couple of things

1) Great event last night in Shoreline, Washington at the Shoreline Senior Center. The Shoreline Political Caucus had two guest speakers, Elizabeth Scott, who's running for 21st District State Representative as a Republican, and then they had Susan Hutchison, who I strongly support, for King County Executive. Both ladies spoke well and laid out a new vision for our state and county, which we so desperately need. Go to www.susanhutchison.com and www.elizabeth4state.com for more information on these fine candidates.

2) Congratulations to Megyn and Doug Kelly on the birth of a baby boy this morning. Are they Jewish? No. So who are they? Megyn Kelly is a Fox News Channel Anchor who is attractive, smart and tenacious. She will be on maternity leave for a couple of months. Here's a suggestion: Put S.E. Cupp or Ainsley Earheardt in that time slot.

3) Check out, Fat Guys Shouldn't Be Dancin' At Halftime, by my buddy Chet Coppock. What a funny read and great history of Chicago Sports. It's available on www.Amazon.com and most bookstores.

tom boys and affirmative action

For some strange reason, the sports television world is enamored with hiring sideline reporters who are tom boys or to put gently, women who wouldn't make the cut for homecoming queen. I understand that there are the Erin Andrews' of the world, but it seems like the tom boys rule the day. This is affirmative action in my humble opinion and should be discontinued.

People think that affirmative action is about giving blacks and Spanish speaking people an opportunity. Yes that is true, but we also see that women take advantage of it as well.

What is wrong with a tom boy such as Jenny working the Fox Sports Northwest Mariner game? Well, she put together a whole bunch of puff pieces like on the players' wives, the Mercer Island Little League team that made the Little League World Series throwing out the first pitch at the Mariner game, etc. Why someone who's more attractive such as Lisa Gangel of KING 5 or Nicole Zaloumis, who seems to have disappeared from Fox Sports Northwest, can't do these stories is beyond my conservative, male chauvinistic pig point of view. I must be re-oriented to think like a more sensitive male, even a metrosexual.

Stressful cities

Well, maybe it was a good thing that I left Chicago last year.

Read this story
http://http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/20/stress-unemployment-homes-lifestyle-real-estate-home-values-stressful-cities_slide_29.html
Top cities on the list, Chicago, LA, New York Cleveland and someone else. Seattle was 11th. Portland 14th. Miami 20th.

What is wrong with national sports media

I have a theory as to what's wrong with the National sports media. They are all Northeast people who want to see their favorite four or five teams win. For example, last September, how many people picked the Arizona Cardinals to go to the Super Bowl? Maybe a handful of people picked them to win the NFC West, but outside of the Valley of the Sun, I doubt that any "expert" picked the Cards to go to the Super Bowl. This week the Sports Illustrated annual NFL Preview issue came out and the geniuses there picked the Patriots to beat the Bears in the Super Bowl in Miami this February. Here are their picks
AFC East: New England, unholy/slavish devotion to Belichick and Brady
AFC North: Pittsburgh, defending champion get benefit of the doubt
AFC South: Houston, a surprise, for once, SI picks someone different. A safe pick would have been the Colts or the Titans.
AFC West: San Diego
Wild Card: Baltimore and Indy

NFC East: New York, what Northeast-centric writers pick, their default.
NFC North: Chicago, believe in Smith and Cutler
NFC South: Atlanta, decent pick
NFC West: Seattle, a surprise, for sure, only thought is a healthy Hasslebeck and the fact that Seattle made the playoffs for five straight years made them a safe pick. I would pick the 49ers. Singletary and a decent quarterback do it for me. I don't trust the Cardinals. Besides the 49ers have the biggest attraction or draw among teams in the NFC West because of their success in the 1980's and 1990's.

Wild Card: Minnesota and Green Bay, Minnesota is Favre worship. Can't explain the Packers pick as a wild card, except that they must hate Dallas.

These guys who work for SI are out of touch with the average sports fan. Fortunately, there are sites like www.fieldgulls.com, part of www.sbnation.com and www.bleacherreport.com to give one a different perspective. I won't even mention the Four letter word that starts with an E.

Good luck to all teams.