Not suprised, AGAIN!!!

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Not Surprised Again

The President has gone and done it again. He has run back to his conservative base and nominated Samuel Alito to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court, after Harriet Mier withdrew (immediately after my posting, which obviously pushed her over the limit). The President, whose approvals ratings are near rock bottom, is either a genius or a moron. I am suspecting that maybe the Mier nomination was a ruse to rattle the far right, and get the country in an uproar about a “qualified” candidate then come in and nominate a strong candidate that panders to the far right. I doubt anyone is going to question Alito’s qualifications won’t be questioned since he has been a federal appeals judge for 15 years and has written numerous rulings on all the hot-bed issues. He is considered a mainstream conservative, which means he appeals to the red state wacko’s. I doubt the Democrat’s will be able to put up enough of a fight to push this candidate off and request/demand a more mainstream, middle-of-the-road candidate. Therefore, we should assume women are going back into the back rooms and alley’s for their reproductive needs!!! Another loss for freedom’s that seemed settled for more than a generation. How long until Prohibition rears its ugly head again.

I do not know why conservatives think that things are better than the way things used to be; maybe they should move to Pennsylvania and live with the Amish or to Crown Heights in Brooklyn to live with the Orthodox Jews.

Scooter Libby was the first member of this administration indicted and is going to be arraigned later this week. It has been implied that he will not be the last indictment as Karl Rove is still under suspicion. It is possible that this conspiracy could to additional damage directly or indirectly to the vice president and maybe if I dream the president himself. I find highly ironic that this whole mess is based upon the “intelligence” that Iraq had weapons of mass destructions (WMD) prior to invading and ultimately nation building. Somehow, we have become a single imperialistic power in the vain of Europe prior to 1914. The Bush administration, which claimed in 2000 that the US should not be into nation building, now seems to be our primary foreign policy goal. We appear to believe that these nations are either incapable of governing themselves, or allowing a non-democratic form of government to take hold there. Self-governance, the concept of allowing people to choose their own form of government to grow and prosper naturally, rather than forced by gunpoint seems to be a good idea.

Sports Break

The Giants seem to be legitimate. They some how beat the Broncos 2 Sunday’s ago and crushed the Redskins this past week. This week’s game was going to be a test to determine which of these NFC East teams was for real. I think the emotionally charged Giants would have beaten the 72 Dolphins after the Wellington Mara funeral on Thursday. I see a big let down this week against the 49ers in SF, though they should still win since these 49ers blow. They then play the floundering Vikings, giving Big Blue the possibility of being 7-2 through nine games, which should almost guarantee them a playoff spot. They have a tough schedule after that with 2 games against the Eagles, the Cowboys and the Chiefs at home and three tough road games in Seattle, Washington and Oakland, but should win 3-4 of these games.

The Jets are in deep trouble. They are down to their fourth quarterback this year that is 42 and was unemployed at the beginning of the season. The Jets defense is not going to be able to keep up with the anemic offense. At some point in time, the Jets are going to play Brooks Bollinger, since this season is in the toilet and not coming back. Even if he is not the quarterback of the future, you need to say we need to get him experience and look to next year with the hope that Reggie Bush will be wearing Green and White in 2006. Vinny has been everything that has been expected of him and in another week or two will not be needed anymore.

The Rangers are an enigma. They win a few games in a row, and then lose a few. They are still in first place in the Atlantic Division but I am not sure that will last. The new goalie, Henrik Lundquist seems to be hot, but I guess I am skeptical and just waiting for the bubble to burst. I might get excited in January or February after the football season to see if they are still in the hunt. I am not alone here, since every single hockey pundit had the Rangers pegged anywhere from dead last to way out of the playoffs.

Congratulations to the Chicago White Sox on winning the World Series and avenging the 1919 Black Sox. Hopefully Joe Jackson (below-left), Eddie Cicotte, Buck Weaver, Lefty Williams, Hap Felsch, Chick Gandil, Swede Risberg, and Fred McMullin (below- left) can now rest in peace.