The Sword of Truth and Justice: July 2005

In anticipation of the best time of the year for sports!

Now that we have reached the doldrums of the Sporting world, AKA July-until right around the first games of football. Don't get me wrong I very much enjoy baseball, especially since the White Sox still have the best record in baseball! Right now, however, there is a solid month left before baseball games become truly meaningful and football doesn't get going in earnest until Sept. 3rd (PSU vs. USF, mark your calendars!). This is illustrated to me quite plainly everyday as ESPN runs through its painful 50 states in 50 days. There hasn't been a tour this lame since Pres. Bush tried to convince everybody to change Social Security!
I'm currently optimistic for both the Bears and my beloved Lions to turn around their seasons this year. Both teams are built upon stingy defense and a sputtering offense. There are some things, however, that i am not looking forward to about the upcoming football season and they are listed below:

1. Ohio State Fans

School Motto:"Welcome Jerks, Cheaters, and Thieves!"

2. Eagles fans

Most annoying cheer in sports: "E-A-G-L-E-S, EAGLES!"

3. Patriots fans (they easily could have been #1)

Most common phrase: "I'd eat Chowda outta Tom Brady's Jock!"

4. Bobby Bowden

Loves the phrase: "Dad-gumm" (i don't know what that means you ignorant old fucker)

5.

Loves the phrase: "Dad-gumm I want some coke!"

I am (otherwise) ready for some football! LETS GO STATE!

Lies

In a comment to the prior post i was asked what lies i was refferring to when i said that the lies were getting pretty thick. The lies or Untruths, whichever makes you more comfortable came out of the mouth of Scott McClellan as he gave a press briefing on Sept. 29th 2003.

Q All right. Let me just follow up. You said this morning, "The President knows" that Karl Rove wasn't involved. How does he know that?

MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I've made it very clear that it was a ridiculous suggestion in the first place. I saw some comments this morning from the person who made that suggestion, backing away from that. And I said it is simply not true. So, I mean, it's public knowledge. I've said that it's not true. And I have spoken with Karl Rove --

Q But how does --

MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not going to get into conversations that the President has with advisors or staff or anything of that nature; that's not my practice.

Q But the President has a factual basis for knowing that Karl Rove --

MR. McCLELLAN: I said it publicly. I said that --

Q But I'm not asking what you said, I'm asking if the President has a factual basis for saying -- for your statement that he knows Karl Rove --

MR. McCLELLAN: He's aware of what I've said, that there is simply no truth to that suggestion. And I have spoken with Karl about it.

Mr. McClellan is the official spokesman for the Whitehouse. This was the Whitehouse's official comment on Karl Roves involvement. I clearly have no proof that anyone other than Karl Rove lied to Scott McClellan but it is clear that there is at the very least 1 lie.

The Whitehouse and Scotty M!

These are from Froomkin's Blog at washingtonpost.com:

Among the questions McClellan did not answer:

· "Does the President stand by his pledge to fire anyone involved in the leak of a name of a CIA operative?"

· "[W]hy have you commented on this during the process of the investigation in the past, but now you've suddenly drawn a curtain around it under the statement of, 'We're not going to comment on an ongoing investigation'?"

· "Do you stand by your statement from the fall of 2003 when you were asked specifically about Karl and Elliott Abrams and Scooter Libby, and you said, 'I've gone to each of those gentlemen, and they have told me they are not involved in this' -- do you stand by that statement?"

· "After the investigation is completed, will you then be consistent with your word and the President's word that anybody who was involved would be let go?"

· "Does the President continue to have confidence in Mr. Rove?"

· "Has there been any change or is there a plan for Mr. Rove's portfolio to be altered in any way?"

· "Now, are you saying that the President is not taking any action in response to that?"

· "Scott, what was the President's interaction today with Karl Rove? Did they discuss this current situation?"

· "[A]re you concerned that in not setting the record straight today that this could undermine the credibility of the other things you say from the podium?"

· "Scott, at this point, are we to consider what you've said previously, when you were talking about this, that you're still standing by that, or are those all inoperative at this point?"

Its clear that this is a black eye for the Bush administration just about any way you slice it. The lies are getting pretty thick, what determines how damaging this will be is when we find out the names of everyone involved in the lie.

The Professor!

This post has been a long time coming but with the closeness of football season it truly brought this important category to the forefront of my brain! It can tell you a lot about a person based on which Football "insider" on ESPN you prefer. There are two choices:

The Professor!

Or

The Quarterback

The choice is quite clear. The Professor is thoughtful and his thoughtful analysis about whatever question is posed and is both informative and entertaining. In stark opposition to the Professor we have Sean Salisbury AKA The Washed up Turd Miner! Everything that comes out of this man's mouth is a personal attack at John Clayton! Sean never has anything useful to add about the subject at hand. He might as well be replaced by a dog that only has one leg.

If you happen to be a fan of Sean Salisbury, and I'm pretty sure that nobody is, i have to tell you i'm not even sorry. Sean sucks, and so do you.

VIVA JOHN CLAYTON!

PSU!!

I really just have nothing to do at work so i've come up with a list regarding why Penn State Football is better than whatever crappy team you root for!!!

1. JOEPA!, he is the dean of coaches and the classiest man alive. No matter who is coaching at Crap U. I absolutely guarantee that Joe Paterno is both a better man and coach.

2. The Mascot; Both in stone and fur form the Penn State Nittany lion is easily the coolest and best mascot in all the land! I mean who are you going to put up against him? the buckeye? Please! Other mascots aren't fit to carry the Lion's jock and everyone knows it!

3. The Fans; Penn State fans are quite possibly the best i've come across. I'm afraid this section is particularly biased becasue it covers me personally but still PSU fans manage to be classy but rowdy, calm but enfrenzied, knowledgeable and passionate all at the same time.

4. Beaver stadium! Beaver stadium is probably the best stadium on a college campus. It's maximum occupancy is 106,537 people and really is a shrine of college football. You haven't truly lived until you have sat in the student section and felt the earth tremble from the frantic cheers of nearly 100,000 of the faithful!

5. The Jerseys. This argument is extremely simple. The Jerseys are blue and white and are classic, the best out there and have been forever. observe:

Current PSU Jersey:

Throwback Jersey:

Yeah, they are that awesome!

The list could go on forever! PSU IS THE BEST!

Miami is great....

Miami is great! wait, not really. in fact Miami Sucks. If it isn't the pushy and rude people it is the pushy and rude tropical storms/hurricanes.

Storms: