Sarcastiholic

Obama Rolls Into White House

It’s final. It’s official. After the swearing in, and a truckload of parties, Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. And he’s ready to get busy.

I overheard some people talking about the Obama family moving in. One mentioned , if they were moving into the White House after George W., that they would hire a cleaning crew to scrub every inch of that place.

I recommended an exorcist.

Obama is going to need more than that to try and get the country moving again. He has inherited a divided country, a recession, a war, an enormous national debt, and probably all of those Country and Western albums that Dubba probably forgot in the move.

If listening to Garth Brooks’ Greatest Hits over and over can’t help Obama come up with a solution, I don’t know what will.

The majority of the press, and all of the Republicans, will only give him his first 100 days to fix everything before they start sharpening the pitchforks and storming Frankenstein Castle.

After about a year, and with only a handfull of episodes from Season 04 to review, the new season begins for what was once one of America’s top shows. It was once one of America’s favorite shows.

Ratings for the show dipped majorly last season, and I can’t expect anything but the same for this season. Too much time has gone between episodes, and it was especially problematic that the season was cut short due to the writers strike.

Unless you are a big, fan of the show, it would be pretty hard to keep a fire alive for a show that no one has been able to watch for a year. But that is what I am going to try and do. Keep interested.

The producers have promised that all questions will be answered in the final two seasons. That’s a lot of questions to answer. I wonder if they will have a Q&A session between the characters.

Super Bowl XLIII

Who would have picked it? The Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steeler in the Super Bowl. Maybe the Steelers, but I don’t think anybody could have picked the Cardinals to make it to the Super Bowl. Especially not after their minor meltdown toward the end of the season.

The Cardinals went 0 – 5 on the road at the East Coast. Their first playoff game was at home, but they beat the Carolina Panthers at Carolina in the Divisional Round.

Unbelievable.

Well… the dream ends here. Welcome to the Steel Curtain.

Pittsburgh will win their record sixth Super Bowl title to become the all-time champs since the merger.

Sorry Arizona. Looks like you might have to wait another 60 years to get back to the championship.

Jerry Jones: The New Bride Of Chucky?

With the firing of Jon Gruden from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, could Jerry Jones have finally found a replacement for the beleaguered Wade Phillips?

We all know that the heir apparent is assistant head coach/offensive coordinator Jason Garrett but could there be other possibilities in the mix? What would happen if Jerry Jones finally loses it and trounces Phillips out his new multi-billion dollar stadium?
The coaching vacancies have fast filled up and Chucky is still without a home. Just a thought…

But there is no doubt that the continued rumblings of the talking heads and beat writers who have bemoaned the fall of the Cowboys has not gotten to Jerry Jones. And maybe these experts are right after all. How could a team with more Pro Bowl players these past two seasons have fallen so quickly in the playoffs last year. How could such a team completely miss the playoffs this year?

How could “America’s Team” miss the playoffs?

The Cowboys have already fired their defensive coordinator, an early casualty, and scapegoat for the failings of the ‘boys and their colossal egos. A complete purge could be just around the corner and a prime opportunity for the NFL’s favorite Pint Sized Slasher.

I think Chucky would be better off trying to get the offensive coordinator gig in San Francisco. He’d get to work again in the franchise that gave him birth and he wouldn’t have to endure a honeymoon hot tub dip with Jones.

Ravens at Steelers

As predicted, the Pittsburgh defense rattled the previously unshakeable rookie Joe Flacco. The final key play of the game was an interception return for a touchdown by the screaming Somoan, Troy Polamalu.

Both defenses played soundly throughout causing trouble for both quarterbacks. Ben Roethlisberger’s final numbers were essentially even with Joe Flacco’s except for the key turnovers. Apparently, that made all the difference in the world as the Pittsburgh Steelers advance to the big game in Tampa.

It seems, at this point, that the Arizona Cardinals are the decided underdogs in the upcoming Super Bowl. However, it will be interesting to see what Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald can do against the top rated defense. It would make sense for the Cardinals to get Troy Polamalu to run from sideline to sideline early and often and see if they can wear him out. Even if they can get him to lose just a couple of steps it could open up the possibility for some much neeed offensive strikes in the second half.

Don’t discount the Arizona Cardinal defense and their ability to pressure quarterbacks into making mistakes. They have morphed into a turnover happy defense during their playoff run and would look to continue the streak against Roethlisberger.