Kevin Garnett doesn't ask for a trade and he gets criticized for staying with a poorly run team with minimal NBA talent and no plan for improvement.
Kobe Bryant does ask for a trade and he gets criticized for wanting to leave a poorly run team with minimal NBA talent and no plan for improvement.
Kobe needs to realize that no matter what he says or does, he will be resoundly criticized and vilified. If he contributes a million dollars to a charity while donating a kidney to an orphan-he's just trying to rebuild his image while decreasing the time he spends pissing. So Kobe, if you're reading this:
Get a life- my family won't read this. Read a book or something. And stick to your trade demands. Michael Jordan couldn't win with Kwame Brown on his team.
Note- Lakers team owner Jerry Buss was arrested for DUI. No one protested or called their local talk show host, despite the fact that 17491 people died in alcohol related accidents in 2006.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
LE BRON JAMES!!!!!!
Good Lord!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!
29 points in the 4th quarter and 2 overtimes (out of his teams' 30 points)??!?!?!?!?!?!
Wow. A few quick thoughts
1. How bad are the rest of the Cavaliers?
2. Could someone wake up the Pistons "coaching" staff? Let them know you can double team the one guy who makes shots before he gets the ball. Let the corpse like players shoot.
3. And let them know that you can make him work on defense.
4. How in the Sam Hill do you let anyone dunk 3 times late in the game in the playoffs? The bad Boys Pistons would have knocked LeBron back to Cleveland. Knock him down! Maybe after he dunked on thin air twice, switch out of the zone defense. Or get Weber and his bad knee out of the way and put 'Sheed on him.
5.Did they tell the Pistons fans not to cheer for most of the game?
29 points in the 4th quarter and 2 overtimes (out of his teams' 30 points)??!?!?!?!?!?!
Wow. A few quick thoughts
1. How bad are the rest of the Cavaliers?
2. Could someone wake up the Pistons "coaching" staff? Let them know you can double team the one guy who makes shots before he gets the ball. Let the corpse like players shoot.
3. And let them know that you can make him work on defense.
4. How in the Sam Hill do you let anyone dunk 3 times late in the game in the playoffs? The bad Boys Pistons would have knocked LeBron back to Cleveland. Knock him down! Maybe after he dunked on thin air twice, switch out of the zone defense. Or get Weber and his bad knee out of the way and put 'Sheed on him.
5.Did they tell the Pistons fans not to cheer for most of the game?
Immigration fees
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4848937.html
So fees to become a US citizen are going up. Pro-Immigration advocates are upset that the fees are increasing dramatically (from $395-$1010). They are not upset that federal authorities are trying to improve service for applicants and reduce wait times for application processing. They are against paying more for better service. Apparently, the fact that it takes money and paid workers to process these forms is not important to them. At least not as important as complaining.
One other note- none of the articles I read about this topic noted when the last fee increase was enacted. If it's been 10 years, a fee increase is needed just to cover inflation.
So fees to become a US citizen are going up. Pro-Immigration advocates are upset that the fees are increasing dramatically (from $395-$1010). They are not upset that federal authorities are trying to improve service for applicants and reduce wait times for application processing. They are against paying more for better service. Apparently, the fact that it takes money and paid workers to process these forms is not important to them. At least not as important as complaining.
One other note- none of the articles I read about this topic noted when the last fee increase was enacted. If it's been 10 years, a fee increase is needed just to cover inflation.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
They don't play in China
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/world/asia/30china.html
Could you imagine the head of the FDA getting the Death Penalty anywhere besides Texas?
Could you imagine the head of the FDA getting the Death Penalty anywhere besides Texas?
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The draft
Remember when people thought the Pistons were smart to get Darko Milicic instead of Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, or Carmelo Anthony because they won a title in 2004?
Can you imagine how good the Pistons would be if they had Bosh- he'd be the perfect fit. Good post-up game. Can shoot the mid-range jumper. High energy guy. Most people focus on 'Melo and Wade, but Bosh would have been worth one more ring (in 2005- when Detroit lost to the Spurs in 7 games in the NBA Finals) by matching up against Tim Duncan. Meanwhile the Heat "settled" for Wade- who is probably in Charles Barkley's 5.
So please remember that someone who is not Greg Oden or Kevin Durant in this next rookie class will lead his team to a title- possibly before Oden or Durant does.
Can you imagine how good the Pistons would be if they had Bosh- he'd be the perfect fit. Good post-up game. Can shoot the mid-range jumper. High energy guy. Most people focus on 'Melo and Wade, but Bosh would have been worth one more ring (in 2005- when Detroit lost to the Spurs in 7 games in the NBA Finals) by matching up against Tim Duncan. Meanwhile the Heat "settled" for Wade- who is probably in Charles Barkley's 5.
So please remember that someone who is not Greg Oden or Kevin Durant in this next rookie class will lead his team to a title- possibly before Oden or Durant does.
The Answer: 17,491
Question: How many Americans died in alcohol related motor vehicle accidents in 2006?
I'm sure you heard more about Mad Cow Disease, West Nile Virus, the Bird Flu and teen athletes dying of heart disease than drunk driving. All of the above sells more newspapers. But what do you need to worry about more?
The Texas legislature just passed a bill authorizing steroid testing for high school athletes. Now, kids are on the juice, no question. And it's a bad public health problem. It's just that steroids= attention= votes. Drunk driving is so boring; no one wants to vote for the guy who's against drunk driving.
I'm sure you heard more about Mad Cow Disease, West Nile Virus, the Bird Flu and teen athletes dying of heart disease than drunk driving. All of the above sells more newspapers. But what do you need to worry about more?
The Texas legislature just passed a bill authorizing steroid testing for high school athletes. Now, kids are on the juice, no question. And it's a bad public health problem. It's just that steroids= attention= votes. Drunk driving is so boring; no one wants to vote for the guy who's against drunk driving.
Friday, May 25, 2007
experts say Avandia not as dangerous as thought
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/557198?src=mp (registration required)
It looks like some medical experts are not too happy with the coverage of the Avandia/cardiovascular risk study. Apparently the limitations of the study stating that Avandia carries an increased risk of cardiovascular events were not noted. Also, the accompanying editorial was written by physicians who make a living saying that medication "x" is dangerous and the FDA needs to do a better job of oversight. Finally, there is concern that the New England Journal of Medicine should not have published the study at all, implying another lesser known journal should have published it. The media coverage is also questioned. This doesn't make for good press in the local newspaper, but it helps me answer patients' questions.
One other point, patients (and the media) tend to believe the doctors who say that medicine "x" is bad for you and can harm you more than doctors who say a product is safe. Meanwhile, doctors are raked through the coals for being pawns of the pharmaceutical companies, while the ones who complain about the FDA and "Big Pharma" make a nice living and a nice name for themselves if they keep finding drugs to condemn. What happens to them if too many drugs are safe?
It looks like some medical experts are not too happy with the coverage of the Avandia/cardiovascular risk study. Apparently the limitations of the study stating that Avandia carries an increased risk of cardiovascular events were not noted. Also, the accompanying editorial was written by physicians who make a living saying that medication "x" is dangerous and the FDA needs to do a better job of oversight. Finally, there is concern that the New England Journal of Medicine should not have published the study at all, implying another lesser known journal should have published it. The media coverage is also questioned. This doesn't make for good press in the local newspaper, but it helps me answer patients' questions.
One other point, patients (and the media) tend to believe the doctors who say that medicine "x" is bad for you and can harm you more than doctors who say a product is safe. Meanwhile, doctors are raked through the coals for being pawns of the pharmaceutical companies, while the ones who complain about the FDA and "Big Pharma" make a nice living and a nice name for themselves if they keep finding drugs to condemn. What happens to them if too many drugs are safe?
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