"No matter how bad your life is, you can look at the Lions and see something worse."
DEREK RICHARDS, a Detroit comedian on his hometown team, 0-12 this season after losing to the Tennessee Titans, 47-10,on Thanksgiving Day.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Gremlins from the Kremlin
"Russian Rhapsody," a funny piece of World War II Allied propaganda from the great animators at Warner Brothers.
How times have changed: You haven't seen any cartoons with Osama bin Laden, now have you? If only he would show up on "Spongebob Squarepants" I'm sure the tide of the war on terror would take a turn for the better.
How times have changed: You haven't seen any cartoons with Osama bin Laden, now have you? If only he would show up on "Spongebob Squarepants" I'm sure the tide of the war on terror would take a turn for the better.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Here's a little something for your Thanksgiving Day celebration: a World War II era MGM Tex Avery cartoon, replete with wartime references to rationing and foxholes and the like. The cartoon is funny and nostalgic and kind of heartwarming in an odd sort of way.
If heartwarming ain't yer cup o'tea, you can always check out William S. Burroughs and his not so nostalgic "Thanksgiving Prayer."
Myself, I'm thankful for all the abundance in my life. Family and friends and health and luck, the kind of luck that allows the likes of me to have a pretty good life.
Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless America.
If heartwarming ain't yer cup o'tea, you can always check out William S. Burroughs and his not so nostalgic "Thanksgiving Prayer."
Myself, I'm thankful for all the abundance in my life. Family and friends and health and luck, the kind of luck that allows the likes of me to have a pretty good life.
Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless America.
The President-Elect's Name Game
Austan Goolsbee? What the hell is an "Austan Goolsbee"?
Sounds like one of those fake, contrived by a marketing company chain restaurant names: "Austan Goolsbee's Fun-Time Food Eating Emporium and Drunkery."
Sounds like one of those fake, contrived by a marketing company chain restaurant names: "Austan Goolsbee's Fun-Time Food Eating Emporium and Drunkery."
Pick 'Em: NFL Week 13
My picks in caps:
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27
TENNESSEE TITANS at Detroit Lions
Seattle Seahawks at DALLAS COWBOYS
ARIZONA CARDINALS at Philadelphia Eagles
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30
Chicago Bears at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
MIAMI DOLPHINS at St. Louis Rams
Carolina Panthers at GREEN BAY PACKERS
NEW YORK GIANTS at Washington Redskins
San Francisco 49ers at BUFFALO BILLS
BALTIMORE RAVENS at Cincinnati Bengals
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at Cleveland Browns
New Orleans Saints at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
ATLANTA FALCONS at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at NEW YORK JETS
Kansas City Chiefs at OAKLAND RAIDERS
Pittsburgh Steelers at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
MONDAY DECEMBER 1
Jacksonville Jaguars at HOUSTON TEXANS
Babble: I said it before, I’ll say it again -- I have a bad feeling about the Bears in Minnesota...I think Tennessee can resume their winning ways against Detroit...the Eagles are a team in a downward spiral and this may be the last season in Philly for Andy Reid and/or Donovan McNabb...the Broncos are also in a downward spiral and have the misfortune to face a red-hot Jets team...
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27
TENNESSEE TITANS at Detroit Lions
Seattle Seahawks at DALLAS COWBOYS
ARIZONA CARDINALS at Philadelphia Eagles
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30
Chicago Bears at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
MIAMI DOLPHINS at St. Louis Rams
Carolina Panthers at GREEN BAY PACKERS
NEW YORK GIANTS at Washington Redskins
San Francisco 49ers at BUFFALO BILLS
BALTIMORE RAVENS at Cincinnati Bengals
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at Cleveland Browns
New Orleans Saints at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
ATLANTA FALCONS at San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos at NEW YORK JETS
Kansas City Chiefs at OAKLAND RAIDERS
Pittsburgh Steelers at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
MONDAY DECEMBER 1
Jacksonville Jaguars at HOUSTON TEXANS
Babble: I said it before, I’ll say it again -- I have a bad feeling about the Bears in Minnesota...I think Tennessee can resume their winning ways against Detroit...the Eagles are a team in a downward spiral and this may be the last season in Philly for Andy Reid and/or Donovan McNabb...the Broncos are also in a downward spiral and have the misfortune to face a red-hot Jets team...
Why the White Album is Way Better Than Sgt. Pepper
It was forty years ago today...that the White Album was released. It's real title is The Beatles and, quite frankly, it's way better than Sgt. Pepper. Actually, I think Revolver is way better than Sgt. Pepper. Actually, I think a lot of Beatles albums are better than Sgt. Pepper. Ok, maybe just Abbey Road and Rubber Soul. I think Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is vastly overrated from a musical standpoint. Ok, alright, Sgt. Pepper was a psychedelic masterpiece, a great album to drop acid to, or whatever. Blah blah blah. Who cares? Yes, I know, Sgt. Pepper has "A Day in The Life" on it. One of the greatest Beatles songs ever, one of the greatest songs by any rock band. A tad depressing, but great. Top ten in greatest songs ever, by anybody. Still...Sgt. Pepper...I like it, I really do, but it's overrated. I can understand, from an historical standpoint, why it was so important. For rock music, it was like going from watching a black and white television to a color TV. It was a leap forward. But I never liked it as much as I liked other stuff by the Beatles. It felt like art, like something you're supposed to like, but it didn't feel like rock and roll. It didn't feel personal. The music was great, but slightly remote, as the Beatles were standing on another planet, looking at our world through a hazy prism and reporting back to us what they saw.
The White Album felt earthy and personal. "I Will," "Julia," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," those songs are personal. You bet your ass "Yer Blues" was personal. And it was fun: "Happiness Is a Warm Gun, " "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey." It was art too: "Revolution 9," "Long Long Long." And it was great pop music: "Birthday," "Back in the U.S.S.R." And it was terrifying nightmare soundtrack music: "Helter Skelter." This was the Beatles album Charles Manson listened to. Not exactly a great critical recommendation, but an interesting historical tidbit.
I've got nothing against Sgt. Pepper. Really, I don't. I just think the White Album is a masterpiece, something untouched in quality and diversity of musical styles by a rock band since it's release. It's a wonderful piece of rock and roll art that I was able to make a personal connection with in a way that I could with few other albums over the years. I didn't fully realize that until I wrote this.
Long live the White Album.
The White Album felt earthy and personal. "I Will," "Julia," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," those songs are personal. You bet your ass "Yer Blues" was personal. And it was fun: "Happiness Is a Warm Gun, " "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey." It was art too: "Revolution 9," "Long Long Long." And it was great pop music: "Birthday," "Back in the U.S.S.R." And it was terrifying nightmare soundtrack music: "Helter Skelter." This was the Beatles album Charles Manson listened to. Not exactly a great critical recommendation, but an interesting historical tidbit.
I've got nothing against Sgt. Pepper. Really, I don't. I just think the White Album is a masterpiece, something untouched in quality and diversity of musical styles by a rock band since it's release. It's a wonderful piece of rock and roll art that I was able to make a personal connection with in a way that I could with few other albums over the years. I didn't fully realize that until I wrote this.
Long live the White Album.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Pick 'Em: NFL Week 12 the Results
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20
Cincinnati Bengals at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PITTSBURGH 27, Cincinnati 10
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23
CHICAGO BEARS at St. Louis Rams
CHICAGO BEARS 27, St. Louis 3
New York Jets at TENNESSEE TITANS
New York Jets 34, TENNESSEE 13
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at Detroit Lions
TAMPA BAY 38, Detroit 20
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at Miami Dolphins
NEW ENGLAND 48, Miami 28
San Francisco 49ers at DALLAS COWBOYS
DALLAS 35, San Francisco 22
Buffalo Bills at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
Buffalo 54, KANSAS CITY 31
Houston Texans at CLEVELAND BROWNS
Houston 16, CLEVELAND 6
Philadelphia Eagles at BALTIMORE RAVENS
BALTIMORE 36, Philadelphia 7
Minnesota Vikings at JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
Minnesota 30, JACKSONVILLE 12
Oakland Raiders at DENVER BRONCOS
Oakland 31, DENVER 10
CAROLINA PANTHERS at Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta 45, CAROLINA 28
WASHINGTON REDSKINS at Seattle Seahawks
WASHINGTON 20, Seattle 17
NEW YORK GIANTS at Arizona Cardinals
NEW YORK GIANTS 37, Arizona 29
Indianapolis Colts at SAN DIEGO CHARGERS
Indianapolis 23, SAN DIEGO 20
MONDAY NOVEMBER 24
GREEN BAY PACKERS at New Orleans Saints
New Orleans 51, GREEN BAY 29
Babble: Not such a good week for my picks...brutal, really...I went 8-8...looks like Favre and the Jets are for real, now let’s see how far they can take it...Denver is going down the tubes fast, and Seattle may not win another game this season...the Giants are rocking and rolling...an all New York Super Bowl might be interesting, but I don’t think it’s going to happen...Dallas is back and it’s because of Tony Romo...just to let you know now, I’ve got a bad feeling about the Bears trip to Minnesota next weekend...stinkin’ Chargers couldn’t score a touchdown in the last two minutes of their game with Indy...San Diego killed themselves with a penalty...apparently, the Packers used up all their defense against the Bears a couple weeks ago...
Cincinnati Bengals at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PITTSBURGH 27, Cincinnati 10
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23
CHICAGO BEARS at St. Louis Rams
CHICAGO BEARS 27, St. Louis 3
New York Jets at TENNESSEE TITANS
New York Jets 34, TENNESSEE 13
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at Detroit Lions
TAMPA BAY 38, Detroit 20
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at Miami Dolphins
NEW ENGLAND 48, Miami 28
San Francisco 49ers at DALLAS COWBOYS
DALLAS 35, San Francisco 22
Buffalo Bills at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
Buffalo 54, KANSAS CITY 31
Houston Texans at CLEVELAND BROWNS
Houston 16, CLEVELAND 6
Philadelphia Eagles at BALTIMORE RAVENS
BALTIMORE 36, Philadelphia 7
Minnesota Vikings at JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
Minnesota 30, JACKSONVILLE 12
Oakland Raiders at DENVER BRONCOS
Oakland 31, DENVER 10
CAROLINA PANTHERS at Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta 45, CAROLINA 28
WASHINGTON REDSKINS at Seattle Seahawks
WASHINGTON 20, Seattle 17
NEW YORK GIANTS at Arizona Cardinals
NEW YORK GIANTS 37, Arizona 29
Indianapolis Colts at SAN DIEGO CHARGERS
Indianapolis 23, SAN DIEGO 20
MONDAY NOVEMBER 24
GREEN BAY PACKERS at New Orleans Saints
New Orleans 51, GREEN BAY 29
Babble: Not such a good week for my picks...brutal, really...I went 8-8...looks like Favre and the Jets are for real, now let’s see how far they can take it...Denver is going down the tubes fast, and Seattle may not win another game this season...the Giants are rocking and rolling...an all New York Super Bowl might be interesting, but I don’t think it’s going to happen...Dallas is back and it’s because of Tony Romo...just to let you know now, I’ve got a bad feeling about the Bears trip to Minnesota next weekend...stinkin’ Chargers couldn’t score a touchdown in the last two minutes of their game with Indy...San Diego killed themselves with a penalty...apparently, the Packers used up all their defense against the Bears a couple weeks ago...
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Fleeing Thoughts: The Big 3 and the Kennedys
-American automakers want our tax money. They haven't gotten their grubby, greedy mitts on it yet, but they will. The president-elect wants to give it to them, and Congress does too, it just wants them to beg for it in the proper fashion. Congressmen don't want to see the heads of the Big 3 flying to Washington in corporate jets to ask for for their multi-billion dollar bailout.
Listen, head dudes of the Big 3, I don't necessarily begrudge your flying private jets. You're important people and many times it's just quicker to get business done when you don't have to wait for a failing airline to get their jet in the air. But if you're going to beg me, the taxpayer who looks for cheap airline seats on the Internet on those rare occasions when I can afford to fly somewhere, for billions, don't come calling in a spiffy private plane. It just looks bad. It's bad public relations. You should have been smart enough to know that, but then again you are the chiefs of companies that are failures.
What should have happened is the heads of GM, Ford, and Chrysler, all pile in to a Buick Roadmaster to drive to Washington, DC.
Of course, the car might have broken down along the way and they would have had to ask for a bailout from a pay phone at a Stucky's in Pennsylvania.
-President Kennedy was assassinated 45 years ago on November 22.. The American public is still fascinated by the murder, and by the Kennedy family in general. Why? The wealth, the large family of good looking people with full heads of hair, the fact that they had a compound, "the Kennedy compound." (That's my aspiration, to someday have a compound.)
All those things make the Kennedy's interesting. But it's not just wealth, and power, that do the trick. The Bush family has those things, yet with the exception perhaps of George H.W., who has turned out to be a far better ex-president than he was a president, we are not all that interested in the Bushes.
The secret is in mortality and morbidity. People eat that stuff up. The Kennedy's had, and still have, a penchant for dying young in alluring ways: Joe, Jr in a plane explosion during World War II, JFK and RFK by assassin's bullets, and JFK, JR piloting his own plane to his doom, and that of his wife and sister-in-law as well. Rosemary, a sister of John, was mentally ill, and was lobotomized and institutionalized. And now, Ted Kennedy has a brain tumor. All captivating, National Enquirer kind of stuff. Sure, there was lots of sex, too, and no one turns away from that, but it's the mortality and the morbidity that give the Kennedy clan a Shakespearean air about them.
-How insane are we about the JFK assassination? Oh, pretty darn crazy. Look at this slideshow on the remembrance of that day in Dallas. The photos were taken by people gathered at the site of the assassination. The second photo is of a man with a t-shirt that graphs the trajectory of the bullet that killed Kennedy and wounded Texas governor John Connally. Now that's just nuts. I'm not sure I could wear that shirt in public. I might buy it just because it's so weirdly cool though. Still, it's a good example of how nuts people are. Me included.
Listen, head dudes of the Big 3, I don't necessarily begrudge your flying private jets. You're important people and many times it's just quicker to get business done when you don't have to wait for a failing airline to get their jet in the air. But if you're going to beg me, the taxpayer who looks for cheap airline seats on the Internet on those rare occasions when I can afford to fly somewhere, for billions, don't come calling in a spiffy private plane. It just looks bad. It's bad public relations. You should have been smart enough to know that, but then again you are the chiefs of companies that are failures.
What should have happened is the heads of GM, Ford, and Chrysler, all pile in to a Buick Roadmaster to drive to Washington, DC.
Of course, the car might have broken down along the way and they would have had to ask for a bailout from a pay phone at a Stucky's in Pennsylvania.
-President Kennedy was assassinated 45 years ago on November 22.. The American public is still fascinated by the murder, and by the Kennedy family in general. Why? The wealth, the large family of good looking people with full heads of hair, the fact that they had a compound, "the Kennedy compound." (That's my aspiration, to someday have a compound.)
All those things make the Kennedy's interesting. But it's not just wealth, and power, that do the trick. The Bush family has those things, yet with the exception perhaps of George H.W., who has turned out to be a far better ex-president than he was a president, we are not all that interested in the Bushes.
The secret is in mortality and morbidity. People eat that stuff up. The Kennedy's had, and still have, a penchant for dying young in alluring ways: Joe, Jr in a plane explosion during World War II, JFK and RFK by assassin's bullets, and JFK, JR piloting his own plane to his doom, and that of his wife and sister-in-law as well. Rosemary, a sister of John, was mentally ill, and was lobotomized and institutionalized. And now, Ted Kennedy has a brain tumor. All captivating, National Enquirer kind of stuff. Sure, there was lots of sex, too, and no one turns away from that, but it's the mortality and the morbidity that give the Kennedy clan a Shakespearean air about them.
-How insane are we about the JFK assassination? Oh, pretty darn crazy. Look at this slideshow on the remembrance of that day in Dallas. The photos were taken by people gathered at the site of the assassination. The second photo is of a man with a t-shirt that graphs the trajectory of the bullet that killed Kennedy and wounded Texas governor John Connally. Now that's just nuts. I'm not sure I could wear that shirt in public. I might buy it just because it's so weirdly cool though. Still, it's a good example of how nuts people are. Me included.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Pick 'Em: NFL Week 12
My picks in caps:
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20
Cincinnati Bengals at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23
CHICAGO BEARS at St. Louis Rams
New York Jets at TENNESSEE TITANS
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at Detroit Lions
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at Miami Dolphins
San Francisco 49ers at DALLAS COWBOYS
Buffalo Bills at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
Houston Texans at CLEVELAND BROWNS
Philadelphia Eagles at BALTIMORE RAVENS
Minnesota Vikings at JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
Oakland Raiders at DENVER BRONCOS
CAROLINA PANTHERS at Atlanta Falcons
WASHINGTON REDSKINS at Seattle Seahawks
NEW YORK GIANTS at Arizona Cardinals
Indianapolis Colts at SAN DIEGO CHARGERS
MONDAY NOVEMBER 24
GREEN BAY PACKERS at New Orleans Saints
Babble: Jets and Titans could be very interesting...the Colts in San Diego should also be fun to watch...the Bears will rebound this week against the lowly Rams, only to be knocked down next week in Minnesota.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20
Cincinnati Bengals at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23
CHICAGO BEARS at St. Louis Rams
New York Jets at TENNESSEE TITANS
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at Detroit Lions
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at Miami Dolphins
San Francisco 49ers at DALLAS COWBOYS
Buffalo Bills at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
Houston Texans at CLEVELAND BROWNS
Philadelphia Eagles at BALTIMORE RAVENS
Minnesota Vikings at JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
Oakland Raiders at DENVER BRONCOS
CAROLINA PANTHERS at Atlanta Falcons
WASHINGTON REDSKINS at Seattle Seahawks
NEW YORK GIANTS at Arizona Cardinals
Indianapolis Colts at SAN DIEGO CHARGERS
MONDAY NOVEMBER 24
GREEN BAY PACKERS at New Orleans Saints
Babble: Jets and Titans could be very interesting...the Colts in San Diego should also be fun to watch...the Bears will rebound this week against the lowly Rams, only to be knocked down next week in Minnesota.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
NFL Week 11: The Results
The results:
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13
New York Jets at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
New York Jets 34, NEW ENGLAND 31 OT
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16
Chicago Bears at GREEN BAY PACKERS
GREEN BAY 37, Chicago Bears 3
Denver Broncos at ATLANTA FALCONS
Denver 24, ATLANTA 2
Oakland Raiders at MIAMI DOLPHINS
MIAMI 17, Oakland 15
Baltimore Ravens at NEW YORK GIANTS
NEW YORK GIANTS 30, Baltimore 10
Houston Texans at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
INDIANAPOLIS 33, Houston 27
Detroit Lions at CAROLINA PANTHERS
CAROLINA 31, Detroit 22
New Orleans Saints at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
New Orleans 30, KANSAS CITY 20
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at Cincinnati Bengals
PHILADELPHIA 13, Cincinnati 13 tie in OT
Minnesota Vikings at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
TAMPA BAY 19, Minnesota 13
ARIZONA CARDINALS at Seattle Seahawks
ARIZONA 26, Seattle 20
St. Louis Rams at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
SAN FRANCISCO 35, St. Louis 16
San Diego Chargers at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PITTSBURGH 11, San Diego 10
TENNESSEE TITANS at Jacksonville Jaguars
TENNESSEE 24, Jacksonville 14
Dallas Cowboys at WASHINGTON REDSKINS
Dallas 14, WASHINGTON 10
MONDAY NOVEMBER 17
Cleveland Browns at BUFFALO BILLS
Cleveland 29, Buffalo 27
Babble: What the heck happened up there in Green Bay?...I had a bad feeling about this one, but I didn't think it would end up like this...these guys just haven't been putting their heart into it lately...next week against St. Louis, they should have an easier time of it...a 13-13 tie between Philly and Cincinnati?...they still have ties in the NFL...that should not be...this is football, not soccer...even Donovan McNabb didn't know they had ties in football anymore...told you the 49ers would win this weekend...11-10 is a football score?...11-5 this week, not bad.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13
New York Jets at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
New York Jets 34, NEW ENGLAND 31 OT
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16
Chicago Bears at GREEN BAY PACKERS
GREEN BAY 37, Chicago Bears 3
Denver Broncos at ATLANTA FALCONS
Denver 24, ATLANTA 2
Oakland Raiders at MIAMI DOLPHINS
MIAMI 17, Oakland 15
Baltimore Ravens at NEW YORK GIANTS
NEW YORK GIANTS 30, Baltimore 10
Houston Texans at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
INDIANAPOLIS 33, Houston 27
Detroit Lions at CAROLINA PANTHERS
CAROLINA 31, Detroit 22
New Orleans Saints at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
New Orleans 30, KANSAS CITY 20
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at Cincinnati Bengals
PHILADELPHIA 13, Cincinnati 13 tie in OT
Minnesota Vikings at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
TAMPA BAY 19, Minnesota 13
ARIZONA CARDINALS at Seattle Seahawks
ARIZONA 26, Seattle 20
St. Louis Rams at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
SAN FRANCISCO 35, St. Louis 16
San Diego Chargers at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PITTSBURGH 11, San Diego 10
TENNESSEE TITANS at Jacksonville Jaguars
TENNESSEE 24, Jacksonville 14
Dallas Cowboys at WASHINGTON REDSKINS
Dallas 14, WASHINGTON 10
MONDAY NOVEMBER 17
Cleveland Browns at BUFFALO BILLS
Cleveland 29, Buffalo 27
Babble: What the heck happened up there in Green Bay?...I had a bad feeling about this one, but I didn't think it would end up like this...these guys just haven't been putting their heart into it lately...next week against St. Louis, they should have an easier time of it...a 13-13 tie between Philly and Cincinnati?...they still have ties in the NFL...that should not be...this is football, not soccer...even Donovan McNabb didn't know they had ties in football anymore...told you the 49ers would win this weekend...11-10 is a football score?...11-5 this week, not bad.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Crappy Cubs Karma
So, let me get this straight: The Cubs stick with Kerry Wood for 10 years, most of which are filled with injuries and visit to the disabled list. Last year they turn him into a closer. He does well. Now they want to get rid of him. The claim is they won't be able to afford him. They can afford multi-year, multi-million dollar, no-trade clause contracts to the likes of Alphonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, and Carlos Zambrano, who were nothing but complete failures in the playoffs, but the Cubs prefer not to bring back a fan favorite like Kerry Wood?
General Manager Jim Hendry should have been fired, not given a contract extension.
The only way the Cubs get to a World Series in the next 100 years is if they buy tickets.
General Manager Jim Hendry should have been fired, not given a contract extension.
The only way the Cubs get to a World Series in the next 100 years is if they buy tickets.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Pick 'Em: NFL Week 11
My picks in caps:
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13
New York Jets at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16
Chicago Bears at GREEN BAY PACKERS
Denver Broncos at ATLANTA FALCONS
Oakland Raiders at MIAMI DOLPHINS
Baltimore Ravens at NEW YORK GIANTS
Houston Texans at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
Detroit Lions at CAROLINA PANTHERS
New Orleans Saints at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at Cincinnati Bengals
Minnesota Vikings at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
ARIZONA CARDINALS at Seattle Seahawks
St. Louis Rams at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
San Diego Chargers at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
TENNESSEE TITANS at Jacksonville Jaguars
Dallas Cowboys at WASHINGTON REDSKINS
MONDAY NOVEMBER 17
Cleveland Browns at BUFFALO BILLS
Babble: I know the Bears have done well against Green Bay under Lovie Smith, but I just have a bad feeling about this one...Jets and Patriots tonight should be a good game...I'm liking the 49ers' chances against St. Louis.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13
New York Jets at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16
Chicago Bears at GREEN BAY PACKERS
Denver Broncos at ATLANTA FALCONS
Oakland Raiders at MIAMI DOLPHINS
Baltimore Ravens at NEW YORK GIANTS
Houston Texans at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
Detroit Lions at CAROLINA PANTHERS
New Orleans Saints at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at Cincinnati Bengals
Minnesota Vikings at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
ARIZONA CARDINALS at Seattle Seahawks
St. Louis Rams at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
San Diego Chargers at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
TENNESSEE TITANS at Jacksonville Jaguars
Dallas Cowboys at WASHINGTON REDSKINS
MONDAY NOVEMBER 17
Cleveland Browns at BUFFALO BILLS
Babble: I know the Bears have done well against Green Bay under Lovie Smith, but I just have a bad feeling about this one...Jets and Patriots tonight should be a good game...I'm liking the 49ers' chances against St. Louis.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
America as Cash Station
Barack Obama my have raised close to $1 billion dollars during his campaign for president. He raised $150 million in September alone. Yet...yet...the Obama campaign is still seeking money. For a donation of $30 or more, you will receive a "victory t-shirt" to help pay off the debt of the DNC.
When does the begging end?
When does the begging end?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Parts and Labor "The Gold We're Digging"
An interesting sound, the sound of late '70s/early '80s punk, a little bit Joy Division, a little bit Pere Ubu.
For comparative purposes (this is beginning to sound like a college class lecture on the Influence of Punk Rock on Modern Culture), Pere Ubu's "Breath." (Not many Pere Ubu videos to choose from on YouTube, but this one is actually pretty good. I must admit I have only the vaguest of memories of this program with David Sanborn.)
Again, for comparative purposes (please, no wagering), Joy Division's "Transmission." (Oh, to be young again, as singer Ian Curtis so obviously was in this video.)
For comparative purposes (this is beginning to sound like a college class lecture on the Influence of Punk Rock on Modern Culture), Pere Ubu's "Breath." (Not many Pere Ubu videos to choose from on YouTube, but this one is actually pretty good. I must admit I have only the vaguest of memories of this program with David Sanborn.)
Again, for comparative purposes (please, no wagering), Joy Division's "Transmission." (Oh, to be young again, as singer Ian Curtis so obviously was in this video.)
Pick 'Em: NFL Week 10 Results
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6
Denver Broncos at CLEVELAND BROWNS
Denver 34, CLEVELAND 30
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9
TENNESSEE TITANS at Chicago Bears
TENNESSEE 21, Bears 14
Seattle Seahawks at MIAMI DOLPHINS
Miami 21, Seattle 19
St. Louis Rams at NEW YORK JETS
NEW YORK JETS 47, St. Louis 3
Baltimore Ravens at HOUSTON TEXANS
Baltimore 41, HOUSTON 13
Jacksonville Jaguars at DETROIT LIONS
Jacksonville 38, DETROIT 14
Green Bay Packers at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
MINNESOTA 28, Green Bay 27
New Orleans Saints at ATLANTA FALCONS
ATLANTA 34, New Orleans 20
Buffalo Bills at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
NEW ENGLAND 20, Buffalo 10
Carolina Panthers at OAKLAND RAIDERS
Carolina 17, Oakland 6
Indianapolis Colts at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
Indianapolis 24, PITTSBURGH 20
New York Giants at PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
New York Giants 36, PHILADELPHIA 31
MONDAY NOVEMBER 10
San Francisco 49ers at ARIZONA CARDINALS
ARIZONA 29, San Francisco 24
Babble: Bad Rex, Good Rex, it doesn't matter, he's just not the guy...time to try Mr. Haney...Mike Singletary ranted, he raved, he pulled his pantaloons down and -- the 49ers still lost, but they were close to winning...did the Rams show up in New York?...again, will the Lions win a game?...somehow I missed making a pick in the Chiefs-Chargers game...doesn't matter, in a week like I had I probably would have made a bad choice.
Denver Broncos at CLEVELAND BROWNS
Denver 34, CLEVELAND 30
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9
TENNESSEE TITANS at Chicago Bears
TENNESSEE 21, Bears 14
Seattle Seahawks at MIAMI DOLPHINS
Miami 21, Seattle 19
St. Louis Rams at NEW YORK JETS
NEW YORK JETS 47, St. Louis 3
Baltimore Ravens at HOUSTON TEXANS
Baltimore 41, HOUSTON 13
Jacksonville Jaguars at DETROIT LIONS
Jacksonville 38, DETROIT 14
Green Bay Packers at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
MINNESOTA 28, Green Bay 27
New Orleans Saints at ATLANTA FALCONS
ATLANTA 34, New Orleans 20
Buffalo Bills at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
NEW ENGLAND 20, Buffalo 10
Carolina Panthers at OAKLAND RAIDERS
Carolina 17, Oakland 6
Indianapolis Colts at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
Indianapolis 24, PITTSBURGH 20
New York Giants at PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
New York Giants 36, PHILADELPHIA 31
MONDAY NOVEMBER 10
San Francisco 49ers at ARIZONA CARDINALS
ARIZONA 29, San Francisco 24
Babble: Bad Rex, Good Rex, it doesn't matter, he's just not the guy...time to try Mr. Haney...Mike Singletary ranted, he raved, he pulled his pantaloons down and -- the 49ers still lost, but they were close to winning...did the Rams show up in New York?...again, will the Lions win a game?...somehow I missed making a pick in the Chiefs-Chargers game...doesn't matter, in a week like I had I probably would have made a bad choice.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Chris Matthews is an idiot
Saw Matthews briefly today on "Morning Joe," the MSNBC program with Joe Scarborough. Matthews said, "It's my job to make the Obama presidency successful."
Uhhhmmm...what? Scarborough was smart enough to tell Matthews that he was a journalist, and journalist should be asking questions, as Scarborough was about Rahm Emanuel possibly becoming Obama's chief of staff. Apparently, Matthews thinks it's his job to be a Barack Obama cheerleader.
Matthews really is an idiot.
Uhhhmmm...what? Scarborough was smart enough to tell Matthews that he was a journalist, and journalist should be asking questions, as Scarborough was about Rahm Emanuel possibly becoming Obama's chief of staff. Apparently, Matthews thinks it's his job to be a Barack Obama cheerleader.
Matthews really is an idiot.
Chicagoed Up
So Rahm Emanuel will be Obama's Chief of Staff. The Obama White House is already getting Chicagoed up. You know, sort of like getting mobbed up. Well, not sort of...
Change? No. Audacity? Yes.
Change? No. Audacity? Yes.
Pick 'Em: NFL Week 10
My picks in caps:
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6
Denver Broncos at CLEVELAND BROWNS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9
TENNESSEE TITANS at Chicago Bears
Seattle Seahawks at MIAMI DOLPHINS
St. Louis Rams at NEW YORK JETS
Baltimore Ravens at HOUSTON TEXANS
Jacksonville Jaguars at DETROIT LIONS
Green Bay Packers at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
New Orleans Saints at ATLANTA FALCONS
Buffalo Bills at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
Carolina Panthers at OAKLAND RAIDERS
Indianapolis Colts at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
New York Giants at PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
MONDAY NOVEMBER 10
San Francisco 49ers at ARIZONA CARDINALS
Babble: Detroit is going to win one this week -- there, I said it, I meant it...what will coach Mike Singletary do if the 49ers lose this one...there's only so many times you can drop your pants and have that be an effective message...I'm not sure how much faith I have in the Eagles beating the Giants, but I'm picking them anyway...Byron Leftwich was pretty darn good coming in for Ben Roethlisberger last Sunday and may start this weekend.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6
Denver Broncos at CLEVELAND BROWNS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9
TENNESSEE TITANS at Chicago Bears
Seattle Seahawks at MIAMI DOLPHINS
St. Louis Rams at NEW YORK JETS
Baltimore Ravens at HOUSTON TEXANS
Jacksonville Jaguars at DETROIT LIONS
Green Bay Packers at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
New Orleans Saints at ATLANTA FALCONS
Buffalo Bills at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
Carolina Panthers at OAKLAND RAIDERS
Indianapolis Colts at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
New York Giants at PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
MONDAY NOVEMBER 10
San Francisco 49ers at ARIZONA CARDINALS
Babble: Detroit is going to win one this week -- there, I said it, I meant it...what will coach Mike Singletary do if the 49ers lose this one...there's only so many times you can drop your pants and have that be an effective message...I'm not sure how much faith I have in the Eagles beating the Giants, but I'm picking them anyway...Byron Leftwich was pretty darn good coming in for Ben Roethlisberger last Sunday and may start this weekend.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
A Sad Day for America
A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE (FANCY TALK FOR A THIRD PARTY)
"The people have spoken, and whenever the people speak, it's a great thing."
Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, 1955-1976
The people have indeed spoken, as they have for the entire history of our country, and the people speaking is indeed a great thing. The Old Man knew what he was talking about.
Once again, this coming January, there will be a peaceful transition of power, not just from one person to another, but in this instance, from one political party to another. That the United States has been doing this for so long, over 200 years, is unprecedented in the history of the world. That makes it a great day.
History is also being made because of the color of the president-elect. Barack Obama will be the first black president. This comes a scant 60 years or so since "Amos and Andy" made white folk laugh throughout this land of ours at their racist antics. America has matured and grown wiser. That makes it a great day.
It's a great day and it is concurrently a sad day for America.
It's not a sad day simply because Barack Obama was elected president, and he's not someone I particularly care for. Never has a man with so thin a resume gone so far so quickly.
It's sad because he was one of only two presidential candidates with a realistic chance to win the election. We should have more, and perhaps, better choices than just Republicans and Democrats.
It's a sad day because neither Obama nor John McCain are particularly qualified to hold the office of the presidency. Neither one has any great vision for the United States, something that is especially troubling because the times in which we live are especially troubling.
Obama does offer up the rhetoric of hope, and it is this positive message that voters responded to. I do prefer a positive message to a negative one any day.
However, while Barack Obama is a thoughtful and intelligent person, and McCain has served his country admirably and then some, neither offers up anything that we haven't seen before. At his core, if Obama indeed has an ideological core, is another tax raising liberal Democrat. McCain is another in a long line of Republicans since Reagan left office who suffer from stodgy thinking, or in the case of our current president, not much thinking at all. Essentially, while these two candidates seem to be different from what we've been offered before, they are not. And the American public won't be getting anything different until we take seriously the need for a third party, one that will genuinely challenge the status-quo.
LEADERSHIP
What kind of leader Barack Obama becomes obviously remains to be seen, but my hopes are not high. In the manner of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Obama will likely turn out to be someone who was very good at attaining the White House, but didn't know what to do once he got there.
Obama has never really been a leader of anything; for most of his adult life, he seems to have been either running for president, or setting the path to his presidential bid. It will be interesting, and not a little frightening, to see how Obama deals with the bullies of the world. Already, Russia has indicated it will install missiles near the border with Poland, and will attempt to jam any anti-missile defense system we install there. The reactions of Obama to situations like this will be telling. Personally, I would have preferred John McCain to stare down the Russian bear. He would be good at that.
WINNERS AND LOSERS
McCain lost the election for a number of reasons, one of which is that it's a bad year in general to be a Republican, what with that incumbent Republican president hovering at around a 20% approval rating and a war no one wants to think about anymore. McCain also didn't state his case particularly well or fervently. Most important though is that the economy has gone down the crapper. When that happens in an election year, the party in power usually gets the boot. It really is the economy, stupid. Or it's a stupid economy, or something like that.
Obama won the election because he is the current Leader of the Cult of Personality. He is young and handsome and looks good in a suit. He appeared many times to be more presidential than John McCain. Obama is articulate in a way George W. Bush doesn't even bother to dream about and he speaks in positive generalities that seem to both inspire and reassure an electorate yearning for something more from a president than arrogance and ignorant bravado.
For these reasons, and others, of course, the Democrats are In, the Republicans are Out. Good can come out of this stomping the Republicans took though, but only if they play it smart. There are still some smart Republicans out there, aren't there?
If there are, here's what they need to do. They need to get together, hunker down on the ground, and try to remember what it was that once made a Republican like Ronald Reagan so darn popular. Lower taxes for everybody, not just the wealthy. Smaller government, and don't use an excuse like 9/11 to frighten everyone into allowing you to grow the federal government in a way that Democrats would dream about, if they dared.
If Republicans talk low taxes and smaller government and come up with viable ways to grow the economy, they will be able to make inroads with the middle class again. Speaking of whom, Republicans need to figure just who is the middle class in America right now. It's not just white folks fed up with liberal Democrats, as it was back in the early '80s. The middle-class is multi-hued and consists of Hispanics and blacks and all the other colors of the melting pot and if the Republicans can't figure out a way to talk nice to these people, they will never regain power again.
Republicans also need to behave like Republicans again, specifically, like fiscal conservatives. A Republican government that more than willingly gives away over $700 billion is not truly Republican and certainly not fiscally conservative.
Oh, and no fear mongering. Karl Rove types and neo-conservatives need not apply to the Republican party of the future.
SARAH SMILE
Sarah Palin is not stupid. Some people, even Republicans, think she is. She will come back to bite those people on the ass, if she so chooses.
It's obvious that Palin appeals to a certain base of the Republican party. But the energy she exudes and her appeal to average people go beyond that base. She just needs a little "My Fair Lady" type mentoring: No winking at the camera during a debate. That may work with the boys in Alaska, but it doesn't look very professional. Keep the "you betcha's" to a minimum. Learn about Supreme Court rulings and international politics. Do those things, and you'll be fine, Madame President.
IS COME UPPANCE ONE WORD, OR TWO? AND AM I SPELLING IT RIGHT?
The only other good thing about the Obama victory is that Fox News and Rush Limbaugh have been shown to have only marginal influence on anybody beyond their hardcore fan base. You know, these guys can be right about a lot of things, but they're just so damn annoying and smug.
The writing was on the wall for Limbaugh earlier in the year when he saw the candidate of his choosing, Mitt Romney, go down in flames. I think he finally began to understand that while he may have 20 million listeners, they're not all listening so that they can go out and do his bidding like good little Ditto-heads. Limbaugh began to position himself as an entertainer who just happens to talk politics constantly, all day and every day. Whatever.
THE END
It will be an interesting four years. This country has survived many calamities and it will survive an Obama presidency.
"The people have spoken, and whenever the people speak, it's a great thing."
Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, 1955-1976
The people have indeed spoken, as they have for the entire history of our country, and the people speaking is indeed a great thing. The Old Man knew what he was talking about.
Once again, this coming January, there will be a peaceful transition of power, not just from one person to another, but in this instance, from one political party to another. That the United States has been doing this for so long, over 200 years, is unprecedented in the history of the world. That makes it a great day.
History is also being made because of the color of the president-elect. Barack Obama will be the first black president. This comes a scant 60 years or so since "Amos and Andy" made white folk laugh throughout this land of ours at their racist antics. America has matured and grown wiser. That makes it a great day.
It's a great day and it is concurrently a sad day for America.
It's not a sad day simply because Barack Obama was elected president, and he's not someone I particularly care for. Never has a man with so thin a resume gone so far so quickly.
It's sad because he was one of only two presidential candidates with a realistic chance to win the election. We should have more, and perhaps, better choices than just Republicans and Democrats.
It's a sad day because neither Obama nor John McCain are particularly qualified to hold the office of the presidency. Neither one has any great vision for the United States, something that is especially troubling because the times in which we live are especially troubling.
Obama does offer up the rhetoric of hope, and it is this positive message that voters responded to. I do prefer a positive message to a negative one any day.
However, while Barack Obama is a thoughtful and intelligent person, and McCain has served his country admirably and then some, neither offers up anything that we haven't seen before. At his core, if Obama indeed has an ideological core, is another tax raising liberal Democrat. McCain is another in a long line of Republicans since Reagan left office who suffer from stodgy thinking, or in the case of our current president, not much thinking at all. Essentially, while these two candidates seem to be different from what we've been offered before, they are not. And the American public won't be getting anything different until we take seriously the need for a third party, one that will genuinely challenge the status-quo.
LEADERSHIP
What kind of leader Barack Obama becomes obviously remains to be seen, but my hopes are not high. In the manner of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Obama will likely turn out to be someone who was very good at attaining the White House, but didn't know what to do once he got there.
Obama has never really been a leader of anything; for most of his adult life, he seems to have been either running for president, or setting the path to his presidential bid. It will be interesting, and not a little frightening, to see how Obama deals with the bullies of the world. Already, Russia has indicated it will install missiles near the border with Poland, and will attempt to jam any anti-missile defense system we install there. The reactions of Obama to situations like this will be telling. Personally, I would have preferred John McCain to stare down the Russian bear. He would be good at that.
WINNERS AND LOSERS
McCain lost the election for a number of reasons, one of which is that it's a bad year in general to be a Republican, what with that incumbent Republican president hovering at around a 20% approval rating and a war no one wants to think about anymore. McCain also didn't state his case particularly well or fervently. Most important though is that the economy has gone down the crapper. When that happens in an election year, the party in power usually gets the boot. It really is the economy, stupid. Or it's a stupid economy, or something like that.
Obama won the election because he is the current Leader of the Cult of Personality. He is young and handsome and looks good in a suit. He appeared many times to be more presidential than John McCain. Obama is articulate in a way George W. Bush doesn't even bother to dream about and he speaks in positive generalities that seem to both inspire and reassure an electorate yearning for something more from a president than arrogance and ignorant bravado.
For these reasons, and others, of course, the Democrats are In, the Republicans are Out. Good can come out of this stomping the Republicans took though, but only if they play it smart. There are still some smart Republicans out there, aren't there?
If there are, here's what they need to do. They need to get together, hunker down on the ground, and try to remember what it was that once made a Republican like Ronald Reagan so darn popular. Lower taxes for everybody, not just the wealthy. Smaller government, and don't use an excuse like 9/11 to frighten everyone into allowing you to grow the federal government in a way that Democrats would dream about, if they dared.
If Republicans talk low taxes and smaller government and come up with viable ways to grow the economy, they will be able to make inroads with the middle class again. Speaking of whom, Republicans need to figure just who is the middle class in America right now. It's not just white folks fed up with liberal Democrats, as it was back in the early '80s. The middle-class is multi-hued and consists of Hispanics and blacks and all the other colors of the melting pot and if the Republicans can't figure out a way to talk nice to these people, they will never regain power again.
Republicans also need to behave like Republicans again, specifically, like fiscal conservatives. A Republican government that more than willingly gives away over $700 billion is not truly Republican and certainly not fiscally conservative.
Oh, and no fear mongering. Karl Rove types and neo-conservatives need not apply to the Republican party of the future.
SARAH SMILE
Sarah Palin is not stupid. Some people, even Republicans, think she is. She will come back to bite those people on the ass, if she so chooses.
It's obvious that Palin appeals to a certain base of the Republican party. But the energy she exudes and her appeal to average people go beyond that base. She just needs a little "My Fair Lady" type mentoring: No winking at the camera during a debate. That may work with the boys in Alaska, but it doesn't look very professional. Keep the "you betcha's" to a minimum. Learn about Supreme Court rulings and international politics. Do those things, and you'll be fine, Madame President.
IS COME UPPANCE ONE WORD, OR TWO? AND AM I SPELLING IT RIGHT?
The only other good thing about the Obama victory is that Fox News and Rush Limbaugh have been shown to have only marginal influence on anybody beyond their hardcore fan base. You know, these guys can be right about a lot of things, but they're just so damn annoying and smug.
The writing was on the wall for Limbaugh earlier in the year when he saw the candidate of his choosing, Mitt Romney, go down in flames. I think he finally began to understand that while he may have 20 million listeners, they're not all listening so that they can go out and do his bidding like good little Ditto-heads. Limbaugh began to position himself as an entertainer who just happens to talk politics constantly, all day and every day. Whatever.
THE END
It will be an interesting four years. This country has survived many calamities and it will survive an Obama presidency.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Pick 'Em: Week 9, The Results
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2
Detroit Lions at CHICAGO BEARS
CHICAGO BEARS 27, Detroit 23
Houston Texans at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
MINNESOTA 28, Houston 21
Green Bay Packers at TENNESSEE TITANS
TENNESSEE 19, Green Bay 16 OT
New York Jets at BUFFALO BILLS
New York Jets 26, BUFFALO 17
Arizona Cardinals at ST. LOUIS RAMS
Arizona 34, ST. LOUIS 13
Baltimore Ravens at CLEVELAND BROWNS
Baltimore 37, CLEVELAND 27
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at Kansas City Chiefs
TAMPA BAY 30, Kansas City 27 OT
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati 21, JACKSONVILLE 19
Miami Dolphins at DENVER BRONCOS
Miami 26, DENVER 17
Dallas Cowboys at NEW YORK GIANTS
NEW YORK GIANTS 35, Dallas 14
ATLANTA FALCONS at Oakland Raiders
ATLANTA 24, Oakland 0
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at Seattle Seahawks
PHILADELPHIA 26, Seattle 7
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis 18, NEW ENGLAND 15
MONDAY NOVEMBER 3
PITTSBURGH STEELERS at Washington Redskins
PITTSBURGH 23, Washington 6
Babble: I understand the concept of “a win is a win,” but you have to wonder about a Bears defense that gives up 23 points to the worst team in the NFL (now that the Bengals have actually won a game)...is the D just not playing all that hard or is there a coaching issue, or both?...how bad is Kyle Orton’s injury, that’s really the question that needs to be asked, especially since they’re playing undefeated Tennessee on Sunday...we don’t need Bad Rex showing up for that one...not all that crazy about the idea of Good Rex showing up for that one either...I know I picked New England to win, but I’m glad they lost...I enjoy the look of frustration on Bill Belichick’s face...again, he's not such a genius without Tom Brady around...8-6 this week with my picks.
ELECTION DAY ADDENDUM: History (football history, that is) shows that, in the last 17 presidential elections, whenever the Washington Redskins lose the game before election day, the incumbent party is thrown out of the White House. Just another reason to hate on the Redskins, my friends.
Detroit Lions at CHICAGO BEARS
CHICAGO BEARS 27, Detroit 23
Houston Texans at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
MINNESOTA 28, Houston 21
Green Bay Packers at TENNESSEE TITANS
TENNESSEE 19, Green Bay 16 OT
New York Jets at BUFFALO BILLS
New York Jets 26, BUFFALO 17
Arizona Cardinals at ST. LOUIS RAMS
Arizona 34, ST. LOUIS 13
Baltimore Ravens at CLEVELAND BROWNS
Baltimore 37, CLEVELAND 27
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at Kansas City Chiefs
TAMPA BAY 30, Kansas City 27 OT
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati 21, JACKSONVILLE 19
Miami Dolphins at DENVER BRONCOS
Miami 26, DENVER 17
Dallas Cowboys at NEW YORK GIANTS
NEW YORK GIANTS 35, Dallas 14
ATLANTA FALCONS at Oakland Raiders
ATLANTA 24, Oakland 0
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at Seattle Seahawks
PHILADELPHIA 26, Seattle 7
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis 18, NEW ENGLAND 15
MONDAY NOVEMBER 3
PITTSBURGH STEELERS at Washington Redskins
PITTSBURGH 23, Washington 6
Babble: I understand the concept of “a win is a win,” but you have to wonder about a Bears defense that gives up 23 points to the worst team in the NFL (now that the Bengals have actually won a game)...is the D just not playing all that hard or is there a coaching issue, or both?...how bad is Kyle Orton’s injury, that’s really the question that needs to be asked, especially since they’re playing undefeated Tennessee on Sunday...we don’t need Bad Rex showing up for that one...not all that crazy about the idea of Good Rex showing up for that one either...I know I picked New England to win, but I’m glad they lost...I enjoy the look of frustration on Bill Belichick’s face...again, he's not such a genius without Tom Brady around...8-6 this week with my picks.
ELECTION DAY ADDENDUM: History (football history, that is) shows that, in the last 17 presidential elections, whenever the Washington Redskins lose the game before election day, the incumbent party is thrown out of the White House. Just another reason to hate on the Redskins, my friends.
Monday, November 3, 2008
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