I Like What I See

Time to talk Braves for a bit. Charlie Morton gave up two runs in seven innings today, and the second of those two runs was given up in a futile effort to spare the bullpen from another clobbering. This guy, along with Jurrjens, has a serious future in the majors. I just hope Tim Hudson returns from rehab as a Brave.

posted at: 22:45 | permanent link to this entry

DeSpin: Patterns in the Bullshit

And now, a minor flood of de-spin posts. Tell me if you've heard these before (followed by what I think about them): ___X___ legislator voted for/against ___Y___ legislation: ...that was rigged by way of amendment to force a choice between effectiveness and political fodder. Feel free to make an argument not constructed by your faction and their benefactors. ___X___ flip-flopped on ___Y___ issue: See above. Sound bite repetition ("McCain wants us there for 100 years!", "Arugula!", etc.) : These are clear signs of inability to grasp the situation at hand.

posted at: 22:34 | permanent link to this entry

Today's topic for discussion is:

Video-based commentary is more tedious to watch than porn.

posted at: 22:31 | permanent link to this entry

DeSpin: McCain != Bush

A McCain Presidency would not be a third Bush term. Almost daily, I hear this line crop up in lieu of a valid argument, and it clearly indicates a person's loose grasp of reality. These are the same people who have bought the "Iraq War" theme, and stamp their feet in tantrum at the dissonant notions of context and reason.

posted at: 22:21 | permanent link to this entry

DeSpin: Obama's Lemming Run Continues

There's no proof quite like self-validation. Witness the ongoing lemming run for Senator Obama. They have swallowed the "Iraq War" fallacy without question, and flock to Obamas campaign with little more than self-assurance that electing the Senator will result in some magical exodus from the Middle East. Even Obama's disclaimer of such a withdrawal's duration (18 or 19 months minimum), and the admission that we'd return to theatre in the event of another terrorist attack, have not dissuaded the lemmings from running headlong into the Sun. If there is a trend among these lemmings, it's that 9/11 was their introduction to foreign relations and policy.

posted at: 22:20 | permanent link to this entry

DeSpin: The upcoming Re-separation of Church and State

James Dobson's recent weighing-in on Senator Obama's statements on religion is simply the defensive howling of a taliban leader. This type of declaration should not be surprising from someone whose mission has been to ensure the U.S. is governed as a Christian Nation, and has indulged in the spoils of that atrocity for the past 7 1/2 years. He has to choose one candidate or the other, and it seems that Obama's 2006 speech--which Dobson has parsed for the purposes of framing a case--makes that candidate the greater threat. Let's review: Obama proposed that even if the U.S. was a Christian Nation, if all other religions were dispensed with, one would still have to choose which denomination of Christianity would rule over the others. This point, not only completely valid, illustrates the need and value of the Separation of Church and State. Dobson's response: Obama's statement is not a valid christian view in this country. Let's be clear about this: James Dobson's response, and the underlying concepts of religious government these statements support, define him (and his ilk) as taliban. Specifically, Dobson is a taliban leader, waning in power, who by making these statements, seeks to retain his faction's authority in increasingly brighter times.

posted at: 22:15 | permanent link to this entry