President Obama got it from all sides this last month as Democrats run from his record and Republicans push for a restoration.
Quote of the Month: “The rent is too damn high.”
-Jimmy McMillan
And the rest…in no particular order
“They gathered the last 10,000 Obama supporters for a last hurrah!”
-Ann Coulter on the 10-2 march
“He uses these idiot boards to read speeches on television.”
-Walter Mondale on Barack Obama
“Wonder if Matt Millen thinks the 1-8-7 in Detroit 1-8-7 stands for the area code. Oh, wait, it was his winning percentage as team president.”
-Pat Caputo
“Mr. Obama, our imam-child, they have already taken their trillion dollar ball home, and they’re sitting on it, you jackass.”
-Rush Limbaugh
“Ted Kennedy. Robert Byrd.”
-Harry Reid when asked who the greatest living American was (both men are dead)
“Even the truth doesn't restrain him when it comes to assaulting his enemies list.”
-Karl Rove
With the exception of core Obama Administration loyalists, most politically engaged elites have reached the same conclusions: the White House is in over its head, isolated, insular, arrogant and clueless about how to get along with or persuade members of Congress, the media, the business community or working-class voters. This view is held by Fox News pundits, executives and anchors at the major old-media outlets, reporters who cover the White House, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders and governors, many Democratic business people and lawyers who raised big money for Obama in 2008, and even some members of the Administration just beyond the inner circle.
-Mark Halperin Time Magazine
“He has now expanded his listening to include Lil Wayne, that tattooed gargoyle now serving time for drug and gun possession at Rikers Island.”
-Stanley Crouch on Obama's musical tastes
“It should be easy to market the Virgin Galactic commercial space flight. It's the name of the company AND the target audience.”
-Dennis Miller
“Because Muslims killed us on 9/11."
-Bill O’Reilly on why the Ground Zero Mosque is inappropriate
“Dems really have their finger on the pulse of America. If there's one thing people worry about ALL THE TIME, it's the Chamber of Commerce.”
-Caleb Howe
“Man up Harry Reid”
-Sharon Angle
"I don't want to see my old friend Lucifer just yet."
-Keith Richards
"Look, Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous."
-Juan Williams
“These are naive idiots who’ve come out of academia and have never done anything real in their lives, and they are actually in power,” he said. “These are the people we never let in the room when we had serious business to do. Now they’re running the country.”
-Democrat and former Carter staffer Pat Caddell on the Obama Administration
"He can take his endorsement and really shove it."
-RI Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Frank Caprio regarding an Obama Endorsement
Monday, November 1, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Top 10 X-Files Episodes
Here are my top 10 favorite episodes of the X-Files.
1. Jose Chung’s From Outer Space (1996): A lighthearted episode in which author Jose Chung (Charles Nelson Riley) investigates a UFO abduction. The case involves government deception, phony aliens, Lord Kinbote, and a pair of men in black that look like Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek. Confusing things further, witnesses all have differing accounts of events.
2. Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose (1995): A serial killer targets psychics and fortune tellers. Mulder and Scully are aided in hunting the killer by a real clairvoyant. Clyde Bruckman (Peter Boyle) can foresee people's deaths after obsessing over the random nature of the Big Bopper's death. In the end, Mulder is saved by random events as Scully accidentally arrived to save him.
3. Duane Barry/Ascension (1994): In part one, Mulder meets Duane Berry (Steve Railsback) in a hostage standoff. Barry claims he was abducted by aliens and Mulder believes him. In the second part, Berry kidnaps Scully and surrenders her to the aliens. Meanwhile, Mulder's new partner, Alex Krycek turns out to be a member of the conspiracy. Scully's abduction was a seminal moment in 1990s pop culture.
4. Die Hand Die Verletzt (1995): A Satanic cult loses it's faith and Satan appears to punish them. One is eaten by a snake while the surviving members kidnap Mulder and Scully for a sacrifice. Satan intervenes and they are forced to shoot themselves instead.
5. Anasazi/The Blessing Way/Paper Clip (1995): A three part arch featuring Mulder's fall into madness as a result of poisoning and his recovery with the help of Navajo Indians. The conspiracy executes Mulder's father, a tape emerges with information about government UFO information, and buried train cars with alien bodies are discovered. The Cigarette Smoking Man tries to kill Mulder in the car, but he escapes and his aided by Navajos. While recovering, Mulder's dead friends and family visit him from the spirit realm. The arch also reveals which side Skinner is on.
6. Beyond the Sea (1994): A death row inmate, Luther Lee Boggs (Brad Dourff), claims psychic visions and offers to help find a kidnapper. Scully's beliefs are called into question as she is skeptical of Boggs. At the same time, she is in mourning for her father who passed. Boggs hoped for a deal, but is refused. He helps the agents anyway and even tells Scully how to save Mulder. He tells her to not follow the criminal to the blue devil. She is shocked to see a blue devil painted on rotted floorboards. The kidnapper falls through the boards to his death.
7. Pilot (1993): Most series pilots are weak. The X-Files is an exception. Scully and Mulder are assigned to the X-Files project. He believes in the paranormal while she is a skeptic sent to debunk Mulder's work. Their first case takes them to Oregon where they investigate alien abductions.
8. Biogenesis/The Sixth Extinction/The Sixth Extinction II (1999): A metal artifact is discovered in Africa. The artifact turns Mulder into a raving lunatic. Scully travels to Africa to try and uncover the truth. Mulder hovers near death before Scully rescues him with Diana Fowley's assistance. Fowley is murdered for her actions. This is the last great X-Files episode and story arc.
9. Squeeze (1993): Mulder and Scully investigate a serial killer that strikes every thirty years. Eugene Tooms (Doug Hutchinson) needs human livers to survive. He awakes every thirty years, hunts, and then returns to hibernate in a nest. Tooms has the ability to elongate his body to sneak through small, confined places. The agents find Tooms apartment which resembles an animal's nest. Eventually, Tooms is captured, but returns in 1994.
10. The Erlenmeyer Flask (1994): The X-Files set up several storylines with this episode. The agents discover evidence of alien abductions and human experimentation. At the end, Mulder's mentor and source "Deep Throat" (Jerry Hardin) is murdered in front of Scully leading many to question whether the series could continue. As he lay dying, he warned Scully to "trust no one." For me, this is a seminal moment in the series and in 90's pop culture.
1. Jose Chung’s From Outer Space (1996): A lighthearted episode in which author Jose Chung (Charles Nelson Riley) investigates a UFO abduction. The case involves government deception, phony aliens, Lord Kinbote, and a pair of men in black that look like Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek. Confusing things further, witnesses all have differing accounts of events.
2. Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose (1995): A serial killer targets psychics and fortune tellers. Mulder and Scully are aided in hunting the killer by a real clairvoyant. Clyde Bruckman (Peter Boyle) can foresee people's deaths after obsessing over the random nature of the Big Bopper's death. In the end, Mulder is saved by random events as Scully accidentally arrived to save him.
3. Duane Barry/Ascension (1994): In part one, Mulder meets Duane Berry (Steve Railsback) in a hostage standoff. Barry claims he was abducted by aliens and Mulder believes him. In the second part, Berry kidnaps Scully and surrenders her to the aliens. Meanwhile, Mulder's new partner, Alex Krycek turns out to be a member of the conspiracy. Scully's abduction was a seminal moment in 1990s pop culture.
4. Die Hand Die Verletzt (1995): A Satanic cult loses it's faith and Satan appears to punish them. One is eaten by a snake while the surviving members kidnap Mulder and Scully for a sacrifice. Satan intervenes and they are forced to shoot themselves instead.
5. Anasazi/The Blessing Way/Paper Clip (1995): A three part arch featuring Mulder's fall into madness as a result of poisoning and his recovery with the help of Navajo Indians. The conspiracy executes Mulder's father, a tape emerges with information about government UFO information, and buried train cars with alien bodies are discovered. The Cigarette Smoking Man tries to kill Mulder in the car, but he escapes and his aided by Navajos. While recovering, Mulder's dead friends and family visit him from the spirit realm. The arch also reveals which side Skinner is on.
6. Beyond the Sea (1994): A death row inmate, Luther Lee Boggs (Brad Dourff), claims psychic visions and offers to help find a kidnapper. Scully's beliefs are called into question as she is skeptical of Boggs. At the same time, she is in mourning for her father who passed. Boggs hoped for a deal, but is refused. He helps the agents anyway and even tells Scully how to save Mulder. He tells her to not follow the criminal to the blue devil. She is shocked to see a blue devil painted on rotted floorboards. The kidnapper falls through the boards to his death.
7. Pilot (1993): Most series pilots are weak. The X-Files is an exception. Scully and Mulder are assigned to the X-Files project. He believes in the paranormal while she is a skeptic sent to debunk Mulder's work. Their first case takes them to Oregon where they investigate alien abductions.
8. Biogenesis/The Sixth Extinction/The Sixth Extinction II (1999): A metal artifact is discovered in Africa. The artifact turns Mulder into a raving lunatic. Scully travels to Africa to try and uncover the truth. Mulder hovers near death before Scully rescues him with Diana Fowley's assistance. Fowley is murdered for her actions. This is the last great X-Files episode and story arc.
9. Squeeze (1993): Mulder and Scully investigate a serial killer that strikes every thirty years. Eugene Tooms (Doug Hutchinson) needs human livers to survive. He awakes every thirty years, hunts, and then returns to hibernate in a nest. Tooms has the ability to elongate his body to sneak through small, confined places. The agents find Tooms apartment which resembles an animal's nest. Eventually, Tooms is captured, but returns in 1994.
10. The Erlenmeyer Flask (1994): The X-Files set up several storylines with this episode. The agents discover evidence of alien abductions and human experimentation. At the end, Mulder's mentor and source "Deep Throat" (Jerry Hardin) is murdered in front of Scully leading many to question whether the series could continue. As he lay dying, he warned Scully to "trust no one." For me, this is a seminal moment in the series and in 90's pop culture.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Presidential Songs: George W. Bush
George W. Bush did not have an official campaign song. However, on the night of the 2000 election, one clever staffer decided to play "Won't Get Fooled Again" by the Who to represent the defeat of the Clinton order.
Won't Get Fooled Again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6-wG5LLqE
The Bush 43 Administration proved one of the more controversial in history. Perhaps the most controversial decision of the entire period came in 2003. That year, the United States resumed offensive military operations in Iraq. Although Bush did not have a campaign song for 2004, cynics might have chosen this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVyVIsvQoaE
Won't Get Fooled Again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6-wG5LLqE
The Bush 43 Administration proved one of the more controversial in history. Perhaps the most controversial decision of the entire period came in 2003. That year, the United States resumed offensive military operations in Iraq. Although Bush did not have a campaign song for 2004, cynics might have chosen this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVyVIsvQoaE
Friday, October 22, 2010
Presidential Songs: Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton ushered in the boomer presidents with his 1992 election. That year, he used the upbeat and positive "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac as his campaign theme song. Four years later, the president did not use a theme song, but the campaign considered using "These Are The Days" by 10,000 Maniacs.
Don't Stop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8arvEzHsA8
These Are The Days:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-HLxpWGCzc
Someone more cynical might use this to describe the Lewinski Affair:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G8DCFJ4vr4
Lastly, the Clinton Years were a break from history and coincided with the rise of the tabloid culture. Clinton's antics often fed into that culture and at times seemed like a SNL skit. So, if there is a song that fits the Clinton Administration, it's this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ripdiYe8MUA
Don't Stop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8arvEzHsA8
These Are The Days:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-HLxpWGCzc
Someone more cynical might use this to describe the Lewinski Affair:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G8DCFJ4vr4
Lastly, the Clinton Years were a break from history and coincided with the rise of the tabloid culture. Clinton's antics often fed into that culture and at times seemed like a SNL skit. So, if there is a song that fits the Clinton Administration, it's this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ripdiYe8MUA
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
A Modern Dante's Inferno
In the fourteenth century, Dante created some of our conceptions about Hell. In the poem, Dante is escorted through Hell by the Roman poet Virgil. Dante's Hell has multiple levels and punishments are leveled upon sinners based on their crimes. This is not a one size fits all hell.
The Inferno has nine circles. Each circle represents a different sin and Dante placed real historical figures into these categories. Modern readers will not know most of these characters. So, here is an updated version...
First Circle: Limbo (Unbaptised and Virtuous Pagans)
Gandhi: The Indian mahatma led his country's independence movement through non-violent civil disobedience. However, he was not a Christian. As a result, he lands in Dante's first circle.
Second Circle: Lust
Wilt Chamberlain: Wilt claimed to have bedded over 20,000 women.
Third Circle: Gluttony
Jim Morrison: Jim did everything to excess and eventually ballooned out.
Fourth Circle: Avarice (Greed)
Ken Lay: The former Enron chief destroyed his company and wiped out his workers. Before the trial, Lay was worth around $40 million.
Fifth Circle: Wrath
Bernhard Goetz (space waiting): Yeah, he's still alive, but Goetz is the poster child for vigilantism.
Sixth Circle: Heresy
Joseph Smith: He convinced his followers that an angel visited him. He compiled the Book of Mormon and created his own branch of Christianity.
Seventh Circle: Violence
Toward Others: Ike Turner: Ike was a well known wife-beater.
Toward Self (Suicide): Kurt Cobain: Cobain shot himself at the peak of his popularity.
Toward God (Blasphemy): Muhammad Atta: Pick your terrorist for believing that killing people for Islam will get them 72 virgins and make God happy.
Toward Nature (Sodomy): Gerry Studds: Congressman Studds got involved with underage male pages.
Toward Art (Usury): JP Morgan: Is anyone a better example of Usury?
Eighth Circle: Fraud
Seducers: Marquis de Sade: The Maquis lived a scandalous life based on sexual liberty.
Flatterers: Joseph Goebbels: Goebbels served as Hitler's propaganda minister.
Simony: Reserved for George Soros: Simony is the sin of paying for church sacraments and offices. A modern equivalent might be the purchase of political influence. Soros has bought one of America's major political parties.
False Prophets: Jim Jones: Jones portrayed himself as a holy man and killed his followers.
Barraters: Boss Tweed: Tweed was the most corrupt politician in U.S. history.
Hypocrites: Jimmy Swaggert: 'nuf said.
Thieves: Jesse James: Jesse James was the most famous of the Old West outlaws.
False Counselors: Johnny Cochrane: Pick your lawyer...Cochrane got O.J. off for murder.
Schismatics: George Wallace: Few politicians have sewed as much discord as George Wallace.
Falsifiers: Alger Hiss: Hiss was a traitor, Soviet agent, and perjurer.
Ninth Circle: Betrayal
Kin: Lizzy Borden: There may be no greater betrayal than murdering one's family.
Country: Benedict Arnold: Arnold is America's greatest traitor. He almost succeeded in surrendering West Point to the British.
Guests: Ayatollah Khomeini: Iran held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days from 1979-1981. The American embassy workers were guests in Iran and Khomeini betrayed them.
Benefactors: Mary Queen of Scots: Mary became embroiled in a plot of overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I. Mary lived under Elizabeth's protection and betrayed her cousin.
The Inferno has nine circles. Each circle represents a different sin and Dante placed real historical figures into these categories. Modern readers will not know most of these characters. So, here is an updated version...
First Circle: Limbo (Unbaptised and Virtuous Pagans)
Gandhi: The Indian mahatma led his country's independence movement through non-violent civil disobedience. However, he was not a Christian. As a result, he lands in Dante's first circle.
Second Circle: Lust
Wilt Chamberlain: Wilt claimed to have bedded over 20,000 women.
Third Circle: Gluttony
Jim Morrison: Jim did everything to excess and eventually ballooned out.
Fourth Circle: Avarice (Greed)
Ken Lay: The former Enron chief destroyed his company and wiped out his workers. Before the trial, Lay was worth around $40 million.
Fifth Circle: Wrath
Bernhard Goetz (space waiting): Yeah, he's still alive, but Goetz is the poster child for vigilantism.
Sixth Circle: Heresy
Joseph Smith: He convinced his followers that an angel visited him. He compiled the Book of Mormon and created his own branch of Christianity.
Seventh Circle: Violence
Toward Others: Ike Turner: Ike was a well known wife-beater.
Toward Self (Suicide): Kurt Cobain: Cobain shot himself at the peak of his popularity.
Toward God (Blasphemy): Muhammad Atta: Pick your terrorist for believing that killing people for Islam will get them 72 virgins and make God happy.
Toward Nature (Sodomy): Gerry Studds: Congressman Studds got involved with underage male pages.
Toward Art (Usury): JP Morgan: Is anyone a better example of Usury?
Eighth Circle: Fraud
Seducers: Marquis de Sade: The Maquis lived a scandalous life based on sexual liberty.
Flatterers: Joseph Goebbels: Goebbels served as Hitler's propaganda minister.
Simony: Reserved for George Soros: Simony is the sin of paying for church sacraments and offices. A modern equivalent might be the purchase of political influence. Soros has bought one of America's major political parties.
False Prophets: Jim Jones: Jones portrayed himself as a holy man and killed his followers.
Barraters: Boss Tweed: Tweed was the most corrupt politician in U.S. history.
Hypocrites: Jimmy Swaggert: 'nuf said.
Thieves: Jesse James: Jesse James was the most famous of the Old West outlaws.
False Counselors: Johnny Cochrane: Pick your lawyer...Cochrane got O.J. off for murder.
Schismatics: George Wallace: Few politicians have sewed as much discord as George Wallace.
Falsifiers: Alger Hiss: Hiss was a traitor, Soviet agent, and perjurer.
Ninth Circle: Betrayal
Kin: Lizzy Borden: There may be no greater betrayal than murdering one's family.
Country: Benedict Arnold: Arnold is America's greatest traitor. He almost succeeded in surrendering West Point to the British.
Guests: Ayatollah Khomeini: Iran held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days from 1979-1981. The American embassy workers were guests in Iran and Khomeini betrayed them.
Benefactors: Mary Queen of Scots: Mary became embroiled in a plot of overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I. Mary lived under Elizabeth's protection and betrayed her cousin.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Top 10 Moments in KC Royals History
Although they have fallen on hard times the last decade and a half, the Royals were once one of the class organizations in MLB. From 1976-1985, they made seven postseason appearances. They also boasted one of baseball's all time greats in George Brett.
Here are the top 10 moments in Royals history in chronological order:
Steve Busby's No-hitter (April 27, 1973): Busby no-hit the Detroit Tigers for the first no-no in Royals history. Busby walked 6 and struck out 4.
Larry Gura shuts out A’s 4-0 to win AL West (September 29, 1976): The Royals franchise entered the American League in 1969. They won their first division title in 1976. Larry Gura's shutout propelled the Royals into their first postseason. The team won three straight division titles losing to New York in the playoffs each time.
George Brett hits 3 HR off Catfish Hunter in Game 3 ALCS (October 6, 1978): George Brett became the second player in LCS history to hit three homers in a game. His effort led KC to a 6-5 victory over New York. Bob Robertson in 1971 and Adam Kennedy in 2002 also hit three in one game. Unfortunately, the Royals lost the ALCS to New York.
George Brett hits .390 (1980): George Brett made a run at hitting .400 in the 1980 season. He finished at .390 and led the league in hitting, slugging, and on-base percentage. He also had 118 RBI in 117 games in winning the MVP. It remains the highest average for a full season since Ted Williams in .406 in 1941. Tony Gwynn hit .394 in a strike shortened campaign.
Royals: 4 Yankees: 2 (October 10, 1980): George Brett hit a dramatic third deck three run home run off Goose Gossage at Yankee Stadium sending the Royals to their first World Series. The Royals finally slayed the dragon after three postseason defeats.
The Pine Tar Incident (July 24, 1983): With 2 out in the ninth, George Brett hit another dramatic homer off Goose Gossage giving the Royals a 5-4 lead. Yankee manager Billy Martin protested Brett's bat claiming it violated pine tar rules. The umpires ruled Brett out and the KC third baseman charged the men in blue. Eventually, the league ruled in Brett's favor, KC returned to New York to finish the game, and the Royals beat the Yankees 5-4.
Comeback from 3-1 down to beat Toronto (1985): The Royals fell behind the Toronto Blue Jays 3 games to 1. Danny Jackson shut out the Jays in Game 5. George Brett's homer helped beat Doyle Alexander in Game 6. The Royals closed out the Jays with a 4 run sixth inning against Dave Stieb winning their second pennant.
Royals: 11 Cardinals: 0 (October 27, 1985): The Royals fell behind the Cardinals 3-1. As in the ALCS, Danny Jackson pitched the Royals to a Game 5 win. The Royals won a contested matchup 2-1 on a blown call at first base and a Cardinal meltdown. In Game 7, pitcher Bret Saberhagen put his cleats to the Cards throats, St. Louis came apart at the seams, and the Royals shutout their cross state rivals. The Royals won their first World Title.
George Brett wins batting title (1990): George Brett became the first player to win batting titles in three decades. In 1976, he hit .333. In 1980, Brett hit .390. Ten years later, .329 led the league. Brett remains the only player to achieve this.
George Brett gets 3000th hit (1992): The greatest Royal of them all collected his 3000th hit in 1992. He finished the season at .285 before retiring in 1993. The Hall of Famers ended his career with 3154 hits and a .305 average.
Here are the top 10 moments in Royals history in chronological order:
Steve Busby's No-hitter (April 27, 1973): Busby no-hit the Detroit Tigers for the first no-no in Royals history. Busby walked 6 and struck out 4.
Larry Gura shuts out A’s 4-0 to win AL West (September 29, 1976): The Royals franchise entered the American League in 1969. They won their first division title in 1976. Larry Gura's shutout propelled the Royals into their first postseason. The team won three straight division titles losing to New York in the playoffs each time.
George Brett hits 3 HR off Catfish Hunter in Game 3 ALCS (October 6, 1978): George Brett became the second player in LCS history to hit three homers in a game. His effort led KC to a 6-5 victory over New York. Bob Robertson in 1971 and Adam Kennedy in 2002 also hit three in one game. Unfortunately, the Royals lost the ALCS to New York.
George Brett hits .390 (1980): George Brett made a run at hitting .400 in the 1980 season. He finished at .390 and led the league in hitting, slugging, and on-base percentage. He also had 118 RBI in 117 games in winning the MVP. It remains the highest average for a full season since Ted Williams in .406 in 1941. Tony Gwynn hit .394 in a strike shortened campaign.
Royals: 4 Yankees: 2 (October 10, 1980): George Brett hit a dramatic third deck three run home run off Goose Gossage at Yankee Stadium sending the Royals to their first World Series. The Royals finally slayed the dragon after three postseason defeats.
The Pine Tar Incident (July 24, 1983): With 2 out in the ninth, George Brett hit another dramatic homer off Goose Gossage giving the Royals a 5-4 lead. Yankee manager Billy Martin protested Brett's bat claiming it violated pine tar rules. The umpires ruled Brett out and the KC third baseman charged the men in blue. Eventually, the league ruled in Brett's favor, KC returned to New York to finish the game, and the Royals beat the Yankees 5-4.
Comeback from 3-1 down to beat Toronto (1985): The Royals fell behind the Toronto Blue Jays 3 games to 1. Danny Jackson shut out the Jays in Game 5. George Brett's homer helped beat Doyle Alexander in Game 6. The Royals closed out the Jays with a 4 run sixth inning against Dave Stieb winning their second pennant.
Royals: 11 Cardinals: 0 (October 27, 1985): The Royals fell behind the Cardinals 3-1. As in the ALCS, Danny Jackson pitched the Royals to a Game 5 win. The Royals won a contested matchup 2-1 on a blown call at first base and a Cardinal meltdown. In Game 7, pitcher Bret Saberhagen put his cleats to the Cards throats, St. Louis came apart at the seams, and the Royals shutout their cross state rivals. The Royals won their first World Title.
George Brett wins batting title (1990): George Brett became the first player to win batting titles in three decades. In 1976, he hit .333. In 1980, Brett hit .390. Ten years later, .329 led the league. Brett remains the only player to achieve this.
George Brett gets 3000th hit (1992): The greatest Royal of them all collected his 3000th hit in 1992. He finished the season at .285 before retiring in 1993. The Hall of Famers ended his career with 3154 hits and a .305 average.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Presidential Songs: George H.W. Bush
President Bush #41 did not really have a campaign song, but here are a couple of things that might fit...
Hard Times (Kinda catchy!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhYIky4XZx0
Hard Times (Kinda catchy!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhYIky4XZx0
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