Meanwhile, Sox Savvy is worried.
We all know that Manny Ramirez brings a lot of baggage to the White Sox. Here are some potential ugly scenarios I’m most worried about seeing:
— Hawk Harrelson shows his support by sporting dreadlocks.
— Teeny-weeny Juan Pierre plays a practical joke by hiding in Manny’s ridiculously baggy pants, but it goes horribly wrong when Manny slides into second base.
And more more more where that’s coming from. Go there, by all means.
Left-wingers beware. God knows what you are thinking, and see what He thinks of it.
HOW COULD YOU FORGET THE NUMBAH TWO? During Chicagos WSCR 670 AM broadcast of Fridays Yankees-White Sox game, announcer Darrin Jackson mentioned how the Yankees continue to use a recording by the late Bob Sheppard introducing Derek Jeter as he walks up to the plate at Yankee Stadium. Listeners were then treated to an awful impression of the legendary former Yankees PA announcer.
Jackson, in a stereotypical New York accent, said word for word, Now batting for the Yankees, Derek Jeter.
Of course, not only did Jackson sound nothing like Sheppard, any Yankees fan would mention that Jackson left out perhaps the most noticeable aspect of Sheppards introductions saying a players number before saying the name, and then repeating the number afterwards.
Jackson and Farmer are in the execrable category among announcers, both ex-ballplayers whose favorite topic is themselves. Sick of Hawk H. on tee-vee, where to go? W-scram is not a good option.
Right up front is this from Taranto:
“In other Washington rally news,” observes humorist Jim Treacher of The Daily Caller, “Al Sharpton has gone from the Million Man March to the Dozen Dude Dud.”
The Beck event, on the other hand, was an antidote to our current governance “by an oikophobic self-anointed elite that is unable to hide its contempt for Americans qua Americans.”
Thing about Taranto, you not only get pungent well-aimed commentary, you also learn new words! If an oiko spooks you, try Beck.
Those Madigans can’t keep track of their in-laws, darn it.
[Ill. Atty. Genl.] Lisa Madigan says she was unaware of her brother-in-law’s [lobbyist] role, according to a spokeswoman. “The attorney general didn’t know that Jordan worked for Veritec, and she did not know that her office was in contact with him about the payday loan bill [from which
Veritec profits greatly],” Robyn Ziegler said.[Her father, State Rep.] Michael Madigan “doesn’t recall talking to Jordan about this bill,” says Steve Brown, the [Ill. House] speaker’s spokesman, adding, “Jordan wasn’t his son-in-law” yet when the speaker voted for the bill.
No wonder. They are consumed by their zeal for public service.
It’s the students, stupid! (It’s the stupid students?)
The new book by sometime VDARE.com contributor Robert Weissberg, Bad Students, Not Bad Schools
, has become even timelier following the recent popping of the test score bubble in New York City public schools.
Weissberg, a professor of political science emeritus at the U. of Illinois, wittily surveys in his conversational prose style a half century of educational research. He debunks the fluff that comprises most of this fad-driven field, while highlighting the replicable social science whose lessons go ignored.
Weissberg’s conclusion: the quality of students‘ intelligence and motivation is by far the most important factor in whether a school is bad or good.
Etc.
U. of I., eh? What do you know?
It makes a body feel overwhelmingly put-upon, where Instapundit links to this .
I’ve been looking for Muslims like these:
Members of the American Muslim Association of Oklahoma purchased an advertisement in the Aug. 23 edition of The Oklahoman. The ad was a public appeal to the sponsors of the [Ground
Zero Mosque] project to “be sensitive and respectful of the sentiments of U.S. citizens and move the project to a mutually agreeable site.”
