The NCAA Basketball Tournament... March Madness they call it. Yeah it's mad alright, in a cash register ka-chinging kinda way! As we all know we can boil down college athletics these days to just a bunch of corporate suits exploiting small town hicks and inner city gang-bangers resulting in a whole lot of people getting rich. Yeah I know, they've got the Title IX tax, mustn't marginalize the women you know. But hey, there's plenty of money to go around so WTF? Well fine goddammit, it's the way of the world, I get it. But can't they at least TRY to make it just a little more fair? You know, for appearances sake?
Anyway I have a suggestion which I unfortunately can't take credit for but sounds promising. Let's do away with seeding. That's right, get rid of the automatic number 1 vs. number 'ain't got a fuqing chance'. Adopt the FA method, put all the names in a hat and have a draw.
Now the big schools will complain of course. Their argument will be that they should be rewarded for their magnificent accomplishment of going 30-2 in one of the most highly competitive conferences in the US blah, blah, blah. Yeah right! They want an advantage when they already have every advantage under the Sun. Right now it's like the Tournament is run by the Harvard admissions office. The draw I propose would 'democratize' things with no more free rides for the 1%ers. Yes yes Carolina might have to play Duke in the first round. OMG the horror! But then again we might get a Murray State that wins a couple, finds their tournament legs and actually plays up to potential. We might actually end of with a Final Four that doesn't include the same twenty or thirty national powers that have been national powers for the past fifty friggin' years.
But, as in politics it's all about money and power, so will it happen? Not a chance in hell. Nobody with a stake in this methodical madness wants a Murray State vs. St. Mary's final.
Friday, March 22, 2019
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Failing Out of the Electoral College
The NCAAs are all set and I'm sure to be bitching/commenting about that, but for now let's talk some Electoral College.
It seems about a half dozen States have signed on to a National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) that awards their Electoral College votes to whomever wins the popular vote among all the States combined, and that's even if the individual doesn't appear on their own State's ballot! Theoretically I could run as a write-in candidate and never get one vote in California (for example), but if I somehow received a plurality in the OTHER STATES then I would get California's 55 votes as well. This compact currently has about two thirds of the votes needed to elect a President (270), so it's the real deal not to be taken lightly.
To the casual observer this scheme may seem unconstitutional but not so fast my friend, the fact is state legislatures are given wide latitude in how they allocate their Electoral College votes. Now to anyone with a lick of sense this is obviously a recipe for disaster but I personally think it might not be so bad. As we all know the left is constantly pushing the envelope in terms of what they think they can get away with, and they've been pretty damn successful at (de facto) amending the Constitutional through judicial rulings and Presidential fiat. I've long thought federalism is dead and if successful this stratagem will be just another nail in the coffin. Leftists hate federalism for the obvious reason that if they are to achieve their goals then centralized power is a an absolute necessity. Tyranny cannot exist without centralized, concentrated power, that's just a fact Jack. But in my view this scheme to denude the Electoral College and further marginalize middle America will likely backfire and could very well precipitate the break up of the country (the law of unintended consequences rears its ugly head). Think I'm crazy? Hey join the club. But regardless of how this may play out, rendering much of the country basically unrepresented, well I just can't see Red America putting up with this for very long.
Let's dig a little deeper into this and see what's really going on. Just so you know the American left feels victimized (Bless their Hearts) as the left everywhere always has. For the National Socialists the Jews were the aggressors, for the Soviets the capitalists. For Chavez and Maduro the US is all things evil. The left ALWAYS FEELS VICTIMIZED and therefore justified in anything they do in response, and when I say anything that's exactly what history has proven...ANYTHING!
The way our Coastal Elites and their lapdogs in the DC Establishment see it they have the money, they have the population, they pay in more and receive less and they do this while giving away their political power to a bunch of hicks not fit to shine their Louis Vuittons. In 2016 they saw THEIR candidate lose to a racist, populist pig who treats women like shit (not that they ever would) and is completely and totally unacceptable as he is THE OTHER. They've had quite enough of Mr. Trump thank you and they're used to getting their way, and NO WAY they're living by the rules of Independence, Missouri or Gainesville, Georgia any longer. It's time to do whatever it takes, but THAT'S IT, NO MORE!
For our Establishment it's either us or them, and I happen to agree. If this NPVIC crap is allowed to stand it's all over. Let me give you just one example, THE VOTE. Who is allowed to vote in America? Well it has always been citizens of a certain age (and sex prior to 1919), but always CITIZENS. But now the left is openly trying to change that, and even if they don't illegals will take up the slack. Did you know only four States, RED states in fact, require proof of citizenship to vote? So some Naco from Juarez who arrived last week can saunter into the Board of Elections with an electric bill (to prove residency) and get a LEGITIMATE VOTER CARD. All our 'undocumented American' needs is to attest to his/her citizenship, in other words check a box. As you might have surmised Voter ID means exactly fuck-all in this situation. As we speak EVERY leftist State exploits this loophole to the tune of 5-20% of the vote, election after election after election (shout out to Mazzoli-Simpson 1986). With this NPVIC the big States are incentivized to crank up the numbers. Not only is their State in play the whole country is as well. So now you see why open borders is a priority. They need warm bodies (to supplement the cold dead ones they have maxed out presumably).
So I say this, bring it on. The country is too big, too "diverse" and therefore too divided. We in Red America (a misnomer if there ever was one) see things differently from the Elites. Let's try to negotiate an amicable divorce. It will be hard but necessary and the alternative will be one of two things; terrible violence with great loss of life or a terrible tyranny which will eventually culminate in great loss of life. If the Coastal Elites and their DC Establishment bum-chums want to move forward with the Chinese model then off they go, we'll stick to free enterprise capitalism thx. The Soviets Union broke up, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, not without some pain certainly but let's try to learn from their mistakes. I believe it can be done. To begin with we must recognize it's in ALL our interests. Nothing says we have to be enemies, we just fundamentally disagree on the way our societies should be structured. We can have a relationship similar to what we now have with Canada and Mexico. Will this happen, could it happen without bloodshed? I'm not sure. It depends on which brand of leftist holds sway in the Blue States, the radical, Antifa communist more than willing to embrace violence or the 'tech leftist' who thinks globally in terms of capital and control.
Regardless, the US of our forefathers has just about played out. Let's start thinking about an end strategy before things get out of hand.
It seems about a half dozen States have signed on to a National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) that awards their Electoral College votes to whomever wins the popular vote among all the States combined, and that's even if the individual doesn't appear on their own State's ballot! Theoretically I could run as a write-in candidate and never get one vote in California (for example), but if I somehow received a plurality in the OTHER STATES then I would get California's 55 votes as well. This compact currently has about two thirds of the votes needed to elect a President (270), so it's the real deal not to be taken lightly.
To the casual observer this scheme may seem unconstitutional but not so fast my friend, the fact is state legislatures are given wide latitude in how they allocate their Electoral College votes. Now to anyone with a lick of sense this is obviously a recipe for disaster but I personally think it might not be so bad. As we all know the left is constantly pushing the envelope in terms of what they think they can get away with, and they've been pretty damn successful at (de facto) amending the Constitutional through judicial rulings and Presidential fiat. I've long thought federalism is dead and if successful this stratagem will be just another nail in the coffin. Leftists hate federalism for the obvious reason that if they are to achieve their goals then centralized power is a an absolute necessity. Tyranny cannot exist without centralized, concentrated power, that's just a fact Jack. But in my view this scheme to denude the Electoral College and further marginalize middle America will likely backfire and could very well precipitate the break up of the country (the law of unintended consequences rears its ugly head). Think I'm crazy? Hey join the club. But regardless of how this may play out, rendering much of the country basically unrepresented, well I just can't see Red America putting up with this for very long.
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| The NPVIC is an example of 'pure democracy'. Another example is two foxes and a chicken voting on what's for dinner. |
The way our Coastal Elites and their lapdogs in the DC Establishment see it they have the money, they have the population, they pay in more and receive less and they do this while giving away their political power to a bunch of hicks not fit to shine their Louis Vuittons. In 2016 they saw THEIR candidate lose to a racist, populist pig who treats women like shit (not that they ever would) and is completely and totally unacceptable as he is THE OTHER. They've had quite enough of Mr. Trump thank you and they're used to getting their way, and NO WAY they're living by the rules of Independence, Missouri or Gainesville, Georgia any longer. It's time to do whatever it takes, but THAT'S IT, NO MORE!
For our Establishment it's either us or them, and I happen to agree. If this NPVIC crap is allowed to stand it's all over. Let me give you just one example, THE VOTE. Who is allowed to vote in America? Well it has always been citizens of a certain age (and sex prior to 1919), but always CITIZENS. But now the left is openly trying to change that, and even if they don't illegals will take up the slack. Did you know only four States, RED states in fact, require proof of citizenship to vote? So some Naco from Juarez who arrived last week can saunter into the Board of Elections with an electric bill (to prove residency) and get a LEGITIMATE VOTER CARD. All our 'undocumented American' needs is to attest to his/her citizenship, in other words check a box. As you might have surmised Voter ID means exactly fuck-all in this situation. As we speak EVERY leftist State exploits this loophole to the tune of 5-20% of the vote, election after election after election (shout out to Mazzoli-Simpson 1986). With this NPVIC the big States are incentivized to crank up the numbers. Not only is their State in play the whole country is as well. So now you see why open borders is a priority. They need warm bodies (to supplement the cold dead ones they have maxed out presumably).
So I say this, bring it on. The country is too big, too "diverse" and therefore too divided. We in Red America (a misnomer if there ever was one) see things differently from the Elites. Let's try to negotiate an amicable divorce. It will be hard but necessary and the alternative will be one of two things; terrible violence with great loss of life or a terrible tyranny which will eventually culminate in great loss of life. If the Coastal Elites and their DC Establishment bum-chums want to move forward with the Chinese model then off they go, we'll stick to free enterprise capitalism thx. The Soviets Union broke up, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, not without some pain certainly but let's try to learn from their mistakes. I believe it can be done. To begin with we must recognize it's in ALL our interests. Nothing says we have to be enemies, we just fundamentally disagree on the way our societies should be structured. We can have a relationship similar to what we now have with Canada and Mexico. Will this happen, could it happen without bloodshed? I'm not sure. It depends on which brand of leftist holds sway in the Blue States, the radical, Antifa communist more than willing to embrace violence or the 'tech leftist' who thinks globally in terms of capital and control.
Regardless, the US of our forefathers has just about played out. Let's start thinking about an end strategy before things get out of hand.
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Welcome Back My Friends....
Thank you, thank you very much, it's so good to be back. As you know I very much enjoy interacting with common folk, the little people, the people that make this country run so our Elites may enjoy a lifestyle unparalleled since Ancient Rome. So again, thank you so very much!
But why you may ask, after all this time, WHY COME BACK NOW? Well a number of things really. The NCAA tournament is cranking up, we're coming into an election year and there have been a lot of changes since I last posted TWO FRIGGIN' YEARS AGO, and frankly I have a lot to say and I'm sick of FB and Twitter. Plus even though I'm an opinionated sum-bitch I learn a helluva lot from you ingrates, halfwits and degenerates, and of course it's all about ME.
Now if you're new here this blog is my take on politics, pop culture, sports, family, whatever I like...but mostly politics. I'm sometimes profane, sometimes slightly humorous, sometimes so far off into left field you'll think I'm huffing industrial solvent, but I try to be as entertaining as possible. Now if you slept thru high schools civics that's ok, we don't judge here. We do however ridicule quite a bit and we're not averse to talking about your stupid ass opinion, but we won't talk about your mama (or your drinking habits, erectile dysfunction, the poor condition of your lawn or your daughter's promiscuity etc.). All comments and opinions are welcome but again, let's try to keep the personal insults to a minimum. If you must go there please do it in the nicest possible way.
Ok, now that we've got that bullshit out of the way let's talk some b-ball. STATE GOT FUCKED!
From a strictly basketball standpoint I love this Virginia team, they play hellacious defense and their guards are some of the best in the country. Down low they're good but not great (relatively speaking) and Salt is prone to taking the day off. They may get their #1 seed but I'd look for them to go out in the second round, if not earlier...just like they always do. After the aforementioned dick move I say good riddance.
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| UVa Coach Tony Bennett on a recent 'recruiting' trip. |
But generally speaking man we've got some great teams in the league this year, and they're the RIGHT teams too. No BC, no Pitt, no Syracuse, which are insults to the ACC. We have some of the best backcourts I've seen in a long time. Kinda reminds me of the late seventies and early eighties (shout out to Jim Spanarkel and Phil Ford...if he's sober). As the Sainted Jimmy Valvano once said, give me two good guards and a rebounder and I'll kick your ass (not an exact quote of course) and we got guards and we got rebounders.
Well that's all I have to say for today, the tournament will be set tonight and everybody will be working on their brackets. Not much politics today but stay tuna, we'll get there. Have a good day...now get outta my face.
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| Oh gee, almost forgot. HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY! |
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Random Ramblings From the Psychotic Side of Town
Care to know why Rednecks have so much trouble with New Yorkers? Here's a good example: "Where Conn's Loss Ranks" in the New York Post. The article (by some guinea bastard named Mike Vacarro) describes the UConn women's defeat by Mississississississippi State as a momentous upset in the grand pantheon of American sport (which it was, you know, if you're into lesbo b-gall). Ok fair enough. We all know the University of Connecticut "Fighting Property & Casality Insurers" have a storied history in college basketball (at least since the 90s). But this porca stronzo ranks the Giants beating the Patriots in some long forgotten Super Bowl ahead of the USA/USSR hockey match in 1980. WTF man!? A bunch of college kids beat the Red Army team that just a few weeks previous had annihilated the NHL's best, but that ranks as less an upset than professionals beating other professionals?
But the one that stuck in my craw was as usual, Villanova/Georgetown in '85. Ok, I admit, based on their previous 28 meetings the game was an upset. But it wasn't THAT big, in fact I would call it a mild upset. Look, these were league teams. They knew each other intimately. In January that year the Hoyas beat 'Nova by two points. TWO POINTS! Their later meeting GT won by seven with late free throws making it seem ON PAPER less competitive than it was. These were two veteran teams, well matched, well coached, and Villanova was due for a win. The idea this was some world shattering upset is ludicrous and only a New York WOP with his Dago nose up some Catholic school's ass would even suggest such a thing.
Any objective student of the game knows the greatest upset in the history of NCAA basketball is NC State's victory over the University of Houston. The Cougars had two future "greatest 50 NBA players of all time" with Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon. We had a future women's figure skating commentator, bus driver and failed coach. This Houston team, had they won, would be talked about in the same breath as 1975 Indiana, '68, '71 UCLA, '57 UNC and '74 NCSU. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY gave the Pack a chance, and rightfully so. I repeat, THIS game my friends is the greatest upset in NCAA tournament history, and the Villanova/Georgetown contest doesn't even come close.
Now, on to this year tournament...UNC should have lost! I know, Carolina is a better team. That's true. But Oregon played the better game. One can only imagine the outcome had they had their best player suited up. Note to Oregon: Hit your free throws and block out.
Well, as you know I was looking forward to an 'All Carolina' final. I wanted the thrill of seeing the South Carolina Gamecocks take down the mighty Tar Heels. UNC is the Evil Empire. In the State of North Carolina they control the...well they control, that's all you need to know. What other school in these United States could run a bogus department with bogus classes for 18 long years and escape with a slap on the wrist? Back in the day SMU did much less and had their football program destroyed for all time. But it is what it is, no point in crying about it. If your goal is to run a basketball factory and semi-educate a bunch of debutants, penny loafer wearing pricks and leftist freaks, UNC does it as well as anybody I guess.
How 'bout them Zags? That guard of their's Nigel Williams-Goss (the Fifth Earl of Salisbury) is a friggin' machine. I don't think Carolina's guards can handle him. Plus, that big Pole with the beard, Karnowski! My God in Heaven, what a hoss! As I've said previously, I haven't seen that much West Coast ball this year so I didn't know, but that guy can play. When I first saw him I figured (as one does) he's just this big eastern European they found somewhere who's main function is to clog up the lane. No so! This big ugly white boy can play!
So, prediction time. I think Meeks and Big Ugly will neutralize the middle. UNC's star guard Joel Berry CLAIMS to be 100% but he ain't. I've seen too much of this kid this year. He's hitting on about 3 cylinders. Jackson for UNC is a beast so I give that to the Heels. The difference is Gonzaga's freshman forward/center Zach Collins. I haven't seen a kid this young play with such poise and skill since Bill Walton. So....I predict a close one with the Zags in a squeaker. We shall see.
But the one that stuck in my craw was as usual, Villanova/Georgetown in '85. Ok, I admit, based on their previous 28 meetings the game was an upset. But it wasn't THAT big, in fact I would call it a mild upset. Look, these were league teams. They knew each other intimately. In January that year the Hoyas beat 'Nova by two points. TWO POINTS! Their later meeting GT won by seven with late free throws making it seem ON PAPER less competitive than it was. These were two veteran teams, well matched, well coached, and Villanova was due for a win. The idea this was some world shattering upset is ludicrous and only a New York WOP with his Dago nose up some Catholic school's ass would even suggest such a thing.
Any objective student of the game knows the greatest upset in the history of NCAA basketball is NC State's victory over the University of Houston. The Cougars had two future "greatest 50 NBA players of all time" with Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon. We had a future women's figure skating commentator, bus driver and failed coach. This Houston team, had they won, would be talked about in the same breath as 1975 Indiana, '68, '71 UCLA, '57 UNC and '74 NCSU. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY gave the Pack a chance, and rightfully so. I repeat, THIS game my friends is the greatest upset in NCAA tournament history, and the Villanova/Georgetown contest doesn't even come close.
Now, on to this year tournament...UNC should have lost! I know, Carolina is a better team. That's true. But Oregon played the better game. One can only imagine the outcome had they had their best player suited up. Note to Oregon: Hit your free throws and block out.
Well, as you know I was looking forward to an 'All Carolina' final. I wanted the thrill of seeing the South Carolina Gamecocks take down the mighty Tar Heels. UNC is the Evil Empire. In the State of North Carolina they control the...well they control, that's all you need to know. What other school in these United States could run a bogus department with bogus classes for 18 long years and escape with a slap on the wrist? Back in the day SMU did much less and had their football program destroyed for all time. But it is what it is, no point in crying about it. If your goal is to run a basketball factory and semi-educate a bunch of debutants, penny loafer wearing pricks and leftist freaks, UNC does it as well as anybody I guess.How 'bout them Zags? That guard of their's Nigel Williams-Goss (the Fifth Earl of Salisbury) is a friggin' machine. I don't think Carolina's guards can handle him. Plus, that big Pole with the beard, Karnowski! My God in Heaven, what a hoss! As I've said previously, I haven't seen that much West Coast ball this year so I didn't know, but that guy can play. When I first saw him I figured (as one does) he's just this big eastern European they found somewhere who's main function is to clog up the lane. No so! This big ugly white boy can play!
So, prediction time. I think Meeks and Big Ugly will neutralize the middle. UNC's star guard Joel Berry CLAIMS to be 100% but he ain't. I've seen too much of this kid this year. He's hitting on about 3 cylinders. Jackson for UNC is a beast so I give that to the Heels. The difference is Gonzaga's freshman forward/center Zach Collins. I haven't seen a kid this young play with such poise and skill since Bill Walton. So....I predict a close one with the Zags in a squeaker. We shall see.
Sunday, March 26, 2017
North vs. South
What a tournament uh? Man I do love me some b-ball but hey, I'm from THE hot-bed of the game. That's right, that's what I said. North Carolina produced the greatest player of all time, Michael Jordan, who throughout high school had planned to attend NCSU because he so much admired David Thompson, who was unquestionably the greatest player in ACC history and arguably the NCAA (my money is on Lew Alcindor but certainly Thompson is top ten).
Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, New York City, we appreciate you, we do, but you're just filling out the card. The State of North Carolina is the King Fish, the Big Kuhana, the Mac-Daddy of college hoops...and God-damn-it don't you forget it. Alright, got that out of the way so let's talk some 2017 tourney action.
I have to say the Oregon Ducks look AWESOME! I mentioned in a previous post I haven't seen them all year but someone, somewhere, at one of the 37 sports bars I regularly frequent on a weekly basis said something about "Oregon lost their best player", so I dismissed them early. WRONG! These guys are quick as lightening, aggressive and can score. Jordan Bell is a beast. The only weakness I've seen is their coach kinda pulls them back a bit. Let 'em go coach. These dudes are having a blast, don't "Dean Smith" them out of a championship.
Zags are looking good too and I can't believe this is Gonzaga's first Final Four. Talk about a team knocking on the door, these boys are good enough to kick it in (to paraphrase Bum Phillips). And how about seven footer Przemek Karnowski? I hate to have to feed that dude but he sure would be handy around the house. Sidebar: I knew a guy like that in high school. A buddy had a flat in his Vega (remember those?) and had no jack. This kid held up the back while we changed the tire. True story.
Now comes Kentucky North Carolina. The good thing here is one of these filthy, rotten, spawn-of-Satan teams is going home. These two are the most arrogant, entitled, win at all cost and to hell with you programs in the history of college athletics. They break more rules than the Cook County Board of Elections, with much the same consequence. The best possible outcome is they BOTH lose, but actually I don't want that to happen as I have an ulterior motive. I'm backing the Heels. WHAT? Yes that's right I'm all in for the Tar Heel scum today. Not out of state pride or conference loyalty, but because there's bigger fish to fry...and that fish is South Carolina.
MY team this tournament is South Carolina. Now I'm not a Gamecock fan, but I've always believed they were family. SC was once a league team and many years ago a basketball POWER. They left the ACC in the early 70s but almost immediately tried to get back in. UNC blocked those efforts as they got their asses reamed out a little too often by the Cocks. They are OURS, not the SEC's. There is no greater rivalry in college athletics than SC vs. Clemson. SC versus State, UNC, Duke were great and I very much miss those days. We hated each other so bad as often as not we'd meet them on neutral ground in Charlotte. The thing is they belong with us, but instead we have fuqing BC and Pitt and Syracuse. Why don't we all just turn into a bunch of Damn Yankees and wear socks with sandals and Bermuda shorts? Jesus, I can't handle this shit. HAS EVERYBODY GONE CRAZY!
So, I want to see a South Carolina, North Carolina final and I want to remember the days of John Roche, Tom Owens and Kevin Joyce. I want to see the Heels bleed that Carolina Blue blood they're always harping about. I want the Old Well to burn, burn, BURN BABY BURN!!! I want the ghost of Frank McGuire to strike a righteous blow for truth and justice that will bring down the mighty Dean Dome and the corruption that built it. I want Chapel Hillians in funeral garb for the foreseeable future. I want UNC athletics to pay the price for their 18 years of bogus classes the cowardly NCAA refused to make them pay. I want the evil empire expunged from the annals of basketball history and Carolina forever remembered as UNC-CHeats!
Well, got that off my chest. Enjoy your weekend.
Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, New York City, we appreciate you, we do, but you're just filling out the card. The State of North Carolina is the King Fish, the Big Kuhana, the Mac-Daddy of college hoops...and God-damn-it don't you forget it. Alright, got that out of the way so let's talk some 2017 tourney action.
I have to say the Oregon Ducks look AWESOME! I mentioned in a previous post I haven't seen them all year but someone, somewhere, at one of the 37 sports bars I regularly frequent on a weekly basis said something about "Oregon lost their best player", so I dismissed them early. WRONG! These guys are quick as lightening, aggressive and can score. Jordan Bell is a beast. The only weakness I've seen is their coach kinda pulls them back a bit. Let 'em go coach. These dudes are having a blast, don't "Dean Smith" them out of a championship.
Zags are looking good too and I can't believe this is Gonzaga's first Final Four. Talk about a team knocking on the door, these boys are good enough to kick it in (to paraphrase Bum Phillips). And how about seven footer Przemek Karnowski? I hate to have to feed that dude but he sure would be handy around the house. Sidebar: I knew a guy like that in high school. A buddy had a flat in his Vega (remember those?) and had no jack. This kid held up the back while we changed the tire. True story.
Now comes Kentucky North Carolina. The good thing here is one of these filthy, rotten, spawn-of-Satan teams is going home. These two are the most arrogant, entitled, win at all cost and to hell with you programs in the history of college athletics. They break more rules than the Cook County Board of Elections, with much the same consequence. The best possible outcome is they BOTH lose, but actually I don't want that to happen as I have an ulterior motive. I'm backing the Heels. WHAT? Yes that's right I'm all in for the Tar Heel scum today. Not out of state pride or conference loyalty, but because there's bigger fish to fry...and that fish is South Carolina.
MY team this tournament is South Carolina. Now I'm not a Gamecock fan, but I've always believed they were family. SC was once a league team and many years ago a basketball POWER. They left the ACC in the early 70s but almost immediately tried to get back in. UNC blocked those efforts as they got their asses reamed out a little too often by the Cocks. They are OURS, not the SEC's. There is no greater rivalry in college athletics than SC vs. Clemson. SC versus State, UNC, Duke were great and I very much miss those days. We hated each other so bad as often as not we'd meet them on neutral ground in Charlotte. The thing is they belong with us, but instead we have fuqing BC and Pitt and Syracuse. Why don't we all just turn into a bunch of Damn Yankees and wear socks with sandals and Bermuda shorts? Jesus, I can't handle this shit. HAS EVERYBODY GONE CRAZY!
So, I want to see a South Carolina, North Carolina final and I want to remember the days of John Roche, Tom Owens and Kevin Joyce. I want to see the Heels bleed that Carolina Blue blood they're always harping about. I want the Old Well to burn, burn, BURN BABY BURN!!! I want the ghost of Frank McGuire to strike a righteous blow for truth and justice that will bring down the mighty Dean Dome and the corruption that built it. I want Chapel Hillians in funeral garb for the foreseeable future. I want UNC athletics to pay the price for their 18 years of bogus classes the cowardly NCAA refused to make them pay. I want the evil empire expunged from the annals of basketball history and Carolina forever remembered as UNC-CHeats!
Well, got that off my chest. Enjoy your weekend.
Sunday, March 19, 2017
🎼I Got a Basketball Jones 🎶
We all know I'm a political genus, but you may not know I'm a depository and repository of all things basketball, especially ACC basketball. Wanna talk some Everett Case, Frank McGuire or Vic Bubas? Does the names Dick DeVenzio, Charlie Davis, Chris Corchiani or Bruce Dalrymple ring a bell? Seen him but not sure who Mike Gminski is or why he's on the tube? Well friends you've come to the right place. So let's talk a little b-ball, pacifically this years tournament. However I will entertain questions from the galley after I'm done.
So, let's go down the list. I was very glad to see Villanova lose but not so happy they lost to a Big Ten school. I'm torn between my anti-Catholic school prejudice (not anti-Catholic generally however) and my hatred for the Big Ten. But if I had to choose I suppose I'd pick those communist bastards from Madison as opposed to Philly scumbags (Hey yoos guys, want I should stop at Geno's? Fuck you Carmine, I'll smash your fuckin' face ya fuckin' fanook. We had a fuckin' hoagie for breakfast!).
How 'bout UVA? Jaysus H. what a fiasco! We all knew the Cavaliers couldn't score but this was ridiculous. 39 points, by a Division 1 NCAA tournament caliber team? 39 POINTS! Shout out to Coach Bennett, high school coaching needs a guy like you...but not the ACC. There are no defensive coordinators in college ball. Get to scoring or get to stepping.
South Carolina had an exception second half against Steve Wojciechowski's Marquette Warriors. WoJo is one of Coach K's progenies and either him or Chris Collins at Northwestern probably have the inside track at Duke when the time comes. I like the Gamecocks. They're scrappy and they know how to finish. Plus I miss South Carolina being in the ACC, but let's not get into that, I'd be here all day (God-damn BC, Syracuse and Pitt; Swafford...YOU SUCK!).
Gonzaga looks good as hell, Xavier dangerous as hell and West Virginia tough as hell. Notre Dame Coach Mike Bret paid WVU a nice compliment after their loss, he said the Mountaineers always field MEN! I like that. Too many 'one and done' factories out there these days.
Jayhawks vs Michigan State, Lewis-ville vs Michigan, Wichita St vs UK and Carolina/Arkansas should all be barn-burners. Look for the Razorbacks to give "Ole Roy" all he can handle. The guys from that other Fayetteville (the one WITHOUT Ft. Bragg) got their scare the other day and they have a little tournament history (bad blood) with the ACC. They've beaten Duke, UNC, UVA in a good few Final Fours and regionals. They are not the least intimidated. So I look for the Heels to go down like a Kardashian on a Lakers trans-continental charter flight.
There you have it. If you don't like basketball that's ok. TMC has film festival going on celebrating MGM musicals with films like Guys and Dolls and An American in Paris and I Was A Teenage Cross-Dresser, so everybody enjoy your Sunday.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Kill the Rose
You folks all remember Napoleon I'm sure, he was the short one with the weird hat. Real smart dude and came up with some insightful one-liners. He once said if you set out to take Vienna, then take Vienna. What he was saying was (of course) follow through on your commitments. Not because it is necessary for the current situation, necessarily, but because that was the declared course of action... and everybody is watching.
Ryan-Care may be the greatest but it still sucks. We sent Trump to the Whitehouse and gave the Republicans majorities to REPEAL Obamacare. We need to see headlines all across the country saying "HEARTLESS REPUBLICANS REPEAL THE WONDERFUL AFFORDABLE CARE ACT". I didn't say want, I said NEED! Conservatives and ESPECIALLY leftists need to know our people will do what they say. We want Democrats to loose their minds and go ballistic over Obamacare repeal. We want them to do what they do best...lie and demagogue. We want them spouting the most outrageous claims, the most over-the-top 'dying in the streets' hyperbolic BS possible. We want them in full meltdown mode. Then, and only then should the Republicans bring new legislation forward to address the real problems in our healthcare system, preferably with a return to market based incentives. If they do, a year from now premiums will go down, deducibles will go down, coverage will increase and quality will go up. It will be plain as day who the good guys are, and we can hang it all around the progressive neck.
Again, I don't care what Ryan-Care does or doesn't do. I care about the optics, the politics. We need a big bold win for our side and a devastating loss for the Democrats. If we go all in for a "fix" then we lose a rare opportunity, and if this thing falls flat, our side owns it. If Ryan-Care doesn't do ALL the things a free and open healthcare market can and will do (and it won't) we conservatives will feel cheated and the progressives will feel vindicated. They will do to us what we did to them since 2009. So if you don't want a President Trotsky (a rose is a rose) then you better hope this thing dies a quick death. Otherwise the death will be ours.
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