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Mumbles As A Sports Analyst?

Why hire Shaq as a sports analyst?

The calls came as soon as Shaquille O'Neal decided to retire, all wanting to hire one of the NBA's greatest entertainers.

TNT's "Inside the NBA" studio show had been O'Neal's favorite as a player, so the choice was easy.

Get ready for the Big Analyzer, Big Commentator, or whatever other nickname he takes in the next phase of his career.

O'Neal agreed Thursday to a multiyear deal with Turner Sports to become an analyst on its NBA coverage, where he will fold his 7-foot-1 frame into the fourth chair on the TNT set alongside Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson.

"I'm just going to try to make it more fun than it already is," O'Neal said during a conference call.

Don't they have to TALK and BE UNDERSTOOD?

 

Fox News vs. Comedy Central

How can Chis Wallace be serious in comparing Fox News to Comedy Central?

Isn't NEWS different in focus and presentation than COMEDY?

I mean, DAMN! I understand trying to "defend" your employer, but how do you defend your employer by trying to draw an equivalence between the two networks?

Jon Stewart

After seeing the heavily edited Fox News Sunday interview of Jon Stewart, I'm now convinced FNS is afraid his political satire hits too close to home.

[ UPDATE ]

Here's a link to the video.

I Don't Know Why I Keep Watching This

Mindle$$ Activitie$

OK, these have me ready to spend money on mindless activities that I think I will enjoy.

"X Men", "Green Lantern", "Transformers", "Planet of the Apes",  "Harry Potter" and "Cars 2". The movie companies will be getting bank off of me.

Not An Oprah Fan, But Giving Props Where Due

Because of early encounters with Oprah Winfry in Baltimore, I'm not an Oprah Winfrey fan, but I have to give her respect for what she has done.

I was watching the second to last show with my wife where I found out:

1. She has help fund the education of 60,000+ children.
2. She has a scholarship for the young men at Morehouse College.
3. She is the best television talk show host in television history; period.

She has my respect on those 3 points.

The Big Bank Theory

It's pretty damned sad when a satirist does the job of the news media, don't you think?

 

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Leslie Nielsen's Airplane is Grounded

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/28/AR2010112804165.html?hpid=artslot

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Leslie Nielsen, who went from drama to
inspired bumbling as a hapless doctor in "Airplane!" and the
accident-prone detective Frank Drebin in the "Naked Gun" comedies, has
died. He was 84.

His agent John S. Kelly says Nielsen died Sunday at a hospital near
his home in Ft. Lauderdale where he was being treated for pneumonia.

Da Hate

Why the hate on Tyler Perry for bringing a play done in the 70s to the big screen? Perry did the screen play, with collaboration of the original author and, he claims, he couldn't do the movie without putting in "one good man."

And I'm not even going to get into how he has built wealth AND entertainment power by catering to "us folks." I don't get into the male bashing, but I'm just saying I think it's over the top. Don't blame Perry, blame the author of the play and book.

The Last Airbender

A world is full of people who can master only one fundamental element. A person is born who has the ability to master all "fundamental elements" but that person is born into a group of people who master one element. When that person dies, he/she is born again to another group of people who master a different element. The person grows up and learns, again, to master all elements, and the Avatar line continues.

That's multiculturalism with a heavy dose of Earth worshiping.

I LOVED the anime series and look forward to seeing the movie.

Forgive Me, Oh Grilling gods...

But I've decided to get a gas grill.

Last year, around this date, my cousin died from prostate cancer. His family had a strong history of prostate cancer so i guess he was high risk, but one of the things he did on a regular basis was to eat charcoal grilled chicken.

I can't get that off my mind along with the research that shows a link between charcoal cook food and prostate cancer.

So, I apologize for YEARS of mocking against the gas grillers. :-)

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Political Grinch

This was sent to me via cell phone a few times, one by a [ formerly ] Strong Shelia Dixon supporter.

She's done. Even if her conviction gets over turned and she wins out on the other case and retrial, she's done.

Mickey Owns Spiderman

At first I was mad that Marvel Comics "sold out" to Disney, but then when I thought about it, it made perfect sense.

For Disney, they get the fast track to obtaining the rights to the Marvel Comics characters AND some of the talent Marvel has.

For Marvel, they get the deep pockets of Disney and greatly increases their chances of survival in a "new world" where reading of newspapers and magazines are down. My assumption is, in this new age, comic book sales are drastically down as well.

This is a good deal for all involved.

Dance Yo!

Wanda Sykes

Her performance at the White House Correspondent's Dinner was probably more appropriate for her club act than for the dinner. But even with that, the "cries" over her comments about Rush Limbaugh are way out of order.

If the same people didn't complain when Rush Limbaugh "joked" that heroine users should OD and die, then they have no standing to complain now.

Was It Me?

Or was Whitney high?

All Hail The Crown!

Yet More Bullet Point Thoughts

More thoughts in bullet point format. Are you ready?

• Am I the only person thinking that it normally takes a long time before "road work" projects are started after the work has been approved? Design. Public comments. Environmental evaluation. Surveying. Permits... Letting the contract. So, by the time the road projects start, it may be "too late".
• File this one under the NSS category!
  
  More than half of troubled borrowers face losing their homes even six months after lenders have eased their monthly payments, one regulator said, a discouraging sign for reversing a tide of foreclosures.
  
  "The results, I confess, were somewhat surprising," said John Dugan, the Comptroller of the Currency, who oversaw the study and spoke on a panel with fellow regulators.

  Sheila Bair, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, said that aid efforts to borrowers were falling short while another regulator said Washington may be wasting money on foreclosure prevention.
  
  Have you ever loaned money to someone who just doesn't pay people back? When you do, do you REALLY expect to get paid back? If you do, you are a sucka.

• Just a reminder.
• The Real Housewives of Atlanta was really different from The Real Housewives of Orange County. The former seemed to be about a culture of conspicuous consumption while the latter seemed to be about people living in their culture of having money. With that in mind, this didn't come as a surprise but I hope this is not as is being reported and assumed. Even so, she really has no class.
• I'm bored with politics, but this is just straight up gangsta. Dollar Bill Jeffer$on has NOTHING on this dude!

One Of The Top 5 Videos Of All Time

Just Stoopid

How Not To Sing The Blues

The Dark Knight

I just saw "The Dark Knight" and forget about all of the fuss over The Joker. The best character in the movie is Harvey Grant Dent.

[ Updated for name change ]

This Is So Wrong