wanna know why i don’t like commuting?

read this.

points to note:

a) the dude did this in front of his kids. classy.

2) the dude drives a pickup. shocker.

As I perused the headlines on news.yahoo.com this afternoon I couldn’t help but stop and read the one titled — Bush: US is not headed into recession.

This sort of “maybe if I close my eyes they can’t see me” leadership has grown so old. It truly makes one yearn for January of 2009.

At any rate, a few of the quotes from Bush are worth noting:

When asked about lawmakers efforts toward creating a second stimulus package: “Why don’t we let stimulus package 1, which seemed like a good idea at the time, have a chance to kick in?”

When asked about concerns for $4 a gallon gas prices this summer: “That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that. … I know it’s high now.”

When asked about NAFTA: “The idea of just unilaterally withdrawing from a trade treaty because of, you know, trying to score political points is not good policy. It’s not good policy on the merits and it’s not good policy as a message to send to people who have in good faith signed a treaty and worked with us on a treaty.”

When asked about the new handpicked leader of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, Bush said he does not know much about him.

Bush concluded with: “We’ll make it through this period just like we made it through other periods of uncertainty during my presidency.”

Wow… the amount of nothing being talked about is overwhelming. This sham of a presidency continually suprises me… maybe I should just take some of Bush’s advice: “Fool me once… shame on… shame on you…If fooled, you can’t get fooled again.”

So I was watching Morning Joe the other day, and… well, I found the clip on YouTube, so you can just watch for yourself. I do love how he knows the name of the man in Bolivia.

In the spirit of the upcoming baseball season, I’d like to direct your attention to this article by ESPN’s Tom Friend.

I don’t even know if there’s too much more I can say about it. If you’re a fan of the game, this is a must read. So go read it. Spring will be here soon, and there’s hope for all teams. Even the Cubs.

normally, i try not to pick on sid hartman too often– or, at least as much as he deserves. being overly negative to grandpa sports and other very old, nearly dead people (like carl pohlad) seems like an invitation to bad karma. however, sometimes i need to call el sid out.

sid is famous for painting overly rosy pictures of local sports teams. which, as a regular listener of dan barreiro, i can appreciate– a little yin to my typical yang. but his sunday column, featuring the almost onion-like headline of “Garnett Deal Looks Better All the Time”– deserves some analysis and, well, ridicule. (and, yes, i take kevin mchale to task below as well. he deserves just as much ridicule.)

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