I can repeat the same answer over and over again. How come I don’t get to be vice president? Sarah Palin says a whole lotta nothin’ in this interview with Katie Couric:
Obama’s Economic Plan
Frerotte Has Been Freed!
<IRONY>Clearly, my post-game blog post had an effect.</IRONY> Brad Childress benched Tarvaris Jackson in favor of Gus Frerotte today. The sun is shining today.
The Fundamentals Of The Economy Are Strong
The fundamentals of the economy may be strong for John McCain but are you better off than you were eight years ago or are you ready for four more years of the same policies that got us to this horror show? Just sayin’…
A Bowl Of Cherries Today
On the way out the door, I grabbed a bagful of cherries to eat for breakfast at work this morning. I didn’t consciously grab them for this reason, but once I got to work I realized I couldn’t have had a more appropriate breakfast.
Life is absolutely a bowl of cherries for me today.
I’m still warmed by the afterglow of Obama’s acceptance speech. It wasn’t his best speech but it was a very politically tactical speech that was nevertheless superb. It certainly wasn’t his most inspiring speech but I was still moved not so much by the speech itself but by the historical moment.
My life experience has thankfully given me a what I think is a fairly unique perspective on race in America, at least for that of a white, male Minnesotan. That experience deserves its own post, with which I promise to follow up. Suffice to say, at the outset of this Democratic campaign, I was fairly skeptical of America’s willingness to support a black man for president.
So though I’ve known this moment was coming for quite some time, the moment it happened, the moment Barack Obama actually accepted my party’s nomination for president, I was surprised at how moved I was.
I spent a year and a half of my high school years in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where I met virulent racists. There was the kid who tried to beat up a black girl on her first day of school because she was black (that was her only day at that school). There was the kid whose father had turned their basement into his own personal armory in anticipation of the race war he believed to be coming. There was the friend who found a Klu Klux Klan sword between the walls of his house while his family was renovating a room. There were the gallows I spied driving past a corn field one day.
These racist kids I knew learned racism from their parents and had they stayed in Indiana, there’s little to lead me to believe that they’d ever change.
So, to witness the history that took place last night inspired me to have more faith in my fellow Americans and today, I am the proudest I’ve ever been in my life to be an American.
So, yeah, today’s a pretty good day.
So, Um, What You’re Saying Is…
You can pretty much call me a fan of ProFootballTalk.com, but this “analysis” of how the NFC North will shake out this year is not particularly analytical nor insightful. So, it’s gonna be a battle between the Vikings and the Packers and the Bears and the Lions will not be a factor.
Just phoning it in:
Al Franken To The Swift Boaters: Checkmate
There are plenty of reasons to be critical of the campaign Al Franken has run to date, but this is not one of them. I just saw Franken’s latest ad and I’m like, daaaammmmn! Trot this b*tch out every time the Republicans scream you hate the troops:
Adrian Peterson Stars In Madden 09 Commercial
Madden 09 will be available Monday. This year Madden should be much more fun to play than last year because of the additions of Jared Allen, Madieu Williams, Bernard Berrian, and Adrian Peterson should be rated like 98 or 99. With Gus Frerotte at QB, it should be a lot easier to hit open receivers, too. GameStop is featuring the Madden version of Adrian Peterson in their commercials:
Gary Zimmerman Highlight Video
It’s too bad we let him go. Gary Zimmerman was inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame this weekend. Alongside Randall McDaniel, Zimmerman helped form a left side offensive line that absolutely dominated their opponents.
Here’s Zimmerman talking about playing hurt: