A couple of weeks ago I was, like so many, really annoyed with the coverage Tim Tebow was receiving from the media. Unlike a certain group of people, namely devout Christians and anyone who attended the University of Florida, I was solidly with the majority of NFL Players who believe (still do, as much as ever) that Tebow will never be a good NFL QB. Nothing has changed in that regard, but my opinion on the whole media matter in general has.
I'm a Raiders fan, so I want Tim Tebow leading the Broncos. This should set them back a good number of years, and I'm all for that. I also hate the Jets, so last night's game was a thing of comedy and beauty, all wrapped up into the perfect burrito.
As the game was coming down to the wire, there were Jets fans saying "Tebow is gonna tie it up..."
I stopped them all and said, "NO CHANCE! TEBOW DOESN'T TIE SHIT UP! HE WINS SHIT!"
Of course he won the game. It had to happen that way. The Messiah vs Jew York. It was too perfect.
Lets put all that aside though, just for a second.
The guy still sucks at playing Quarterback.
I'm not saying he can't run the ball. I'm not saying he can't win a game that's within 4 points late in the game. I'm not saying he's not determined to do well. I'm not saying he can't do any of the things he has recently done. All of THOSE THINGS are within what Tim Tebow can do.
What I am saying is Tim Tebow is not right now, hasn't been in the past, and will not be in the future a successful NFL Quarterback.
It's that simple.
Yes, he has won some games, but more so, his defense has beaten some of the worst offenses in the league, and Tebow has been able to help them win close games late. Congratulations. Feel free to sign the guy for the final drive. But if you actually want your team to be in games that aren't close, get a real quarterback.
He ain't it.
Now I hear people say things like, "I told you he could play in the NFL!"
People, stop. I'm not saying he doesn't know what a football looks like, or that he can't snap the ball from center. That's not the argument here, so please stop lowering the bar. What I am saying is he's not a first round draft pick, and if the Broncos could pick again, despite ALL OF THIS, they wouldn't touch the guy.
He's a guy who can do certain things well. Like Kordell Stewart. Like Ronnie Brown running the "Wild Cat", and like other guys who are limited. But that's not where the bar has been set. It's been LOWERED so much that any success Tebow has is viewed as "told you so." You did tell me, but you're still wrong.
This is why I compare the FEELING of what I see with Tebow with the feeling of how I felt when people told me George Bush was doing well in debates. Those people WANT to believe, and yes, it's pretty much the same people: the believers. In the end, the result will be somewhat the same as well.
A couple of years ago I wrote about how Vince Young would certainly be a NFL Bust. I was spot on then because I saw the games, I knew what he did well, and what he couldn't do. After the National Title game all of the talking heads were saying "This guy has to be number 1..." How'd that work out?
The difference between Vince and Tim though is that Tim is being given the chances Vince was not. The team is catering their offense, for the time being, around what Tim does well. They did NOT do that for Vince Young. They forced him to be a real quarterback, and how did that work out? It didn't. The same way it won't work for Tebow. Ahhh, but Tebow has the supporters. The believers. The people in Kentucky who erect Billboards in his name.
The people Vince never had. Vince Young was FAAAAAAR more talented, but he didn't have the machine. Vince Young wasn't the pretty white kid whose dad was a minister.
Therefore, Vince Young didn't get that chance. And Young was probably smart enough not to want it.
Now Vince Young is an average backup in Philadelphia, and Tim Tebow is enjoying his brief moment in the sun in Denver.
In the end though, Vince Young, a guy who I felt was going to be a complete bum, will have a longer, and more successful career than Tim Tebow.
Mark these words.
People can tell me I'm being a "glass half empty" kind of guy. Well, I think you're drinking a full glass of idiot.
On a side note, the same coach people have been killing for not playing Tim Tebow, has turned this team around with defense. Tebow has been average at best, while John Fox has been amazing the last 5 weeks. Yet the discussion about John Fox has only been how he handles Tim Tebow.
It's truly ridiculous.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
The Star Alliance Strikes Again
So flights out of SFO to EWR were ABSURDLY pricey for our flight back east, just one way. Get this:
To fly from SFO to EWR was $627. So I did a "nearby airport" search with "flexible dates."
It turns up that flying out of Monterey at 9 AM was only $176, but soon jumped to $200. Of course, that flight goes from MRY to SFO, then gets on the same plane that goes to Newark. Same flight in the end. Lucky for us we're leaving our car in MRY so it works out.
However, the "nearby airport" search on both ends created an itinerary of SFO --> PHILLY. Philly is considered a "nearby" airport to Newark, within 150 miles. That flight was also $176. Yet, that flight goes from SFO TO NEWARK, THEN TO PHILLY! SAME PLANE!
We couldn't take that option because we are checking bags, and they'd end up in Philly.
Today I check online, just for kicks, to see what's available. We ended up paying around $480 total, with fees, etc. There's a flight available from SFO to HOU to EWR, for $149 one way. I thought, maybe I'll change it. The change fee to get on THAT flight is $1,369 total for TWO. A flight which costs less than our original ticket.
I called Continental to ask why, and they said there are a lot of reasons, but primarily it's because you're "switching origin." I told her, "not really. I did a SFO search initially, and this was the best option at the time based on your recommended airport. I figured all the airports would fall within SFO - ALL SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORTS, which was the option on your website."
"Yes, I understand, but you're switching origins..."
Even better is how it costs $180 less ($1,197 vs $1,369) to switch to a direct flight from SFO to NYC, which if I purchased that same ticket today would actually cost $300 more!
Are you confused yet?
I'm tempted to add a chart, but what's the point?
The bottom line is: The airline uses a matrix, and it's clearly working...
To fly from SFO to EWR was $627. So I did a "nearby airport" search with "flexible dates."
It turns up that flying out of Monterey at 9 AM was only $176, but soon jumped to $200. Of course, that flight goes from MRY to SFO, then gets on the same plane that goes to Newark. Same flight in the end. Lucky for us we're leaving our car in MRY so it works out.
However, the "nearby airport" search on both ends created an itinerary of SFO --> PHILLY. Philly is considered a "nearby" airport to Newark, within 150 miles. That flight was also $176. Yet, that flight goes from SFO TO NEWARK, THEN TO PHILLY! SAME PLANE!
We couldn't take that option because we are checking bags, and they'd end up in Philly.
Today I check online, just for kicks, to see what's available. We ended up paying around $480 total, with fees, etc. There's a flight available from SFO to HOU to EWR, for $149 one way. I thought, maybe I'll change it. The change fee to get on THAT flight is $1,369 total for TWO. A flight which costs less than our original ticket.
I called Continental to ask why, and they said there are a lot of reasons, but primarily it's because you're "switching origin." I told her, "not really. I did a SFO search initially, and this was the best option at the time based on your recommended airport. I figured all the airports would fall within SFO - ALL SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORTS, which was the option on your website."
"Yes, I understand, but you're switching origins..."
Even better is how it costs $180 less ($1,197 vs $1,369) to switch to a direct flight from SFO to NYC, which if I purchased that same ticket today would actually cost $300 more!
Are you confused yet?
I'm tempted to add a chart, but what's the point?
The bottom line is: The airline uses a matrix, and it's clearly working...
Friday, November 11, 2011
Penn State
Just some quick thoughts, summary of it all, etc. etc.
I've been a defender of Paterno only because I just want it to be the case that he didn't know. It's impossible to think that he didn't considering how many people did know, and him being the head coach and all, but I guess there's a chance. If he didn't know, well, he just didn't want to know. And ignorance is surely not bliss.
Everything else has pretty much been said, but there are two things I take issue with.
The first is the NCAA, and the sanctions against Penn State. As it now stands there won't be any, and quite frankly, if the entire story is focused only on Sandusky, etc, then there shouldn't be any. The NCAA isn't the arbiter of morality, and if this case has nothing to do directly with Penn State athletics, they shouldn't be levying any punishment. I don't even think they can, knowing what we know.
BUT!
Penn State has remained free of any sanctions pretty much for the entirety of Joe Paterno's tenure, and they've had some rotten eggs come through that program. I can think of a few off the top of my head, but no reason to drag them into this. If Paterno, and his staff, were able to keep this story under wraps, I can't imagine some of the other things they were able to hold down. Over the past few seasons alone Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa, Oregon, Tennessee, USC, Georgia, Alabama, LSU, all of these schools and so many more, have had run-ins with the NCAA. But not Penn State.
This may blow their cover, and give the NCAA a reason to START looking.
Schools are supposed to self report when they learn of violations, and I'm guessing Penn State didn't do much of that.
You feel me?
The second thing which sticks out to me, is the seemingly unreported/unmentioned (shocking, considering everything else has been) fact that Joe Paterno and Mike Mcqueary did the WRONG thing. And I don't mean in the sense that they didn't call the police, which they should have by law, because I'm not sure how many people actually are aware it's a legal obligation to so. Then there's the whole "moral" question of should Paterno/Mcqueary have called the police. In Paterno's case we can't say for SURE what he knew. If he knew, then yes, goes without saying. But if it was kept from him, and then he believed higher-ups looked into it, then there's a LITTLE gray area.
All this aside though, the reason he did the wrong thing is because contacting superiors/higher-ups is only the "right thing" to do IF it related to your football program. For example, Ohio State's former Coach Jim Tressel (man, that hurts) should have told his Athletic Director, and other higher-ups, about what he knew regarding his football program. However, this case has nothing to do with football, so by contacting his superiors Joe Paterno didn't really do anything at all. That's not the "right thing, legally" at all. That's just telling other people who also worry about the future of the program, who in turn protected the program, and didn't advance the legal case. It's no different if he had told his butcher, except his butcher probably calls the police.
Paterno basically attempted to move the decision off his own plate, for whatever reason. But lets not pretend he did any "right thing" even in a legal sense because clearly he legally did not. As far as the NCAA goes, it's a moot point because they have no jurisdiction here at all!
In essence, Paterno did nothing at all.
If Mike Mcqueary saw Jerry Sandusky murdering someone, and then told Paterno, what would they have done? Told the Athletic Director?
Of course not. If they did would reporters be saying "well, they did the right thing as far as the NCAA would be concerned."
Obviously not.
That's how this should be judged. As a crime equal to murder, and what they did in response to it.
I've been a defender of Paterno only because I just want it to be the case that he didn't know. It's impossible to think that he didn't considering how many people did know, and him being the head coach and all, but I guess there's a chance. If he didn't know, well, he just didn't want to know. And ignorance is surely not bliss.
Everything else has pretty much been said, but there are two things I take issue with.
The first is the NCAA, and the sanctions against Penn State. As it now stands there won't be any, and quite frankly, if the entire story is focused only on Sandusky, etc, then there shouldn't be any. The NCAA isn't the arbiter of morality, and if this case has nothing to do directly with Penn State athletics, they shouldn't be levying any punishment. I don't even think they can, knowing what we know.
BUT!
Penn State has remained free of any sanctions pretty much for the entirety of Joe Paterno's tenure, and they've had some rotten eggs come through that program. I can think of a few off the top of my head, but no reason to drag them into this. If Paterno, and his staff, were able to keep this story under wraps, I can't imagine some of the other things they were able to hold down. Over the past few seasons alone Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa, Oregon, Tennessee, USC, Georgia, Alabama, LSU, all of these schools and so many more, have had run-ins with the NCAA. But not Penn State.
This may blow their cover, and give the NCAA a reason to START looking.
Schools are supposed to self report when they learn of violations, and I'm guessing Penn State didn't do much of that.
You feel me?
The second thing which sticks out to me, is the seemingly unreported/unmentioned (shocking, considering everything else has been) fact that Joe Paterno and Mike Mcqueary did the WRONG thing. And I don't mean in the sense that they didn't call the police, which they should have by law, because I'm not sure how many people actually are aware it's a legal obligation to so. Then there's the whole "moral" question of should Paterno/Mcqueary have called the police. In Paterno's case we can't say for SURE what he knew. If he knew, then yes, goes without saying. But if it was kept from him, and then he believed higher-ups looked into it, then there's a LITTLE gray area.
All this aside though, the reason he did the wrong thing is because contacting superiors/higher-ups is only the "right thing" to do IF it related to your football program. For example, Ohio State's former Coach Jim Tressel (man, that hurts) should have told his Athletic Director, and other higher-ups, about what he knew regarding his football program. However, this case has nothing to do with football, so by contacting his superiors Joe Paterno didn't really do anything at all. That's not the "right thing, legally" at all. That's just telling other people who also worry about the future of the program, who in turn protected the program, and didn't advance the legal case. It's no different if he had told his butcher, except his butcher probably calls the police.
Paterno basically attempted to move the decision off his own plate, for whatever reason. But lets not pretend he did any "right thing" even in a legal sense because clearly he legally did not. As far as the NCAA goes, it's a moot point because they have no jurisdiction here at all!
In essence, Paterno did nothing at all.
If Mike Mcqueary saw Jerry Sandusky murdering someone, and then told Paterno, what would they have done? Told the Athletic Director?
Of course not. If they did would reporters be saying "well, they did the right thing as far as the NCAA would be concerned."
Obviously not.
That's how this should be judged. As a crime equal to murder, and what they did in response to it.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Maybe Alabama Will Show Us
The toughest in the nation immigration law passed by Alabama is having a serious effect on their ability to farm. Apparently, no one is signing up to do the work the immigrants have abandoned.
This is not a great economy, with nearly 1/4 of every able-bodied person out of work. So it's pretty much going to be proof positive if Americans in the South, especially within Alabama, are going to take these jobs the "illegals" have given up.
We'll find out if farmers can afford to even pay citizens the minimum wage, and if so what will the price increases be on the produce.
Thank you, Alabama. I look forward to the results!
This is not a great economy, with nearly 1/4 of every able-bodied person out of work. So it's pretty much going to be proof positive if Americans in the South, especially within Alabama, are going to take these jobs the "illegals" have given up.
We'll find out if farmers can afford to even pay citizens the minimum wage, and if so what will the price increases be on the produce.
Thank you, Alabama. I look forward to the results!
Lets Just Make Some Shit Up...
Cover of NYTIMES today is an article about Republican Senators moving to the right of President George W. Bush on military tribunals in America.
In other words, they pretty much have no foreign policy right now, so they figure, "Why not? This seems like something we can at least argue about!"
He captured bin Laden, Quadaffi is out of power, he's drawing down troops, and at home voters are showing contempt for all spending and military action.
So they're just gonna make some shit up. See if they can go FURTHER right...
Congressional Republicans increasingly reject any use of the civilian criminal justice system for handling cases involving Al Qaeda, hardening their stance in a dispute with the Obama administration over whether such suspects should be held and prosecuted exclusively by the military.
Republican senators are pushing to include a provision in a 2012 military authorization bill that would require Qaeda suspects accused of plotting attacks and who are not American citizens to be held in military custody — even people arrested in the United States. The White House opposes such a blanket rule.
Amid negotiations over the bill, Republicans — who see their position as a potent election issue in 2012 — delivered an overwhelming show of unity in support of such ideas late last week, as 45 of the party’s 47 senators voted for a similar proposal to ban civilian trials for such “enemy combatants.” The endorsement highlighted a dramatic shift to the right in the politics of counterterrorism since President Obama succeeded George W. Bush.
In other words, they pretty much have no foreign policy right now, so they figure, "Why not? This seems like something we can at least argue about!"
He captured bin Laden, Quadaffi is out of power, he's drawing down troops, and at home voters are showing contempt for all spending and military action.
So they're just gonna make some shit up. See if they can go FURTHER right...
Oakland PD is Dumb
Here's why there's an issue, and why there's a dude in critical condition, and why this is now an anti-war protest (it kinda is/always way, regardless), and is a protest for animals rights, women's rights, minority rights, workers rights, every person's rights...
1) Because it's the Bay Area, which is obvious, and you're like 5 miles from Berkeley and San Francisco.
2) The cops are idiots. They decided to clear people out of the square at 4:30 AM on Tuesday. I mean, who likes being woken up at 4:30 AM, and told to go somewhere else? No one does. They seemingly did this to avoid having to deal with the removal of people during the rush hour (which, btw, is limited anyway). They wanted this cleaned up before 8:30 AM.
This was a bad call.
They then told the protestors they could assemble there at 9 AM, during park hours (or whenever the park opened). So, at 9 AM they all came back. BUT...the city had decided they were going to clean up the park first, etc. etc., so when the protestors came back the park wasn't yet opened up. This created the beginning of the conflict. People were aware they were breaking the law, and couldn't be in the park. They all could be arrested if the city wanted to divert it's manpower from the other crime centers in the area, known by most as "most of Oakland."
Had the police come at 9AM on Tuesday morning, the mayor specifically, and spoke to them all, explaining the situation, things may be different. They would have to leave when the park closed, and they could return the next day.
This didn't happen.
Now people are getting shot at.
Awesome.
Don't get me wrong for I am not anti-police in any way. I just think they handled this situation as poorly as possible. If you want proof of this just take a look at every other OW sit-in nationwide.
This isn't happening anywhere else. But when you have a police for that is used to responding with force in most situations, this is what you get.
1) Because it's the Bay Area, which is obvious, and you're like 5 miles from Berkeley and San Francisco.
2) The cops are idiots. They decided to clear people out of the square at 4:30 AM on Tuesday. I mean, who likes being woken up at 4:30 AM, and told to go somewhere else? No one does. They seemingly did this to avoid having to deal with the removal of people during the rush hour (which, btw, is limited anyway). They wanted this cleaned up before 8:30 AM.
This was a bad call.
They then told the protestors they could assemble there at 9 AM, during park hours (or whenever the park opened). So, at 9 AM they all came back. BUT...the city had decided they were going to clean up the park first, etc. etc., so when the protestors came back the park wasn't yet opened up. This created the beginning of the conflict. People were aware they were breaking the law, and couldn't be in the park. They all could be arrested if the city wanted to divert it's manpower from the other crime centers in the area, known by most as "most of Oakland."
Had the police come at 9AM on Tuesday morning, the mayor specifically, and spoke to them all, explaining the situation, things may be different. They would have to leave when the park closed, and they could return the next day.
This didn't happen.
Now people are getting shot at.
Awesome.
Don't get me wrong for I am not anti-police in any way. I just think they handled this situation as poorly as possible. If you want proof of this just take a look at every other OW sit-in nationwide.
This isn't happening anywhere else. But when you have a police for that is used to responding with force in most situations, this is what you get.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
It's Always a Shit Storm in Oakland
And it's always sunny too, btw...
Yesterday's non-stop action in downtown Oakland was borderline insanity. I am stationed directly across from the city, and was able to see through buildings. Between the lights, sounds, smoke, helicopters, etc, it looked like a battle was taking place. And yet I can't help but ask myself why is this happening?
Now that it has it strikes me as necessary to point out how terrible a thing it is that it has.
First off, a young man is in critical condition after police fired tear gas canisters into the crowd, and one struck him in the head. Then while people were tending to him an officer fired a flash grenade into their group. Watch it all here.
Oakland cops should know better. If anyone has been to this city they know there's clearly A LOT MORE BAD SHIT GOING DOWN THAN THIS! Just drive around, uhh, anywhere, and you'll find it. Attacking peaceful protestors, is that a good use of resources? I think not.
I have passed by the OW Protest downtown at least 5 times in the last 2 weeks, every time at night, and I've never noticed anything that would concern me, or make me fear for my safety.
And Oakland PD, you're drawing attention to your force, and meanwhile you're under investigation by the FBI for corruption. Good job.
The unfortunate aspect all of this, besides the obvious injuries, etc, is how this protest is now being turned into a battle of people vs police vs Wall St vs other causes vs everything. If you thought Occupy Wall St was a bit misguided at the outset (it wasn't), now it's really going off the rails here in California. Pictures and videos will come across peoples' televisions from coast to coast, and the generally non-violent protest will be made to look horrific.
The unfortunate irony in all of this is how these people are continually compared to the Tea Party, which is so stupid. What, no one in the Tea Party has lost a job? No on in the Tea Party is suffering? Everyone in the Tea Party has health care? No one in the Tea Party is underwater on their mortgage?
Well, if that's the case, when why does anyone give a shit about the TEA PARTY?!?!?
I'll say one thing about the Tea Party, they received tons of positive coverage, and suffered VERY LITTLE. Not at rallies, not at townhalls, now in Washington D.C. did you ever see a Tea Partier living amongst rats in a city park, getting sprayed with hoses, having tear gas launched at them. It seems to me the Tea Partiers are DOING ALRIGHT!
So if the country wants to really pay attention to who is sacrificing their own well-being in order to achieve something better, maybe focus on the people getting the shit kicked out of them in downtown Oakland.
Try not to make them look like the clowns during all of this.
Yesterday's non-stop action in downtown Oakland was borderline insanity. I am stationed directly across from the city, and was able to see through buildings. Between the lights, sounds, smoke, helicopters, etc, it looked like a battle was taking place. And yet I can't help but ask myself why is this happening?
Now that it has it strikes me as necessary to point out how terrible a thing it is that it has.
First off, a young man is in critical condition after police fired tear gas canisters into the crowd, and one struck him in the head. Then while people were tending to him an officer fired a flash grenade into their group. Watch it all here.
Oakland cops should know better. If anyone has been to this city they know there's clearly A LOT MORE BAD SHIT GOING DOWN THAN THIS! Just drive around, uhh, anywhere, and you'll find it. Attacking peaceful protestors, is that a good use of resources? I think not.
I have passed by the OW Protest downtown at least 5 times in the last 2 weeks, every time at night, and I've never noticed anything that would concern me, or make me fear for my safety.
And Oakland PD, you're drawing attention to your force, and meanwhile you're under investigation by the FBI for corruption. Good job.
The unfortunate aspect all of this, besides the obvious injuries, etc, is how this protest is now being turned into a battle of people vs police vs Wall St vs other causes vs everything. If you thought Occupy Wall St was a bit misguided at the outset (it wasn't), now it's really going off the rails here in California. Pictures and videos will come across peoples' televisions from coast to coast, and the generally non-violent protest will be made to look horrific.
The unfortunate irony in all of this is how these people are continually compared to the Tea Party, which is so stupid. What, no one in the Tea Party has lost a job? No on in the Tea Party is suffering? Everyone in the Tea Party has health care? No one in the Tea Party is underwater on their mortgage?
Well, if that's the case, when why does anyone give a shit about the TEA PARTY?!?!?
I'll say one thing about the Tea Party, they received tons of positive coverage, and suffered VERY LITTLE. Not at rallies, not at townhalls, now in Washington D.C. did you ever see a Tea Partier living amongst rats in a city park, getting sprayed with hoses, having tear gas launched at them. It seems to me the Tea Partiers are DOING ALRIGHT!
So if the country wants to really pay attention to who is sacrificing their own well-being in order to achieve something better, maybe focus on the people getting the shit kicked out of them in downtown Oakland.
Try not to make them look like the clowns during all of this.
So You Think Your Frat's Alumni Suck?
Check this out:
SAE Vanderbilt alumni had a hell of a Saturday night. One highlight, "Also of note, on Saturday night an alumni had to be stopped from defecating in the rush chair's refrigerator with a roomful of his contemporaries".
Concerned Alumni,
We appreciate your concern at the state of the house and thank you for coming by this weekend. We agree that the house is currently in the worst state that we have ever seen it and sympathize to a large degree with your concern about a lack of respect for the property. However, we think it is only fair, in the spirit of full disclosure, to let you know a bit more about how the house came to look, and smell, the way that it does.
Our officers and other concerned brothers spent a great deal of time and effort in the two weeks leading up to Homecoming to make sure that the house was presentable and that our alumni would be proud to come back. We had brothers painting, cleaning, repairing dry wall, vacuuming, etc. in order to make sure the house was in good order. We had brothers go to great lengths to get food together for the cooking that they preformed on Saturday - a new addition to homecoming that we hope you all enjoyed. We planned and paid for a cash bar that had been approved through appropriate channels, but the school later reneged and it had to be shut down. All this to say that for a 101 year old house, 2500 Kensington Place was looking as good as I've seen it in my time here. Then our alumni came.
To keep this short we will make a list of a few of the damages done by our alumni over the weekend:
2 4' X 12' sections of dry wall completely destroyed
17 broken windows
2 broken ceiling fans (all blades removed and glass shattered)
Every toilet in the house clogged with various objects including beer cans, toilet paper, etc.
Paint splattered all over the bar room
A slur painted on the basketball goal, which was also broken
Broken porch lights
5 broken door frames and locks
3 broken exit signs
2 discharged fire extinguishers (sprayed into the rooms of officers and onto the cars of active brothers with more slurs and graphic pictures drawn into the chemicals)
Officers rooms:
Treasurer's room:
All furniture broken with over $2000 worth of damage and his ottoman thrown through his window onto the adjacent roof
President's room:
Broken bed
Desk chair thrown through two different windows (incidentally both the chair and the shattered glass hit our president in the face as he was cleaning up beer cans in the front yard after the tailgate)
Rush chair's room:
The entire contents of the rush chairs room were found thrown through a window and onto the roof of the chapter room
Also of note, on Saturday night an alumni had to be stopped from defecating in the rush chair's refrigerator with a roomful of his contemporaries
House manager's room:
Relatively little damage with the only issue being that every window was broken out
Social chair's room:
It is currently impossible to walk into the social chair's room without stepping on glass as 8 Champagne bottles and 7 handles of liquor were smashed on his floor
His bed was also vomited in and had a couch placed upside down in the vomit
Total (Minimum): $12,000
- Taken from the minimum cost for replacing or repairing all issues listed above.
- Costs include labor and materials provided by Vanderbilt Plant Operations
As this kind of destruction has become increasingly commonplace over the past few years, we anticipated some level of mayhem. What we got however was much worse than we expected. There is, without doubt, a very serious issue concerning the lack of respect for the property of SAE. The same can be said for the property of the brothers currently residing in the house. It is interesting to note that all of the destruction done this weekend, and in homecoming weekends past, has come from alumni and not the active brothers. There is a wealth of evidence to back up these claims and we take no issue if anyone would like to discuss the issue further.
The house means a lot to those of us who have enjoyed the opportunities that it affords us. For many, it has been an opportunity to meet lifelong friends and have the time of our lives; we would love to see it return to its former state. However, that process of transformation cannot happen solely through the hard work of current brothers. It will require a serious and concerted effort by both alumni and brothers to raise a good deal of funding in order carry out any kind of renovation plan. In so doing we will be able to create a place that commands respect and that will be much less inviting to the kinds of activities witnessed this weekend. We share your in your vision and in your frustration; there is little that would make us happier than to see the house returned to the majesty apparent in pictures we've seen from the 60's. We welcome any suggestions on how we might make the house a better place and hope that we will be able to use this past weekend as a way to bring us together with the common goal of improving the house for future True Gentlemen. We sincerely appreciate all of the contributions that you have made, past and present, that have made the house what it is today. We along with the actives of TN-Nu sincerely hope that the actions of a few will not sour our relationship in the future.
Please feel free to reach out to either of us with any questions or concerns that you might have.
Yours in the bonds,
Peyton Davis
EA
&
Patterson Fenelon
Alumni Relations Chair
SAE Vanderbilt alumni had a hell of a Saturday night. One highlight, "Also of note, on Saturday night an alumni had to be stopped from defecating in the rush chair's refrigerator with a roomful of his contemporaries".
Concerned Alumni,
We appreciate your concern at the state of the house and thank you for coming by this weekend. We agree that the house is currently in the worst state that we have ever seen it and sympathize to a large degree with your concern about a lack of respect for the property. However, we think it is only fair, in the spirit of full disclosure, to let you know a bit more about how the house came to look, and smell, the way that it does.
Our officers and other concerned brothers spent a great deal of time and effort in the two weeks leading up to Homecoming to make sure that the house was presentable and that our alumni would be proud to come back. We had brothers painting, cleaning, repairing dry wall, vacuuming, etc. in order to make sure the house was in good order. We had brothers go to great lengths to get food together for the cooking that they preformed on Saturday - a new addition to homecoming that we hope you all enjoyed. We planned and paid for a cash bar that had been approved through appropriate channels, but the school later reneged and it had to be shut down. All this to say that for a 101 year old house, 2500 Kensington Place was looking as good as I've seen it in my time here. Then our alumni came.
To keep this short we will make a list of a few of the damages done by our alumni over the weekend:
2 4' X 12' sections of dry wall completely destroyed
17 broken windows
2 broken ceiling fans (all blades removed and glass shattered)
Every toilet in the house clogged with various objects including beer cans, toilet paper, etc.
Paint splattered all over the bar room
A slur painted on the basketball goal, which was also broken
Broken porch lights
5 broken door frames and locks
3 broken exit signs
2 discharged fire extinguishers (sprayed into the rooms of officers and onto the cars of active brothers with more slurs and graphic pictures drawn into the chemicals)
Officers rooms:
Treasurer's room:
All furniture broken with over $2000 worth of damage and his ottoman thrown through his window onto the adjacent roof
President's room:
Broken bed
Desk chair thrown through two different windows (incidentally both the chair and the shattered glass hit our president in the face as he was cleaning up beer cans in the front yard after the tailgate)
Rush chair's room:
The entire contents of the rush chairs room were found thrown through a window and onto the roof of the chapter room
Also of note, on Saturday night an alumni had to be stopped from defecating in the rush chair's refrigerator with a roomful of his contemporaries
House manager's room:
Relatively little damage with the only issue being that every window was broken out
Social chair's room:
It is currently impossible to walk into the social chair's room without stepping on glass as 8 Champagne bottles and 7 handles of liquor were smashed on his floor
His bed was also vomited in and had a couch placed upside down in the vomit
Total (Minimum): $12,000
- Taken from the minimum cost for replacing or repairing all issues listed above.
- Costs include labor and materials provided by Vanderbilt Plant Operations
As this kind of destruction has become increasingly commonplace over the past few years, we anticipated some level of mayhem. What we got however was much worse than we expected. There is, without doubt, a very serious issue concerning the lack of respect for the property of SAE. The same can be said for the property of the brothers currently residing in the house. It is interesting to note that all of the destruction done this weekend, and in homecoming weekends past, has come from alumni and not the active brothers. There is a wealth of evidence to back up these claims and we take no issue if anyone would like to discuss the issue further.
The house means a lot to those of us who have enjoyed the opportunities that it affords us. For many, it has been an opportunity to meet lifelong friends and have the time of our lives; we would love to see it return to its former state. However, that process of transformation cannot happen solely through the hard work of current brothers. It will require a serious and concerted effort by both alumni and brothers to raise a good deal of funding in order carry out any kind of renovation plan. In so doing we will be able to create a place that commands respect and that will be much less inviting to the kinds of activities witnessed this weekend. We share your in your vision and in your frustration; there is little that would make us happier than to see the house returned to the majesty apparent in pictures we've seen from the 60's. We welcome any suggestions on how we might make the house a better place and hope that we will be able to use this past weekend as a way to bring us together with the common goal of improving the house for future True Gentlemen. We sincerely appreciate all of the contributions that you have made, past and present, that have made the house what it is today. We along with the actives of TN-Nu sincerely hope that the actions of a few will not sour our relationship in the future.
Please feel free to reach out to either of us with any questions or concerns that you might have.
Yours in the bonds,
Peyton Davis
EA
&
Patterson Fenelon
Alumni Relations Chair
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Sports
I am very excited for this weekend's UFC because without question I know for sure both fighters won't be on steroids. In this case it's BJ Penn and Nick Diaz, two guys who I know to be clear of performance enhancing drugs. It's not that there are no other fighters who are clean because there are certainly some, but rare do you get TWO GUYS fighting in a main event who are.
I've been in touch with BJ, and around people out here in Oakland who know Nick quite well, and both seem to be very ready for this fight. This coming on the heals of the two of them not really wanting to fight each other, but the UFC magically manages to get everyone they need to into that cage. No different this time in that they both want a chance at Georges St-Pierre, who, not surprisingly, has injured himself. I say "not surprisingly" because I don't think he was prepared to fight Carlos Condit, and there's no way a guy like GSP jeopardizes all he has built. If you ever watch the way he fights he rarely puts himself at risk, so he's certainly not going to do that before the fight.
Side story on this few are aware of, there's a little birdie telling me that the UFC, ehh hemm, Dana White, kinda screwed up when he cancelled the Diaz vs St-Pierre fight. Rarely doing something that would affect the company without thinking it through, White did not take into consideration the one thing which guides Las Vegas: The Casinos. They had already collected millions in bets for that fight, and when White called it off the Sports Books went bananas. They forced him to put Diaz back on the card in the hopes the money would stay on the table, one way, or another.
Again, a rare bad call by White when it comes to his product, but that's why Diaz and Penn not only is happening, but HAD TO HAPPEN.
---
Do you ever watch a sporting event and realize a game is over before either team has scored? Well, I sure have, and it has happened to me twice in the last 5 weeks.
The first time was when the Ohio State backup Quarterback Joe Bauserman through a screen pass into the dirt on his first pass against Miami. That's when I new that particular game was over before anyone had scored.
The second time? This past weekend when I watched the Raiders play the Chiefs, and not because Kyle Boller was starting at Quarterback, or Darren McFadden got hurt. It's because on the first series the Raiders came out and moved the ball. Then on 3rd and half a yard, somewhere around midfield, rather than take Boller and push for the first down, they bring in Rookie Terrelle Pryor, who has yet to play a down in the NFL, to do it for him. But they didn't just have him sneak for a first down, no, not at all. They put him at Wide Receiver while Boller was in shotgun, sent him in motion where he then stopped under center, took the snap, and went forward for the yard. Except he didn't wait "one second" under center, and the play was called dead. The Raiders were given a 5 yard penalty. Pryor left the field, and on the next play Boller through a pick-6 on third down. Game. Set. Match.
That's just coaches being stupid.
Rather than one the field position game, maybe get 3 points, who knows? They're down 7 points with a shitty Quarterback.
Nice job, coach.
---
Andrew Luck is not going to the Colts. I don't care if they go 0 and SEVENTEEN. The Colts will not have Andrew Luck. Now, I did predict months ago this was coming, that Manning would miss the season and Luck would be there for the Colts, but even if he is there, he ain't going.
And why should he? Because they drafted him? You know what? Fuck the Colts. That's my take. They're one of the teams that screwed legions of fans when they left Baltimore, so why do I care when a particular player decides not to work for them? I don't blame the kid at all. Indianapolis sucks, and yes, I've been there 4 too many times having been there 4 times.
The thing about Luck too, is like John Elway and Eli Manning before him he has the ability to do what he wants on the field, and OFF THE FIELD. The kid has the leverage, and he can basically tell a team "I'll never play there." And if he wants to, he should. We live in the most me-society at the height of "me." Facebook, twitter, billionaires who want tax cuts, "that's my kid you're talking to!" Everything is me, and if I'm Andrew Luck I'm going full "me."
He's a great kid no matter how yo spin it. Not wanting to be in Indianapolis doesn't make him a jerk. No, it makes him smart.
And the NFL, they want that kid in Miami for sure. Which for me would be great so I can stop hearing Dan Marino talk. I'd love to see that guy knocked down one peg.
Last week he said, "I hope no one breaks my record!" Of course you feel that way because they can't break your championships...
And btw, Luck is FAR AND AWAY the best player in College Football. Watch him for one quarter, and you'll soon realize he's better than Tony Romo, Jay Cutler, Eli Manning, Alex Smith, Carson Palmer, Andy Dalton, Joe Flacco, Mark Sanchez, Josh Freeman, and others RIGHT NOW.
---
Wow, the NBA just cancelled more games. The good part about that is...no shitty games in the ultimate "me" sport.
The bad part...there will be blood. Some NBA player is going to get bored and shoot someone. If we're lucky his target will be David Stern.
He's the Rutgers graduate I'm slowly starting to hate, and it's tough to hate your own.
---
I just heard a Terrell Owens interview where he discussed the "teams" who are interested in him. He said he wants to "play for a contender", and that he's going to make a decision after he "speaks to his agent."
So, I may as well jump to the future and let you know that discussion.
"Hey, Tee Oh, it's me Drew."
"Whassup, my agent?"
"Listen, buddy, I just got a phone call from the..."
"Yes!"
"What?"
"Oh, nothing. Go on..."
"I just got a call from the accountant handling your money, and he says things aren't looking so good."
"...I was hoping this call was about something else. Any good news?"
"Well, I did just save a shit ton of money on my car insurance..."
I've been in touch with BJ, and around people out here in Oakland who know Nick quite well, and both seem to be very ready for this fight. This coming on the heals of the two of them not really wanting to fight each other, but the UFC magically manages to get everyone they need to into that cage. No different this time in that they both want a chance at Georges St-Pierre, who, not surprisingly, has injured himself. I say "not surprisingly" because I don't think he was prepared to fight Carlos Condit, and there's no way a guy like GSP jeopardizes all he has built. If you ever watch the way he fights he rarely puts himself at risk, so he's certainly not going to do that before the fight.
Side story on this few are aware of, there's a little birdie telling me that the UFC, ehh hemm, Dana White, kinda screwed up when he cancelled the Diaz vs St-Pierre fight. Rarely doing something that would affect the company without thinking it through, White did not take into consideration the one thing which guides Las Vegas: The Casinos. They had already collected millions in bets for that fight, and when White called it off the Sports Books went bananas. They forced him to put Diaz back on the card in the hopes the money would stay on the table, one way, or another.
Again, a rare bad call by White when it comes to his product, but that's why Diaz and Penn not only is happening, but HAD TO HAPPEN.
---
Do you ever watch a sporting event and realize a game is over before either team has scored? Well, I sure have, and it has happened to me twice in the last 5 weeks.
The first time was when the Ohio State backup Quarterback Joe Bauserman through a screen pass into the dirt on his first pass against Miami. That's when I new that particular game was over before anyone had scored.
The second time? This past weekend when I watched the Raiders play the Chiefs, and not because Kyle Boller was starting at Quarterback, or Darren McFadden got hurt. It's because on the first series the Raiders came out and moved the ball. Then on 3rd and half a yard, somewhere around midfield, rather than take Boller and push for the first down, they bring in Rookie Terrelle Pryor, who has yet to play a down in the NFL, to do it for him. But they didn't just have him sneak for a first down, no, not at all. They put him at Wide Receiver while Boller was in shotgun, sent him in motion where he then stopped under center, took the snap, and went forward for the yard. Except he didn't wait "one second" under center, and the play was called dead. The Raiders were given a 5 yard penalty. Pryor left the field, and on the next play Boller through a pick-6 on third down. Game. Set. Match.
That's just coaches being stupid.
Rather than one the field position game, maybe get 3 points, who knows? They're down 7 points with a shitty Quarterback.
Nice job, coach.
---
Andrew Luck is not going to the Colts. I don't care if they go 0 and SEVENTEEN. The Colts will not have Andrew Luck. Now, I did predict months ago this was coming, that Manning would miss the season and Luck would be there for the Colts, but even if he is there, he ain't going.
And why should he? Because they drafted him? You know what? Fuck the Colts. That's my take. They're one of the teams that screwed legions of fans when they left Baltimore, so why do I care when a particular player decides not to work for them? I don't blame the kid at all. Indianapolis sucks, and yes, I've been there 4 too many times having been there 4 times.
The thing about Luck too, is like John Elway and Eli Manning before him he has the ability to do what he wants on the field, and OFF THE FIELD. The kid has the leverage, and he can basically tell a team "I'll never play there." And if he wants to, he should. We live in the most me-society at the height of "me." Facebook, twitter, billionaires who want tax cuts, "that's my kid you're talking to!" Everything is me, and if I'm Andrew Luck I'm going full "me."
He's a great kid no matter how yo spin it. Not wanting to be in Indianapolis doesn't make him a jerk. No, it makes him smart.
And the NFL, they want that kid in Miami for sure. Which for me would be great so I can stop hearing Dan Marino talk. I'd love to see that guy knocked down one peg.
Last week he said, "I hope no one breaks my record!" Of course you feel that way because they can't break your championships...
And btw, Luck is FAR AND AWAY the best player in College Football. Watch him for one quarter, and you'll soon realize he's better than Tony Romo, Jay Cutler, Eli Manning, Alex Smith, Carson Palmer, Andy Dalton, Joe Flacco, Mark Sanchez, Josh Freeman, and others RIGHT NOW.
---
Wow, the NBA just cancelled more games. The good part about that is...no shitty games in the ultimate "me" sport.
The bad part...there will be blood. Some NBA player is going to get bored and shoot someone. If we're lucky his target will be David Stern.
He's the Rutgers graduate I'm slowly starting to hate, and it's tough to hate your own.
---
I just heard a Terrell Owens interview where he discussed the "teams" who are interested in him. He said he wants to "play for a contender", and that he's going to make a decision after he "speaks to his agent."
So, I may as well jump to the future and let you know that discussion.
"Hey, Tee Oh, it's me Drew."
"Whassup, my agent?"
"Listen, buddy, I just got a phone call from the..."
"Yes!"
"What?"
"Oh, nothing. Go on..."
"I just got a call from the accountant handling your money, and he says things aren't looking so good."
"...I was hoping this call was about something else. Any good news?"
"Well, I did just save a shit ton of money on my car insurance..."
Thursday, October 20, 2011
CNN Debate
I finally decided to sit through a Republican debate because I felt it was my duty to see how far our country has fallen. It was kind of ridiculous in that they're really attacking each other with a fervency you rarely see amongst those in the same party. I think it is a telling sign because it seems to me the conservatives are just so out there, that it's almost impossible to be a moderate Republican. Of course when the general election rolls around the one who comes out of this shit storm will swing back to the middle. In that case I guess Romney would be best for them since he's been on every side of every issue anyway.
And to that point, is that a bad thing? Isn't a person supposed to change with the times? Granted, I don't buy his conservative position on "life" as it pertains to a woman's choice, but other than that, shouldn't you bend to the wishes of constituents? For example, isn't a pledge to "never raise taxes" a really fucking stupid idea? Never? Really? You're an idiot, Michelle Bachman.
Then there's the whole "Romneycare/Obamacare" thing. I think "Obamacare" is a mess because Republicans forced it to be a mess. There was no way to get a good health care bill passed, so it had to be a piece of shit. Now it's attacked as being a piece of shit. Go figure.
Do you believe Health Care should be supported by our government? I do. The same way I think education should be. Why one and not the other? Is one more important? If you don't feel free to vote Republican. Should work out well for America, especially as costs rise.
As for "Romneycare", so what the guy supported it in Massachusetts! People in his home state wanted it, and it hasn't been disastrous. But he's suggesting people don't want it nationwide, therefore he won't support it. Again, don't you represent your constituents? A governor isn't supposed to pass laws he/she wants to see enacted, but rather is supposed to listen to his constituents. Romney is suggesting he would do that. Is that hard to comprehend?
Sheezush.
Some other great aspects of the debate for me was when Rick Perry consistently called Herman Cain "brother."
"I'm with ya, brother."
"I hear ya, brother."
"I'm picking up what you're puttin' down, brother..."
Okay, maybe the last one didn't happen, but the first two certainly did.
Is Rick Perry calling Newt Gingrich "brother?" Ron Paul? Rick Santorum?
Now I get it that it would be a lot cooler to have Herman Cain as a brother than those other guys, but I don't think that's what Perry's getting at.
"Hey brother, why don't you come on down to Niggerhead Ranch, and we can go fishin'!" I don't see that happening. Yes, in case you didn't know, that was the name of Rick Perry's Ranch: Niggerhead.
Now I'm not saying Rick Perry is a racist (although I do think he's gay), nor do I think he named his ranch Niggerhead. I am not saying that. But I feel like somewhere along the way during his political career someone asked, "Hey Rick, is there anything you want to tell us about? Anything at all? Anything that could jump up and bite us in the ass when we least expect it?"
"Nope. Nothing comes to mind."
"Rick, are you sure? Think about your family, history, anything racially insensitive or sexist? Anything?"
"Nope. Sorry, Bob. Nothing comes to mind...Alright, you all have a good weekend. If you need me I'll be down at Niggerhead..."
:(
Michelle Bachman had the finest moment in the entire debate; the least spoken about as well. At one point, in response to whether she would ever cut funding for the military, she said, "No" and that she would "support Israel, our most important ally..." and that she even wants countries like "Iraq to reimburse us for liberating them..."
What. What? Huh? You fucking serious, you whack job? Holy shit, what? You think Iraq should PAY US BACK FOR LIBERATING THEM?
Wow.
Stop talking, please.
Finally, one of the oddest parts of the whole debate/conservative thing is how far we've come from 1995, when Newt Gingrich helped lead our nation's charge to the right. It reminds me of the movie "I Am Legend", where they think they cured cancer only to find out they've destroyed society. Well done, Newt.
Sticking with Newt though, it's scary to me that he's actually the most viable candidate! If I had to list in order who I wanted to come out of the Republican field it would be:
1) Michelle Bachman
2) Herman Cain
3) Rick Perry
4) Rick Santorum
5) Ron Paul
6) Mitt Romney
7) Newt Gingrich
IN THAT ORDER!
There are actually 3 people who I believe are more likely to lose than Rick Santorum! And this is a dude who slept in bed with a dead fetus! And he's running 4th? Holy fucken aye, you have to be shitting me.
So that's right, Newt Gingrich makes the most sense, and straight up against Obama he probably wins. Obama is right now at a 50/50 mark, and that will improve against most of these clowns. But against Gingrich? He was a douchebag in the 90s, but people probably look back fondly on those days now. He wasn't insane.
Put Gingrich against Obama and it becomes the "Newt the moderate" against "Obama the liberal." That's how fucked up shit has become.
That Newt Gingrich is the middle of the road candidate, who would beat Obama, but his party is too stupid to realize that the guy who began so much of this nonsense is someone they don't even want.
Good times.
Alright, I'm off to Niggerhead to relax.
And to that point, is that a bad thing? Isn't a person supposed to change with the times? Granted, I don't buy his conservative position on "life" as it pertains to a woman's choice, but other than that, shouldn't you bend to the wishes of constituents? For example, isn't a pledge to "never raise taxes" a really fucking stupid idea? Never? Really? You're an idiot, Michelle Bachman.
Then there's the whole "Romneycare/Obamacare" thing. I think "Obamacare" is a mess because Republicans forced it to be a mess. There was no way to get a good health care bill passed, so it had to be a piece of shit. Now it's attacked as being a piece of shit. Go figure.
Do you believe Health Care should be supported by our government? I do. The same way I think education should be. Why one and not the other? Is one more important? If you don't feel free to vote Republican. Should work out well for America, especially as costs rise.
As for "Romneycare", so what the guy supported it in Massachusetts! People in his home state wanted it, and it hasn't been disastrous. But he's suggesting people don't want it nationwide, therefore he won't support it. Again, don't you represent your constituents? A governor isn't supposed to pass laws he/she wants to see enacted, but rather is supposed to listen to his constituents. Romney is suggesting he would do that. Is that hard to comprehend?
Sheezush.
Some other great aspects of the debate for me was when Rick Perry consistently called Herman Cain "brother."
"I'm with ya, brother."
"I hear ya, brother."
"I'm picking up what you're puttin' down, brother..."
Okay, maybe the last one didn't happen, but the first two certainly did.
Is Rick Perry calling Newt Gingrich "brother?" Ron Paul? Rick Santorum?
Now I get it that it would be a lot cooler to have Herman Cain as a brother than those other guys, but I don't think that's what Perry's getting at.
"Hey brother, why don't you come on down to Niggerhead Ranch, and we can go fishin'!" I don't see that happening. Yes, in case you didn't know, that was the name of Rick Perry's Ranch: Niggerhead.
Now I'm not saying Rick Perry is a racist (although I do think he's gay), nor do I think he named his ranch Niggerhead. I am not saying that. But I feel like somewhere along the way during his political career someone asked, "Hey Rick, is there anything you want to tell us about? Anything at all? Anything that could jump up and bite us in the ass when we least expect it?"
"Nope. Nothing comes to mind."
"Rick, are you sure? Think about your family, history, anything racially insensitive or sexist? Anything?"
"Nope. Sorry, Bob. Nothing comes to mind...Alright, you all have a good weekend. If you need me I'll be down at Niggerhead..."
:(
Michelle Bachman had the finest moment in the entire debate; the least spoken about as well. At one point, in response to whether she would ever cut funding for the military, she said, "No" and that she would "support Israel, our most important ally..." and that she even wants countries like "Iraq to reimburse us for liberating them..."
What. What? Huh? You fucking serious, you whack job? Holy shit, what? You think Iraq should PAY US BACK FOR LIBERATING THEM?
Wow.
Stop talking, please.
Finally, one of the oddest parts of the whole debate/conservative thing is how far we've come from 1995, when Newt Gingrich helped lead our nation's charge to the right. It reminds me of the movie "I Am Legend", where they think they cured cancer only to find out they've destroyed society. Well done, Newt.
Sticking with Newt though, it's scary to me that he's actually the most viable candidate! If I had to list in order who I wanted to come out of the Republican field it would be:
1) Michelle Bachman
2) Herman Cain
3) Rick Perry
4) Rick Santorum
5) Ron Paul
6) Mitt Romney
7) Newt Gingrich
IN THAT ORDER!
There are actually 3 people who I believe are more likely to lose than Rick Santorum! And this is a dude who slept in bed with a dead fetus! And he's running 4th? Holy fucken aye, you have to be shitting me.
So that's right, Newt Gingrich makes the most sense, and straight up against Obama he probably wins. Obama is right now at a 50/50 mark, and that will improve against most of these clowns. But against Gingrich? He was a douchebag in the 90s, but people probably look back fondly on those days now. He wasn't insane.
Put Gingrich against Obama and it becomes the "Newt the moderate" against "Obama the liberal." That's how fucked up shit has become.
That Newt Gingrich is the middle of the road candidate, who would beat Obama, but his party is too stupid to realize that the guy who began so much of this nonsense is someone they don't even want.
Good times.
Alright, I'm off to Niggerhead to relax.
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