunch conservatives to Michael Moore try to use the Pope John Paul the second words to make a case for their pet cause. Trying to use a beloved and recently deceased figure’s views out of their complete context of his theology is disgraceful and the mark of an unscrupulous opportunist.
We got him! The steroids issue is over. He has finally been caught. Now that long suspected steroids user Alex Sanchez has been caught juicing and suspended for 10 games, I think this issue will just go away and no one will speak of it again.
Baseball Preview Division winners East: Red Sox Central: Twins West: Angels Wild Card: Yankees MVP: Ramirez Cy Young: Santana Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Reed NL East: Braves Central: Cubs West: Padres Wild Card: Cardinals MVP: Garciaparra Cy Young: Smoltz Rookie of the year: Luke Scott World Series: Sox over Cubs in 6. Media Vultures The performance of the media has been disgusting the past few weeks. They have been vultures circling, killing time, and just waiting for the next carcass to die. I can just see them all now bitching and moaning that Schiavo, The Pope, Cochran ext. did not wait until sweeps month to die.
Bush’s April Fools It turns out that our intelligence of possible nuclear and terrorist threats has not improved since 9/11 or the Iraq WMD fiasco according to a presidential commission report; furthermore, we have a doctrine of preemptive actions against potential threats. So we are pretty much sitting in the dark hearing bumps in the night and occasionally swinging blindly at where we think the noise is coming from. Republicans’ Schiavo Schism A little reported side aspect of the Schiavo story is that it a further example of the schism slowly developing in the Republican Party. Many old school conservatives have had reservations about Bush’s budgets and other policies. His and congress attempted intervention into the Schiavo case was a violent act against state sovereignty rights of the federalist tradition that many conservatives advocate. Bush’s religious beliefs were an obvious factor in him violating the traditional state rights mantra of republicans; his actions widen the rift in the Republican Party that is developing. Prediction: Look for this division to germinate into a giant brawl in the next republican presidential primary because there is no clear cut current choice for 08 and their will be a wide cornucopia of characters from neo cons, old cons, religious right, libertarian, centrist ext. running for the nomination in 08.
RIP Johnny Cochran Some might hate him because he got OJ and others off and his perceived playing of the race card; some might love him for being a champion of those who were legitimate victims of police brutality. But, here at Sportspoliticandrevenge.com we pay respect to a man who was above all a winner and great at what he did. RIP Johnny. Happy Anniversary Hun When you’re by my side I feel like I have already won the game of life. Happy 5 month anniversary Hun. Delay changes his mind? Tom Delay and his family 17 years ago decided to let Tom Delay’s father pass on peacefully without letting doctors use artificially means to keep him alive after he suffered an accident. I wonder how Delay would feel if their was a disagreement in his family on whether or not they should let doctors take extraordinary measures to keep him alive and congress intruded into his family’s decision? To all those who celebrate it today, Happy Easter. ( Greek Orthodox Easter is in a May) The Crying Game No I am not going to discuss the movie, but the way that many women turn disagreements in their favor. They begin to cry; it leaves a man with the option of being an uncaring jerk or giving in to their wishes. It is ok to cry and I do not mean to mock or belittle when a women does it, but it seems to me on occasions nearly all women know to use it as a trump card. Fenway to Stay Today’s announcement confirmed what people in the know have long suspected, the Red Sox are staying in High School Shooting Prediction While the recent High School shooting has been a huge story the past few days and will continue to be for days, it will not have Columbine legs in terms of media coverage. People will care, but because it occurred in a reservation the story will fade away.With media’s need for rating they must focus on stories that they can sell to the masses. This is why a kidnapped white child from the suburbs makes national news, but not a minority child from the inner city. This is why Laci and Scott Petterson who look like any couple who lives next door is a bigger story in the news. You only become a long national story today if the media can make every day people think that the tragedy will happen to them. The fact this occurred at a reservation and the masses will not personalize it will make the media lose interest quickly.
March 22, 2005 Tournament upsets upset regular season While upsets in the NCAA tournament provide high drama in late March, they make the regular college basketball season trivial. Why should a fan care about the regular season when there is little difference between being a 2end of 10th seed? Sure one schedule is easier in the tournament, but they do not get home court advantage and in the case of BC in their loss, they were playing in an away game atmosphere. If BC starts of 20-0 in the regular season next year no one will care (aside from Ted Sarandis) because it will not really matter what their regular season is come tournament time. In pro sports there is the incentive of home field advantage which is always a huge factor in the playoffs to make the regular season important. Furthermore, in the pro sports there are fewer slots to make the post season in. This is one of the many reasons that in major markets pro sports will always rule. Alaskan Oil Short Sited. The Senate, by a 51-49 vote, rejected an attempt by Democrats and GOP moderates to remove a refuge drilling provision from next year's budget. This issue will be more important in terms of campaigns then what will actual happen. Henry Lee, an environment and energy expert at In the end, drilling should not be supported: negative environmental impacts, little energy gain and most importantly Alaskan drilling sends the wrong message. The long run answer to our energy problems is better conservation, fuel efficiency, and more investment in alternative energy sources. The same way Kennedy made his goal to put a man on the moon; Bush with Congress should challenge the American people to be an energy independent nation in 20 years: energy conservation methods should be taught in school, scholarships should be given to students who go into the field, grant money should go into research and development, and Tax breaks should be given to companies who develop more fuel efficient produce, sales taxes should be removed from cars that get more then 45 miles a gallon highway and 35 city with standards always increasing ext. If we can anticipate social security long terms short comings and debate them, why can’t we do the same with the future potential fuel crisis and energy independence. Additionally, true energy independence will help us win the war on terror. All his life Kobe Bryant wanted to be “The Man.” The LA Lakers gave him that chance and he so far has shown what many already knew; he never was the man, he is not the man, and he most likely will never be the man. Head Starts Takes Step Back? A review of the Government Accountability Office depicts head start as susceptible to waste and poor service because of weak federal oversight. As someone who has worked at a head start, a commercial preschool, and a non-profit preschool, I see a different problem in head start. While head start needs to be run better financialy, that will not improve the children’s education substantially; nor will getting the teachers and child care providers better training and experience. These things would also help, but the key improving head start is the fact that children learn through play. Even playing with adults who are professionally trained in the ECE field can not fully substitute from playing with peers who come from different circumstances and different abilities. Children who attend head start, all come from similar socioeconomic background. Thus, when they play together they learn the same behavioral habits and speech patterns as the children they play with. When children play with other children who are less violent and have stronger vocabularies they themselves have become less violent with stronger vocabularies because they are forced to adapt. (I am not suggesting all children in head start are violent and have bad vocabularies; merely that issues like these are more prevalent in head start) A voucher system to replace head start where the government pays for children to attend commercial or non profit nursery and preschools is a better option then head start. Anecdotally, I have seen children from abusive backgrounds thrive in programs where they are intergraded with more children who do not share their tough background.
March 18 2005 Doesn’t Congress have more important things to worry about? Many times recently while talking with people, listening to sports/political, reading message board and blogs I hear people ask about the steroids hearing “Doesn’t Congress have more important things to worry about like social security, war, budget ext?” Well it is true they do have more important things to worry about; But, Congress is not very glamorous. Most of the time their votes are not about dramatic bills like social security, but on minute minutia like amending the digital media costumer’s rights act. ( I am not making that up. Go to congress.com and see all the other random bills.) While these bills are not fascinating or life altering, in their totality they are what shape the land. Just cause their are more important issues then steroids or digital media costumer’s rights does not mean that these issues should never be discussed. Happy Evacuation/ St Patrick’s Day Congress late to the Steroids Party Tomorrow Congress will hold hearing on the issue of steroids abuse in baseball. My question what took them so long? In addition, why did the majority of fans only recently start caring and act shocked shocked like Claude Rains finding gambling at Ricks that a lot of players were using steroids? One of my earlier sports memories is hearing the Fenway crowd taunt Canseco and his bash brother McGuire with Steroids chants back in Tony Larussa's Oakland A’s days. Anyone who looked at film of 90s baseball players vs. their counterparts 15 years earlier knew that they were juicing: Lenny Dykstra, Brady Anderson, Ken Caminiti, McGuire, Canseco et al. Less Ugly Americans Bill Number: H.R. 115 National Security Language Act Sponsor: rep Rush Holt (D-NJ) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish programs to encourage early foreign language instruction, including grants to: (1) partnerships of institutions of higher education (IHEs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) for activities relating to foreign language instruction at elementary or secondary schools, with priorities for high-need LEAs and less-commonly taught foreign languages; and (2) IHEs that develop innovative programs for the teaching of foreign languages, with priorities for combining foreign languages with science and technology and for less-commonly taught foreign languages. Provides undergraduate student loan forgiveness of up to $10,000 for students who major in a critical foreign language and are employed as teachers of such language in elementary or secondary schools or as using such language regularly in a Federal agency. Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) establish a foreign language education marketing campaign to encourage students at secondary schools and IHEs to study foreign languages, particularly ones less commonly taught and critical to national security; and (2) conduct a study to identify foreign language heritage communities and recruit speakers of such critical languages. Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to establish an International Flagship Language Initiative with grants to IHEs. Call your congressman to support this act: Edward J. Markey (D-MA 7th) (781) 396-2900 The Brackett Effect Its NCAA tournament time again; what makes the tournament special is not the competition of amateur athletes, but the bracket. The quality of college basketball has declined over the years and like many in the Condi Not Convincing Condi Rice’s denial of not having any presidential aspirations this morning was as convincing as Hilary Clinton’s. She would be a great Candidate for the Republicans in that she has a great back story, experience in international matters, no senate voting record to attack, religious convictions et al. Furthermore, her statement on abortion this morning (she is mildly pro-choice; ie does not personally support it or want government funds going into it, but thinks government should stay out of it and not make a law against it) sounding like a statement from a political candidate to me. Should Companies feel the need to give back to communities? Here is an interesting article on the topic in from the Boston Herald: Nestle chief rejects the need to `give back' to communities By Jennifer Heldt Powell Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Companies shouldn't feel obligated to ``give back'' to the community, because they haven't taken anything away, the Austrian-born chief of the world's largest food company told local executives yesterday. In a stunning broadside to corporate citizenship as Bostonians have come to know it, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe - head of Nestle
My Response: Yes the companies do create jobs and products, and technically do not take anything away from a community, but companies are still obligated to give back. Any business does not exist in a vacuum; it is part of a community whether it is a local in addition to the global community. When communities do not flourish, the businesses in them also do not. Furthermore, a business should always do its best to be a good citizen just like people should do their best to be a solid citizen. If a person works, pays taxes, and does not try to hurt anyone they may be living up to their minimal societal obligations, but that does not mean they can’t and should not try to do more; Business are in the same boat. March 11, 2005 What’s the going rate for a thigh wound? With the Game/50 Cent beef officially resolved at a recent press conference, one wonders if the whole thing was manufactured to sell albums; Game is platinum and 50 cent sold over a million in 5 days. This leads me to wonder how much did the two rappers and their record execs pay the member of The Game’s crew in order to take a bullet in the thigh all in the name of publicity during their crew confrontation on radio station Hot 97.7? March 10, 2005 Orwellian Clean Skies Act Good news on the environment front; The Orwellian named clear skies act has got bogged down in committee after republican James M Inhofe (OK) joined democrat and independent opposition to the bill. The act would give power companies more leeway when they upgrade their power plants; they would not have to concurrently reduce admissions with the upgrades which the current clear air act stipulates. Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act Bill # H.R.1731 Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for aggravated identity theft. Identity theft is a becoming a national trend and can ruin unsuspecting hard working people’s lives. Tougher sentences are needed. Call your senators to supports this bill: John Kerry (617) 565-8519. Edward M. Kennedy (617) 565-3170 Gore Gone is Good Chris Mathews is reporting that Al Gore will not seek the presidential nomination in 08. This is good news for the democrats; the last thing they need is a cluttered 08 field. Their should only be a few legitimate contenders: Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Evan Bayh. Supreme Court won’t touch fake cock The Supreme Court refused to hear the case Williams vs. Alabama, 04-849 thus letting the lower court ruling stand that Blair Blasts Bitches Tony Blair made a speech were he called for a real debate about risk and for people to stop panicking about everything from the possibility of mobile phones giving you cancer, food safety, children playing on wet playgrounds et al. He went on to say that there is literally hundreds and million of dollars wasted on government programs and litigation that involve small risks such as the aforementioned ones. (news.scotsman.com)While Blair was making this comment about the March 5, 2005 White Collar Justice A recent Government Accountability Office study found on average only 7% of government ordered restitutions to be paid by executives and business owners to investors and shareholders are ever paid! Many times the business owners get out it by scams such as Transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars to a trust for a minor child, which the criminal effectively controlled. This is a disgrace; to put it on a micro level imagine if a person was saving money for retirement under a mattress and someone broke into the house and stole the money. The thief would most likely be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The Attorneys General’s financial litigation units have been extremely lax over the past few years. Being tough on crime doesn't mean very much if we aren't serious about enforcing court-ordered fines and restitution," said Sen. Byron Dorgan D-N.D. Call or email your local congressmen to ask them to investigate this matter further. Representative Ed Markey 781 396-2900
March 4, 2005 Guess who is back Banks, Walker, Payton et al. If you are traded by Dany Ainge don't sell your house too fast, you may be back in a few days. March 3, 2005 He’s got next. If Senators Kerry or Kennedy ever decide to leave office, a good replacement was at the Whitehouse yesterday; Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein who was there with the World Champion Red Sox delegation. Epstein, has campaigned for democrats in the past, is a Yale graduate, handsome, and competition with Tom Brady for most beloved person in Massachusetts.
How do the democrats regain power? The democrats currently appear to be a beaten party. How can they regain power and influence? The answers are building up from the bottom, learn from republicans, and come up with some new ideas. In 1980 and 1994 the Republicans had two successful elections because they had new ideas and they marketed them with shrewed tactics like the Capital Steps event in 1980 and the Contract with March 1, 2005 Lets get it started I am sick of the United States going to war against little backward countries. (It is like USC facing Southern Connecticut State in football) What we need now is a war against more equally matched countries. There are far too many people on earth and this would be a great way to thin out the population and provide some entertainment. Here would be some pretty good match ups to start off with: Australia vs. Canada, Egypt vs. Greece, India vs. France, Iran vs. N. Korea, Cuba vs. Liberia, Mexico vs. Wal-Mart. Main event tag team USA and UK vs. China and reunited USSR. February 28 2005 Can’t knock the hustle Delante West was Deion Branchesque against the Phoenix Suns. February 27, 2005 ABC self censors Oscars A bit by Robin Williams was pulled by the Oscars; the song mocked the group focus on the family’s contention that Sponge Bob was promoting a gay agenda. "Pinocchio's had his nose done! Sleeping Beauty is popping pills! If this was too wild for the network I have a bad feeling about Rock’s opening monologue. I just hope he is not reduced to Uma meet Opera. February 26, 2005 Elite media, SUV, and an assassination plot Recently a man who planned to assassinate President Bush named Ahmed Omar Abu Ali was arrested. He was most likely not a real threat and there is a side bar to the story that he claims to have been tortured by the Saudi’s while in prison. But, there are two aspects of the story that I find interesting. Any news story regarding the arrest mentions that Ali, was Valedictorian of his Virginian high school. What nearly all those stories in the mainstream press fail to mention for reasons that my guess are for political correctness is that school he was valedictorian of is Islamic Saudi Academy. A school funded by the Saudi’s that teacher’s radical Wahabi form of Islam. Why this was not mentioned in any of the big media newspaper stories and broadcast reports if not for political correctness? (Do a search, it is hardly ever mentioned what school he was valedictorian of) The extreme form of Wahabi Islam is the doctrine of most terrorist is mostly funded by rich Saudis. Now where on earth would rich Saudi’s get their money from? Sometimes in wars nations have to sacrifice. The February 25, 2005 The Empire strikes back What should the February, 24 2005 While Bicycling funds are in danger--please take action today and call Governor Romney. February 23, 2005 Recently, Harvard University President Lawrence Summers, made a comment that suggested that maybe the lack of women in the Science and Math fields has to do with genetic differences. Soon after the comments, he was criticized by those who disagreed with him as being some sort of sexist Neanderthal. Here is a little piece of advice for the supposed open minded people who came to convulsions after Summers’ comments, prove him wrong or at least state you case. We have come to a point in this country where when someone says something that appears to be insensitive or offends our sensibilities we want to shut them up or remove them from their position to make their opinions heard. Call me old fashion, but the best reaction to someone saying a position you do not agree with is not to silence them, but to engage them in dialogue, debate them, and prove them wrong with facts that back up your claims. Silencing them just closes the debate and ends in no voices being heard instead of all. This applies to Ward Churchill, Michael Savage, or any other person who has an extreme opinion.
February 22, 2005 Free Mojtaba and Arash Day They are both bloggers who are in prison in
February 21, 2005 February 20, 2005 Blood for oil:Let me be the first to propose the Blood for Oil Program; donate a pint of blood and then receive a free gallon of oil Frozen: Stop Government Propaganda Act Recently, it was uncovered that columnist Armstrong Williams and Maggie Gallagher were paid substantial sums of money by the Departments of Education and the Departments of Health and Human Services in order to promote those departments programs in their columns and radio talk shows. While they were both technically not “journalist” in the traditional sense, it is bad for democracy and unethical when those with powerful media voices are being paid directly by the government in order to promote government programs and agendas. In response to this “-- Sens. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.) will introduce a bill, The Stop Government Propaganda Act, in the Senate next week. The Stop Government Propaganda Act states, "Funds appropriated to an Executive branch agency may not be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States unless authorized by law." I urge everyone to call, email, or write their representatives in congress in order to support this law and stop this perversion of democracy being committed. Make all marriages civil unions There is a simple solution to the issue of gay marriage that I have yet to here anyone propose. Make all marriages civil unions. Being someone with libertarian ideals, I know that the government has no business in what goes on in someone’s bedroom. On the other hand a pragmatic look at history shows that a society thrives when people are in stable relationships so they should be encouraged. Thus people would have the opportunity to enter into a civil union with a partner in order to get visitation rights, tax breaks, and inheritance rights ext…How people choose to enter in to these unions at city hall, cruise ship or church would be there decision. What also would be there decision is what to call the union: Marriage, life partners, going steady ext. Churches would also have the right not to perform or recognize unions that they do not see fit whether it be because the people are the same sex or of different ethnicities or religions. This is the best solution in term of everyone having equal rights under the law and allowing private institutions like churches to set their own parameters. If any one thinks that this proposal diminish the importance of marriage consider this: If you were married and made a personal commitment to someone and suddenly the government collapsed and all government contract including your marriage were null and void would you still be married to your wife, husband, partner? Of course you would. If you make a commitment to a person whether it be a one between you and that person or a commitment between two people under god the government cannot take that away from you. Free Fiona Any one who thinks that Fiona Apple is as amazing as I do should go to freefiona.com and sign the petition to get her out of her record deal so she can release her already completed new album that the label has shelved
Additionally, thank you to everyone who generously supported MassBike with our Summer Appeal. We raised a terrific $5460, which will benefit our Safe Routes to School advocacy, working to make it easier for kids to bike and walk to school. The lucky winner of the Landry’s/Cannondale bike giveaway was Don Mitchell of Arlington. Happy riding, Don!
Time: 8:00pm
A Legislative Forum, hosted by the Natick Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Bring your friends, bring your groups, share your ideas for alternative transportation.
Friday May, 20th 2005
arriving at Boston Logan Airport at 5:00pm. Federation Of Hellenic–American Societies Of New England would like to invite
Friends and Members to be at the Airport by 4:00pm to greet him.Governor Mitt Romney will be there to welcome the Prime Minister of Greece.Governor's office is organizing a state welcome for His Excellency, the Prime Minister of Greece.
Please call or send an email message to Senator Kennedy and Kerry’s offices no later than noon tomorrow (Wednesday, May 11) to ask them to support the “Harkin Amendment to the Surface Transportation Bill.” This amendment deals with policy changes only and is budget-neutral. You can contact Jay McCarthy in Senator Kennedy’s office (202-224-4543) or jay_mccarthy@kennedy.senate.gov and Jamie Hunter in Senator Kerry’s office (202-224-2742) or jamie_hunter@kerry.senate.gov.
Join Us for a MassBike Social Sponsored by Harpoon Brewery and the Blue Frog Bakery—Thursday, April
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But to complete the analogy just like I don’t expect a poor person to donate money before paying their rent I don’t expect business to lose money or not hire employees to engage in charitable endeavors. But, there is a solution to this conundrum. Not all charity involves donation of money; My proposal to community conscience CEO’s would be to require all employees from the lowest rung to the CEO’s themselves to commit to at least 2 hours of community service a month. Furthermore, it would help the company’s image and possibly its profitability if its workers were known as people who helped the community. People in that community would be more likely to patronize the Business.
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Prescribes sentences of two years' imprisonment for knowingly transferring, possessing, or using, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person during and in relation to specified felony violations (including felonies relating to theft from employee benefit plans and various fraud and immigration offenses), and five years' imprisonment for knowingly taking such action during and in relation to specified felony violations pertaining to terrorist acts, in addition to the punishments provided for such felonies.
February 2005 archive
"The Three Little Pigs ain't kosher! Betty Boop works
"Fred Flintstone is dyslexic, Jessica Rabbit is really a man, Olive Oyl is really anorexic, and
BRIEF BACKGROUND
on January 25th, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a notice to all states requiring them to give back a portion of their previously promised transportation funds.
Thursday, February 24 where
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
Call or email Governor Romney's office today by
Governor Mitt Romney's phone number is 617-725-4005. His fax is 617-727-9725.
Ask…
1) To keep Transportation Enhancements, Recreational Trails, and Bicycle/Pedestrian Programs strongly and equitably funded with federal transportation funds, even with the federal rescission 2) Transportation Enhancements only makes up 2.8% of MA transportation dollars, so it should ONLY receive 2.8% of the cuts.
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