Baseball Playoffs-Go Rays!!!

Years ago I was a diehard fan of Baseball. I grew up watching the Detriot Tigers who, at that time, were the team to beat in Baseball. But when the 90's came along and brought with it 2 strikes motivated by obvious greed on the part of the players themselves, I lost all respect and interest in the sport I so loved in my youth...It wouldn't be until the Florida Marlins won their 2nd championship in 2002 that I started following baseball in any way again. Though I'm still not much a fan of the sport because of the greed that the players have displayed in their strikes over the last 15 years, I do enjoy the playoffs and this year what a great story we have in the Tampa Bay Rays. Formerly called the "Devil" Rays, this years Rays team is the epitome of why sports fans are sports fans. They went from last place in their divsion last year, to first this year and have shown the poise and patience of a team much more experienced than they are. And what about that Evan Longoria? Talk about a star in the making!!! The guy is a rookie and yet, watching him play, you would think he is a 10 year veteran who has been in this position so many times in the past that is like that old familiar "blanky" he cuddled up with as a child. In a word his performance this post season is WOW! Needless to say, I'm rooting the Rays on this year. Come on, who shouldn't be rooting this team on right now? After all, doesn't everone love to root for the underdog?

The Presidential debates

Three times in the last 6 weeks we've watched McCain and Obama debate, and in on those 3 occasions what did we, the viewers witness? NOTHING in my opinion. Sure, we saw a decent debate in their most recent face off last night, but, as with their first 2 debates, neither candidate gave us anything of substance. McCain, finally, went on the attack in last nights debate, but he is so far behind in all the polls, that all Obama had to do was sit there and take it-which is exactly what he did. But the bottom line is that neither of the 2 primary candidates for president have given us anything of substance as to HOW they plan to do what they SAY they are going to do if they become president. Neither of them seems to grasp just how bad our nations economy is right now. Neither of them have the right stance on the ongoing conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan. Neither of them seem to have a clue on how to solve our growing energy crisis. And, even though McCain and Palin say they will, neither of them have shown, to me at least, to have the balls to stand up and clean out all the corruption that permeats Congress these days. Both of them say we need to do something about the ever growing federal deficit we are passing down to the next generation in this country and, in fact, both have economic, heath care and tax plans that would raise it by Trillions over the next 5-10 years! So what, exactly are we supposed to do? For most, it means another year of not voting, which is exactly how we got stuck with the idiotic politicians we have in office right now to begin with. But how can people cast a ballet on voting day when they feel forced to choose between the "lesser of 2 evils"? In sum, it's sad and it's a sad state we have found ourselves in this election year...No wonder most of the world looks at American culture and politics and giggles their silly asses off. As if they didn't have good reasons for doing so during both of GWB's runs-with the voting count scandals and all-now they look across the oceans and see a nation in complete turmoil, apparently on the verge of electing an inexperienced man with a muslim name who has socialist policies to rival those of Karl Marx, just for the sake of "change". Puh!-leeze!