Tell Your Senator That Cap and Trade Sucks

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You have the right to get MADD....

File this under advocacy groups who I'd like to see disappear (along with the AARP and NAACP...surprisingly, I find the ACLU more palatable the older I get).

During a story on some clown who's been arrested for DWI five times, WBRZ (who purports to be fair and balanced, but has a hard time balancing fair with their editorial bias) wrapped the story up with a quote from the executive director of MADD here in Louisiana. To paraphrase Ms. Donna Tate--I don't know how someone with five DWI arrests can still be driving...

Well, Donna, how about an arrest isn't a conviction. Let's start there. In fact, we can stop right there too. MADD are actually a bunch of people who don't give a rat's tail about your Constitutional or civil rights--all they care about is their agenda, which is pretty much saying that if you drink you're bad.

I'd pay money to see Ms. Tate to get gigged after leaving the bar room and blowing a 0.081.

Some sense from Southern U....

As reported in The Advocate:

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/47970706.html?showAll=y&c=y

With the state facing some serious money issues, and our constitution being what is, higher education and health care are about the only two places to make budget cuts. Of course, the educators are howling and the rich hospital administrator lobby is lying on the airwaves. EVERYONE hates having the tit pulled out from their mouth.

That being said, some of the powers that be at Southern University are speaking a truth that's been lost on the rest of the state--get rid of the administrators and keep the people who get the work done. In higher ed, this means faculty.

Granted, there will be some faculty cuts at Southern, but there is a recognition that it is administration that needs to be pruned.

This is a lesson that this state needs to take to heart....

Who's a Douche -- Collegiate Baseball Edition

Baseball is a cult in Baton Rouge. LSU Baseball, specifically (note the capital "B" in baseball). I really could give a rat's ass less what happens in other LSU sports--but I pay close attention to baseball.

One of the things that is a MAJOR draw for LSU baseball is the fact that, for as long as damn near anyone can remember, it's been a very classy group of young men. Year in and year out, the LSU baseball team has exhibited strong work ethic, great sportsmanship and, very regularly, a strong academic performance. On the field, they comport themselves VERY well -- winning or losing (case in point--during the LSU/Southern U. game at the beginning of this season's regional, the Southern starting pitcher put on a PERFORMANCE...he held LSU's batters at bay and kept the game really close. When Roger Cador decided to pull him, he got a round of applause from the stands AND the LSU dugout). Being a sport is just expected.

Enter this week's douche, Todd Oakes. Todd is the pitching coach for Minnesota and his little boy was a senior pitcher for the club this year. Apparently, nepotism is no big deal in the frigid north.

After a particularly bad call during the LSU/Minnesota final of the Baton Rouge regional, the Minnesota bench got their panties knotted up and started giving the umpire crew a hard time. Out goes the younger Oakes. Hey...it was a REALLY bad call--no one doubted that at all, and you're entitled to make a little issue of it. But know when to say "when," and get on with the game...and certainly...CERTAINLY...don't hold that grudge past the close of the inning.

So, we're down one Oakes (who was apparently going to make his last pitching appearance before being shown the door) and be damned if several innings later, while Minnesota is getting ass-raped, Daddy Oakes decides to give the home plate umpire the what-for for the bad call three or four innings ago. Apparently the douche doesn't fall far from the vinegar bottle.

Out goes the elder Oakes.

Unbelievable.

Dear Minnesota Baseball--next time you come to play in a BR regional, please have your A game on--on the field and from the dugout. If there's anything we don't appreciate on our diamond, it's a display of classlessness.

(Photo of Mr. Oakes linked from the Minnesota Athletics website)