Not much tonight...

Whew...tired from the wife tossing and turning last night...not a whole lot going into this entry...LOL

---Yet another reporter for a major newspaper got fired for plagarism. It seems that the media, in its quest to keep viewership/readership afloat, is under enormous pressure to break the big story, or report in a way favorable to their audience, that they will go to extreme moral lowlights to do so. I respect the reporting of the Washington Post...at least most of what I read there is factually backed up. But I bet if the LA and NY times started doing "REAL" background research, they wouldn't have a staff left.

Is it any wonder why their reading audience is starting to plummet?

The only reason they are still breathing is because the major broadcast networks take their talking memos and put them into their newscasts. It would be nice for once to actually see them do some reporting on a major issue of interest.

---I read an amazing article today about a guy getting struck by lightning a second time-19 years apart! Maybe if the Dems get hit by one of those we can actually get our judicial system back on track...:)

---Looks like the Yankee's have hit rock bottom, and it's only May. First series win by the Devil Rays over the Yankees EVER. I think Brian Cashman better start looking for another job....

Well, said it would be short. Be sure to check out Dan Froomkin's columns at www.washingtonpost.com. I have learned a lot about what goes on in the White House from his work. Have a wonderful Cinco de Mayo!

Getting the #3 most wanted terrorist and Dale E. Jr redux

Well, what a great day! Looks like we took a key member of UBL's posse out. This can only mean good things for the safety of American's and President Bush (but don't tell the LA or NY times that...they'll find a way to spin it that Pakistan actually captured him, even though our intelligence team in that country led them to him). Hopefully we can get some key info to bring down UBL and get him in a cold, dark, dank jail cell.

As for Dale Earnhardt Jr. calling Jimmie Johnson an "idiot", he should be focusing his attention more on why he's almost 300 points behind him and not what happened. It's RACING. I'm sure if a wreck happened that allowed him to WIN, you wouldn't hear anything of the sort come out of his pie-hole. This just goes to show you-no matter how mainstream NASCAR says it's getting, it's still just a sport for rednecks and beer bellies, and is wasting gas that could be better used to fill our economy. It's amazing that gas could end up at $5 dollars a gallon, and you'll still have 43 NASCAR teams running each Sunday. Go figure.:)

Well, short one today-my in-laws are here. Going to be a great 2 weeks! See you next time!

JC

Weekend update and some random sports ponderings...

Well, it was a great weekend! I have had a heart condition that afflicted me for over 5 years, and I found out last Friday that it has been healed! All I know is God is good and it was in His time that I would be healed. Now, to cover some things that have taken place since my last blog entry:

---What was that Georgia girl thinking? I mean, I've heard of wedding day jitters, but to start a statewide manhunt?LOL I found it humorous that Alberqurque found her "amusing". Is that what we call breaking the law these days?? Best case scenerio: Make her pay for all the law enforcement that got duped, and toss her in the slammer for a couple months. That ought to make her think twice about ditching her wedding day.:)

---Laura Bush was on FIRE. If Tony Danza can get a show, why can't she? Her jokes were hilarious. You could say she's rising and her hubby's not.

---Does any normal American understand the whole ethics deal, fillibusters and all?? I must have skipped that course in high school.*G* Sounds to me like the Republicans want to take the "check" out of checks and balances. They didn't have a problem preventing 10 Clinton judicial nominees from even having a VOTE.

Ok, enough politics: ONTO THE SPORTS!!!

---Boy did the Reds gak on themselves tonight. Takes a special bullpen to blow a 9-3 lead going into the 9th inning. The 3,000 (or so) fans remaining probably wished they were driving home instead.

---Another MLB player gets busted. YAWN. Bud Selig wants to tighten the penalties. Um, didn't see him complaining when MLB was getting rich off of McGuire/Sosa/Bonds (read: hypocrite). Forget 50 games-you use it, you're banned. Period. This makes the whole fiasco over Pete Rose look like nothing.

---Quite a wreck in that Neckar race on Sunday. Yeah, those restrictor plates REALLY make things safer. It's a miracle no one else has been killed by one of those wrecks. I'm glad I watched Fox and didn't shell out the $300 bucks to watch 25 cars get piled up and cause a 45 minute delay. (Wasn't NASCAR supposed to rival the NFL soon in ratings??)

---T.O. wants a new contract. Randy Moss is happy in L.A. Did I miss some lunar eclipse?? Philly got what they paid for---a egocentric millionaire who shuns his teammates but damn if he doesn't make enough plays to put them where they are (in a related story, Freddie Mitchell can pick up the white courtesy phone and pack his bags).

---And, sadly, the Pirates 3 game winning streak has now turned into a 4 game tailspin. I knew it was too good to be true.LOL

Well, that's all for tonight. May all your cards be live and your pots monsters!