Just to clarify

More on what I said about Iraq yesterday… We have seen a lot of very positive results in the region.

I am still hopeful.

However, we just had the bloodiest month since the beginning of the war 1 1/2 years ago, in terms of U.S. troops lost. The Bush administration has refused to use the term “exit strategy”, since that would be perceived as leaving before the job is done. Fine. Whatever. When will the job be done? The cost of war is high, I understand that. Even when US deaths are growing, and attacks on everything from civilians, to police stations to the oil infrastructure continue to rise…

...I am still hopeful.

But for how long?

Cure for Aids?

Sounds like we are close...

Ahhh

After 10 days of rest, its back to the real world...

Quick summary of my world the last 10 days...

- I have a cold, or maybe that dreaded flu! Oh no! I better drive to Canada to get my shot!

- We kicked their ass in Falujah. When the f*ck are we going to start seeing results. I have always been a supporter of our efforts in Iraq. I believe, in principal, that spreading freedom and democracy, with force when needed, is neccesary in winning the war on terror. That said, I'n not sure how good of a job we are doing.

- Buckeyes are now 5-1, and we dont even have "others receiving votes" in either the top 25 or coaches poll. Not that I really care. While lacking size, The Buckeyes have some good talent, and Thad Matta runs a very tight ship.

- I gave Air America a try (1230 here in Columbus). If Rush Limbaugh is an idiot, these people belong in a mental institution. I listened on three seperate ocasions, and the only thing these people can talk about is how Geoge Bush and deibold stole the election in Ohio. If your a republican, you have to be thinking "this is just too easy"... The scary thing is, that it is too easy for republicans to win because the left has stupid, basless arguments. I didnt say their ideas or policy was as such. Infact I agree with the left, sometimes. But their rhetoric is nails down the chalk board.

Buckeyes 2-0

With wins over Townson and Robert Morris by a collective 63 points in two nights, Ohio State is showing some promise.

Now, Ohio State has yet to televise a game, so I will see them for the first time this Friday night. I suspect they are running a more disciplined offense with 1st year head coach Thad Matta.

I really want to see how Jr. JC transfer Je’Kel Foster looks. Over the last two nights hes been 7-13 from the field and 5-9 from 3 point land.

Freshman Jamar Butler is getting lots of minutes, as is a lot of Buckeyes. Freshman Matt Sylvester is doing a solid job down low, which is very good news considering they are very thin on the blocks. Dials and Sullinger have been solid. However, Brandon Fuss Cheatham had to leaves after 6 minutes due to an ankle injury. While he did not return, it does not appear to be serious.

Interesting....

Fill 'Her Up... With Nitr0

apparently, Pure nitrogen, a 100% inert gas, is better than air for our tires. Would it be wise to invest in a small publicly held company that manufactures the equipment for this?

Ken Mehlman to head GOP

The following is from a pre-election speech by George W Bush's campaign manager and now Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Ken Mehlman.

"One thing that no one can dispute: these angry, negative, and reckless attacks are unprecedented. When in 1980 inflation and unemployment were out of control, Americans were waiting in gas lines, and our hostages were seized, Ronald Reagan never attacked Jimmy Carter as a 'miserable failure', nor did he resort to personal antagonism. He proposed solutions, not attacks."

"In 1992, Bill Clinton strongly believed he should replace President George H.W. Bush. Yet he never compared President Bush to a foreign enemy, as John Kerry did when he compared President George W. Bush to Saddam Hussein and called for regime change. Clinton was always respectful."

Good points, and he appears to be in stark contrast to DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe.

Here is an example of such.

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Now, if 400,000 veterans a year die from natural causes, does it not make sense to reduce funding?

Or does it makes more sense to label George W Bush a liar, and accuse him of wanting to reduce benefits for our veterans, when that itself is a lie. Voters can put 2 and 2 together.

No wonder the Democrats or loosing more and more ground every year.

Word to all low carb freaks...

Eat THIS...

along with your pork rinds broccoli.

Rest In Peace Ronald Reagan

While the liberal press had a field day in the 80's labeling Ronald Reagan's Stratefic Defense Initiative as "Star Wars", it finally bears fruit

Along side with George W Bush's unilateral withdrawal from the treaty prohibited the following tests, America is now safer.

U.S. conducts successful test of anti-ballistic missile laser

Open Response to Katriuna Vanden Jeuvel. Progressives: Get Ready to Fight

Read entire article here.
>>Ideas and Local Invention. Progressives have to do more than oppose. We have to develop compelling arguments for moving the country in a different direction.

>> Argue Our Case. Progressives should be aggressively arguing our case--and learning how to argue our case more effectively.

I’m a conservative republican, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think progressives have some good points now and then. I, like a lot of people who traditionally punch the ticket (R), would be willing to vote (D) if you weren’t always shouting about Halliburton or George Bush being an evil, unilateralist, imperialistic mad-man. Democrats have been getting their message out, but it’s been filled with too many non-sequators (arguments that don’t follow logic) that people turn it off.

>>Progressives did more this year than anyone could have anticipated--and we still got beat by a bad President.

How did the republicans do it in 1994? How could the democrats do it in 2006? What are the republicans not doing in congress that Americans are demanding them to do? Promise it, and run on it.

Hmmmmm, Sharapova....

10:00pm EST on the deuce. Are we excited about the Wimbledon final rematch, or are we simply hoping for some good beaver shots?

Have a Great Weekend!

Word is that its a turkey shoot in Fallujah. Good riddance ass holes.

Yasser Arafat...

As the civilized world is jubilant about his death, here is a little insight on how some Palestinians might be taking his death.

Remember in the Wizard Of Oz, when the witch melted and the her cronies all hovered around as said to Dorothy, "You killed her", and after about 3 seconds of mourning, they broke into jubilation, and started to sing "Ding dong, the wicked witch, the wicked witch, the wicked witch. Ding dong the wicked witch is dead."

Peace in the Middle East is possible.

Democratic Due process

Its not so much same-sex marriage that enrages them: Most Americans oppose an anti-same-sex amendment to the U.S. Constitution...Rather, what provokes people is moral arrogance expressed in disdain for democratic due process. - George Will, Washington Post

This is an excellent point about the action taken by San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newsom. It wasn't so much that gays were getting married. He was breaking the law, and he was grandstanding while he was doing it. His utter contempt for state law is what scared many people across the country. Gavin's opinion that the law baning same-sex marriage in California was unconstitutional is for a judge to make, not a mayor.

Buckeyes Win!!!

Sure, it was Northern Kentucky, and we are still 0-0, but we did show some promise.

Brandon Fuss-Cheatham did not play as his mother passed away. God Bless.

JC transfer Je'Kel Foster (where do the Bucks get their names from?) was a solid 6-8 form the floor, 1-2 from 3 point land, and 6-6 from the free throw line.

In fact The Buckeyes were SOLID from the line. Dials was 10-11 and freshman Jamar Butler was 3-4.

Another freshman Jermly Jackson-Wilson(F) (longer last name than Fuss-Cheatham), turned the ball over 3 times in 4 minutes.

The other freshman, Matt Terwilliger(F) was 1-1 with a rebound in 10 minutes. He is listed at 6-8 and is 215 lbs. Thats skinny.

Ohio State's front court is very thin, so both of these freshmen will be expected to play.

Ohio State will host the first two rounds of the Guardian Classic starting Monday, where they will play Towson(who?) in the first round and possibly Robert Morris or Murray State in the second round on Tuesday. If they advance, they will travel to Kansas City to possibly play... I dont know... Im too tired to find out.

Good Grief!

Clarett claims cash, cars among benefits

Consider the source.

College Basketball

While I still like football, I have more-or-less become a two sport man: Baseball and College Basketball. After the ass-whooping The Cardinals had to endure from the Red Sox, I have been waiting for tonight: The start of college basketball. Its only exhibition, but good enough!

Anyone, for the hell of it, want to go down and scalp tickets tonight for OSU Vs Northern Kentucky? Most likely we would be able to get down low for face value....

College Football Playoffs

Hey, how about a lighter subject!

Here is my dream college football playoff system:

There will still be a BCS-like ranking system, but it will only be used to find the top 8 at large teams who don’t get an automatic bid by winning their conference, and for seeding.

There are 12 Division in Division 1-A football and all division champions would make it. If you don’t agree that the so-called mid-major champions should not get an automatic birth, then they shouldn’t be apart of Division 1-A football.

Conferences like the Big Ten that have a convoluted system and always seem to have co-champions need to work out the kinks to guarantee one champion. They could do this by having a championship game, or by scheduling teams to play every team in the conference instead of the current system of only playing 8 of the 10.

The advantage of winning your conference is getting a bye in the first week. After the 8 at large teams play 8 vs. 1, 2 vs. 7 and so on, those 4 teams will join the 12 conference and all 16 teams be seeded by their regular season BCS-like rankings.

If you keep the regular season to 12 games max, and the max amount of games you can play in the playoffs is 5, that’s 17 games max for 2 teams.

Many of the nay-sayers say this is way too many games for these young men to play. This is silly.

14-18 year olds in the state of Ohio will play a max of 15 games to win the state title. Pro football players will play 19 or 20 games max to win the super bowl, depending on if they win their division, or if they are a wild card. 16 or 17 games to once and for all determine a true champion in college football falls exactly between high school and professional.

A fair system is owed to the fans, and most importantly, it is owed to the football players themselves, who year after year get cheated out of a chance to be called the best.

There are two major obstacles I see to a system similar to this happening.

1) ABC and the BCS.

2) The bowl committees.

In my system, there would be 4+8+4+2+1 games played: 19. There are currently 27 bowls in 26 cities, two played in the citrus bowl in Orlando. All of these sites but 7 could be used. Each game could still be called the rose bowl, FedEx orange bowl, and so on. 16 teams left out that would have made the Insight.com Bowl or the coveted and sought after San Francisco Bowl could still play those games. They would be meaningless, but, how would that be any different than they are now?

59 Million idiots? And growing?

Wow...

Read, rationalize, and if your a democrat, pray that your fellow democrats adhere to common sense, and disregard the following insanity.

The Unteachable ignorance of the red states - Jane Smiley

No Surrender - Paul Krugman

Columbus Smoking Ban

Lets start with the premise that smoking is legal.

I own my own house. My friends come over as they choose. They can smoke.

I own my own bar. My costumers come over as they choose. They can't smoke.

Lets discuss the differences, because quite honestly, I don't see any.