Back again, with a recipe profound or putrid, depending on your slant:
>>First, a brief departure from the substantiative world of current events, and a brief foray into the world of football. I watched a good part of the AFC Title game, including the now-infamous Cundiff Shank (not to be confused with lamb shank, this beef is of a different species. Looked like goat, smelled like goat, tasted like...). I didn't see my hometown Niners, and their otherwise Renaissance season come to an end in the Candlestick Swamp. I didn't see Kyle Williams' two fumbles, and it was for the best that I didn't . I have a few of observations:
>>>>There is absolutely no reason to be sending death threats to these players, and I hope those that are sending them are prosecuted.
>>>>The very fact that these people are so villified right now, speaks to how our society has its priorities screwed up. Or, perhaps it's our perception: maybe things aren't going so badly if we're projecting our vitriol at two football players and not toward Wall Street and Washington.
>>>>What happened to Cundiff and Williams on Sunday, is the risk that football's skill position players take, and are fully aware of, when they ply their trade on the gridiron. Some of our greatest players have had moments like these two recent examples: for the Niners, look at Roger Craig in the '90 NFC title game (ironically, against the Giants), and Jerry Rice (in the 1986 playoffs, again against the Giants at the Meadowlands). Some are tarred forever for their miscues: Preston Riley in 1972, Scott Norwood in 1990, etc. It's a risk you take, and as I said above, these men do not need death threats and vitriol spewed in their direction, especially if you lost money because of what is perceived to be their mistake.
>>>>TEAMS win and lose games. In the case of Norwood in 1990, the Giants set a record for time of possession in that game, and early on, the Bills receivers had trouble holding on to the ball. The better team won that Super Bowl. In the case of Williams - the Niners had trouble converting on third down all game, and Alex Smith didn't complete 50% of his passes. Eli Manning threw for over 300 yards. The better team won, pure and simple.
>>Enough of football - and on to the issue of the Government's attempts to control the Internet.
I'm happy that SOPA and PIPA have been beaten back - but they need to be defeated once and for all. I find it rather depressing that it's the Democrats that are supporting these turds wrapped in legal jargon, and that those who are leading the fight against it, are the Repubs. Even Darrell Issa is looking good on this issue - good on him, I say. But if you think those bills are bad, check this out.
>>Last point, re: Indiana's Mitch Daniels and his reponse to the State of The Union, and his attempts to ram through Right To Work legislation in his home state prior to the Super Bowl in two weeks:
Sir, you are an idiot.
