Monday, February 7, 2011

RIP Gary Moore

Say Hi to Phil for us.

First Border War of the Year Could be a Lopsided Affair

On August 21, 1863, Captain William Quantrill and his band of raiders sacked, burned, and murdered in the city of Lawrence, KS as depicted in the photo. The Missouri Tigers will come to Lawrence this evening with considerably less firepower than Quantrill did 150 years ago. Though formidable at home, the Tigers have been less than stellar on the road. Missouri has only won one true road game, and that was against a woeful Oregon team, the Tigers are 0-4 on the road in Conference Play including loses to unranked Colorado and Oklahoma State.

Mizzou has not won in Lawrence since Norm Stewart's last year in 1999. That's fitting because no one took the rivalry more seriously than Norm did. Of course, he famously would never stay the night in the State of Kansas, choosing instead to stay in Kansas City and driving over for the game in the morning.

If Missouri is to have a chance tonight, they need to shoot the ball well and get to the free throw line. In Mizzou's last road game against Oklahoma State they were out shot at the line by 43-16. That's not going to win you many games. On a bright note for Missouri, Josh Selby appears to be out for the game, and there is no way Brady Morningstar scores 19 again. As much as it pains me to say it, I still think the Jayhawks win big tonight, they just have too much talent for the Tigers to overcome on the road. They can still SUCK IT though!

Sunday, February 6, 2011

O'Reilly Obama Interview Superbowl Sunday

President Obama and Bill O'Reilly sit down and discuss politics, policy, the pressures of being the President and or course, the Super Bowl.
by Kansas City News

The interview between Bill O'Reilly and President Obama during the Super Bowl pregame show showed us a side of Barack Obama that seems a little tired of being president.  Who could blame him?  When asked what the hardest part of being the President was for him, Barack replied "well, the fact that I'm sitting here wearing a sport jacket on Super Bowl Sunday."  I did not vote for Obama, and it is pretty clear that the writers of this blog are not Obama or Democrat supporters in majority.  But I must admit that I'm starting to like Obama as a person.  I don't like everything that Obama sends down the wire politically, but just like former President Bush, Obama is starting to look like a guy that just wants to hang out with his friends, drink beer, smoke a cigarettes, and just rap about guy stuff.  I'm all about that.

Obama looked irritated and weary during the interview, and he made it clear that he would rather be doing something more casual.  He quickly answered Bill O'Reilly's questions almost before they even came out of Bill's mouth, cutting O'Reilly off often and obviously trying to hurry through this interview.  On the other side, it was clear that Bill O'Reilly was trying to make more of the interview than necessary, probably for ratings or whatever, and tried several times to "bully" Obama.  Bill even mentioned gravely and snobbishly that Obama wasn't wearing a tie.  There's conservative, and then there's irritating asshole - and I think that Bill O'Reilly is definitely leaning toward the latter.  Here's a little piece from the interview:

O'Reilly:  "Does it bother you that so many people hate you?"
Obama:  "The people who dislike you, don't know you.  It's that simple, what most people hate about me is whatever "fun house mirror" image of you that's out there.  You don't take it seriously.  To get to be the President in this country you have to have pretty tough skin."

O'Reilly:  "What is the thing that has suprised you the most about this job?"
Obama:  "The thing that you realize intellectually after actually taking office is that every problem that comes to my desk has no easy answer.  All of the easy problems get solved somewhere else down the line.  The problems that make their way on to my desk either have no answer at all, or they require me to make a decision that is going to upset someone or disrupt some part of industry or business."

Obama ends the interview by pointing out something that my father (a man who's intelligence level I have never encountered outside of my home) pointed out to me after I was disappointed in Obama's election.  What my dad and Obama pointed out was that "although we fight back and forth over issues in this country, with Democrats and Republicans, left and right, whatever, America has a common sense of decency that makes me optimistic about our future even on the worst days."  This statement is my new political affiliation, and from now on I'm going to believe that Americans are mostly good at heart and that eventually they will come together and steer the country in the right direction.

Kansas' Win Over Nebraska Shows why League Will Be Tougher Next Season

Despite a "tougher" Nebraska squad, KU once again dominated the huskers on the hard court to complete yet another season sweep. Kansas beat Nebraska 86-66, once again easily dispatching the Huskers on its quest for a seventh strait Big 12 title. Kansas hasn't lost to Nebraska since 2003 (Bill Self's first season) and has made it a habit of beating up on one of the perennial bottom feeders of the league.

With Nebraska going to the Big 10, the Big 12 will become a much stronger conference in basketball. Despite showing a few signs of life in the league this year, the numbers don't lie: Nebraska has constantly finished in the bottom of the league and has usually served as a scrimmage for the Big 12's contenders. With Colorado joining the Pac 10, the Big 12 is losing two programs that constantly finish in the bottom half of the league and will be lucky to finish .500 in conference play this season.

The new Big 12 basketball schedule will require every Big 12 team to play each other twice, which eliminates the south vs. north scheduling arguments and makes the league slate much tougher. While it was unfortunate to see Nebraska and Colorado leave, the new Big 12 will be one of, if not the, toughest basketball leagues in the country.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Claire McCaskill Denies Report of Pressuring DNC

Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is denying reports that she urged the Democratic National Committee not to hold their 2012 Convention in St Louis. New York Times Blogger Jeff Zeleny wrote Tuesday that McCaskill "took her concerns straight to the White House, according to party leaders familiar with the selection process." McCaskill reportedly had concerns that the convention would draw protesters and potentially "complicate" her re-election bid. Basically, she didn't want to be seen on the stage with Obama, who is not really highly regarded in Missouri. She also feared the Convention competing for fundraising dollars in the State.

The accusation that Senator McCaskill argued against a St Louis convention could be potentially damaging to her reputation in Missouri. These kind of events typically bring in MILLIONS of dollars, and I don't mean just a few, try a couple hundred, into the local economy. Also, her union friends might not be very appreciative seeing how Charlotte, the chosen sight for the 2012 convention, has no union hotels. The actions of the Senator will no doubt be seen as selfish to her constituency in Missouri.

On Wednesday, McCaskill told the Associated Press that the story was false. Mr Zeleny responded that his report "speaks for itself". Who to believe in this sordid mess? A lying politician, or a reporter for the most liberally biased newspaper in the country, that's a tough call. Personally I think her support of Obamacare and the so called stimulus package has her doomed anyway.

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