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- The Republican controlled House of Representatives voted yesterday to raise the debt ceiling -- no strings attached.
- I don't mind a 15 year old edging out Shaun White for the silver medal in the halfpipe - a "sport" that looks like it belongs in the X-Games instead of the Olympics.
- One thing about Decatur football coach Kyle Story's new Frisco Independence job: It should be relatively stress free. Taking over as head coach for a school that has absolutely no history or tradition doesn't exactly load you down with expectations. (And the fan base of your typical 5A or 6A school doesn't take football near as seriously as your typical rural small Texas town.)
- Frisco High's coach makes $104,000. Frisco Centennial's coach makes $103,000.
- Callback: Someone challenged me on thinking it was surprising that Dallas Carter, of Friday Night Lights fame, has now dropped down to 4A. Baloney. Consider: 3A was recently renamed as 4A. So, under the old naming system, Carter has gone from 5A, where they won a state championship in Texas' then largest division, to 3A.
- AG Eric Holder is urging the lifting of the ban on felon's being unable to vote saying the current law is "a vestige of the racist policies of the South after the Civil War." WBAP brought the issue up this morning with Hal Jay and Brian Estridge. They first said it had nothing to do with race. Then Hal Jay suggested that the ban maybe should not apply to things like "white collar crime." Then Estridge suggested the repeal of the ban would help the Democratic Party. This prompted Hal Jay to ask if most felons vote Democrat and Estridge replied, and I'm not making this up, "Yeah, just look at them."
- A "wire fox terrier called Sky" won Best in Show last night. Want to know what Sports Illustrated's Peter King tweeted this morning about it? "Q: 'Sky, what was the Best In Show competition like out there?' Sky: 'Ruff.'" And you wonder why I think that guy offers nothing.
- The Kids in the House have an afternoon snack which is typically big enough to be a meal. I don't think that's typical.
- I wonder if there is a story behind the Northwest High School girl involved in the fatality wreck being named "Shyann" instead of "Cheyenne".
- Mrs. LL got a new vacuum cleaner. You would have thought she acquired a diamond watch based upon her excitement.
- Based upon a brief experiment, you can watch VH1's Top Twenty Countdown and pretty much be caught up on the playlist of KISS radio for the next four months.
