Uh, this is some what unsettling news: a team of scientists, writing in Science magazine, are predicting that there will be virtually no sea life left in 50 years if measures arent taken to reverse current trends. This is kind of a big deal, isn't it? Outside of my some what glib title, the fish and their friends are something, and though I'm no scientist, I'm fairly certain, we don't want to get rid of. Why this isn't getting more national attention is beyond me. I mean 50 years people, so when I'm 74 I won't be able to dine on delicious crab cakes? Forget that.
Monthly Archive for November, 2006
Simmons sees the Wiz winning their division and says people are underestimating them. Not me Bill, I've been on the bandwagon the whole time. He does have them falling to Chicago in the first round though, which is dumb, but I forgive him anyway. In Gilbert I Trust. You heard it here first, Wizards win the East and I'll be sitting in section 100 watching it happen, sucka.
Related note, I'm giving serious thought to launching a new Wizards-related web project that hopefully I'll stick with longer then the semi-retired Sports Note (yes, yes I know Jordan, my bad on that).
With the Wizard's opener tonight, I was pumped up enough to drop by the online chat the WaPo had with Ivan Carter and Michael Lee. I asked a question and Lee was kind enough to answer:
19th and L St: In the SI preview mag they listed the young, fast PGs (Hinrich, Telfair, Paul, etc.) but didn't mention Arenas? What's with the lack of love?
Michael Lee: I thought that Gilbert was getting overlooked when I first looked at the magazine, then I realized they were talking about the fast set-up men. Now, Gilbert is fast but he doesn't play the same as Bassy Telfair, Chris Paul, Kirk Hinrich or T.J. Ford. Gilbert is better creating his own shot and breaking his man off the dribble and getting to the basket. Gilbert is a scoring point guard, like Iverson without the (visible) tats. Those other guys are pass-first guards (although I was a bit baffled to see Nate Robinson make that list. I don't know what he is yet, beside the 14-attempt slam dunk champ).
As of 11 am EST the headline stories on MSNBC.com and CNN.com concern Senator Kerry's botched joke attempt yesterday concerning the military and education. Drudge has been screaming about it since yesterday, the cable "news" shows wouldn't shut up about it last night, etc. Despite my best efforts I don't think I can properly come up with the words to describe how pathetic this is. This is, entirely, a Republican driven story. They have nothing of substance to talk about with a week to go before the elections and so they (Republicans) have latched on to Senator Kerry's blunder like a life raft, as if a guy who's not even on the ballot next week's dumb remarks even matter to voters. All that is to be expected, Republicans wouldn't be doing their jobs if they didn't try to push this non-story, but for the "news" media to fall head over heels over themselves to cover this; I can't properly express my contempt and disgust. If ever you wanted an example of news media people pathetically trying to show conservatives/Republicans that they aren't really the "liberal" media, this would be it. Note to MSNBC and CNN, its never going to happen, they will always say you are liberal. Grow some spine and move on.
It's not like there aren't important things out there to talk about. Hey, remember that Middle Eastern country we invaded? There's been some kind of big developments over there recently. Like how about the news that the Iraqi Prime Minister basically told President Bush to call off his siege of Sadr City and the President backed down. U.S. forces were blockading the city in an attempt to rescue a kidnapped U.S. soldier but you can't even find this story, one of actual substance, on the CNN.com headlines. MSNBC.com is no better. And this is, make no mistake, a huge story. Whatever happened to leave no man behind? Andrew Sullivan puts the whole thing in proper perspective here.
As almost always seems to be the case with these vaunted news organizations, when push comes to shove, choose sensationalism over substance. Its pathetic and the public deserves better. Why would any thinking person count on these organizations to provide information? I don't get it. So yeah, with less then a week to go before an election lets talk about Senator Kerry and his humor; thats the stuff that really matters.