This guy must not get out much....or watch TV.......or read........
I found myself feeling sorry for him.
Thanks to "eBaum's world" and "Wheel of fortune........
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Happy Trails...........July
Goodbye..........July.......
You blessed this blog with a record 42 posts........Thanks!
July ......saw the NBA's Seattle team leave for Oklahoma City.......An all Williams sister Wimbledon final.......Fireworks on the 4th........The MLB All-star game.
We had .........the Reverend Jesse Jackson putting his foot in his mouth.....A-Rod's divorce.......The ESPY's..........and 4 very good "Hump Days".
We saw Barack Obama increase his lead in the polls........The USA basketball team tuning up for Beijing.......Beijing, banning blacks from bars........
You also gave us that "Brett Favre" fiasco.......you could have kept that.
July........you were indeed.......very entertaining.
And in this southern college town.......you gave us heat.......My , my, was it hot .
Could it be..........global warming? When I was a child.....it didn't seem this hot. Or ....am I just getting old?
Anyway.......happy trails........July.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Political Science for Dummies
Interesting........we came across this in an e-mail.........
Anonymous.......
Anonymous.......
Political Science for Dummies
DEMOCRAT
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.You push for higher taxes so the government can provide cows for everyone.
REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock goes up.FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
You go to lunch and drink wine.
Life is good.JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
Most are at the top of their class at cow school.GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour.
Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.
Life is good.RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You have some more vodka.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan , which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature' s private parts.
You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.
Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish.
The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.
The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.
The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
The cow dies happy.FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one.
Some people vote for both.
Some people vote for neither.
Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
You have millions of cows.
They make real California cheese.
Only five speak English.
Most are illegal.
Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.
Hump Day.....News & Views
The great Beijing conspiracy.....
It's been almost 10 days since the story first broke........We were one of the few who dared to post it.....
You remember........the Chinese government forcing local establishments ......not to allow blacks in bars.....during the 2008 Olympics.
Well........there has still been nothing from the major media outlets. MSNBC's web site had a message board.....
MSNBC - Race & Ethnicity message board - Blacks banned from bars ...
But........that's about the extent of the coverage. Go figure........Mr Favre........just won't go away.....
Brett Favre is coming back. Favre faxed his re-instatement papers to the league office while Green Bay Packer brass flew down to Mississippi to talk him out of attending Packer training camp.
What a mess...........It's obvious, the Pack........does not want Favre.....but they also don't want him to play for another team.....
Note to Green Bay: "You can't have it both ways.....either accept him back on your team.....or give him the release he asked for a month ago".
Egos.......egos.....
The NBA is making........off season news?
Say it ain't so..........but this is good.....No, nobody got shot..........or arrested.......just a major trade.
The Sacramento Kings have traded our favorite bad boy, Ron Artest, to the Houston Rockets......Yes, that Ron Artest........That Ron Artest, who incited that famous Detroit brawl.....That Ron Artest, who leads the league in technical fouls every year.......
But........the boy has game.....and ........teaming with Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady........makes the Rockets a contender in the NBA western conference.
Yes ............there is baggage here........but ........the guy can play.
My wedding ..........is this weekend......
Well, it's not exactly ...my wedding.
My daughter is marrying the man she has chosen.......to accompany her through the rest of her life......
My small role is simply to answer the question of , "Who gives this woman away"..........
I think I can handle that........My hope is .....for her eternal happiness. She deserves nothing less.
Finally............
Gardening........is ..........very humiliating.......
Last summer, I bragged........maybe even on this blog......(I just can't remember)....about being a ....."master gardener".
Well.........let me tell you.....This year........nothing.
The corn I planted grew to about 2 feet.......and quit. The Okra never even came up. The green beans were a miniature version (as were the collards and tomatoes)..........The squash decided to bloom, but bear no veggies........
Between the drought..........and the oak trees.......and that fig tree.......and that plum tree.......all those roots.......and lack of water.......
I.....have failed this year.
Have a great........Hump Day!
Mark Teixeira.......No Return on Investment
The Atlanta Braves......need a crash course in Economy 101......
$12.5 million........1 future star catcher (Jarrad Saltalamacchia), and 3 minor league prospects.
This what the Braves gave up in the trade for Mark Teixeira almost one year to the day, in hopes of making a play-off run.
Well.......the Braves didn't make the play-offs last year.......
And yesterday.......they traded Teixeira.....to the Los Angeles Angels of Anahiem ..........for an average 1st baseman and a minor league pitcher.
And.......no.......they won't make the play-offs .....this year either.
It was an expensive lesson for the normally shrewed Atlanta front office.
Major League Baseball........has come down to the following:
If....you're the New York Yankees, New York Mets, Boston Redsox........you buy the best team money can buy......
If.....you're the Tampa Bay Rays, Florida Marlins, Minnesota Twins........you build your team with the draft, good scouting, and a great minor league system.
There is no in between.
It is quite apparent, the Braves should go back to what made them a near dynasty in the 90's.......a great minor league system (from A ball , to AAA).....focusing on good young pitching.....
This year.......Atlanta.......instead of developing young arms.......tried to go back in time...putting their investments in the likes of Tom Glavine.... John Smoltz.....and Mike Hampton.......
It did not work!
Atlanta will again.......for the 3rd straight year........miss the post season.
Time to start getting returns on the investments......
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Earthquake.......No Problem.....We're Still Playing!
5.4 earthquake rocks L.A. area; minor injuries and damage reported
From the Los Angeles Times:
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 jolted large parts of Southern California late this morning, shaking a wide swath from Ventura County to San Diego and causing minor damage and a few injuries.
The quake rattled buildings in downtown Los Angeles and was felt as far east as Palm Springs. It was centered near Chino Hills, about 30 miles east of Los Angeles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
But........the games go on........as in baseball:
From....Yahoo Sports:
Dodgers-Giants game to be played despite earthquake
LOS ANGELES (TICKER) —Tuesday’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants will be played at its scheduled time despite an earthquake that hit Southern California earlier in the afternoon.
A tremor measured with a 5.4 magnitude struck near
ly 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles in the city of Chino Hills at 2:42 p.m. EDT. The city in the county of San Bernardino is a relatively remote area.
When contacted by PA SportsTicker, a spokeswoman for the Dodgers confirmed that there was some shaking of Dodger Stadium but no damage was found and the game would be played as scheduled.
Los Angeles is hosting San Francisco in the second game of a three-game series with the first pitch tabbed for 10:10 p.m. EDT.
We play on........
Braves Trade Mark Teixeira
This just in........
The Atlanta Braves have traded 1st baseman Mark Teixeira to the Los Angeles Angles.....
From ESPN.com:
Sources: Braves deal Teixeira to Angels for Kotchman
One of the biggest names bandied about as Thursday's trade deadline approaches has found a new home.
Teixeira
Kotchman
Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com's Jayson Stark on Tuesday that Atlanta Braves first baseman Mark Teixeira is headed to the Los Angeles Angels for Casey Kotchman and minor league pitcher Steven Marek.
Kotchman was pulled off the field during pregame warmups at Fenway Park on Tuesday afternoon, further fueling speculation that a deal was in place.
Teixeira was traded to the Braves from the Texas Rangers in a deadline deal last season, but he is in the last year of his contract. With Atlanta falling out of contention, it seemed logical that the team would try to move him.
The switch-hitting Teixeira is batting .283 with 20 home runs and 78 RBIs this season.
Kotchman, who is known as much for his defense at first base as his bat, is batting .287 with 12 homers and 54 RBIs for the first-place Angels.
Jayson Stark covers major league baseball for ESPN.com.Monday, July 28, 2008
Things......... Learned From the Week-end
Here comes the NFL.......
Yes..........it's back! Saturday, teams all cross the country started up their training camps......Those dreaded "two-a-days"............morning and afternoon practices and drills.
The pre-season begins this Sunday, in Canton, Ohio, with the Indianapolis Colts against the Washington Redskins.
Welcome back........guys.........you sure were missed!
Blowing it .......twice........in Philly..........
The Atlanta Braves scored 27 runs in the 3 game series in Philadelphia. I'm not a math major, but that comes to 9 runs per game and puts your team in positions to win. Unless you are the Braves........
Saturday, the Bravos blew a 6 run lead, and lost, 10-9. Sunday, it was a 5 run lead which evaporated ..........resulting in a 12-10 loss on the field and the loss of All-star catcher Brian McCann (right).
Atlanta can take solace in going 3-3 on this road trip. But they will look back on those two recent losses.......and think what might have been.
Andruw Jones........benched!
This is what happens when you're batting .166, have only 2 home runs, and a measly 12 rbi's.
From Yahoo Sports:
Andruw Jones finally reached a point on Sunday when his $36.2 million contract was no longer enough to save him from a benching.
Jones, the Dodgers' colossally slumping center fielder, was replaced in the lineup by Andre Ethier, who had sat out the first two games after Juan Pierre's return from the disabled list because the Dodgers were facing left-handed starting pitchers in both of those games. Jones went 1 for 6 in those games, doubling once but hitting no other ball out of the infield.
"I just needed to get Andre in the lineup, and Matt (Kemp) is hitting really well," Dodgers manager Joe Torre said. "Right now, we're going with the hot hands. I think you have to keep everyone as sharp as you can and get them as much playing time as you can. ...More
Sunday, July 27, 2008
A Little Sunday Politics.......
Obama lead up to 9.......in latest Gallup poll.
Seems this recent trip abroad has energized the Barack Obama campaign .
Lots of media attention.......lots of republican whining.......and in the end, Mr. Obama came off looking very presidential.
Here's the latest poll from Gallup.com:
Gallup Daily: Obama 49%, McCain 40%
Third day with Obama holding a significant lead over McCain
PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama now leads John McCain among national registered voters by a 49% to 40% margin in Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted July 24-26.
November..........can not get here fast enough.....
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