Rock, Flag, and Eagle

While at a monster truck rally the other night, I was enjoying a 16 oz. beer while listening to a Monster Truck driver sing our national anthem while standing over his american flag and eagle painted monster truck,the smell of unfettered and unmufflered diesel engine in my nose, and I thought to myself: "This is America."

Some Links

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3322266 The College All America Team. Absolutely no way that if you entered this team in the Olympics this summer they don't win the gold medal. There is absolutely no reason for USA Men's basketball to lose a single game this summer. Alright, so maybe there is no way we would get a bunch of unpaid college players risking getting hurt to play in the Olympics (oh wait, isn't that what the Olympics are all about?) But, even if we can't get college players, I have another idea. After the disaster in 2004, there was a lot of talk about sending an NBA team (without any foreign players) and how much better they would do than the national team. How about this for an Olympic Squad: KG, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Sam Cassell, Big Baby, etc.


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/15635751/the_ethanol_scam_one_of_americas_biggest_political_boondoggles
A little over the top, but makes some good points. Did you know that it takes more oil to make ethanol, than if you just use the oil? Believe it.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview08/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=3320120 Jayson Stark, one of the most knowledgeable baseball people, picking the Braves to win it all this year. And Buster Olney, who I have more faith in than any baseball writer, picked the Braves to win the East. Looks like it might be a good year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendall_Gill
Not only was he on "My Brother and Me", but he's now a professional boxer. Turns out he is my favorite mid-90's scrub basketball player for a reason.

http://www.lostpedia.com
If you are interested in Lost, and haven't been here, you should. DON"T GO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE NEWEST EPISODES.

Gimmee back my onions

So, I picked up my Taco Bell tonight and brought it home to eat it. When I opened up my Nachos Supreme, I was very disappointed to find, still no green onions. Now, Taco Bell food, while delicious, never really looks that appealing to begin with, but the nacho dishes look even less so without the little splashes of mouth watering green onions (I was going to call them scallions, but I'm not even sure if that is the right word and am too lazy to wikipedia it). Well, I got all ready to complain about how its been long enough since those onions caused an e.coli outbreak; I mean, come on, they reopened Whitewater like a week after Walt Weiss' son got sick; but I decided to do a little research before I did. So, I find a questions and answers section from the FDA on the matter, and I find out that this happened almost a year a half ago; by far long enough for them to bring back the onions. Then, lo and behold, I get down a little further and what do I find....

Does FDA know what caused the E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to some Taco Bell Restaurants in several Northeastern states?

Shredded Iceberg lettuce has been implicated in the current E. coli O157:H7 outbreak....

WHAT? "I thought it was the onions(or scallions, maybe)"-You might say, stunned.

Are onions and green onions safe?

Early reports that green onions were implicated in this outbreak were inaccurate. There is no indication that any type of onions, including green onions, are unsafe or are connected in any way with this outbreak

Wow, so all this time I thought I couldn't have my onions because of e.coli, but it turns out it is just because Taco Bell doesn't want to fess up to the fact that it was the lettuce. I mean, I guess if they had to get rid of lettuce at the Bell, their Tacos would be 3/4 empty. Anyway, I'm furious. So write an e-mail, sign a petition, call your congressman, or whatever; lets just get these onions back.