I was glad to see that the Philadelphia Eagles lost – at home, which is even better – the the Green Bay Packers yesterday. Not that I especially give a crap about the Packers, but I’ve long thought the Eagles and their fans suck for the the way they treated Donovan McNabb while he was there, and, sorry, just can’t get behind the redemption of Michael Vick. A piece of shit is a piece of shit, and I can only assume that, since Vick threw a game-ending interception, he just doesn’t have what it takes to be in the game and will need to be dealt with in the same way that Vick felt it necessary to deal with “under-performing” dogs. Sorry, but that’s just how I feel. So I’m not really down with Charles Barkley defending Vick, but I can only agree with Sir Charles’ assessment of Tucker Carlson.

“Tucker Carlson, who’s a nobody. He used to work for us over here. We fired him because he sucked….”

Ayup.

Predictably, Arizona Konservatives – such as their non-mavericky but equally crazy Jon Kyl – and their minions at Fux News and talk radio – such as Megan Kelly – are jumping all over Sheriff Clarence Dupnik for stating the obvious.

“The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous. And unfortunately, Arizona I think has become sort of the capital. We have become the mecca for prejudice and bigotry.”

I feel a great deal of pity for people like Dupnik, KP, Kevin, Okat, and others who aren’t assholes but live in places like AZ, TX, OK, FL, etc. But they aren’t enough to keep me from wishing we could just cut them loose and let them have the crappy country of their own that they so deeply desire and deserve. Not that things are perfect here, that’s for sure. We managed to elect (barely) a teabagger to Congress, and reading the online comments on the local newspaper website both outrages and embarrasses me. And of course we’re afflicted by the same vile AM talk radio creatures that permeate the airwaves everywhere else.

So, maybe things aren’t really any better here. But I think there’s something about 4 or 5 months of cold weather that keeps the crazy in check a little bit better. All that heat just can’t be good for the brain.

Oh well, lots to do today. I took the day off, so hopefully I can get a few things done.

Have a good one.