The Big Game & Some Other Crap

I'm sure most people expect me to pick Louisville to win the game over Kentucky Saturday. So I will. I could easily make a case for either team. I know on paper UK seems like the better team especially with depth. It wouldn't be out of the question for them to get on a roll. But a couple of things about that. It's the first game so depth won't be as much of an issue yet. And I think UK's team this year won't be as good as last year's team. Which needed some special teams flubs to beat Louisville by 4 last year. And the biggest change is that loser Steve Kragthorpe is gone. I don't know how good a game coach Charlie Strong will be for Louisville, but he can't be worse that that waste of space. And I don't see Strong getting out-coached by Joker Phillips. Still can't believe he kept taking Randall Cobb out of games at crucial times. But while I think UK has more depth, I'm not convinced their starters are that much more talented. Receiver definitely is. Cobb will be the best player on the field. But he was the leading receiver with 447 yards. Not much of a passing game at UK. I don't think either quarterback is very good. Both defenses will suck. Both lost a lot from last year. UK is starting a walk-on junior at defensive tackle. Louisville hasn't really plugged some holes. It would seem that UK has the better running game with Derrick Locke, but Victor Anderson out-played him in last year's game. And with Bilal Powell, Louisville has two backs that have had some success in past years. Behind Locke is unproven guys who could be very talented. Or maybe not. And the one thing that gives me the most hope is Louisville's offensive line is considered their strength. Kentucky is replacing four starters. So I'll take Louisville.

Is Barak Obama a Muslim? A poll found a surprisingly large percentage think he is. Although I think it's skewed by Republicans who don't believe it but think it's funny to tell pollsters. So, is he a Muslim? In a literal sense, yes. Because Franklin Graham was right when he said that Muslims pass their lineage through the father so in Islamic eyes, he was born a Muslim. And unlike other religions, leaving isn't so easy. Apostasy is still a crime in many Islamic countries (Malaysia is considered a moderate Muslim country). So for foreign policy reasons, it'd be best that Obama doesn't travel to certain countries who may think he's an apostate. But we aren't in Malaysia or any Islamic country so a man's religion is what he thinks it is. If Obama says he's a Christian, then he must be. Although I don't really think he's one of those either. But for the same reason. Both believe in a power higher than Barak Obama.

I followed the Russian spy story a bit. Wasn't too big a deal. They didn't seem to hardcore. Thought we should have driven a harder bargain. Ten for four? Were the Minnesota Vikings involved? The other big deal about it was Anna Chapman was seen as incredibly hot. She's really not. Attractive sure, but if she didn't have the notoriety of spying, she'd just be another pretty face. But here is what kills me. She got mad because her ex-husband sold nekkid pics of her to tabloids. A betrayal? Seriously? She was a spy. Probably married him for his non-Russian last name so she wouldn't seem suspicious. Betrayal? Is she effing kidding me?

Now, I've heard the name Heidi Montag (as a news junkie, I can't miss it). But I've never actually seen The Hills and only have a vague notion what it's about. But since reading the story about a sex tape of her and Playmate Karissa Shannon possibly being released, I've become much more interested.

So why would one assume that Obama could be a Muslim. One reason might be his ridiculously silly outreach to Muslims. When your choice for NASA administrator says that the "foremost" responsibility for him was to reach out to Muslims. Granted, the administration says that's not the case, but I think it must have been stressed at some point to the guy or he wouldn't go around saying it. I'm not saying that Muslims wouldn't be able to make a contribution. I'm sure they have many math and science scholars. Of course, they also have a lot living in third world squalor and radical groups trying to drag them back into the Dark Ages. Not the most fertile recruiting ground.

Oh, the other reason that he came out in support of building a mosque (some say learning center) in a building damaged by the towers falling on 9/11. So, yes, contrary to some opinions, I consider the location part of ground zero. Now Obama feels that it's about freedom of religion. I'm sure in the abortion debates, he's all for the practice of religious beliefs. Now, for some reason I highly doubt that President Obama would be a big supporter of the Westboro Baptist Church building a church on the spot that Matthew Sheppard died. Now I think the group building the mosque has every right to build it. It's their property (although if any money comes from terrorism sources, take the whole property). I just think that for all their talk about building bridges and tolerance, they're a bunch of assholes. If you know the majority of the people in the country are against it, how is it building bridges to flip them the bird? Are all Muslims radicals who may engage in terrorism? Of course not, but they aren't a small minority of Muslims. The strength of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Virtual theocracies in Saudi Arabia, Iran and other Muslim states. Turkey and Egypt are now heading that way. So, people can say that 9/11 was not an attack by Islam, but it was an attack in the name of Islam. And there was sizable number of Muslims in the world who celebrated the attack as a great victory for Islam. Building a mosque on the sight of that will be seen as an even bigger victory. Maybe if "mainstream" Islamic groups in this country were quick to condemn terrorist acts instead of looking for excuses (like a certain imam wanting to build a mosque at ground zero), I might be more willing to accept this. But they aren't so I'll say they have a right to build it. But they are a bunch of assholes to do it. I'm not Islamaphobic. You're just a dickhead.

Here is what soccer does to the world. It destroys lives. The North Korean soccer team was publicly shamed for it's poor showing in the World Cup. Oh, and their coach was fired and made to take a construction job. But on the plus side, they didn't send them to prison camps like they used to do in the past. Except that North Korea is one giant prison camp. And apparently not that good at soccer.

I mentioned Tiki Barber recently. This has-been cheated on his wife when she was pregnant with twins and left her. Well, he now says he didn't. He was just friends with the 23 year old intern and I guess was only taking her to events to help out her career. Assuming her career choice was home wrecker. Such a cute couple. I might have ignored it. Except Tiki ended the interview with his concern that his kids might be affected by his ex-wife's failings. Wait....what? Gee, I wonder why Tiki hasn't made it as a media personality. Oh right. He's a smarmy POS but not smart enough to hide it onscreen.

Woman goes to Epcot. Sees Donald Duck. Woman asks for an autograph. Donald gropes her. Not that I'm blaming the victim but my first thought is why a 27 year old woman would ask someone dressed as Donald Duck for an autograph? Did she think she could sell it on ebay? And everyone knows Donald Duck is the big perv there. He never wears pants.

Ick. Girls 12 and under are getting bikini waxes? What could their mothers possibly be thinking? Oh wait, one mother did explain why. Her second grader's hair was "bit two thick" on her legs. The poster on the blog had a good follow-up question - "A bit too thick for whom?". Obviously the woman would be mortified if the local creep down the street felt some stubble on her daughter.

Tila Tequila went to perform at an Insane Clown Posse festival. The fans threw rocks and "material" from the port-a-cans. Sounds like an awesome show. Kept her from singing anyway. Besides, I bet that wasn't the first time she's been smeared with crap. Or been highly disliked by a large group of people. Why would anyone be surprised by this? Just because they like no talent hacks like the Insane Clown Posse doesn't mean they'll like a no talent hack like Tila Tequila. They probably were mad because when they saw her on the playbill, they assumed she'd be giving bjs behind that port-a-can, not singing.