QOTD
"We talkin' about practice.
We ain't talkin' about the game.
We talkin' about practice, man."
- Alan Iverson
Here's Alan Iverson's wonderful practice rant... www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI

It's wonderful because it's a guy trying, trying desperately, to communicate. I can relate.

Obama win.
Jeez, if I could communicate... three things:
  1. No Daddy - There ain't no Daddy. A zillion people in Grant Park last night... the cult of personality. Sorry, Obama is a pol... just like every other one in the bunch.
  2. Lefty intolerance - It's uncomfortable to say, but there is a difference in the left, the dems, the media. It's a meanness... a callow attitude... an intolerance... it feels like, like high school for Christ's sake. There are the popular kids and those not. There's the manic hatred of W: The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace. There's someone so beautiful and accomplished and unique as Sarah Palin, and she is instantly ridiculed... not her policies or proposals or whatever... her, personally. There is no analog on the flip side of the coin... not Bill Clinton, not Hillary... certainly not Obama. None of these have been treated with this level of personal attack. This intolerance is a symptom of entitlement.
  3. Personal freedom - I wish there was a candidate that sponsored and believed in personal freedom and responsibility: smaller government, lower taxes, school choice, euthanasia, gun ownership, abortion rights (up to viability), and smoking a gol dang cigarette in a bar might be nice as well.
Maybe I'm underwhelmed that black guy is president because I know that America is less racist today than she was yesterday... rinse and repeat. Get it? Yes, there's still racism out there. More importantly, we are approaching, in the limit, a society with no racism. This is a done deal... minority leaders abound and the middle class thrives and this trend continues unabated.

America's racial problem is so localized to the inner city. Why? Minority crime and poverty is a function of the poor schools in inner cities. If people in "the hood" could choose their schools, then education would improve and this problem would be gone in a generation.

Of course, Obama is against school choice. Sigh.

As Steve Martin said, "Roll the crap."
And I heart Alan Iverson.
peace out... yow, bill

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