Monday, July 03, 2006

Independence Day thoughts

While it's important to take time out on the holiday to rejoice that we still have a Supreme Court willing to limit the executive branch's despicable tendency toward torture, and it's also pleasurable to spend the day mocking hypocritical and drug addicted radio broadcasters for their confiscated bottles of "shock and awe erectile launchers"--- I believe it's equally important that we all take a somber reminder of why Independence Day means so much. Take the time to read.

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It's hard to believe but these two people are made up essentially of the same biological material.

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ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons underwent emergency surgery last week at a hospital in Boston. "Peter is resting comfortably after surgical repair of a brain aneurysm," his wife, Gloria, said in a statement, "We appreciate all of your good wishes and ask that you keep Peter in your thoughts and prayers."

If you're like me, you read about Gammons' operation and asked yourself-- Peter Gammons has a wife?

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If Phil Hartman were still around, I believe he would be doing such great projects. He was a gifted performer and he had terrific taste, and those two traits don't always go hand-in-hand. Part of me believes that the "sitcom" died along with him.

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The real winners of last week's NBA draft-- the league itself, its 30 teams, and its cash cow developmental league subsidized in part by American taxpayers-- Division I college basketball. The losers are the legal adults beneath the league's new age minimum requirement that, instead of being drafted and leveraged to earn their fortunes, are granted the alternatives of either relocating to Europe or being enslaved by millionaire collegiate coaches and boosters while receiving neither financial compensation nor a legitimate college education.

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Quote of the day: Blogger Ken Levine-- "If Kevin Spacey really wanted to kill Superman, he would force him to watch 'Beyond the Sea.'"

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