Two Great Rants

Man, two op-eds in one day that say everything I would say if I had a blog or something. One is a takedown of modern sports from the view of someone who's watched them from the start of their swirl down the toilet, with the usual gigglers after turds shouting "NO. 1!!" all the time. Here's the major point (but read it all):

If this sorry state of affairs is all you know, it's business as usual, no big deal. Me, I'm a grizzled, ranting relic from an age when games were plentiful on free TV, the World Series and Super Bowl were played in sunlight, tickets were reasonably priced, and teams stayed together for more than 15 minutes. Maybe fans have no right to such things, but if you've had 'em and lost 'em, trust me, you've got the red ass.

And, while it's Lou Dobbs again, he's the only spokesperson with a microphone speaking out for those of us in the "middle" whether we agree with him on other issues or not. After taking apart the Beltway geniuses, he details what's been happening to the middle class and why the testicularly-challenged Dems still can't get it right:

Why are the partisans of both political parties so committed to denying the economic and social reality we face? In the case of the Democratic Party, there seems to be a rising fear that more Lou Dobbs Democrats are on the way and are going to demand truth over slogans and an improving reality for working men and women rather than ideological posturing that will salve the corporate masters of both parties.

At least the Democrats still have a chance to save their souls.

Sorry, Lou. Clemens will come clean about the steroids first. But keep the rants coming, please.