Go to former President Clinton's defense of his use of pardons on his last day in office.  Go down to end of the 7th paragraph.  Recognize the name of the last person listed as a 'distinguished' Republican attorney?  He's all over the news right now.  Ironic, don't you think?

You know I don't talk politics on here very often.  I'm getting pretty ( Read more... )

They  fired Imus yesterday.  I'm still not sure what I think about the entire debacle.  I agree with everyone else that what he said was beyond defense and the way he handled the outcry was less than stellar.  His comments were despicable and the Rutgers team didn't deserve any of his nastiness.

I had listened to Imus from time to time a few years ( Read more... )

There's a reason people call you the "No Fun League."

This story is just one of many examples.

You have nothing to gain by forbidding such events. In fact, it only makes you appear out of touch with the common folk. Keep it up and you'll run off the average person.

I had originally intended on writing a long post ripping the fat cats at Disney/ESPN for putting tonight's IU vs. Purdue game on the no-man's-land that is ESPNU (read this article if you don't know what I'm talking about). Great job sticking it to the little man, guys. That's a great way to inspire people to pay even more for their cable bill and ( Read more... )

I vaguely remember hearing something about something happening in the Soviet Union (as it was called then) and I think it had to do with the Chernobyl disaster ( Read more... )

So, there are tons of things I'd like to write about tonight - Aiden's ball game tonight, finally posting pictures of our fully decorated Christmas tree, the great pine smell that fills the room because of the tree, our new cable TV (yes, they came today) or the fact that tomorrow is the last day of classes for the semester ( Read more... )

The Knoxville News-Sentinel reports that SWAT teams, helicopters and dozens of state troopers were used to raid an illegal cockfighting operation in Cocke County. According to the Humane Society of the United States, who somehow was allowed to participate in the raid, the FBI, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Tennessee Highway Patrol, ( Read more... )