Thanks to all and a few thoughts

Thanks for all the emails and Facebook posts wishing me a happy birthday.
They are appreciated.
For all the flaws in social media,the great thing about it is keeping in touch with people that you might not see as often yet want to stay in touch.
Mind you,I am selective in whom I am friends with,so no overkill issues like some people can have.

A few thoughts on some non sports things.

The debt ceiling increase to me is a political football that both sides are using like a 40's football game.where all they do is punt it back and forth.
Cannot someone on both side step up and be a adult?

Of all ,the people in this fight,the one person that comes looking the worst is the Republican leader,Eric Cantor,who comes across as the political version of Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder in both looks and behavior.

Absolutely loved the C-Span Q & A with Reason magazine's Nick Gillespie last Sunday.
Much of the libertarian platform makes sense to me as a hybrid of the best of both parties in my opinion.
If you like different ideas,check it out...

Thumbs down to ESPN for suspending their excellent college football writer Bruce Feldman for helping ESPN target Mike Leach with his new book that takes aim at ESPN and their "employee" Craig James.
Feldman has a real beef considering that ESPN GAVE Feldman permission to help Leach with his project as long as he did not speak about it,which he has not.
When you combine this with their legal assault on Ohio State (which may or may not be deserved) ESPN is rapidly going downhill as a news organization.
Anyone really think that ESPN would give the University of Texas similar treatment after going into bed with them with the "Longhorn Network"?

The Paul Williams "win" over Erislandy Lara on HBO last week was so mind numbingly awful that it is a week past and I am STILL not over it!
The judges have been suspended by the state of New Jersey indefinitely,that should tell you how bad it was.
The decision actually made the previous HBO card's bad decision over Devon Alexander over Lucas Matthysse look logical.
Don't count on a rematch unless HBO demands it-Williams has as much chance of accepting that as I do of fighting as a middleweight!
Boxing kicks itself again!

Doubtful Pirate coverage on their return to the field tonight as I work early and the game is in Houston for an 8:00 EST start anyway.

Look for more Winnipeg Jets coverage than I thought,I am talking to one person about coming aboard for Jets coverage and Ryan might be around for an occasional Jets related column.

Three New Jersey Devil notes as former Devil enforcer Cam Janssen has signed a one year two way (means he can play for New Jersey or Albany) contract.
Janssen was traded to the Blues a few years back for Bryce Salvador.

The Devils were looking for an AHL enforcer after swapping Pierre-Luc LeBlond to Calgary for a fifth round pick in next years draft,which was more than I thought he was valued at...

The Devils also lost defenseman Anssi Salmela to the KHL in Russia.Salmela signed a two year deal worth a total of three million.
I always liked Salmela,but the crowded corps on the blueline meant someone had to go and still more may have to.