Rudy, this time you’ve gone too far…

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Rudy Giuliani is carefully changing his opinion on many an issue in his presidential campaign to court the conservative voter. I get that. Does it really matter to Rudy one way or the other what the legality of abortion is? Does it really matter to him if more stringent gun control laws are passed? Unless he has a gay son that we haven’t heard anything about, do gay rights really matter to Rudy? Maybe a little bit, but not nearly as much as national security and the “war on terror.” So he promises to appoint strict constructionist judges and backtracks on his more liberal positions that he held as mayor of New York.

But I don’t understand this:

“I’m rooting for the Red Sox … I’m an American League fan, and I go with the American League team, maybe with the exception of the Mets,” he said. “Maybe that would be the one time I wouldn’t because I’m loyal to New York.” [AP story]

He could have said, “It pains me to say it, but I think the Red Sox will win,” or “Even though I am a Yankees fan, I recognize that the Sox have had the best team all year.” But to say that he will root for the Red Sox is unacceptable.

America, we cannot allow this type of flip-flopping turncoat into the White House. We need someone with strong, unwavering values. I can think of only one person for the job. Which is why I say to you, vote Romney!

Five Good Things About MTv

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Rule number one in my life is “Don’t watch MTv.” However, this has not always been the case. There were a few good things about MTv in the 90’s. Consider the following:

5) Inspired Stache to choose a name starting with T as his confirmation name. Years later, this would provide amusement to many.
4) Was first to air Mike Judge, in the form of Beavis and Butt-Head. Judge went on to network TV with King of the Hill and the classic movie Office Space.
3) Aired Daria, a show that lambasted the very pop culture that MTv was simultaneously responsible for promoting.
2) Jimmy the Cab driver commercials. I recall the one about Aerosmith’s video for Crazy being the funniest, but I can’t find it on YouTube, so you’ll have to settle for Ironic.
1) Aired the State’s sketch comedy show, which ranks in my top 5 shows of all time.

26.2 in 5:12

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[Marathon Medal]
Mel Dandy endured record high temperatures for the Chicago Marathon this past Sunday, completing the course in 5:12. The two times I was able to see her, she was running too fast for me to take a picture. At the third spot we planned to see her, she went by without a trace. Apparently she was running even faster at mile 21 than mile 10. Due to the weather, 10,000 people opted to skip the race entirely, and another 10,000 started but did not finish.

Yeah Wheels!

Innocuous

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Here’s an exchange that recently transpired:

Labmate: Are you rooting for the Rockies in the playoffs?
Our Hero: Yes. They’re the most innocuous team left.
Labmate: Innocuous?

That’s a prompt for some learning action. Here’s the entry from Webster:

adjective
1 : producing no injury
2 : not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility

That #2 definition perfectly describes the Rockies.