New York Sports
So as long as you aren't a NBA fan, New York teams (the good ones anyway) are having a great couple of months. Much to everyone's surprise, especially Sports Illustrated which picked them as the worst team in the league, the Rangers are leading the Atlantic division and have the second most points in the league. They also won the longest NHL shootout in history -- 15 rounds -- the other night, when a new defenseman scored on a shot between his legs.
As for football, the Giants are tied for first in the NFC East with the most potent offense in football. The offense led by Eli, Tiki, Plex and Shockey is just tearing it up. Yesterday they had a chance to take a huge step forward by beating the Seahawks on the road, but their crap ass kicker missed three field goals, one at the end of regulation and two in overtime, to screw it all up. This week a must win with Parcells and the Cowboys.
And finally to the most important sport, baseball. In the past week the Mets have brought in a huge bat in the person of Carlos Delgado and yesterday they signed the preeminent free agent pitcher, Billy Wagner. Yes they overpaid and gave him to many years, but if they had Wagner last year, statistically the Mets would have won the NL East. They lost the Wild Card by 7 games and the East by 8. Last year's closer Braden Looper blew 8 saves and the bullpen combines for 13 more blown saves. Next up a catcher, hopefully Bengie Molina. I am just so excited that Looper isn't the closer anymore.
P.S. The Jets, Islanders, and Yankees fuckin blow
New York Sports
So as long as you aren't a NBA fan, New York teams (the good ones anyway) are having a great couple of months. Much to everyone's surprise, especially Sports Illustrated which picked them as the worst team in the league, the Rangers are leading the Atlantic division and have the second most points in the league. They also won the longest NHL shootout in history -- 15 rounds -- the other night, when a new defenseman scored on a shot between his legs.
As for football, the Giants are tied for first in the NFC East with the most potent offense in football. The offense led by Eli, Tiki, Plex and Shockey is just tearing it up. Yesterday they had a chance to take a huge step forward by beating the Seahawks on the road, but their crap ass kicker missed three field goals, one at the end of regulation and two in overtime, to screw it all up. This week a must win with Parcells and the Cowboys.
And finally to the most important sport, baseball. In the past week the Mets have brought in a huge bat in the person of Carlos Delgado and yesterday they signed the preeminent free agent pitcher, Billy Wagner. Yes they overpaid and gave him to many years, but if they had Wagner last year, statistically the Mets would have won the NL East. They lost the Wild Card by 7 games and the East by 8. Last year's closer Braden Looper blew 8 saves and the bullpen combines for 13 more blown saves. Next up a catcher, hopefully Bengie Molina. I am just so excited that Looper isn't the closer anymore.
P.S. The Jets, Islanders, and Yankees fuckin blow
The Iraq Vote Apology
So over the past few weeks we have seen an interesting development among Democratic presidential contenders: the Iraq Vote Apology. It started when Jon Edwards displayed some considerable political cajones by coming out and apologizing for his vote supporting the use of force in Iraq. Next up was Joe Biden, who also pretty much apologized for his supporting vote.
The question is are we seeing the start of something that will be necessary as Democratic contenders move forward? Will it be necessary for any serious candidate to go on national television and apologize for his or her vote in support of the Iraq War. This could be especially dicey for Hillary Clinton as she continues her strategy to attract voters in the middle.
We also may be seeing the beginning of a split in the party between those like Edwards and Biden that apologize for their vote and candidates like Evan Bayh who is unlikely to apologize. Only time will tell.
P.S. See you Dukestir, we hardly knew ye.
Overturning Roe?
So it looks like maybe, just maybe, Judge Sam Alito isn't as conservative as the nickname Scalito would have you believe. He certainly doesn't seem as virulent a conservative as his probable future colleague. It is readily apparent that Senators, both Dems and Republicans are impressed with Alito's intelligence and constitutional law experience. Now it has come out that he "has great respect" for the Roe v. Wade decision and his former clerks of all political orientations say that this is a judge who respects precedent and does an excellent job of separating his political views from his judicial decision-making. It looks like, at least in the case of abortion (considering that his views on civil rights leave a lot to be desired), President Bush actually got what he was looking for: a non-activist judge. In the past when conservatives said they didn't want activist judges, what they really meant was that they didn't want activist liberal judges. They just never mentioned the liberal part of the equation and now they are paying for it. Despite the fact that Alito is no doubt a conservative, it looks like he is a judge, and presumably a justice, who respects precedent and will not overturn previous cases just because of political winds.
