I tortured myself again and went to the House of Rules (House Of Blues) to see the capricious Government Mule on Tuesday. As good as the band was The house of rules staff and management drives me crazy. I have come to expect the invasion of privacy of being carded at the age of 53, the metal detector wand shoved up my crotch, groping at my front pockets they say to feel my keys and generally being molested without the simple courtesy of telling me they will call me tomorrow and respect me afterwards. What I didn't expect was to be told that if we sit in the HOB restaurant and eat dinner that our drinks are at full price and not at the Happy Hour prices listed. No, to get the Happy Hour prices you have to sit at one of the 15 seats at the bar. These people are unbelievable. Talk about misleading advertising. Plus you used to be able to get in early and get stools right next to the sound board. Not no more. The area next to the sound board is fenced off for special people who pay extra. In other words GA means there is very little chance that you are going to find a seat in the House of Rules. Joe, Michael and I were lucky we found three stools off to the right of the stage under the overhang. We were the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth people in the venue.
Gov't Mule took the stage and started out jamming hard off of their new CD with "Broke Down on The Brazos". Joe called that one while we were eating. They then sulked into "World Gone Wild". And had the crowd roaring for DA DA DA DA CHANG DA DA DA DA CHANG, Yep you guessed it "Thelonius Beck". They swerved and rolled through "Painted Silver Light", "I Think You Know What I Mean", "Railroad Boy". "Railroad Boy", " Monday Morning Meltdown" and "Gordon James" are all off of the new CD but the crowd was very receptive. Warren played "Gordon James" on the electric guitar rather than the acoustic guitar like on the CD. They finished out the first set with "Thirty Days In The Hole" what a classic.
The second set starts out with " Which Way Do We Run?". Again one of my favorites "Fools Moon". "Trying Not To Fall". Then here we go again with the band snaking through a medley of songs "The End", into a nine minute drum solo that the young girl in front of me kept jumping in the air whooping it up for, I guess she liked it. After the Drum Solo the Mule played "Stepping Lightly" off of the new CD and slid into "Mother Earth". They finish the set with "Mr. Man" and a little teaser of "Highway Star".
The encore is a soulful version of "Forevermore" off of the new CD. Whoo Hooo the last song is... just like my daddy used to say, Soulshine, is better than moonshine, better than sunshine, and damn sure better than rain. The whole crowd is singing to "Soulshine". What a killer ending to a show. "Soulshine" I love that song.
Warren Haynes' voice is spectacular and it is hard to pick a better guitarist than he is. Matt Abts as always was strong on the drums. Danny Luois is really starting to become an integral part of the band. His keyboard runs are fitting in better than when he first became a member of the band. Jorgen Carlsson has found his niche he isn't copying Allen Woody he is his own bass player. Over all a good show four twirls and some moth catcher hand moves. Maybe the Gestapo tactics by the House Of Rules hampered the experience for me. Got Mule?
Monday, February 8, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
"Going Rogue" Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue An American Life" is a light reading book. Sarah does not go into detail about boring things like where she stands on any major topics that are confronting the United States right now, or how to help the nation get back on its feet. No Sarah wrote a feel good book about her charmed life and how she has to overcome adversity from her own party, the left wing media the Democrats and anyone else who does not agree with her paranoid visions. Don't be afraid to pick up the book thinking that you will not understand it a fifth grader can understand it. The original transcript was probably written in crayon. "Going Rogue" is like reading "Legally Blond" a feel good story about a ditz that makes it to the top.
It only takes until page three for the whining to start. "I was pro-life enough for the grassroots RTL folks to adopt Piper as their poster child, but I wasn't politically connected enough for the state GOP machine to allow the organization to endorse me in early campaigns." Sarah these organizations have limited resources. They already had you in their pockets by putting your kid on their posters, they could better spend their money on a second candidate that if that candidate beat you they could then use. You were a long shot. You claim you always had an interest in politics from an early age and yet when you went to college you did not take Political Science courses, you graduated with a degree in Journalism.
Sarah tells heart warming stories of her brother pulling fake fire alarms and taking burning magazines out of a fireplace and almost burning down their house. She recalls her sisters doing dishes, ""I'm washing!"Heather would say. "I'm rinsing!" said Molly. "I'm singing!" I said. Then Heather washed the dishes and Molly rinsed, while I sat on the washing machine, which was squeezed up against the sink in our sunflower yellow kitchen, and sang until the dishes were dry." Isn't that wonderful, it is like a Doris Day movie from the sixties. In my house we bitched and moaned and fought with each other until the job was completed. 19 pages in and I already want to vomit.
Sarah who claims she was not a "girlie girl" explains how she entered into a beauty contest just to get money for college. "Linda also reminded me that the scholarship money was generous, especially if I won individual competitions within the pageant, in addition to the Miss Wassilla crown. I enlisted the advice of a former pageant winner, my friend Diane Minnick. Then I shocked my friends and family, put on a sequined Warrior-red gown, danced the opening numbers, gave the interview, and uncomfortably let my butt be compared to the cheerleaders' butts. I played my flute, and I won. In fact, I won every segment of the competition, even Miss Congeniality." Oh yeah, Sarah you are the greatest! OK lets break this down as simple as possible, she is a cute girl in Alaska showing off her butt and sucking, I mean playing a flute. She won on the sex ticket. Yes I hope my nieces look up to her, NOT! What a sell out on women's issues.
All right we are now on page 52 and Sarah is married to Todd and pregnant with their first child. Sarah must be about 23 years old and a college graduate. Remember this woman wants to be President of the United States some day. "Todd drove me to Valley Hospital. We saw the sign where we were supposed to go-deliveries-and followed the arrows...Since I thought I was dying, I didn't care that we were in the warehouse part of the hospital." She didn't go to Emergency or Admitting, she followed the signs to the back of the building and tried to go into deliveries. Even if I was that stupid to have done something that moronic I would not put it in writing for the whole world to see. Vote for me I am Sarah I am a dunce.
Sarah now captures a seat on city council and in order to keep big business out of Wasilla and keep taxes low she votes against local garbage pick up. Of course one of her foes owned the garbage truck company. She is very proud of the fact that even today much of Wasilla does not have garbage pick up and they drive, as she does, to the dump with their garbage themselves. So instead of one truck that could pick up a whole streets, lets say 100 houses, worth of garbage and drive to the dump for oh maybe $100.00 per week, $1.00 per house, Sarah figures it is better to have 100 people drive to the dump costing each person $3.00 per week in gas plus dump fees and the time to haul it. Yep, makes sense to me. A government employee for only a short time and she already has figured out how to waste constituents money and piss off her foes.
Stein is the Mayor of Wasilla and Sarah has her eye on his position. "Stein supported expanding land-use restrictions and building codes. I wanted to eliminate property taxes, slow down the rate of government growth, and build roads and water and sewer systems." How do you support road, water and sewer expansion while eliminating taxes? I hear this all of the time from Republicans, it does not make sense. I want smaller government but I support building roads and sewer and water plants. The government has to expand in order to maintain all of these amenities. It is double speak, talking with a forked tongue, talking out both sides of your mouth. Stein is old and been in politics a long time Sarah is young and cute and she wins another beauty competition, I mean Mayoral race.
Sarah tends to have a bad judge of character when it comes to people. She first backs them, then realizes that they are dishonest, then she tries to separate herself from them and can't understand how she gets caught in the crossfire. Throughout the book she tells different stories of how her bad judgement affects her. She doesn't see it as bad judgement but it keeps coming up throughout the book. She sidled up next to Mayor Stein when he first asked her to run then once her aspirations became bigger she tried to separate herself from him. She marries Todd. Todd's stepmother decides to run for Mayor after Sarah vacates the seat and Sarah backs the competition rather than her own extended family. She pairs herself up with Governor Frank Murkowski to be his lieutenant governor. Governor Murkowski is in bed with big oil companies and later is indicted for taking bribes. She writes a letter of recommendation for Mike Wooten to become an Alaska State Trooper. Mike Wooten is a drunk, poacher, wife beater, who cheated on Sarah's sister while they were married. Her first legislative director turns out to be an idiot with no political connections or savvy. Sarah has to fire the guy. On John McCains campaign one of the first people she meets is Steve Schmidt veteran campaign manager. "Schmidt AKA "the Bullet" told me he managed Arnold Schwartzenegger's campaign handled press relations for Dick Cheney, and worked on George W. Bush's 2004 reelection." "He was very good at setting traps for his opponents." Sarah loves the guy immediately. Later on in the book Sarah begins to hate Schmidt and thinks he in part silenced her. Sarah gives answers to us on how she was misled and that she isn't to blame.
She tells of the Catie Couric interviews and how Catie mistreated her and misrepresented what she said. How Joe the Plumber was an inspiration. How she tried to rewrite the Saturday Night Live skits to make them funny. She tells how the clothes that were purchased for her were not her idea, and that McCains people used the clothes to show how Sarah wasn't playing along. Sarah was being set up to take the fall. "It is unheard of for campaign staffers to brazenly throw a candidate under the media bus with sleazy anonymous comments." Poor Sarah.
"I don't like to hear people complain; I am the first to say "Buck up or stay in the truck." You have a choice on how to react to circumstances. But I will state this complaint for the record: what used to be called "mainstream" national media are, in many respects worthless as a source of factual information anymore." Yet Sarah later goes on to acknowledge respectable reporters. "To some media professionals whom I admire because you don't let anyone tell you to sit down and shut up, please keep making the idiot's heads spin...Amanda, Andrew, Ann, Bill(s), Bob, Cal, Dennis, Dick, Eddie, Fred, Glenn, Gretta, Hugh, Joey, John, Jonah, Larry, Laura, Lou, Mark, Mary, Michael, Michelle, R. A. M., Rich, Rush, S. E., Sean, Tammy, Walter." Yep no unbiased reporting out of any of these people.
After reading this book it is amazing how she takes no responsibility for losing the election or any thing else that goes bad in her life, it is always someone elses fault. She thinks running government should be done by her baking brownies, smiling and deals get done. I get a sense she hates men. She will turn on anyone who can't help her. She pretty much describes herself as an egocentric, right wing, opportunist that regards politics like a high school election where you win on looks and popularity not knowledge of the issues. Get the book from the library, read it, and look for someone else to vote for in 2012.
It only takes until page three for the whining to start. "I was pro-life enough for the grassroots RTL folks to adopt Piper as their poster child, but I wasn't politically connected enough for the state GOP machine to allow the organization to endorse me in early campaigns." Sarah these organizations have limited resources. They already had you in their pockets by putting your kid on their posters, they could better spend their money on a second candidate that if that candidate beat you they could then use. You were a long shot. You claim you always had an interest in politics from an early age and yet when you went to college you did not take Political Science courses, you graduated with a degree in Journalism.
Sarah tells heart warming stories of her brother pulling fake fire alarms and taking burning magazines out of a fireplace and almost burning down their house. She recalls her sisters doing dishes, ""I'm washing!"Heather would say. "I'm rinsing!" said Molly. "I'm singing!" I said. Then Heather washed the dishes and Molly rinsed, while I sat on the washing machine, which was squeezed up against the sink in our sunflower yellow kitchen, and sang until the dishes were dry." Isn't that wonderful, it is like a Doris Day movie from the sixties. In my house we bitched and moaned and fought with each other until the job was completed. 19 pages in and I already want to vomit.
Sarah who claims she was not a "girlie girl" explains how she entered into a beauty contest just to get money for college. "Linda also reminded me that the scholarship money was generous, especially if I won individual competitions within the pageant, in addition to the Miss Wassilla crown. I enlisted the advice of a former pageant winner, my friend Diane Minnick. Then I shocked my friends and family, put on a sequined Warrior-red gown, danced the opening numbers, gave the interview, and uncomfortably let my butt be compared to the cheerleaders' butts. I played my flute, and I won. In fact, I won every segment of the competition, even Miss Congeniality." Oh yeah, Sarah you are the greatest! OK lets break this down as simple as possible, she is a cute girl in Alaska showing off her butt and sucking, I mean playing a flute. She won on the sex ticket. Yes I hope my nieces look up to her, NOT! What a sell out on women's issues.
All right we are now on page 52 and Sarah is married to Todd and pregnant with their first child. Sarah must be about 23 years old and a college graduate. Remember this woman wants to be President of the United States some day. "Todd drove me to Valley Hospital. We saw the sign where we were supposed to go-deliveries-and followed the arrows...Since I thought I was dying, I didn't care that we were in the warehouse part of the hospital." She didn't go to Emergency or Admitting, she followed the signs to the back of the building and tried to go into deliveries. Even if I was that stupid to have done something that moronic I would not put it in writing for the whole world to see. Vote for me I am Sarah I am a dunce.
Sarah now captures a seat on city council and in order to keep big business out of Wasilla and keep taxes low she votes against local garbage pick up. Of course one of her foes owned the garbage truck company. She is very proud of the fact that even today much of Wasilla does not have garbage pick up and they drive, as she does, to the dump with their garbage themselves. So instead of one truck that could pick up a whole streets, lets say 100 houses, worth of garbage and drive to the dump for oh maybe $100.00 per week, $1.00 per house, Sarah figures it is better to have 100 people drive to the dump costing each person $3.00 per week in gas plus dump fees and the time to haul it. Yep, makes sense to me. A government employee for only a short time and she already has figured out how to waste constituents money and piss off her foes.
Stein is the Mayor of Wasilla and Sarah has her eye on his position. "Stein supported expanding land-use restrictions and building codes. I wanted to eliminate property taxes, slow down the rate of government growth, and build roads and water and sewer systems." How do you support road, water and sewer expansion while eliminating taxes? I hear this all of the time from Republicans, it does not make sense. I want smaller government but I support building roads and sewer and water plants. The government has to expand in order to maintain all of these amenities. It is double speak, talking with a forked tongue, talking out both sides of your mouth. Stein is old and been in politics a long time Sarah is young and cute and she wins another beauty competition, I mean Mayoral race.
Sarah tends to have a bad judge of character when it comes to people. She first backs them, then realizes that they are dishonest, then she tries to separate herself from them and can't understand how she gets caught in the crossfire. Throughout the book she tells different stories of how her bad judgement affects her. She doesn't see it as bad judgement but it keeps coming up throughout the book. She sidled up next to Mayor Stein when he first asked her to run then once her aspirations became bigger she tried to separate herself from him. She marries Todd. Todd's stepmother decides to run for Mayor after Sarah vacates the seat and Sarah backs the competition rather than her own extended family. She pairs herself up with Governor Frank Murkowski to be his lieutenant governor. Governor Murkowski is in bed with big oil companies and later is indicted for taking bribes. She writes a letter of recommendation for Mike Wooten to become an Alaska State Trooper. Mike Wooten is a drunk, poacher, wife beater, who cheated on Sarah's sister while they were married. Her first legislative director turns out to be an idiot with no political connections or savvy. Sarah has to fire the guy. On John McCains campaign one of the first people she meets is Steve Schmidt veteran campaign manager. "Schmidt AKA "the Bullet" told me he managed Arnold Schwartzenegger's campaign handled press relations for Dick Cheney, and worked on George W. Bush's 2004 reelection." "He was very good at setting traps for his opponents." Sarah loves the guy immediately. Later on in the book Sarah begins to hate Schmidt and thinks he in part silenced her. Sarah gives answers to us on how she was misled and that she isn't to blame.
She tells of the Catie Couric interviews and how Catie mistreated her and misrepresented what she said. How Joe the Plumber was an inspiration. How she tried to rewrite the Saturday Night Live skits to make them funny. She tells how the clothes that were purchased for her were not her idea, and that McCains people used the clothes to show how Sarah wasn't playing along. Sarah was being set up to take the fall. "It is unheard of for campaign staffers to brazenly throw a candidate under the media bus with sleazy anonymous comments." Poor Sarah.
"I don't like to hear people complain; I am the first to say "Buck up or stay in the truck." You have a choice on how to react to circumstances. But I will state this complaint for the record: what used to be called "mainstream" national media are, in many respects worthless as a source of factual information anymore." Yet Sarah later goes on to acknowledge respectable reporters. "To some media professionals whom I admire because you don't let anyone tell you to sit down and shut up, please keep making the idiot's heads spin...Amanda, Andrew, Ann, Bill(s), Bob, Cal, Dennis, Dick, Eddie, Fred, Glenn, Gretta, Hugh, Joey, John, Jonah, Larry, Laura, Lou, Mark, Mary, Michael, Michelle, R. A. M., Rich, Rush, S. E., Sean, Tammy, Walter." Yep no unbiased reporting out of any of these people.
After reading this book it is amazing how she takes no responsibility for losing the election or any thing else that goes bad in her life, it is always someone elses fault. She thinks running government should be done by her baking brownies, smiling and deals get done. I get a sense she hates men. She will turn on anyone who can't help her. She pretty much describes herself as an egocentric, right wing, opportunist that regards politics like a high school election where you win on looks and popularity not knowledge of the issues. Get the book from the library, read it, and look for someone else to vote for in 2012.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Sherlock Holmes and Avatar
Sherlock Holmes and Avatar are two good movies that I recommend all to see. Avatar is a must see on the big screen in 3D.
Avatar is a story about a wheelchair bound veteran Jake Scully, who gets a chance to become an Avatar. Science has figured out a way to merge a human with an alien body to form an Avatar. Even though Jake Scully has lost the use of his legs in his human form he can run and jump in his Avatar form. As an Avatar Jake befriends an alien life form that is very connected with nature. As an ex Marine he reports back to the commander on the humans base. Of course the humans are after minerals that are below the aliens home and want to move them by negotiations or by force. Jake Scully is caught in the cross fire. You must see the 3D animation and the vivid colors in this alien world, fantastic. I kept wanting to swat at the mosquito like creatures that fly around you throughout the movie.
Sherlock Holmes, I was glad kept to its roots. Unlike the Basil Rathbone movies this Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as a drug addled genius. They kept the inventions as plausible to the 1800's as possible much like the old "Wild Wild West" show. There is even a mention of Dr. Moriarty Sherlock Holmes nemesis. A funny, quirky movie that I recommend all to see. It is not necessary to see on the big screen but worth viewing at some point. Some of the dialogue I could not understand because of the brogue accents but you can still figure out the plots.
Avatar is a story about a wheelchair bound veteran Jake Scully, who gets a chance to become an Avatar. Science has figured out a way to merge a human with an alien body to form an Avatar. Even though Jake Scully has lost the use of his legs in his human form he can run and jump in his Avatar form. As an Avatar Jake befriends an alien life form that is very connected with nature. As an ex Marine he reports back to the commander on the humans base. Of course the humans are after minerals that are below the aliens home and want to move them by negotiations or by force. Jake Scully is caught in the cross fire. You must see the 3D animation and the vivid colors in this alien world, fantastic. I kept wanting to swat at the mosquito like creatures that fly around you throughout the movie.
Sherlock Holmes, I was glad kept to its roots. Unlike the Basil Rathbone movies this Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as a drug addled genius. They kept the inventions as plausible to the 1800's as possible much like the old "Wild Wild West" show. There is even a mention of Dr. Moriarty Sherlock Holmes nemesis. A funny, quirky movie that I recommend all to see. It is not necessary to see on the big screen but worth viewing at some point. Some of the dialogue I could not understand because of the brogue accents but you can still figure out the plots.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
2009 Moral Compass In Review
Well 2009 did not go out with a bang and 2010 has come in with a whimper. 2009 was a year of trying to hold on until the economy can pick up. A President just getting his feet wet. A year of few accomplishments in Cleveland sports. And some good and bad music that I reviewed. The Moral Compass has completed one year of publication and I have not been sued for slander or defamation of character. I have pissed off some friends with my views but not enough to get them to write in on the comment sections at the end of each article. I will have to try harder this year. I have heard comments on the street that lets me know that I am being read and that I do get people to think.
I wrote six articles on the Browns, none of them were very complimentary. Manidiot will stay, The autistic son of Buddy Ryan should go and Duhboll is probably out of a job. Quinn and Anderson both proved to be mediocre at best. The Browns finished the season at 5 and 11. The five teams the Browns beat have a combined record of 31 and 49 with Pittspuke being the only team with a winning record at 9 and 7. None of the teams that we beat made it to the playoffs. The highlights for the year are the Browns beat Pittspuke. My one nephew got to see the fourth longest field goal in NFL history being made by, unfortunately, Janikowski from Oakland, 61 yards. My other nephew Brett gets to brag that his first tail gate party was in snowy weather, 12 degrees outside with a wind chill of minus two. Cribbs sets record with the most kick off returns ever. Harrison breaks Jim Browns single game rushing yardage record.
I did not write about the Indians because there was nothing to write. The Indians traded away two Cy young winners and got nothing in return. The Cavs bowed out of the play offs in the finals without giving Miami much of a struggle. Congratulations to Gary Waters and the Cleveland State Vikings. CSU went to the NCAA tournament and beat Wake Forest in the first round then got crushed by Arizona. I think a NIT berth is waiting for CSU this year 2010 with a return to the NCAA tournament next year 2011.
I wrote 16 articles connected to music. Reviews of The Dead with Warren Haynes, Farm Aid, The Rock and Roll Induction Ceremonies, Jeff Beck and Dave Matthews were some of the highlights. Todd Rundgren was one of the disappointments. George Taylor Morris the DJ from Deep Tracks passed away along with Amy Farris a talented fiddle player. I did not write about the tribute to Janice Joplin which was quite good except for Lucinda Williams she sucked. Susan Tedeschi, Nona Hendrix, Carolyn Wonderland and two of the members of Santana stole the show. Remember RAP ain't Rock and either is ABBA. I hope to keep up with the music reviews people do not get as mad with a bad music review as they do with politics.
I gave my comment 11 times on political issues. I must admit that I was hoping for a little more from Obama but he has three more years to finish out strong. The economy is showing signs of picking up even though I am still unemployed. There is a health care bill being worked on that could reform the way we think of health care in the United States. People have been talking about health care reform since the Eisenhower administration, it is about time something got done. We are pulling out of Iraq and escalating in Afghanistan. I thought my Christmas wish was going to come true but alas Rush Limpdick is still alive.
Michael Steele tried to separate the Republican Party from the rantings of Rush Limbaugh but had to back down because Rush controls too many GOP votes. The NFL owners made sure that a lout like Rush would not be associated with them. Even though the rich and powerful GOP's like the way Rush lies, cheats and steels to get votes for the Republicans, no one wants to be associated with him because he lies, cheats and steels to get votes for the Republicans. Poor Rushie baby has not figured out that his personality keeps him out of the inner circle where he wants to be. Maybe this will be the year that the drug addled, bufoon will go to rot in hell.
"Going Rogue" has come out and I will be doing a book review on it early this year. Rah, rah rah, I LOVE YOU SARAH!
I still feel "Slum Dog Millionaire" is over rated and that "Gran Torino" should have been picture of the year. Looking forward to seeing "Sherlock Holmes".
Two of my friends from High School lost their fathers this year. When I went to the wakes I realized how much we had drifted apart. At some point in time I was almost like family to them as they were to me. I feel terrible for their loss and am not looking forward to the day that I lose a parent. I can not even imagine the pain. Bobby Perko lost his wife to cancer. Bob I feel for you. Again I can not even imagine what he is going through. I really can not even think of going on without my Honey Bunny, I would be lost. My prayers go out to the Focaretto, Makowski and Perko families.
Hopefully 2010 can pick up momentum and go out with a bang so that the first decade in the new millennium can close on a positive note. Here is wishing you all a prosperous, healthy New Year and may God bless us all and keep us safe.
I wrote six articles on the Browns, none of them were very complimentary. Manidiot will stay, The autistic son of Buddy Ryan should go and Duhboll is probably out of a job. Quinn and Anderson both proved to be mediocre at best. The Browns finished the season at 5 and 11. The five teams the Browns beat have a combined record of 31 and 49 with Pittspuke being the only team with a winning record at 9 and 7. None of the teams that we beat made it to the playoffs. The highlights for the year are the Browns beat Pittspuke. My one nephew got to see the fourth longest field goal in NFL history being made by, unfortunately, Janikowski from Oakland, 61 yards. My other nephew Brett gets to brag that his first tail gate party was in snowy weather, 12 degrees outside with a wind chill of minus two. Cribbs sets record with the most kick off returns ever. Harrison breaks Jim Browns single game rushing yardage record.
I did not write about the Indians because there was nothing to write. The Indians traded away two Cy young winners and got nothing in return. The Cavs bowed out of the play offs in the finals without giving Miami much of a struggle. Congratulations to Gary Waters and the Cleveland State Vikings. CSU went to the NCAA tournament and beat Wake Forest in the first round then got crushed by Arizona. I think a NIT berth is waiting for CSU this year 2010 with a return to the NCAA tournament next year 2011.
I wrote 16 articles connected to music. Reviews of The Dead with Warren Haynes, Farm Aid, The Rock and Roll Induction Ceremonies, Jeff Beck and Dave Matthews were some of the highlights. Todd Rundgren was one of the disappointments. George Taylor Morris the DJ from Deep Tracks passed away along with Amy Farris a talented fiddle player. I did not write about the tribute to Janice Joplin which was quite good except for Lucinda Williams she sucked. Susan Tedeschi, Nona Hendrix, Carolyn Wonderland and two of the members of Santana stole the show. Remember RAP ain't Rock and either is ABBA. I hope to keep up with the music reviews people do not get as mad with a bad music review as they do with politics.
I gave my comment 11 times on political issues. I must admit that I was hoping for a little more from Obama but he has three more years to finish out strong. The economy is showing signs of picking up even though I am still unemployed. There is a health care bill being worked on that could reform the way we think of health care in the United States. People have been talking about health care reform since the Eisenhower administration, it is about time something got done. We are pulling out of Iraq and escalating in Afghanistan. I thought my Christmas wish was going to come true but alas Rush Limpdick is still alive.
Michael Steele tried to separate the Republican Party from the rantings of Rush Limbaugh but had to back down because Rush controls too many GOP votes. The NFL owners made sure that a lout like Rush would not be associated with them. Even though the rich and powerful GOP's like the way Rush lies, cheats and steels to get votes for the Republicans, no one wants to be associated with him because he lies, cheats and steels to get votes for the Republicans. Poor Rushie baby has not figured out that his personality keeps him out of the inner circle where he wants to be. Maybe this will be the year that the drug addled, bufoon will go to rot in hell.
"Going Rogue" has come out and I will be doing a book review on it early this year. Rah, rah rah, I LOVE YOU SARAH!
I still feel "Slum Dog Millionaire" is over rated and that "Gran Torino" should have been picture of the year. Looking forward to seeing "Sherlock Holmes".
Two of my friends from High School lost their fathers this year. When I went to the wakes I realized how much we had drifted apart. At some point in time I was almost like family to them as they were to me. I feel terrible for their loss and am not looking forward to the day that I lose a parent. I can not even imagine the pain. Bobby Perko lost his wife to cancer. Bob I feel for you. Again I can not even imagine what he is going through. I really can not even think of going on without my Honey Bunny, I would be lost. My prayers go out to the Focaretto, Makowski and Perko families.
Hopefully 2010 can pick up momentum and go out with a bang so that the first decade in the new millennium can close on a positive note. Here is wishing you all a prosperous, healthy New Year and may God bless us all and keep us safe.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Browns win.
OK The Browns have won three games in a row. Mike Holmgren is going to be President of the organization next year. People are talking like Manidiot and his staff have all of a sudden got this team playing like a playoff team. If only they could have pulled it all together earlier in the season. Well they didn't pull it together earlier in the season and do you know why? Because they were playing teams like Minnesota, Denver, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Green Bay and San Diego. Real playoff contender teams. Who have we beaten? Pittsburgh (OK that is our Super Bowl), Buffalo, Kansas City and Oakland the dregs of the NFL. Speaking of dregs we lost to Pittsburgh, Detroit and Chicago. So all we have proven is that we are better than the worst teams in the league. Hey believe me winning is a lot better than losing and I will take a "W" over an "L" every time.
People are starting to ask has Manidiot saved his job for next year? Manidiot wasn't going anywhere next year win or lose. Randy Lerner is still paying Romeo Crennel this year and next year. If Randy fires Manidiot he will be paying three coaches in one year for a losing team. The man has money but not that much money. Manidiot is here for at least two more seasons unless he really screws up next year or Holmgren sees a chance to grab a top notch coach with proven credentials. Buddy Ryan's autistic son could be gone next year and so could Duh-boll but Manidiot is here to stay.
Even in winning three games our quarterbacks still look flawed. Quinn was awful against Pittspuke 6 of 19 and KC 10 of 17 for a total of 66 yards and Anderson was 8 of 17 against Oakland.
Our running game looked good against KC and Oakland but Jerome Harrison only had nine yards on 7 carries against Pittsburgh. Jerome has had good games against Baltimore, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Kansas City and Oakland. Seven out of 15 games he played good in. Good being three yards or more on average per carry. He needs to be good 15 out of 15 games. We need to find another running back to help carry the load.
Vickers and our offensive line look good against the Chiefs and the Raiders. Four weeks ago people were telling me how it was the offensive line that made Quinn look bad. No Quinn just is bad and the line is just OK. The defense still has plenty of holes to fill and Buddy Ryan's autistic son has to go. A replacement for Duh-boll would not break my heart either.
Believe me I love winning but don't start talking playoffs to me when we can only beat losing teams. When we start beating teams that finish with a record above 500 I will start praising and believing in this team.
People have said we are screwing up our draft picks. No we are not. The first three picks in the draft hamper your salary cap for at least three years. You are better off getting the fourth or fifth pick in the draft where the salaries for a rookie become somewhat palatable. At least Manidiot wont be in charge of the draft this year. We have a proven guy in Holmgren that will be keeping Manidiot in check. Go Browns!
People are starting to ask has Manidiot saved his job for next year? Manidiot wasn't going anywhere next year win or lose. Randy Lerner is still paying Romeo Crennel this year and next year. If Randy fires Manidiot he will be paying three coaches in one year for a losing team. The man has money but not that much money. Manidiot is here for at least two more seasons unless he really screws up next year or Holmgren sees a chance to grab a top notch coach with proven credentials. Buddy Ryan's autistic son could be gone next year and so could Duh-boll but Manidiot is here to stay.
Even in winning three games our quarterbacks still look flawed. Quinn was awful against Pittspuke 6 of 19 and KC 10 of 17 for a total of 66 yards and Anderson was 8 of 17 against Oakland.
Our running game looked good against KC and Oakland but Jerome Harrison only had nine yards on 7 carries against Pittsburgh. Jerome has had good games against Baltimore, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Kansas City and Oakland. Seven out of 15 games he played good in. Good being three yards or more on average per carry. He needs to be good 15 out of 15 games. We need to find another running back to help carry the load.
Vickers and our offensive line look good against the Chiefs and the Raiders. Four weeks ago people were telling me how it was the offensive line that made Quinn look bad. No Quinn just is bad and the line is just OK. The defense still has plenty of holes to fill and Buddy Ryan's autistic son has to go. A replacement for Duh-boll would not break my heart either.
Believe me I love winning but don't start talking playoffs to me when we can only beat losing teams. When we start beating teams that finish with a record above 500 I will start praising and believing in this team.
People have said we are screwing up our draft picks. No we are not. The first three picks in the draft hamper your salary cap for at least three years. You are better off getting the fourth or fifth pick in the draft where the salaries for a rookie become somewhat palatable. At least Manidiot wont be in charge of the draft this year. We have a proven guy in Holmgren that will be keeping Manidiot in check. Go Browns!
Monday, November 30, 2009
The Browns and Quinn Lovers
I don't get it. Why do my Sundays have to be interrupted by a person who admittedly "is not that into football", calling me to tell me how "Brady Quinn plays with all heart". One drive of 8 plays that results in a TD does not make a football player great or a team win.
I honestly believe that Brady Quinn is and always will be a mediocre NFL quarterback. The Browns will stick with him ad nauseum through the end of this year and all the way through next year. His years at Notre Dame were plagued with great play against inferior teams and miserable displays of inaccuracies when put up against a formidable opponent. At Notre Dame he never won any bowl games or a national championship. He looks like a Hollywood version of what a quarterback should look like. Women and gay guys think he is hot. In the NFL you can't just look good you have to produce, which Quinn has not done.
So the Browns score a touchdown and right of way my phone rings. Duuude, did you see that. How can you not like a guy like that? Quinn plays with all heart. That drive was all Quinn. If you don't think that Quinn is All Pro then the Moral Compass doesn't know shit about football. Woo Hoo maybe now Quinn will get a Fruit of the Loom endorsement and we will be able to see what a real man he is. OK, I just threw that last one in for effect.
I watched the whole game not just eight plays. Here is what I saw. 6 plays, punt. 3 plays, punt. 5 plays, punt. 3 plays, punt. 3 plays, punt. 8 plays TD. 7 plays, punt. 3 plays, punt. 9 plays, punt. 7 plays turnover on downs. The only positives in all of this is no interceptions or lost fumbles. We had fewer penalties than the Bengals but one costly one at the end of the first half that cost us 3 points.
Quinn was 16 for 34 in pass completions for a yardage average of 3.1 yards per pass. Our running game averaged 3.2 yards per carry. How could I not see how great Quinn is? Pay me Millions of Dollars I can throw a ball 4 yards. Quinn is looking for the quick short pass he is not looking down field. Is he scared of getting hit? Is Daboll telling him to throw short? Sunday he did not look poised in the pocket.
My friend tells me that our line sucks. I don't feel that our offensive line is that bad. We could probably use an upgrade at right tackle. Quinn was only sacked once the whole game. The receivers drop the ball my friend screams. Yes I did see some dropped passes but I saw more passes that were thrown behind the receivers or over their heads or in the dirt. I saw miscommunication with a receiver running a fly and Quinn throws for the button hook. The receiver runs a button hook and Quinn throws an out pattern. And I am tired of the dinks and dunks, throw down field already. The kid just does not look sharp.
I don't blame Quinn for all of this loss. We have no number one receiver. Our Running backs are mediocre. Our corner backs and safeties suck. Our linebackers are banged up. Our offensive and defensive lines are just OK nothing spectacular. and our MVP is out leaving our punting game suspect. Get well soon Dave Zastudill.
Our team last year was not that good and Manidiot dismantled any talent we had. Dabolls play calling is horrendous. Two screen passes to Cribbs both for losses when you only need two yards, terrible. The players said that they could here the Bengals defense calling out "watch the screen". At that point shouldn't the QB call an audible rather than let Cribbs get crushed? Buddy Ryans autistic son could not stop the run if the running back only had one leg. I don't know why the Bengals even tried to throw the ball, they could have run up and down the field all day.
The Browns are the worst team in the NFL and probably the worst team ever in the history of the Cleveland Browns. Quinn is not the only questionable player on the team but he definitely is not the answer. So please do not call my house to tell me how great Quinn is until he has a couple of wins in a row under his belt. Do you think we can get McCoy for next year? We should have the first pick in the draft again next year.
I honestly believe that Brady Quinn is and always will be a mediocre NFL quarterback. The Browns will stick with him ad nauseum through the end of this year and all the way through next year. His years at Notre Dame were plagued with great play against inferior teams and miserable displays of inaccuracies when put up against a formidable opponent. At Notre Dame he never won any bowl games or a national championship. He looks like a Hollywood version of what a quarterback should look like. Women and gay guys think he is hot. In the NFL you can't just look good you have to produce, which Quinn has not done.
So the Browns score a touchdown and right of way my phone rings. Duuude, did you see that. How can you not like a guy like that? Quinn plays with all heart. That drive was all Quinn. If you don't think that Quinn is All Pro then the Moral Compass doesn't know shit about football. Woo Hoo maybe now Quinn will get a Fruit of the Loom endorsement and we will be able to see what a real man he is. OK, I just threw that last one in for effect.
I watched the whole game not just eight plays. Here is what I saw. 6 plays, punt. 3 plays, punt. 5 plays, punt. 3 plays, punt. 3 plays, punt. 8 plays TD. 7 plays, punt. 3 plays, punt. 9 plays, punt. 7 plays turnover on downs. The only positives in all of this is no interceptions or lost fumbles. We had fewer penalties than the Bengals but one costly one at the end of the first half that cost us 3 points.
Quinn was 16 for 34 in pass completions for a yardage average of 3.1 yards per pass. Our running game averaged 3.2 yards per carry. How could I not see how great Quinn is? Pay me Millions of Dollars I can throw a ball 4 yards. Quinn is looking for the quick short pass he is not looking down field. Is he scared of getting hit? Is Daboll telling him to throw short? Sunday he did not look poised in the pocket.
My friend tells me that our line sucks. I don't feel that our offensive line is that bad. We could probably use an upgrade at right tackle. Quinn was only sacked once the whole game. The receivers drop the ball my friend screams. Yes I did see some dropped passes but I saw more passes that were thrown behind the receivers or over their heads or in the dirt. I saw miscommunication with a receiver running a fly and Quinn throws for the button hook. The receiver runs a button hook and Quinn throws an out pattern. And I am tired of the dinks and dunks, throw down field already. The kid just does not look sharp.
I don't blame Quinn for all of this loss. We have no number one receiver. Our Running backs are mediocre. Our corner backs and safeties suck. Our linebackers are banged up. Our offensive and defensive lines are just OK nothing spectacular. and our MVP is out leaving our punting game suspect. Get well soon Dave Zastudill.
Our team last year was not that good and Manidiot dismantled any talent we had. Dabolls play calling is horrendous. Two screen passes to Cribbs both for losses when you only need two yards, terrible. The players said that they could here the Bengals defense calling out "watch the screen". At that point shouldn't the QB call an audible rather than let Cribbs get crushed? Buddy Ryans autistic son could not stop the run if the running back only had one leg. I don't know why the Bengals even tried to throw the ball, they could have run up and down the field all day.
The Browns are the worst team in the NFL and probably the worst team ever in the history of the Cleveland Browns. Quinn is not the only questionable player on the team but he definitely is not the answer. So please do not call my house to tell me how great Quinn is until he has a couple of wins in a row under his belt. Do you think we can get McCoy for next year? We should have the first pick in the draft again next year.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Browns worst team in NFL
Well it is official, the Browns are the worst team in the NFL. They could not even beat the Detroit Lions.
The Browns run up a score of 24 to 10 in the first quarter and cannot hold onto the lead. This is the highest offensive production the Browns have had in over a year and the defense cannot hold up their end. At the half it is 27 to 24 the Browns are still winning but failing fast.
Fourth quarter with 1:01 left on the clock Detroit takes over on offense the score is Browns 37 Detroit 31. Detroit is on their own 29. The autistic child of Buddy Ryan implements his best defense that makes Matt Stafford look like John Elway. Stafford starts to complete passes for first downs and then spike the ball to stop the clock. The Lions march to the Browns 32 yard line with 8 seconds left on the clock. Time for one more pass to the end zone. Stafford's pass is short and intercepted by Brodney Pool in the end zone. There is a flag on the play, Defensive Pass Interference on Poteate. The pass was so short that Poteate did not have to stop Mosley from going for the ball, Mosley could not get to it anyway. It is now Detroit's ball on the one yard line with no time left on the clock. Matt Stafford gets one last chance to score from the one yard line. Stafford is acting like he has a dislocated shoulder but still completes the pass to win the ball game 38 to 37.
This game was to see who is the worst team in the whole NFL and the Browns won or I mean lose. Manidiot please do me a favor and eat rat poison. Buddy Ryan have your son committed already. Daboll your offense had a decent day but remember this was the Detroit Lions, lets see what you do against the Bengals next week. So Daboll you get a one week reprieve from my disgust.
I have had people tell me that we have to give this coaching staff two more years before we get rid of them. Bullshit, they all should be fired tomorrow. Mangini had a losing record when he came here. Rob Ryan came from a losing team that had a terrible defense. Daboll is a rookie offensive coordinator that is lost in the position. The Moral Compass predicted when Randy Lerner hired Mangini that it was a mistake. I hate it when I am right.
The Browns run up a score of 24 to 10 in the first quarter and cannot hold onto the lead. This is the highest offensive production the Browns have had in over a year and the defense cannot hold up their end. At the half it is 27 to 24 the Browns are still winning but failing fast.
Fourth quarter with 1:01 left on the clock Detroit takes over on offense the score is Browns 37 Detroit 31. Detroit is on their own 29. The autistic child of Buddy Ryan implements his best defense that makes Matt Stafford look like John Elway. Stafford starts to complete passes for first downs and then spike the ball to stop the clock. The Lions march to the Browns 32 yard line with 8 seconds left on the clock. Time for one more pass to the end zone. Stafford's pass is short and intercepted by Brodney Pool in the end zone. There is a flag on the play, Defensive Pass Interference on Poteate. The pass was so short that Poteate did not have to stop Mosley from going for the ball, Mosley could not get to it anyway. It is now Detroit's ball on the one yard line with no time left on the clock. Matt Stafford gets one last chance to score from the one yard line. Stafford is acting like he has a dislocated shoulder but still completes the pass to win the ball game 38 to 37.
This game was to see who is the worst team in the whole NFL and the Browns won or I mean lose. Manidiot please do me a favor and eat rat poison. Buddy Ryan have your son committed already. Daboll your offense had a decent day but remember this was the Detroit Lions, lets see what you do against the Bengals next week. So Daboll you get a one week reprieve from my disgust.
I have had people tell me that we have to give this coaching staff two more years before we get rid of them. Bullshit, they all should be fired tomorrow. Mangini had a losing record when he came here. Rob Ryan came from a losing team that had a terrible defense. Daboll is a rookie offensive coordinator that is lost in the position. The Moral Compass predicted when Randy Lerner hired Mangini that it was a mistake. I hate it when I am right.
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