Just Moments After the McCain Running-Mate Announcement...

A particularly salient conversation from the ESPN Fantasy Chat Board (where I get most of my news):

• sarah palin
  mcap49	Post #1: 12:28 pm	Quote | Report Violation
  Total Posts: 118	is kinda hot in a urban cougar kind of way
  Lionfreak966	Post #2: 12:38 pm	Quote | Report Violation
  Total Posts: 855	What are you smokeing?

I must say, mcap49, I don't disagree.

Not so much offensive as just very strange...

It starts with a movie about a girl playing football. Starring none other than Ice Cube. Directed by none other than Fred Durst. How could this go wrong?

ESPN wanted to delve into the true story behind the story:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=alipour/080827

Now one could expect any manner of run-of-the-mill inappropriate comments: sexist remarks, over sexualized remarks, making fun of Mr. Durst and/or Cube. But USMCsnyper (scary) simply fell off the deep end:

"USMCsnypr (10 hours ago)

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this just goes to show hollywood is stalled, and putting out crappy work.they have 5 movie contracts, so they put em out like a girl on prom night.

i mean look at television, 90210 2?

reality is everywhere, im the only person in the western hemisphere w/o a show.

but soon i will, lol

politics, entertainment, and the quality of life as we know it is going to hell in a hand basket if you believe in that fantasy book called the bible, hello evolution.

it took millions of years for the continents to drift apart, and they continue to drift, lol

but anyway, what this all has to do with this amalgamation of crap and 40 million in wasted money is, get yours cuz everyone else is."

Whoa, Snypr. Really? This is grounds for bringing up creationism? You win the 'crazy connections' award. Kudos.

The One that Inspired it All.

A very funny article about John McCain forgetting how many homes he and his wife own. This is perhaps my favorite political gaffe of recent memory, given McCain's effort to portray Obama as an "arugala eating elitist."

http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/08/22/what-up-homes-mccains-bad-day-at-the-ranch/

But thankfully, Greg Holston reminds us of what really matters.

"9. greg | 08.22.08

If my choice is between a guy who doesn’t know how many houses he has and a guy who doesn’t know when life begins, I’ll take the guy who doesn’t know how many houses he has…"

Thanks Greg. You win today's Gold Medal.