Breaking News!!!

After pitching what many are calling "the game of his life" Nick Adenhart's life came to a tragic end early Thursday morning. The 22-year-old's Mitsubishi Eclipse was hit by a suspected drunk driver in Fullerton, CA killing 3 people (including Adenhart) and sending 1 other to the hospital in critical condition. Baseball is merely a game but what a great one Adenhart threw (6 shutout innings, 5 strikeouts) in what would ultimately be his last.

Sources:

http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=444440
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4055343
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nick-adenhart-profile10-2009apr10,0,5252187.story

Currently on a 12-game winning streak (which just so happens to be a Cavaliers franchise record) and the 2nd leading scorer in the NBA LeBron James is clearly on top of his game. As his Nike slogan so cleverly puts it truly "We are all witnesses". King James recently sat down with "60 Minutes" Steve Kroft for a candid 1-on-1 interview. My favorite moment...

Kroft- "You do know what 60 minutes is right?"

LeBron- "Yeah, It's an hour...right (laughs)."

Enjoy!



Sources:

www.cbs.com
www.nba.com
www.nike.com

Slumdog Millionaire!

No I haven't seen the movie yet although I've heard (from more than one person) it was fantastic. Here's one we'll file under the "Things that make you go hmmm category." Louisiana governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal criticized President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan as "wasteful spending" but according to a Louisiana newspaper Jindal and other officials from the great sate of Louisiana have requested funds (from the economic stimulus) somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million to build a rail facility from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. Honestly I'm a firm believer that the people of Baton Rouge should be able to enjoy a cold beverage on Bourbon Street but seriously Governor Jindal with a state that is still suffering from the effects of one of the worst hurricanes in US history I'm sure there is a better way to use those funds (if you want them). I knew you should never trust a guy that got his nickname from watching the Brady Bunch! FYI... In no way am I suggesting Gov Jindal is from the slums or a millionaire (it's just a play on words people!) Here's an excerpt from MSNBC...Thoughts???

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Sources:

www.msnbc.com
www.bobbyjindal.com
www.cnn.com
www.politico.com

Change - that not everyone believes in

Well its official, Barack Obama will become the 44th president of the United States of America after a resounding win in this year’s presidential election. The leader of the free world was not the only thing that changed last Tuesday with much attention being paid to a proposed law in California called "Proposition 8" which was passed by left coast voters. The "cliff notes" version of "Prop 8" (as it is more commonly known) eliminates the rights of same sex couples to marry in California. While many (myself included) have no personal connection to this issue it does raise an interesting question...Does the government have the right to dictate lifestyles? MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann had a powerful opinion in his final word on Monday's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann". What's your take on the issue?

Sources:


http://www.msnbc.com/
http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/title-sum/prop8-title-sum.htm
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/

Can't stay away!!!

Less than a week away from electing our countries first new president in over 8 years our good friend Sean "Diddy" Combs is back to his old habit of working on his personal blog...a campaign of sorts for Barack Obama. This time "Diddy" has enlisted two tiny supporters. Enjoy!

Sources:

www.badboyonline.com

www.virginmedia.com

www.youtube.com

Ciroc OBama???

During the 2004 presidential election hip hop mogul (I hate that term) Sean "Diddy" Combs coined the phrase "Vote or Die". Well during this year’s campaign Combs is at it again at least with the voting...and less dying (which is obviously a good thing). "Diddy" as he is affectionately known has never been one to bite his tongue, (though often times he should) started his own political blog.

Enjoy!

Sources:

www.diddy.com

www.youtube.com

O'Reilly....Oh really!!!

"Watch what you watchin' Fox keeps feeding us toxins. Stop sleeping start thinking outside of the box and unplug from The Matrix doctrine. But watch what you say Big Brother is watchin'."

-Nas (Sly Fox "Untitled Album")

Things that make you go hmmmm.... The latest rift in the world of journalism is amongst two people who seem worlds apart. Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly and hip hop artist Nas have been throwing jabs at each other through...you guessed it...the TV. Here's the cliff notes version...Nas signed on to be a part of a concert at Virginia Tech to raise money for the school and families of the more than 30 people killed in the school shooting in 2007...O'Reilly questioned the move on the part of the school...his point...allowing a rapper with lyrics according to O'Reilly "as violent as they come" to perform at a benefit concert seemed counter productive...point taken...at least in VA Tech's eyes...Nas was taken off the list of performers for the concert...Nas has recently

claimed that O'Reilly and the brass at Fox News are nothing but racists...Nasty Nas or Esco even went as far as trying to serve Fox News with a petition signed by more than 600,000 people urging Fox News to stop its racist rhetoric...What's your take on the whole situation?

Here's a link to the full episode of Nas on "The Colbert Report"

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=176907

Sources:

http://www.comedycentral.com/

http://www.foxnews.com/

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1569047/20070906/nas.jhtml?rsspartner=rssMozilla

http://www.threebrothersandasister.blogspot.com/ (picture)