Random Thursday
I'm a little late with this today. I've been caught up in the euphoria that comes with the realization that, as of this morning, our federal government is now in the hands of a group that can lead us into a glorious future, and that the shackles of oppression and fascist chaos have been thrown off in favor of a wonderful Plan.
Dang, I almost got that typed with a straight face.
Actually, I got a copy of season one of My Name is Earl on DVD, and I'm having trouble tearing myself away.
Hey, did you see that Nick Saban is leaving the NFL to coach football at the University of Alabama? He's going to make about $4 million per year. I'll resist the urge to make any comments about public education priorities, but I do wonder how that makes Chris Petersen feel. You know Chris Petersen, don't you? He's the head coach at Boise State, the best team in the nation that won't be considered for the national championship. Thanks to their undefeated season, Petersen's getting a big raise and will make $575,000 next year, plus some incentives that could bump him up to as much as almost 20% of Saban's base salary. So he's got that going for him.
Wesley Autrey, the New York City "Subway Hero," is being honored at this very moment by Mayor Bloomberg for his actions in saving the boy who had a seizure and fell onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train. Among other things, Autrey got a 12-month pass for the NYC subway system, and all the handi-wipes he can use. For his part, Autrey responded humbly by pointing that he's not a hero...the real heroes are the men and women now fighting in Iraq. He also refrained from chastising city officials for not being able to pronounce the names of his young children.
For their part, the new Democratic majority in Congress is trying to convince Autrey to run for president in 2008.
Gosh, for a second there I thought the Republicans had managed to regain control of Congress while I slept. ;-p
Posted by: Jim at January 4, 2007 02:03 PMWell, I don't know that I'd start comparing SC justices to college football coaches; that's a bit drastic. I mean, we could get by just fine without the former. ;-)
...Republicans had managed to regain control of Congress...
Like they ever had control in the first place.
Posted by: Eric at January 4, 2007 02:44 PMIf there weren't college sports, a lot of men would spend their extra time examining other things, like politics, and then think where we'd be. Every elected official should be on their knees thanking God every stinking night that there is something like football, or NASCAR, or deer season, to distract us. I would not want to be in charge of anything, not even gassing up the trucks for the pothole crews, if American males ever decide to start looking into these things. Fat chance of that, though.
Posted by: Scott Chaffin at January 5, 2007 12:35 AMFor their part, the new Democratic majority in Congress is trying to convince Autrey to run for president in 2008.
From what I've seen of interviews with the guy, I have a hard time believing he'd be any worse than the DNC's other options. However, his selflessness makes him a bad fit.
Posted by: Foo at January 7, 2007 12:13 PMHowever, his selflessness makes him a bad fit.
Unfortunately, that trait would probably disqualify him from any political position, regardless of party affiliation. He'd be a babe among wolves.
Posted by: Eric at January 7, 2007 03:34 PMAbout the publisher
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Gosh - seeing those football coach salaries finally makes me understand why Chief Justice Roberts is whining about his piddly little $200K+ salary. Surely we can't expect judges to continue to do the right thing when they're not even paid half of what some poor football coach in Idaho (one who's a laughingstock at parties no doubt, at that. I mean really, all the well paid coaches get together and laugh and call him the Half-Million Dollar Man, I imagine.) I mean really, if we can't pay the leaders and decision makers of our country what we pay the leaders and decision makers of our football teams, why should we expect honesty and integrity? After all, we certainly never see well paid football coaches behaving badly. Right?
Posted by: beth at January 4, 2007 11:42 AM