Comments on: July 4th Weekend Linkfest!

By: matt

matt — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:06:13 +0000

@tradeking13:

She’s not a hermit. She’s a computer generated:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXsd5aw8oas

see

By: tradeking13

tradeking13 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:41:24 +0000

Megan Fox is a hermit? That is so hot.

By: Mike in Nola

Mike in Nola — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:47:11 +0000

Andy T:

Saw the last dozen or so games while getting a burger at Culver’s in the Woodlands. Agree with your assessment. Guess no one charges the net any more. Out of curiousity, I looked up leftie tennis stars and it seems that day is past:
Laver, Connors, McEnroe, Navratilova and Renee Richards.

By: Andy T

Andy T — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:26:57 +0000

“Haven’t kept up with tennis for awhile. Since it has become more about high velocity serves, that may not longer be important.”

No doubt. Anyone who saw wimbledon saw a display of high velocity serves and what becomes of a match when such a thing occurs. It was a terrific match because it was a display of human endurance, strength, intensity, etc….but it was no McEnroe/Borg circa 1980….that was a slugfest today.

I came away disappointed because today, I thought Roddick was the better tennis player, but Federer somehow outlasted him. If they played again in two weeks, I would bet on Roddick.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:16:56 +0000

@Mike in Nola:

Ross Perot’s $1 gas tax proposal wouldn’t have helped pay down the deficit at all. We both know what would have happened.

Congressman #1: Look at all of this extra money pouring in. Let’s start some more social programs.
Congressman #2: Perot will probably veto the bill.
Congressman #1: Are you kidding me? Not only do we have a two thirds majority, we have a 100 percent majority – that is, 100 percent of us like to vote entitlements to our constituents so we can stay in office destroying this country forever (and making more than 3 times the median income doing it).

By: Mannwich

Mannwich — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:41:56 +0000

PPT had better get warmed up. Looking ugly in Asia and U.S. futures looking shaky. Since I sold my SRS and FAZ on Friday, I’m really rooting for an up day tomorrow and/or Tuesday so that I can get in again, which means I probably won’t get it!

By: Mike in Nola

Mike in Nola — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:28:32 +0000

thetanman:

Maybe the Illuminati are all left handed.

I never could bat left. Think I learned just by watching and the only ones around me were righties.

By: thetanman

thetanman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:20:36 +0000

Mike,

Ouch!

Leftys have the advantage in Baseball too. In the early years there were almost no lefties (the most famous Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson) and then came Gehrig and Ruth. Young players saw what an advantage batting left handed was. Left handed pitchers were different too. For some reason most junk pitchers were left handed, and the right handed pitchers were much more conventional. It may have been that in a mostly right league, left handed pitchers were much more into velocity deception. A strong stereotype developed of the not quite all there southpaw.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:19:38 +0000

I’m not 100% on this….but I think Hank Paulson is a lefty also….

Seriously??

Clinton, Bush, McCain, Obama….all lefties??

I smell a constitutional amendment…

By: Mike in Nola

Mike in Nola — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:39:06 +0000

the tanman;

Looks like I’ll stop bragging. Looks like Obama and McCain are lefties.

http://www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/presidents.html