I spent the entire day cooped up doing a book review and some other research, and now its 2AM and I'm nowhere near tired, so I thought I would pop in and throw out some quick discussion points that are running through my head at a hundred miles per hour. Give me some responses to let me know what you think - let's get the discussion going!
I. Political Notes
a. I don't get the Barack Obama "bitterness" furor. What did he say that was wrong? Wouldn't you be bitter after three decades of hardships and broken promises? I wish some Pennsylvanians would stand up and say "Hey! He got it right! I AM bitter! Now FIX it!" I'm bitter about a lot of things regarding politics and I'm only 22. I can't wait for the day when we can actually admit how we feel.
b. Hillary can't keep her own husband quiet and she's going to run our country?
c. One would think being associated with Bush would crush anyone's political future, but a new poll suggests having Condoleeza Rice on the ticket could help McCain beat any type of Obama/Clinton ticket in true blue New York. Go figure THAT one out.
II. The Sports Report
a. The coverage Tiger Woods gets is incredible. I wonder if anyone would pay any attention to golf at all if it wasn't for ESPN and SI's obessive discussions over each shot, and debating whether he's falling apart or the greatest golfer ever, based on his last round's score.
b. Andruw Jones will figure it out.
c. I'm not that sure about the Tigers.
d. I can't say I pay much attention to hockey all that much, but it's my experience that the NHL playoffs might be one of the most exciting sports events of the year. Those guys leave it all out there every game, and each one is edge-of-your-seat stuff. If you haven't given it a shot, now's a good time.
Talk to you all soon enough!
2 comments:
The Obama bitterness thing is, for sure, a circus act. Mike has a great post covering it from start to where we are now. You can see that over at Communicative Action.
Getting into the real meat and potatoes... Tiger Woods is insane. He's just so good, he's probably the only athlete who deserves any of that coverage. I am not a huge golf fan, but I definitely am a Tiger fan... so I guess I'm one of those guys who ESPN and SI are going after with their stories, haha.
As far as Andruw Jones... Plugh and I are having an ongoing discussion over at The Life of Brian about whether or not Andruw Jones is for real...
Haha, I have to say Matt that the Insomniac posts should continue (mainly because it covers politics and sports... two of my favs, lol).
The Obama thing is not a circus act. It's swarming a lot of forums. The feeling is that obama is accusing people of being too stupid to know how to vent their frustrations effectively.
I gotta swing over and give plugh the business on this too. I haven't made my rounds yet today.
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