Random Thoughts 5/29/08

• Read the great Thomas Sowell talk about how liberals use black people as trophies to show that they're good people. Sowell calls it "mascot politics." Read the article here.
• Graham is certainly two years old. He's beginning to talk clearly and loves to ham it up around his brothers, but he's also a classic two year old. He's showing a temper and gets frustrated easily. He's reached the point where he needs regular and firm correction or he becomes a holy terror. Most of boys come out of that phase by three and a half, so we're just starting down that road.
  
• Even if McCain doesn't pick Bobby Jindal as his VP, he's someone you need to know. His experience and qualifications at such a young age is remarkable. At minimum you need to see his interview with Jay Leno.
• The NFL Network ran a show this week on the Top Ten Motivational Coaches in NFL history. Interestingly three of the ten, Hank Stram, Marty Schottenheimer, and Dick Vermeil, coached with the Chiefs (and current coach Herman Edwards was given an honorable mention). But if they were so motivational why was Stram the only one to win a championship in KC?
• Did you hear that this May has been the lowest month for U.S. casualties since the beginning of the fighting in the Iraqi theater? Probably not. The U.S. is also pulling several thousand troops who were part of last year's surge. There's actually quite a bit of good news, but a lot of folks just don't want to hear it.
  
• You can't claim the Chiefs don't have enough warm bodies. They have well over 90 players signed to the team right now (in-season rosters are limited to 53 players), including hosts of waiver-wire fodder and rookies. There must be 35 guys or more who are getting their last last-chance with the Chiefs this year. This means a good chunk of the roster will be guys no one has ever heard of.
• It's almost June and that mean it's time to start thinking about Fantasy Football. That's assuming you stopped thinking about fantasy football (which some of us don't).