Dear Roger,

Congratulations on the great game Thursday night, I think that seeing a little of the vintage Brett Favre magic would have been a great way to restore interest and build excitement about your brand.

Of course I ( even though I have the interweb, cable, smart phone, etc. ) couldn’t watch it. Not that I am complaining, I think that most of the people you are trying to reach couldn’t watch it.

I am sure it’s not 100% your fault, but it is your league and like the man says the buck stops, well, with you.

Thanks for your time,

JTk

Here is the first installment of Ross’ Really Short Video’s – today Ross is talking about Need for Speed Most Wanted – I guess it is some sort of video game…

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The only person running for president in either party that shares my values seems to be Ron Paul, so I decided that I should whip up some support Ron Paul web graphics.

Feel free to use these images on your site and link them to Vote Ron Paul . com More images to come, I’ll post the source files in the morning so that anyone that wants to can edit them.

After watching the first round of the republicrats debates I thought that it was time to offer a report card of these presidential wanna-bee’s:

A+ Ron Paul
Obviously this guy should be the next president – how different would this country be if we elected a principled man? We’ll never know unless we elect Dr. Paul.

A Mike Gravel
The only candidate that has ever ended a war.

B Dennis Kucinich
Ending the drug war is good, wealth re-distribution is bad. But he has a hot young wife….

B- Joe Biden
Only gets this good a grade because of his pithy answer about running his mouth, and because he looks good compared to the rest of the stiffs.

C+ Bill Richardson
Pro gun, legalized medical marijuana, effective governor, experienced in foreign relations – had a bad night at the debate – does he need a hearing aide?

C Mike Huckabee
I like this cat despite his bible bashing, seems like a good guy -but Mike, religion does not equal morals. And no matter how likeable, how you gonna vote for someone that does not beleive in evolution?

C- Barack Obama
Seemed a little tentative, but I can see why he is building a buzz.

C- Tom Tancredo

He’s a bit of a whacko, but that fun kind of whacko that you want to keep listening too.

C- John Edwards
Not bad, even steven, but not exciting. I keep waiting for him to catch fire, I think it’s gonna happen before it is all over.

D+ Mitt Romney
Only flip flopped occasionally in the debate, his hair was perfect.

D+ Chris Dodd

Oh, yeah, he was there wasn’t he.

D+ John McCain
If you like that Popeye in the headlights look then I guess you could give him a higher grade.

D Rudy Giuliani
Tried his best to seem like he was interested in dominating womens reproductive rights, but couldn’t quite pull it off – but at least he didn’t seem like a total fascist.

D- Jim Gilmore

Better then the guys with F’s….

F Tommy Thompson and Duncan Hunter
Come on, what are these guys even doing on the stage?

F- Sam Brownback and Hillary Clinton

The Daily Links says: “Sam Brownback – just as bad as Hillary Clinton”

Question: You said October 24th, “Absolutely, we’re winning.” And I wanted to…

Bush: Yes, that was an indication of my belief we’re going to win

Question: Mr. President, less than two months ago at the end of one of the bloodiest months in the war, you said, “Absolutely we’re winning.” Yesterday you said, “We’re not winning, we’re not losing.” Why did you drop your confident assertion about winning?

Bush: My comments — the first comment was done in this spirit: I believe that we’re going to win; I believe that — and by the way, if I didn’t think that, I wouldn’t have our troops there. That’s what you got to know. We’re going to succeed. My comments yesterday reflected the fact that we’re not succeeding nearly as fast as I wanted when I said it at the time…”

With regard to the first Q & A just because you believe that something is going to happen in the future does not make it an absolute in the present. Anyone that cannot see the difference should not be the leader of the country.

With regard to the second answer, if it was written by Hunter S Thompson one would say – HST finally crossed the line into complete pyscobabble – but this was spoken by the leader of the free world…

In what has to be one of the best Memphis area guides Dr Hoo’s Memphis Restaurants is a trustworthy guide to eating in Memphis.

Dr Hoo writes:

Sensing a great void in the lives of Memphians, my wife and I decided to start a blog describing our experiences at local restaurants. We eat out whenever we can and thought it would be fun to share those experiences with whoever is interested in Memphis food. We’ll see where this takes us!

The posts are easy to read and cover a large swath of restaurants in one of the best dining cities in the country. While their are other good memphis food blogs such as Squirrel Squad, Dr Hoo’s is what I read when I want to know what to eat in Memphis

I was reading the news this morning and the AI no trade story is very popular at the moment. I was thinking about it, and then I started thinking why it was news at all. I mean why is the NBA and it’s over priced prima donna’s still news?

Beat Lithuania and then you can be news again.

Come in second in some international competition and then you can be news again, but for now no news for you.

These guys are obviously not the best basketball players in the world, hell they didn’t even make it to the final game of the World Championship. Spain and Greece beat the US “stars” – and in the Olympics 2 years before Argentina and Italy finished ahead of the US Ballers.

So, by my count US basketball is maybe #5.

I know that some foreign players like Ginobili and Gasol play in the NBA but that is not the point. The point is that the current system of basketball in the US is broken and the NBA is the pinnacle of that system. The NBA “superstars” can’t beat teams that can fundamentally pass, pick, and play defense.

So why is this inferior brand of basketball news? Maybe we just love style over substance.

If you don’t have a copy of E’s first Christmas album you should pick it up. It was #1 for 4 weeks on Billboard’s chart in 1957 and continued to chart each holiday season for a decade.

It has recently become available on itunes. Check out a sample:

Blue Christmas . White Christmas

Or maybe you want something a little more tactile, how bout this Big E christmas ornament.

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