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GIN and Ironic
The Theme of 'Soccer Mom' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJIWENtRXOk— June 27, 2010 2:19 a.m.
GIN and Ironic
South Africa - World Cup - Day 15 The Soccer Mom's Journal "Soccer is a cruel sport sometimes." - Landon Donovan It was a tough loss, but the American select left the field with their heads held high. Kenworth is not overly affected by the loss, for he loves his team just the same, win, lose or draw. Kenny, Amy and I watched the game of USA vs. Ghana while Walton and Tino hovered about, blowing on vuvuzuelas. Before the game, they practiced communicating with each other on the vuvuzuela, whapping each other with it, and shooting poison darts from it. Now it would appear that president Obama will not attend the World Cup, and Walton will be going home. On the plus side, Ghana is playing excellent soccer, and now represents Africa in the World Cup of 2010. After the game, we waited with hundreds of other US soccer fans for the national team to emerge, and board the team bus. Amy practically fainted when the U.S. National team appeared, and Kenworth jumped up and down, shouting "I love you guys!" and "Donovan!" As we waited for the US team, a Mexican fan, dressed in a serape, approached Tino. It was 'Mando, a very close friend of his. They spoke, Mando met Walton, and introduced himself to me. Tino showed Mando the video of Kenny's goal scored at Hoover High School. Mando laughed appreciatively and called my son 'Baby Donovan.'— June 27, 2010 1:54 a.m.
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Johannesburg, South Africa - World Cup - Day 13 The Soccer Mom's Journal Kenworth and Amy huddled to consider what Tino had said. Then Kenny announced "I don't know if you're some kind of Catholic or something, but actions speak alot louder than words." Tino tossed a few more dry oats in his mouth and said "Boy, I like you." Amy stepped in, and said "Is that oatmeal?" "Yup." said Tino. "Why are you eating that?" "I find it soothing." said Tino. Finally, he admitted that he was munching on raw oats to calm his nerves. Right now, Amy and Kenworth are dancing, celebrating the US qualifying, playing some of Kenny's David Bowie music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaZCZnmdmbA&featur…— June 24, 2010 10:15 a.m.
May New Home Sales Plunge; West Worst. Wall Street Stunned
SurfPuppy: It's absurd for you to claim that the global economy is not recovering just because you do not see any evidence of it. I do. The acronym PIIGS is just a sourpuss term to displace the acronym BRIC- Brazil, Russia, India, China , fast growing economies that are finding their stride. On the up side, I am in total agreement with you that the private sector pays the bills, and that job creation is what's needed to get the U.S. on a stronger growth track. What do you think about a federal program to promote small business creation?— June 24, 2010 9:55 a.m.
May New Home Sales Plunge; West Worst. Wall Street Stunned
I don't think a double dip is going to occur. I think the federal stimulus program for real estate expiring caused a statistically significant drop in new home sales. Real estate itself is an unusual market in the sense that you're not actually paying the price up front, but instead taking out a loan and making payments. Just as with today's money being confidence based, not to say fiat currency, so it is with buying real estate. It does take confidence. With the global economy clearly recovering, I'm not worried about real estate.— June 24, 2010 6:58 a.m.
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South Africa - World Cup - Day Twelve The Soccer Mom's Journal Earlier today, the kids approached Tino, and Amy asked him "What does this mean?" She showed him a Yin & Yang symbol. Tino was eating dry oats from a sandwich bag, which we does when he's nervous, although he claims its what he does when he's in the field. Perhaps the two go hand in hand. Tino said "Who's asking?' My son said "Answer the question." Tino said "It means conversion, boy." "Elaborate." said Amy. "Look. The line through the middle of the symbol, which represents the Earth, shows a wending path. Where does the success lie? In conversion. Only by converting ourselves can we survive, and supercede. What holds true for you, holds true for me. You children too, shall convert, for that is the way of life- to grow."— June 23, 2010 10:30 p.m.
Who Cares About Soccer
Heres a funny Donovan commercial where he tries to sneak into Mexico http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N01hwFmpkIU&featur… Heres a Donovan SportsCenter interview where he shows that in addition to his soccer playing ability, he can speak very good Spanish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ulHWxjbtuI— June 23, 2010 8:38 p.m.
Who Cares About Soccer
Heres Donovans super goal vs Slovenia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYUK0uhHsJk— June 23, 2010 8:29 p.m.
Who Cares About Soccer
I love soccer too, but now its going to be Mexico vs. Argentina in the second round of single elimination play, what Americans call win or go home, what South Americans call matar o morir, kill or die. Thats a figurative term. Im rooting for Mexico this time. In 2006, Argentina faced Mexico in the fourth game. It went to overtime, and was settled by Maxi Rodriguezs super goal. This time, just the fact that it has happened again, Argentina vs Mexico leads me to think that I hope Mexico wins. Yesterday I participated in a huge rally of young Tijuaneros, celebrating qualification for the second round. It was awesome. The youngsters really have their acts together. Im so proud and honored to be able to live in TJ, in spite of all the problems, we still keep our heads about ourselves. We are going to do more great things in this great cosmopolitan city that some say is not like Mexico in the south, but then, every great city has its own personality. Tijuana has long been titled the worlds most visited city, now were becoming one of the worlds greatest cities, never shirking from what comes our way, but instead, through teamwork and knowing who we really are, superceding the worst, and going for the best. The Mexican select have enough to go anywhere in the World Cup, even to the finals. US Soccer has qualified, and will play Ghana, on Sunday. Its a winnable match for sure, but Ive never seen Donovan and company play an African team. Can US Soccer do it? Time will tell.— June 23, 2010 8:25 p.m.
Foreign Sports Edition
Well, obviously one needs appreciation for soccer for it to be entertaining. How? The first thing I would say is that you have to understand that in soccer, its not assured that anyone will score a goal. The most difficult thing in sports is not to hit the pitched ball, its to score a goal in soccer. That being the case, the next thing you really need to realize, Mr. Daugherty, is that scoring in soccer takes teamwork. Therein lies the rub. Soccer know nots do not watch the ball move up the field, nor appreciate the extraordinary athletic skill that it takes, simply by not appreciating the beautiful sport. Certain people prefer to say 'I'll just dis it', because I don't understand it. But what's worse, some Americans with a variety of sports to choose from, an overload really, prefer to dis soccer as some sort of fake nativist sentiment- the narrative in this case is clear- The rest of the world appreciates soccer uniquely as the greatest of all sports. Therefore, I will criticize it, not understanding it anyway, and as an American I will separate myself from the rest of the world. At this point, the question becomes- 'Do you really believe your own bulls***? Or do you think that the entire planet is somehow so IQ lacking, whereas you are not?' This is the question. There is another question. If I'm an American, and I dig soccer, does this make me lesser than you? There is another question. Did you see Donovans most recent goal? If no, then enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmZno9wyEys— June 18, 2010 8:37 p.m.