REHAB: Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) is being treated -- once-again -- for an undisclosed ailment. The Congressman, the son of the ailing Senator Kennedy of Massachusetts, has been treated before for depression, alcoholism, and drug addiction. In a statement, Kennedy noted, "...he will do whatever it takes to preserve his health." Everything that is but resign his seat.
BUS TOSS: It seems that David Letterman was deemed expendable by the folks over at the National Organization of Women. (After all, Letterman is a cantankerous over the hill talk show host.) Too bad they lost their cred when they failed to support Jones, Broderick, and Wiley ten years ago when NOW had a shred of credibility.
DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME: Here's how a joke about statuatory rape is now being described: "... and the now oft-repeated joke about Palin’s daughter and Alex Rodriguez..." Given that description, how harmful could it be?
EMPATHY: If Mr. & Mrs. Obama want to dine in the Big Apple and in the City of Lights, go ahead. But in times like these, doesn't it strike one as being a bit out of touch?
INVITES: So much for any plan to invite both Rahm Emanuel and Jeremiah Wright to the same party. Seems the latter has a problem with the former's beliefs. A team of rivals indeed.
YOUR NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER AT WORK: Regular readers of this blog saw this happening from Day One.
DESPAIR & STATUS QUO: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wins in Iran. If this had been a real election than a simple circus, there'd be something to talk about.
Showing posts with label Alex Rodrieguez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alex Rodrieguez. Show all posts
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Friday, May 01, 2009
Ruminations
GAFFE-IN: What was the purported upside when Barack Obama selected Joe Biden as his Veep? Delaware's dirty secret is now America's headache.
LUXURY: Recession, war(s), pandemic are in the headlines but our Congress is focused on, well, college football.
STRESSED: Rather than eyeing a college football championship -- perhaps Congress should be performing a "stress-test" on the government's ability to meet its current obligations? I can imagine why they would want to keep those results secret.
GHOSTS: There is probably more than meets the eye on Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic Party. Clearing the decks to permit a primary-free race for a 79 year old cancer survivor probably doesn't come cheap. So much for the Keystone State's youth vote, huh? Moreover, who told Specter that he was the indispensable man of the Senate?
SCARE FORCE ONE: Louis Caldera, was once a policymaker as the Secretary of the Army back in the Clinton era answerable to the Secretary of Defense Now, he's an overpaid order-taker and fall guy as the chief of the White House Military Office. Maybe he can't sell is DC-area home? It will be interesting to see if anyone gets fingered, much less, fired for the Air Force One photo op in New York.
OLD MATH: The dead tree version of the New York Daily News boasted 2.5 million readers. I suspect that they used the New Math that was popular in the 1960s. However, real numbers like 600K don't lie.
WEAK: Given the hype surrounding the book, I can't help but be unimpressed by the charges levelled against A-Rod. I'm not a member of the Alex Rodriguez fan club, but the author would have been better served going after real miscreants.
LUXURY: Recession, war(s), pandemic are in the headlines but our Congress is focused on, well, college football.
STRESSED: Rather than eyeing a college football championship -- perhaps Congress should be performing a "stress-test" on the government's ability to meet its current obligations? I can imagine why they would want to keep those results secret.
GHOSTS: There is probably more than meets the eye on Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic Party. Clearing the decks to permit a primary-free race for a 79 year old cancer survivor probably doesn't come cheap. So much for the Keystone State's youth vote, huh? Moreover, who told Specter that he was the indispensable man of the Senate?
SCARE FORCE ONE: Louis Caldera, was once a policymaker as the Secretary of the Army back in the Clinton era answerable to the Secretary of Defense Now, he's an overpaid order-taker and fall guy as the chief of the White House Military Office. Maybe he can't sell is DC-area home? It will be interesting to see if anyone gets fingered, much less, fired for the Air Force One photo op in New York.
OLD MATH: The dead tree version of the New York Daily News boasted 2.5 million readers. I suspect that they used the New Math that was popular in the 1960s. However, real numbers like 600K don't lie.
WEAK: Given the hype surrounding the book, I can't help but be unimpressed by the charges levelled against A-Rod. I'm not a member of the Alex Rodriguez fan club, but the author would have been better served going after real miscreants.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Musings
Sooner or later, the media is going to have to conclude that Joe Biden is a bigger embarrassment than Dan Quayle. The Daily News pathetically runs cover for the Veep by claiming he's got a great resume. They spend one paragraph on that great resume the rest of the article discusses various Bidenisms. Geez.
When President Obama signs the spending (er, stimulus) package. It will be his recession, depression, whatever.
Now that the New York media has beaten up Alex Rodriguez -- what can they do for an encore? It's going to an awkward baseball season, that's for sure.
Timmy Geithner had a bad week last week with his poorly planned TARP II plan. Geez, he had gone a whole week without having a bad week. A country of 300 million and he's the best we can do for a Treasury Secretary?
I like a winter thaw as much as the next guy, but there's something about winter bodies trying to fit into summer clothes that just isn't right. There's a reason why we have a spring, after all.
Maybe the movie, Shopaholic, is a year too late?
Those "Brett's going to do two years with the Jets" stories were only half right after all.
When President Obama signs the spending (er, stimulus) package. It will be his recession, depression, whatever.
Now that the New York media has beaten up Alex Rodriguez -- what can they do for an encore? It's going to an awkward baseball season, that's for sure.
Timmy Geithner had a bad week last week with his poorly planned TARP II plan. Geez, he had gone a whole week without having a bad week. A country of 300 million and he's the best we can do for a Treasury Secretary?
I like a winter thaw as much as the next guy, but there's something about winter bodies trying to fit into summer clothes that just isn't right. There's a reason why we have a spring, after all.
Maybe the movie, Shopaholic, is a year too late?
Those "Brett's going to do two years with the Jets" stories were only half right after all.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
A-Rod's Fans
David Wright, the third baseman for the New York Mets, is one of my favorite players. He plays with a sense of hustle, seems like a good guy, and has impressive stats.
Unfortunately, he's not a champion. I can't revel in his high batting average, his RBIs, and his home runs. They are meaningless to me. Now, for Dave Wright, these will be what gets him elected into the Hall of Fame.
Such is the case with Alex Rodriguez. He has some of the gaudiest numbers in baseball -- to include his phenomenal salary. However, despite his 15 years in the big leagues, he has never won a championship. (In fact, he's a bit of choker when it comes to the playoffs but that's another issue.)
Nobody revels in his stats since he has never brought the fans what they are paying for -- a world championship.
So when A-Rod admits to having used performance enhancing drugs -- expect a world of grief. (If you read today's NYDN, you would not be aware that we're fighting two wars and we're mired in a recession but you would know everything about A-Rod.)
This is a long way of saying that if A-Rod had been part of a championship team, he'd be getting less flack now.
In the end, always give the fans what they want.
Unfortunately, he's not a champion. I can't revel in his high batting average, his RBIs, and his home runs. They are meaningless to me. Now, for Dave Wright, these will be what gets him elected into the Hall of Fame.
Such is the case with Alex Rodriguez. He has some of the gaudiest numbers in baseball -- to include his phenomenal salary. However, despite his 15 years in the big leagues, he has never won a championship. (In fact, he's a bit of choker when it comes to the playoffs but that's another issue.)
Nobody revels in his stats since he has never brought the fans what they are paying for -- a world championship.
So when A-Rod admits to having used performance enhancing drugs -- expect a world of grief. (If you read today's NYDN, you would not be aware that we're fighting two wars and we're mired in a recession but you would know everything about A-Rod.)
This is a long way of saying that if A-Rod had been part of a championship team, he'd be getting less flack now.
In the end, always give the fans what they want.
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