* I can't understand for the life of me why Alex Rodriguez, a professional athlete, would inject himself with a substance some 36 times over the course of three years and not once think about what the product might do to him or if it was even legal.
* Many Atlanta fans were frustrated that the Braves were not able to land Ken Griffey Jr.. Quite a few felt like Griffey slighted the Braves. But there are many forces at work here. For starters, he is not the same Griffey he was three and four years ago when he returned from his first string of injuries. Looking back, it's a real shame injuries kept him from being the home run king. At best, Bobby Cox was looking at platooning Griffey with Matt Diaz in left field. And likely it would not have had a good ending. After being traded to the White Sox last year, Griffey went down with an injury. And though he may have liked the idea of playing in Atlanta for Bobby Cox and being only an hour through plane away from his kids, a return to Seattle probably is better for him - especially with the DH. For those who think the Braves were slighted by Griffey, maybe the blame should lay partly on Frank Wren. There seems to be many excuses for the Jake Peavy, AJ Burnett and Rafael Furcal situations, not to mention John Smoltz. Maybe it's Wren that isn't up to closing deals. However, let's give him credit for Derek Lowe. Instead the Braves landed Garret Anderson, who was one of the best hitters in the game a couple years ago. He'll be an upgrade, but I'm not sure if it'll be enough. The Braves needed a power-hitting left fielder to bat clean up. Anderson isn't going to give you all those, but if he stays healthy, he'll make plenty of contributions.
* Count me in for the people who want to see Slumdog Millionaire, which won eight oscars, including best picture.
* Speaking of the Oscars, what would we do without our buddy Sean Penn? For those of you that need a refresher, Penn is a great actor (seriously) that has beaten his ex-wife and hung out with dictators like Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein. In addition he makes it a point to lecture Americans on human rights. What a guy! Penn won the best actor role for his portrayal of Harvey Milk, the openly gay San Francisco city advisor back in the 70's who was assassinated. Let's take a look at Jesus - uh - Penn's acceptance speech with a little intersecting dialogue from yours truly.
Sean Penn: You commie, homo-loving sons-of-guns.
Scotty Thompson: You wife-beating fascist.
Sean Penn: I did not expect this, and I want to make it clear that I do know how hard I make it to appeciate me often.
Scotty Thompson: Aw shucks.
Sean Penn: But I am touched by the appreciation. I did scribble in the names in case you were commie, homo-loving sons-of-guns.
Scotty Thompson: You know me, Sean. Che, Che, what do you say?
Sean Penn: I think it's a good time for those who voted against the ban for gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that wave of support. We've got to have equal rights for everyone.
Scotty Thompson: I'm not opposed to gay marriage, but come on Sean. Some people of good conscience have a moral opposition to it. Doesn't make them any worse of a person than you.
Sean Penn: I'm very very proud to live in a country that is willing to elect an elegant man president.
Scotty Thompson: So if I didn't vote for Obama, I must be anti-gay? And being elegant makes him a good president?
* GCSU's homecoming concert featured Shop Boyz and Cartel. Shop Boyz, a rap group was high from the beginning of the show, and contributed nothing substantial. Cartel, a rock band, had good guitarists, a good drummer and a lead singer with a girly, whiny voice. Not much different from the average pop-punk/rock band out there today. But he was a very funny guy. Two of the memorable quotes from him: "Hurray for Pneumonia!" and "How many of you are here with another girl?" The girls my roommate and I were with did meet them downtown later that night, and they seemed like nice people. I think the college could make plenty of money if it had more concerts like that throughout the year. As a side note, the only casualty of the night was my glasses, which were bent by a girl crowd surfer, who landed on top of my head.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Random Thoughts
* Surely I'm not the only Georgia College student or faculty member that has some concerns over the fact that our university's president was offered extra bonuses to stay when we are already in a tough financial situation. Classroom sizes are increasing, there are still some technology upgrades needed, and there are hiring freezes in some departments. This just proves my point that Georgia College is really preparing us for all the stupid BS out there in the world.
* The fact that Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" didn't win Best Album at the Grammys is a travesty. Especially when you consider that the award went to "Raising Sand", a mediocre country/almost bluegrass album by Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. But that's typically how it goes. The choice was the politically correct one. Refer to last year when Herbie Hancock won for his jazz album. There are however two sides to the sword. If we simply relied on the voters to pay attention to the public, the Jonas Brothers - who coincidentally and quite sadly would be improved by the addition of Britney Spears - and other suspect groups would be racking up.
* The Alex Rodriguez news is very disturbing and puts yet another taint on the game. A-Rod may have been the last shot to wipe Barry Bonds off the top of the home run list.
* Most rational people are opposed to the current stimulus bill because it is way too much wasteful spending and doesn't even come close to focusing on enough job creation. What's incredible is that Nancy Pelosi and some of her far-left pals aren't satisfied with the bill either. They want more spending.
* President Obama continues to preach about making Washington a post-partisan place. So why on God's green earth did he let the most partisan democrats write this bill?
*President Obama stated that not doing anything is not an option. Maybe not, but he still wonders who thought it'd be a bad idea for the government to play the main role in attempting to "stimulate" an economy. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin for starters.
* Quote of the day: "I think there ought to be a government booklet entitled 'Where to Stick It'. Now that I think of it, there is a government booklet like that. They send it to you on April 15th." - George Carlin
* Michael Phelps is catching quite a lot of flack for his bong and drinking incident, even though he is merely 23. Everybody talks about the role model he is supposed to be. Which is absolutely true. But so is the President, and our current one was hitting up weed and cocaine when he was Phelps' age, and that's ok? Also, the two presidents before him got into some illegal drugs as well.
* People who call Fox News a right-wing network in a country with a left-leaning president should ask themselves if that's the case, why is Fox continuing to dominate the ratings?
* Remember Jerimiah Wright's "chickens coming home to roost"? An earlier use of that expression came from Malcom X. He was referring to the Kennedy Assassination.
* The fact that Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" didn't win Best Album at the Grammys is a travesty. Especially when you consider that the award went to "Raising Sand", a mediocre country/almost bluegrass album by Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. But that's typically how it goes. The choice was the politically correct one. Refer to last year when Herbie Hancock won for his jazz album. There are however two sides to the sword. If we simply relied on the voters to pay attention to the public, the Jonas Brothers - who coincidentally and quite sadly would be improved by the addition of Britney Spears - and other suspect groups would be racking up.
* The Alex Rodriguez news is very disturbing and puts yet another taint on the game. A-Rod may have been the last shot to wipe Barry Bonds off the top of the home run list.
* Most rational people are opposed to the current stimulus bill because it is way too much wasteful spending and doesn't even come close to focusing on enough job creation. What's incredible is that Nancy Pelosi and some of her far-left pals aren't satisfied with the bill either. They want more spending.
* President Obama continues to preach about making Washington a post-partisan place. So why on God's green earth did he let the most partisan democrats write this bill?
*President Obama stated that not doing anything is not an option. Maybe not, but he still wonders who thought it'd be a bad idea for the government to play the main role in attempting to "stimulate" an economy. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin for starters.
* Quote of the day: "I think there ought to be a government booklet entitled 'Where to Stick It'. Now that I think of it, there is a government booklet like that. They send it to you on April 15th." - George Carlin
* Michael Phelps is catching quite a lot of flack for his bong and drinking incident, even though he is merely 23. Everybody talks about the role model he is supposed to be. Which is absolutely true. But so is the President, and our current one was hitting up weed and cocaine when he was Phelps' age, and that's ok? Also, the two presidents before him got into some illegal drugs as well.
* People who call Fox News a right-wing network in a country with a left-leaning president should ask themselves if that's the case, why is Fox continuing to dominate the ratings?
* Remember Jerimiah Wright's "chickens coming home to roost"? An earlier use of that expression came from Malcom X. He was referring to the Kennedy Assassination.
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