Archive for November, 2007

The Palmetto State Is Not Key To The Prize

I wrote some time ago about possible vice presidential prospects of the Democratic party.  But one obscure name on the Republican side keeps coming up and I hardly understand.  South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s name came up in a Times Online political and various other places and I have to wonder if it is simply [...]

The Greatest Football Game Ever Played

The following is an article that commemorates the 10th anniversary of the greatest football game ever played.
The Greatest Game Ever Played? 

Sunshine Empire Candidates Series: Ron Paul

I may disagree with him on some domestic issues, it is striking that he is a Republican.  He speaks the truth here.

The Sunshine Empire Candidates Series:Barack Obama

“The Bush Administration’s failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.”
-Barack Obama  

On politics and touchdowns for the man who should win the Heisman

I spent the afternoon in Gainesville for the Florida-Florida State football game.  Many teams in many sports claim to have a rivalry that is the best in the nation, and I don’t think you can really judge such a thing if you’ve ever participated in one from the inside.  Despite the records on both sides [...]

Midnight Music Empire: Jellyfish

The Jellyfish do a haunting version of Elanor Rigby with a couple of Japanese cats.  Feel free to sing along with the kareoke lyrics at the bottom.

The UFC and Country Breakfast Burritos

As I was driving through Keystone Heights Florida this evening I passed a Hardees.  I had purchased a large hamburger there the previous week and I had been harboring feelings of guilt and shame ever since.  So I had learned my lesson and was passing by, but the sign out in the front of the [...]

Further locating Crazytown

“Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.”
 -Nora Ephron (American writer)

Sunshine Empire Candidates Series: Bill Richardson

I wish Bill Richardson were pulling a Huckabee right now.  But nobody seems to notice him.  He’s the most qualified, but not the best campaigner.  If he does not get the nomination he at least deserves to be on the ticket.