Dick Armey is an ignorant douchebag

How big of a sexist prick is Dick Armey. Check out the video. Could he be anymore dismissive and sexist? As Howard Kurtz noted, Armey's remarks were just one step above "Joan, you ignorant slut."

The funniest part, is Dick Armey accusing someone of being a "paid political hack." Pot meet Kettle. To my Republican friends out there, this is what I'm talking about. Michael Steele should be out there slapping Dick Armey around and making him grovel to the press for redemption or publicly cut his nuts off by saying he can either change his attitude or he can leave the tent. Where is he?

Matt Millen and NBC Pwned during Super Bowl

Via Profootballtalk.com, looks like one local affiliate in Detroit couldn't take it anymore and let loose of Matt Millen and NBC via a ticker during the Super Bowl. The ticker says:

“Matt Millen was president of the Lions for the worst eight-year run in the
history of the NFL. Knowing his history with the team, is there a credibility
issue as he now serves as an analyst for NBC Sports? …”

Out of the gate stupidity

Excellent start, sir. Excellent.

Quote the new RNC chair: "Not in the history of mankind, has the
government ever created a job."

Interstate highways? TVA? Hoover Dam? NASA? The entire defense industry? Guess none of those count. Seriously...this is his idea of appealing to "new" Republicans? Only die-hard Republicans would believe that nonsense.

Who's got next?

Now that football is over and President Obama is in the White House, let's gaze ahead a little to 2010 and the race to be the next Governor of South Carolina. It looks like the Republican tickets is going to come down to AG Henry McMaster versus Lt. Governor, McCain-like-pilot, Andre Bauer. Dr. Oscar Lovelace that ran against Sanford last time is saying he will run as an independent.

So far, the only Democrat to announce is Rep. Robert Ford from Charleston. But to give you an idea on how seriously Ford can be taken, he "announced" by sending an email to just a limited list of folks. Jam up start there, sir. Personally, I don't think Ford is a serious candidate. The other two names being floated around are State Sen. Vince Sheheen and former House Minority Leader James Smith. Pictured below, respectively. Of the two, I would think Sheheen has a better chance, but Smith makes an interesting candidate given his former leadership position and his military service. These two fellas are supposedly pretty close, which makes the fact that they both appear to be interested an intriguing story in its own right.

Of course, as with any Democratic race/position of any size, Inez Tennenbaum's name is getting thrown around. Inez scrambled there late in the national campaign to get on the Obama wagon hoping to parlay that into a job in Washington. Some of my sources claim Inez thought she stood a shot at being named the Secretary of Education which was a pipedream. Personally, I've got a problem with Inez being my candidate, because I tend to want my Democratic candidates to run as a Democrat. Call me crazy. She ran like hell away from the party during her failed run against DeMint, who by the way did and said every stupid thing he possibly could to lose that race. Inez is part of that Shandon Mafia that has not yet realized our party is changing and they aren't in total control anymore.

So who do I like? How about this guy:

State Sen. Gerald Malloy.

Sen. Malloy has the chops and the power to become the front runner as soon as he decides to announce. He has shown his effectiveness as a representative of the people, just drive past the raceway and look at all the new schools his district has. Not to mention, he led the way on the Indigent Defense bill, which moved SC to the forefront in terms of the operation of our criminal justice system (if the Legislature would just make sure it stays funded). Malloy was also behind Obama early on and is not a member of the Columbia cabal that has run our party for so long (and whose results speak volumes). He was also a former President of the Trial Lawyers Association, so raising money would be no problem.

Malloy has quietly made his way around the state over the past year speaking in a lot of places. His potential run has been slowly percolating around the various circles and no one (not even those close to the Senator) seems to have heard him shoot the rumors down. My prediction is if Malloy announces, Smith and Sheheen drop out. If he beats Inez to it, he locks up the trial lawyers' support and the nomination is his.

Stay tuned...

Barney Frank points out a troubling point for GOP opponents of the stimulus package

Steve Benen has a post up about Barney Frank's appearance on This Week yesterday. After pointing out how silly Jim DeMint is for not understanding a "stimulus plan" is by definition a spending bill when done by the government, he details how Frank fought back against the GOP's opposition to the bill:

"The largest spending bill in history is going to turn out to be the one in
Iraq. If we're going to talk about spending, I have a problem when we leave out
that extraordinary expensive, damaging war in Iraq, which has caused much more
harm than good in my judgment. I don't understand from my conservative friends,
building a road, building a school, helping to get health care, that's wasteful
spending. But that war in Iraq, that's going to cost us over a trillion dollars,
yeah, I wish we hadn't done that we would have been in a lot better shape
fiscally."

George Stephanopoulos intervened, hoping to change the subject, saying
the war issue is a subject for "a whole other show." Frank drove the point home:
"No, it's isn't. That's the problem. The problem is we look at spending and say
don't spend on highways or health care. Let's builds weapons to defeat the
Soviet Union when we don't need them. Let's have hundreds of billions of dollars
going to the military without a check. Unless everything is on the table, then
you are going to have a disproportionate hit in some places."

It's a good point and one the GOP opposition is trying like hell to ignore. But I don't think the majority of Americans are going to forget that the economy went to hell under their watch and under their unbridled spending and expansion of government. If they were smart, they would be doing mea culpas and explaining to the American public why they were just now changing their tune.

Live Bloggin' the Bowl

What's that Private Joker? You want me to live blog the Super Bowl? Well, alright then. I'll live-blog your little game, with the Ms. Nancies runnin' around in their tight little pants. You'd like that wouldn't you, Private Joker?!



Due to some family medical issues, Von and I are foregoing all the fabulous, high-society Super Bowl Parties we were invited to and are hosting my two nephews at our house. Because of that, I have decided to try to live-blog the game. This is my first attempt at this, so let's see how it goes (all times are EST):

2:50 = We were just got treated to Bob Costas asserting his hipness by using the phrase "dropped" in his interview with the Boss.

2:55 = My nephew Chad states "I think he may be the one to watch in this game" in reference to Larry Fitzgerald. See...sharp, critical insight is genetic. Chad will be known the rest of this game as Captain Obvious.

3:02 = As much as I love Chris Collinsworth, I'm doubting he mans up and asks Rodney Harrison, "Wow, Rodney...that jam was great. You still on the HGH, man?"

3:05 = Glad to see Tony Dungy at home spending time with family. You think Dungy and Holmgren are sitting there wondering how in the hell Millen gets on that stage with them? This guy must have files on more people than J. Edgar did.

3:10 = Von just informed me that she is ready to go right now, with Mr. John Legend. BTW, note to self, next Christmas, ask for a microphone like T-Pain's.

3:13 = This extended coverage really taxes the tv folks. NBC's guy at the Cards team hotel, Bob Neumeier, just told us teams staying at that particular "undisclosed Hotel," college and pro, are 8-0 in the last 8 games. He then said Ken Whisenhunt laid some Petty on him when explaining the toughest part of today, ie., the "waiting is the hardest part." Clever, Neumeier. Very clever.

3:19 = OK...I'm only 29 minutes in and I am already sick of the cross-promotion. Super Bowl XLIII: Cards. Steelers. Patrick. Olbermann. Roker. Fast and Furious cast. WTF???? BTW, don't those two G bottles sitting on the desk with Dan and Keith look just a bit cheap?

3:22 = T-Pal interview about his hair. As someone who has been with a woman with extremely long hair, let me tell you...people are fascinated by hair. I have seen strangers just walk up to Von and start touching her hair and commenting on it. Give us lots of hair. Hair! Shoulder length or longer. Here, baby. There, baby. Everywhere, daddy, daddy.

3:25 = Conan kills. Wonder how many takes it took for him to hit that cross-bar. With the economy like it is, no way they CGI'd that.

3:30 = When Kurt Warner replays that game agains the Pats, like Costas just relayed, you think he borrows the Patriots videot tape? bah-dut-crash. Thank you...don't forget to tip your waitress.

3:32 = Goddell interview: that's a great idea about the chip in the ball for crossing the goalline or ball placement. And Roger, if they can put it in my dog, they can put it in a damn football. Also like that he just said he heard the criticism over the Flacco-Playclock-Snap play and they are gonna address it. I bet he didn't like people saying the NBA was one up on them.

3:35 = Not sure how I feel about the double-pinstripe Costas is kickin'.

3:36 = Hearing Matt Millen use the phrase "known quanity" in any aspect, without acknowledging the obvious irony in his use of it, has to be salt in the wound to Lions fans. Somewhere Wayne Fontes is wondering why he never got on TV after being fired by the Fords. Then he remembers its because he looks like a TMNT and he has another martini.

3:42 = The Rock just told Al Roker to stop drinkin'. Good stuff.

3:49 = Golly gee, wowzers. Sarah Palin has a huge head. Seriously, it's like that kids in So I Married an Axe Murderer. Head, trousers! Now!

4:00 = Ok...quick break while I make some cocktails and boil 2 lbs. of shrimp. In that order.

4:13 = Chad gives Paul Blart: Mall Cop two thumbs up. This is the same young man that is telling you Fitzy may be the guy to watch in the game. How can you not go see this film now? Kevin James says his head goes with the Steelers, but his heart goes with the Cards. I'm holding out until he tells me which way his gut is going. BTW, how does Journey weasel their way into a Super Bowl broadcast in the year 2009? They should really send David Chase a thank you card. Wonder if Randy "Dawg" Jackson will be on the bass?

4:19 = Was I the only guy in America who did not know Journey replaced Steve Perry with an Asian or Native American dude? That ain't natural. Journey without the hooknose is like Ham without the burger.

4:23 = Patrick and Olbermann really do have a great chemistry together. Dan just now to Keith: You're more of a lovin, touchin, feeling Journey fan, aren't you?

4:27 = Holmgren on Gatorade bath; It's a good sticky. Ok...moving on. Wonder why no one asked Matt Millen about Gatorade baths.

4:51 = You think Warner's current hairstyle is just copied from his wife's old one? Do they share haircare products? Come on, NBC. You've got 37 people covering this game, can't we investigate this?

4:54 = Matt Millen says you got to keep your eye on Anquan Boldin. My 14 year old nephew said it was Fitzgerald about 2 hours ago. Anyone want to bet Chad beats Millen? My money is on family...

5:08 = Obama Interview: "People think I'm cool. No body is cooler than my two girls." And Sasha has joined the basketball team.

5:09 = I've got a nice home office. Understatement.

5:56 = Matt Millen just picked the Cards. All of a sudden, I really like my Steelers pick. Collinsworth picked the Cards saying Warner was the best player on the field. WTF! Chris, you're a receiver and you think Warner is better than Fitzy? Obviously, CC is a little punch drunk from the eleven person NBC telecast. Holmgren makes "an emotional pick" of the Cardinals because he "really, really likes Kurt Warner." Get a room, you two.

6:02 = Can we all agree, for the purposes of sheer hotness, Faith Hill brings it each and every time. Done and done.

6:06 = Really, Kay Jewelers? Jane Seymor? You pay millions of dollars and you're gonna try to sell Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman to me? I'm not seeing it.

6:10 = High-comedy is watching the lily, white Steeler fans trying to bob their heads with the intro music for the Steelers.

6:11 = I love this Lebron playing for the Browns commercial, even if they have him making Dolphins players look ridiculous. But I never understand why these companies spend all this money on air time, yet don't have new commercials to play. You're generating buzz with the same old crap that has been airing since Christmas.

6:15 = Was that Probie from Rescue Me in the Matt Birk video for the Walter Payton Man of The Year? And how much better does Warner's wife look with that hair, huh? I'd give her kids a puppy...Enjoy the trophy Kurt. It's the only one you're getting tonight.

6:18 = Reiterating my post from 6:02. BTW, Sully is a rock star.

6:19 = Hudson looks nervous. She's got a big act to follow, what with Whitney and the Gulf War version and all

6:21 = this version is too musical. Just let the singer sing

6:22 = Flyover was late. Steeler players were looking for it. BTW, I just informed Von we are so going to see GI Joe.

6:24 = The "Feelin Alright" NBC commercial is in first place out of the gates. Note to readers: If you're not watching Chuck, you should be. It's a good comedy. Especially if you of the age to enjoy 80s shoutouts.

6:26 = Madden just said the Cards would have to go to two TEs. Apparently it has escaped this man's attention that the Cards don't have two healthy TEs. And this man is paid an exorbinant amount of money to offer you these opinions. Or to say BOOM and POW, one of the two.

6:29 = So does the bleached Jeff Reed look like Guy Ferrari or what. Now I've got the beautifl Alex dropping some F. Scott Fitzgerald on me. Come on, Alex. You overthought that one a little. And 12 straight years on the NFC winning the coin flip? Who knew

6:31 = Because when I think Hyundai, I think Tokyo Drifting at high speeds.

6:32 = What's the deciding factor in going with your high school instead of with you college on the intro videos? You think UNC just didn't give Willie enough love?

6:33 = Apparently the Cards did not get the memo that Hines Ward was playing, was in the lineup, was running a route and was open downfield for a 38 yards.

6:34 = If Adrian Wilson is the "senior Cardinal" does that mean he's next in line to be Pope?

6:36 = How about that Cardinal Defense, huh? BTW, the Sportsguy and Cousin Sal are cursing like sailors right now. How funny would it be if their Gary Russell no TD prop bet failed right away?

6:38 = Bill and Cousin Sal exhale.

6:41 = Ok...the Transporter Audi commercial is nice

6:42 = GO FOR IT! SNEAK IT! Wimp call. I think Tomlin may have just blown it. BTW, I don't see how that video was conclusive. It certainly looks like the knee may not have come down because he twisted back on the lineman.

6:45 = Ok...the Doritos crystall ball commercial has shot to the top of the list. Anytime you can get someone taking it in the nuts, that's good stuff. Way to go, Madison Avenue.

6:59 = That little middle screen to Heath Miller was sweet.

7:03 = So Glad Vinny D is back with a real car: Monte Carlo SS. Screw those little rice burners.

7:09 = Gary Russell TD! Sorry Bill and Cousin Sal.

7:25 = Sorry...little break there while I peeled a passle of shrimp. Plus I was trying to figure out how John Madden has finangled a 7 figure contract from two networks now, when his idea of color commentary is telling us that Kurt Warner likes to have an outlet when he goes long. And the Cards want to run Hightower on the outside and James between the tackels. BTW, that stumble by Kurt was all part of God's plan.

7:35 = Ok...I don't like the E*Trade baby commercials, just because it's a little too easy. I mean, the Doritos commercial just threw the "takin it in the nuts" shot in at the end of an already funny commercial. But ETrade is just phoning it in with the kids. Having said that, I will give them props for having the baby sing Mr. Mister lyrics. That is funny. Doritos still #1, though.

7:45 = Am I the only one who thinks Mr. Bob Costas would make a hell of a rap song or what. In the vein of Mr. Dobilina, Mr. Bob Dobilina.

7:48 - OK, the problem with that Cheetos commercial is nobody throws away a perfectly good cheeto. 29 minutes and 11 seconds before Fitzy gets his first catch.

7:50 = You think T-Pal puts anything in his hair other than juices and berries?

7:52 = IRVIN NEAL THOMAS, baby! INT! Pitt finally brings the house and Warner chokes on it. Part of God's plan, I'm sure.

7:54 = Madden: "James Harrison ran like James Brown." I just looked it up: this man makes $4 million per year. I shit you not.

7:57 = Wow, K-Dubs face is red as hell. Think he was screaming his ass off begging someone to tackle Harrison? Alex...I love you, but what did you expect him to say when you asked "What happened on that last play?" Uh...bad pass. Great effort on that tackle there, Kurt.

8:07 = BRUUUUUUUCCCCE! Yes...10th Avenue Freezeout to start. Kick Ass. Step away from the Guac and put the chicken fingers down. Classic. Anyone care to bet against the Steeler fans carrying their team to a W in the second half after the Boss just said eff it, I'm throwing everyone off and kickin it off with 10th avenue. I mean, damn, it usally takes him 15 minutes just to work into that song with the gypsy lady story and all.

8:21 = Best halftime show of all time. The BOSS rocks. That's the first time I've watched a game and wished I was there just for the halftime show. I'm going to Disneyland! From the coastline to the city, the little pretties raise their hands...

8:30 = Second half starting...Boldin goes off with a dead arm. Dislocated shoulder it looks like.

8:33 = Madden: Boldin's back...that's big. If they would have lost him, that would have been a big, big loss. 4 million per year, folks.

8:37 = Ok we just had our completely solid commercial break. the Bridgestone House of Pain, moon rover commercial was in the words of Clay Henry, the shit (and he would know, he was afterall, in the biz). Enjoyed Scorsesee and the whip cream waitress. Then the Moose ass in the face, crap job was also good. Nice triple, Madison Avenue.

8:48 = He always seems to make a play, but Big Ben sure looks like he's about to shit the bed whenever he's back there scramblin

9:02 = NBC's Conan commercials have been good. The Vroom, Vroom party starter was good. Then this one was worth it just for Tina Fey saying, "If your Conan lasts longer than 3 hours, consult a doctor."

9:08 = 4th Quarter starts. Holding on Cards wipes out decent pass play. Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back your Arizona Cardinals.

9:10 = Madden: You don't want to let Kurt Warner get in a rhythm. Once again, I remind you the man makes $4 mil/year. Just on his tv contract.

9:11 = Can we all agree Yvonne Strahovski ("Sarah" on Chuck) is hot? Done and done.








9:17 = It might be a good time for the Cardinals to show up. I'm just saying...

9:20 = Is Larry Fitzgerald Sr. listening to the game, or a translation of the Nigerian UN rep's speech?

9:22 = Arizona starts throwing to Fitzy, Arizona starts moving the ball. Coincidence?

9:27 = What do ya know? Passes to Fitzy equals TDs.

9:28 = HULU's Baldwin commercial was good. Because we're Aliens...and that's how we roll. And Madden sees no irony in his continued love-affair with Fitzy's hands on a TD catch where he used his helmet, wrist and possibly the ground to actually catch the damn thing.

9:39 = Brenda, you look scarily hot now with the hair (scarily, b/c we remember what you did look like with the Susan Powter crew cut), so hows about us now working on the fashion. A pleated sleeve blouse? What are you, a pirate?

9:45 = WOW. Big play to Holmes, but offensive holding equals safety. That could have been the ball game.

9:48 = Hey, Dan Rooney...who dressed you, Larry King?

9:50 = Hey...my nephew was right. This Fitzgerald guy, he's good.

9:55 = That Bud Lime commercial reminds me of the best Miller High Life commercial of all time. Here it is: http://tinyurl.com/ctg7oc Then again, a certain amount of risk goes hand in hand with living the High Life.

10:00 = Could we be headed to Overtime?

10:01 = WOW! TOUCHDOWN. What a catch! BTW, was Kurt looking at the scoreboard to see how much time he had left or at God, wondering Why, God? WHY!!! (And yes I am beating that joke into the ground and tempting fate on my way to hell). Now how about a pick-6 to get the cover.

10:12 = STEELERS WIN. My pick was off, the Cards covered, thanks to the that overturned 1st TD. But who cares. Hell of a game. Now someone please stick a microphone in Kurt Warner's face so he can explain to me how this is part of God's plan. Cause it sure didn't look like he was singing the Lords praises over there on the sideline when the Refs upheld that Holmes TD catch.

10:23 = Hey...now Joe Namath knows what Suzy Kolber felt like getting groped that night. Anyone else wondering if Joe Willie would make it through that gauntlet without his new hips giving out.

10:24 = Rooney givin' Obama a shout out! The GOP can forget making any headway in Pennsylvania in 2012.

10:26 = Man...those Super Bowl Champ hats are cold. Straight up punkin' the Steelers last defeated opponent. And Dan telling Santonio to get the hardware from Ben...if he had said that last year to Plax about Eli, we could have seen the first televised handoff of an unregistered firearm.

10:34 = Chris Collisworth asked "what can you say about Ben Rothlisberger?" How about HE is the best QB on the field. You'll remember CC had said in pregame that Warner was the best PLAYER on the field. That was simply ridiculous.

10:37 = That local commercial with The CCU coach getting on the hunters for the crappy duck calls is good. That is one hell of a chuckle call he whips out.

10:39 = Want to know how big Steeler football is in Pennsylvania? Schools are delayed 2 hours tomorrow.

10:40 = Alex Flannigan...I love you. But asking Warner if "making to a Super Bowl, is that something you want to do again?" Come on, sweetheart. BTW, no thanks to God and Jesus Christ by Kurt. What's up with that, holmes?

OK...the Office is on...and I'm spent.

Hope those that checked it out enjoyed the live blog. And in the ever-lasting words of Posdnuos: no offense to a playa, but yo, I don't play. If you take offense, f*ck it, got to be that way.

BTPC picks Super Bowl XLIII: Brang Tha Noize!

It is a sad day here Behind the Pine Curtain. Today, where we lay to rest the 2008 Football Season. To paraphrase my main man Mark Anthony (the Roman, not the Cuban): I come to bury the season, not to praise it.



Seriously, can you think of a weirder NFL season? It has been crazy. Nowhere is that more evident than in the matchups we have today. The Arizona Cardinals are playing in the Super Bowl. The Arizona "effing" Cardinals! You know, this game is the biggest thing to happen to the Cardinals since Tidwell's heroic performance on that Monday night, so long ago.




How did the Cards make it here? On the arm of a 37-year old, obnoxiously-born-again QB who had been given up for dead after laying a 27-30 TD-to-INT ratio over five seasons before rising from the grave with a 57-31 ratio the last two seasons. To say this guys career was resurrected would be an understatement. To point out it came at the expense of notorious party-boy Matt Leinhart, while Rev. Warner was doing nothing but clean, god-fearing livin' makes Dr. Dobson and Rick Warren tumescent.


Then we've got the Steel Nation. No doubt, my friends Leslie and Russ could barely sleep last night and have probably already got the eye-black on and the Terrible Towels waving. A lot of people would rather the Steelers lose, because they don't want to hear their fans crowing about how they're the greatest team of all time, how "Seven" is the second coming or how fast "Fast Willie" is. I would prefer to be spared all that as well, but I'll trust those friends to be magnanimous if they win.


I've ridden the Cards so hard during these Playoffs, that if this were a western, the scene right now would be a big aerial shot of a desert with the horse down and me stumbling along a few hundred yards in front of it, with no water in sight. My theory so far on the Cards had been they were by far the biggest "Nobody believes in us" team and that Kurt Warner had promised his daughters a puppy if he won the Super Bowl.


The Steelers, well...they've got a great defense. They also have a QB who suffered a spinal concussion and their best WR is in the "he's gonna got out there and see how it feels" phase. They are also in Tampa thinks in large part to two huge special teams plays and a fluky, long TD pass in which the WR, after catching the ball, did his best Ten-Yard Fight impersonation (zig-zagging diagonally against the "computer-like" Ravens players).


But this thing is in Tampa. You can't tell me that place isn't going to be packed with Pittsburgh fans. It's cold as shit up there, it's not an incredibly expensive trip down to Tampa, tickets are going for record low prices (just $200 or so above face) and there are a ton of cheap-ass flea bag hotels, not to mention a plethora of strip joints. This is a Steelworkers dream vacation.



So who will win?



This would be a good place to break down the teams statistically and show trends that could be indicative of the outcome. You know, something like the fact that the Steelers are 31st in the league in fumbles, while the Cards are 1st in fumbles recovered. Stuff like that. But who cares about that stuff. The theory behind my picks is to be funny and/or insulting. With that in mind, I've asked my good friend Smooth Jimmy Apollo to help me with the pick. Without further ado, here is the BTPC Lock of the Week:

So here it is kids, your Smooth Jimmy Apollo's Lock of the Week for the CARDINALS versus the STEELERS (-6.5)

A few key points:

-One need look no further than the pictures at the top of this post. Compare and contrast. Warner, for all his righteous talk, is committing sacrilege by wearing the number of the greatest QB, dare I say finest actor and certainly the most compelling Nutrasystem salesperson of them all, one Daniel Constantine Marino, Jr. That in and of itself is a blasphemy that will keep him from winning (or for you inexplicable Marino-haters out there, you may consider it an enormous jinx).

-Second thing about that picture is, Warner is effing taunting Marino by wearing the twin-gloves, surely a not-so-subtle jab at our man Marino's fine work in the 1980s informing the public of the benefits of Isotoner gloves. That type of behavior is uncalled for and unfortunately not shockingly surprising considering Mr. Warner's holier-than-thou attitude.

-Finally, check out Mike Tomlin. Does he look cool as shit or what? I seriously believe the Steeler players will bring it for this guy, because they want to roll with him after the game to the after-party. Plus, if you look closely at this picture:

You see that Mike Tomlin is in fact DJ GQ (aka Omar Epps). And we all know Q's got the Juice now.


My pick has little to do with these teams or with football. I can see the change in the tide, even if the GOP can't. The Religious right is out. Their BS message has been rendered obsolete by a black man elected President who leaves his religion where it should be, in private. You know, a lot of Baptist and Presbyterian folks got emails the past two weeks telling them to pray and root for the Cardinals because of Kurt Warner. I'm sorry, but if there's a god and you think he cares who wins a football game, you're certifiable. When I heard about that, it cemented my pick. I want the Steelers to win and win big. And I hope Warner breaks down in the post-game interview, looking at the sky in vain, screaming "WHY!!!! WHY!!!" I'll settle for him explaining why God wanted them to lose, though. My guess would be because Kurt's backed off of the puppy promise to the girls, throwing Brenda under the bus. You can't do that Kurt. God and puppy lovers all over the world were watching and now they want payback.

Obama started something Tomlin's gonna keep going. As my man Chuck D once said: "Black is back, all in, we're gonna win. Check it out. Yeah, ya'll. Here we go again."

The Steelers D is gonna turn it up. The Steelers fans bring tha noize. Steelers win and win big, covering the 6.5.