| Sunday, July 06, 2008 |
| Sunday stuff |
Well, I had to turn off the Federer-Nadal Wimbledon match, even before the rain-out. Couldn't stand to see my boy Roger get beaten. Still, Venus did win her fifth Wimbledon title the day before, in a match against her little sister that scored the highest ratings for a women's final in three years. And lil' sis did walk away with a trophy too, as Serena and Venus grabbed the womens doubles title.
On to the Sunday shows:
Newly minted civil libertarian, former moral crusader, impeachment manager and champion of "family values" ... ahem ... and most importantly, current third party presidential candidate Bob Barr took his turn on "This Week," and the news out of that exchange wasn't what Barr said, it came from Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, who apparently believes Barr can not only make a difference in Georgia, but also in Alaska and Colorado. All I can say is "run Barr, run!" (Donate to him here.) Besides, Barr is helping to make history as the first black-but-in-denial nominee of the Libertarian Party... hopefully the right won't be too hard on him...
 Separated at birth? Jeremiah Wright (L) and Bob Barr (R), courtesy of Wonkette
No MTP this week, and no Matthews, due to Wimbledon. But on CNN, Fareed Zakaria has hands down, the best talk program on Sundays, with "GPS" (for "Global Public Square.") This week, he had on the foreign minister of Iran, followed by a stellar panel of reporters including both badass Michael Ware and Christiane Amanpour. Fantastic show, and since last Sunday, is officially on the TiVo Season Pass list.
| Labels: news and politics, sports, sunday shows, Venus and Serena, Wimbledon |
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| Friday, July 04, 2008 |
| Early, late notes: Crist finds his 'Grace,' Obama unplugged, and a Williams Wimbledon |
Three quick things before I go to sleep:
What wouldn't Charlie Crist do to become John McCain's running mate? Cross "marry an actual woman" off the list! One question though: who's Jack in this scenario ... Jeff Kotkamp?
Meanwhile, if Barack Obama moves his nomination acceptance speech to the Broncos' stadium (which I will always call Mile High Stadium. Invesco Field ... ha!) it will be a P.R. coup, and a big win for the candidate. An outdoor acceptance speech in front of 72,000 people, rather than indoors before 22,000 bigwigs, would create a powerful parallel symmetry between Martin Luther King's momentous, outdoor, "I have a dream" speech and his own historic address, 45 years to the day later. I say 'just do it.'
Last, but certainly not least, we're in for a Venus and Serena Wimbledon final. And that, my friends, is fabulous!
| Labels: 2008 election, Barack Obama, Charlie Crist, Florida, news and politics, not gay politicians, sports, tennis, the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena |
| posted by JReid @ 12:59 AM |
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| Thursday, February 07, 2008 |
| The round mound of get out of town |
| Like Charles Barkley before him, so is Shaq traded to the Phoenix Suns. I guess it's Dwayne's house now... (sigh) Meanwhile, Miami enters the Matrix... Labels: basketball, Miami Heat, NBA, Shaq, sports |
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| Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| If you believe in signs... |
The Giants' "improbable" SuperBowl win (and the record viewership turnout) just might be one ... Barack... meet California...
Total sidebar: (... and no, I'm not happy that this helps Dophans ... except that maybe now they'll admit that their greatest QB was named Griese, not Marino...) Way to go Giants! Big ups, Eli Manning! (And hey, with a guy named Plaxico on your team, how can you lose?)
Update: Hillary beats Barack to the analogy...
Labels: Barack Obama, New York Giants, politics, sports, Super Bowl |
| posted by JReid @ 11:08 PM |
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| Monday, September 24, 2007 |
| What the hell? |
Oscar de la Hoya in a fishnet body stocking? Yikes! A New York stripper says she took the pics, the boxer's people say the photos are "shopped".
Ewwww.... Labels: boxing, cross-dressing, sports |
| posted by JReid @ 10:04 AM |
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| Monday, July 30, 2007 |
| To the lions! |
Soccer (that's football, to you) may not be able to save Iraq, but for a few brief hours this weekend, it did bring that broken country together. What a great story -- despite the revelers throwing their Kalashnakovs in the air and waving them like they just don't care, resulting in at least four accidental deaths, not to mention the bombers who were determined to turn the festivity into tragedy, the way a bomber did after Iraq clinched the semifinals. The Iraqi team, known as the "Lions of Mesopotamia," is comprised of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds, who played together as Iraqis, though they had to practice as Jordanians, since it's too dangerous for them to practice at home on one of those soccer fields our troops are risking their lives to construct. And they are an example of what Iraq can be -- plural, unified, and nationalistic beyond the constrictive bounds of sect.
But wait, it gets better...
The guy who scored the winning goal to clinch the 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia? He told the press afterward that U.S. troops should get out of Iraq. Like, yesterday.
Ah, freedom.
Labels: Iraq, Iraq war, soccer, sports |
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