What I Learned Friday 9/5/08

From the meteoric rise of Sarah Palin to the Yankee flameout, here's what I learned this week:

The media giveth and taketh away...

A Community Oraganizer is almost like being in the City Council, except you have to do things. This was classic! In one week's time Sarah Palin went from WHO? to OOH! Only in America. (Did you also see Harry Reid of Nevada use the word "shrill" to describe Palin? Dig the language. Shrill is not too far down the road from the b-word. Did you ever hear a man described as shrill?)

I always found it odd how people who detested Howard Stern listened anyway. Now I have the same thing. Only it's not Stern, it's MSNBCs Keith Olbermann. I'd like to fight him in a WWE-Style Hell in a Cell Match. KO wants to show off his phony erudition and faux Dennis Miller wit. I like to scream at the television when Keith is on. (Historical note: Best Match Ever: Undertaker vs. Mick Foley, Hell in a Cell, Pittsburgh. On the bottom of my blog you'll see a search box for YouTube: Type in Hell in a Cell Go ahead. Look it up...I'll wait)

Fantasy Football drafts pretty much started with Ladainian and ended with Titans K Rob Bironas...

The Dallas Cowboys are the chic pick to get to the Super Bowl. I know, i just jinxed them. This is like when you're on roll in blackjack and the house sends in a new dealer to change up the cards. BTW, Tony Romo and Wade Phillips have won exactly zero playoff games. I have Dallas winning 12 games with no problem. (Historical note: The opposing NFL coach in the Jan. 2000 Music City Miracle playoff game between Tennessee and Buffalo? Yup. Wade Phillips.)

It's laughable how the YES voices pretend the Yankees have even a remote possibility of making the playoffs. But there was pre- and post- host Bob Lorenz shilling for the house team this week. Good job, Bob. Ugh.

Each September, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin will get his 15 minutes of fame.

How bad are President Bush's approval rating when he can't show up at a political convention...full of CONSERVATIVES? C'mon. McCain's relief that night reminded me of how Ray Liotta's character felt in Goodfellas when Robert DeNiro called off the hit on Maury.