Politics Involved in the NFL

It has been on all the major news networks lately that Rush Limbaugh was trying to be an NFL owner, more like a limited partner in a group. Why is this even news? Who really cares who the owners of teams are? As I did some research on this I found that politicians on both sides of the aisle are making large sums of money from the NFL. OpenSecrets.org That alone is not even big news to me since the owners of these teams obviously all have money, I am sure that none of them would continue to run a business that regularly losses money and alot of people with money support politicians like Oprah (NewsMeat-Oprah) and Bill Gates (NewsMeat-BillGates). So why was it such a big deal that Limbaugh was trying to be an owner?
Maybe it is because of all of that inappropriate talk that he puts over the air waves. The NFL would not want any of their owners to say or do anything inappropriate. How about these fine examples: Jennifer Lopez, Serena Williams or Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas. Here is an article with a few examples of things they have said.(bighollywood.breitbart.com) I guess if you are in certain professions you can say and do what ever and it will not affect your bid to be a team owner.

I don't see why people are so upset about who owns a team. Leave it to the fans to decide whether or not they want to support the team and owners. If the owner proves to not be good for the team the team starts to loose money. If the owner is loosing money I bet they would sell the team eventually, that what is so great about how economics work.

Global Warming

I don't think anybody can dispute the fact that global warming has happened, just a few years ago, about 20,000, the earth was covered in ice. Since that time the earth has gradually warmed to the point that the ice started to melt, hence "Global Warming". The big debate now is to what effect does man have on it.
Here is a link to an article that talks about the theory that the earths temperatures are based upon cycles. What happened to global warming? The author states that we have not seen any temperature increase in 11 years. Two theories in the article for the rise in temperates are solar cycles and ocean cycles. Both of which are said to be changing.
I must admit that I am not upon all the science behind global warming, I don't believe that man is causing it and here is why I believe that. The last ice age ended about 20,000 years ago, notice I said last ice age because there have been at least 4 major ice ages. All of them before man was around. If man was the cause of all of the earths problems how did we cause the problems before we were around.

When will Obama decide on Afghanistan

It's been a week since I initially wrote about Obama's decision on Afghanistan. So after a week we still have not heard anything on what direction the Obama administration wants to take on Afghanistan. So far this month iCasualties.org reports 20 US troops killed in Afghanistan, and we are only 10 days into the month. How long will it take for them to come to a decision on what direction we are going to take? It's nice that Obama found time this week to address the Gay community, ensuring them that they will get equal rights in the military, all the while ignoring the currently deployed troops in Afghanistan.

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

What does it take to win a Nobel Peace Prize? Apparently not much, looking at Obama's record what has he done to warrant the Nobel Peace Prize? Maybe it was for his actions in Iraq that decreased the violence there, how about the closing of Gitmo, or was it for the improvements he has made for the Afghan people? Just kidding we all know he has not done any of those things; it looks like he will make his commitment to pull out all "combat" troops from Iraq, mainly because he stopped calling our military "combat" troops. I thought that all of our troops were combat troops, even the cooks are trained to fire a gun and they are there to support the infantry and cavalry troops that we think of as combat troops. If we don't have combat troops there then why do we need support troops? So since we removed the combat troops why can't we bring the rest of our troops home?
How about the situation in Afghanistan, you know the good war? As of today we still do not have a new strategy for going forward, nor do we have an answer for the troop increase that his appointed General requested, even after we lost another 10 soldiers this week in what sounds like the most daring attack yet on one of our bases by insurgents. Maybe if we give him just a little more time he can find a new General that will agree with his position that he can put in charge, that way if his new strategy does not work he can blame someone else.
Also recently announced was that the Obama administration does not think that they will be able to close the horrible Gitmo prison. Why would that be, maybe because nobody wants to deal with housing these terrorists in their prisons.
With so little accomplished how did the Nobel Peace Prize committee select him for the honor. Maybe they felt bad because Saturday Night Live made fun of him, or it could be that they felt he deserved something since he lost the bid for the Olympics. After all in today’s society everybody deserves a trophy for their efforts right.

The Hall of Fame Classic

If you are looking for something to do this weekend you should check out USA Raceways for the Hall of Fame Classic. The race has previously been held at the former Manzanita Raceway in Phoenix, but with its closing earlier this year they needed to find a new place to hold the race. There will be five racers inducted into the Motorsports Hall of fame that night as well as eight current members of the Hall of fame there to sign autographs.
If you have never been to a dirt track you should check it out it's a lot of fun to watch. If you do go and you are sensitive to load noises you should take some ear protection as the cars can be pretty loud. The website says tickets are $10 a piece for adults and $8 for our brave Military, seniors and students. For more information on USA Speedway check out their website USA Speedway
Here is another website with some info on who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame and the list of what drivers will be there for autographs. AZ Motors Hall of Fame race

Nimbus on Tanque Verde

To say that I was excited about the new Nimbus opening would be an understatement. When I heard that a Micro-Brewery was opening on the east side of town I started having flash backs of the good food and beer that we would get we would go to the ones in Colorado and Wyoming. It brought back great memories of Gorgonzola and beer soup and the huge Nachos and a tasty port that we use to get on the cold days in the middle of winter in the mid west.

We had a chance to get over to Nimbus recently and sadly I was not impressed with the food. The beer and food prices weren't bad, nothing on the menu was over $9, but the food left a lot to be desired. I guess I should not have been that surprised though, I heard before we went that Nimbus partnered with Metro Restaurants to open the new location.

Off Highway Vehicle Tax

WOW, I must admit I am quite surprised by the Arizona Daily Star's posting of a law that is not being enforced. What does not surprise me is that they are complaining because US citizens are not following the law. The new law requires a $25 registration "fee" for all off road vehicles. This law took effect January 1, 2009. The article also states that they state was not enforcing the new law for six months. They also point out that the numbers of registrations have steadily declined since January, that might have something to do with the fact that as it gets hot out less people go riding. If we could only get the Star and more of it's readers concerned about other laws in our country that are not being followed or enforced, maybe like illegal immigration or human and drug smuggling just to name a couple. But I am sure that the "few" people that are breaking those laws are good people just looking for a better life, and that might be true for most of them but the fact remains that they are still breaking the law.

Here is the link to the article: www.azstarnet.com/metro/311879