tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65584066926462242392011-04-21T16:08:57.999-05:00Why? Cause fuck him, that's why...OESY0208noreply@blogger.comBlogger1621100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-50935357131948176352008-06-20T11:18:00.001-05:002008-06-20T12:15:17.053-05:00

Remember this?That's right, the very first post on UA. Here, now, is the last.Roughly fifteen months ago, I had an idea for a blog that would combine different strands of the same basic thought, though I had expected more disagreement than what one commonly finds from, say, Powerline. And for a time, the proprietors of this site did just that. One is of course welcome to search the archives--

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-84565359112807371692008-06-16T08:40:00.000-05:002008-06-16T09:12:35.745-05:00

Huh?"Barack Obama's campaign envisions a path to the presidency that could include Virginia, Georgia and several Rocky Mountain states, but not necessarily the pair of battlegrounds that decided the last two elections – Florida and Ohio."Look, it is smart to have to contingency plans, but I find this talk a little troubling. Namely, I fail to see how the Obama campaign thinks that winning Georgia

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-5757096966054435402008-06-12T05:44:00.001-05:002008-06-12T06:34:44.238-05:00

Hugo Black, the legendary free-speech absolutist of the US Supreme Court, must be rolling over in his grave with news that some of the very worst of Europe and the rest of the world might soon find a home "in the land of the free.""Two members of the Canadian Islamic Congress say the magazine, Maclean’s, Canada’s leading newsweekly, violated a provincial hate speech law by stirring up hatred

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-73024401194236690682008-06-10T09:22:00.000-05:002008-06-10T11:11:40.328-05:00

Obviously, much can occur over the last leg of the campaign to alter the landscape. Nonetheless, here is my crystal ball for November 4...ALABAMA (9) - 58-41, MCCAIN (9-0)ALASKA (3) - 55-45, MCCAIN (12-0)ARIZONA (10) - 54-46, MCCAIN (22-0)ARKANSAS (6) - 54-46, MCCAIN (28-0)CALIFORNIA (55) - 56-43, OBAMA (55-28)COLORADO (9) - 51-49, MCCAIN (37-55)

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-5876886759478349962008-06-03T02:02:00.002-05:002008-06-03T02:40:52.397-05:00

This continues the series analyzing the Race for the White House from the Barack Obama supporter perspective. This series assumes Senator Obama will claim the nomination until proven otherwise. Most often this series will focus on a mainstream media article, opinion essay, or blogpost.Previous Installment: Part IIIThe Fall Campaign, Part IV:Today's issue: Barack Obama's candidacy, despite his

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-16408077478953685772008-05-30T12:52:00.000-05:002008-05-30T13:29:25.898-05:00

You want to be thought of as sophisticated and yet not realize the remarkably consistent unintentional humor you will provide? Well, you're in luck!Regular readers of the unsigned commentaries delivered every day on the New York Times editorial page might note the Andrew Rosenthal-led gang's proclivity to use certain words. I call them Times words and phrases and have referenced them in earlier

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-63667123652196862502008-05-30T12:24:00.000-05:002008-05-30T12:49:24.568-05:00

Maureen Dowd, Old Cranky Lady columnist, once used words to that effect to describe the chill to open hostility certain women feel with Barack Obama's candidacy. Ms. Dowd posited that these women, somewhere in the early primary season, did not gravitate towards Senator Obama--irrespective of his looks and charm--because he reminded them of a smug scholar-athlete that ignored them in school.Well,

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-44271573635354354132008-05-26T12:55:00.000-05:002008-05-26T13:31:05.094-05:00

A glimmer of hope for Republicans?Despite significant wind in his face, Senator McCain continues to remain within striking distance of the likely Democratic nominee.Meanwhile, the GOP stands poised to lose perhaps five more Senate seats and another dozen House seats due to retiring members and the collapse of the Republican Party brand, and may yet descend into civil war on whether to continue to

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-853228928044941962008-05-20T07:20:00.000-05:002008-05-20T08:36:38.715-05:00

Last week, by a 4-3 vote, the California Supreme Court effectively legalized same-sex marriage in the Golden Bear state, pending a proposition before the voters this autumn. Obviously, the Left is hoping that this decision--authored by a Reagan appointee no less--will not ignite the conservative base as the words and actions of Massachusetts Chief Justice Margaret Marshall and San Francisco mayor

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-51581721428202344152008-05-14T11:36:00.000-05:002008-05-14T12:54:37.369-05:00

In 2004, US Senator Zell Miller of Georgia penned a memorable screed entitled, "A National Party No More," referring, of course, to the Democrats. At the time, more than a few considered his argument: Democrats had underperformed in the 2002 midterms, would lose in 2004, and (to their eyes) had underperformed in 2000. Not long after Zell's book, the Republican victories would leave the loyal

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-48639156932441381262008-05-09T08:01:00.001-05:002008-05-09T08:37:56.187-05:00

In today's NYT, famed feminist Susan Faludi, author of Backlash in addition to other less remarkable books, makes her case that Hillary Clinton advanced the cause, i.e., electing a woman president of the United States.Not because she will finish second, but because she has attracted white male votes for, "joining the brawl."To wit:"Notable in the Indiana and North Carolina primary results and in

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-76997816326306604592008-05-08T13:18:00.000-05:002008-05-08T13:48:36.435-05:00

Our president, you may recall, coined this phrase to describe elite opinion vis-a-vis African-Americans, Hispanics, and the underprivileged. It is also applies to the national media and its treatment of the spouses of Republican national candidates. The rule is quite simple: keep your mouth shut and just act the part of the lovely wife and we will leave you alone... and may not even demand that

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-40818062223790625452008-05-06T03:20:00.001-05:002008-05-06T03:48:58.588-05:00

I made the point earlier that substantial differences exist between the two major political parties on investing in the United States and its people. The rebuilding of the Gulf region after Hurricane Katrina was just one example, here is another.Bob Herbert, the best New York Times opinion columnist shows us at least one instance where Republican presidents are categorically inferior to

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-60990193559917914182008-05-06T02:35:00.000-05:002008-05-06T03:06:12.709-05:00

True to form, the smug WSJ takes on a familiar foe today:"Nearly halfway to choosing the next President, voters are witnessing an amazing spectacle in addition to the Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton scrum. All three of the contenders are avowed believers in ever more restrictive and convoluted campaign finance laws. They are also proving, with their every decision, why those laws have become a

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-50298508618540821752008-05-04T12:39:00.000-05:002008-05-04T14:38:51.085-05:00

Apropos of this discussion between a Reaganite and political liberal, we should ask how history will remember our current president as the final year of his second term, much as his predecessors, slows to a crawl as we await the election of our new leader. Mr. Bush, depending on the poll, regularly checks in with a low-30s approval rating, some thirty points lower than the last two-term

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-87213864841062957652008-04-24T08:35:00.001-05:002008-04-24T09:27:44.309-05:00

This continues the series analyzing the Race for the White House from the Barack Obama supporter perspective. This series assumes Senator Obama will claim the nomination until proven otherwise. Most often this series will focus on a mainstream media article, opinion essay, or blogpost.The Fall Campaign, Part III:Today's issue: If Barack Obama can force Hillary Clinton from the race prior to

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-15245834924251479522008-04-21T13:30:00.001-05:002008-04-21T14:41:36.811-05:00

If Barack Obama can score an upset victory tomorrow, well, he would end any serious Hillary Clinton challenge and take an enormous step toward inauguration. Pennsylvania has served up a double whammy for the Illinois legislator, not only do the demographics of the state rival Ohio's (a clear Clinton win) but most suspect the influence of Governor Ed Rendell, a longtime Clintonite dating back to

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-28689833510035659272008-04-14T12:28:00.000-05:002008-04-14T13:14:40.082-05:00

"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them... And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-77005403689512587362008-04-10T11:48:00.000-05:002008-04-10T13:46:57.150-05:00

This continues the series analyzing the Race for the White House from the Barack Obama supporter perspective. This series assumes Senator Obama will claim the nomination until proven otherwise. Most often this series will focus on a mainstream media article, opinion essay, or blogpost.The Fall Campaign, Part II:Today's issue: How can Barack Obama defeat Arizona Republican senator John McCain on

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-21403261368698368442008-03-25T09:36:00.003-05:002008-03-26T13:58:02.354-05:00

This begins what I hope will prove a continuous series analyzing the Race for the White House from the Barack Obama supporter perspective. This series assumes Senator Obama will claim the nomination until proven otherwise. Most often this series will focus on a mainstream media article, opinion essay, or blogpost.The Fall Campaign, Part I:Today's issue: How can Barack Obama square his "we need a

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-32756279362906007302008-03-19T08:01:00.003-05:002008-03-19T13:45:30.111-05:00

Repeal the Second Amendment!That is my solution. Why? Well, for one, I do not believe ordinary American citizens have the right to own firearms, yes, here I make no distinction between a pellet gun and fully-automatic weapons. If you want to fire them, join the military. Now, I would of course back legislation that dramatically differed on penalties between those two categories (mostly, I would

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-71813523397402327412008-03-16T08:06:00.000-05:002008-03-16T08:51:28.417-05:00

Five years after President Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, the Old Cranky Lady solicited contributions from some prominent figures in the conflict and other foreign policy experts. This offering from Army General Paul D. Eaton (Ret.) caught my eye."My greatest surprise was the failure on the part of Congress to assert itself before the executive branch. That failure assured continued problems

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-64767066303834334672008-03-11T02:33:00.002-05:002008-03-11T03:45:05.661-05:00

Well, I suppose grander aspirations are no more? And to think his own paper blew the proverbial whistle too."Gov. Eliot Spitzer was a client of a high-end prostitution ring broken up last week by federal authorities, according to law enforcement officials, a development that threatened to end his career and turned the state’s political world upside down."The "Emperor" of New York nailed by the

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-5039683427987765292008-03-09T09:47:00.001-05:002008-03-09T10:39:46.809-05:00

The lame duck sends 'em quacking away again:"President Bush on Saturday further cemented his legacy of fighting for strong executive powers, using his veto to shut down a Congressional effort to limit the Central Intelligence Agency’s latitude to subject terrorism suspects to harsh interrogation techniques."First off, I give the Democratic-controlled US Congress credit, they were willing to stand

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-65885838784706303652008-03-07T10:11:00.001-05:002008-03-07T10:57:15.504-05:00

I am not surprised. Hillary Clinton's firewall held on March 4, because, once again, demography is destiny. Barack Obama has shown very little ability to win over the Reagan Democrats, particularly in non-caucus states, and absent another swing in this campaign (which could very well materialize) he will lose Pennsylvania by an even worse margin.Senator Obama's recent difficulties center on two

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-31864490108748627582008-03-03T11:15:00.001-05:002008-03-04T08:24:32.934-05:00

One day, to sustain a dynasty... or end it. Or not.Once, Big Dog said she had to win them both, now, the campaign has moved the goalposts just a trifle, daring to argue that even if Barack Obama lost one of the four states on March 4, well, Democrats were reconsidering his candidacy.It is an article of faith among blue-team members that the failure to adequately vet their candidates (John Kerry,

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-47274763925766293492008-02-28T09:59:00.002-05:002008-02-28T10:52:18.388-05:00

In his most recent Washington Post effort, foreign policy columnist David "Iggy" Ignatius informs us that the terrorist threat may prove overrated.Of course it is--on American soil. To suggest that the terrorist threat is overrated in Iraq, Aghanistan, other similar areas of relative instability defies commons sense, but it is important to note that al-Qaeda has its limits in the United

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-71696440193767108372008-02-28T08:15:00.001-05:002008-02-28T09:19:17.130-05:00

Full disclosure: In part due to filial piety, I am an OSU partisan, therefore I pulled for Greg Oden and Mike Conley when the Buckeye duo ruled the Big 10 conference for a season. Additionally, I followed most of the big man's travels at Lawrence North, IN, where he threatened Oscar Robertson for the title of greatest Indiana high school basketball player ever. And as you may know, I endorsed

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-52065014266215142872008-02-26T07:36:00.003-05:002008-02-26T08:22:59.819-05:00

In one week, we will know if Illinois senator Barack Obama's performance in Ohio and Texas will have done enough to effectively end the Democratic race. Barring a last-minute calamity (and rule change), the Republicans are just waiting for Mad Mac to run out the clock on the increasingly delusional Huckster (not delusion for staying in the race, delusion for somehow believing the GOP would choose

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-56883958054453132532008-02-25T14:30:00.000-05:002008-02-25T14:38:40.564-05:00

I was one of the 10,000 people crammed into Savage Hall on the campus of the University of Toledo yesterday afternoon as Barack Obama delivered a rather standard stump speech. But my, what a movement.It is telling that all three contending presidential candidates came through Toledo this past week. They held rallies at three different places with varying crowd sizes, and as The Blade reported

Joenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-89642075995421230072008-02-21T13:04:00.003-05:002008-02-21T14:11:21.791-05:00

Well, Mad Mac, I guess the honeymoon is officially over, eh?"A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him on a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-56805951547928590772008-02-20T11:24:00.001-05:002008-02-21T14:12:55.891-05:00

One of the most virulent and as a consequence most beloved anti-American leaders has finally decided to relinquish control in Havana. The end of Fidel Castro, long championed by his liberal friends as a romantic figure that overthrew a brutal US-backed regime (true enough, perhaps, in 1959) and built a socialist paradise of minimal unemployment and universal health care. Castro, considered "dead"

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-21294064581852948812008-02-19T00:44:00.000-05:002008-02-19T01:02:22.804-05:00

Yes, I know i've been scarce to be found around here, but, having a few monkeys off of my back, as well as a failed campaign which results in me having significantly more freetime than if I had won, I do hope I shall be more of a regular around here.On with the show.The round of 16 in the UEFA Champion's League is upon us. For those of you who have not paid rapt attention, here are the ties for

NdPnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-87989271195506211322008-02-16T06:12:00.002-05:002008-02-16T07:01:07.062-05:00

Note: for the purposes of this discussion I am linking CIA-led assassinations to lethal injection or other techniques as result of a death sentence, as the upshot is identical.In future years, it is quite possible that my already harsh resistance to the death penalty will prove absolute, as the great Associate Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall argued long ago. In future years, it is

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-26755272280840530152008-02-14T10:57:00.002-05:002008-02-14T12:18:28.235-05:00

Honestly, very few of us, albeit a few more after Iowa, gave much credence to the possibility that Mrs. Hillary Clinton, outstanding US Senator from New York and the better half of America's most potent political dynasty could somehow lose the 2008 Democratic nomination. Ever since her first Senate race in 2000, many observers (including this one) had long pointed to Twenty-Oh-Eight as the year

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-73623076094968271652008-02-12T10:15:00.000-05:002008-02-12T11:31:33.615-05:00

Even for the woefully ignorant foreign policy views of the Times op-ed page, today's lead contribution, entitled "Gates, Truth and Afghanistan." Retaining much of the ideology that would have ended the Cold War in the 1970s by meeting every Soviet demand, the ship captained now by Andrew Rosenthal sails on."By the Bush administration’s standards, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was remarkably

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-41469509216997829202008-02-11T14:15:00.001-05:002008-02-11T14:22:13.648-05:00

A bit of background...1980s: 7 #1 seeds won the Super Bowl (1981-1986; 1989)1990s: 7 #1 seeds won the Super Bowl (1991, 1993-1996, 1998-1999)2000s: 1 #1 seed has won the Super Bowl Two #1 seeds last met in the Super Bowl in 1993 (DAL/BUF) A #1 seed has appeared in every Super Bowl this decade: 1-7 aggregate2000 NYG: L, defeated #2 in NFC Champ, defeated #4 in Divisional2001 STL: L, defeated #3 in

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-15461429781089608702008-02-11T04:07:00.000-05:002008-02-11T14:15:05.392-05:00

Some Democrats, foolishly super-optimistic in the latter part of 2007, now fret over the increasing likelihood of a Duel in Denver, and a party unable to nominate a candidate before its national convention. We are reminded, almost daily it seems, of the parallels between 2008 and 1952 (and, most recently, 1924) and the ominous signs a brokered convention gives followers for the fall. Or should we

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-36826774476439631602008-02-06T14:27:00.000-05:002008-02-07T17:15:59.453-05:00

The most important thing that happened yesterday had nothing to do with any of the 42 elections taking place. No, no. It had everything to do with Michael Haydin appearing before the Senate and making a startlingly public admission.For the first time, a member of the administration has publicly acknowledged that the CIA used waterboarding on three detainees since 9/11, and that such measures had

Joenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-50248309674423277762008-02-06T04:45:00.000-05:002008-02-06T08:37:21.208-05:00

Peruse these results, peruse them well, as we may never see anything like it again. The political class has long desired the respective parties to choose their standard-bearers on this night, once held in March (or later), Super Tuesday. In the end, astonishingly, the rival Democratic campaigns nearly split the enormous slate of delegates, and Mitt Romney, irrespective of his six victories,

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-187841395799721232008-02-03T22:22:00.000-05:002008-02-04T03:58:00.482-05:00

And Super Bowl XLII Champions.When Tom Brady hit Randy Moss on the go-ahead TD pass with just minutes to play, it seemed a poetic ending to season dominated by the statistical brilliance of those two future Hall of Famers.Yet Eli, with help from his receivers and Brandon Jacobs on a 4-1 season-decider, had other ideas.In a drive reminiscent of Montana in Miami, twenty years ago, the Giants earned

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-4923457083737152442008-02-02T17:00:00.001-05:002008-02-13T14:54:12.441-05:00

Democratic Senator Barack Obama's campaign argument of "post-partisanship" and "getting past the divisiveness of the 60s" is largely a fraud. The man is a liberal, which, domestically, to me is the greatest rationale for his candidacy. In fact, he may boast the most liberal agenda of any Democratic aspirant in twenty years. In the modern era, American voters have invariably rejected progressive

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-24784109448571315292008-02-01T06:46:00.000-05:002008-02-01T07:50:51.774-05:00

They glistened amid hundreds of adoring supporters at a sold-out Los Angeles venue: the gorgeous, studious female and the charismatic, affable dark-skinned male, engaged in perhaps the pinnacle of presidential debates for this generation, discussing their plans for health care and Iraq, all the while smiling, laughing, and doing their best to make us forget the vicious struggle in South Carolina.

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-26741085171329603192008-01-30T16:37:00.000-05:002008-01-30T17:28:11.835-05:00

I will allow you a moment to recover from the shock, and suffice to say it's not from David Brooks. On the other hand, for all of the good points from Matt Bai's cogent blog post, like virtually all liberals (excepting this one and few others, it seems), he fails to adequately take into account the role of immigration in the national debate--both how rapidly it took center stage and how rapidly

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-42617955928269368472008-01-29T23:16:00.000-05:002008-01-29T23:42:33.746-05:00

36-31, uh oh.John McCain, perhaps debating whether or not to offer soon-to-be former candidate Rudy Giuliani some post on his team, defeated Mitt Romney for the second time Tuesday night and complicated the Mittster's Super Tuesday odds. Meanwhile, a beaming Hillary Clinton trounced Barack Obama by nearly twenty points, despite receiving no delegates (yet).The coverage of her adopted hometown rag

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-91279814048731319742008-01-28T14:08:00.000-05:002008-01-28T14:49:47.150-05:00

Based on current projections, Hizzoner's historic gamble has failed and the man I presumed would receive the GOP's blessing is perhaps just hours from fading into permanent political obscurity. Some noted commentators have expressed great satisfaction at his downfall, and deep down perhaps feel some relief as well for one can logically conclude two Republicans more than any other threaten

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-44057833496475928572008-01-27T04:53:00.000-05:002008-01-27T05:12:52.647-05:00

Barack Obama did not merely need to win the South Carolina Primary yesterday, he needed to win the news cycle as well. From the looks of this story he accomplished both tasks.Some interesting nuggets from the exits...Senator Obama won around 80% of the black vote which made up over 50% of the ~530,000 total. This was not unexpected. What perhaps might open some eyes is that he achieved roughly

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-14463990696611138572008-01-26T14:16:00.000-05:002008-01-26T16:07:30.081-05:00

In just eight days, the New England Patriots may well complete the first perfect record in the post-1977 National Football League, thus (finally, mercifully) displacing the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the most famous single-season team in the football annals. Currently rated as two-touchdown favorites, an almost eerie reversal of Super Bowl XXXVI, a Patriots loss would rank as one of the most stunning

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-36326577436338825362008-01-26T14:03:00.000-05:002008-01-26T14:15:12.762-05:00

Further expansion of Open Election Theory...Much ink has been spilled in numerous publications and undoubtedly many parlor rooms recently on this question: is Barack Obama another John F. Kennedy? The comparisons range from their identical occupations prior to seeking the nation's highest elected office to their relative youth, not to mention charismatic qualities as well. Of course, the vast

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-59837891621848090702008-01-23T17:44:00.000-05:002008-01-23T18:25:38.074-05:00

I came across this paper by a man named Gilbert Levin a month or so ago. It was written in 1997.Gilbert Levin has been laughed at by many of his peers in the science community for a few decades now. I, on the other hand, applaud him for his brutal honesty. Who is he, you say? Dr. Levin led the team of analysts that was put in charge of the numerous tests for biological life on Mars during the two

Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-35092734924155645002008-01-21T11:59:00.000-05:002008-01-21T13:55:18.242-05:00

No, not the quasi-religion of climate changeology, but the forecasts for the Saturday Democratic Primary in South Carolina, and more specifically, the Republican contest in Florida next Tuesday. But first, allow me to remove the egg from my face after the NFC Championship Game. There.First, the Democrats. Note that I do not count Florida because the DNC has suspended the entire delegation due to

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-26266923080622869852008-01-20T06:28:00.000-05:002008-01-20T06:57:56.171-05:00

Agreed.The former president truly does want his wife to win and he's willing to tarnish his legacy to do it.Also agreed.Well, Mad Mac got it done yet again, poignantly (for his adoring press), in the lands where the idealistic ride of 2000 suffered a crippling blow. Nonetheless, as others have commented, it remains quite instructive to understand just how Senator McCain won South Carolina: he

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-11021148571233976742008-01-18T16:56:00.000-05:002008-01-18T18:13:32.040-05:00

My immediate reaction to Appeasement Redux is to bang my head against my desk. My subsequent reaction is to wonder simply how many people have to die before we understand our reality:Terrorists who profess to act in the name of Islam, truly, largely act in the name of Islam."Security officials believe that directly linking terrorism to Islam is inflammatory, and risks alienating mainstream Muslim

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-24233946389890107562008-01-16T15:43:00.000-05:002008-01-16T17:03:17.765-05:00

You can't have your cake and eat it too.A truism, undoubtedly, and all of us have heard it before. The core of the statement means that you must choose one thing or the other and you cannot choose both. In no other presidential race of my admittedly short lifetime has the preceding bit of wisdom seemed more apt than the Democratic primary, 2008.In a twist of fate that would prove deliciously

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-75228604243890942092008-01-16T08:16:00.000-05:002008-01-16T09:00:59.917-05:00

Just days after squandering his once-massive lead in Michigan, native son Mitt Romney at long last captured a "gold" in the Republican race to Minneapolis. The Mittster's relentless appeal to "fight for every job" soothed many voters aghast at Mad Mac's "some jobs are gone" Straight Talk. Over on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton avoided the PR disaster of losing to "Uncommitted" even if she

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-36882342379222660112008-01-14T12:36:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:41:11.101-05:00

Via TPM:

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For most Americans in 2004, regrettably, the marvelous Teresa Heinz Kerry proved a bridge too far with her personality, outspokenness, and distaste for her political opposition. She would have made a tremendous First Lady and probably rated as the top reason to vote for her husband against President Bush. With that in mind, I ask if the US will ever see a First Lady quite like this seductress in

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-38156319655620568822008-01-10T14:19:00.000-05:002008-01-10T15:45:51.347-05:00

If either Senator Hillary Clinton or Senator Barack Obama truly want the best odds of becoming US President, they should root for the other to prevail and bask in the applause in Denver. I realize this is at significant odds with virtually everything you may have read on any number of news sites or blogs of innumerable political persuasions, yet I maintain it is the correct one. In the next few

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-44715473426696406772008-01-08T22:48:00.000-05:002008-01-08T23:48:26.886-05:00

Oh, my.A friendly word of advice for all of you... when Hillary Clinton takes on the form of a victim, she wins. EVERY TIME. Do not tell me her well-documented "it's so hard to be me" (gorgeous, brilliant, wealthy, respected, powerful, sarcastic, etc--tough life) sit-down with female New Hampshire Democrats did not swing matter just a trifle.We'll have to wait for the number-crunching, but one

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-45970720856443979232008-01-07T21:08:00.000-05:002008-01-07T21:22:27.923-05:00

The first New Hampshire voters will cast their ballots in less than three hours from now. Unlike my colleague, however, I need not amend my stated predictions after seeing the polls that have devastated the Clinton campaign. I stand firm in my belief that Obama won the nomination last Thursday night in the cornfields. The numbers tomorrow will look something like this:Obama 42, Clinton 27,

Joenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-35980840029237927892008-01-07T12:35:00.001-05:002008-01-07T14:50:32.694-05:00

Uh oh.Here on New Hampshire Eve, startling polling has shown a true Iowa "bounce" for Barack Obama, four polling sets show him up double figures.It bears mentioning: no presidential candidate has won both Iowa and New Hampshire and failed to win the targeted nomination.Hillary Clinton will win Michigan, right? Probably, unless a downpour of "Uncommitted" ballots stun the political world. As for

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-36672582291480346092008-01-04T04:06:00.000-05:002008-01-04T13:30:25.385-05:00

Why Mitt Romney, supposed brilliant man of business with his PowerPoint presentations and composed demeanor, did not believe another Republican would outflank him on the Right in Iowa is a true puzzle (Ahem, why didn't you then believe Huck would win?--ed Did not like his organization, still read the tea leaves well overall). In the end, the defections of Messrs. McCain and Giuliani, two of the

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-66958440469346955692008-01-03T17:18:00.000-05:002008-01-03T17:40:56.151-05:00

Since my prognosticating abilities have been flaunted here recently, I shall now declare my predictions for the 2008 Iowa caucuses (and beyond) which will commence roughly 2 1/2 hours from now.Democratic:Much as LMD03 predicted months ago, Obama shall reign victorious. What may be surprising, however, will be his margin of victory. Neither Edwards nor Clinton will be as close to him as the

Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-78824048447533693212008-01-01T03:56:00.000-05:002008-01-01T04:39:42.048-05:00

Longtime readers may recall my displeasure and unease with Melbourne's desire to prevent heterosexuals from frequenting openly gay establishments, well, it seems Australia is back in the news yet again, this time for something slightly less esoteric.Via Drudge:"Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy says new measures are being put in place to provide greater protection to children from online

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-70689035178197290592008-01-01T02:53:00.000-05:002008-01-01T03:30:59.713-05:00

Perhaps smug in his "knowledge" in "scientific models" concerning the alleged future of our oblate spheroid, my blogging compatriot has offered a most interesting BCS Championship Game prediction. See, more than a few will tell you, in as certain terms as possible, that LSU will triumph over Ohio State next week. Reasonably so, owing to OSU's ineptitude against SEC competition (0-8 since the

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-64045563648400963652007-12-25T01:24:00.001-05:002007-12-25T13:39:12.654-05:00

Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-64263143702471873412007-12-20T17:46:00.000-05:002007-12-20T18:36:32.596-05:00

To avoid being buried in the comments, I thought I should create a new post so as to successfully distance myself as much as possible from my colleague's misguided remarks about TIME.I cannot stress enough how wrong TIME is to name Putin as the Person of the Year, and in that regard, LMD03 is completely correct. David Petraeus, however, deserves the distinction only slightly more than Putin, and

Joenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-32714201202139418802007-12-20T16:10:00.000-05:002007-12-20T17:07:28.603-05:00

Or in other words, Vladimir Putin, tsar of Russia, is TIME Magazine's choice for "Person of the Year," and no, I won't link to Richard Stengel's high-minded nonsense. For an excellent counter-argument, read here, if some of you can manage to leave your cocoon for a time. Few subjects as irrelevant as Person of the Year (or Decade, Century, etc) are as good for debate and reveal so much about

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-64880265674173646532007-12-18T09:05:00.000-05:002007-12-18T10:50:30.072-05:00

Yet another ESPN.com contest provides yet another forum to engage in argument and debate. I will however say that this topic is among the most interesting: Chris Berman's quest to find (and presumably narrate) the greatest sports highlight of all time. Before announcing my Top 10 and then ranking them accordingly, here are my criteria:1) The bigger the name the better: This is not to say that

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-29422744456458152132007-12-10T14:17:00.000-05:002007-12-11T03:23:03.197-05:00

Gore admirer Sarah Lyall of our Old Cranky Lady reliably pens the narrative of one man's journey into becoming the face and voice of Global Warming, Inc. We reference, of course, Al Gore, Jr., as America's greatest vice president received a loving caress (perhaps you-know-where) from those enlightened descendants of the man who invented dynamite.Admittedly, this writer possesses a certain

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-44745216685626151772007-12-07T23:49:00.000-05:002007-12-08T00:13:25.520-05:00

So in the wake of this obstruction of justice that Porter Goss's CIA committed in 2005, an astute commentator on one of the sites that I frequent, or my cocoon as LMD03 calls it, has pointed out the possibility that it's not torture which the CIA wanted to cover up; it was what came out of the interrogation. If you get a chance, read this.Here's the just of it:One of these tapes was the

Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-32045023943763593662007-12-06T09:27:00.001-05:002007-12-07T11:41:43.241-05:00

Earlier this week, America's eighteen distinct intelligence agencies combined to form a revised intelligence estimate of Iran, specifically its nuclear program. Concluding with "high confidence" that Tehran had shuttered its drive for nuclear weapon technology in 2003, the analysts appeared to do a 180 on their 2005 estimate.Media members, naturally, strained to hide their excitement. Some

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-49377009760866220882007-12-03T21:22:00.000-05:002007-12-03T21:48:31.597-05:00

It's time for a 16 team playoff resembling the college basketball system. It's the only fair way.Every year, one or more teams gets completely fucked over because their schedule is perceived to be too weak or because they're in a non-BCS conference. This year it was Hawaii, the undefeated WAC champs with a Heisman contender. Last year, it was Michigan and Boise State. Tulane in '98, Marshall in '

Joenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-53690782106433808362007-12-02T12:01:00.001-05:002007-12-03T07:03:24.371-05:00

Observe: Gillian Gibbons (what, having a difficult time finding her name in the mainstream press?), a heroic woman from England that journeyed to the hellhole of al-Bashir's Sudan to teach English, remains confined by "Islamic hardliners" for the grave offense of, yes, of course, insulting the Prophet. I cannot have enough respect for the woman that went to Khartoum and I cannot have enough

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-2132610820280743772007-11-29T13:41:00.000-05:002007-11-29T15:11:58.385-05:00

Thirty-five nights from now, a miniscule portion of one of America's least populous states quite possibly will determine the fate of the 2008 US Presidential Election. Hapless political junkies such as this writer, even an ocean away, have waited for this night ever since Senator Kerry conceded Ohio to President Bush in early November 2004. Iowa changed the course of the Democratic primary in the

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-41790211868865954632007-11-25T22:25:00.000-05:002007-11-25T22:26:15.143-05:00

As well as Ron Cherry made the "Giving him the business" call, I think the original was better..

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Keeping it simple here....

NdPnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-4533185221090044632007-11-24T08:53:00.000-05:002007-11-24T09:40:31.693-05:00

Somewhere, deep in their cold dark hearts, Arab leaders must wonder with amazement as to their situation: no matter how hard they try to disrupt peace processes, no matter how long they use the Palestinian predicament to obscure their own abuses and failed governments, no matter how many lives they help destroy by funding Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other dehabilitating forces... America always

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-50348105413409904052007-11-14T07:33:00.000-05:002007-11-14T08:39:40.409-05:00

Jill Levin, Jill Meyers, Debbie Rosenberg, and Irina Levitina: four exceedingly attractive, dare we say sexy, women who decided not to wait for their promised fifteen minutes of fame. Who says bridge can't drum up its own publicity?Why do their smiling faces (for now, at least) adorn the pages of many top US newspapers? Oh yes, one of them (Rosenberg) held up a sign at the trophy ceremony. What

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-36693279626372316712007-11-12T11:31:00.000-05:002007-11-12T12:41:30.933-05:00

Historical contribution below...THE GAME: Michigan and Ohio StateThe Setting: Ann Arbor, MI at the Big HouseMichigan has not decisively beaten OSU on the road since 1976, but a fair amount of thrashings have occurred on friendly soil, most recently in 1991. EDGE, UM, though not as much as OSU at home.Momentum: Michigan, after six straight wins, played lethargically in Madison and got thumped 21-

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-64639943970823512292007-11-12T10:33:00.000-05:002007-11-12T11:30:44.693-05:00

Although it will lack the prestige of last year's wondrous tilt in Columbus, the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan Wolverines will once more quarrel with the Big 10* title on the line this Saturday in Ann Arbor. Despite the emergence of Penn State in 1993 and the spread offense several years later (first in Purdue, then Northwestern, etc.), the Big 10* has essentially remained an exchange

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-8266737569240639762007-11-09T18:03:00.000-05:002007-11-09T18:17:11.926-05:00

As Glenn Greenwald so greatly pointed out this morning, the times have changed quite drastically, to the point where we hear things like "Soandso is bad on torture." That's right, bad on torture, as if torture were something debatable that political parties disagree on. What the hell went wrong here?More importantly, why the hell was there no filibuster in the Senate to stop the confirmation of

Joenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-57400972536446581812007-11-06T22:30:00.000-05:002007-11-06T22:54:52.122-05:00

Today's blunder in the House over Denny K.'s question of privilege on the impeachment of Cheney was just the latest example of congressional Democrats amounting to chickenshit. Indeed, if any of the Dems in the House lose their seats in '08, it'll be because of the primary challenges they face.Quite frankly, Steny Hoyer was the wrong choice for majority leader. Jack Murtha would have stood up to

Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-1765738648471992112007-11-02T10:13:00.001-05:002007-11-02T11:02:31.107-05:00

During the last week or so, commentators, reasonably friendly or otherwise, have begun to chip away at the Hillary mystique, which, until the last debate, arguably had produced no major errors or gaffes.In her answer about New York governor Eliot Spitzer's original plan to provide driver's licenses to non-citizens, she sounded similar to her husband, way back in 1991, describing his view of the

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-60047284961287822642007-10-29T17:08:00.000-05:002007-10-29T17:53:52.729-05:00

Apparently, some folks like to point at Katrina as evidence of that wretched liberal media bias. The phrase makes me cringe. What's that Colbert says? Oh yeah, reality has a liberal bias..There are a couple facts about the Katrina disaster that my colleague LMD03 did not bring to light. Let us examine further..The creation of the Department of Homeland Security, and the subsequent reorganizing of

Joenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-59226491163762260322007-10-27T09:30:00.000-05:002007-10-27T15:28:55.216-05:00

The recent events in Southern California have inspired our chief executive to compare California's response to their 2007 disaster, favorably, to Louisiana's response to their 2005 disaster. To sum up his remarks: Governor Kathleen Blanco failed. Now the Old Cranky Lady and other outlets quickly picked up on his less-than-subtle dig at the Louisiana Democrat. Sheryl Gay Strolberg can hardly

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-70358333898324442742007-10-20T06:32:00.000-05:002007-10-20T06:55:41.140-05:00

The inhabitants of our nation's capital did not receive the right to vote for electoral college representatives in a presidential election until very late in our history. To this day, D. C. has but one voice, a delegate that cannot vote on the floor. Democrats have long aspired to change this, but have found every effort blocked by the Republican Party. The House leadership recently supported a

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-82609944677873144852007-10-15T18:36:00.000-05:002007-10-15T18:37:50.185-05:00

Query: Would you support a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College? If so, why?

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-26359355362785854152007-10-15T16:32:00.000-05:002007-10-15T16:44:22.863-05:00

The 45th Vice President of the United States has become quite the tease. Last night, he uploaded three short campaign-style videos on his new Current TV website about Iraq, health care, and privacy. You can see them here.The biggest indicator to me that Gore is considering a third run is that he hasn't waived off the draft movement, who raised and spent $65,000 last week to place a full page open

Joenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-7844758168653135562007-10-12T12:01:00.000-05:002007-10-12T12:03:02.731-05:00

The Supreme Court has just declared George W. Bush the winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize..

Joenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-84021298995394878792007-10-03T15:33:00.000-05:002007-10-03T16:20:54.413-05:00

Much ink and typeface has been spilled on the supposedly troubled future for the Republican Party in the 2008 Elections, yet, true to form, the national media has failed to identify the GOP's singular weakness, which could prove the end of a Republican era.Wait just a moment, is this not the same commenter, virtually alone, who has pointed to the Republicans as the odds-on favorites to win next

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-53340567557797827482007-09-27T07:59:00.000-05:002007-09-27T08:20:45.177-05:00

Possibly a mere three months from Iowa...In the interest of promoting great dialogue (the original intent of this blog), I abstain this week from submitting a long opinion piece. Instead, I present merely a topic and ask my compatriots for their thoughts. Too often in the last few months, I have been the only voice on this blog. The days of debating issues in the comments, it appears, are long

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-30302256529223905182007-09-24T16:44:00.000-05:002007-09-24T17:41:39.438-05:00

My biggest disappointment with President Ahmadinejad's appearance at Columbia today is that nobody will take his legitimate questions about 9/11 seriously. In fact, they'll be used by some as further "proof" that he's a lunatic. (Guess what -- he's not.) It's just like a couple of weeks ago, when that guy who's run Cuba (ex officio now) for the last ~300 years raised questions about 9/11 truth,

Joenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-92085837164220756252007-09-20T10:24:00.000-05:002007-09-20T12:22:20.192-05:00

Next Monday, Columbia University, the prestigious Ivy League institution in New York City that graduated Henry Louis Gehrig among others, will play host to the never-ending propaganda campaign of one Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, figurehead leader of the "Islamic Republic" of Iran. Some websites, for excellent reasons, classify this "exercise in engagement" as a disgrace.Per Scott Johnson:"They welcome to

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-83395206539395737822007-09-12T08:05:00.000-05:002007-09-12T12:11:48.676-05:00

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."In American society, myths perpetuated by powerful interests can become reality. Albert Spalding spearheaded a turn-of-the-century "fact-finding" commission to conclude a native son, one Abner Doubleday, had truly invented the baseball on Cooperstown's dirt in 1839. Contributions by Alexander Cartwright need not apply. The blatant distortion if not

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-65279642473282019882007-09-05T06:31:00.000-05:002007-09-06T08:35:54.341-05:00

And so we have arrived in September.For more than a few months, we have been told that "September" is the single most critical time in deciding the greatest issue facing our country: the Bush administration's Iraq war policy. For more than a few months, key Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats have told us that "come autumn," we may have to see "a change in course." For more than a few months,

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-29244322069743619682007-09-01T13:54:00.000-05:002007-09-01T14:28:47.363-05:00

As hilarious as the whole Larry Craig scandal has been, it highlights the sheer idiocy of certain members of the GOP. Specifically, Tom DeLay.Every time I see an interview with him, or read the transcript of one, I just laugh out loud because he's such an ass. And I know, certain colleagues of mine on this blog think highly of his political prowess, but the man is just a blatant demagogue. Said

Joenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-23993462882491470922007-08-28T06:44:00.000-05:002007-08-28T08:13:36.358-05:00

One of the most useful things any American citizen can do is to closely scrutinze the often-diametrically opposed views of the NYT and WSJ editorial pages following a major news event.Case in point: Monday's resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez.As readers of this blog well know, I can eviscerate the Old Cranky Lady on occasion. Yet, it remains my paper, because I still maintain it

OESY0208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558406692646224239.post-42893004030082621202007-08-14T06:38:00.000-05:002007-08-14T06:59:02.292-05:00

This commentary is a direct response to Gene Wojciechowski's recent musings on the greatest records in sports. Barry Bonds's 756th home run provided the impetus for the sportswriter's column.To: Mr. WojciechowskiFrom: LMD03Subject: Didn't even need to read the column to know your answer(Sound of sarcastic clapping)Mr. Wojciechowski, I conjecuture this interesting tournament at least partly

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Barbara Mikulski for Vice PresidentDemocrats and politicos have focused much of their attention on who will succeed John Kerry as the next Democratic nominee for president. Rightfully so. The next election may decide the future of the Iraq conflict, the Supreme Court, and health care reform, no small matters. One should, however, also begin to pay attention to the often overshadowed bottom of the

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