Today's Spotlight: Two typical Obama supporters

Dictator-groupie "Sean Penn is back in Venezuela visiting his favorite American-hating Marxist, Hugo Chavez". The two hit it off back in 2007 when Penn was playacting as a freelance journalist. It appears to me that Penn is looking at Hugo as a father figure. Isn't that all that liberals want in their leader? Someone to be their father. It must explain a good portion of Obama's support. "He will take care of us! He will provide for us! He will make nice with those misunderstood islamofacists, and we will be respected in the world again!"

Good luck with that.

In other news:
CODEPINK women have been stalking Karl Rove. Could it be that these liberal woman follow Rove around because they are subconsciously infatuated with him? They are in San Francisco after all, and the usual crowd they hang with doesn't include any real men like Rove.

Protester in SF attempts to handcuff Karl Rove:
Karl Rove appeared at the Mortgage Bankers Association's annual convention in San Francisco yesterday, when a 58-year-old CODEPINK wack job stumbled on the stage. she mumbled incoherently as she approached, then tried to handcuff Rove in what she called a citizen's arrest for "treason."

"The Architect" never acknowledged the approaching wack job, and when she put her hands on him in a really lame attempt to handcuff him, he doubled her over with a sharp elbow to her solar plexus. From the seated position, Rove then delivered a forearm shiver, sending the CODEPINKO reeling. In a blink of an eye, Rove launched at her as she windmilled toward the edge of the stage, and finished her off with a sweeping high-kick, launching her into the crowd...

*snap* Sorry. Guess I was daydreaming again. Actually, she was simply escorted off the stage, and for the record, I'm happy that Rove showed restraint. However, I couldn't help thinking, "C'mon! At least 'taze her, bro!'. The jolt of electricity might shock her back to reality."

"In total, five Code Pink members were removed from the hall during Rove's appearance. The organization says none of the five women were charged."

Not even with "idiocy"? Oh well, I guess some things are readily apparent. We can all agree that these women are not following this panel of scientists advice on five simple things a day to stay sane.

CODEPINK's official release is slightly different than my version, but you can judge for yourself by watching the video here.

Joe "The Biden" needs a plumber for leaking truth

"Gird your Loins":

“Mark my words, it will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here . . . we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.”

"They’re going to want to test him. And they’re going to find out this guy’s got steel in his spine. And he’s gonna need help. And the kind of help he’s gonna need is, he’s gonna need you - not financially to help him - we’re gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it’s not gonna be apparent initially, it’s not gonna be apparent that we’re right.”

Let me repeat, mark my words, 6 months after the start of the Biden administration, say January 21st or 22nd, we just don't know which date with certainty, President Government will be tested by Al Queda. But not in Iraq, because as we all know, Al Queda is not in Iraq. Mark my words, it will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like the Green Goblin did Spiderman. God love ya, what am I talking about..."

Remember I said it standing here ... and I might add that I'm standing here for Chuck. I am up for Chuck. When you think of me, think "UPCHUCK!" Let's all stand up for Chuck! God love ya, what am I talking about..."

"Let me repeat, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy, and they're going to find that his spine is filled with fiber optic cables and that he is actually a cybernetic super diplomat. He will launch eloquent speech at the terrorists and murderers who perpetrated the attack, and he will melt them with his superfluous rhetoric. The rest of the world of socialist despots, thugs, and dictators will once again respect us for showing weakness."

And he's gonna need you to stand with him because it will be immediately apparent that we are clueless. Let me repeat, I've forgotten more about foreign policy than most of my colleagues know. It comes down to a three letter word. F-O-R-E-I-G-N P-O-L-I-C-Y. I remember some of it.

Biden continued his ramble, predicting that Barack America would have very low poll numbers in the future because of how he handles the crisis his election would bring about. He stated that future decisions were "not likely to be as popular as they are sound. Because if they're popular, they're probably not sound."

Sounds like he is making the case that the decision making of President Bush has been pretty darned sound. Bush is not exactly "popular" for his "sound" decisions that have kept us safe since 9/11.

In a nutshell (pun intended), Biden is guaranteeing another attack against us if we foolishly elect them.

Still voting for Obama/Biden?
"Whoa, wait a minute, yo, whoa, whoa, I don't know about that decision"!

From pigeons to politics

* Iran busts 'spy pigeons' near nuclear site: "One of the pigeons was caught near a rose water production plant in the city of Kashan in Isfahan province, the report cited an unnamed informed source as saying, adding that some metal rings and invisible strings were attached to the bird."

However, what really gave the pigeons away was the little Yamakas they were wearing on their feathered heads. Mahmoud Ahmadeenadude has finally met his intellectual equals in these pigeons. So far, the birds haven't cracked under his questioning, cooing that the "metal rings and invisible strings" were simply pigeon goth body art. "Hey, we are only here for the 1,500-meter-long ostrich meat sandwich," claimed one of the hooded captives.

* North Korea is set to make an "important announcement" today. What could it be?

My prediction: Kim Jong-Il has either died or is incapacitated. However, either his corpse or his comatose body will be propped up and continue to lead the country and to endorse Obama.

* NEWS FLASH: Colin Powell endorses Obama and IS NOT a conservative! *yawn* He was a great general and let's leave it at that. He is just lashing back because he felt ill-used in the WMD presentation at the UN.

* 18 days out from the election and the polls have McCain down by 5 points in his bid for President of the United States, while these same polls have Obama up by 5 points in his bid for President and Exulted Leader of the citizens of the World.

* NASA to launch probe to study edge of solar system:
"...a space probe that will go into orbit high above earth to study the distant edge of the solar system." "The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is on a two-year mission" to study this vast area of "turbulent gas and twisting magnetic fields". (Sounds like that tricky area between the first and second bowl of chili.) The article goes on to say, "The interstellar boundary regions are critical because they shield us from the vast majority of dangerous galactic cosmic rays". Now we can get the FACTS on the REAL damage SUVs have been causing to this outer boundary!

The environmentalists of tomorrow: "boundary huggers"

* You may have read about Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin having his dog outfitted with a collar that will allow him to track her movements by satellite. (That's "movements" as in "whereabouts"... sheesh!) Putin has now ordered tiny Vodka bottle collars for his personal inventory of spirits. Get it? A Russian... and his vodka? errr, nevermind. They all can't be gems. Hey! Maybe those pigeons in Iran are wearing Putin's collars and are really Russian double agents.

fish eggs registered as democrats?

Oh my! Billions of fish, fish eggs die in power plants!

IMPORTANT BLOG DISCLAIMER: No fish eggs were harmed in the making of today's blog entry. The same can't be said of the typical Michelle Obama 4 O'Clock lunch break at the Waldorf Hysteria hotel.

The debate over the future of a nuclear plant in the suburbs north of New York City - juxtaposed with my thought-provoking analogy of the abortion issue, where I demonstrate the total hypocrisy of the left's hand-wringing concern over fish eggs.

BUCHANAN, N.Y. – For a newly hatched striped bass in the Hudson River, a clutch of trout eggs in Lake Michigan or a baby salmon in San Francisco Bay, drifting a little too close to a power plant can mean a quick and turbulent death.

Sucked in with enormous volumes of water, battered against the sides of pipes and heated by steam, the small fry of the aquatic world are being sacrificed in large numbers each year to the cooling systems of power plants around the country.The baby is partially delivered, with just his little head still stuck inside. With his little feet kicking, surgical scissors are inserted into the base of his skull. A high-powered suction tube vacuums up the baby's brains leading to a quick and turbulent death. The small human-fry of the "pro-choice" world are being sacrificed in large numbers each year at the liberal extremists' altar of death.

Environmentalists say the nation's power plants are needlessly killing fish and fish eggs with their cooling systems, but energy-industry officials say opponents of nuclear power are exaggerating the losses.Pro-life conservatives say the nation's abortion mills are usurping the Constitution and Christians add that this infanticide is a grievous affront to God, but liberal democrat politicians say opponents of woman's reproductive rights are exaggerating the losses.

"We're not killing grown fish," says Jerry Nappi, spokesman for Entergy Nuclear Northeast, owner of Indian Point. "If we were killing billions of grown fish you'd be able to walk across the Hudson on their backs."C'mon! 50 million baby carcasses take up less space than Michael Moore's underwear drawer. Let's not make a mountain out of a mole hill.

And Nappi says the fish population in the Hudson is stable...Illegals crossing the Mexican border, with their '12 kids per family' birth rate will re-populate the democrat voting bloc.

Environmentalists believe many fish and other creatures are killed in this process, or are injured and die later. "When you hit a deer in your car, just because it gets up and runs away doesn't mean it's not going to die," Haren said.We shouldn't care that Obama didn't support providing medical care for newborn babies from botched abortion attempts, but we should care about the fate of this hypothetical deer that ran away?

Article discussion questions:
Do the environmentalists care more about shutting down progress on nuclear energy than they do for the lives of the poor fish, turtles, seals and sea lions? What about the birds killed by wind turbines?

Would environmentalists lose their opposition with the new power plant if it generated electricity out of aborted baby carcasses?

Is there a more repugnant phrase than "Michael Moore's underwear drawer"?

NO BLOG FOR YOU! - Have some soup

I can almost hear the "Blog Nazi" shouting to me this morning - "NO BLOG FOR YOU!"

Time poverty. Now if That One can figure out how to "spread the time wealth" around from those that have it to those who don't...

There was this science news that caught my eye, via Drudge, today...
OUTER space smells of fried steak, metal, motorbike welding:

Astronauts reported the bizarre scents on their suits when they returned from space walks.

Is it really a good idea for NASA to repair and fire up the Hubble telescope at a time like this? Do we really want to look into the deep, dark annals of space for the source of this smell?

Could it be "A sweet odor like honey"?
[More inappropriate guy humor stuff] The wife just shook her head as she walked through the study this morning, a look of disgust on her face. "How can you laugh at that?," she asked...

Debate highlights - Squid pro quo

Outtakes from last night's presidential debate:


OBAMA: "I would be completely supportive of late-term abortion restrictions as long as there's an exception for the mother's health and life."


Giant Squid: "Obama is well aware that the whole 'mother's health' caveat renders his lip service meaningless. No squid mother I know would put her own life ahead of her egg brood. We lug our egg pouches around in our tentacled arms for months, even though doing so makes us vulnerable to predators. Any squid mother that would terminate her eggs for her own convenience just so she could be free to wrestle with the nearby sperm whale is no squid mother that I would want to associate with."


MCCAIN: "I agree with the squid. He is a good and decent mollusk. As far as I know, he has never contributed a million dollars to ACORN or ever associated with terrorist buddies. The giant squid has been known to engage in cannabalism. In other words, he takes on those in his own party, making him the ultimate maverick of the high seas."


JOE THE PLUMBER: "Obama wants to tax me and my small business more. Tax, tax, tax. Spend, spend, spend. I've plunged bigger turds than him."


OBAMA: "Say it to my face!"

Or maybe I had just been dozing...
According to the Chattering Teeth poll, McCain won the debate in a landslide! The poll consisted of one vote (mine) and if you disagree, the poll is now closed. If you agree that the wrinkly white-haired dude followed through on his promise to whip That One's you-know-what, please cast your vote and list the accolades in the comment section.

So did you hear what you WANTED to hear, or did you hear what they actually said? Do you Obama supporters care what the consequences of his policies would be, or are you excited because you think That One "appeared presidential"?

Moderator Bob Schieffer did a wonderful low-key job. If he has an "Obama is the messiah" type book coming out in the near future, I haven't heard about it (right,Ifill). Schieffer interrupted the candidates little, and annunciated each word clearly when he did - not wanting to make it all about him (right, Brokaw?). I thought Schieffer also made McCain look young and vivacious in comparison - almost like a schoolboy! Good job Bob.

Giant Squid viable third party candidate?

According to The Onion, a 900-pound giant squid joins Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Sherri Shepherd as a cast member on 'The View'. As I excitedly read this article, I was thinking to myself, "Wow. That might actually make that show worth watching".

But then I came to the following paragraph and I began to suspect that this might just be a spoof...

Some viewers... have complained that the squid is too conservative. During an interview last week with Republican presidential candidate John McCain, the squid sat silently sprawled across the center of the studio and didn't ask the senator a single hard-hitting question.

"That squid is there for one reason, and that's to push its right-wing conservative agenda," Denver, CO viewer Mary Foley said. "Come on, give us viewers a little credit here."

Hey, call me a skeptic, but those pinkos over there would never allow another conservative on the panel sitting next to their token whipping post, Hasselbeck. Not even one as quiet and reserved as the squid here.

Maybe the giant squid feels he can do more good working within the system and join the presidential race already in progress!

As I watch the debate tonight, I will imagine the giant squid standing behind it's own podium as a viable third party candidate, taking questions and waving a tentacled 30-foot arm for emphasis.

Then it inks Obama.

ACORN - A Collection Of Republican Notes

ACORN: “The truth is that far-left groups in this country will do anything to help the Obama-Biden Democrats win the White House and maintain their majorities in Congress,” Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin writes in a fund-raising e-mail...

What's a little voter registration fraud hurt anyways? Besides, "community organizing" sounds so pure and charitable, don't it?

Sen. Joe Biden said Monday that the tenor of the presidential campaign has gone “over the edge” and that if John McCain continues to push some lines of attack against Barack Obama he may regret it “for the rest of his life.”

Does anyone take Joe Biden seriously any more? I mean, even from the other side, this guy is an absolute joke, right? "Over the edge"? He might know, since he is metaphorically just barely clinging to a branch there.

Video: McCain rips John Lewis for comparing him to George Wallace: "I never believed that John Lewis, who is an American hero - who I admire - would ever make a comment of that nature..."

Wow. Radical stuff. McCain's problem is that he doesn't know HOW to rip into his opponents. All this "Obama is a good and decent man" crap, and that an "Obama presidency is nothing to be afraid of". I believe I was the one to rip Lewis a new one. Some day John Lewis will google search his own name and find that post on page two thousand and something, and he can be enlightened by my brilliance.

‘Howard Stern Show’ Quizzes Obama Supporters in Harlem on Candidate Policies
"Are you more for Obama's policy because he's pro-life? Or because he thinks should stay in Iraq and finish this war?"

Those questioned had no idea at all what policy positions were held by Obama, nor did they care. This is what we are up against? I'd like to point out that this guy would have received the same glassy-eyed responses from a large percentage of white voters in downtown Manhattan. Or San Francisco. Or take your pick. Of course, the blacks in Harlem could never state publicly that they were anything but Obama supporters, lest they suffer the wrath of this monolithic Democrat voting block.

There is a bigger chance of finding people critical of Hamas in the streets of Lebanon.

"I came from the once great city of Detroit and the great great state of Michigan. If America wants this country to smell and conduct themselves and be this huge sucking sound like Detroit has become, then by all means, vote another Democrat in. Detroit and Michigan is a case study in liberal Democrat policies being forced upon a once great great state."
Ted Nugent, on Hannity and Colmes last night

I was listening to Phil Valentine on the way home from work yesterday, and he suggested an interesting drinking game for the debate tomorrow night. He suggested chugging a beer for every time McCain uses the phrase, "my friends". For you elitist dems, how 'bout sipping some Pinot Noir for every time Obama starts a sentence with "aaaaand" or "you know". Either way, I suggest an alcholic beverage or two for this debate. You wouldn't get a cavity drilled without anesthetic, would ya?

UGGGHH! Make it be over! I'm hyperventilating! *deep breathes* *think Gump*

...Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.

whew!

Scariest Halloween masks/costumes this year

Are Democrats like Congressman Lewis "crazy"?

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., accused McCain of 'sowing seeds of hatred' with his negative tone, comparing him to George Wallace. How dare McCain and Palin stir up passion by having the audacity to point out that Obama "pals around with terrorists"!! Why, this could lead to church bombings, right congressman? With all due respect sir, "are you an idiot?"

WHO IS Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.?:
The hypocrisy of John Lewis - He is willing to stay up all night in candle light vigil for a convicted cop killer, but has a "perfect score" on his voting record supporting the maximization and proliferation of infanticide.

The U.S. Supreme Court on September 23, 2008, issued a stay of execution for Troy Davis just hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection for the murder of a police officer, Mark McPhail. Davis is black, McPhail was white. If you ask the Democrat lunatic base, the majority would say this fact alone is enough to set Davis free. Per AlterNet (a left wing wacko internet mag.), "the case was largely built on witness testimony," and there is "no direct physical evidence tying Davis to the crime scene. The murder weapon was never found, and there's no DNA or fingerprint evidence."

Hmmm... No evidence like, say hypothetically... bloody footprints made by rare Italian-made Bruno Magli size 12s? Blood at the scene and bloody gloves that contained genetic markers of the suspect (who just happened to have a cut on his finger)?

Don't misunderstand, I'm not here to retry the Davis or the OJ Simpson case. Hang with me and you'll get it. Let's listen in on Rep. John Lewis, prior to Davis' stay:

This is a very sad and grave day in the state of Georgia, in our nation and in the world. A man that could really be innocent... may go to his death later today as an innocent human being. And when you commit that final decision and later discover that he is truly, truly innocent of the crime that he's been accused of committing, there is not any way to bring him back. I just think it's wrong and it's unfair, and it will be the greatest miscarriage of justice...

It is my hope and my prayer that Troy Anthony Davis will find peace in some way and somehow, that his life will be spared. But if not, he is a witness to this unbelievable craziness that still exists in one of the most developed places in the world, in America. And we advanced so far, but at the same time, we're so far behind, when it comes to respecting the dignity and the worth for every human being.

WOW! If there is one thing that John Lewis stands for, it is respecting the dignity and the worth for every human being, RIGHT?

John Lewis on Abortion:
Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
Voted YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
Voted NO on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
Voted NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
Voted NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals. (Sep 2006)
Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance. (Dec 2006)
Protect the reproductive rights of women. (Jan 1993)
Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)

Apparently, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., only cares about "the dignity and the worth" of every convicted black cop killer, but doesn't consider babies to be "innocent human beings". Lewis is right in that "unbelievable craziness" exists in America, and that we are "so far behind, when it comes to respecting the dignity and the worth for every human being." It's just that Lewis doesn't understand he is part of the craziness.

Getting back to Lewis' original charge of McCain stirring up hate. Speaking for myself, I must admit feeling a very high degree of "hate." There, I said it. My hate, however, is not directed at the individuals on the other side of the polital aisle. Rather, my hate is directed at the liberal wacko views held by them. While I may not "Love the sinners" over there, I definitely hate their doctrine.

Gump quotes are "sugar" to take with your medicine (news)

I recently received this email from Cartman titled "Lieutenant Dan !!!!!" in the subject.

A 66-foot shrimp trawler on autopilot crashed into a North Carolina pier while its driver was taking a sip of soda, causing thousands of dollars in damages. The accident left five wrecked boats, boat lifts and the floating dock in its wake, according to North Carolina’s Star News Online.

Click here to read the story at StarNewsOnline.com.

"Lieutenant Dan! Ice cream!" According to a Petty Officer for The Coast Guard, he is "not yet authorized to release the driver's name."

Could it be...?
GUMP: No, we are not relations, sir.

It's impossible to read that story and not picture Tom Hanks in character as Forrest Gump mouthing the dialog of the shrimp boat captain, "I couldn't find nowhere to tie up the boat!" It's also equally impossible for me NOT to smile when I think of that movie. It's one of my all-time favorites.

After checking the email, I jumped on the information highway. Let's check Drudge. Hmmmm.... The stock market continues to crash (I’ve lost half my net worth and I still have a wife. - via "Hot Air") and every poll continues to inexplicably favor Obama. There are plenty of reasons to become depressed. I just don't want to today. Hopefully, there is plenty of time to become depressed later. Today, it's going to be "don't worry 'bout a 't'ing, every little t'ing gonna be alright".

I read the Drudge headlines and decided to think of an appropriate movie quote from Forrest Gump. You know, sort of like a spoon full of sugar to help the medicine go down.

DRUDGE: DOW LOSES 18%... Crisis becomes global crash...
GUMP: Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company. So then I got a call from him, saying we don't have to worry about money no more. And I said, that's good! One less thing.

DRUDGE: BERLUSCONI: LEADERS MAY CLOSE WORLD'S MARKETS...
GUMP: I gotta pee.

DRUDGE: Obama fundraiser, convicted of fraud, spills beans...
GUMP: "Life was like a box of chocolates..."

DRUDGE: UPDATE: McCain questions Obama's link to radical Ayers ...
GUMP: My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on.

DRUDGE: VIDEO: Farrakhan on Obama: 'The Messiah is absolutely speaking'...
RECRUIT OFFICER: Nobody gives a hunky shit who you are, pus ball. You're not even a low-life, scum-sucking maggot. Get your ass on the bus...
GUMP: I'm sorry I had to fight in the middle of your Black Panther party.

DRUDGE: Carter slams Bush on market crisis...
GUMP: Stupid is as stupid does.

DRUDGE: WASH POST: The End Of American Capitalism?
GUMP: I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floatin' around accidental-like on a breeze. But I, I think maybe it's both.

That's all I have to say about that.

Worst Halloween ever?

Ted Nugent for Michigan Governor in 2010

Campaign motto: Working hard, playing hard!
Uncle Teddly, the Motor City Madman, is the tonic we need to turn this once great state around. Besides, I wanna rock.

It probably was around 1977 when I saw Nugent at the old IMA auditorium for my very first rock concert. What a great venue for shows that was. Can I get an "Amen!" on that (even from you liberals?)

I saw a lot of great bands in their prime in that old barn . Ted a few times, Bob Seger, J. Geils, Kiss, on and on...

Let's go Red Wings! Do it again!

If you're like me, then the season opener for your favorite NHL team will find you plopped down on the couch - the heels off, and the gloves on, with a beer in one hand and the TV remote in the other.

NOTE: You must keep the remote handy in the event that the opponent scores a goal and you need to mute the sound. I don't want to hear about it from the commentators, and I certainly don't want to hear any music and crowd celebration during away games. Likewise, when the Wings score, the volume must go up when Mickey Redmond is giving the color. "Holy Mackerel!"

Tonight, the 11th Stanley Cup championship banner gets hoisted to the rafters of "The Joe" in pre-game festivities. I plan on calling my old high school chum - who now lives in Colorado and is a diehard Avalanche fan, so that he may share in my joy again. Yes, I will rub it in (again) as he has done to me on numerous occasions when the Cholera-ado hAvbeenalanche were talented. Besides, I know he is expecting that call (right Mike?).

Enjoy it while you can, 'cuz this might be San Jose's year (right MonkeyDarts?). You never know. The Detroit Swedes might revolt and give your boys a turn.

OK, enough of my arrogance. I would just ask once again that you not hate us Wings fans because we are perpetually beautiful. Just remember that we also have the Detroit Lions in town. With everything, balance. Can we agree that the Lion's pathetic record is a counterweight for the Wing's success?

Firing Lion's GM, Matt Millen (31-84 record since 2001) after the 0-3 start this season had the same positive effect as the newly printed trillion dollars thrown at the mortgage mess. The Lions lost 34-7 at home to The Bears last week.

The march down the road of futility continues. For the Lions too.

One of my favorite sports writers, Bob Wojnowski of the Detroit News, says "New year, same quest..."

Of course, they're returning almost the entire roster from a team that stomped to the best record in the league, then rolled through the pressure-soaked playoffs. They added the best free agent available, ex-Penguins forward Marian Hossa, who stunned the hockey world by turning down multi-year offers of as much as $80 million to sign for one year at $7.4 million. Hossa made it clear he came here only to win the Cup...

Hossa is not the only underpaid player on this team, with player after player signing for less for the privedge to play for Detroit. In fact, the money left on the table, so to speak, would be enough to bail out Wall Street.

I'm a little concerned that the Wings have no official "enforcer" on the roster. Sure, the frequency of fighting is not what it used to be in the NHL, but it never hurts having a tough guy at the end of the bench ready and willing to stick up for the skilled players at a moments notice. The regular season is a long grind and you can bet that at one point or another, frustrated opponents will take liberties on the likes of Zetterberg, Datsyuk, and Lidstrom. Then who ya gonna call, Babcock? Aaron Downey, that's who.

Thankfully, as Downey put it, "Nobody wanted me." He cleared waivers and will be sent to Grand Rapids to start the season. I predict that before too long, Aaron will be skating with the Winged-wheel on his sweater and throwing one-punch haymakers at belligerent passersby.

Come to think of it, I could use an enforcer in the business office. Cartman? You up to it? Pic Pic?

The Wings will miss more than just Downey's fists. He is another one of those "character guys" in the lockerroom that you can never have enough of. Just ask Tigers manager Jim Leyland if he misses firstbaseman Sean Casey, after the disasterous season the Tigers just suffered through (then again, you'd better not ask Leland about that).

The Tigers went into last season with skyhigh expectations, but they quickly found they had lost their lockerroom mojo and team chemistry. Shipping Sean Casey (voted in 2007 as "the friendliest player in baseball" by fellow players) to the Red Sox before last season is just the best example of what went wrong, but certainly not the only one.

But I digress. We were talking about the Red Wings. The good news is that there is no evidence of any team chemistry problems. Their biggest challenge will be fighting the "Stanley hang-over" and staying motivated - hungry to do it again.

Mood Ring Blue

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"McCain is proposing a $300 billion program for the federal government to buy up bad home mortgages and allow homeowners to keep their houses."

Someone offer to pay down on my mortgage and you have my vote.

In for a penny, in for a pound. Normally my vote's not for sale but the ol' mood ring is a dark blue this morning so screw it, "my friends." Between McCain's government takeover of mortgages and "That One's" socialist agenda, it's going to be "the stupid economy stupid" from here on out. This great American experiment is being frittered away piece by piece.

The only thing on my list worthy of consideration now is that the next POTUS may pick as many as 3 Supreme Court Justices. Obama can NOT be that "decider". President Bush has hit homeruns with Alito and Roberts. We need a couple more.

Then again, maybe it's just hormonal.