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I blame YouTube (Country Hip-Hop Edition)
economics / education / environment / technology
Well, this here be my life. I hate my life.
I hate YouTube.
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I feel safer now
It’s amazing we still all have any money at all.
My idea for First National of Sanka is looking better every day.
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Millen, Fired
FireMillen.com Members and Staff Rejoice over the Firing of Detroit Lions’ President Matt Millen
September 24, 2008 (Detroit, MI) – After 83 losses, countless blown draft picks, and having the Detroit Lions become the laughing stock of the NFL during the last eight years, Detroit Lion’s owner William Clay Ford finally fired President and General Manager Matt Millen.
“Matt Millen should have been fired three years ago after mismanaging the team for his first five years,” says FireMillen.com founder Michael McCune. “At the same time, FireMillen.com members and staff are ecstatic about the decision to finally get rid of the worst general manager in professional sports history.”
Millen’s mismanagement of the team has gotten to the Lions off to another dismal 0-3 start in 2008. Under Millen’s tenure, he has hired three head coaches, even more assistants and coordinators, and signed and drafted new players each year. Even with all of those changes, the Lions are a league worst 31-82. Only the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the mid 1980’s had a worse record in modern NFL History. In Millen’s tenure, the defense has been one of the worst in the league and the offense has only been ranked in the top half of the league once (2007).
“Poor drafting is just the start of Millen’s failure” said McCune. “He has overpaid free agents that have been backups on other teams and continued to keep players that have not delivered in the past. His mistakes continue to cost this team which has over $15 Million in salary cap space dedicated to players who are no longer on this team.”
While FireMillen.com is no longer needed to promote the firing of Matt Millen, the site will remain up, under a new yet –to-be-determined name, to follow the search process for a new general manager and future seasons.
“We hope that the Lions take this opportunity to execute an exhaustive search for a qualified general manager who can build a team of which Detroit Lions’ fans can be proud” McCune continued.
FireMillen.com has always been proud to in keeping its arguments fact based. McCune said “I have no personal problems with Matt Millen. From what I have read, Matt Millen is a nice man and was a great football player. He just was an extremely bad general manager.”
FireMillen.com is not affiliated with the Detroit Lions or the National Football Association. The site was started in 2005 in an effort to get Matt Millen fired. The site has received over a million “hits” since it started and has a dedicated group of readers and forum contributors. For further information or comment, please contact Mike McCune at mmccune@hotmail.com.
Even more: Celebrating the End Of The Millen-ium
Sarah Palin on Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck can say he interviewed her back when. This is back from June, shilling like good little stooges discussing their talking points from their overlords in Big Oil™ sound energy policies.
And yes, like anything involving Alaska, they talk about Drilling ANWR:
Somehow, the wanton murder of thousands of moose didn’t get in the interview. You know why that is. BIAS. This interview reeks of the filth of moose hunting advocates.
Just once — once — I would love to see her pressed on this issue. But know, softball question after softball. Moose lovers demand answers! US out of Alaska! Now!
Meanwhile, back in character…
Like the question about the VeeP? I remember the whole vetting process, and summarily dismisser her because — because there wasn’t anything I could find that I hated about her. She was perfect, thus unelectable.
I’m glad I was wrong.
I heart Sarah(cuda)
economics / environment / politics
Yeah, I know I’ve totally quit Obama–bashing long enough to be a total shill for Sarah Palin. Don’t expect that to change any time soon. I’ve got a fever, and the prescription is more moosebell!
And speaking of the music at the end of the Republican convention (he transitioned perfectly), Scandal!:
The Wilson sisters sent a cease and desist to McCain/Palin because they used “Barracuda” by Heart at the end of the RNC. It makes sense: For a rock musician, affiliation with a Republican campaign could be a career-ender. Whoops, too late!
Image from Rachel Lucas. Other stuff from Jim Treacher may also amuse.
More Palin vs. Obama
economics / politics / security
If this doesn’t prove Team Obama is scared, look at this: the comparison of Obama as presidential candidate versus the former job of the VeeP candidate. That’s right, the latest great move by the Obama camp is to ignore her current job and try and make his current job sound important:
COOPER: And, Senator Obama, my final question — your — some of your Republican critics have said you don’t have the experience to handle a situation like this. They in fact have said that Governor Palin has more executive experience, as mayor of a small town and as governor of a big state of Alaska. What’s your response?
OBAMA: Well, you know, my understanding is, is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We have got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month.
So, I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute, I think, has been made clear over the last couple of years. And, certainly, in terms of the legislation that I passed just dealing with this issue post-Katrina of how we handle emergency management, the fact that many of my recommendations were adopted and are being put in place as we speak, I think, indicates the degree to which we can provide the kinds of support and good service that the American people expect.
Uh, she’s the Governor of Alaska. With a multi–billion dollar budget and tanks and helicopters and stuff. In a non–contiguous state less than an hour away from Russia, not one of our best buddies in the world.
And, again, she isn’t running for the presidency. John McCain is. It’s just amazing to see the comparisons of two people who are should be incomparable.
[Via Ed, from whom all stories flow]
Tough year for the Packers
First, there’s the whole Brett Favre thing, now there’s the VP snub.
Have I mentioned I am loving this political AND football season more and more?
Talking points
economics / environment / politics / security
Since I’m not feeling bloggy today, feel free to discus amongst yourselves.
- The Olympics (my take: boring)
- Russia is at war with Georgia
- The John Edwards affair now acknowledged by the media
- President Bush says to drill, price of oil plummets
- Political stunt becomes movement, Republicans stay in D.C
If anybody needs me, I’ll be watching NFL preseason football.
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