The Cigar smoking Celtic icon Red Auerbach was laid to rest today. The Cigars he smoked and the occasional sitings in downtown Washington DC (Foggy Bottom, Chinatown) was not one of my fondess memory of him, it was watching him flash that grin he flashed when  Boston drafted Len Bias.  Boston would have dominated the Lakers had Bias played.  James Worthy versus Len Bias would have been great to watched.  James Worthy is my boy from Carolina (Go Heels) in all but Worthy’s D was suspect and Bias might have ate Big game James up.

Red was a dynasty builder and the Celtics that he coached during the 50’s and 60’s were an amazing basketball team (well that is what my pops told me) All pops talked about was Bill Russell this Bill Russell that. 

 I don’t doubt pops about big Bill.  He was a beast.  However Red was the Man

The words from an idiot who was almost my Commander in Chief

“You know, education, if you make the most of it and you study hard and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you -- you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq.”

Has John Kerry ever been to Iraq to visited the stupid troops. He is a vet and I pretty sure his minions will spin it in his favor. His three frivolous Purple Hearts will be mention by the media.

So kids you can work hard, get deployed to Middle East twice, start your own blog, go back to college and make the Dean’s List, position yourself to make a 6 figure salary plus collect a retirement check while doing numerous push ups to stay in shape. If you don’t then you will be stuck taking too much of your medication while filming a commercial because you are too damn stupid to read a label. Or if you are female you will get stuck marrying someone like Bobby Brown or Rosie O'Donnell.

No not me but Rep Duncan Hunter will run for President in 2008. 

"Hunter, 58, raised his profile among conservatives as a coauthor of legislation for construction of a 700-mile (1,100-km) fence along the U.S.-Mexico border." (Reuters)

We share the same initials. It will be nice to have a Hunter up in the white house.

HOOAH

Was there any doubt who won the debate on Meet the press

The staff of the Herald (me) officially endorses Michael Steele for the US Senate.  Was there any doubt that I would not endorse my Lt. Governor from my great state of Maryland. If Harold Ford doesn't get elected in Tennessee than Michael Steele would be the first African American from a southern state (check the Mason Dixon line hero) to be elected to the U.S.Senate.  The Republican label is definitely a "scarlet letter" if not, then when doesn't Michael Steele get the Obama "rock star" treatment from the press.  Hmmm smells like bias to me.  While station in Kuwait and before Major Combat Operations in Iraq began.  My Governor and Lt Governor took time to send me a letter.  It was was response to a congratulatory email I sent them for winning the election in Maryland.  Click here to read   the letter.

 I am also endorsing Governor Bob for reelection. I supported Bob when  the people of Maryland wanted a regime change and Bob delivered. To be honest Governor Bob's opponent is Mayor of one of the worse cities in America and he wants the people of Maryland to promote him to Governor. If you ever watched HBO's hit series called "The Wire" then you will know that this truly art imitating life in the mean streets of Baltimore or "B-More" short for B- More careful that includes voting for Mayor who is a miserable failure.

I allways wanted to be a rapper. 

Retired Army Colonel Ralph Peters asks these questions

Have we lost the will to win wars? Not just in Iraq, but anywhere? Do we really believe that being nice is more important than victory?

With all this talk about cutting and running or the politically correct term “re-deployment of troops” I would  emphatically say “yes”.  But then again who are we? “We” the people or “We” the soldier.  The former truly has lost its will while the ladder has not but because polls and politics decide how “we” fight.  “We” might as well just pull the plug and bow our heads in disgrace and leave the Middle East for good.  My question then will be “Where are “WE” going to build the Iraqi memorial at in DC”  I will need to see a marble wall with a list of my comrades who died.  

We will prevail    

The Baseball fan in me was saddened to learn that Negro league legend Buck Oneil passed away the other day.  The truly last living spokesmen for the famed Negro was an ambassador for the game.  Although he has not made it to Cooperstown, Mr O’Neil is a Hall of famer in our hearts.  Gone are the stories about Jackie Robinson, Satchell Paige and Josh Gibson, those I have never seen played but came to idolized by listening to their stories from likes of Buck O’Neil. He never let the spirit of the Negro League die and for that we should be grateful to him.  This day in age African Americans play less or watch less baseball.  The several Washington Nationals games I’ve gone to, you can notice that not many blacks attend compared to whites.  The interest is not that great in baseball as compared to other sports like basketball of football.  Surely Washington is a football town, but it has room for baseball (I will address that in a future post)

The Negro League spirit must move on and we must not forget. I believe Buck O'Neil surely would have wanted it that way.

Rest in Peace Mr O'Neil. 

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: http://www.nlbm.com/

I couldn’t agree more with Tony Blankley when he and the Washington Times called for House Speaker Dennis Hastert to resign.  It is from my understanding that Mr Speaker knew about  Mark Foley’s flirtatious friendly e-mails to young boys long time ago. Forget the fact that he did not tell the Democrats.  Whether or not they would have used it to their political advantage is irrelevant. Rep Dennis Hastert owed this to the American people. Apparantly protecting the children is not a priority, protecting the “party” is.

Getting back to the Democrats,  I could care less if they would have used this to their advantage.  They have no morals,  we all saw this when they protected a President who was a sexual predator, while the Drill Sergeants in Army were going down left and right for sleeping with trainees, so hhould had the “Commander in Chief” for having sex with his trainee? (I mean intern).   It is a crime in the military and guess who is in the chain of command,  Mr Clinton?  Yet he got a pass from the ass or massess of assess (um donkey), aww heck whatever the Democrats masscot is. 

As far as Mr Speaker is concerned Mr Blankley sums it up. 

“How in the world will Republicans be able to champion our values in the future if we weasel and excuse the cover-up of such conduct in one of our own? We have more to protect than the next election, we have our historic reputation among more than half the country for our principles.”

Sorry Mr Speaker you might be a good Republican but, it is a matter of Principle over Politics

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Hastert should resign Tony Blankley