Weekend observations

    I'm not wasting my time on an ND basketball team ever again, or at least until Mike Brey and his goofy-ass Bill Belichick-light turtleneck sportcoat disappear. ND was outplayed, outcoached, and outclassed last night and I'm pissed I wasted time watching them.

Wear a tie and try getting to the Sweet 16!

    I watched Fab Five this past weekend and enjoyed it thoroughly. It reminded me of my younger days and I'll never forget that UNC/Michigan matchup. You can tell Jimmy King is still irritated with the timeout (how could he not be?). I still wonder why Webber just didn't wait for Rose to come to the ball. He panicked after his travel (that wasn't called). What's with C-Web not taking part? That's cowardly if you ask me. You made your bed, now lay in it. ESPN has always been a target of mine, but I have to say the 30 for 30 series has been spectacular. 

    How much money did the marketing company that created that NAPA commercial (you know it if you watched the tourney at all) get paid? Whatever it was, they were paid too much. That is the worst commercial I've seen in while---how did they decide who was going to be the customer who sings alongside the quasi-country singer behind the counter? Did they have a casting call for a Mario lookalike who could smile and mouth words? More importantly, how much was that guy paid? 

    No more talk about how the Big East is tough. I don't believe it. 

    Not sure where I stand on Libya. Part of me feels that we should have done it sooner. It's not like we were waiting for France and the UK to join us. They were waiting for us. Now the "action" is going to take much longer. Granted, the President probably wanted the rebels to do it themselves, but anyone paying attention knew that Qaddafi's superior firepower would overwhelm the rebels eventually. Do we know who we are dealing with on the rebels' side? Are we ousting a dictator to replace him with a group of people who want to implement sharia law and create wahhabi-sect schools (like Saudi Arabia, our friends...hmm)? I guess that is unfair of me to assume the worst. In the end I want the money we are spending to be worthwhile. If we are going to remove him (and I don't know how you can't at this point, he won't willingly step down), I hope those who take over recognize what the West did here. We tend to take a lot of heat in the Middle East (and...sadly...most of it is justified), but in this case I believe we are a force for good and I hope that is acknowledged by the people of Libya.