Josh Shroeder did a bang-up job, but I don’t look much like Robin Leach.
No Runny Eggs
The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think.
October 19, 2006
October 18, 2006
Just a bit late Carnival reminder
Josh Schroeder is hosting this week’s edition, and he’s actually giving you until 11:59 pm to get your entries in. If you’re reading this, have a Wisconsin blog, and haven’t submitted a post for the carnival, Git-R-Done and e-mail the details (link to the post, the title, and a quick description) to badgercarnival – at – gmail – dot – com , or use the submission form at either Blog Carnival or Conservative Cat.
You don’t want Josh to be hunting you down.
When is a 4.7% levy increase and a 7.5% spending increase not enough?
When you’re the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District, which, despite those increases in the proposed budget, wants to bend over the taxpayers for a third referendum increase in a decade to replace the East Middle School in preparation for replacement of Meadowview Elementary and construction of a second high school (needs that were allegedly addressed in the previous 2 referrenda).
Remember, vote NO to the Oak Creek-Franklin referrendum (and YES on the Defense of Marriage Amendment and the non-binding return of the death penalty, along with Green, Van Hollen, Ryan, Grabowski and Honadel) on November 7.
Sick-as-a-dog Wednesday quick-hitters
Just been out of it the last couple days with an ugly cold. Oh well; time to catch up:
- The obvious one from Owen: the state Senate ‘Rats went and left some “interesting” campaign documents, including multiple pieces of evidence of coordination with 3rd-party groups that, by law must not be coordinated with, in a Capitol building copy room, itself a felony that several Legislators served time for in the past year. Need I mention that the state Senate ‘Rats are led by the Madistan branch, currently headed by Jim “Craps” Doyle (WEAC/Potawatomi-For Sale) and formerly headed by one of those who served time Upchuck Chvala (Convict-Madistan)? Owen seems to think that the Senate ‘Rat Caucus has resurfaced under a different name, another thing that brought down Chvala, former Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen (Convict-Brookfield or Waupun) and others.
- Koren Robinson’s 1-year suspension for a second violation of the NFL’s substance-abuse policy has been upheld. A quick review of Robinson’s history with suspensions, alcohol, the NFL substance-abuse program and the law (older material culled from The Seattle Times and KOMO-TV in Seattle):
- Arrested in North Carolina in April 1998 on suspicion of “kidnapping a person under the age of 16 years, by unlawfully confining for the purpose of committing a felony, first-degree sex offense.” Was charged by police of attempted 1st-degree sexual assault, 1st-degree kidnapping and discharge of a firearm in the city (dunno what city), but all charges were dropped when the victim disappeared and clammed up.
- In March 2002, was pulled over in North Carolina for doing 30 over the speed limit. Despite a BAC of .16 (from the police report), was only charged with exceeding safe speed.
- Arrested outside a Raleigh, NC bar in February 2003 for failure to disperse. Charges later dropped.
- Arrested in March 2003 in Raleigh, NC for carrying a concealed weapon (charges also dropped).
- Suspended 1 game in 2003 by Seattle for missing a team meeting.
- Suspended 2 games in 2004 by Seatlle for violating undisclosed team rules (unrelated to the NFL suspension), which sandwiched the 4-game NFL suspension for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. Entered a rehab program after the 2004 season.
- Arrested for DUI in Kirkland, WA March 2005 (with a BAC of .191). Received a 1-year jail term with 364 days suspended, 24 months of probation (one of the terms was that he remain sober), and a $2,000 fine July 2005. Showed up to jail with alcohol on his breath and got an extra day for his trouble. More on this item in a bit.
- Arrested for DUI and fleeing police in St. Peter, MN August 2006 (.11 BAC). Pled not guilty to those charges October 2006.
- Suspended by the NFL for a second violation of the league’s substance-abuse policy September 18, 2006, had been under appeal until the appeal was rejected yesterday.
- Going back to Kirkland, picked up a 90-day jail term for violating terms of his probation in Minnesota October 2006 (was to be served after the season, but since he’s now free to serve without missing any games because of being in jail, he may as well get it out of the way).
I honestly don’t know who’s dumber; Wile E. Thompson knowing that Robinson would be suspended for a year when he picked him up September 12, or Brett Favre for sticking up for Robinson. Earth to Favre; Robinson has been nothing but trouble since college.
- Speaking of the Packers, their game in Miami Sunday is one of 7 that some whacko decided to threaten with a radiological bomb attack. I have to question the wisdom of hitting a Packers/Deadfins game; there won’t be many people there. Of course, there was the “lone nut” Islamokazi who blew himself up outside of an Oklahoma Sooners game last year.
- Ian at Hot Air takes apart Sen. John McShame’s (RINO-Media) quote from Reuters that he would commit suicide if the ‘Rats take the Senate. I don’t think he was joking because that would take away all of his power and platform. He really would like it at 50-50 so he can sell his allegiance to the highest bidder, but he’d have to get in line behind Leapin’ Linc Chafee (who WILL bolt if the Pubbie majority falls to 51) and a few other RINOs.
Durn “global warming”; that 10 consecutive below-average days that it caused has me hunting for the chicken noodle soup.
October 17, 2006
TAM latest to migrate to WP software
Sean Hackbarth has switched The American Mind from Movable Type to WordPress. While the URL to the main page is the same, the feed URL is different. For some reason, at this moment, simply typing TAM’s main address into your favorite feed reader doesn’t work, so either mash the feed read on his page or stuff this address – http://www.theamericanmind.com/feed/ into your feed reader.
October 16, 2006
Random Korean/ChiCom thoughts
(H/T, many thanks, and a plea to reopen registration – Allahpundit)
Item #1 – The New York Times reports that both the Red Chinese and South Koreans will continue to maintain significant business deals with North Korea. Indeed, the ChiComs are refusing to inspect cross-border commerce (I’m shocked, SHOCKED that they would refuse this after demanding that such inspections be made voluntary).
As for the South Koreans, we should no longer concern ourselves with the fate of Seoul when considering whether to do the one thing that will disarm Krazy Kim the Younger (forced regime change). Indeed, we should pull our troops out of South Korea and conduct the operation as an amphibious/air campaign. Glad to see the SKs are practicing their duck-and-cover technique over on Fox; the next time, it probably will be for real regardless of what else happens.
Item #2 – The Daily Telegraph reports that the Royal Navy, once the unrivaled master of the seas and the victim of 9 years of ‘Rat-style cutbacks under the Labour Party, has been so emaciated that they will be no more than bit players in any naval blockade. And for you lefties out there; all of these cuts were planned before Iraq:
- The attack submarine force is down 17% (to 10), and will shortly be losing another one for 2 years while the first-in-class HMS Astute (which is due to replace the HMS Sovereign, scheduled to be decommissioned no later than January 2007) undergoes sea trials.
- The surface “tin-can” fleet is down 29% to 25 hulls, with only 8 destroyers (with no effective short-range anti-aircraft/missile defense) and 17 frigates (specializing in anti-sub warfare, containing short-range but no long-range anti-aircraft/missile defense).
- The baby-carrier fleet has been cut from 3 to 2, with HMS Invincible put in mothballs last year. While the Telegraph bemoans the loss of the Sea Harrier squadrons, they have been replaced by the more-capable Harrier GR.7 and GR.9.
Hmmm, any lessons to be learned here? I do note that the ‘Rats want to draw down our military in a similar fashion. I further note that the last time the Royal Navy was drawn down, the Argentines thought it would be a good time to go grab the Falklands.
Item #3 – The Washington Post reports that the policy chief for Japan’s ruling party is opening questioning whether Japan should remain non-nuclear.
Japan has a LOT to worry about from a nuclear Korea. Before the Rape of Nanking, there was the 30+-year rape of Korea, which continued until the end of World War II. Like much of the rest of the world, the Koreans have long memories and aren’t exactly forgiving. Even if Krazy Kim the Younger does eventually disappear without nuking Tokyo, if a reunited Korea is nuclear, it’s only a matter of time before Japan gets nuked again if they don’t take the “15 minutes” that it would take for them to go nuclear.
Speaking of that, does anybody doubt that there would be actual sanctions imposed on Japan if they were to take that step? Heck, if it wouldn’t be for the US’ veto seat and the 7th Fleet, it may well face UN-sanctioned military action.
October 15, 2006
Packer-less Week 6 (Redemption Part 3)
We just found out how bad odd weeks are. Let’s forget that and recall the good times on even weeks, as this is one of those. It will be a bit harder to gamble online this weekend, because there’s a fresh new law prohibiting your bank from making money transfers with offshore gaming havens (“thanks”, Bill “Cave Jr” Frist, for squeezing that into the port security bill; we’ll remember in ’08 when you try to run for President), but once again, the lines come to us from bodog.com –
Buffalo @ Detroit (+2) – You may like the points, you may want the points, you will get the points from a reputable bookie, but you’re not gonna need them. The Bills are making un-fixable mistakes.
Cincinnati (-5.5) @ Tampa Bay – I know the record of teams coming off the bye with a loss going into it isn’t good, but Duh Bucs are worse.
Tennessee @ Washington (-11) – I know what happened last weekend. The Tennesseeans don’t have the passing skills to pull it off 2 weeks in a row.
Houston (+13.5) @ Dallas – This has most of the makings of a shootout. Take the over-44.
Seattle @ St Louis (+3) – The Seahags are not a road team, and are even less of a team without Shaun Alexander and Bobby Engram.
NY Giants @ Atlanta (-3) – Home Sweet Dome.
Philadelphia (-3.5) @ New Orleans – The Saints cannot stop the pass.
Carolina (+3) @ Baltimore – Steve Smith will finally break out in this otherwise-defensive struggle.
Miami (+3) @ NY Jets – I’m going with my fallback position here.
San Diego (-10) @ San Francisco – No contest. Give some cracktion to your man for extra cash (I figure giving him 20 and the Whiners should be safe).
Kansas City (+7) @ Pittsburgh – Too many points to give, especially with the Chefs defense. Go under-37.
Oakland @ Denver (-14.5) – For the life of me, I can’t figure out why you’re giving so few points to take the ponies. NBC is wondering when they can start raiding games from Fox and CBS.
Chicago (-11.5) @ Arizona – Do the math … One killer defense + rookie quarterback = massacre
Well, it was Weak 5
Despite going 13-1 straight-up (damn Bledsoe), I only went 5-6-3 against the line to dip back below .500 (34-35-5) How did I blow it so bad? Let’s find out…
St. Louis 23 (-3-TIE) @ Green Bay 20 – There’s enough people to blame for this one. I blame them all.
Buffalo 7 @ Chicago 40 (-10) – As long as Grossman’s stinky fingers stay unbroken, look out NFL.
Detroit 17 (+7) @ Minnesota 26 – At least I told you to take the over.
Tennessee 13 @ Indianapolis 14 (-18.5-LOSS) – Call me a fool for trying to lay the lumber. Guess it was the running back.
Washington 3 @ NY Giants 19 (-5) – The G-men are the second tier of the NFC
Tampa Bay 21 @ New Orleans 24 (-7-LOSS) – Why don’t rookies get double-points on their first TD?
Miami 10 @ New England 20 (-10-TIE) – Joanie almost came all the way through for me, but at least I went 2-0 on my over/under specials.
Cleveland 12 @ Carolina 20 (-8-TIE) – What’s with all the pushes last weekend?
NY Jets 0 @ Jacksonville 41 (-7) – Repeating, J-E-T-S S*CK! SU*K! SUC*!
Kansas City 23 (-3.5-LOSS) @ Arizona 20 – Durn half-point.
Oakland 20 @ San Francisco 34 (-3.5) – If Duh Raiders couldn’t win last weekend, they won’t win this season. Bad news for the Drive to #1.
Dallas 24 (+2) @ Philadelphia 38 – That was bad fried rice.
Pittsburgh 13 (+3.5) @ San Diego 23 – I got smashed on this one.
Baltimore 3 @ Denver 13 (-4) – Hooray Rain!
October 13, 2006
BOHICA, Oak Creek-Franklin School District
I really need to start paying attention to the local shat more. Fortunately, CNI, the publisher of the Oak Creek Pictorial (at least until it is fully-subsumed into the Journal Sentinel Inc. umbrella). has launched OakCreekNOW.com (side note, do NOT look for me to be a community voice; I’m “just a bit” too salty.)
A few short years after getting us to bend over for a massive high school expansion and a new elementary school (and about 10 years after building a shiny new West Middle School), guess who’s coming back for more? The freshly-launched OakCreekNOW.com, featuring stories from the Oak Creek Pictorial, reports that, in preparation for a November 7 $28.5 million dollar referendum for building a shiny new replacement for Oak Creek East Middle School (originally built in 1956 and expanded in 1970), the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District will be spending $1.44 million for a 36-acre plot of land on East Oakwood Road. Why 36 acres? Allegedly, it’s so that they could put yet another elementary school on the site. Never mind that just down the road is their shiny new elementary school. Never mind that Meadowview is just up the road (oh, that’s right, Meadowview is more than 15 years old, so it will be deemed in need of replacement in the near future).
To throw insult onto injury, they also approved a $30,000/6 acre land purchase adjacent to the existing East Middle School. Why? So that they can build a second high school. Never mind that they just spent $30+ million to expand and remodel the current high school on the promise that they wouldn’t build a second one.
As for the city budget, I don’t have the numbers yet. The Common Council will meet in committee Monday to discuss it, and then will take it up in open session in their November 8th meeting. Guess I’ll be going to the monthly meet-the-mayor deal on Saturday to see if I can’t get my grubby little fingers on the budget.
October 12, 2006
Thanks for nothing, ChiComs and Sovie…er, Russians
(H/T – Allahpundit)
CBS News is reporting that, in response to Russian Soviet and Red Chinese opposition, the latest draft resolution condemning North Korea would not:
- Require member nations to freeze North Korean assets from other illicit activities such as “counterfeiting, money-laundering or narcotics” (quote from the previous draft resolution).
- Prevent any money-laundering that could contribute to the transfer or development of WMDs/long-range ballistic missiles.
- Require inspection of any cargo to or from North Korea (instead, it would allow “as necessary” inspections).
- Ban North Korean ships and aircraft from world ports and airports (a demand of Japan).
Guess the ChiComs and Russians Soviets think they can still control Krazy Kim the Younger like they did Krazy Kim the Elder, and that the best method of control; and the best way to defeat the US and the rest of the West is to have North Korea sell their nukes and ballistic missiles to the highest bidder. BTW, that’s the answer to Blaise’s question, “And so we are left to ask ‘What is the point of the U.N.?'”
Blogger blows up again
Some days, it’s worth it to pay for your own server. This is one of those days, as the various Blogger/BlogSpot blogs are undergoing multiple server errors (both 500 and 502).
Blogroll explosion
Thanks to my lazy ways, I’ve needed to explode the blogroll to add a few worthy blogs:
– The FRAUDfiles
– Red State
– Disgruntled Truck Driver
– Michelle Malkin
– The Right Side of New Berlin
– Hot Air
If you’re not already reading these blogs, you should be.
October 11, 2006
Carnival of the Badger LIX
Now how do I get these odd Roman numeral editions to run? First things first, I’d like to thank the 5 people who remembered to actually send submissions.
– The Badger Tracker just came back from vacation and wonders why UW Chancellor John Wiley is shocked, SHOCKED that the UW Marching Band would consume alcohol and then act stupid.
– Our intrepid Carnival innovator Nick answers a Scott Feldstein guns-or-welfare challenge with a classic Deion Sanders line, “Both, boss”.
– Mike the Ace Reporter from Spring City figures out what the home of the world’s largest 6-pack needs to stop the mysterious drownings.
– Patrick, he of the mean badger on the masthead, points out what happens when a real prosecutor takes over for E. Michael McCann(t).
– Tracy the FRAUD Huntress is surprised that the aforementioned DA managed to charge somebody in the Milwaukee Public Museum meltdown.
Now that we’ve got the good bloggers out of the way, it’s time to be vewy vewy quiet…
…I’m hunting posts. Hehehehehe! If you wanted a different post highlighted, or wanted your own description of the post incorporated, or you think you should’ve been included, you should’ve sent your post in.
– First target – The easily-Changed Aaron, who thinks that everybody else in the Cheddarsphere is dead, but forgot to publicize the funerals.
– Target #2 – The Spotted Chris, who bemoans the Pentagon-ordered demise of tough DIs.
– Double-tap targets – Jib and Early-Spinning Dan had the same reaction to the North Korean nuclear (or maybe not-quite-nuclear) test.
– The 1,000-yard shot – Whether you can read or not, Dennis York’s latest campaign finance screed is must-see blogging.
There went the ammo. I knew I should’ve grabbed the 30-round clip. I’ll leave you with the not-so-official return of All My Packers, The Next Generation.
If you think you can do a better job with the 60th edition, let Nick know. We were within a couple hours of not having a Carnival this week until it fell back on me, and boy does that show.
Carnival here tonight
Get those submissions in to badgercarnival – at – gmail – dot – com by 8 pm. As of 5:45 pm, I only have 3 (including mine), so it’s starting to look a bit thin. Don’t make me hunt you down.
Revisions/extensions (8:24 pm 10/11/2006) – With only 6 submissions, I’m going to have to break out Mr. Tastic’s .22 with the laser scope. Don’t say I didn’t warn you lazy bums.
All My Packers, The Next Generation (Pilot)
I don’t have the fancy studio that Bob and Brian do, but we’ll roll with it anyway.
Like sands through the hourglass, so go the days in Green Bay. And thus we bring you All My Packers, The Next Generation.
Well, since we last looked into the goings-on in The Frozen Tundra, we’ve had a Super Bowl ring, a second trip to the Super Bowl, three head coaches, and two general managers. Now, we’re back to where we first started, with a rookie head coach on pace to becoming the worst since the last McCoach, a pure idiot of a GM who wants to make Forrest Gregg look good, more injuries than you can shake a roll of tape at, and a running back that looks to be the second coming of Brent Fullwood. Let’s listen in as GM Ted Thompson sits in his office.
Thompson – “Wile E., you’re such a genius. Waiting until after the 4th game to get rid of Ahmad Carroll to make yourself look good compared to that schmuk Shermoron was brilliance, sheer brilliance.”
(RRIIINNNGGG)
“Hello, Wile E. Thompson, super genius speaking. Oh, hi Commish. What do you mean Koren’s appealing? Oh well, back to the ole’ drawing board.”
Tune in next time, when we hear Vernand Morency and Brett Favre do a duet, “It just slipped out of my hands.” Next time, on All My Packers, The Next Generation.
October 10, 2006
RedState.com is having a contest
In response to this WaPo article stating that the Pubbies expect to lose 7-30 seats in the House (note; if they lose 15, we have Speaker Nancy Pelosi), RedState.com is having a little contest. For the next 18 hours, RedState.com wants your reasons why the Pubbies should be re-elected in 2006. The winner will get a 1-year subscription to the Limbaugh Letter, as Rush’s response was the inspiration behind this.
To get you started, I’ll repost my entry (not that I expect to win):
Contrary to popular belief, the Democrats do have an agenda for 2006:
– Raise taxes
– Emasculate the military and intelligence agencies
– Restore Saddam Hussein to power
– Implement universal government health care
– Prevent any appointments to the federal courts the next 2 years
– Conduct a “Constitutional” coupBeyond that, a Democrat victory in 2006 will make their agenda for 2008, turn the US into France without the nuclear power plants, closer to reality.
I turned off comments for a reason; you can’t win by posting here. I probably will turn them on sometime after 1:30 pm tomorrow when they close the contest.
Revisions/extensions (8:26 pm 10/11/2006); no I didn’t win, but the comments are now open here.
For those going to Drinking Right tonight…
…and coming from the northwest side/suburbs, JSOnline’s DayWatch is reporting that northbound US45 will be closed at Florist Ave. Silver Spring Dr. (the last exit before Florist; they need some map readers at the 4th Estate/5th Column at 4th and State) at 10 pm tonight and the 2 following nights to repair girders on the Florist bridge.
My recommended route around that from Papa’s: Take Burleigh to 92nd St., turn right and follow that (it will turn into 91st St just north of Hampton Ave.) to Appleton Ave. Turn left there, and follow US41 onto US45.
Do not, repeat, DO NOT go all the way to Hwy 100/Mayfair Rd. That will only take you as far as the Silver Spring on-ramp, which will be closed, and ultimately Florist and the southern frontage road for Appleton. If you’re stupid enough to ignore my advice above and choose Hwy 100, at least remember this bit of advice; turn right and go to Appleton, not left. A left at Silver Spring will force you to go all the way to Lily Rd. and ultimately Good Hope Rd. If you can even make the left at Florist (remember, that’s the bridge the DOT will be working on), fuggedaboudit.
Cheddarsphere league wrapup – Week 5
Spiraling Colby 113.08 (4-1, 546.76), Vast Conspirator 59.42 (2-3, 411.35) – The only team to put up triple digits every week used yet another masterful performance by Donovan McNabb (27.68) to overcome an off-night by LaDanian Tomlinson (7.00) and end the Conspiracy. The good news for the Conspirators, Jacksonville scored 26.00; the bad, nobody else topped 10; the ugly, the primary victim of the Jags, Chad Pennington, went negative (-0.38).
TheDebateTeam 87.92 (5-0, 532.46), Caledonia Bloggers 74.20 (1-4, 353.58) – The Debaters used a balanced attack of 5 players in double-digits, led by Peyton Manning’s 19.12 and Carolina’s 18.00 to remain the only undefeated team. The Bloggers also had 5 players in double-digits, led by Tom Brady’s 18.50.
Warriors 77.82 (3-2, 407.01), No Bid Contracts 67.60 (2-3, 409.38) – Despite two Warriors not coming out to play (Rudi Johnson and Alge Crumpler), the remainder picked up the slack, led by Deuce McAllister’s 19.10. That last fumble by team-leader Brett Favre (13.90) helped kill the Contracts.
Killer Boars 82.20 (3-2, 430.59), Highway Runners 79.15 (1-4, 379.74) – Fred Taylor (20.30) ran wild for the Boars, as they used the weather in Denver to help hold off the Runners. Finally activating Robbie Gould and getting his 19.00 on the scoreboard didn’t help the Runners, as the supporting cast failed to do much of anything.
Right Wing Wackos 84.47 (2-3, 421.14), Sanders’ Sabers 78.97 (4-1, 477.24) – Maurice Jones-Drew (17.90) and Drew “Hurricane” Brees (14.37) led the Wackos to a comeback upset victory over the Sabers. Eli Manning (17.47) could not overcome the continued benching of Anthony Thomas (0.00).
City Workers 78.40 (3-2, 414.89), teach3 70.25 (1-4, 426.04) – Chester Taylor (15.40) and Jake Delhomme (14.30) led a workman-like performance over the depleted Teachers, as Cincinnati had a bye. Byron Leftwich’s 17.25 couldn’t overcome the disadvantage.
Week 6 preview – Spiraling Colby @ Warriors – This one’s gonna get bloody. For me, LaDanian Tomlinson looks to get back on track against a poor Niners’ defense, Terry Glenn and Lee Evans are licking their chops. Meanwhile, the Warriors are countering with Javon Walker hoping for better weather and Ladell Betts set to high-step all over the Titans.
Craps Tax Anti-Freeze sublimation, year 2, Spring City Edition
(H/T – Mike)
Jim "Craps" Doyle (WEAC/Potawatomi-For Sale), as quoted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in July 2005 – ""˜The result of the freeze that I will sign will be that the average property tax on the average home will not go up at all next year, and will actually go down $5′ in December 2006."
Headline in today’s Waukesha Freeman – Waukesha eyes 2007 tax increase – Includes hikes in worker health payments; average homeowner pays $55 more in taxes next year
Did anybody expect any different out of either Doyle or Comrade Nelson? As Mike points out, that’s also a 5% levy increase in an era of 3% inflation. Dunno what the WCTC or Waukesha School Board is doing (that’s Mike’s and James’ department), but I highly doubt that the Craps Pledge will hold true out there in the Spring City.
Remember this when you go to the polls November 7.
October 9, 2006
If the usual cast of characters and me weren’t enough,…
…if you don’t make tomorrow’s edition of Drinking Right, Aaron will break out his chainsaw and prune you from his blogroll. So come on down and quaff a few beers or other adult beverage of choice at Papa’s Social Club, 7718 W Burleigh in Milwaukee (simple; take US45 to Burleigh, then head east just over 2 miles and look on the left side of the street for Papa’s and Mama’s Pizza). The fun officially starts at 7 pm (that’s 1900 for you, Owen), though a few people tend to show up early, others stay late.
Is it time for All My Packers – The Next Generation?
Okay, so I essentially missed the Packer game; I was busy watching ‘Dega and the teams laughing at Hen¢AR’s attempt to keep the speeds under 200 mph (I counted at least 20 teams turning at least 1 lap above that mark), so my recollections will be on the few plays I saw and on the NFL.com’s GameCenter play-by-play. Some randomized thoughts:
- What is Vernand Morency still doing in a Packers’ uniform? 3 turnovers he caused (2 charged rather unfairly to Brett Favre) in 5 quarters of play. If the Wolf/Holmgren team were still here, he would’ve been released at halftime yesterday.
- Noah Herron can work in the zone-blocking scheme. However, his 2 fumbles in 33 touches this season (none lost, however) is a bit troubling.
- For those of you defending the line, consider this; out of 43 drop-backs for Favre, 26 of them were from the shotgun, and still he got sacked twice.
- Famous last words (not quite a quote) from Wile E. Thompson (mud spelled backwards) – Kickers are overrated. Really? How many 45-yarders did Ryan Longwell miss?
- The drops have extended to both sides of the ball. In addition to the usual WR/TE drops, you had Al Harris dropping a long-distance pick-six, and AJ Hawk and Charles Woodson dropping picks.
- Speaking of the secondary, Patrick Dendy, who replaced Ahmad “Toasted Hands” Carroll, had a decent game, giving up 1 completion for 10 yards and a blown tackle to turn a 9-yard run into a 40-yarder. I wonder if tool Bob McGinn will now retract his ridiculous statement that it was “premature” to release Toasted Hands.
- Only one word can describe that last play – UGLY!
I’m busy working on my voices to bring back the Bob and Brian classic. If the boys don’t bring it back by Wednesday, I will.
North Korea exposes the folly of “negotiations”
It’s now official; 12 years after the Neville Chamberlains of our time, former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, declared peace in our time regarding North Korea’s nuclear program following one-on-one talks, Krazy Kim Jong-Il had his military conduct an underground nuclear test. Let’s take a look at the failures:
- In 1994, the Peanut Farmer-brokered deal left enough weapons-grade plutonium in North Korea left under “virtual, remote” guard. Not surprisingly, North Korea broke through that non-existant guard in 2002 to retake full possession of that plutonium. In contrast, the US has been buying a massive amount of various nuclear material from most of the former Soviet republics and transporting them here under a program started under former President George H. W. Bush to prevent just such a seizure. Question for the lefties – have those former Soviet republics gone nuclear?
- Under both the terms of that deal and a separate South Korean “Sunshine” initiative, North Korea has been given massive amounts of aid. Almost all of that aid has been diverted to the North Korean military, and that aid had been flowing more-or-less unimpeded up until earlier today.
- In 1998, the international community found out there was a second North Korean nuclear program not covered by the Peanut Farmer-brokered deal. Repeated talks by the US under both Clinton and President Bush, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Red China, the IAEA, and the UN did nothing of consequence to either slow or stop this second program.
- The one option that has been proven to work every time it has been tried, military intervention-induced regime change, was never really an option. Unlike Iraq, North Korea, even before they went nuclear, had the ability to lay waste to a significant portion of their neighbors with no effective defense against it (specifically in North Korea’s case, South Korea and its capital, Seoul). Also, unlike Iraq, there may well be “volunteers” coming from a couple of countries mentioned above to aid in North Korea’s defense (cough…Russia…cough…Red China…cough); in fact, there is a history of that happening.
So, what now? We’ve already established that talks haven’t stopped the North Koreans. We’ve also established that the country that stands to both gain and lose the most with a regime change, South Korea, is rightfully frightened by what they have to lose if such a regime change were attempted. There are actually three questions:
- Do the ChiComs and Russians think they can still control Kim Jong-Il like they did his father, Kim Il-Sung?
- If so, will they go to the mat for Krazy Kim the Younger like they did Krazy Kim the Elder?
- Does President Bush have the stones to ignore the ‘Rats, the leftist world community, the probability of question 1 above being yes, the possibility of question 2 also being yes, the almost-certain destruction of Seoul, South Korea (remember, there’s no effective defense against artillery shells, and North Korea has thousands upon thousands of pieces within range), 4 years of inactivity hoping that the lessons of Iraq taken to heart by Libya would also be taken to heart by North Korea, and the now-likely nuclear incineration of a few thousand American troops to disarm North Korea before a handful of North Korean nukes concentrated in North Korea becomes a couple thousand of them spread around to the highest bidders?
I’m not hopeful.
October 8, 2006
Week 4 Redux
Now how did I go 8-5-1? Let’s review:
Indianapolis 31 (-9-LOSS) @ NY Jets 28 – At least I told you to take the over.
San Diego 13 (-1.5) @ Baltimore 16 – The only thing colder than revenge was my prediction on this game
Minnesota 12 (+1) @ Buffalo 17 – I need to stop calling the barking dog.
Dallas 45 (-10) @ Tennessee 14 – Finally, a win. The Tennesseans couldn’t stop a 2-year-old.
San Francisco 0 @ Kansas City 41 (-7) – I’ll take it well-done.
New Orleans 18 (+7-WIN) @ Carolina 21 – All the preps that North Carolina made for hurricane season paid off.
Arizona 10 @ Atlanta 32 (-7.5) – Time to go Chrismas shopping.
Miami 15 (-4) @ Houston 17 – Miami is lobbying the NFL to let the Canes play instead of the Deadfins.
Detroit 34 @ St Louis 41 (-6) – Good news in Detroit; the Lions have an offense. Bad news, they have no defense.
New England 38 @ Cincinnati 13 (-6) – Come on, say it with me – B-E-N GALS! F***ING SUCK!
Jacksonville 30 @ Washington 36 (+3) – It may have been a bit later than I thought, but I told you to call me a winner.
Cleveland 24 (-3-TIE) @ Oakland 21 – Betting is just like baseball under Pope Bud I, sometimes there IS tying.
Seattle 6 @ Chicago 37 (-3.5) – The new front-runner for the NFC Super Bowl Sacrificial Lambs – DaBears.
Green Bay 9 @ Philadelphia 31 (-11) – That -22 would’ve been a push.
Let’s hope Week 5 isn’t Weak 5
I’ll have Week 4’s recap up shortly (went 8-5-1 to go up to 29-29-2 on the season). It’s an odd week, so you know what to do with these nose-picks (I’ll deny you ever existed if Tony decides to collect in body parts on Tuesday) –
St. Louis (-3) @ Green Bay – The McCoaches don’t have a stellar record up here (a combined 2-13-1). This one will last no longer than the last one (1 season).
Buffalo @ Chicago (-10) – The only hope for Duh Bills is that the Bears are looking ahead to the playoffs.
Detroit (+7) @ Minnesota – You read that right; you’re getting the fat touchdown to take Duh Lions. Gleefully take the points, the over-41, and run because this will be a track meet.
Tennessee @ Indianapolis (-18.5) – It’s been so long since lumber this big has shown up in the NFL, you’d be a fool to not lay it.
Washington @ NY Giants (-5) – The G-men are not the J-E-T-S S*CK! SU*K! SUC*!
Tampa Bay @ New Orleans (-7) – Sweet Dome Louisiana. Where skies are so blue, and the governor too. Sweet Dome Louisiana. Blood I ain’t coming home to you.
Miami @ New England (-10) – Slim pickings for QB for the Deadfins – an injured Culpepper, Joanie Harrington, and (I’m not making this up) a Lemon. Go under the 37.
Cleveland @ Carolina (-8) – Normally I wouldn’t lay this many points in an NFC/AFC matchup. However, the NewBrowns are THAT bad.
NY Jets @ Jacksonville (-7) – I already did the Jets chant above.
Kansas City (-3.5) @ Arizona – Anybody notice a trend here? It IS your friend.
Oakland @ San Francisco (-3.5) – FrankGore could put the ball on the ground 5 times and the Whiners would still cover.
Dallas (+2) @ Philadelphia – Either that’s a gut feeling or some bad fried rice.
Pittsburgh (+3.5) @ San Diego – Smash-mouth football at its finest.
Baltimore @ Denver (-4) – It’s all about the altitude.
October 4, 2006
No further raids on Green’s campaign funds – for now
JSOnline’s DayWatch is reporting that, in their session today in Brookfield, the State Doylie Elections Board failed to take up whether to finish Grand Theft Courts on the Green Team’s funds. I wonder if it was late-breaking word that the co-author of the McShame-Slimeroad Lieberal Protection Act, John McShame (RINO-Media), and the campaign manager of fellow co-author Russ el-Slimeroad’s (Moonbat-Al Qaeda) 1998 campaign, Mike Wittenwyler, both called out Team Craps, including refuting the late-rising claims that the conversion of Green’s campaign from a federal one to a state one somehow violated the McShame-Slimeroad Lieberal Protection Act. Maybe it was the location of this meeting, which is proving troublesome to certain members of the DEB. Maybe, just maybe, they actually read the state Constitution, read what ElBd 1.39 said on January 25, 2005, and came to their senses.
The inaction of the DEB and the statement from McShame also put wooden stakes into the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign’s efforts to get the Federal Elections Commission to commit Grand Theft Courts and thus help their member groups’ man Jim “Craps” Doyle (WEAC/Potawatomi-For Sale).
The original $468,000 highway robbery, which likewise wasn’t revisited, now heads to the state Supreme Court. Jeff Wagner has more on the Team Craps’ whispering campaign against justices perceived as less-than-willing to sanction Grand Theft Courts.
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