America Is Watching

The current Administration and Congress is acting like they think no one is paying any attention to what they are doing. It would be wise for Washington to understand America is watching. Those that support the 2nd Amendment are not sitting on their hands. In fact those that belief in the 2nd Amendment are bringing the economy out of recession. Since the November election companies producing firearms and ammunition are doing record business. The next time you go into your favorite sporting goods store, try to buy ammunition, reloading supplies, or certain models of guns. If you haven't been their in awhile, you'll probably be amazed to see empty shelves, signs stating shortages of certain items, and back order dates of weeks or months.

Washington - America is watching and understanding what you are doing.

Umpire Incompetance

I watch many baseball games over the course of the season as well as most of the playoff and World Series games. I've followed baseball very closely for over 25 years and I continued to be amazed at the arrogance of the Major League umpires. Granted there are some very good ones, however if you look at the collective group their incompetence amazes me. Tonight's Twins vs. Royals game provided a prime example. Home plate umpire Larry Vanover ignored the fact that Kubel hit a foul ball off of his shoe or leg protector and allowed Kubel to be called out at first base. Replays with sound clearly proved it hit Kubel in the batters box. When Gardenhire asked Vanover to ask the third base umpire whether it hit Kubel in the batters box, Vanover refused. As expected Vanover ejected Gardenhire for having the audacity to question him. The situation even got more pathetic for Major League baseball when crew chief Charlie Reliford finally wandered up to home plate. Instead of being the "leader" he's paid to be and make the foul ball call, he started yelling at Gardenhire. In the end this was yet another example of the umpires covering each other's ass instead of getting the call right.

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig faces quite a delima with the advent of state of the art technology. High Definition TV, sensitive field mics, and the k-zone have finally exposed the incompetance of the umpires. Mr. Selig, are you even remotely interested in improving the quality of the game?