Author: davehiggins

The WVU offense was truly offensive.

Suppose a family (say the Smiths) could apply for a family credit card.  The parents, Bob and Ethel, are presently the only ones authorized to use the card.  However, at their death the card belongs to the children, Bob Jr., Linda and Ray.  Once the children start using the card, they are responsible for all of payments.  So Bob and Ethel decide the make purchases on the card in the best interests of the family but they only pay the minimum payment each month.  The balance on the card gets bigger and bigger.

Bob and Ethel pass away.

The kids now have the card with an outstanding balance of $35,000.  The credit limit is $40,000.  The minimum payment stands at $4,412 per month.  Together the kids only make $6,000 per month. 

That’s what politicians mean when they talk about Congress spending money and leaving the obligation to pay the national debt to our children.

How much do you tip your lawyer at Christmas time?

Do Prius automobiles come from the factory with the Obama sticker already on them or is that an after market purchase?

We have the mute button on the remote but why has no one invented a device that will automatically silence TV commercials and then turn the sound back on when the show starts again?

Is the reason politics is so “whacky” the fact that most people including politicians have only a superfical knowledge of history?

 

Listened to AD Oliver Luck‘s press conference about hiring DH and easing Bill Stewart out.  Basically, Ollie said he got rid of Stewart so WVU can win a national championship.  Interesting.  But Ollie has put a procedure in place that could … mind you I say could … blow up in his face and make him look pretty silly.  Suppose Ollie the following happens.

Stewart is still head coach for 2011.  He goes undefeated and wins the national championship.  Now Ollie Luck can forever be known as the AD who dismissed a coach who won a national championship!  My, my…..that would certainly place Ollie, WVU and DH in quite a NO WIN situation if per chance the Mountaineers run the table next year and grab the title.  Would the fans let a national championship coach retire?  Would the sports world look at this situation and start asking “what the heck was Oliver Luck thinking?”  What would the team say? 

This possibility reminds me of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.  “Well, Ollie, this is another fine mess you’ve gotten me into!” 

If there is a football god, the above scenario could well occur. 

So the old saying is true.  No good deed goes unpunished.  All Bill Stewart did was take over a program in shock, win a great bowl game, lead us to winning seasons but of course we have not won a national championship.  Of course, West Virginia has never won a national championship but I digress.

Bill Stewart is basically just like Bobby Bowden when it comes to homespun cornpone but Bobby has that Southern twang which makes his simplistic statements sound semi-sophisticated whereas Bill sounds like – well let’s be honest – Bill sounds like most of us! 

Now it is true that presently the Big East is the easiest ticket to a national championship.  As long as the Big East has the automatic BCS bid, going undefeated in the Big East almost guarantees a shot at the big game unless two other BCS teams go undefeated.  So, 2011 could be interesting if WVU gets it all together. 

Of course, I can’t feel too sorry for Bill Stewart.  I think he has been paid about two or three million dollars for gosh sake so don’t get too upset that Bill is being treated poorly.  Poor, he ain’t!

 

 

 

1.  I like the commercials about the ridiculous points systems that get you nothing.  You have probably seen them.  The American calls the “foreigner” thinly disguised as Pakistanis or Indians.  Where is the “outrage” that these funny commercials are after all RACIST.  Come on, political correctors.  Do your job!  Protest. To the streets!

2.  If Spiderman folds on Broadway, it proves the obvious.  Broadway is not Hollywood.  Leave the special effects to the cameras and computers.  Can’t be done live.

3.  Guess who will run and probably win a special election for West Virginia governor or the 2012 general election race?  Carte Goodwin.

 

Why does National Public Radio have segments on museums?  No one can see what they are talking about and spoken descriptions of visual art is about as communicative as a book about music.

In keeping with the above, I think “Dancing with the Stars” should be a radio show.

Along the same lines, I find it truly amazing that people actually listen to car races on the radio.

 

 

Now, here’s what we should do about the issue of Acting Governor Tomblin and what the people want.  Let’s have a special election to see if the people want a special election to fill the Governor’s seat.  Then, if the people want a special election, we can have special primary for governor followed by a special general election.  Now, if Natalie Tennant or Treasurer John Perdue wins the Governor’s seat then we need another special election to see if the people want to vote on the new treasurer or secretary of state.  If they do then we have a special primary followed by a special general for that vacant position.  That would be a maximum of six special elections which would only cost about 20 million dollars.   

The talk continues that “we” have to get rid of Bill Stewart.  Why?  Is there any proof whatsoever that but for Bill Stewart this team would have a better record?  Not that I know of.  Is there any report that the players don’t want Bill Stewart as their coach?  Not that I know of.  Is there any allegation that Bill Stewart is not putting in the hours that his job as coach requires?  Not that I know of.  Such being the case, we need to keep Bill Stewart. 

When WVU starts to have its every four years run at the top ten and a possible national championship (could be next year), a guy like Bill Stewart is going to prove invaluable.  He won’t freak out and get everyone tied up in knots like Rich Rod did.  He won’t throw any players under the bus.  He’ll just get the job done.  

Recently, there has been a great hue and cry about the “invasive” pat down searches being employed by TSA at our airports.  This is nothing more than elitist belly aching.  Obviously, those complaining have never been arrested.

Maybe logic has nothing to do with anything, but if you don’t go through the new “nude image” scanners then you are subjected to the full body pat down search.  OK.  Now for years we had no body scanners other than metal detectors and many airports still don’t have the new scanners.  So if there is no body scanner available then you don’t need a pat down search?  But if one is available and you refuse then you get frisked?  In other words, why weren’t the pat down searches necessary before the government deployed the full body scanners?