Presidentification

John McCain is a creepy, jowly nutter. His grasp of the universe is tenuous, the shaking of his jowls when he turns his head too quickly is tremorous, his attempt to blame high gas prices on Barack Obama is ridiculous and he shows more and more everyday just how much worse we could get after Dubya goes away. His grasp of reality and his willingness to lie knowing that people know he's lying is very difficult to even consider overlooking. And then there is his desire to occupy Iraq indefinitely despite the Iraqi and American people wanting the end the war as soon as we can and bring our troops home.

If the election were between McCain and a slightly retarded goat, I'd go with the goat. Luckily his opponent's Barack Obama, a guy who looks more and more presidential, more and more like the obvious clear choice for everyone regardless of political affiliation (he, I wrote affliction first).

I kind of expect an absolute landslide crushing of McCain by Obama. I'm starting to think most other people do to. But over-confidence is a good way to get a kick right upside the head, just ask Brodie Farber.

The Iceman Got Put On Ice

Sad news to report that Chuck Liddell was knocked out tonight by Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in the first round of the UFC 71 title fight. Which is pretty amazing considering how Chuck was buzz-sawing through his last few fights.

But Rampage is a different style of fighter and sometimes one style just beats the other (given fighters of reasonably close talent, training and conditioning, of course).

Nothing against Rampage, I just have been a fan of the Iceman for a long time now. I like how he carries himself, like how he trains and love how he fights. The fact that my wife used to sort-of know him a long time ago in SLO is just kind of a cool tidbit.