Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Later: "No one could have coached McCain to be this bad." Robert Shrum
Meaning if this was the best McCain had - & of the three debates it probably was - he doesn't have much of anything. & too many Americans are certain of it now.
Phillies 5, Dodgers 1
Phillies win pennant. As expected. The Phillies looked bigger & stronger. But it was fun to see the Dodgers, a just o.k. ball club in a weak division that Red Sox reject Manny Ramirez cheered, pushed, & carried into the playoffs & easily past a superior Cubs. & manager Joe Torre got some payback on the Yanks plus a little something extra in his paycheck.
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The stock market is insane. It goes up 800 points. Then a few days later it goes down 800 points. Between those two days it's not like there were stupendous revelations that the economy would continue to suck. Who possibly could have been taken by surprise? Buy. Buy. No, Sell. Sell.
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Started for library around 6:30, to return a couple of books, check one out, then head from there to nearby Shoprite, half-price Chock Full O Nuts coffee sale, buy two or three cans of New York Roast. Pleasantly dull walk, a long looping trip altogether. Went about a block & felt like I was walking through soft sand, the energy level you get with a cold. Is this journey really necessary right now rather than tomorrow or even Friday? I decided it wasn't, with some disappointment, my library jaunts are enjoyable but I knew I wouldn't enjoy this one, going there, being there, coming home, I'd be draggin' my feet every step of the way, with runny nose & occasional coughing jag. Go home Bob, sip orange juice, you can even watch the Phillies-Dodgers game instead of the debate.
Meaning if this was the best McCain had - & of the three debates it probably was - he doesn't have much of anything. & too many Americans are certain of it now.
Phillies 5, Dodgers 1
Phillies win pennant. As expected. The Phillies looked bigger & stronger. But it was fun to see the Dodgers, a just o.k. ball club in a weak division that Red Sox reject Manny Ramirez cheered, pushed, & carried into the playoffs & easily past a superior Cubs. & manager Joe Torre got some payback on the Yanks plus a little something extra in his paycheck.
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The stock market is insane. It goes up 800 points. Then a few days later it goes down 800 points. Between those two days it's not like there were stupendous revelations that the economy would continue to suck. Who possibly could have been taken by surprise? Buy. Buy. No, Sell. Sell.
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Started for library around 6:30, to return a couple of books, check one out, then head from there to nearby Shoprite, half-price Chock Full O Nuts coffee sale, buy two or three cans of New York Roast. Pleasantly dull walk, a long looping trip altogether. Went about a block & felt like I was walking through soft sand, the energy level you get with a cold. Is this journey really necessary right now rather than tomorrow or even Friday? I decided it wasn't, with some disappointment, my library jaunts are enjoyable but I knew I wouldn't enjoy this one, going there, being there, coming home, I'd be draggin' my feet every step of the way, with runny nose & occasional coughing jag. Go home Bob, sip orange juice, you can even watch the Phillies-Dodgers game instead of the debate.
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
Totally bummed here the Dodgers lost, but being down 3-1 is never a good way to assure you're going to be the winner of the series. I, too, enjoyed Torre, and thought adding Manny was the cherry on top, but it's been a draught here in Los Angeles for 20 years for the Dodgers, so I wasn't holding my breath.
Loved the new feature from C-Span, and I was able to capture that few seconds of the McCain sneer/smile at the end of the night, just before the candidates gave their wrap up, and put it on my blog. It's actually open to anyone that visits C-Span's debate hub, and they were heavily pushing it on C-Span tonight.
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Loved the new feature from C-Span, and I was able to capture that few seconds of the McCain sneer/smile at the end of the night, just before the candidates gave their wrap up, and put it on my blog. It's actually open to anyone that visits C-Span's debate hub, and they were heavily pushing it on C-Span tonight.
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