My 2 Cents

Like every other American, I have an opinion regarding our latest idiot. I am not talking about Piyush "Bobby" Jindal. I am talking about another individual with questionable judgement, the much talked about Nadya Suleman. 

It was not long ago that some other crank decided to have a litter of babies with the aid of some serious hormones and modern technology. The difference was, that the other cranks had a home and two parents and were not quite as crazy as Ms. Suleman.  

Now, an organization known to many satisfied customers for its production of fine adult features has made Ms. Suleman an offer that she should not refuse. 1 million dollars and a year of health care for her and her 14 kids. The only hitch is that she has to perform in one of their fine adult pictures. They will even let her pick the person she performs with. The clownstain definitely has an opinion on this hot mess. I personally think that the house that Jenna built is low balling Ms. Suleman. Vivid can do better than that. Their annual revenue is in excess of 100 Million dollars. I personally believe that Ms. Suleman ought to go to the bargaining table with Vivid and strike a deal. I do not see anyone else coming up with that kind of offer. 

 The health care alone has to top a million bucks in the first year of those poor children's lives, and at least it will get them through the year. It will also save the taxpayers of California a lot of money.

Another twist in this morbid piece of Americana is Pink Visual, a San Fernando based outfit (imagine that) is offering Nadya diapers to not be in the porn movie. That is a choice. Something that individuals shit in, or a wheelbarrow load of money and health care.  A years worth of diapers is a baby shower gift. Any mom would be excited about that. A million dollar offer would make a grown man need a diaper. Pink Visual did not have to do anything, but, in the world that we live in, no one likes small ball.

The serious issue here is the kind of parenting Ms. Suleman has chosen to engage in. She already had sextuplets. Half of her previous brood have serious developmental issues, and I expect the second batch to have some problems as well. Ms. Suleman chose to bring 14 children into the world with no visible means of support and no father for the children. I really feel for the children, because, the ones who do not come out autistic will have to live with the fact that they were the product of a whole lot of crazy and some ass hole's science project. 

This lady really creeps me out. Where does she get off thinking she can raise 6 kids with no dad, no income and no house? Then she goes and drops 8 more? The doctor who did this ought to be strung up. Or at least horsewhipped and stripped of his license. Talk about irresponsible, enabling someone who is bat shit nuts to procreate to a completely unhealthy level is morally reprehensible. This lady is too crazy to have one kid, much less 14.

2012 Republican Candidate for President

Alright, everybody focus. The 2012 Republican ticket will most likely include Bobby Jindal, the Esteemed Leader of the Free Democratic Republic of Louisiana. He has an actual education and is currently building political capital by picking and choosing which parts of the stimulus package he will accept. Being that he is in one of the 3rd world states, he ought to take all of the money, because we all know that LA. does not have its books in order. 

Anyhow, here is a guy that converted from Hinduism to Catholicism and loves to pander to the snake-touching churches in 3rd world America. The conservatives will love this dude. He hates women's rights to choose, and he loves guns, and the scariest part is that he can read and has built his whole movement on being an intellectual. He actually provides leadership and direction for the Free Democratic Republic of Louisiana and he is accomplishing some neglected tasks in the bayou.  Watch out for Piyush!

Chris Brown is a jackass.

Recently R&B "artist" Chris Brown was involved in an altercation with his girlfriend Rihanna over some car keys. The initial report sounded like a fairly standard urban music scuffle, the kind we are not unnaccustomed to hearing about. Little did we know that it was not just an altercation, but a fairly severe beating to a beautiful and talented young woman.  There are pictures to prove it.  Ike Turner would have been proud, but I doubt young Mr. Brown's mother would be. 

Now, this was pretty run of the mill until the photos from the LAPD leaked and the American public saw the severity of Mr. Brown's handiwork on Ms. Fenty. 

Now, we do not know all the details of the incident, but, Mr. Brown is already guilty in the court of public opinion, and this will probably not help his bubble-gum reputation, nor will his bubble gum pop reputation help if he tries to spin this like he is "gangsta".

Now, what we are really dealing with is an assymmetrical relationship. Rihanna is well marketed, talented, and something kind of new, whereas Chris Brown is something we have seen and heard for years. Nothing original there. I have a strong feeling Rihanna's career will last longer than Mr. Brown's. In 8 years he will be a fairly short interview on Behind The Music.

Bad Cartoon. Bad Taste.

Over the course of the election, the full blown racists in this country have had a field day. Comparing our first black president to a monkey is just beyond the pale. The kind of crap that Sarah Palin stirred up with these idiots just enforces their inappropriate behavior.  These individuals who allegedly claim to be the party for values are not doing a very good job teaching these values by encouraging this kind of disgraceful crap.

Although the NY Post is a rag, it is a widely circulated rag. 

In the United States, differing views and public discourse are a part of our political system. Disagreeing is fine. Making monkey references about an African American is just plain inappropriate. It goes through some really antebellum references that were part of the rhetoric of a disgraceful chapter in American History. 

Now some may argue that W was referenced as a monkey and "Uncurious George", but speaking as a thoroughly white individual, I know that it is just different. It is the difference between the "N" Word and being called a cracker. Or a honky. Sure being called a cracker or a honky by a black person is not nice, but calling black people the "N" Word strikes a whole different chord. The rules are simply different for this sort of thing. 

One of the problems though is the way the media has handled it. They immediately went to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton for commentary on this, knowing that Mr. Jackson and Mr. Sharpton would love to comment on the situation, and would definitley provide some decent material. Now, all kidding aside, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have done a lot of good work, and they are real leaders, but folks have quit taking them seriously (The NY Post has done a pretty good job of besmirching their collective character!)  As soon as Jackson and Sharpton arrive on the scene, a lot of people tune it out; mostly due to Sharpton and Jackson's reputation as racial agitators.

 Although I do not neccessarily agree with everything Sharpton and Jackson have to say, they are right. This is an inappropriate reference that hits a lot of hot buttons. It is not something one would expect in a major newspaper, more like a newsletter circulated by the Klan. 

The kicker is that the "management" of this paper are not issuing an apology of any sort. They are defending their cartoon. If they had half a brain, they would apologize for inadvertent racism and try to move on. Instead, they are pretending that they did not do a damn thing wrong. 

I almost believe the defense of inadvertent racism, because the fact is that they seem like a pretty thoughtless bunch. Even if they were not being bigoted jerks, they really showed their unforgiveable lack of class. 

KA-CHOW!

Thank you Jeebus! After several dry days of soft targets and other nonsense, I finally got something juicy. Bristol Palin has opened her mouth to ol' Skidmark Van Susteren and let everyone know that abstinence is "not realistic".  Its about time one of these nincompoops said something.  I bet her bat-shit crazy mother is a little miffed about the whole interview and the fact that it refutes a key part of her conservative christian worldview. 

Now, all kidding aside, what Bristol Palin might or might not have been forced to do needs some recognition, having a child is something scary and difficult, even with all the support and infrastructure she has. In addition, the media coverage is not something that an expecting teen mother needs.  On one hand I feel sorry for her having to deal with all the horse shit that has come her way, and on the other, she has a lot of advantages that most teen mothers could not dream of.

What took real courage was stepping away from her mother's abstinence only party line. She showed some actual moral courage that came from a hard lesson. This could possibly be a step in the right direction to preventing unwanted teen pregnancy. It is not just an after school special, it is a piece of reality when someone that young breaks from their crazy mom's paradigm and goes on the record with that information.

One potentially troubling piece of information is that this kid has absolutely no shot at a normal life. He was born to teen parents and there will definitely be some drama from the grandparents. On one side is the Palin Clan, who have a reputation for being insane, then there is his grandma Johnston, who allegedly sells Oxycontin to undercover cops in parking lots. In any event, the child will get plenty of support and attention from a lot of really crazy people, and who knows, the Palins may just help out the in laws and pull some strings for Mama Johnston, (she already got a real lawyer!) 

In summary, kudos to Bristol for speaking some truth about the silliness of abstinence only. It did not work out too well for you.

Soft Targets

How 'bout it? Two holidays within a week. Saturday we had a big fat valentine's day, which was a resounding success, and today which is President's Day.  Things seem to be in full swing today, except for the post office and a few other state and federal authorities. 

I am not 100% sure what one should do for president's day, seeing as though there has been quite a few of them, and I have only been alive for 5 so far. I am not exactly clear how some of the previous administrations went.  As a child of public school, I am a little foggy on most of them except for the old standbys. (Can someone fill me in on Chester "A." Arthur?)

In any event, unless they were on money or Mount Rushmore, most Americans lose track of a lot of presidential stuff. The filler presidents are not discussed with any real degree of detail.  I like to call them the beard guys. The ones between Lincoln and about 1910. The problem is, that a lot of these presidents were pretty uninspiring or bland, and if an administration did not have a real war or serious scandal, no one really gives a damp shit about it.  The beard guys really get lost in the shuffle.  

On another hand, I am all for bringing back presidential facial hair. The last president to have a beard, stache or goatee, or sideburns for that matter was William Howard Taft, who had a particularly opulent and luxurious handlebar moustache.  

Friday the 13th

Now, I actually dug something up that reflects positively on the Mayor's Office of Seattle. Greg Nickels has some construction projects in mind that he has a plan to pay for. You heard that right. Their is money to pay for them. It might be a little bit of the Nickels shell game, but there is some money floating around from some tax increases that passed.

Old Sweaty Nicks actually has a plan to repave about a half dozen streets that are currently 3rd world hazardous. That really makes me happy. In addition he plans to have a new park built with a large bronze statue of himself with Tim Eyman in a WWE-esque "Camel Clutch", made popular by former professional wrestler The Iron Sheik.  

Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of jobs being created, especially in the sector of public infrastructure, but, what about getting some of the existing messes straightened out. Seattle is a rapidly growing city, and has been for the last 20 years, and in that time, has amassed some pretty serious growing pains.  The demand for infrastructure has outstripped the supply by a fairly wide margin, thus decreasing the live ability factor of the region. If something is not done soon, people in the other parts of the country might figure out that Seattle is not really the land of milk and honey.

health care

On a more serious note than the last few posts, I have a few things to say about the condition of the medical system in the United States. This is not a Michael Moore documentary, or a rant, but a statement of beliefs.

Once upon a time, there was an organization called the Public Health Service, which would provide treatment to the poor and indigent (originally formed to care for merchant seamen). During the Reagan administration, the scope and practice of said service was greatly reduced, and access to health services in general was restricted to those who could afford to pay or had insurance through their employment. Health care costs have risen to unprecedented levels, and the rate of uninsured or under insured individuals has correlated as well. 

When it comes to the issues that we face as a nation, the first reaction is blame. We want to find out who is responsible for the problem and punish them accordingly. Often this leads to a judgement call on another's standard of living. (ie blaming United Auto Workers for problems in detroit, because they make 27 bucks an hour). A lot of people blame doctors for exorbitant medical costs, but honestly, can we blame people for wanting to make a good living off of their skills, education and talents? (There are a few notable examples that lean towards greed, but the exception does not prove the rule). One of the issues that we really need to look at is that the Health Care Industry is in fact, a business. Businesses are in business to make money. The fundamental paradigm of buy low, sell high is at the core of business. They want to maximize profits and keep their shareholders happy. The organizations who practice business medicine lose sight of the fundamental tenet of the Hippocratic oath "To keep the good of the patient as the highest priority."

During this period of economic downturn, more and more people are losing the health care furnished by their employer, resulting in a higher demand for public health care. We as a nation need to respond accordingly and increase the supply of available medicine. Not only in the best interest of individual patients, but in the best interest of the nation. Healthy workers are productive workers, and everyone ought to have a basic standard for care that allows a productive, healthy life. 

Michael Phelps, You are off the Hook!

Well Mike Phelps, you are no longer a big news story. The media and I have latched onto a better story, the story of Yankees star, Alex Rodriguez, who when when you google Mr. April through September, his name is first on the list. Mr. Rodriguez is an immensely talented baseball player, you cannot take that away from him. However, unlike Michael Phelps (or known facts about Michael Phelps) A-Rod cheats. He used steroids to give him that competitive edge. 

Alex Rodriguez' much publicized mea culpa was just a cheap way to head it off at the pass. He expected forgiveness for his transgressions, but it pretty much blew up in his face. The element he did not take into consideration is the fact that he is a regular asshole. He has been called A-Fraud and A-roid, Stray Rod, and other such disrespectful handles that one ought to think there might be something to it. 

Even the ever-hopeful and classically serious President of the United States was pretty pissed off about it.

"And if you're a fan of Major League Baseball, I think it tarnishes an entire era, to some degree. And it's unfortunate, because I think there are a lot of ballplayers who played it straight."

One thing we have to take into consideration when we evaluate the contents of Mr. Rodriguez' soul is the fact that he had a lot of pressure on him to perform for his unprecedented contract. He had a lot to live up to, and depending on who you talk to, he failed. His post season performance is dismal, and he has really done something that we all have expected.

Now that he has had his little come to Jeebus meeting, I think we all can move on. He will have an asterisk next to his name.

Michael Phelps got ratted out for smoking the reefer. Not exactly a performance enhancing substance. People were all up in arms and Kellogg's took away his endorsement deals. Which is absolute bullshit. He did not tarnish the image of competitive swimming in the way that steroids have indelibly marked baseball. He smoked the weeds. The kids who look up to Mike Phelps are not going to make their pot decisions based on his actions for several reasons:

a. It does not help athletic performance.

b. It is illegal.

c. They have all heard the terrific "Above the Influence" commercials

Now, steroids have a few simple facts behind them including:

a. if used properly, reduce injuries and healing time

b. enhance performance

c. rapidly builds muscle mass

d. they are almost a prerequisite for superstardom in MLB

A-Rod used steroids and got away with it for 8 years. If it was not for the Canseco Effect, it never would have come to light. He is still rich, and still wearing pinstripes.

 Mike Phelps got caught with some reefer and lost his lucrative endorsement deals. He got railroaded for doing something millions of Americans do every day. It may be illegal, but it is not morally reprehensible on the level of shooting chemicals into your butt cheeks that make titanic home runs more and more pedestrian. 

Mike Phelps

Michael Phelps, is there any more room under the bus?  What a screwjob. Here we have a superstar athlete doing some bong rips. In my estimation it is probably not uncommon among professional athletes. The real issue here is an invasion of Mr. Phelps' privacy, and a savage bussing from someone on location. 

Now, Mr. Phelps is not without sin, he pleaded guilty to a DUI when he was 19 and got the standard treatment. 

There are two possible ways this went down. Either Mr. Phelps pissed someone off and they sold him down the river, or someone resented the fact that he is an Olympic athlete and has piles of money. 

The pissing off theory has legs, because as we all know, many people who transcend the level of mere mortal are unforgivable douche nozzles. 

The resentment theory has legs too, because us mere mortals really have a tendency to resent people who are a lot better than us.

In any event, it is a pretty low rent stunt to sell pictures of someone doing something illegal (but not altogether uncommon) to the media. (What would have been a better option is blackmail. I mean, the pics were probably a one time lump sum, but blackmail has a life expectancy of about 3.5 years. Mike Phelps would have probably paid your tuition and he could have written that off on his taxes, and that would have been a win-win situation (2012 Olympics, HIGH AS A KITE!))

Now, the real kicker on this whole strange mess is the fact that so many people care. People are throwing a fit about role model stuff and that whole song and dance. Kids are already inundated with the fact that many of these titans are, in fact, scumbags. You have guys like Pacman Jones and Rae Carruth committing serious crimes on a regular basis, and guys like Plaxico Burress damn near shooting his own pecker off. In addition to criminal activity, you have John Rocker, who is just a regular asshole, and Mark McGwire, who used steroids and lied about it. So, maybe kids ought to pick a different genre of human beings to use as role models. 

Cut Phelps some slack, he is 23 years old and smoked weed. Mind your own damn business. I honestly do not think Michael Phelps would give two hot shits if 99% of America got caught smoking weed. And this whole thing would not have been an issue if some self serving little buddy fucker had not sold the pictures to the media.

Michael Phelps, listen up. This is important. You learned your lesson about fraternizing with the peons. You can do all the drugs and illegal shit you want. Just do it with other professional athletes and celebrities who have something to lose. They will not dime you out, because they were doing it with you! 

PURE INSANITY!

I might have been imagining this, but today, I believe I saw a crew cutting asphalt on 175th Street in Shoreline. They had the big grinding/resurfacing machine and everything. Now, this might really be going out on a limb, but cutting bad asphalt with known imperfections often leads to (you might want to brace yourself for this funky shit!) FIXING POTHOLES!! 

This shit is bananas. This is King County. We don't just fix potholes here. That money could be better spent on gender reassignment for prisoners or creating a machine that disappears parking spots on Capitol Hill. Basic public services are not exactly the core competencies for the region between 150th Street and Renton, and West of a brackish body of water. 

In any event, this was a pretty bold action. Someone might have been jumping the gun on the alleged stimulus package. 

Those rascals at the Shoreline Department of Public Works are really straying from the Beirut Paradigm of street maintenance that is followed on the West Side of the Lake. Now, the Ayatollah of The Emerald City wants to make Seattle the Greenest City on the Planet. One of the things standing in his way is the operation of full-size SUVs and trucks. On numerous occasions, I have heard individuals publicly state that they would pilot a smaller car, but they fear for their safety due to road conditions in the area. That includes both sinkholes and snowfall. (Snowpaclypse 08 sold a shitload of Grand Cherokees!) Honestly, this seems like an excuse to roll around in big rides (I have used it when people criticize my '86 Bronco) but why not try to improve the roads. Historically local government is the go-to guy for improving roads but in the city of Seattle, if you want a pothole filled, get your ass over to Home Depot and buy some cement and gravel.

On the flip side though, big Clownstain Props to Mark Relph and his good folks at the City of Shoreline Department of Public Works. Keep up the good work.

A republican did something awesome.

In addition to launching what is possibly their shittiest operating system ever, Microsoft just announced some serious layoffs. They are cutting the jobs of 5000 workers. The bitch of the situation is that fact that these are skilled, well paying jobs. The kind of jobs that people aspire to and can use to build a solid future for themselves and their families. That is not even the worst part of the deal. Steve Ballmer and his cronies are pushing for higher caps on the number of H1-B visas. These are the "highly skilled" worker visas.  They are a vehicle for outsourcing American jobs without the inconvenience of leaving the country. If Microsoft executives thought about product development with the same creativity and zeal as they do with cost cutting and labor issues, they would have the boys in Cupertino surrounded. Alas, that is not the case. They think they can regain some sort of relevance by laying off the reasonably well paid and benefited American employees, and importing a 3rd world workforce with subsidized educations. They probably think they deserve a tax break too.

Another factor in this whole equation is the involvement of Senator Chuck Grassley (R. Iowa)

Unlike his other conservative brethren, he does not want all the American jobs shipped overseas. He sent a letter to Steve Ballmer. That's right. A letter. He demanded that American workers take priority over the H1-B imports. Who the hell does he think he is talking that way to Steve Ballmer? He is only a US Senator. I do not necessarily agree with Senator Grassley on some of his political views, (the whole Shiite Christian from Iowa thing scares me a little) but the fact that he had the moral courage to stand up to a software giant is laudable. 

Now, for Microsoft, instead of thinking up sneaky ways to avoid paying higher wages to Americans, think up ways to develop new and innovative products (Windows Vista? Honestly?). Regain your market share. Do the right thing. Hire Americans. Make a gesture of goodwill before your time expires. If you think that you are untouchable, you have another think coming. You have exposed your soft, white underbelly in the last 4 years and it is only a matter of time before you have to deal with the consequences. 

Bring Back Almost Live!!

Bring it back. Bring back Almost Live. Never in its history has Western Washington needed regional sketch comedy more. Never has Seattle been more absurd than it is today. (Ride the Slut. Vamanos Viaduct. Snowplows, we don't need no stinking snowplows! to name a few instances of current issues) True. the old jokes about Seattle's neighborhoodism would have to be updated, but I honestly, in my heart believe that the pastures for a merciless lampoon have never been greener. The old Squareheads in Ballard driving around at 11 miles an hour moved to Arizona. The dry heat is good for the arthritis. The yuppie scum couple that bought their 2 bedroom 1.5 bath house for 548k and thought they stole it are in. (They had it repainted, lime green with purple trim is something that only an 83 year old Scandinavian could love).

 1996 called and they want their Starbucks jokes back. I guess they will have to write some material on the baristas at Sweet Spot that are "working their way through college".  Or maybe take a few shots at some of the pretentious, yet uninspired eateries in any given neighborhood. The ones with no decimal places in the menu (shoutout to stuffwhitepeoplelike.com)

We all like a few jokes at the expense of Kent, Auburn, Renton and the other outlying burbs, but the real comedy gold can be found in the city limits. Take a little spin out to University Village. It looks like any one of the stupid outdoor malls in Southern California. It just happens to be 41 degrees, 8 mph wind and a nice rain. Oh, yeah, and things are a little more expensive and a little shabbier. (On second thought, that is not really ha ha funny. More like the sad kind of ironic.)

In addition, topical sketch comedy keeps institutions honest. Imagine if Greg Nickels  had a sounding board on King 5 every Saturday night. It might just put a little shame in his game. (They could make an entire skit just on jokes about his huge noggin!) When the 2012 gubernatorial election rolled around, Dino "Unseasonably Tan and Disturbingly Chipper" Rossi would be running scared. Imagine the sublime beauty that could be.

Now, I wish King 5 would round up Keister and the gang and put them back to work making something good and honest, but I do not believe that it can actually happen. The Condo Overlords and the Dark Cabal that got rid of a lot of really sweet parking spots would crush them. 

Pugetropolis is desperately trying to re brand itself, but it needs to grab hold of its roots and quit being so goddamn smug and condescending.

The gift that keeps on giving.

Intermittent explosive disorder. Anger issues. Mom who was a circus clown. Gloria Steinem's stepson. Yeah. That's right. Christian Bale. Too good to let go. A brief look at Mr. Bale's Wiki is all it takes to put together why he is a nutjob. His mom was a circus clown and his stepmom is the author of the "One Free Grope" theory of sexual harassment.

Honestly, should we be surprised at this outburst? He is a movie star. He is the leading man. The serious actor. The mercurial artist. He is supposed to get angy and drop the F Bomb on us lesser mortals who populate his world. 

I would be more surprised if he did something decent and nice and did not use it as a shameless form of self promotion. (I am talking to you Bono. You too Brangelina. I got your numbers.) 

As the Clownstain, I have a helluva time condemning this behavior, because as a serious celebrity in some circles, I love to tear someone a new dirt chute. Someone unwittingly walks into my field of vision, I chew their ass right off. 
Bullshit. Where is the civility? If I was in the public eye as much as Christian Bale, I would be nice. George Clooney nice. Henry Winkler nice. Willie Nelson nice. Or maybe not. Maybe the childish, angry, spoiled shitheel behavior actually adds some street cred to his mythos. Maybe being an ill tempered wretch makes him more commercially viable. Or he ought to just clean his act up and treat individuals on the set like the human beings with rights and dignity. 

Mean Hollywood, the Clownstain is coming for you.

Presidential Accountability Bitches!

Good Evening to all and welcome to the 4th Circle of Hell.  A new day has dawned on us. The day of once bitten twice shy scrutiny. President Obama has a graphic representation of qualitative data. The St. Petersburg times has unveiled the Obameter.(http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/) It is a graphjam.com esque way of tracking promises that President Obama made during the campaign season. 

This is both a blessing and a curse. First, I think all politicians ought to be held accountable. Especially after the previous administration. There is the blessing. Now comes the curse. This shit comes out of Florida. Not exactly a bastion of progressive thought. Or even thought for that matter. This is the state that W; with the help of his rotten brother and their ilk, bogarted enough electoral votes to change the course of American History. Things were going pretty good until the Rove Gang invaded the Sunshine State with an army of lawyers and briefcases full of unmarked bills. 

Now, the Clownstain Jury is still out on the St. Pete Times. On the con side, they are in Florida, the state where 83% of America's bizarre headlines come from. On the pro side, this outfit has been in a pretty hearty fight with the Church of Scientology. Can't fault that. You have to show a little respect to an organization that has the balls to get into it with the letigous trolls that control the minds of Bat Shit Nuts Tom Cruise and Skidmark Greta Van Susteren.

I apologize for digressing. Back to the point. As if I had a real point. The point of this whole diatribe/rant is that politicians ought to be accountable, but that we also should critically eye the organization that watches them. Critical interpretation of data is the foundation of new information. In the age of twisted facts and unadulterated happy horse shit, we cannot take all input to our systems at face value. (You better watch your ass Sean Hannity, you Hibernian dingleberry!) Just because it is printed or interwebbed does not mean that it is true. Just ask me. I write opinion pieces on the internet. On a blog. I don't even know if anyone reads this bullshit. I write nasty little pieces of pseudo internet journalism. I have zero credibility, but I have a forum for libelous screed. Hell, I need to wrap this thing up. I was talking about political credibility, and I ended up talking shit about two Fox News personalities and Tom Cruise. Talk about shooting fish in a barrel. 

Superbowl Victory

Congratulations to both teams. The Super Bowl was a game. It was starting to look like a shit show, but amazingly enough, the cinderella, come from behind, underdog Arizona Cardinals turned it into an actual sporting contest, and gave the mighty Steelers a real run for their money. If it hadn't been for Ben Roethlisberger and his cannon like arm, the Cardinals would have been on top. It was not meant to be. Apparently Ol' Kurt was not going to get another ring. The Lombardi trophy was not his. Big Ben walked into another one. At 26 years old, he already has two rings. Dan Marino played for 16 years and never got a ring. This is a strong lesson. You can be a superstar, but if you play for a team with aqua marine jerseys you will have a worse shot at a lombardi trophy.

Big Day

Today is a big day. The NFL Championship. The biggest media event of the year (Well, maybe not this year, but in years past.), and I am not that excited. Two teams I hate.  Honestly, I cannot hate the Cardinals nearly as much as I hate the Steelers. It is also a different kind of hate for the arizona cardinals, just an arbitrary hate because they are in the same division as my Seahawks. One thing that was a little unsettling is the fact that Chris Collinsworth has a terminal man-crush on Kurt Warner. Right now we wait.