We love our new LA Laker team. So, they are only 3 and 10…..but they have a pretty cute team. We love the Coach Byron Scott, we love Kobe and even Nick Young and Jordan Hill have had to shape up. Jeremy Lin is a great steady Eddie type and we have a whole bunch of cool role players that all seem to be acting “like a team”. We cannot tell you how much more attractive these Lakers are, even at 3 and 10 compared to the old nasty D’Antoni – Steve Nash Lakers of old. As much as we detested the old Lakers…..we actually hold a nice warm puppy feeling regarding this new LA Laker team. It is such a nice change, that we are actually considering dusting off our old 2009 Championship T-Shirts and wearing them to Gelson’s, Trader Joe’s, Mother’s Kitchen and Whole Foods. The new Kobe is very attractive too. No baloney Kobe, is telling it like it is and staying energized, playing 40 minutes a game – Dude! That is certainly attractive, no matter what the record of wins and loses. Hey, the NBA this year is a mess. the Cleveland Cavs, the Golden State Warriors, the San Antonio Spurs, the Dallas Mavericks…….all look like world beaters and the poor LA Clippers look like they need to take more vitamins. This is going to be a very interesting NBA Season. The Vegas Gamblers are going to make billions and billions……because no one knows who is going to do what or when someone is going to make their move.
Then you have the case of the USC Trojans. 7 and 4 as we speak. Thrashed convincingly by the UCLA Bruins last night 38 to 20. The Victory Bell will remain Powder Blue at least another year.
Just for the record. Grrrr….
The Sark with no Bark…….got their butts kicked hard. It was sad to watch actually. We thought for a moment that UCLA was playing Fresno State or maybe San Diego State. Not that we don’t like the Bulldogs or the Aztecs – they are wonderful teams, but hardly a match for a top 10 AAA NCAA Top Tier PAC-12 team. Next week is going to tell the tale. UCLA plays Arizona and USC plays the dreaded Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, who have lost their last three games and will be the underdog to the Trojans when they arrive at the Colesium for their final rivalry game. The Trojans, should they lose to the Golden Helmets will wind up with a 7 and 5 record. The Trojans will have to pray to even make it to the Alamo Bowl against a team like Duke or Nevada. We won’t mention that Sark and his team of proven 7ups or Pat Haden should shuffle off into the sunset. It won’t do any good. Haden and Sarkesian are much like police chief in Ferguson or Jerry Sandusky………they are not quitters. They have no ability to understand when they have reached the limits of their ability. No quit in these folks EVER!
Our society has become one of denial. The Republicans deny that Homelessness is a National problem. They deny that Immigration can be fixed. They deny, they deny and then they deny again…….. So, it make all kinds of sense that people within our society follow the same example. The recent Bill Cosby outing issue follows so many other law breakers that have inundated the airwaves endlessly with denials or in this case….refusal to say anthing. The number of women accusing Cosby of rape or sexual distress/abuse is unwards of 16 or more. All their stories oddly match. We remember Bill vividly when he was the first black man to do a television drama called “I Spy” with Robert Culp and Martin Landau back in 1965. Maybe, that is where Cosby learned what to drop in a girl’s drink to make her more open to his advances. Heck, the 60’s, 70’s and even the 80’s had a lot of weird stuff….going on….as we recall. Lot’s of hypnotism, drugs and hot rubbing oils. Who knows what kind of things folks could get hooked on? Cosby went to Temple University we understand, which is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Oops……just how close is that to Penn State University? Probably all just a coincidence. So how long do you think that Bill should deny all charges? How about as long as Donald Sterling did? At least that long? Or should he try and break that record? So far Jodie Arias still is holding the record for denial……..it may be difficult to break that record. Rayvon Martin – George Zimmerman? Let’s not go there. That would be like talking about all the denial going on in Ferguson, Missouri. Where is Donald and Shelly Sterling again? Bernie Madoff however…….is fine….not to worry!
Just hold a good thought for our LA Lakers, new management for the USC Trojans ……..and remember that Bill Cosby went to Temple!
Penn State and Temple U may be in the same state, but are in different countries!
The first thing that pops out to me in the paragraph about Crosby is
“Temple University”. hmmm. going to investigate. sounds Jewish but might be Masonic. probably not Mormon.
Northern Baptist, no big conspiracy, carry on.
Boy, if the Laker’s season record gets much worse perhaps Coach Scott should make an impromptu private phone call to a friend (who records it) and tell her not to bring any whites to the next basketball game. Apparently it’s justification these days to take a team away from a bona-fide owner. So certainly it would be justification to fire a coach. That way the Lakers could stop the bleeding before it ends up being a fatal season (and incredibly embarrassing to the Laker fans who buy the tickets)!
Perhaps the Trojans allowing Josh Shaw back on the team after telling some ridiculous and embarrassing lies forced Karma on the team yesterday. Interesting that it happened during the same week that Obama gave legalization to 6 million illegal migrants who broke into the country and stole millions of jobs. Moral codes are so old fashioned and blase’ these days. I wonder if Sark is a democrat? I would lay 9 to 1 odds that he is!!
Now you’re blaming the republicans for Cosby??? Oh my God! How special is that??
Besides, it doesn’t matter who wins the PAC-12 South. The Oregon Ducks are going to cream any other PAC-12 team that plays them in Santa Clara for the title. They already embarrassed UCLA once. The Ducks will go on to play for the national title. The PAC-12 title is small potatoes.
Marion Barry died at age 78. Let’s all pause for a moment of silence and lower our flags to half-staff.
*Marion Berry was a pistol. He gets caught with his hand on his zipper and says: “Jesus said……you have to forgive 70 times 70…….and I’ve made lots of mistakes…cause I’m not perfect…….” He used that rap to get re-elected four times as D.C. Mayor. Pretty impressive!
The saddest part of the Pac-12 is…..Pat Haden, along with Conde Rice are on the National selection committee for the four team play-off…… We don’t blame the USC Players……but Justin bro….is a mess. The USC Defense couldn’t stop a grandmother trying to cross the street….with that coaching.. Of course we told Alabama’s Saban not to hire Lane Kiffin……but he paid no attention and therefore will wind up losing to Ohio State……….for the number three spot.
Kiffen has actually done a pretty good job for Saban at Alabama as the offensive coordinator. They’ve had some tight games for sure but ended almost all their games (except against Ole Miss) with more points than the opponent. Last I saw Alabama was ranked #1 by the selection committee and #2 in the AP. Kiffen knows football. But following Pete Carroll and all the USC scandals was a tough act. You must admit. I think he’s found a home at Alabama. And if (when) Saban leaves Kiffen just might get promoted to be the head coach.
Condi Rice is a joke. She wants to be the NFL Comissioner ! What experience does she have for such a job other than doing lots of end runs for George W. Bush? Answer: Zilch. I don’t watch pro football anymore. It’s about as pathetic as following the shenanigans in the Obama White House. But if I did and she became Commissioner that would be a good enough reason to boycott the NFL. She speaks Russian and even the Russians hated her! lol.
Finally, more oxygen for the rest of us. (And more cocaine for some people.)
Look, at some point if there’s any possibility of extricating the nation from this mess we’ve created for ourselves, we have to be brutally honest, no matter how painful it might be. That is the first step to freedom. We have to concede that we Americans, as a whole, are incredibly stupid. Just look at who we elect to the highest offices in the land. For example, Barack Obama was elected twice to the White House. The first time may have been excusable. The 2nd time? Pure stupidity. Congress has about a 17% approval rating but incumbents are reelected about 95% of the time. If that isn’t stupid, what is? Same with the California legislature. Their approval rating is even lower than that of Congress. Incumbent reelection rate? 95%. Incredible example of stupidity in action. You have to choose one: (1) Either the electoral process and vote count is rigged, or (2) The Americans are a tremendously stupid population of people.
Once you’re able to generate the honesty to choose (1) or (2) you have become an integral part of the solution as opposed to an ingredient to the problem. You get a passing grade for whichever option you choose. And the next step is to communicate it to your friends and relatives.
Together we can fix the problem.
*Fix it? Not much chance of that sir…… You have a variety of pretty messed up states like North Carolina, Georgia and West Virginia…just for starters. Then you add to that all the Citizens United misrepresentations on things like Keystone XL and GMO Labeling and the next thing you know…..people are living in the Dark Ages with an I-pod in one hand and a lump of coal in the other…shouting at the darkness….wishing it was back in the 60’s! The paranoia is a designed to create the unknown. If you meet someone…do they have AIDS, Ebola or just plain PTSD? They put a variety of ingredients in our food and environment in order to create health disorders which require therapies not cures. The Republicans have yet to field a candidate……that we can elect. Rudy Guiliani was the last great white hope of the Republican party and he slipped through their fingers. Hillary will be our next President and of course our dream is that Janet Reno will not be our next Attorney General. Not much can save the Republican Party right now…..they got infected with the great United We Stand gene….which had morphed from Ross the Boss into Ted Cruz and Rand Paul genes……brutal. Totally unsustainable, much like the Lindsay Graham and John McCain gene. Then they have the Mitt Romney is actually a Scientologist….gene. The world gets crazier as we speak. Soon the Republicans will be telling us that we should be more like Putin……oh, they already are doing that. OK, here comes Hillary and we will embrace her because women’s rights should probably stay around for awhile. We love Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren but heck they haven’t got a chance….way too real for prime time.
Just noting that conclusory assertions do not constitute arguments. Your premises are faulty as well.
“You have a variety of pretty messed up states like North Carolina, Georgia and West Virginia…just for starters”
Sure. And California is a shining light of optimism to the other 49 states, aren’t we??? Highest poverty rate, businesses fleeing, 3rd highest total tax rate in the nation, lawmakers protect indigent illiterate illegals who unlawfully enter the state and steal jobs from our underclass, K-12 schools ranked 47 out of 50 in academic performance…..real nirvana…..while 95% of those incumbents responsibile for the state of our state get reelected. Sure. We’re in great shape.
You’ve been fooled into accepting the Republican vs. Democrat paradigm. And you’ve chosen a home team to root for that can do no wrong. It’s the old ‘divide and conquer’ routine. You’ve bought into it. Congratulations!
Ron and Ana, I read today that Secretary of Defense Hagel was fired by Obama. Apparently he didn’t go along with the illegal airstrike campaign on Syria. Basic human decency should condemn a nation breaching another sovereign nation’s borders with military firepower and dropping tons of bombs when there was no imminent threat to the attacking nation and there was no legal consensus among our global neighbors who participate in the United Nations, based in NYC. But I guess when you’ve got a Nobel Peace Prize and have declared yourself to be a dictator/king, who really needs laws or human decency, eh? Since Obama’s a liberal democrat I will assume that you will silently support him until you indicate otherwise. OTOH, Bush was a tyrant for taking military action against Iraq, wasn’t he? Let’s all condemn GW Bush!!!! It’s much easier and more convenient.
*We try endlessly to be optimistic about our Republic, our State, our County and our City, our favorite Sports Teams and our favorite celebrities. We believe that good behavior is a role model that everyone should present to our progeny at all times. We create a few basic rules of the road and hope upon hope that leadership, wherever it is found …will attempt to follow it. Naive? True, at times it seems most likely. However, without hope and occasional good ideas to create solutions…..where would any of us be?
OK, Sark is a jerk…..a crybaby….another Lane Kiffin in drag. Pat Haden is dirty and should have been removed from the selection committee the moment he went down on the field at the Stanford game to chat with officials. We still like the LA Lakers, even at 3 and 11. We still think that Cosby needs a good public scoulding and thrashing. We still think that the Ferguson Police Chief should resign, along with the entire City Council and City Manager….no matter what the Grand Jury says…..EVER! OK, there is our positive outlook for the day…..hope you are happy Mr. Spellbound?
*We are also broken hearted that Chuck Hagel will be stepping down as Secretary of Defense. He is such a real guy, with a real heart and soul. Perhaps that is why they need to replace him with someone heartless, mean and recalcitrant.
*NO, it was Bill Clinton that bombed our Serbian friends into the stone ages, and let the Albanian Occupation of Kosovo and Macedonia….killing, raping and occupying land that belonged to Serbs. Let’s not go into war actions eh? How long were you in what service and what was your MOS bucko? Now, LOL…….we want to hear it. What, you were buds with Gaddafi? A truly fine fellow that Ronnie Reagan tried to take out, and only got a few family members……in the process. Gaddafi was funding terrorist attacks on areas all around the world since 1970.
*Post Mortem: Kobe is throwing up bricks, missing the popcorn machine, 3 & 12. Not to worry………there are only 60 more games that are possible to lose. Meawhile, Bill Cosby has dropped his pants for the last time. The sponsors are slowly,leaving the building. Pat Haden and J,K. McKay got written up in the LA Times Sports Section yesterday, waxing poetic about their team time together with Dad 41 years ago! Hugh Culverhouse be praised. Maybe the Tampa Bay Bucs will let Haden do their game commentary next year. Meanwhile, UCLA lost to Stanford at the Rose Bowl. Everyone loses to Stanford at the Rose Bowl. Today is Finals Day for Lane Kiffin and Sark the Bark. Win today and no one will care. Lose today and the world will never let them forget it EVER! War Eagle! Go you Catholics go!
THE VIKING CURSE
The date was December 26, 1977. As the four of us headed to the Los Angeles Coliseum to see our Rams finally get revenge on the Vikings.
All of us are so excited that we won’t shut up. Thinking ahead to our meeting with the Cowboys. Were we overlooking the Vikings? Hell yes!!!
We beat the Vikings 35-3 just weeks ago and they won’t have Fran Tarkenton, some guy named Bob Lee will be their QB.
It was the coldest, rainest night in LA History……we wrapped black trash bags around
us to keep the rain off.
Four hours later, we are headed home. Not one word is spoken in the hour drive.
Right then I came to the conclusion that the Rams in a past life did something very bad to a Viking and now are being punished. There is no other way to look at it.
It has to be a Viking curse.
In 1974, the Rams should of played the NFC Championship game against the Vikings in 70% Los Angeles instead of -12% wind chill factor Minnesota. Both teams were 10-4, and the Rams had won their one regular-season meeting. Until 1975, however, the NFL rotated playoff sites, and it was the NFC Central’s turn to play host to the conference championship game. Forget about it being the NFC Championship game, name me any game that a team goes over 99 yards and gets no points and loses by 4 points. OVER 99 YARDS!!! That doesn’t happen in Pop Warner. This is what happened. In the 4th quarter, the Vikings hold a 7-3 lead. A punt pinned the Rams inside their 1-yard line, but we moved out of danger to their 25. Then Haden hit Harold Jackson for a 73-yard gain. Jackson should have scored, but he was nudged out of bounds by Jeff Wright at the Vikings’ 2. One play later the Rams were less than six inches from a 10-7 lead. But Haden, who could have fallen forward for the go-ahead TD, switched to a long count.
The Rams lost and we will never forgive Pat Haden for that terrible loss to the Vikings
at the LA Coliseum. That was our last Ram game we ever attended.