Striving For Average

The State Budget

tommy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:07:57 +0000

I’m not normally a fan of the governor, but I think is one area where he’s got it right.

I’m not sure what I think about PJTV either…time will tell I guess.

Say It Isn’t So…

tommy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:37:04 +0000

Suppressing reports that don’t agree with the approved narrative…

Universal Love

tommy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:36:15 +0000

Evidently it takes more than electing a new President to have the rest of the world just fall in love with us…

Voting On The Non Existent…

tommy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:32:02 +0000

It seems entirely possibly the House just voted on a bill that doesn’t exist in any sort of complete form, and is sending this possibly nonexistent bill to the Senate…

Smoke and mirrors should not be a form of government…

I Know It Can Be Confusing

tommy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:03:10 +0000

Sometimes you need a little help keeping up with the terminology…

So I’ve Been Lazy

tommy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:37:41 +0000

It’s what I do best…

Some things I’ve failed to discuss:

Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court
Confirm her. No I probably won’t like the way she rules on things, but the President gets to nominate, and barring some sort of obviously disqualifying something or other, the nomination should be approved. Yes I know if one side fights every single nomination and the other side concedes that elections matter, it unbalances the playing field. Still, elections matter.

North Korea
Nothing new to see here, move along please. The world has been postponing dealing with this regime for longer than I’ve been alive. That’s probably been the best solution (unless of course, you happen to live in North Korea), but eventually someone somewhere is going to have to deal with it. It’s going to be ugly, and unpopular when it happens, but it’s going to be necessary nonetheless.

Iran
See comments about North Korea Elections matter. Or at least they should matter. We should push for a simple, people cast votes, votes get counted, people trust the results, elections matter. Yes we could stand a bit of that here at home too.

Stanley Cup
I guess the NHL building it’s marketing campaign on the shoulders of Sid the Kid is working out OK.

Dallas Stars
I like Dave Tippet, always have. Like Joe Nieuwendyk as well. Marc Crawford, well he’s been the coach in Colorado and L.A. so it’s not been acceptable to like him. But now that he’s the Star’s coach all seems well. I’m surprised that the Stars stuck with Tippet as long as they did given how rare a decent playoff run has been lately, even though I don’t think he’s responsible for the lack of success.

I’d make some sort of lame comment about posting more, but this is me we’re talking about.

She Wore What?

tommy — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:56:44 +0000

Working in a record store back in college, girls would sometimes come in playing some form of dress up trying to look like Madonna. So nostalgia, if nothing else, causes me to have a somewhat favorable view of the material girl even when I might otherwise not be so inclined.

I’m tempted to see if there are any record stores in existence anymore just to see if someone will come in wearing something like this…

How Did That Happen?

tommy — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:16:18 +0000

I watch the hockey playoffs, it’s just what I do. This year has been kinda strange since my team was eliminated several weeks before the playoffs even began. So imagine my confusion as I watched the Red Wings/Ducks game and found myself cheering for Detroit of all things.

How did that happen?
They’re playing Anaheim.

OK, well then, carry on.

Conservation…

tommy — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:25:45 +0000

Maybe I could get into it…

That Mars Venus Thing

tommy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:07:07 +0000