RED MEAT POLITICAL COMMENTARY

What earthly purpose can it serve for the Idaho Statesman newspaper to continue to set forth in lacivious detail the minutiae of Senator Larry Craig's alleged homosexual trysts when the Senator has honorably retracted his pledge to resign and said he will leave at the end of his elected term?

Coach Charlie Weis and the 2007 Notre Dame Football Team - Well Done

The 2007 Notre Dame Fightin' Irish football team, under the steady leadership of Coach Charlie Weis, finished the season rocking and rolling on a two game winning streak, laying the groundwork for an almost certain national championship in 2008. Among other achievements this season, the Irish managed to go 2-1 against the PAC-10, laying the wood to UCLA and Standford, while getting nosed out by the slimmest of margins against USC. Hell, if the Irish played in the PAC-10, we would all be gettin' ready for a New Year's Day trip to the Pasadena Rose Bowl!!!!

A Commentary: The Writers' Strike

With the continuing writers' strike, it has become very much an open question as to whether "24" will see the light of a new season. Shooting had started and was shut down when the picketers hit the bricks. Regretfully, there has now even been loose talk that the network might show eight episodes of "24" this season and the concluding eight episodes next season.

It might just be time for the gimme, gimme, gimme writers to start thinking about other people for a change. Management is composed of reasonable people. I'm sure they would give the money if they had it. Let's get all this behind us and roll up the ol' sleeves and finish up this year's "24".

An Apology To Readers

This blog has been dark for the past four months. This period of inactivity was due to a committment made to serve as a commissioner of a fantasy football league. The ISP staff of editors, writers and technical people, were entrusted with the daily postings of news stories on the private league's home page. The task was far more exhausting in terms of manhours and creative effort than had been reasonably anticipated. The economic costs have been staggering.


The good news is that using Coach Barry Switzer as our lodestar, the ISP team is poised to bring home the bacon in the fantasy football championship game this weekend. Further developments will be posted as warranted.

"24"

My worst fears were realized; no "24 Weekend". Instead they had three episodes of a situation "comedy" which is executive produced by Kelsey Grammar . . . I didn't even catch the name of it . . . I believe it involves the hijinks of a basketball player's wife . . . and then the situation continued to deteriorate when "CIS Miami" came on at 11:30 . . .

Thoughts on Notre Dame Football

Does anyone else think that when there is a reunion of football players at Notre Dame, the players from the Faust Era and the Davie Era naturally gravitate towards one another?

Warning: Possible "24" Scheduling Snafu

For all those who will be checking back for my update of "24 Weekend" . . . you all know the problems that I've had with Channel 57 on the UHF . . . not reception, the old black and white has been doing a good job . . . but . . . you may have to blame Phils' pitcher, Adam Eaton and Brewers' manager, Ned Yost, for this one . . . see, the Phils are on Channel 57 on the UHF . . . and Eaton had a dickens of a time in the second . . . had to throw 43 pitches just to get out of the inning!! . . . terrible . . . but then in the ninth, Yost got antsy with his trigger finger and brought in Cordero, who was relieving for the third day in a row . . . so, of course, the Phils tied it up in the ninth and they have gone to extra innings . . . whenever the Phillies' game goes long and the schedule gets bollixed, "24 Weekend" is the first thing they throw overboard . . .

Updates to follow as warranted.