Archive for the ‘Random Musings’ Category
alive and breathing
Winners:
Ohio State wins 30-7 over Minnesota. The Mets FINALLY WIN A GAME, beating the Marlins 13-zip with a 14K, 7 2/3 no-hit ball performance from previously underwhelming John Maine. Hopefully Glavine can come up big in Sunday’s game.
Losers:
The Phillies FINALLY LOST one, falling to the Nats 4-2. Ok…you caught me…Michigan did win today, but they [...]
down goes michigan
And the calls for Lloyd Carr’s head will resume just as they do pretty much every year. Apparently those Wolverines had a little trouble with Appalachian State today…as in…THEY LOST. You know it’s a huge loss when it makes the front page of ESPN.com. Could the Michigan Wolverines recover from this opening day loss? Sure [...]
picks to click v.1
Courtesy of Real Clear Politics via Foreign Affairs mag:
Rudy Giuliani “Toward a Realistic Peace” vs. John Edwards “Reengaging with the World“.
Whatever you may think of Rudy as a presidential candidate, you certainly can’t say that he hasn’t thought much about the next steps in our foreign policy and the war against terrorists. His knowledge [...]
thoughts on ames: part 2
People of faith, and Christians in particular, need to get out of the political king-making business. We have more important things we need to be worrying about than who wins elections. We condemn elitists. We say that politicians are out of touch with our values. And you know what? We [...]
random thoughts on ames: part 1
Ron Paul sounds more like he’s lecturing the country than he’s motivating the country. Some of his good ideas get lost in the bizarre presentation. The problem is that the hard truths don’t usually come from the candidates who can win. Activists don’t usually win elections as candidates. Ron Paul sounds like an activist, as [...]
755
Barry Bonds finally tied Hank Aaron’s home run record, and soon he will break that record and hit number 756. We all have our opinions about whether this record was attained honestly or not, but I think it’s safe to say that the court of public opinion has already convicted Bonds of steroid [...]
‘private jets for climate change’
Not everyone is buying into the purity and all-around-goodness of those lads and lasses putting their massive carbon footprints behind Al Gore’s publicity stunt — I mean his noble efforts to save the planet by raising awareness of climate change. Yeah, that’s it. The Daily Mail in the UK is also skeptical of [...]
july 4th random thoughts
There will always be skeptics of the American experiment. They reappear every July 4th to encourage us not to fly the flag or to embrace anything remotely patriotic, simply because America has a flawed history. It’s also a very popular view worldwide, that every world problem could be solved if it weren’t for [...]
whiner-in-chief
That’s one election John Edwards CAN win. There’s something inconsistent about condemning Ann Coulter’s outrageous remarks against himself and other Democratic presidential candidates, and using those remarks to raise campaign cash. Everything that the Edwards campaign has done recently smacks of desperation. They know that their chances are getting dimmer for mounting a serious challenge [...]
it’s about time
CAVS win…the CAVS win the Eastern Conference! (And all this time I thought I didn’t care about the NBA anymore…) Or as Hugh Hewitt already said…FINALLY. The Cleveland Cavaliers, often frustrated by various playoff obstacles(especially by #23), took their own Jordan and got the job done against the Pistons. LeBron showed up in game 5 [...]
