Daily Archives: March 22, 2009

Didn’t Like

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I didn’t like last night’s game. I didn’t like the missed calls or the non calls or the strange calls at all. I understand how difficult it is to make decisions at high speed but I do think when stars get cross checked into the boards and hit their head or get smashed in the face with a stick, the calls need to be more definitive.

I didn’t like the calls that didn’t protect our players when they took shots to the head or face. The Mike Green call should have been a tougher one against Carolina or the soft call on Alex Ovechkin at the end of the game looked dangerous to me. We must protect our players and the refs are the main representative of the NHL on the ice. There was a non call on the opening tripping call against Alex Ovechkin as well. And Tomas didn’t dive either on his tripping call. I usually don’t fret about officiating but last night was concerning to me. Make the right protective calls and send the message for all. Protect the players from shots to the face and head. See Japers’ for more information.

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Stereotypical

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I was working out and flipping through the channels on my TV and stumbled on Bill Maher interviewing former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

A Q&A session then follows. Bill says to her, ”Say the first thing that jumps into your mind when I say a name.”

He says, ”Osama Bin Laden”. She says “Nuts” and the audience laughs.

He says, “Idi Amin”. She says “Nuts” and the audience giggles.

He says, “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran”. She says “Nuts”. Audience laughs.

He says, “George W. Bush”. Audience boos and she says “Nuts”. Audience belly laughs.

He says “President of France Sarkozy”. She says “Dynamic” and the audience gives a loud ovation.

What lazy programming. Just mail it in, Bill.