The problem with the media outcry against El Rushbo is that he had the temerity to utter the truth. He was not damning all black quarterbacks - we all saw what Doug Williams did. This does not even touch on the subject of the great Warren Moon. But I must admit that the putrid sycophancy of the commentators and sports writers as they lavish unearned praise on McNabb is just silly.
He is a big burly man who is tough to stop when he runs. But as a throwing quarterback, his stats tell it all. Nobody is making disparaging remarks against the concept of black quarterbacks, only that they tend to get a pass on well-deserved criticism.
It is sort of odd that so many black quarterbacks tend to relay more on athleticism than disciplined passing, isn't it? There is a reason Tommy Kramer never made it in the NFL - and that our collegiate hero Rodney Peete struggled mightily.
Let's leave the conversation about "Slash" for another day. We shall see how Michael Vick's style works in the long run (pun intended).
Let us say you have a great football team with an excellent receiver corps. Is McNabb your first choice to lead the team? Not even on the first page if you are honest with yourself. It has nothing to do with his color, it has something to do with his scattergun, inconsistent throwing.
Personally, I am a confirmed Libertarian, which disqualifies me from criticism for partisanship. I hate all politicians equally. However, I wonder where the outcry has been when the insipid Peter Jennings or the bulbous Oprah Winfrey made disparaging remarks in the past.
Rush has made little comment because his remarks can be chalked up to the so-called "Dreaded Truth Defense." Now the liberals are trying to tarnish him with an accusation of drug use.
Doing hours of high pressure radio day after day after day is nothing a drug addict - any drug addict - is capable of. His material is timely and entertaining. Though i often vehemently disagree, if Rush was an idiot like Al Franken, the silence would have been deafening.
Now, onto Fazio.
I strongly object to the endless barbs leveled at this man. Fazio has done wonderful work at his home club (Pine Valley) and anyone who has ever seen the magical Shadow Creek knows this guy is no stiff.
Does that make him a good at Doak, Hanse or DeVries? Of course not. Fazio designs for the pedestrian taste and if that is his goal, his stable of designers are the undisputed kings. The voting of panelists from three different magazines bore out my thesis.
I do not go out of my way to play one of his courses because one of my greatest joys in life is coming across an unknown golf course of real strategic merit. Nothing Fazio does is low profile. I do not see hope he will come up with something like Chechessee (C&C) without its opening making a lot of noise.
I am not willing to even dismiss Fazio as formulaic because I took the time to play Mirabel GC outside of Scottsdale last year. Call me a heretic, but the strategies and hazard placement reminded me of something C&C might have come up with - (of course) without the rough hewn "look" we all know and love.
I promise you that Mirabel is delicious and a better golf course than even Shadow Creek. . . . . .
Don't believe me? Go play it and tell me how many times you changed your mind inthe middle of your backswing off the tee because there were two or more distinct options.
For the record Part II: Given the Communist infiltrated California legislature, Ahnolt will have no more success than would Gary Coleman. Yes, we need a new governor, but look at the egregious damage Gray Davis is doing with last-minute legislation designed to pander to special interests. We might have been better off just letting it ride and throwing out the Dem's at the end of his term. It will take Ahnolt four years just to untangle the mess Davis is creating in his last writhing moments of power.
Sounds a bit like Clinton's Pardongate, eh???