Poor Poor Buzzsaw

What can you say [fill in sports cliche here]. Bears lucky? Yes. Bears defense impressive? Emphatically, yes. Rex Grossman putrid? No, worse. The Bears won a game that they simply had no business winning.

Rex Poops the Bed

First half disaster, if he could have played worse, I'm not sure how. Ouch!

Indiana Steals, I Mean Lands Top Recruit

Eric Gordon's supposed to be the real deal, just ask Bruce Weber and those mildly dejected (alright, really pissed) Ilini fans.

Bear Down Chicago Bears put up the fight for the right to...

Victory.

Note, the picture at left is Urlacher look-a-like getting trimmed up before tonight's big game - he looks ready to me!

At this point of the season the Bears are the class of the NFL. Tonight they go into the Pink Taco that houses that NFL buzzsaw, the Arizona Cardinals. I, for one, don't envision a Dan Marino moment like the 1985 Bears experienced against the Dolphins on a Monday night that season.

For those who follow such thing, it is interesting to note that the betting line in the game moved 3 points since yesterday. The Bears are now favored by 14. I guess the upsets yesterday have more than a few degenerate gamblers are tryin' to recoup those losses tonight. Gambling lore suggests that the bookies make more money on Monday night than they do all weekend. Do you buy it? Anyway, I hope the Bears (read, recently deified Rex Grossman) doesn't poop the bed.

Prediction: Bears 27 The Buzzsaw 6

October Surprise?

With polling in key districts seeming to indicate an almost certain shift to the Democrats in the House as well as gains in the Senate , the question the Dems have to be asking is: Does Karl have a Hail Mary pass play that can change the outcome? The talking heads on both sides of the political spectrum appear dubious that such a gambit is imminent. Maybe Karl will find a bug behind a picture in his office placed by the Dems or al Queda (same diff, right?). Oh no, that already happened once before in Texas (pity I'm too lazy to look for a link).

I note that very little has been said regarding apparently faulty polling in '04, '02 and '00 that seemed to underestimate the Republican turnout, although Karl said as much to someone at WaPo and to Freddie "Beatle: Barnes. On the other hand, wary pundits do keep referringto the superior turnout efforts of the RNC. That view was reinforced by the amazing resuscitation of the moribund campaign of Lincoln Chaffee in this summer's Republican primary in Rhode Island.

Political junkies like me just live for times like this, stay tuned.

I'm Not Dead

Despite suspicions, I have not yet passed from this realm. I found out today that someone other than me actually checks this so I will commit to at least a short term burst of activity and try and come up with something relevant. Furthermore, I pledge to spice up this site with something more than mere prose by learning how to upgrade my blog. Onward and upward.

"I got eckolecktic readin' list"

The president's comment to Brian Williams' inquiry reading his recent book reading claims. Per the WaPo (per the WH), he's read 60 books this year so far and in the interview with Brian Williamshe mentioned that he's read "three Shakespeares." WHo's buyin' it?

Gawker Media Invite

I'm not sure why, but I'm looking for an invite. I'm a regular visitor to Deadspin, Gawker, Gizmodo and Defamer and I've got stuff to say. While I recognize that no reads this, I'll plead anyway - if someone's got an invite, can you throw a brother a bone. Thanks in advance.

What 'bout That Anthrax Terrorism

Does anyone remember that innocent civilians died from anthrax, yetthe case remains unsolved. My recollection is that the anthrax had certain chemical traits that limited the pool of suspects. I also seem to recall that there was a "person of interest" in the case, but attempts to get the good on him were going nowhere, despite draining a pond. But really, there's been more progress on the Jimmy Hoffa case. Didn't these random attacks constitute terrorism, why doesn't anyone seem to care? Just wondering.

Hypocrisy in Neon

Students of politics recognize that internatonal geopolitics creates strange bedfellows. The Bush administration appears eager to bring political hypocrisy to a higher level. Practical folks can begrudgingly accept the need to cozy up with Pakistan despite its leader's ascension to power at the end of an AK-47, its rogue nuke program, its prior tacit acceptance of A.Q. Kahn's "Nukes R Us" superstore, but boundries don't seem to be the administration's long suit.

While the administration offers a daily dose of angry rhetoric regarding the need to democratize the world, and so rid the world of terrorists, this apparently only goes so far. Now the White House gets ready to welcome that paragon of freedom, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan. Not only does he get a white house hug, but he also gets a special visit to the Bush family compound in Maine. Wow, and how has this gent earned such a deluxe end of summer vacation? Well let's just say a lil' graft, a lil' greed and access to airfields.

See WaPo's article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/28/AR2006082801282.html