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The Giants Win SuperBowl XLII!

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Whoooo!!! Can you believe it? A team that started off the season 0 – 2 and a quarterback that many had written off as not ready for the big leagues managed to win the biggest game on the biggest stage we’ve seen in the NFL in years! Combine that with the fact that Tom Coughlin was on the chopping block before this season began and one of the best Giants players in history (I forget his name – Tiki something) openly criticized the team and Eli Manning’s leadership during the early weeks of this season and you have a story that is much better than Tom Brady winning a 4th SuperBowl or the Patriots going 19 – 0.

It’s been a long time since I jumped out of my seat while watching sports. The last time that I can remember was when my little brother played his last football game for Roxbury High School a few years ago. And the last time that I jumped out of my seat watching professional sports? Phew. Who knows? I can’t even remember, but watching this game tonight – I absolutely loved it! Put aside the fact that my team was playing in the SuperBowl; this low-scoring game had compelling stories on both sides of the field, was held in a Class A stadium, and showed that an underdog can still take down the league Goliath. It was everything that you want in a football game and so much more.

As for the “other” aspects of the game here are some comments.

I loved that Peyton Manning was just an all-American guy in the box while watching the game. The Manning family has a genuine character about them that you don’t find too often in many parts of this nation any more.

Is there any doubt about Tom Coughlin’s leadership ability now? What I love about Coughlin is that he seems to be a mean, grumpy guy who doesn’t want to hear any bitching. I love it.

Tom Brady handled himself brilliantly in the post-game press conference. He looked the part of a champion and showed that – even though most American males hate him (his life is too perfect) – he’s a classy guy. Bill “The Cheater” Belichek, on the other hand, looked and acted like a sore loser. He’s done this before after big losses, too. Very classless and not becoming of a team the stature of The Patriots.

Sean Salisbury was on ESPN after the game was over and said that no one needs to go out there and say that the Patriots beat themselves. He went on that the Giants beat The Patriots up and down the field and they were the better team – and that’s the truth. Again, that’s not because I’m a Giants fan – it’s because I watched the game and saw the Patriots not play their best game while the Giants played excellently.

Speaking of post-game commentators, someone really needs to get those former NFL guys classes in grammar. These guys sit on the daises on various channels and speak a refined form of Ebonics that is both horrifying and alarming at the same time! Quotes like, “The Patriots defense try to not let Giants score is a tough thing to accomplish this game,” scare the shit out of me! What’s even scarier is that you normally get three or four of these guys on one channel within the same time period! Damn it!

Anyway – go Giants!

Why DID the Chicken Cross the Road?

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My Mother forwarded me a chain e-mail of jokes about why the chicken crossed the road. I found it funny, so I figured that some of you might, too! Enjoy!

Why did the chicken cross the road?

DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on ‘THIS’ side of the road before it goes after the problem on the ‘OTHER SIDE’ of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his ‘CURRENT’ problems before adding ‘NEW’ problems.

OPRAH :
Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

GEORGE W. BUSH:
We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road…

ANDERSON COOPER – CNN:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

JOHN KERRY:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

NANCY GRACE:
That chicken crossed the road because he’s GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS:
Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY:
To die. In the rain. Alone.

JERRY FALWELL:
Because the chicken was gay! Can’t you people see the plain truth? That’s why they call it the ‘other side.’ Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like ‘the other side.’ That chicken should not be crossing the road. It’s as plain and as simple as that.

GRANDPA:
In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS:
Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.

JOHN LENNON:
Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

ARISTOTLE :
It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra…#@&&^(C% …. reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

BILL CLINTON :
I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE :
I invented the chicken!

AL SHARPTON:
Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.

DICK CHENEY:
Where’s my gun?

COLONEL SANDERS :
Did I miss one?

Proof of Oil Companies Gouging Prices?

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Exxon-Mobil announced their largest quarterly profit today at $11.7 billion. According to the CNN article, they were making about $1,300 per second last year with an annual profit of $40.61 billion.

Trust me, I’m not one of these lunatic who thinks that companies should be taxed ten different ways to Sunday or that Republicans bend over backwards to make businesses happy, but I have to be honest and say that given the current world market for petroleum and how it has “effected” the price of gas in America, our government should be stepping in at this point. The first priority of government is to protect the people. This means that when the invisible hand of the market turns in a manner that crushes the individual, the government needs to do something (see: FDR and the New Deal).

In fact, George Bush sees that many people are hurting and thus he has offered the economic stimulus plan that is currently being forced through Congress. But I believe that when companies who provide a needed product are making record setting profits that are grossly outperforming the market, then the government DOES need to step in with some type of windfall tax or an investigation into the pricing strategies of these companies. We are not just a petroleum-based economy, but we’re a petroleum-based civilization right now. Yes, that is slowly changing through renewable resources, but the vast majority of this country needs to fill their gas tank and heat their homes.

For a company that provides a needed resources to be making these types of profits when Americans cannot pay for basic needs is a disgrace. Think of it this way, every 30 seconds in 2007, Exxon-Mobil earned the equivalent of the median national income. Every minute last year they doubled the median national income. That means every minute in 2007, Exxon-Mobil made more than most young families make in an entire year. EVERY MINUTE!

If that’s not something the people need to be protected from, then I don’t know what is…

Getting Railroaded By These Rate Cuts

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Earlier today the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee cut interest rates – again – by 50 basis points to 3.00%. This is good news for those who are looking to get better-cost money from banks or who are worried about the cost of bank money, but for anyone who has an interest bearing account – this blows!

I have an ING Direct Savings account and my once 4.5% interest rate is now down to 3.0%! Sure, it’s better than you’ll ever get by opening a walk-in savings account at a regular bank, but my returns have been cut in half by 33% over the last few months! Come on!

Stupid subprime market ruining the economy causing a recession… 🙁

Giuliani and Edwards to Drop Out

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This year’s primary season – short as it may seem – has been a fascinating study in political theater, jockeying for position, and what it takes for a political campaign to succeed in the year 2008. I’ll reserve my comments on some of the fascination with the minutia for a different post, but one of the most eye-opening events is about to take place later today: Rudy Giuliani is going to drop out of the Presidential Race. This is amazing! Here is a guy who wasn’t just #1 in the national polls for almost a year, but was way out in front in most of the state polling for months and months. However, Rudy’s strategy of a national primary campaign has not paid off and he lost his chance at being President.

Whoever decided that strategy for Rudy should be removed from politics, period. Rudy, of course, didn’t help his cause by constantly saying, “blah blah blah 9/11 blah blah New York City blah blah blah.” As someone who is from New York City and still lives in the tri-state area, I can appreciate what he is saying. I wouldn’t expect anyone in Montana, Florida, Maine, Texas, or California to give a crap, though.

Part of me is sad to see Rudy drop out of the race, but another part of me is glad that he’s dropping out because I don’t know if he was truly the best choice for President. On the other hand, I’m extremely glad to see John Edwards drop out of the race.

Many people get on Romney’s case because they feel he is the classic, greasy politician. I feel the same exact way about Edwards. He may be the most ingenuous man that I’ve ever seen on the national political stage. He’s a smarmy, arrogant punk who has no idea what it’s like to live in that “other” America in the year 2008. This guy’s experiences from decades ago when he was living in that other America have almost nothing to do with what the vast majority of Americans face on a daily basis today. Once upon a time, the “other” America was literally children living in cardboard boxes all across the rural South. The Kennedy Family and Lyndon Johnson did more to help those folks than John Edwards could ever hope to do.

To John Edwards, I say good riddance. To Rudy, I say a poor plan and a presentation that left much to be desired did him in.