From Talk-Left via Matt Gross, let’s everyone remember what is at stake in this election — there could be up to four new justices picked during the next Presidential term. Go read the article.
A View From the Schoolhouse
From Talk-Left via Matt Gross, let’s everyone remember what is at stake in this election — there could be up to four new justices picked during the next Presidential term. Go read the article.
Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, performs a version of the Village People’s hit disco song ‘YMCA’ at the conclusion of Asia’s largest security meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday July 2, 2004. Powell took to the stage, dressed as a construction worker Friday, with other unidentified US diplomats to deliver their rendition of the 1970’s hit song to an audience of Asia Security meeting delegates.
Click the link for a photo… and here’s another.
I’m actually aghast at this. At a time when our credibility world-wide is at what must be close to an all-time low, we sent the Secretary of State to Indonesia to dress up like a camp act from the 1970s and sing YMCA. At what point during the evening did Powell think, "That’s it. I really have sold my soul to the devil?"
Last night’s game proved why A-Rod was willing to play third base even though he’s probably the better shortstop between he and Jeter. When Jeter made that dive into the stands, he sent a message to everyone in sport what it means to be a gamer. Gamers dive. Gamers don’t care if it’s July 1st or October 1st, they make the plays. Gamers inspire.
Derek Jeter’s numbers aren’t as good as A-Rod’s or even Miguel Tejada’s… he might not have the greatest range of the shortstops in the game today… but even the greatest shortstop in the game today — A-Rod — recognized one thing — Jeter is a leader and a gamer, and these are his Yankees. And A-Rod moved to third base. Why? Because Jeter does things like he did last night. He makes plays.
This is what Moneyball misses — there is no stat for what Jeter does. He is more than a solid hitting, decent fielding player on a very good team. He is, as Reggie Jackson once said, "the straw that stirs the drink."