DBD 10.08.09 Assumptions
by chowder on Oct 8, 2009 2:08 AM PDT
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There is that saying about assumptions. Yet sometimes, the assumption seems so obvious and logical that any alternative to that assumption appears both stupid and foolish. Exemplified here by Dan's assumption of the song 'Happy Birthday' shown above.
I too am prone to making terrible, terrible assumptions. Last weekend, I assumed I could meet with friends anywhere in London and find a pub airing a soccer match. This assumption appeared safe. It was not. I did not have a problem finding a pub, nor did I have a problem finding a pub with a sign outside that read "Sky Sports Football Saturday", I did have a problem finding a pub with a sign that read "Sky Sports Football Saturday" that was airing a live soccer game. Is it a safe assumption you might be asking, "Huh?"
I learned over the weekend, that pubs with a sign reading "Sky Sports Football Saturday" merely carry the Sky Sports channel, and they devote a several hour long program covering the various soccer matches. What this coverage does not include is any footage of any actual game. Instead, a host would update fans on the games, and given they cover the English Premiere League, English 1st division, Scotland's top 2 divisions, and possibly games in Ireland (I can't remember), the host never runs out of material to announce. Occassionally during an important game, when a team scores, the show transfers over to a local announcer covering the game, and he then gives a play-by-play. It is very much set up like the NBA fastbreak on ESPN and to a lesser extent ESPN News. The primary difference is that ESPN has video to correspond to the audio. On Sky Sports, they have video of the audio. Mainly, they only televise the host, and the supplemental announcers. We watch the announcers calling the game, instead of the actual game. They also don't look into the camera, since the announcers are too busy... y'know watching the games. This experience sucked, the result of my seemingly safe assumption. Yet, the pub I visited was 3/4 full of people watching this broadcast.
My friend and I wandered around City of London coming across multiple pubs all with this type of coverage. After wandering for 40 minutes, we got hungry and stepped into one of these pubs for a pint and a bite, then continued searching. We shifted focus to Oxford Circus then Soho, since they have a higher density of pubs. We found the same results everywhere. At one point we found an old style pub overflowing with patrons, my heart began to race, and I became excited my journey might finally come to an end. But no, that pub didn't even have a TV.
Fortunately, shortly after this we stumbled upon the American BBQ pub I watched the Cal-Oregon game at. They carry ESPN America and another ESPN channel. It was here that I found my English Football. Choosing to root for the underdog, Sunderland became my team as they visited the goliath that is Manchester United. Sunderland grabbed an early goal, only to cede it shortly after half. 5 minutes later Sunderland once again grabbed the lead thanks to a massive player by the name of Something Jones. Man U started applying massive pressure around the 80 minute mark, yet it looked like Sunderland would pull the massive upset, in Man U's home stadium no less. As stoppoage time rolled around the victory seemed safe to assume, and my hours of wandering frustration seemed to be worth it. Then, in the 92nd minute, Sunderland scored an own goal, tying the game in the very last moments of the match. Damned Assumptions.
This football season has been awash with bad assumptions (at least by me). I thought Hagan would be Syd Jr., I thought Jordan would be tearing it up, I thought Anger would be launching the ball, and I thought the kicking game couldn't possibly be as bad as last year. Damned assumptions.
What are some of your worst all-time assumptions?
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This dude assumes he's not going to see a Rose Bowl with Tedford at the helm
This reversal of faith certainly qualifies as welcome relief, yet it’s regrettably painful. But I’ve given up on UC Berkeley returning to the Rose Bowl football game in my lifetime.
Go Bears? No-go Bears.
I’ve waited patiently for 50 years — Holy Oski! — for Cal to get back to Pasadena on New Year’s Day. My patience has run out along with my enduring faith. I’ve come to the conclusion Cal is a second-tier bowl team, and that’s that.
Cal’s last Rose Bowl appearance ended the 1958 season — a 38-12 loss to Iowa. The Bears’ half-century Rose Bowl drought is the longest among Pacific-10 Conference schools, excluding Arizona, which didn’t join until 1978.
After humiliating losses the past two weekends, Cal has no chance of playing in this next Rose Bowl, which will be the rotating national championship game. Cal players can buy New Year’s roses for their mothers.
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Given the discussions lately about the poor quality of alumni fans — and I admit we’re judging them — I bet that after the Rose Bowl many of the more lackadaisical will stop coming. I wonder if a lot of the Old Blues go to games to chase this mythical Rose Bowl out of habit, and afterward the type of fan will be more on par with other programs.
On the other hand, we’re not headed to a Rose Bowl anytime soon, so this is probably an entirely pointless comment.
Speaking as a poor quality alumni fan, I don’t think that we go to the games because we’re chasing the white whale of the Rose Bowl. Of course we all want to get to the Rose Bowl, but I certainly haven’t been renewing my Cal season tickets for 30 years primarily because I want the Rose Bowl. I love Cal. I love going to Cal football games. I think most alumni fans feel the same way. I mean, if I am going to go to Cal games when we’re 1-10 (and 2-9, 3-8 and 4-7, many, many times), I’m not going to stop going because we get to the Rose Bowl!
You guys seem to regard the older alums as a bunch of cranky losers. Some of them are. I’ve had the misfortune of sitting near them on occasion. But the large majority really love and support Cal. No way could anyone remain a Cal fan all these years unless they did.
WHY ARE YOU STILL ON MY LAWN!?!!
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That guy didn’t let his house burn down because he thought Cal was going to the Rose Bowl that season!
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Probably the best Cal story I've ever seen...
Next to the guy who wakes his kids up on Saturday with Cal Band music, so they can eat breakfast while watching YouTube Cal highlight videos, in their Cal sports shrine/game room…
That’s how I envision my future… And some day letting my house burn down because Cal IS going to the Rose Bowl… Some day…..
I hear El Paso is beautiful in December....
In the Hall of Fame room in the stadium, there’s a newspaper clipping announcing Cal is going to the 1949 Rose Bowl and it says that within fifteen minutes of the campus-wide announcement, there were 5 different bonfires started on campus, all in different places, then everyone gathered at the Campanile for an impromptu rally.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
After humiliating losses the past two weekends, Cal has no chance of playing in this next Rose Bowl, which will be the rotating national championship game.
If a writer is going to pen articles on a particular topic, it is, in my opinion, paramount that they display a basic understanding of that topic and its underlying rules.
In this instance, had the writer in question been following college football since 2005, he would know quite simply that, during the 2006-2007 season, an extra BCS game was added for the National Championship game, so that the standard Rose, Orange, Sugar, and Fiesta Bowls would still exist with their tie-ins and one of those committees would also host the National Championship game on a rotational basis. This isn’t a situation like 2005, where reaching the Rose Bowl meant finishing in the top two in the BCS.
Saying that Cal has no shot of playing in the Rose Bowl because it will be the NC game is false.
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This "dude" is also a long time Bay Area columnist....
What a complete D-Bag skip-baylessesque reactionary article. He should resign immediately upon Cal making a Rose Bowl.
by 33SwisherSweet on Oct 8, 2009 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
If you offered people job security until Cal made the Rose Bowl, at which point they would be forced to resign, I think a lot of people would take that offer. Especially in this economy. Especially those in the embattled newspaper industry.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
What if, at that point, they could not work again?
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That’s a different wager than putting at risk your job security. Rags suggested the bet is job security until we make the Rose Bowl….so technically once we make the Rose Bowl the person has job insecurity….but still has a job.
I think far fewer people would put at risk not being able to work at all, but you’d still get a few takers.
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Or they could work, but they would have to yell, “It’s ________ morning, Bears!” where the blank would be filled in with the day of the week, as they walk in the office each morning.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Job security and making stupid ass arguments are not mutually exclusive....
by 33SwisherSweet on Oct 8, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I would take job security for at least 15 months, yes.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I think I buy his general premise – that Tedford won’t take Cal to the Rose Bowl – except that I’d add on “with the current facilities” to the end of that. Of course, his teams can’t implode frequently between now and 2-4 years after the opening of the facilities. If they do implode frequently and lack leadership, the guess here is that Tedford will never get to enjoy those recruiting classes because his teams will be middle of the Pac and Cal fans will pull a Ben Braun.
I’d personally like to see Jack Clark run Sunday night conditioning/kangaroo court and run several leadership type offseason practices/seminars/workouts for the players and coaches. The benefit to him would be a nice six figure bonus paid out of football revenues on top of his annual rugby salary. A win for all. We have one of the best teachers of leadership in the country and he trots out championship teams literally across the street. He should be utilized.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I love how everyone talks “leadership” like it’s a discrete body of information that can be taught…
dboneisloose
It’s just like a “winning mentality” that can easily be quantified
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Agree but does it point to they personality type fo the players Tedford and Co. are recruiting?
I’d have to think about this but it raises an important question. Obviouslyt physical ability plays a part in any recruiting scenario but does the Cal coaching staff go with a specific personality type which is not condusive to “leadership qualities” if two players are equal on their board. Perhaps because they like the other peronality type better? I dunno, just thinking out loud here.
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by Fire Starkey on Oct 8, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Dez Bryant assumed that he had violated some NCAA rule and lied.
Gobbler Nation calls the resulting suspension really dumb. Do you agree with Bryant or the NCAA?
Bryant thought just going to Sanders’ house was a violation of NCAA rules. I don’t blame him. It seems every small, stupid thing is an NCAA violation, even if it’s just Chillin’ With Deion. The NCAA has these kids scared to leave their dorms without doing something that will cost them their eligibility.
That’s not how it should be. If the kids take pay for play then they should be ineligible. But when kids start thinking that talking to a retired NFL player is a violation, then you know there are too many rules.
[…]
Congratulations on busting such a nefarious rule breaker like Dez Bryant, NCAA. Now when are we going to hear something from you about Reggie Bush?
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Louisville football players assume the Maharg is a fashion trend setter
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Vick Idea
Hey Feva,
The other day i was listening to Adam Carolla’s podcast and he mentioned a pretty cool idea for Vick.
Teach Vick how to rugby punt.
Think about this for a second. He can throw, he can run… he’s a tremendous athlete. I’m pretty sure someone like him can learn how to do a 30-40yrd rugby punt.
It’s 4th and short. Line up Vick in the punter position. He catches the snap and then rolls right or left..then executes a pooch kick, dribbler, rugby punt or…. RUNS… or even THROWS. He can even fake a kick and then throw. It’s basically a “zone option punt.” This would work great at teh opp 40, aka tweener distance. How crazy would this drive defensive coordinators?
What do you think?
by danzig on Oct 8, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That’s a pretty awesome idea. I seem to remember the Steelers doing this with Big Ben last year…although that might have been because their punter was injured, I can’t recall.
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Womens golf wins Invitational:
SAMMAMISH, WASH. -
The No. 17 California Golden Bears women’s golf team won the team title at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational, held at the Sahalee Golf Course in Sammamish, Wash. The Bears took the tournament lead shortly after teeing off on Monday and never looked back. They held a ten stroke lead at the start of the third round. After posting a 298 in the final 18 holes, Cal extended their margin of victory, winning the tournament by 15 strokes over second-place Stanford.
Senior Roseanne Niven showed her senior leadership in the final round, posting an even-par 72 to lead the squad. Niven birdied holes 11, 13 and 14 on the back-nine to card her best round of the season. It was the second day in a row that Niven had birdied 13 and 14.
“Rosie is our baounce-back girl,” said head coach Nancy McDaniel. “To see her composure trying to come back after not playing her greatest round on Tuesday. Today, she was dialed in with her irons and she had a great round.”
Emily Childs, a sophomore playing in her first season at Cal after transferring from Colorado, was the top overall finisher for the Bears, placing third on the individual leader board. Childs opened the tournament with a one-over and then scored a pair of 74’s in the final two rounds to finish at +5. She finished two strokes off the medalist, Katrina Delen Briones of San Jose State who posted a three-over.
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Mens swimming to open season:
This Week:
The California men’s swimming and diving team, featuring 2009 NCAA champions Nathan Adrian and Damir Dugonjic, opens the 2009-10 season with 1 p.m. home dual meets against Hawaii on Friday, Oct. 9, and Pacific on Saturday, Oct. 10. The Golden Bears divers, led by first-year coach Ben Herdt, will make their season debut Friday versus the Rainbows. Third-year Cal head swim coach David Durden has another talented squad, not only including juniors Adrian and Dugonjic, but six fellow 2009 All-Americans – senior Sean Mahoney, juniors Martti Aljand, Guy Barnea, Josh Daniels and Graeme Moore, and sophomore Nolan Koon.
2008-09 in Review:
The Bears placed fourth (350 points) at the 2009 NCAA championships in College Station, Texas. Adrian captured the NCAA 100 free in an American record time of 41.08 and the 50 free in an American record 18.71. Joining Adrian as national champ was Dugonjic, who won the 100-yard breast in an NCAA-record 50.86.
Other highlights were Mahoney placing second in the 200 breast in1:52.34. Mahoney had set an then-NCAA record with a 1:51.96 in the morning prelims. In the 100 back, David Russell was second, breaking his own school record of 45.42 with a time of 45.30. Cal’s 200 medley relay team of Barnea, Dugonjic, Moore and Adrian placed second with an NCAA-record 1:22.50, while the 400 medley relay of Russell, Dugonjic, Moore and Adrian swam a new school record 3:01.69, narrowly missing a national title as they were edged by Auburn’s 3:01.39.
At the 2009 conference meet, Cal had Pac-10 champions in the 50, 100 and 200 free (Adrian is the first Cal swimmer to win all three of those freestyle events at the Pac-10 meet), in the 200 IM (Aljand), the 100 breast (Dugonjic), the 200 breast (Koon), the 400 medley relay (3:03.30; Russell, Dugonjic, Moore, Adrian) and the 200 medley relay (1:23.98; Russell, Dugonjic, Moore, Bennett Clark). The Bears won eight Pac-10 crowns in 2009 after winning six conference titles in 2008, when they also placed second at the meet.
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Mens Tennis Players earn main draw:
TULSA, Okla. – California men’s tennis juniors Pedro Zerbini and Jonathan Dahan earned a berth into the doubles main draw of the 2009 D’Novo/ITA All-American Championship Wednesday (Oct. 7) at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on the campus of host Tulsa University. The Golden Bears defeated Texas A&M’s Jeff Dadamo and Marcus Lunt, 8-6, for their third-consecutive win in the men’s doubles qualifying tournament to claim one of eight available spots in the championship main draw.
The teams held serve until the Bears earned the first break of the match to go up, 4-3. Dahan served next to put Cal out in front, 5-3, but the Aggies responded and held serve once again to earn the ninth game. Zerbini held in the next game to put the Bears up 6-4. Texas A&M fought off several break points to avoid falling behind, 7-4, and went into the 12th game back, 6-5.
Facing Dahan’s serve, the Aggies came on strong after falling behind, 40-15, and forced several deuce points. However, the Bears held on to go up 7-5. Lunt held serve in the 13th game to give the Aggies life once more to force the Bears’ hand. Cal returned the favor with Zerbini serving and went up 40-love before closing out the match, 8-6, to advance to the main draw.
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Field hockey to host UC Davis:
This Week
Returning to Berkeley after a three-game Midwest road trip last week, the California field hockey team faces UC Davis this weekend in its third conference game of the season. The Golden Bears (3-8, 1-1 NorPac) face the Aggies (3-9) on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 1 p.m. (PT) at Maxwell Family Field. After opening the campaign 2-0, Cal has now lost its last eight of nine contests.
Lohre Earns All-Conference Honors for the Third Time
Junior Lisa Lohre earned NorPac Defensive Player of the Week honors this week, the third time this season, when she recorded her fifth and sixth defensive saves of the season last weekend at Indiana. Her six defensive saves not only lead the team and the NorPac Conference, but they also top the NCAA chart. As a team, this is Cal’s fourth conference weekly award.
Cal Gets Swept in Latest Road Trip
For the second time this season, Cal was unsuccesful in picking up a win during a three-game road trip. The Bears lost to Indiana, at Iowa and at Northwestern in its last road trip. Cal has yet to garner a victory on the road this season. Highlighting that game was Lisa Lohre’s two defensive saves.
In the first game of the trip, the Bears fell to Indiana, 1-0, in Iowa. Cal’s best chance to win a game was the next day at Iowa. The Bears fell to the Hawkeyes, 3-2. Junior Natalie Nurnberg and redshirt freshman Megan Shimojima recorded the two goals for Cal. Shimojima scored the first goal of the contest to give the Bears the early lead. After Iowa scored three unanswered goals, Nurnberg’s tally cut the deficit to one, but Iowa held on for the win.
In the final game of the trip, Northwestern shut out Cal, 3-0, but goalkeeper Maddie Hand posted a personal-best 14 saves.
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Q+A with womens swimmer:
BERKELEY – CalBears.com sat poolside with senior breaststroker Alexandra Ellis to discuss last year’s NCAA championship season, prospects for this year and “Dancing with the Stars.” The San Diego-product was a key member of Cal’s national championship team, earning All-America honors as part of the Golden Bears’ sixth-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay and second-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay.
She also garnered 2009 Pac-10 all-academic honorable mention and played a big role in Cal’s first Pac-10 championship, swimming an NCAA B qualifying time of 16:18.84 in the 1650-yard freestyle to take fourth place in the conference meet. Ellis and the Bears will host Pacific on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 1 p.m. in their home-opening dual meet at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
CalBears.com: How is your senior season going so far?
Alexandra Ellis: It’s going really well. It’s going smoothly. We haven’t had any bumps in the road.
CalBears.com: Can you describe your emotions when Cal won the NCAA championship last season?
AE: That was amazing because we didn’t go into it focused on winning. We just went into it thinking we’re going to have fun; we’re going to show everyone what we’ve been doing this season. And we didn’t have the smoothest season last year; we lost a few dual meets. Pac-10s was a surprise, and we go into NCs, and then we go into the last night. We thought, oh, wow, we can win this. The whole time we were just enjoying ourselves, and I think our swims reflected that.
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Womens soccer to take on Oregons:
This Week in Cal Women’s Soccer
The Golden Bears kick off the Pac-10 half of the season with a two-game swing in Oregon. California (6-3-1 overall) travels to Eugene to play the Ducks (8-2-1) at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, and then heads up to Corvallis to take on the Beavers (8-2-1) at noon on Sunday, Oct. 11. Last season, the Bears swept the Oregon schools with a 1-0 win over Oregon State and a 5-1 demolishing of Oregon.
Last Week in Cal Women’s Soccer
The Bears posted a 0-1-1 record in their final weekend of nonconference play – suffering a 1-0 stinging by Sacramento State at home on Oct. 2, but battling No. 11 Santa Clara to a 1-1 double-overtime draw on Oct. 4 in the South Bay. The Bears outshot the Hornets, 19-9, but could not poke one through. At Santa Clara, junior forward Alex Morgan scored first with 43:03 to play in regulation, but the Broncos evened the game in the 72nd minute. Morgan took a penalty shot in the 101st minute of play, but the keeper made a diving save to her left and tipped the ball up and over the crossbar. After 110 minutes of play, Cal went home with its first tie of the year.
Q&A With the Golden Bears
Junior Emily Shibata has been a key player on the California midfield for the past three years. Shibata, who has played in nine games and has one assist this year, is a Bay Area product, hailing from nearby Walnut Creek, Calif. Last year, she recovered from a preseason injury to play in the final 15 games of the 2008 season, starting two, and was also a Pac-10 Conference All-Academic honorable mention. CalBears.com talked with the 5-2 player to discover more about her.
To read the full Q&A with Emily, click here.
To see all past Q&As with the Golden Bears, click here.
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Scott Fujita speaks out for gay rights:
Scott Fujita is a star linebacker for the unbeaten New Orleans Saints. He is also a 2001 graduate from the University of California at Berkeley with a BA in political science. In addition to playing for the Saints, he is also is someone proudly raising his family in post-Katrina New Orleans. In the following interview, Scott speaks out about why he is supporting the October 11th National Equality March for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender rights in Washington DC.DZ: Do you have any concerns that teammates, fans, people will say Scott Fujita may be married and have kids, but maybe on the down low he might really be gay? Do you have concern that teammates, bloggers, the press will talk that kind of smack about you either behind your back or to your face?
SF: No, I have no concern about that whatsoever. I know who I am. My wife knows who I am. I don’t care one way or the other Dave. I imagine that when some of this gets out guys in the locker room might give me a hard time, and they always give me a hard time. They call me the Pinko Communist Fag from Berkeley. I’m used to it. I can take it all.
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by TwistNHook on Oct 8, 2009 7:59 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
Wow, I’m impressed. I really dig his point about adoption:
DZ: You’ve said to me in previous discussions that one of the reasons why this issue really resonates with you is because of the issue of adoption, and who gets to adopt children in the United States. Can you speak about that? .
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SF: A year ago or two years ago, I remember reading about an initiative that was proposed in the state of Arkansas. It was some kind of measure that was aimed at preventing adoptions by single parents. Now, the way I read that and the way that I translated that language was that only heterosexual, married couples could adopt children. As an adopted child that really bothered me. I asked myself, what that is really saying is that the concern with one’s sexual orientation or one’s sexual preference outweighs what’s really important, and that’s finding safe homes for children, for our children. It’s also saying that we’d rather have kids bounce around from foster home to foster home throughout the course of their childhood, than end up in a permanent home, where the parent, whether that person’s single or not, gay or straight. Either way, it doesn’t matter. It’s a home that’s going to be provided for a kid who desperately needs a home. As an adopted child, that measure really bothered me. It just boggles my mind because good, loving homes for any child are the most important thing.
Pretty proud he’s a Golden Bear.
Great article on Fujita
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Great article
Highly recommended reading. Just one of the many great passages:
But on this day, under a warm blue sky and on our way to a lunch of sushi (perhaps even the now very popular Mount Fujita roll), when Scott begins to talk about the strongest person he’s ever known it is clear he is speaking more about inner strength. And, for him, no one personifies that trait quite like his regal grandma, Lillie Fujita.
It was 1941, a few days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when Lillie was crossing the street in Berkeley and another female student ran up to her, screaming in her face: “You little Jap, why don’t you go back home!” Lillie is a tiny, demure woman. At Scott’s wedding reception he got down on his knees to dance with his grandma only to discover he was still too tall. But that day in 1941 she roared back: “I’m an American too … and a better one than you are!”
Praise be to Tedford!
Nice post but...
Is that an Asians can’t pronounce “L” joke in there Mr. Ohio Bear? Or just a typo?
“well that’s my regal grandma”
I hear El Paso is beautiful in December....
http://www.answers.com/topic/regal
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Hilariously bad Google suggests:
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This must be carps:
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by TwistNHook on Oct 8, 2009 8:01 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Dude, SportsNight! I loved SportsNight! Why did they cancel that show, anyway?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Oct 8, 2009 8:35 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The first season was one of the best shows ever written/acted/executed. Sports theme, sharp lines, heart, lots of sexual tension and tons of hilarity. It was a show that was fearless in tackling big issues AND was fun to watch. Plus, season 1 Natalie is still my dream girlfriend.
Ep11 of season 1 kinda embodies everything I like about the show (my fav ep):
Entire episode 11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmpfm85QrLo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2GJbz4emV8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiue1zm3T-g
My fav speech from season 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiue1zm3T-g#t=1m26s
HOWEVER:
I think towards the second season the plots started to get more depressing as they faced cancellation (like the actual show) and the relationships started to break up. The sexual tension between Dana and Casey wasn’t as fun (probably the thing that propelled the entire 2H of Season 1) and the characters started to get more brooding.
Why was it cancelled? I think because it got less fun and lost some of its charm. I have both seasons on DVD and I hardly ever watch the second season. I rewatch the first season at least once every few year.s In addition, the ratings were never good because the show was simply too smart. If you don’t write for the 7th grade…etc etc. the country won’t understand etc.
I can imagine Soccer Saturday...
being kind of disappointing if you’re expecting a feast of football…sadly, the way the rights for the games are shared around the channels in the UK means that the earliest that someone can show all the games in on Saturday evening. It really sucks.
Still, the guy that presents Soccer Saturday makes it about as entertaining as he possibly can…
It's 10 AM there are only 31 replies?
What, did people decide to work today or something?
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Well this sucks, I guess I’m going back to work.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Yeah, I’ve been eyeing CGB on one screen and working on another, but its too quiet here to bother.
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by dballisloose on Oct 8, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Seems like our readers are taking this bye week thing very seriously
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 8, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm still procrastinating guys!!!!! Don't leave me alone here with Twist!
I hear El Paso is beautiful in December....
HONK!!
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by dballisloose on Oct 8, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Random Question
Does anyone have any good links or commentary regarding the protests outside the NATO Summit in Strasbourg?
Orlando Magic SBN blog thinks Ryan Anderson will be an integral part of this year's team
Ryan Anderson:
How would you rate your performance tonight?
I think there a lot of things I need to work on, there’s a lot of things I’m adjusting to still and it’s my first game back so I think, defensively, there’s a lot of things I need to work on, offensively, I need to work on getting in the flow of the game. I just need to focus on more screen & rolls, just finding my open shots. I think later on in the game, I kind of found my rhythm, found open gaps, and that’s what’s going to be there really with Vince and Dwight obviously down low.Offensively, do you feel like you let the game come to you during the second half, once you were getting into a groove like you said?
Yeah, I mean, that’s what really happens when you get through past those first few minutes of the game, you do feel the nerves, but once those first plays go through basically, you start feeling comfortable, you find your role, you just focus more on your game so it comes easier as the game goes on.If you don’t start, do you believe you can help the team pack a punch off the bench?
Oh yeah, I mean, I think this team compliments my style of play. Dwight on the inside, four shooters on the outside. It’s tough to guard, it’s really tough to guard and because so many guys are going to be sagging down on Dwight, it’s going to create open shots for everybody along the perimeter so I mean, I think that for myself, I think I’ll definitely be competing in the rotation. Whether or not … Brandon is a heck of a player, too, whether or not he’s a three-point shooter, it doesn’t really matter. The guy busts his butt and he does what he needs to do. He’s a strong player, like I said before, so I mean, we have so many weapons, so many options so yeah, I’m obviously going to compete for my minutes, I’m not going to be handed anything so I’m going to fight and when I get in the game, just do what I do, just shoot the ball and rebound.Offensively, it really seemed like you made a concerted effort to drive into the lane, initiate some contact, and get some free-throws out of it. Is that something that most people don’t know about? Because it seems when they see you, they see you strictly as a perimeter shooter.
I think … a lot of people think I’m just a shooter, that’s not really my game. I’m a physical player, I have a knack for the ball, I try to get offensive rebounds. I may not be the greatest finisher. I really need to work on my full jumper but besides that, I think that my driving game is something that people don’t really know a ton about because I don’t do it a ton but I’m getting more and more comfortable as I’m playing, with driving the ball, and I think I might surprise some people and they think I’m just going to spot up and shoot it a ton.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 8, 2009 10:15 AM PDT reply actions
Then again, Dwight Howard calls him the new Pat Garrity
Not sure if that’s the comparison I want to hear.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 8, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Better than being called the next Pat Sajack
At CGB, we whine because we care
by dballisloose on Oct 8, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Emmy Rossum at Cal games in the future?
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20310985,00.html
Emmy Rossum may be suffering the end of a secret marriage, but she and the new man in her life, Adam Duritz, are already making sweet music together, Duritz tells PEOPLE.
Rossum, 23, whose husband Justin Siegel recently filed for divorce, was all in white at the American Ballet Theater Fall gala at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in New York on Wednesday. She was there with Duritz, lead singer of Counting Crows, with whom she’s been seen smooching in Manhattan and Beverly Hills lately.
[…]
“She can sing her ass off. But she toured with us onstage, so I knew how she could sing,” he said. “I sing with her all the time. I actually think she sings better onstage with us … I like to make music with her.”
First question I'll ask her
Emmy, what was it like to star in one of the worst movies ever made?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 8, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Good Lord. She needs to fire her agent stat.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 8, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Pretty sure I saw her with him after the game Saturday
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Yeah, pretty sure she was at the game on the sidelines with him.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 8, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
These seem like silly rankings.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/WorldUniversityRankings2009.html
How does Berkeley rank within the top 5 in engineering, life sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities but end up as the 39th-ranked school in the world? Apparently faculty-student ratio is that important to this metric (though this is the most I found directly related to the break down of scores.
Though, not everyone puts stock in the rankings:
Robert M. Berdahl, president of the Association of American Universities, said that at his association (which includes research universities in the United States and Canada), “we don’t generally place a great deal of stock in the public rankings of universities, but we don’t ignore them either. They are important to the extent that shape public perceptions of the qualitative hierarchy of institutions, but they all have flaws and biases.”
[…]
But Berdahl, a former chancellor at the University of California at Berkeley, said he just can’t buy the numbers in the Times Higher’s survey. “While I think that there has been some relative slippage as a result of a decline in funding in the U.S. and the investment elsewhere, the rankings indicated by the Times seem to me to be wildly off the mark,” he said. “No one I know would rank Berkeley anywhere near as low as 39th in the world. I admit I’m biased; but this is too far from the mark to be taken terribly seriously.”
Repeat after me: university rankings are stupid. And yes, as much as I brag about it to non-Cal friends, that includes the one that lists Cal as #2 in the world or whatever.
dboneisloose
You mean they smoke weed and kill Jews?
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Who doesn’t enjoy lumberjack sports!
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Y’know, just once I’d like someone to suggest something and find out that the Internet doesn’t have hilarious images of it yet. Alternately, porn of it.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Bill Clinton eating brocolli.
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Possibly. I just came up with a random idea.
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Yeah, I’m pretty sure. And after he said this, the broccoli lobby came out all outraged and shit.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
There is a broccoli lobby?
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“Broccoli lobby” and “rage” are words I’d never thought I’d see in the same sentence.
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It was all those little kids protesting:
“Down with Broccoli! Elmo for president!”
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Oddly enough, there was a West Wing Episode where a presidential aide requests a chef replaces green beans with something else because the president doesn’t like them. Then, the president has to make some faux-photo op where he is eating green beans to appease the green bean lobby.
Is there any situation that hasn’t appeared on the West Wing?
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Bill Clinton giving a reach around to a monkey while saying the pledge of allegiance in Joann Fabrics?
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http://www.calbears.com/ot/HatGiveaway.html
“Joe Roth was an exceptional athlete, but the thing that made him special was that he was an extraordinary human being.
His life was tragically cut short by cancer just three months before his 22nd birthday. In his short 21 years, Joe touched many people and his story,
while tragic, has a very positive and powerful message that still rings true today”
In honor of Joe Roth, Bank of the West for is distributing 14,000 Commemorative Joe Roth Hats to Cal fans.
Hats were distributed to fans in attendance at the Cal – USC game on Saturday, Oct. 3rd.
Bank of the West would also like to offer Cal fans an additional opportunity to receive the Commemorative Joe Roth Hat.
Hats will be available at the Official Cal Branches from Monday, October 5th through Friday December 6th.
What...the...fuck?
Aaron Taylor says a certain coach is on the hot seat (0:50).
Plus some dude with a Cal hoops T-shirt at 1:52.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 8, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions
3 pounds of pancake, 1 pound of toppings? That’s the real WTF. And it looks so delicious.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Blogging the Bracket has Jerome Randle as a preseason first team All-American
LINK.
Jerome Randle, 5-10 G, Sr. (California): Randle is an offensive force, plain and simple While his average of 18.3 points per game is impressive enough, his percentages are staggering—50 percent from the floor, 46 percent from three-point range, and 86 percent from the charity stripe. Even with all of that shooting, Randle still managed to chip in 5 assists per contest. He could work on his defense a little, as he only managed 0.7 steals per contest, but his efficient offensive output more than makes up for any defensive efficiencies.
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Okanes live-chat
1:06
[Comment From Robert]
J.O. ABC sideline reporter Shelly Smith noted that the Bear sideline was dead early in the 2nd quarter. Then later showed how $c was still fired up right at the start of the 3rd quarter. Does the team take after Tedford too much and becomes too stoic?
1:06
Jonathan Okanes: It’s a lot easier to be fired up when you are winning.
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1:09
[Comment From parlayjay]
Is it me, or does the defense make no adjustments, ever?
1:09
Jonathan Okanes: It’s you.
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YO has been awfully sassy in his chats lately. I’ve stopped going to his blog or participating in his chats since he continues to let that troll dominate his comments. Also, I get more insight reading this blog and kencraw’s.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Oct 8, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Stupidest question of the day goes to...
1:16
[Comment From Lizis]
Do you think it is time to get a REAL sports psychologist involved? Someone who can effectively coach about the art and science of winning? Maybe Natalie Coughlin could offer up a few better pointers based on what we’ve seen so far. Your thoughts???
1:18
Jonathan Okanes: I don’t think psychology has anything to do with it. The players aren’t spooked or lack confidence and they don’t quit. They played one horrible game and another where the defense was mediocre and the passing game was bad. If they fold or seem unprepared as the season goes on, then you might be on to something.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 8, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
fixed
and another where the defense was mediocre, special teams sucked, the running game was shut down, and the passing game was bad. So yeah, two really bad games.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
1:29
[Comment From HomerJr]
What is it going to take for Best to get back into the Heisman race?
1:29
Jonathan Okanes: Numbers like we’ve never seen before.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
My view doesn’t cover them :(
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How much fuel does an F/A-18 Hornet use in a show?
On the average, one F/A-18 uses approximately 8,000 pounds (or 1,300 gallons) of JP-5 jet fuel at a cost of roughly $8268.
CLEARLY an air show is more important than, say, children being able to go to the doctor. Get your priorities straight.
dboneisloose
why DO you hate America?
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Compared to you, I’m Chris Isaak.
(At some point I just decided I’m going to keep plugging away with that joke until someone is like “holy crap is that a fucking Starman joke?” and I will lol.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Is that a f***ing Starman joke?
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This did not make me lol. :(
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
False advertising.
I’m suing you.
Where’s Calumbus Bear?
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You’re out of your element, Donny. (I have no grandmothers to evict!)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Next on Holmoephobe’s list: scrap fireworks for the 4th of July. That money can be used to feed more children in America. Did you know that 1 out of 6 American children don’t know where their next meal is coming from?
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I’m glad that you care more about shiny objects than about real people’s real problems. Given that you’re a Republican, it’s not surprising.
dboneisloose
I liked Rishis comment there bc he was referencing Entourage.
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One of the best episodes ever, though I’m not sure I like the pussification of E.
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You say tomato, I say maturation.
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TV is pussifying characters too much.
Hell, look what they’ve done to Barney on HIMYM :( :(
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They should make a TV show out fo your life!
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Do you want to write the script?
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I think Arthur Kade should! Now that he has his DevDeal.
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I gave you a perfect opportunity to make fun of me and you settle for an Arthur Kade joke?
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I know, Im all out of whack because I worked all morning. And Im tryting to be nicer to you these days. I feel bad about some of the things I said last night.
PS Fuck you.
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But I gave you an open invitation to make fun of my personal life (as CGB knows it)! It doesn’t get any easier than that…
(Note, don’t make joke about Twist’s female relatives or wife).
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And Im tryting to be nicer to you these days. I feel bad about some of the things I said last night.
If you feel bad, Rishi won. Rishi won!
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, he said some horrible things to me last night.
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Did you hack my facebook again???
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Dude, Xavier Sasparilla is my REAL name!
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Twist lost the second he decided to be serious.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
“Arthur Kade starring as Rishi in The Only Thing I Want Arranged is More Lemon Drops.”
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah they totally ruined the character. And thereby to a large extent the show. Marshall is the only funny character now.
dboneisloose
To be fair, they did the same thing on Friends (put aside all your hatred for the show for a moment) – they domesticated Joey when he dated Rachel. Fortunately, the producers realised this was a horrible idea and ended it quickly.
I really hope this isn’t the “maturation” and “growing up” of Barney Stinson.
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Well the show is kind of going in circles at this point anyway. There have been a few individual funny episodes, but the long-term story is going nowhere.
dboneisloose
Well, at least we know she’s in that classroom.
This is the problem with concept shows and stretching them out beyond their logical extent.
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It’s Sex in the City for men. “Going somewhere” isn’t on the list of priorities.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Yes, but apparently not whatever show HolmoePhobe was actually talking about.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
That’s one thing I love about Seinfeld: the actors got LESS mature over the series. No hugs. No learning.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
True that. If possible, Costanza became more obnoxious with time.
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Oh it was possible, and he did.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
How was the Seinfeld reunion on CYE?
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AND DON'T SPOIL IT I WANT TO GO IN FRESH
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
Well, its a full season arc. So, its barely begun. Its shaping up really good, tho.
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It isn’t just a one episode appearance?!
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WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT FRESHNESS?!
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
That sometimes you lack it…..down there.
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Twist I told you that in confidence.
ps everyone….that 8th grade girl at the tailgate was Twist.
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I, for one, cant wait for the CGB Slumber Party!
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Someone needs to tell the story of this 8th grade girl. I clearly missed it.
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I dont have the time, but she was there right before the shotgunning. I left right after the shotgunning. We actually might have been chatting when she was there, because I was off by dball and you came over to say Hi.
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Never seen it.
I went to Philly a few weeks ago and it was muggy and misty. Clearly, the show is a lie.
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Twist is going to unleash the fury on you.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
When was E ever not a pussy?
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
One day, I hope you realise two things:
1) Not all people are Democrat or Republican
2) Not everything you believe is pure and just and 100% correct and everything else is selfish and evil.
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When did I say anything about being pure or just or selfish and evil? Nice straw man. All I said was that I disagree with your priorities.
dboneisloose
I’m glad that you care more about shiny objects than about real people’s real problems. Given that you’re a Republican, it’s not surprising.
’
I mean… you basically did.
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Uh…I said that you apparently prioritize things like air shows and fireworks over things like healthcare for children. Is that an inaccurate statement?
dboneisloose
Yes, because life is just that simple. Clearly, the budget for Blue Angels is coming directly out of saving the lives of children.
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So then how are the two related?!
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My original point – which should have been obvious if you weren’t looking for excuses to start talking about fireworks or whatever – is that many of our spending priorities are out of whack.
dboneisloose
Are spending priorities out of whack? Of course.
But how the hell is feeding children related to that? If you’re going to judge anything’s importance next to feeding children, I’m pretty sure 99.99% of all spending is useless.
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Sigh. I was using the example of spending a shitload of money to have planes fly around, where there are lots of kids in America who need food and medicine, as an example of how our spending priorities are misguided. I’m not sure what part of that is so difficult to understand.
dboneisloose
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_pity
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Ooh, are we just going to cite random fallacies that aren’t applicable at all? I think I’ll go with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_question
dboneisloose
Right, not applicable
Man: Look at the Blue Angels! They’re so cool!
Holmoephobe: You know, that money could be spent on starving children.
Yeah, not a logical fallacy AT ALL.
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What’s the logical fallacy there?
I’m pointing out that the state spends money on A, when it could instead be spending money on B. Is this really so difficult to understand?
dboneisloose
Yes, mentioning the children in order to inspire pity isn’t a fallacy at all.
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Uh…I didn’t mention the children to inspire pity. I mentioned the children as an example of something else that the state could spend its money on. Again, not sure why this is so hard for you to understand.
dboneisloose
Because cancelling Blue Angels won’t feed any children?
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Wellllllll the argument is
Blue Angels cool and fast = attracts spirited, inspired army recruits = army fights the good fight (if you believe in that sort of thing) = makes America safe = freedom to farm/trade/grow economy = more children get fed than if we used that $8000 on food today.
That is the argument. Just sayin’. Don’t kill me.
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Fair nuff. It just makes me uneasy in the same way that all military recruiting and shows of might make me uneasy. Priorities, people.
I get uneasy in the presence of a lot of salesmen, but I just can’t help it if I fucking love jet engines.
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Whoosh! I acknowledge that in the grand scheme of things the entire Blue Angels program is pocket change. It just doesn’t appeal to my values. Maybe once every 4 years I could get behind. An annual unavoidable reminder of our corrupt military-industrial complex I could do without.
What if we alternated: one year we’d do Fleet Week, the next we’d have a large bonfire on the beach, sing “Kumbaya”, and eat s’mores?
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
We should let Jahvid Best fly over high school campuses to attract potential recruits.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 8, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
If CRN can visit recruits in a helicopter, the least we can do is get Tedford a bear with a saddle.
This should be Sarkisian when recruiting:
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
…
I’m pointing out that the state spends money on A, when it could instead be spending money on B.
dboneisloose
Sure, and I spend money on eating lunch out that I could spend on feeding homeless kids, but that doesn’t make it wrong.
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Wait, where the question of morality come in?
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Oh, I thought we were discussing sick and starving children in the most prosperous nation on earth. My bad.
Sigh, those are two separate argument and it is completely a logical fallacy to combine them.
1) Are the Blue Angels worthwhile?
2) Starving kids.
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Yes, but please don’t tell them that I surf CGB while flying planes.
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Do you feel the need? The need for HONK?
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%83m%C4%83liga
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
Because you said that it was Rishi saying that money spent on air shows is better spent than if it was spent on real people’s real problems?
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m glad that you care more about shiny objects than about real people’s real problems.
I’m glad that you care more about shiny objects than about real people’s real problems.
I’m glad that you care more about shiny objects than about real people’s real problems.
I’m glad that you care more about shiny objects than about real people’s real problems.
I’m glad that you care more about shiny objects than about real people’s real problems.
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Yes, that was in response to:
Next on Holmoephobe’s list: scrap fireworks for the 4th of July. That money can be used to feed more children in America. Did you know that 1 out of 6 American children don’t know where their next meal is coming from?
dboneisloose
I don’t know how to debate what you said and didn’t say when it’s clearly written right above!
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Which was in response to
You know, I think the CGB would be a lot better without all those Indians.
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by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL I got 3 rec's on that?!?!?!?!?
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Me, Rishi, and HolmoePhobe. You have the support of the Indian contingent.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, I was here before you.
If anything, there are too many lawyers on here.
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Dude you know how much the white house costs to maintain? The president and staff should just live in a bunch of portables protected by fencing. We can rent out the white house to an orphanage, where they can feed children.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
Also, yes, there are people who aren’t Democrats or Republicans. But they vote for either Democrats or Republicans, if they want their votes to matter.
dboneisloose
That clearly does not mean that all ideologies can be shoehorned into one or another.
Also, there are some people who vote for the candidate and not the party. Shocking, I know.
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TRA1TORS!!!!!!!!!! How DARE they subvert the two-party system like that!?!?!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Give me one example of any political or policy decision made in the US in the last decade that was the work of “moderates” or “centrists” or “independents” or whatever you want to call them.
dboneisloose
sigh
I thought Fleet Week was supposed to bring people together, not drive them apart!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
they both obviosuly hate America and want the terrorists to win
Joe Starkey...Scholar, Humanitarian, Cal legend, worst radio play by play man of all time.
This “debate” is a Fleet Week tradition around here! It’s as American as the Folsom Street Fair and Burning Man!
Burning Man is very American, they charge you $100+ to enjoy your freedom and self-expression in the middle of the f***ing desert!
Please rank the following in increasing order of your hatred for them
1) Republicans
2) Centrists
3) Independents who really have Democratic values
4) The military
5) TARP
6) Capitalism
7) Freedom
8) Puppies
9) Andy Ludwig
10) Tom Holmoe.
Go.
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Yeah, I totally hate the military and capitalism. I love how you think that anyone who doesn’t love the things that you love must hate them. Another common Republicanlism.
dboneisloose
But you didn’t rank them!
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Fear is not the same as hate, unless you’re Yoda blathering on endlessly about the Dark Side.
dboneisloose
Phobia, n. a lasting abnormal fear or great dislike of something. (Oxford American Dictionary, 11th ed.)
Since a fear of Holmoe is clearly not “abnormal,” I was assuming you were going for the “great dislike.” Of course, you can always argue that a “great dislike” isn’t the same as “hate.”
I greatly dislike middle-aged women, but I hate 15-year-old boys from Modesto High.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
No, she thinks I’m a snotty immigrant and trouble making soccer fan – doesn’t she? I wasn’t the one who made any age-related comments.
The narrative has been established. Attempts to change it are futile.
(What’s the matter with you, don’t you watch Fox News?)
OLD PERSON INDIAN FIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!
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There is no concept of middle-aged when people live forever!
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Man this is like the third big DBD argument straight where I didn’t have a dog in the fight. You guys are killing me.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Also National Parks. Do you know how many hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on national parks that could be spent feeding children?
And roads. We spend a lot of money on roads and bridges that could be used to feed children.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
We have to spend money on roads for economic and safety reasons.
I agree that national parks should be a lower priority than health and child services.
dboneisloose
NOT IF LITTLE TIMMY CAN'T GET HIS TYLENOL!
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
Damn, we’ve had some shitty like fuck ideas.
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by TwistNHook on Oct 8, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I dunno, I’ve rather enjoyed such classics as the light bulb and the polio vaccine.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
rags just doesn’t want another lame president.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
but national parks are america’s best idea!!
As far as I’m concerned this is objectively true.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Here's my priority list, since you asked:
1. Get paid.
2. Get laid .
3. Solar power on every rooftop, gray water in every garden.
3. Feed them starving kids n’ shit. They’s hungry yo.
4. Support the Bay Area land grant charities at the expense of other regions.
5. U-S-A! Not too much though it’s tacky.
6. Peace in the Middle East. Fund it while it is cheap.
7. Prove the non-existence of a higher power, profit.
8. Take care of my kids.
9. SCOTCHSCOTCHSCOTCHscotch.
10. A world that communicates exclusively via (unlicensed copies of) Photoshop.
why do you HATE America?
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
Isn;‘t America’s hat Canada? So easy to hate them!
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Its about getting a hat on a hat in America
I hear El Paso is beautiful in December....
by CruzinBears on Oct 8, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I can’t see them, but I can definitely hear them when they’re flying by. U-S-A! U-S-A!
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
So f'n jealous!!!!!!
I’ve never been to a fleet week, and I’m trying to go on Sunday…
I <3 the sound of Jet Noise!!!! mmmm Freeeeeeedommmm mmmmm
I hear El Paso is beautiful in December....
it’s great. The trick is to go out to the marina and out near the St. Francis Yacht Club. There’s a jetty to walk out on that puts you as close to the action as you can get. Check out points A and D on this map: http://tinyurl.com/ykonkbd
Then you can get this:
I totes dig Fleet Week. Best spot to see it is ON A BOAT! while wearing a nautical-themed pashmina Afghan.
Although, I can’t help but hope in the back of my mind that one of the planes goes out of control and slams into the crowd below. But that’s just me.
Cal Football: It could happen!
A few years ago I saw it from Alcatraz…that was waaaay cool, to get the shots of upside down FA-18s with the city skyline in the background.
Of course on the way back we passed starving children dying of the gout but that’s a different story altogether.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
Hey I put up a new post and its supopsed to be funny and shit, so stop doing whatever dumb ass shit it is that you are doing (IM LOOKING AT YOUR, YES WE CANNON!) and go read it and laugh. And laugh. Oh, how youll laugh.
Laugh, you fuckers. Or else Ill claim your religious belief or ethnic heritage promotes rape. DON’T PUSH ME! I’LL DO IT! I’VE HAD TO WORK ALL MORNING LONG AND AM ON A HAIR TRIGGER!
President Emperor Warlord Of The Sun!
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…
Yes, that’s why he said that.
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The threat is meaningless!
Also, Twist, you’re just trying to get other blogs to take pity on us.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Similar to the “Who wants a hug” post. The whole, “Look at the poor Cal fans, looking for comfort in loss on the Internets”.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, Im writing hella shit. This isnt about pity.
President Emperor Warlord Of The Sun!
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
Then why are you complaining about writing DBDs!
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Because I think many others have something to share and I just want them to know that they can and should write them. Dont think itll just be me. I can step in if need be, but if Im writing it frantically the morning of, itll suck. More than usual.
President Emperor Warlord Of The Sun!
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
Stop trying to not be self-centered! It is unbecoming of a lady of your status.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Today is an hour-long Office episode?!
I cannot believe imma miss this :(
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What the hell is a bull flop?
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I’m okay with Jim getting married, as long as they don’t attempt to pussify Dwight.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
That was my response since it is possible that I’ll miss the episode tonight.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 8, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
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