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http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/latest/434815 I like this idea. As a political junkie, anything that extends the campaign season is fine by me (and this is especially welcome, because vacancies would allow for a breif rest in between re-hitting the trail). The cartoons playing out of NY and IL should provide Feingold with some ammunition for this idea.

I'm reading Truman again. I hope I'll be able to give my subjects the McCollough treatment if I get the opportunities to publish books.

Boarding is a lot like volleyball.

When I first saw the musician pictured above, I thought it was Freddie Roach.

Fightnews reports that Pac-Hat is officially on for 5/2 and a presser will probably come later this week.

Watching them watching you.

Who's making the mint on all these converter boxes and whatnot?

Biggest spending ever, biggest deficit ever, numerous proposals and drives for more new laws that restrict peoples' lives, one of the widest expansions of government in American history (both in power, reach, and financial burden), and a foreign policy that branched away from imperialism to attempt the even more costly idea of coerced nation-building...this was the neoconservative philosphy and results, as carried out by the Bush Jr administration and espoused by the Weekly Standard. I guess it just depends on whether or not you believe that saying something makes it so.

They can say whatever they want, but there's nothing conservative about it.

I think it was Noah Herron that beat a would-be burglar with a piece of his bed.

Time to bring Marney back.

Awesome. Hopefully he wasn't high as shit.

Hell of a sentence.

Not good.

It was a good idea to bring back Counsell. He seems to know what he's doing out there, fairly reliable in run situations, not too much money. I think he might be retarded, though.

http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/breaking_news/434262

There may have been some money exchanged amongst the judges before JCC-Whitaker. Poor Sweet Pea.

Weekly Standard is as far from conservatism as it gets

Andrea Mitchell said there were no reported arrests yesterday. Absolutely crazy.

When Teddy Kennedy was carted out of that big luncheon, Keith Olbermann wasted so much time rambling about a mysterious hospitalization that Obama broke the news in his speech by offering his prayers,etc for Vicky and the family. I guess sometimes it's best to just let the new president give his speech rather than elaborate further on what may have happened. I thought they learned about letting him host these kinds of events last summer.

Bonnaroo lineup will be out on Feb 3.

I hope that Holyfield-Lewis 1 ends up in the collective memory like RJJ at the Olympics or Pernell Whitaker's 2 earliest jobs, where most just remember the result as it should have been. Might not be possible, though. That was such a huge fight at the time. It was popular and drew mainstream attention that looked like it might possibly eclipse Tyson's ear-biting thing and Lewis' unfortunate begininnigs for his second title run. I think there was about two million ppv buys. The fight ended up being rather dull but the consolation was there, we had seen a major spectacle and a new undisputed heavyweight champion was gonig to be crowned. Lewis was denied his biggest victory on the biggest stage; boxing took an embarassing hit I don't think it has ever recovered from. Oscar De La Hoya running around the ring a few months later really made 1999 a shitty year for boxing. What happens if 1999 panned out like everybody hoped it was going to? What if Lewis gets the decision against Holyfield- do they still rematch? if that a bigger/more meaningful fight, how much better does Lewis look all-time? if no rematch, does Lewis fight again that year? What if Oscar had chosen to fight Tito down the stretch? Would it even matter with this goddam racket?

Are you going to have your jaw removed at sea?

Bruce Seldon, pathetic as he often was, did beat the shit out of Joe Hipp on the undercard of Tyson-McNeely. That was brutal. I think Lewis is underrated now but will move up on all-time lists as the years go by. He was lucky to get Holyfield before he became a complete shell and history will smile on Lewis for being so desperately ducked by Riddick Bowe. The Tyson ko wont mean all that much, but the wins over Ruddock, Morrisson, Briggs, Golota, Botha, Tua, Grant, and Vitali are all going to help his standing. There might not have been a less lucky champ than Lennox Lewis. Bowe completely evaded him (even throwing a championship belt in the garbage can to avoid a fight) and so did Tyson until he was shopworn and needed a big check. His second, and best, run with the title got off to as bad a start as is imaginable with the disgraceful McCall fight (this is extra bad for Lennox because he didnt get to fully make up for the earlier loss to McCall as he would get to with Rachman) and then he defended it against the unrelentingly awful Akinwande. He had to slog through twelve rounds with Zelko Mavrovich as well before he got to Holyfield and a run of credible wins (minus one of the biggest upsets in boxing) that continued until his retirement.

Green Bay, after missing the boat on Nolan and Williams (probably during Ted's naptime, his eyes can't be half way outside his head 24/7), is now apparently looking into hiring Dom Capers for Defense.