Thoughts about politics? Jim Geraghty notes a report on Chris Dodd from Connecticut: "At the well-attended annual meeting of the Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, outgoing President Joe Greco’s comments about various dignitaries, including Gov. M. Jodi Rell, being unable to make it was followed by a crack about Dodd being available but the group asking him to stay away. It was met by laughter and a very loud round of applause from the several hundred, typically reserved, local businesspeople, in the room."
Plus: any thoughts on the NFL Draft? Jim Souhan of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune cracked wise about Minnesota's decision to draft wide receiver Percy Harvin: "Just as there are no atheists in foxholes, there can't be any moralists in NFL draft rooms. Saturday night, the Vikings selected a pot-smoking, coach-challenging, injury-hampered athlete from Florida." Randy Moss parallels?
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He's no Sterling Sharpe
April 26, 2009 - 15:40 ET by Tim GrahamAs a Packer fan, the NFC North is going to look a bit different: new QBs in Detroit (Stafford) and in Chicago (Jay Cutler) and who knows who will start for the Vikes? I hope Harvin isn't too much of a basket case -- for the sake of the broader character of the NFL. I also hope he's no Randy Moss on the field. I remember feeling dread when the Vikes got him back then.
Randy Moss was a great player for the Vikings
April 26, 2009 - 15:58 ET by shawn228He did not caus much trouble the first few years and he made them alot of money by putting fans in the seat, much like Barry Bonds
He had my vote
Percy Harvin
April 26, 2009 - 16:21 ET by BlondeIs hardly a problem a la Randy Moss.
He'll have his head on straight on the field....the real question is whether or not he can stay healthy.
Best of luck to Percy....we'll be looking forward to seeing him on the sidelines at the next BCS game.
GO GATORS!!!!
I hope he fails, too.
Hey...
April 26, 2009 - 21:10 ET by klchadwickbeing a Fins Fan, I wasn't too excited about Moss at all.
My husband is from MN and was always a semi-Vikings fan. I say semi because he is one of the only guys that I know that can take it or leave it when it comes to the pigskin. Of course, I should have said "used" to be able to take it or leave it! When you marry a hardcore football maniac, it is hard to take it or leave it....especially after the 2nd broken television. :0(
Anyways, I digressed there for a moment. My husband used to root for the Vikes, but once he entered my world it was all turquoise and orange....no purple and gold allowed!!! ;0) After being so kind as to "share" my season tix with him (only after we were married of course....it wouldn't be proper otherwise) he began to get into it and next thing you know, the man is walking around the house wearing MY Thomas jersey! He had owned a Moss jersey (purple and gold) when we started dating and we ceremoniously burned it...only to have to see that name in MY turquoise and orange! What a rip! If we wanted a pot-smoking underachiever we could have kept Ricky Williams...again.
No, no....my only hope this season is that we can pull off another even close to last year. When is comes to the draft, where do we start? Since 1985, the Fins haven't been able to solidify their ground game, ala Marino's right arm. Of course since Danny went and retired and took his arm with him, the air game hasn't been exactly spectacular either. When you have a Marino, it is hard to justify a hand-off, but then when you have come to rely on that same arm for 1st, 2nd AND 3rd downs (and at times 4th), it is hard to get enthusiastic about seeing an "I" rather than 3-4 wide-spread. Of course, the QB is only going to be as good as the O-line and I think that some improvement on that front would be nice too.
On the D, the linemen are over played and the ends aren't as simpatico as they used to be. The nickel and the dime both need work as well. Also, not to be too greedy here, but for CB's...I'd take an upgrade.
I've been a Fins Fan since I was two years old, I've been a tix holder almost as long and I even went as far as getting a Fins tattoo when my 18th b-day rolled around. Yeah, that went over real well with my dad...the only thing he could say about it when he saw it was "At least you didn't get anything stupid". lol. So maybe you can see where this mindset comes from. My dad is the most straight laced guy around (well at least until he turned 50 and I got married)...he has had the exact same hair cut his entire life! At that time, for him to see a Fins tat on his 18yr old daughter and only say that 'it wasn't anything stupid', was practically celebrating it! Every year I bet on the Fins, every year I'm called delusional (and sometimes readily admit to it), but I just can't bet against my guys!
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How about Al Franken parallels?
April 26, 2009 - 15:50 ET by TheHistorianChris Dodd and Al Franken -- what a combo!!!
TH... Unfortunately both
April 26, 2009 - 16:38 ET by bigtimerTH...
Unfortunately both critters are here to stay for quite awhile...they both are going to owe their allegiance to Soros and crew.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
I just got a new pet....
April 26, 2009 - 16:27 ET by superconIt's a Vietnamese pot bellied pig.His name is Luenzo.
He's so cute....AAAACHOOO!
Hey Janet Napolitano...I'm proud to be a Right-winger.
That's nuthin' supercon
April 26, 2009 - 16:36 ET by Cool ArrowMy wife rescued a horney toad from the highway last week.
My granddaughter is 12 and had never seen one.
They were all over the place when I was a kid.
It's hard to talk when you're teabagging - Anderson Cooper
Hey now RO. ...I had
April 26, 2009 - 16:45 ET by bigtimerHey now RO.
...I had two pet Horney Toads as a kid, after you caught them and made them a cage/box sort to speak that replicated what made them happy with their natural surroundings...all you used to do is pet them with your middle finger in the middle of their heads between their thorns and they wouldn't leave you....they were very, very, content....brilliant colors too....depending on the Horney Toad you got.
I miss those reptiles.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
→ Rare as hen's teeth
April 26, 2009 - 16:51 ET by Cool ArrowIt had been some 6 years since last seeing one.
It's not legal to own them anymore. I think the fire ants got to them.
It's hard to talk when you're teabagging - Anderson Cooper
CA... Are you in the
April 26, 2009 - 17:02 ET by bigtimerCA...
Are you in the South?
I guess I can't remember for sure....I am from the Ca. high desert and they were plentiful....you could always get them sitting on top of a hot rock sunning...then let your fingers do the walking....hehehe
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
→ West Texas
April 26, 2009 - 17:06 ET by Cool ArrowWhen I was a kid, we'd get them mad and they'd spit blood at us.
Not very nice, I know, but when we'd been done collecting them, se always let them go.
My little sister and I met the same horney toad three years in a row, at the same time each year. His tail was missing. We called him Cutoff.
It's hard to talk when you're teabagging - Anderson Cooper
What's funny CA is nobody
April 26, 2009 - 19:09 ET by bigtimerWhat's funny CA is nobody knows what fun that was to make them spit blood, and it didn't take much.
Plus I always released mine too.
Were you ever around stink-bugs and piles they could make out of desert sand...and I won't get into scorpions, potato-bugs, Daddy-Long-Legs, Praying Manits, Black Widows, tarantulas and side-winders, let alone the usual Diamond-Backs.
...and by the way, nobody had better ever tell me that snakes don't swim that lived in the high-desert area again.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
→ Snakes
April 26, 2009 - 19:25 ET by Cool ArrowWe always killed snakes, unless they were the little ringsnakes that looked like worms.
Tomato Worms were funny too.
It's hard to talk when you're teabagging - Anderson Cooper
→ Bravo Obama!
April 26, 2009 - 16:48 ET by Cool ArrowYou've got to applaud the ease with which this administration distracted attention from
This Flu scare (20 confirmed cases) has us all on edge, I guess.
It's hard to talk when you're teabagging - Anderson Cooper
What About Pelosi?
April 26, 2009 - 18:53 ET by JDWShe was never told about waterboarding.
Why han't anyone asked for the minutes of that meeting?
JDW
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When people fear their government there is tyranny. When government fears the people there is liberty.
C A, you're correct, it's
April 26, 2009 - 19:10 ET by ConservativeRexC A, you're correct, it's illegal to even pick a horn toad up nowadays. We used to carry 'em around in our pockets.
The fire ants did get 'em, and a bunch of other things too, like quail, turkey and some newborn fawns. But we could stand to cull a few more thousand deer here.
→ Alas poor horney toad
April 26, 2009 - 19:16 ET by Cool ArrowI think it was boll weavil eradication around these parts.
It's hard to talk when you're teabagging - Anderson Cooper
CA and CRex.... Wow, I
April 26, 2009 - 19:21 ET by bigtimerCA and CRex....
Wow, I thought CA was joking about not being legal to have a Horney Toad..how stupid of me...I should have known better...I really should have...especially if I would remember what the EPA/DiFi and husband did to get the Desert Tortoise listed as special species...long story, but it was and is horrendous unless they changed that asinine law...in the meantime DiFi and Hubby made a ton off of that one too....and that is going back to the early to mid-nineties...too lazy to google it, but I remember it well, NET did a great live Documentary on this...I am going to have to check and see if any of NET is on line, there are some great segments that were done.
It never ever ends with these people.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Congratulations, Newsbusters!
April 26, 2009 - 19:30 ET by motherbeltYou are one of 5 National Blogs linked to by the online version of our local paper, the Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News!
There's also Politico, CNN Political Ticker, PowerLine... and then there's HuffPo and Kos (ugh!)
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
Good Catch!
April 26, 2009 - 19:33 ET by bigtimerHey, Hey, Hey, mb....
Thumbs up for NBs!
This kind of info does make one's day.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Janet Reno II does not think this warrants testing...
April 26, 2009 - 20:09 ET by R D Helm...people flying in from Mexico.
"'Right now we don't think the facts warrant more active testing or
screening of passengers coming in from Mexico,' she said at a White
House briefing."
http://lite.alertnet...
They declare a national emergency, but don't feel it warrants checking people coming in from the very country this thing originated from.
Is this IDIOT WOMAN putting the lives of Americans at risk in order not to offfffffffffend Mexicans?
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
<sound of duct tape ripping off roll>
April 26, 2009 - 20:28 ET by motherbeltDave, I saw that on Drudge and had to run for my duct tape!
What the H is wrong with this woman????
Just like they didn't want to scrutinize Middle-Eastern men at airports. Political correctness above all, it seems.
Maybe they'll just start checking out every 5th passenger...no matter where they come from.
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
Same here. I read it
April 26, 2009 - 20:35 ET by bigtimerSame here.
I read it too...it is to the point where we are living in a circus atmosphere...at the peril of our very foundation.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Obama has surrounded
April 26, 2009 - 20:36 ET by ThisnThatObama has surrounded himself with people that are even more incompetant and inexperienced than he is. And we'll all end up paying for it -- probably a lot sooner than later.
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The challenge is to follow a consistent plan despite inconsistent prices - Sarah Palin, State of the State of Alaska speech
motherbelt,
April 26, 2009 - 20:42 ET by R D HelmI just think it is really strange that these people appear to be in "crisis" mode, yet don't think things are serious enough to lock down the very border with the country this supposedly originated from.
Talk about conflicting signals.
Maybe Janet Reno II doesn't want to cheese off our illegal population to the point they don't cooperate with the ACORN census takers.
After all, the future of the democrat party hinges on that "cooperation."
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
Global Pandemic “ The Sky Is Falling”
April 26, 2009 - 20:12 ET by Nearly Nobody“A
crises is a terrible thing to waste” This is what Obama said during the
economic downfall and it explains how he used fear to help push his
agenda on the hapless American people...
"Nearly Nobody's News"
→ OH the humanity!!
April 26, 2009 - 20:15 ET by Cool ArrowI think the "cough count" is up to 20.
Glad Janet Clouseau is on the case, aren't you?
It's hard to talk when you're teabagging - Anderson Cooper
This will make her look
April 26, 2009 - 20:40 ET by ThisnThatThis will make her look sooooo important in the eyes of the MSM and the brain-dead Congress. Look for cameras to roll during the 6:00pm news, as she is interviewed, backed up by on-scene hospital scenes. Everyone in masks. Important doctors looking busy.
And it'll all be used to push universal health care.
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The challenge is to follow a consistent plan despite inconsistent prices - Sarah Palin, State of the State of Alaska speech