The Way It Iz: This day, Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Congrats goes out to my (and Obama's) Chicago White Sox. You have failed to make the playoffs this year, traded lots of great players and look good for next year. lol.

On a serious note, 14-year-old Morgan Schaaf, who suffers from tracheomalacia -- an abnormal collapse of the tracheal walls that obstructs the air passage -- was a special guest at the ballpark on Chicago's South Side, a day made possible by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Before the game, she was treated to a fair number of goodies from White Sox rookie Gordon Beckham, who was Morgan's escort for the day.

Beckham chatted with Morgan and her family before and after batting practice, taking photos and autographing his batting practice bat and baseball gloves for her -- which led Morgan to declare Beckham her second-favorite player.

Her escort originally was supposed to be her favorite player, Jim Thome. But Thome was traded to the Dodgers last month. As a result, Beckham filled in on his behalf.

I wanted to share this because I think a lot of players have lost this outreach to their fans in general. I think that the old players cared about the name on the front of their jerseys, while today's players only care about the name on the back of the jersey. I personally want to thank Gordon Beckham (who is a rookie), A.J. Pierzynski, Chris Getz (rookie), Carlos Quentin and Jermaine Dye for sharing their time with this young lady and making her feel special on her "Wish".

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The Wizard of Oz turns 70 today. Amazing! I remember as a child being scared of the witch and her monkeys. lol. Anyway, just wanted to mention. Also the DVD and Blu-ray re-mastered edition come out on September 29th.

Police in Philadelphia say a white officer who came to work with cornrows was ordered by a black superior to get a haircut because the braids violated department standards.

Monday that Officer Thomas Strain was put on desk duty this month because of the braids, even though the paper reported dozens of black officers wear cornrows.

Police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore said Strain's boss told the officer to cut his hair to look more "professional."

Vanore said officers' hats must fit "in a military manner" over their hair, and that Strain's hat did not. Strain got a haircut; he declined comment to the paper.

(thinking) I really got nothing to say to this. lmao. Reading the entire story, it was fair. My question is...Why in the hell would you want cornrows as a white man? If he was undercover, I could see this. Idiot!

It's game over for some police officers who played video games while they raided a convicted drug dealer's home in Central Florida.

Surveillance video obtained by WFLA in Tampa caught the officers playing a Nintendo Wii bowling game, with one furiously jumping up and down in celebration. Officials say some of the officers could be disciplined.

Officers with the anti-drug task force had just stormed into the home of the convicted drug dealer, who was already in custody. One Polk County sheriff's detective can be seen taking several breaks from cataloging evidence so she can bowl frames.

The officers did not know a video camera had been set up in the house before the March raid.

You can't ignore a Wii no matter what the situation is. I mean, these guys just made a huge arrest; what better way to celebrate than a game of bowling on the Wii. I actually can't believe these guys were that stupid. The world is sinking to new lows every day.

Herschel Walker is starting a new career in

mixed martial arts.

The 47-year-old former NFL running back said Monday that he has

signed a multi-fight contract with promoter Strikeforce. Walker

will begin a 12-week training camp next month in San Jose, Calif.

The 1982 Heisman Trophy winner already holds a fifth-degree

black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I predict Herschel to get knocked out so hard to first match that he regrets ever doing this. Bo Jackson, now he could do this, because Bo knows......

Not a lot today, but that's the way it iz, this day, Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009.

The Way It Iz: This day September 22nd, 2009

Let me first apologize for taking a few days away from my blog. I most likely will be doing that on the weekend unless I decide otherwise.

Obama was on The Late Show with David Letterman Monday night. David Letterman had offered up 10 reasons why in the world the president had agreed to do it.

Among Letterman's theories: Obama said yes without thinking about it, or as Letterman put it, "Like Bush did with Iraq." Obama also had his most irreverent answer yet on the question of whether some of the vitriolic reaction to his health care plan is driven at least partly by racism.

"First of all, I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election," Obama said to huge laughs from Letterman and the audience.

First I'd like to say that I didn't support Bush either, but aren't all Bush jokes kinda old by now. Now that we see Obama is a comedian with his being black joke; we can all understand why his term in office is a joke. Obama said, "The main reason I'm here? I want to see that heart-shaped potato." Apparently, some woman had a potato shaped like a heart. O-M-G! This is just a way to get to people's hearts......very stupid if I say so myself. We all know that he went on to promote his damn health care plan. Blah. Blah. Blah.

A single low dose of H1N1 vaccine may be enough to protect adults from the flu virus that has been spreading around the world, new data shows.

That's enough on that. I know all I want to know about this load of crap. It's strange how it was two doses, then one......then maybe adults need two and kids one. They don't know what the hell to give with this vaccine. I don't believe we are seeing anything more than the regular flu. Just my theory. I do not trust our government. Are you willing to stand in line for an untested vaccine against H1N1? Maybe they will develop an oral one that can be mailed via the post office while you are in isolation or quarantine.

Socrates gives you something to mull over:

There are 2 components to any Bio-weapon. The 1st is the weapon itself. The 2nd is the delivery system for the weapon.

It is easy enough to test the efficacy of the weapon by using it on animals. However, that raises a question: “How do you test the delivery system?” The answer is to create a freely moving, hardy, easily caught virus and that takes it’s time for any symptoms to show so that it can travel the world before it can be stopped. Hey presto, Swine influenza! As for me, I will NOT be taking the H1N1 vaccine.

Federal agencies that supply food for 31 million school children fail to ensure that tainted products are pulled quickly from cafeterias. The delays raise the risk of children being sickened by contaminated food, according to the audit by Congress' Government Accountability Office.

My kid takes his lunch to school or the school orders take-out. Whew! This happened just this year with the peanut butter in the school systems. Stay with me now, not locally for those people who like to stir crap, this is nationally. Ok, can we go on now......Thank you.

There were over 4,000 products sent to the school systems the previous time and 226 students were affected and some got diarrhea and other salmonella-related symptoms "may have consumed the (tainted) products in school." About 46 were hospitalized. Just be aware that this has happened again as of yesterday.

Let me wrap this up with some quotes from Obama......I know it's a tired topic. But please take a moment to read......you'll be amazed, I'm sure......

This is in regards to his pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

"This is a church that I have been a member of for 20 years....with a wonderful set of ministries and what I've been hearing in church is talk about Jesus, faith, values, and serving the poor."

"I have known (Jermiah Wright) to be a fierce-critic of foreign and domestic politics."

Did you know you that he made these statements before the video appeared. "You know, frankly, I didn't. I wasn't in church when these statements were made."

"Did I ever hear him make statements that were controversial while I sat in the church? Yes."

"I did not hear such incendiary language. Myself personally I have heard conversations of him while I was in the pew."

"Did I strongly disagree with his political views? Absolutely."

"Had I heard those views while I was in the church, I would have told Rev. Wright that I profoundly disagree with him. That they didn't reflect my values or reflect my ideals."

Wouldn't it be nice to know which is the truth???

That's the way it iz, this day September 22nd, 2009.