Electric Josh

Thursday, March 21, 2002

Why is the television suggesting that drug use causes terrorism when the television also suggests that driving an inefficient, oil-burning flipover buggy doesn't cause terrorism? It seems to me that if we didn't need all that oil then we could treat the Middle East the way we treat central Africa. #

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So I'm watching Indiana play Duke. The NBA is---and has been for a long time---useless for more reasons than I can be bothered to enumerate, and women's basketball, unlike women's tennis and women's soccer, is really boring. All this leaves the NCAA men's tournament as the only interesting basketball that it is possible to watch on TV. That Duke makes the final four every year threatens to wreck the tourney for everyone but Duke alumni.

IU is ahead, for the first time in the game, by 2 points. 38 seconds left!

I like rooting for IU. My grandfather was an English professor there; my parents, the vast majority of my aunts and uncles, and a smattering of cousins all went there.

They finally fired Bobby "absolute moron" Knight at the end of last season. Reasonable and self-respecting IU fans rejoiced.

Two timeouts right in a row. IU has possession, 15 seconds left, still up by 2.

This would be enough for the whole tournament for me. Duke lose and IU win in one fell swoop! The last time I remember them playing was the final four my freshman year of college. It killed me when Duke won.

Four point lead! AAAAAAAARGH!! fouling a guy taking a three-pointer. Now Duke can tie. They miss!!!!!!!!

74-73! That's just about the coolest thing I've seen this week.

Update: OU is beating Arizona. Coooool. #

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So it looks like a campaign finance bill is going to go into law pretty soon. The Times reports reports on one unwitting (witless?) but clear explanation of why this is a good thing:

Senator Phil Gramm, Republican of Texas, countered by waving a small, red-bound volume of the Constitution and declaring the bill an abridgment of free speech rights and the right to petition the government. "We are not taking away political influence at all," Mr. Gramm said. "We are redistributing political influence. Who are we taking it away from? We are taking it away from people who are willing and able to use their money to enhance their free speech guaranteed by the Constitution."

Isn't that something that a supporter of the bill would be happy about? We've never heard anyone say what Sen. Gramm said unless they were trying to be ironic. Either he's bought and paid for or we're totally confused. Both are possible.

(K responded to the quote correctly: by laughing.) #