Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The Power's Out

The genius that is Barack Obama urged Americans under siege from Hurricane Sandy to stay inside and keep watch on ready.gov for the latest

That's right you more than 6.1 million people left without electricity should go online to get your information.

Obama, that's not moving forward.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

It sounded eerily similar to another Dummycrat one term head of state who referred people without power to a web site during an ice/snow storm.

Chet Culver: If You're Out Of Power, Visit Our Web Site

The Big Lug Nut is not the kind of leader you want to be emulating in any circumstance.


Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Strength In Numbers?

Dig this.

Michelle Obama only drew a crowd security estimated at 800 people for her appearance in Iowa City yesterday.

Also yesterday, the First Lady drew an estimated crowd of 1,200 in Sioux City.

There's something seriously wrong, and the scientific community is united in that fact, when the turnout is higher in Conservative western Iowa than in the the People's Republic.

What's the dirt?

Poor Tom

I see Joe Biden's mouth made news, again, while I was away.

Biden praises “Tom Kaine” while trying to tout Tim Kaine for Senate

It seemed so nice, Biden renamed him twice.

There is some speculation that the slip is because Tim Kaine was almost chosen as Obama’s running mate instead of Biden.

Kaine shouldn't feel bad.

Biden has butchered CommieTommie's name too, and the scientific community is united in that fact, and they served together 22 years in the Senate prior to Biden calling him Tom Harkins three times.

Wrong

I'm enough of an adult, but just barely and the scientific community is united in that fact, to admit when I'm wrong.

After all they've previously admitted it to me when I was right and they were wrong (Stop The Presses).

I thought for sure, after reading Rick Green's account of their interview with President Obama, You Spin Me Round (Like A Record), that the Ragister would endorse his re-election.

The Ragister endorsing a Republican for President, it's certainly something that I never thought I'd see again in my lifetime (Richard Nixon in 1972 being the last one).

Michael Barone notes that the Ragister is not quite the statewide paper that it once was, but believes it's in the interest of the Romney campaign to transmit the text of the Register endorsement to voters in affluent suburbs all over the country; it is the kind of thing that will appeal to them.

As for endorsing a Republican for President, the Ragister is not alone, of those major metro dailies that have announced their picks, more than one in five that had previously backed Obama are now pushing Romney, according to a tally by the American Presidency Project.

Now who doesn't seem to be based at all in reality, Stephanie Cutter?

Football Rap

It was a Wisconsin weekend, as Chris & I were in Madison for her work event at the Wisconsin Homecoming game vs. Michigan State.

Badger fans were real blase, I felt more excitement coming from the crowd at a different UW -- Washington

I was looking forward to feeling Camp Randall rock when the fourth quarter started with the Jump Around, but I felt nothing. I'm told it's because we were in the opposite end zone.

We were in Green Bay Sunday for the game against Jacksonville and were living the life.

Chris had secured field passes for pregame activities, our picture was compliments of the Packers, and we were able to roam the visitors sideline for an hour.

My wife enjoyed the 52 Shades of Clay, calling Mr. Matthews a fine specimen.


We got up close and a little impersonal with James Jones

Since we were in the neighborhood, we got a visit from Mr. Rodgers, or AIR-Rod as I call him.

It should come as no surprise that as a Conservative, I'm also a Hawk. (A.J. Hawk #50).

As game time neared, we made our way through the Lambeau crowd of over 70,000, to our seats in an open-air suite, again thanks to Chris.

This is our view for the Packers 24-15 win over the Jaguars.

There were those, at the Wisconsin game, who said being in a suite was no way to watch the game, but they were WRONG!

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

We didn't want to leave the food, drinks, friendly staff, or dessert cart.

Chris has now covered birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas to infinity and beyond.


Friday, October 26, 2012

Alibis?

Appearing to make excuses for Joe Biden's recent Iowa/Ohio gaffe, Ohio (Come Back To Texas), the Ragister's Jennifer Jacobs says the two state names sound a little alike – at least, they both have three syllables and start with a vowel.

They both end with a vowel too and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Jacobs then tries to blame it on scheduling, Biden and President Barack Obama are campaigning non-stop, hopping from swing state to swing state.

The problem with that theory is Jacobs had previously mentioned that Biden had spent two days in the same state.

Just another reason to question the Vice Presidents mental state.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
















In a desire to win the love, and endorsement, of the Ragister, President Obama had an off the record session with Laura Hollingsworth and Rick Green (in the guise of the editorial board).

After public pleading from Green, who stated --

What the President shared with us this morning — and the manner, depth and quality of his presentation – would have been well-received by not only his base, but also undecideds. From a voter standpoint, keeping it off-the-record was a disservice.

Wow, it must be earth shattering stuff.

Only if you're already in the tank for Obama and the scientific community is united in that fact.  

After the White House decided the session should be on the record, the Wall Street Journal shared insight you won't get from the Ragister.

Mr. Obama said he wants to pursue immigration reform in a second term, as well as a budget "grand bargain" with Republicans that includes tax reform.  

This will come as a surprise to voters reading the President's just-released 20-page brochure on his second-term agenda, which makes little or no mention of these priorities

But the larger reason to be skeptical concerns Mr. Obama's answer to another Register question: Whether he regrets pursuing ObamaCare and other liberal social priorities in his first two years rather than focusing on the economy.

"Absolutely not," Mr. Obama told the Iowa journalists. "Remember the context. First of all, Mitch McConnell has imposed an ironclad filibuster from the first day I was in office. And that's not speculation." 

Whoaaaa there, big fella. Mr. McConnell was then and still is the Senate Minority Leader, and in 2009 he had all of 40 votes. Mr. Obama could have pursued any agenda he wanted, and the Des Moines editors wanted to know why he didn't focus on the economy first. Yet Mr. Obama's instinctive reaction is to blame Republican obstructionism that never happened.

The President is also missing the larger import of the Register's question. As Mr. Obama likes to remind voters now, in 2009 the economy had suffered a financial heart attack and needed to be nurtured back to health. That required careful management and attention to reviving consumer and business confidence. 

Yet rather than work with both parties to fashion a growth agenda, he went all-in for a Keynesian spending blowout and subcontracted the details to House Democrats. And rather than wait to see how strongly—and even whether—the economy then recovered, he dove headlong into fighting to pass 40 years of pent-up liberal social policy. 

It wasn't merely ObamaCare. The President also tried to impose a cap-and-tax on carbon energy production, end secret ballots for unions via card check, while promising to raise taxes in 2011 until he was stopped when voters elected a GOP House in 2010. 

He didn't focus on the economy because he didn't and still doesn't understand how the private economy works. He doesn't understand that incentives matter, or how government policies and regulation can sabotage growth. He really believes that government is the engine of economic prosperity.

Thanks to the Journal for doing its job.

While the Ragister writes up its Obama endorsement with stars in its eyes because it's the leader of the free world on line one for us after ignoring us during 28 campaign stops and 11 days in our state.

As for immigration reform, it should be clear to the Latino community that Obama never had the votes and won't have them if re-elected, so Dream On because he's just playing you for idiotas.

Ohio (Come Back To Texas)

In Marion, Ohio, Joe Biden tried to blend in with the locals by noting --

“Literally, ladies and gentleman, this is a guy who is running all the ads here in Iowa saying that he is going to get tough on China”.

Marion, OHIO is not Marion, IOWA Joe and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Even your boss knows OHIO


Nevermind.


Hollywood's Not America





















Clint Eastwood is voicing a commercial that backs Mitt Romney and Hollywood.com reported on it this way --

We Get It, Clint Eastwood, You're Pro-Romney

We've long gotten that you're Anti-American Hollywood.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.


Wednesday, October 24, 2012

A Year

One year ago, this day, my Mother passed away (Letting Go).

The time has flown, but still seems quite surreal.

This loss has been harder than I imagined and in some aspects an ordeal.

The love and understanding of my wife has helped me through this bit of hell.

That, and the belief she's reunited with my Dad.

His, and God's, Angel.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

I'm Looking Through You

Michelle Obama has cast her Presidential ballot for Barack, but she expects us to believe, I read his record, I took an objective look, and I said, this is the only one who can move this country forward.

Now, that's the "biggest whopper" that's been told this campaign.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

The President doesn't even believe that one.



The First Lady went on to recommended early voting for numerous reasons; you’re sick, the car broke down, there’s no babysitter, somebody is throwing up, and toilet overflowing.

Toilet overflowing? I shit you not.

With the Obama's and Biden's feeding America so much crap, it could happen.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Fix You

I could not agree more with this President Obama statement...

“What happens, during the course of a presidency, is that the government is a big operation and any given time something screws up. And you make sure that you find out what’s broken and you fix it.”

This administration is broken, and the scientific community is united in that fact, therefore replacing it is most optimal.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Wot's... Uh The Deal?

Joe Biden confirmed that the issue equal pay issue is a canard and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The Vice President told supporters the Lilly Ledbetter Act is “not a big deal in terms of equal pay”.

Biden believes the ability to sue is the BFD.

As we posted on Friday (Lily Was Here), since the Ledbetter Act was passed in January 2009, only 35 women have filed lawsuits under the new law.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

In A Big Country

Asked why President Obama hasn’t personally campaigned in North Carolina, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), said -- “This is a big country!”

Good to see that her degree from the University of Florida hasn't gone to waste.

Wasserman Schultz received a BA & MA, she was already fluent in BS and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The correct answer is because Romney will carry the state.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Bruce's Philosophers Song?














Bruce "Management" Springsteen, also known as The Boss, was in Ames on behalf of President Obama.

In these appearances, "Management" has told attendees he's a “blue-collar kid from a working class home in New Jersey” who “for 30 years I’ve been writing about the distance between the American dream and American reality”.

The reality is that Springsteen's Net Worth is North of $200 Million, which is quite a distance from most of his fans and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Springsteen also related that had General Motors been allowed to collapse, said the man who wrote the song “Pink Cadillac,” “What else would I write about? I’d have no job without that.”

It would be sad to try and struggle along on only $200 Million.

Bruce brought out his latest ditty in support of Team Obama/Biden --

“Forward, and Away We Go!”

I came to Ohio lookin’ for a date
We kissed and I said it was a hell of a state
We made love and it wasn’t so great
Forward and away we go

Smilin’ Joe he really brought the drama
Tuesday Romney was schooled by Obama
(Blank line)
Forward and away we go

WOW, that sucks!

It might be time to quit your day job and see if you can make do on your dough.

Lily Was Here

Here's a little more information to follow up on yesterday's post (Raw Deal).

When Katherine Fenton asked Obama what he intended to do about "women making only 72% of what their male counterparts earn," the question was based on a false premise and a false statistic — one calculated by Diana Furchtgott-Roth, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, by comparing all male with all female workers, regardless of experience, productivity, number of hours put in or length of service.

When you factor these things in, Furchtgott-Roth says, women make about 95 cents to a man's dollar, which may explain why, since the Ledbetter Act was passed in January 2009, only 35 women have filed lawsuits under the new law.

So the Fair Pay Act is more for lawyers, maybe women lawyers, than women and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Raw Deal

Is what America's gotten from Obama, according to John Sununu, and was in reply to what the President labeled Mitt Romney's Sketchy Deal.

 In an appearance at Cornell College in Mount Vernon Iowa, onetime home of CONgressman Dave No Sack...err Loebsack, Obama said, when young women graduate, they should get equal pay for equal work.

Unless of course you work for Barack Obama and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Women made, on average, $6,000 less working for United States Senator Barack Obama and are paid about 18 percent less by President Obama.

Rachel Cowell introduced Obama and said, We have to step up today … stand up and raise our voices for Iowa values.

According to Cowell's Facebook page, she is from Madison, Wisconsin which has nothing like the Iowa values I grew up with.

Another brilliant Obama voter, Chicago resident David Elston, said this -- I’ve never seen him before even though he’s my state senator

Obama was an Illinois State Senator from 1997-2004.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Taco

I was having lunch, with our friend Cal (Freedom's pal), when David Oman walked into Raul's.

I asked him how it was looking for Romney in Iowa and he thought it was looking good.

Oman asked if we watched the debate and Cal and I called it a draw, but were disappointed Romney didn't attack green energy again, especially with the news of A123 filing for bankruptcy.

We all noted how sad it is Obama scored points for just being better than last time and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I mentioned Obama's first debate disinterest as merely being an extension of his duties as President.

I asked Mr. Oman when we could expect Romney back in Iowa and he thought within the next 8 days.

Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues

The King and Queen of SNARK have returned from a four day work/play stay in Seattle.

Our visit brought rainy weather there and now here.

You're Welcome and the scientific community is united in that fact

Got a behind the scenes tour of the ginormous Safeco Field, as well as the use of a Right Field Club Suite for a function.

Pregame sideline passes were more exciting than the University of Washington vs USC football game at CenturyLink Field.

Visits to Pikes Place Market, Seattle Aquarium (don't bother), the Space Needle and a Duck Boat tour rounded out our short stay.

Loved being on the waterfront at the Marriott and over the water at the Edgewater.

Someone at the airport asked if I was on the '72 Celtics. I told them they knew their sports history, as it was me, John Havlicek, Dave Cowens, JoJo White and Don Nelson (Couldn't leave out the other Iowa guy).

I believe I'm the only adult that didn't have some sort of coffee drink.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Miss Independent?

The Iowa Bore, Chuck Awfulburger, has cut a commercial for Christie Vilsack.

In the ad, Chuck crows, Christie has always been a problem-solver, not a partisan fighter.  She thinks that getting things done is more important than what political party you belong to.

If that was so true, she'd have run as an Independent instead of a Dummycrat and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Maybe then some folks would respect her.

Instead this partisan fighter shows no respect to Representative Steve King, an act that wore thin in her meeting with the Sioux City Journal editorial board, as the meeting saw many more derogatory mentions of King.

One Word

The Liter has obtained this picture of CONgressman Leonard BOZO-well in intense prep for his TV debate with Tom Latham.

Leonard learned a new word, disingenuous, and he repeated it often.

What helped Leonard learn is looking at pictures of himself and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The prep has its roots in the reprogramming from A Clockwork Orange.

Mockin' Bird Hill

President Ornithologist, err Obama has ruffled some feathers over his love for Big Bird.

Democrats frustrated by Obama's "Big Bird" campaign turn

According to an e-mail from our friend Cal (Freedom's pal), If Obama had defended our consulate [in Libya] as strenuously as he defends Sesame Street, four Americans might be alive today.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Back on Sesame Street, we see salaries average between $300,000 and $450,000 per year, with one member making a cool half million.

Wallet Street is more like it for these one percent-errs.

Make Up Your Mind














Obama spokeswomen Sue Dvorsky and Stephanie Cutter had mixed messages about Mitt Romney's recent words on abortion.

Dvorsky said -- Mitt Romney just yesterday in this state – in our state, right down the road – Mitt Romney changed his mind again.

Minutes later Cutter corrected Dvorsky on Romney --  He didn’t change his mind about these issues, he’s just trying to hide them. That’s the difference here.

Ladies, your argument loses all merit, and you look foolish, when you send out these mixed messages and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

You Said

In Iowa, another of President Obama's 2008 promises is coming true, but not in a good way and the scientific community is united in that fact.

...electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket…even regardless of what I say about whether coal is good or bad, because I’m capping greenhouse gasses, coal power plants, natural gas…you name it…whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retro-fit their operations. That will cost money…they will pass that money on to the consumers.

Iowa Utilities Board OKs MidAmerican rate hike because the utility had to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit old coal-fired generators to comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air pollution rules issued in late 2011.

The approved increase will go into effect in 2013.

Prior to this, MidAmerican Energy had not raised Iowa base electric rates since 1995.

Sounds like it's just the beginning as the utility said, as we look to the future, we must evaluate all options to ensure ongoing expenses for compliance and energy production continue to be addressed...

Money To Blow

Instead of Big Bird, as we suggested (Yellow Bird), our favorite "Dumbass" David Goodner went to the Romney rally dressed as Elmo.

I was surprised the Ragister referred to them as ragtag.

This bunch despise the 1% and Wall Street, but are big fans of Sesame Street because that is their intellectual level and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Sesame Street, more like Wallet Street, is part of the 1% with 2011 total revenue of $134 million and their total assets are valued at $289 million.

Former Sesame Workshop CEO Gary Knell earned $988,456 in the fiscal year that ended in June 2011, and the current CEO, H. Melvin Ming, made $584,572 during the same period, records show.

“Carroll Spinney, who has played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since the show’s inception, earned more than $314,000 in compensation in 2011.” 

Time to leave the nest and go free, Bird.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Yellow Bird

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (ICCI, that's ICKY to us) is promising a Big Bird protest at Mitt Romney's rally in Van Meter today.

ICKY says -- “Big Bird and ‘Sesame Street’ didn’t cause the economic crisis and financial meltdown, the big banks on Wall Street did. The letter B is for bully, and that’s exactly what Mitt Romney is: a bully who picks on PBS instead of Goldman Sachs.”

The letter R stands for REBUTTAL...

Former Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) chairman Kenneth Tomlinson agrees it’s time to pull the plug. “Public television doesn’t need this massive bureaucracy funded by the American taxpayers called CPB to survive and be successful,” Mr. Tomlinson said in an interview. “PBS now has this highly successful show, ‘Downton Abbey.’ Such shows as well as Big Bird do not depend on taxpayer funding of the plush CPB bureaucracy in Washington.”

The letter W is for WASTE...

Sesame Workshop, the independent nonprofit corporation that produces the popular childrens’ program Sesame Street, received a $1,067,532 stimulus bill grant in August 2010, via the Department of Health and Human Services. The funding was to promote healthy eating according to the federal Recovery.gov website.

The projected created “1.47″ new jobs, the website reported which comes out to about $726,000 per job created.

The Recovery Act website lists the healthy eating project as more than 50 percent completed though most of the grant money appears to have been drawn.

The Liter would like to suggest our favorite "Dumbass" David Goodner for the Big Bird role.
 Goodner wouldn't even need to wear a costume and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Gas Panic!

According to the Quad City Times, three Davenport schools were evacuated Monday because of a natural gas smell.

This is the second time Davenport schools have been evacuated because of a natural gas smell. Last month, three schools were evacuated. MidAmerican Energy said cause was undetermined.

The Liter suggests removing the burrito from the breakfast and lunch menus.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Monday, October 08, 2012

Naked

This headline is quite the understatement...

Shooting of naked college student by police raises questions

Oddly, and the scientific community is united in that fact, none of the questions raised include --

Why was he naked?

Why was he banging on a window at police headquarters?

Why did he assume a “fighting stance” and chase the officer?

Sunday, October 07, 2012

Take The Money And Run

That's what Barack Obama was supposed to do with Bill Maher's Million, but apparently he took it and got all Wee-weed up.

Maher explained Obama's debate performance this way --

Looks like he took my million and spent it all on weed!

Loquacious you've got some splainin' to do.

Obama wasn't Maher's only waste of money, and the scientific community is united in that fact, he spent $20 Million for a piece of the New York Mets.

The Mets finished the season 74-88.

I doubt his show Saturday at the Civic Center will be a sell out.

Saturday, October 06, 2012

Ditch That?

According to the Ragister's Jennifer Jacobs -- Republicans will have to ditch their campaign slogan about 43 straight months of unemployment over 8 percent.

I hate to wreck your analysis, in a news story, but that is still a fact Jennif-err and the scientific community is united in that fact.

It also highlights why there is so much disbelief in Friday's unemployment rate that went below 8 percent for the first time under Obama.

Remember, these numbers always seem to get revised, sometimes up and sometimes down, about a month later.

Numbers

I enjoy conspiracy theories, but don't put much stock in them.

I do find it odd, and the scientific community is united in that fact, that CONgressman Bruce Braley knew Thursday October 4, in a meeting with the Cedar Rapids  Gazette Editorial Board, that the national unemployment rate went below 8 percent for the first time

On Thursday afternoon only a select few officials, in the White House, have clearance from BLS to see the data before the official release.  

Thursday, October 04, 2012

Kind Of A Drag

Earlier this week President Obama described his debate prep as a drag.

It showed and the scientific community is united in that fact.


The tie choice, red for Romney and blue for Obama, played to type.

I loved Romney's Trickle Down Government line.

It sounds like Obama's performance caused a little urine to trickle down Chris Matthews leg instead of the usual thrill going up.

Romney nailed Obama with his 2010 decision to extend the tax policies because when we're in recession you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone. Well, the economy is still growing slow. As a matter of fact, it's growing much more slowly now than when you made that statement.

Romney scored with $90 billion — like 50 years worth of breaks — into solar and wind, to — to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1. I mean, I — I had a friend who said, you don't just pick the winners and losers; you pick the losers.

Romney schooled Obama on tax breaks to companies that are shipping jobs overseas.

Look, I've been in business for 25 years. I have no idea what you're talking about. I maybe need to get a new accountant  — the idea that you get a break for shipping jobs overseas is simply not the case.

Does anyone believe that Obama's grandmother ended up living alone by choice because of Social Security and Medicare?

Obama told us she had been a bank Vice President.

In his closing remarks, Obama said  four years ago...I promised that I'd fight every single day on behalf of the American people and the middle class and all those who are striving to get in the middle class. I've kept that promise and if you'll vote for me, then I promise I'll fight just as hard in a second term.

Obama's worked harder at golf than he has for the middle class.

It was a tough night for fiberals, especially Michael Moore -- This is what happens when u pick John Kerry as your debate coach, and Bill Maher -- i can't believe i'm saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter.

I know Jim Lehrer got heat as moderator, especially from Team Obama spokesperson Stephanie Cutter -- "I sometimes wondered if we even needed a moderator because we had Mitt Romney", but I liked how he didn't interfere and let Obama and Romney go at it.

Body Parts

The President of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund is in Iowa today promoting President Obama’s campaign.

Cecile Richards starts the day in Des Moines, moves to Ames, Grinnell, Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.

According to the campaign, Richards will discuss, “what’s at stake for women in this election.

That would be their lady parts they'll be discussing and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I'm not sure if that includes their humps or their lovely lady lumps.

Last Call?

The call from the DCCC, (515) 619-5317, came in at 7:04 p.m.

I answered their one minute automated poll which asked if I've voted; which Presidential candidate I voted for and which Congressional candidate I had voted for.

The final two questions asked my birth year and gender.

I don't believe Barack Obama, Leonard BOZO-well, or Nancy Pelosi will like my responses and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Count To Ten?

A campaign appearance at the Iowa Veterans Home by CONgressman Bruce Braley featured a crowd of less than 10.

That's hardly a crowd, it's not even a gathering!

Braley has more signs than attendees and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Maybe the Veterans are still pissed that Braley was a no show for a scheduled Memorial Day speech in 2011.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Oh, George

Truly one of the little people, and the scientific community is united in that fact, Jason Alexander was in Iowa last week and thanked people in "Arel" and "Neceda", via Twitter, for meeting him.

Twister is more like it.

Alexander insisted he wasn’t some snobby rich Hollywood guy that mangles the names of small towns, but is still "hardcore middle class"

More like hardcore middle ASS.

Only one person corrected Alexander, pointing out he was actually in Nevada and Adel before mentioning but the folks here in Iowa love you anyways!

That Twitter idiot is wearing a Christie Vilsack for CONgress t-shirt.

Monday, October 01, 2012

Here Comes A Regular

Before yesterday's Green Bay Packers - New Orleans Saints game, I got an e-mail from a friend (and fellow owner) that I've known since before Kindergarten.

"Remember, as you watch today's game, that we are not 1 and 2, but 1 and SCREWED".

The "Regular" Refs tried to do their part too.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

I'm not sure why there was such a love fest for the "regular" refs, review rules were instituted because of their fine work.

As for Roger Goodell, I was a fan of the way he was handling his job, but the last two big things to cross his desk (Bountygate and the referee lockout) have blown up in his face.

Goodell can shove his explanation and apology because sorry doesn't make it right.

Of course if the Packers played better, theses calls would be of little consequence.