One of my favorite jokes on this week's Real Time with Bill Maher is when he commented on the pizza guy giving President Barack Obama a bear hug. You see the guy was a white male, one constituency that is not in Obama's camp. Maher said this, "Look he touched one and nothing happened." And check out his New Rules which had the panel in stitches.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Excellent day for the Cincinnati sports fan
It was an excellent day for the Cincinnati sports fan. The Reds and Bengals both won. And to top the day, it was a beautiful day here in Cincinnati. Temperature was in the high seventies. Low humidity. Brilliant sunshine.
First, let's talk about the Bengals. The Bengals beat the Cleveland Browns, 34-27. The first quarter looked like a typical Bengals game of old. Best defensive play. Bengals defensive end Michael Johnson sacks Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden by accidentally tripping him. Best offensive play by the Bengals? A penalty. But Pac-Man happens. Cornerback Adam "Pac-Man" Jones returned a punt eighty one yards for a touchdown.
The Bengals defense is still a concern. They didn't get enough pressure on Weeden. And Browns running back Trent Richardson made some big plays, scoring two touchdowns. So not everything was sunshine for the Bengals. I will note that the Browns are a better team than last year. Rookies Weeden and Richardson look like good draft picks. Still, the Bengals defense must play better.
WHERE DID ANDREW HAWKINS COME FROM? The bright spots of the Bengals game was the offense. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton threw for three touchdowns. He hit multiple targets. That's a good sign. Because if a team wants to focus on Bengals receiver A.J. Green, they're going to get burned by Dalton going to Bengals receivers, Armon Binns and Brandon Tate. Then there's this guy named Andrew Hawkins. When I first noticed Bengals receiver Hawkins, it was on special teams. He would come out of nowhere to make a tackle. That's a metaphor for Hawkins who was not drafted by a NFL team. He comes from the Canadian Football League. Out of nowhere. Well, Hawkins caught a short pass and ran for fifty yards for an important touchdown in the fourth quarter. He was quick and made excellent cuts to score. Wow, it was a hell of a run
The Bengals held on. First round of the Battle of Ohio goes to Cincinnati. They go one and one. Here is the story with the video highlights.
Meanwhile in Miami, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Miami Marlins, 5-4. It took eleven innings. Guess who drove in the winning run? Outfielder Ryan Ludwick. The Magic Number for the Reds is now five games without taking count of Los Angeles Dodgers-St. Louis Cardinals game. Here's the story with video.
First, let's talk about the Bengals. The Bengals beat the Cleveland Browns, 34-27. The first quarter looked like a typical Bengals game of old. Best defensive play. Bengals defensive end Michael Johnson sacks Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden by accidentally tripping him. Best offensive play by the Bengals? A penalty. But Pac-Man happens. Cornerback Adam "Pac-Man" Jones returned a punt eighty one yards for a touchdown.
The Bengals defense is still a concern. They didn't get enough pressure on Weeden. And Browns running back Trent Richardson made some big plays, scoring two touchdowns. So not everything was sunshine for the Bengals. I will note that the Browns are a better team than last year. Rookies Weeden and Richardson look like good draft picks. Still, the Bengals defense must play better.
WHERE DID ANDREW HAWKINS COME FROM? The bright spots of the Bengals game was the offense. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton threw for three touchdowns. He hit multiple targets. That's a good sign. Because if a team wants to focus on Bengals receiver A.J. Green, they're going to get burned by Dalton going to Bengals receivers, Armon Binns and Brandon Tate. Then there's this guy named Andrew Hawkins. When I first noticed Bengals receiver Hawkins, it was on special teams. He would come out of nowhere to make a tackle. That's a metaphor for Hawkins who was not drafted by a NFL team. He comes from the Canadian Football League. Out of nowhere. Well, Hawkins caught a short pass and ran for fifty yards for an important touchdown in the fourth quarter. He was quick and made excellent cuts to score. Wow, it was a hell of a run
The Bengals held on. First round of the Battle of Ohio goes to Cincinnati. They go one and one. Here is the story with the video highlights.
Meanwhile in Miami, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Miami Marlins, 5-4. It took eleven innings. Guess who drove in the winning run? Outfielder Ryan Ludwick. The Magic Number for the Reds is now five games without taking count of Los Angeles Dodgers-St. Louis Cardinals game. Here's the story with video.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Delusional conservatives
The Huffington Post published this AP story from the Values Voters Summit. The story quotes one of the conservative attendees on Republican presidential candidate, MItt Romney.
"He ought to be killing Obama, and he's clearly not doing that," said 32-year-old R.J. Robinson, one of the thousands of activists attending the annual Values Voters Summit this weekend. "He should be doing better."
Huh? First the country is not that conservative. And President Obama is not that hated among moderates and liberals. Second, Romney doesn't score well with African Americans. One poll showed that he gets zero per cent of that vote. Third, the country is doing better than it was four years ago. Look the country was heading to the Great Depression, Part 2. And because of Obama's policies, Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive. Yeah, I like Vice President Joe Biden's slogan. So, if you view life through conservative eye glasses, you're going to miss the truth.
"He ought to be killing Obama, and he's clearly not doing that," said 32-year-old R.J. Robinson, one of the thousands of activists attending the annual Values Voters Summit this weekend. "He should be doing better."
Huh? First the country is not that conservative. And President Obama is not that hated among moderates and liberals. Second, Romney doesn't score well with African Americans. One poll showed that he gets zero per cent of that vote. Third, the country is doing better than it was four years ago. Look the country was heading to the Great Depression, Part 2. And because of Obama's policies, Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive. Yeah, I like Vice President Joe Biden's slogan. So, if you view life through conservative eye glasses, you're going to miss the truth.
Bill Maher is hilarious
Yesterday Bill Maher was a riot on Real Time with his New Rules. Here's Huffington Post story with video. Below are the New Rules. Check out how hard the guests are laughing.
Obama shows resolve
We've been hearing how President Barack Obama is not showing resolve as far as foreign policy. This Republican criticism comes as radical Muslims protest worldwide over a private Internet video which was offensive to Islam. The question is what they would do? Attack other countries with the military for these protests? Realize this. Obama has been killing terrorists with drone attacks. Last night on "The Ed Show", guest host Ezra Klein noted that Obama has authorized six times more than his predecessor President Bush.
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The Onion publishes blasphemous picture and nobody dies
Count on the satirical website, The Onion, to print a cogent story about what's happening today. They published a depiction of Jesus, Moses and Buddha engaging in explicit sex acts. The title of the article was called, "No one murdered because of this image." The point? They published the depiction and nobody got killed. So when some nut job makes an offensive film about Islam, some Muslims go crazy and kill people. But other religions don't react in that twelfth century manner. I would link the story but it's so explicit that it violates the PG-13 rating that I use to guide this website. Plus I figure you can go over to the Onion yourself and check it out.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
This is how conservatives act
I've debated angry conservatives before. And there's one thing that you need to know about them. They politicize everything. The one thing on their brain is conservative ideas. I feel for them. There are other things to enjoy in this life. Love. Good food. Star Trek.
Yesterday, we lost a United States Ambassador to Libya. Four American diplomats were killed. Ambassador Chris Stevens is dead. These heroes gave their lives in service to their country. It's a national tragedy. What caused the riots in Egypt and Libya? It was a movie critical of Islam that was going to be released in America.
So what was the response to this tragedy from conservative Republicans? Politicize it. Republican chairman Reince Priebus and conservative intellectual Sarah Palin have criticized President Barack Obama
And what was the response of the "severely" conservative Republican candidate for president, Mitt Romney? He also politicized the deaths by criticizing Obama. He said this,
"When our grounds are being attacked, and being breached, that the first response of the United States must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. And apology for America's values is never the right course,"
So what was this apology that Romney was talking about? Here it is. And it was released by the American embassy in Egypt before the attacks.
"The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others."
So a statement that criticizes those who make an anti-religious movie is an apology? Criticizing an attack on a religion is bad? I guess because it defends the religion of Islam, that right-wingers can't deal with it. Look, Islam is a legitimate religion. The statement was designed to stem the kind of violence that happened. Note the statement didn't try to stop the release of the movie. It talks of the abuse of the "universal right of free speech." And Romney just abused his right of free speech. Shame on you, Mitt Romney.
Yesterday, we lost a United States Ambassador to Libya. Four American diplomats were killed. Ambassador Chris Stevens is dead. These heroes gave their lives in service to their country. It's a national tragedy. What caused the riots in Egypt and Libya? It was a movie critical of Islam that was going to be released in America.
So what was the response to this tragedy from conservative Republicans? Politicize it. Republican chairman Reince Priebus and conservative intellectual Sarah Palin have criticized President Barack Obama
And what was the response of the "severely" conservative Republican candidate for president, Mitt Romney? He also politicized the deaths by criticizing Obama. He said this,
"When our grounds are being attacked, and being breached, that the first response of the United States must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. And apology for America's values is never the right course,"
So what was this apology that Romney was talking about? Here it is. And it was released by the American embassy in Egypt before the attacks.
"The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others."
So a statement that criticizes those who make an anti-religious movie is an apology? Criticizing an attack on a religion is bad? I guess because it defends the religion of Islam, that right-wingers can't deal with it. Look, Islam is a legitimate religion. The statement was designed to stem the kind of violence that happened. Note the statement didn't try to stop the release of the movie. It talks of the abuse of the "universal right of free speech." And Romney just abused his right of free speech. Shame on you, Mitt Romney.
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