Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

We are learning that “working class” means “white” for way too many people.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

You cannot love your country only when you win.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

So very ready.

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber

The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

Also, are you sure you want people to rate your comments?

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

We do not need to pander to people who do not like what we stand for.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

How stupid are these people?

“They all knew.”

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

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Why Am I a Fan?

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Sometimes I wonder why the hell I root for any teams anymore, particularly after the way they treat me year in and year out. Let’s review the sports teams I love and review their performance over the past year:

1.) The Pittsburgh Pirates: The Pirates were 75-87 in 2003, thus successfully completing their 11th consecutive season of sub .500 baseball. A truly impressive performance.

2.) The Pittsburgh Steelers: The Steelers were also exceptionally impressive this year, racking up a wonderful 6-10 record in one of the easier divisions in football. Thought to be Super Bowl contenders in the pre-season, the Steelers made Cincinnatti look like an all-pro squad. Twice.

3.) The Pittsburgh Penguins: Halfway through the Hockey season, the Penguins are 9-21. This is not so upsetting, as I am used to the Penguins sucking (much like the Pirates). Not to mention Sports Illustrated, when ranking all the NHL teams in five categories (coaching, power play, short-handed, goalkeeping, and one more- I forget), had the Pirates ranked either 29th or 30th in every category.

4.) The WVU Mountaineers: Despite having an 8-4 regular season and providing some wonderful moments, we once again just rolled over and played dead in our bowl game. This statistic is worth repeating:

West Virginia is 1-10 in its last 11 bowl appearances, 0-2 during Rich Rodriguez’ tenure by a combined score of 89-29.

Oh well. Pitchers and catchers report in a few weeks, and we can start the misery all over again.

*** Update ***

Statboy corrects me in the comments:

The Steelers beat the Bengals the first time they played and looked reasonably good doing it. In the SI preview, the Penguins were 30th in every category except for one, and in that one they were 25th, not 29th.

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More on Mad Cow

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More on the media attempting to stir up hysteria about Mad Cow. Today they breathlessly report that a ‘third herd’ has been quarantined. Oh my god- end of the world. Beef is not safe! Bush sided with agribusiness. Profit over food safety! We are all going to die.

Just to keep this in perspective, let’s review some facts:

1.) One cow has been discovered to have been infected. Compare that to the 183,000 confirmed cases in the United Kingdom.

2.) The cow was slaughtered in a manner in which the dangerous portions of the animal (the spinbal tissue, brain matter, etc.) were separated from the edible portion of the beef. No one is claiming otherwise.

3.) A ‘quarantined’ herd does not mean it is infected- the herds are only being quarantined because they had some animals that were shipped from Canada with the infected animal.

There is simply no need for hysteria, and pretending that the government, the beef industry, the Bush administration, or whoever the scapegoat du jour is somehow failed us is absurd.

Personally, I would have eaten beef tonight if I had not made so damn much pork an sauerkraut yesterday.

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The Tradition Continues

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And the annual WVU Bowl Game tradition continues:

Scott McBrien threw for a career-high 381 yards to help Maryland (No. 24 ESPN/USA Today, No. 23 AP) to a 41-7 victory over West Virginia (No. 23, No. 20) in the Gator Bowl on Thursday, a rematch of a regular-season game that was almost as lopsided…

Instead, they reinforced their remarkable penchant for flopping in bowl games. West Virginia is 1-10 in its last 11 bowl appearances, 0-2 during Rich Rodriguez’ tenure by a combined score of 89-29.

“Our preparation was probably no different than Maryland’s or anyone else’s,” Rodriguez said. “We were focused. Our intensity in practice was good. We were excited about playing. We just didn’t play well. Maryland’s a better team.”

Humiliating.

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