News Notes

 Not a slow time in news, but I'm short on time so I'm just taking two things right off the top.

• Albert Haynesworth, ya'll remember him the guy who got carried away and acted out a scene from American History X during a 2008 game against the Cowboys.  The most recent highly sought after free agent, and more recently the guy that couldn't pass a conditioning test.  As a side bar, in college we had to do a 300 yd shuttle test and as college students our times were substantially faster than his required time.  You'll say well, he's older... he's also a world class professional athlete that is one of the highest paid in the game we were NAIA college football players.  Anyway, not talking about that today,  since the season is 3 games in and Shuttle-gate buzz has died down and McNabb is now getting all the DC media attention, Mr. Haynesworth was interviewed about Shuttle-gate on DC's 106.7 The Fan,  Here's what he said:  “I guess in this world we don’t have a lot of people with, like, backbones,” Haynesworth said. “Just because somebody pay you money don’t mean they’ll make you do whatever they want or whatever. I mean, does that mean everything is for sale?  I mean, I’m not for sale. Yeah, I signed the contract and got paid a lot of money, but … that don’t mean I’m for sale or a slave or whatever.”  Yep, he made reference to being a slave.  Albert, slave (n) a person who is held in servitude as chattel of another.  Albert, Albert, Albert.  You have a 7 year, $100 million contract with $41 million of that guaranteed in the first 3 years.  Having to switch to a new position, show up to practice, and do a conditioning test doesn't exactly make you Kunta Kinte.   
• Congress still sucks.  I just can't believe that our "Democracy" (I'm going to start referring to it in quotes, so picture me doing the standard "air quote" gesture)  It's more of the same, infighting and bickering amongst the parties that stalls out meaningful legislation.  I think there should be a new rule that would help them out.  Items must be passed one at a time.  Now initially this will be more work for them, but it is nonsense some of the things that get passed and don't get passed simply because they are attached to a no brainier bill.  Can't remember if it was Simpsons or Family Guy, but they did an episode where something idiotic got approved simply because of a paper clip.