Opening Stuff:
It looks like The Tids is paying its Twos today
I have often wondered how many $100,000 baseball cards I may have had in my old Baseball card collection. You have to wonder how many millions of dollars Mom’s all throughout the US of A threw out when junior left. Oh well it’s just mere money compared to the great hugs and moral support.
The just announced New York Times Poll says that the core of Obama’s 2008 support is unraveling faster than a speeding bullet.. As we enter the final days of the campaigns, Catholics, women, less affluent Americans and Independents are switching their allegiances to Republicans. If women choose Republicans over Democrats as polls indicate, it will be the first time that has happened since tracking began in 1982! Smaller government seems to be a driving issue. So much so, that 57% of the country are all for more people without experience! Wipe it clean! Remember the poll a couple of days ago that found that 84% of Americans said that the American System wasn’t the problem but that the people in it were.
The Question: How do you think the student athlete stacks up against the general student body in graduation rates? Name the BCS schools best and worst rates and the same for the Top 25 Basketball schools.
The Headlines:
--Indonesia Death Toll continues To Rise; Tsunami Warning Device Failed To Operate Because Of Lack Of Maintenance. --Positive Data Pushing DOW To Higher Opening.
--AP Poll Reclassifies 2011 Economic Growth To “Painfully Slow”.
--Exxon-Mobil Quarterly Sales At $98 Billion!
--Unemployment Claims Drop Sharply To 434K; Extended Unemployment Benefits Ready To Expire.
--US Northeast Quadrant Cleans Up After Weird Massive Hurricane Like Storm.
--34 Year Old Pakistan Native, Naturalized US Citizen Farooque Ahmed Nabbed In Plot To desory Washington DC Subways.
Back to More Stuff:
Solidify The Base Department: Not!
This is funny…to me. You would have to consider that people paying $7,500/plate to dine with the Prez would be part of his strong base. For weeks we have been seeing farmers, florists and chefs rapturous over their preparation of din-din for 0-Man. But alas, as the local glitterati arrived they learned that The Man had begged off saying that because Michelle was off (doing his job), “I have to go home to tuck in the girls, walk the dog and pick up poop!” God help us all.
My new nickname for The Prez, 0-man and Prime Time…is “House Mom”. “I can’t come to the Red Phone right now because Malia Ann is having her first 'You know what'."
Pickum’ pitfalls are producing plummeting prognosticator pride. This is the ultimate “On any given Sunday…” season. This week’s dilemma are multiple: Denver/SF, Wash/Det, Miami/Cinn. Jax/Dall, TB/Ariz, Indy/Houst and Pitt NO. I could throw in New England/ Minn too, but NE had too many “Homer” points going for it. Pitt is good but NO should be good. Denver looked like a comer before last week. And, is Dallas ready under Kitna to beat a so-so Jax? Here we go. New, a mad Denver over SF, Indy squeaks, Detroit, Miami, Dallas, San Diego, TB and New Orleans. The so called easier picks are KC, NYJ, St. Louis and Oakland. Guaranteed Seattle will make this game one I should have put in the Pick em’ Poser category. Current record to date is 66-38.
Just when you thought that authorities were getting a handle on TV’s negative effect on kids, the kids move over to texting and FaceBook.
The next time an electronics appliance salesman offers you a chance to buy a product protection policy for $438, think about the Indonesian Governemtn official who decided it was ok to buy the Tsunami warning device without a maintenance contract.
The advertising business has always been best at predicting the public’s traits and motivations. So, the news that the average TV commercial is going to 15 seconds because of overwhelming evidence indicating a declining attention span, we have to step back and take a look at society in general. The first observation is that the majority of public will never take the time to understand the truth about issues that affect everybody. And as someone once said: “If you are oblivious of principles that really matter, you are destined to live in oblivion.” Actually, I think it was the Tidsguy who said that. Must be a short attention span thing.
After just two games in the NBA, the fans in Cleveland must be having a love affair with The* Boston Celtics. First the Celts knock off the traitorous outcast Lebron and the Heat (Celtics coach Doc Rivers said that everywhere he walked in beautiful Cleveland yesterday, people were grabbing his hand or slapping him on the back for a job well done), and the last night the Celts blew a lead that gave the Cav’s their first victory.
* If they can say The Ohio State, then I have no problem with The Boston Celtics.
A hammock is a napsack.
The good news for RI is that the Attorney General candidates all say they are for more and stronger laws against Public Official Corruption. The problem now becomes determining which of the candidates are in the Public Officials pocket. I’m think Walling and Little.
The Answer:
The average grad rate for student athletes is 64% versus 63% for the general student body. Among BCS schools, Stanford is tops followed by, surprisingly, Miami! The others are Iowa, Vriginia Tech and Missouri. The worst are Oklahoma and Arizona, the only 2 schools below 50%. In basketball tops are Villanova and Brigham Young at 100%! (Note: Last years winner and runner up, Duke and Butler, were at 83%. The worst were really bad. 4 were in the 30% with lowest UConn and Maryland at 31%. The others were Temple and Baylor.
The End:
When you see the 007 Aston Martin going for $4.3 mil, remember that it isn’t that the car is really that valuable, it’s just that there are too many people with more money than they need. I'd be more than happy to work as someone’s trusted confidant for my remaining years. Hell, I’d even take $2.15 Mil. That’s cheap for reliable, heady conversation. And, you don’t have to change my oil.
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