Charles P. Pierce has a funny rant against sportscasters and makes a good case against the Arizona Cardinals. He begins:
I can tell you exactly when I began hating the Arizona Cardinals, and it wasn’t when they came to Foxborough in December, took one look at the falling snow, and decided they would commit public consumer fraud for the balance of the afternoon. No, it was sometime midway through the BCS national championship game between Oklahoma and Florida. For those of you who missed it, Fox television announcer Thom Brennaman treated Florida quarterback Tim Tebow in a fashion that I am absolutely sure violates the anti-stalking statutes in at least five states.
The article “The awfulness of Billy Joel, explained” by Ron Rosenbaum for Slate Magazine has been linked to by everybody on the internets but me, so here it is. It is amusing.
‘Burque Babble has a best line:
“With the steely eye of Death almost at hand, the small, furry creature known as Analog Television may perhaps be saved by brave Congresspeople and a new President with bold ideas that evidently include saving small, supposedly outdated entertainment options.”
And Steve Benen at The Washington Monthly has a best line too:
“The right howls, the media blares, Democrats decide it’s not worth the bother.”
And there’s Calculated Risk.. I just read it for the graphs. Go look. “In Phoenix, house prices have declined more than 40% from the peak.”
Personally housing prices in Phoenix will have to go down another 140% before I’d ever consider living in that hell hole.
Rather than “hell hole” we like to think of it as a long-term bedroom community.
No one from here, no one planning to stay here, one wonders why there is a here here.
But 40% down is still a bit high after 5 years of 25% or better up.