more random musings....

I heard this morning where they banned a 9 year old from participating in a Little League baseball league because he threw too hard????? WTF??? they disbanded his team and wont let him play. Because he is better than everyone else. This is about as lame as lame can get. If my son goes out and he strikes out 4 times in one game against this kid, I would say "tough going son, go try again. Guess what???...wont be the last time you strike out. Gotta keep tryin...." Tis is very much a part of this EVERYONE WINS crap that even I-Mans soccer league kinda prescribes to. Whats funny is that even though they didnt keep score last year, the kids knew EXACTLY what the score was. But I found it profound and refreshing that while they knew what the score was, about 5 seconds after the final whistle they didnt care. And it was on to the playground, snacks or McDonalds. Didnt matter if they beat the crap out of the other team or lost by 10 goals...they were having fun. Its the PARENTS who ruin the whole thing. And this kid who is smoking it by his peers has learned that to excel at something is not good. I can guarantee that this kid will be caught up to in a few years and the fact that he is throwin 85 miles an hour wont mean a thing. Just ask that kid Almonte from the Bronx who is toiling away in the minors with little hope of ever making it big to the majors...

and by the way, to all you racists who might be thinking that to kill Obama will keep a black man from being president.... you are only making sure he DOES get elected. Or that the next black man who gets to this point becomes a landslide winner...dumbasses...

...I am proud that Obama is at this level and if he is elected, i willbe proud of that fact. But I will repeat again that I beleive that voting for Barack Obama should be about his issues, not that he is black or that he reads speeches well. And that is what I will base my vote on. The fact that he is black has nothing to do with the fact that he is essentially a Socialist in his thinkings (or at least what has been spouted by his Kool Aid drinkers). If he wins my vote, the fact that he is black will be a bonus on a somewhat personal side, but only after the fact. But... as i said above, and is part of an ongoing conversation between Brown, Andrea and me... is that we are slowly starting to see the racial overtones become more and more apparent, and this latest threat of assasination is probably only the tip of what is to come. tsk tsk tsk...they better make sure they do the job because their rhetoric is only going to make sure he gets elected. Somewhat ironic, I think...