Chris Matthews "Forgot Obama is Black"

Simply astonishing.

Finally the elite Left reveals, warts and all, their infactuation with the President.

They see him as "black."



I've never seen anything like this ever before. Matthews either is a racist, dinosaur, or has a physical/mental issue. Either way, he needs to resign. Immediately.

Twins Sign Thome!

The hot stove league is abuzz about the Twins’ interest in and ultimate signing of Jim Thome. Most “experts” seem to feel that the signing the slugger is an abject waste of resources: Kubel broke out last year in the DH role, and the Twins are already too heavily loaded with left-handed bats.

Granted.

But consider the following reasons why Thome may make a lot of sense:

• He’s a natural fit for spotting Morneau's infrequent days off.
• With the loss of Gomez, any injury in the outfield will require Kubel take a spot in the field, thus opening up the DH spot. Without Thome, that spot goes to someone like Brendan Harris. Yuck.
• Thome is a Twins killer, where he has hit 57 home runs, 142 RBI, and a .628 slugging percentage against us during his career. Having him on our bench instead of a place like Detroit will save us a dozen or two runs.
• The Twins haven’t had a legit power hitter off the bench since, what, Don Baylor? Sheesh.
• Given his heath, age, and status, offering an incentive-laden contract akin to what was offered Crede last year mitigates risk.

The Twins needed to make a move other than standing pat, especially with the launch of the new ballpark. While he’s past his prime, signing Jim Thome is something that can get the fans energized. Hats off to this franchise for being creative and signing this slugger.

Favre Post is MinnPost.com's Blog of the Day

The day of my last post, I watched the traffic on my site absolutely explode. Using GoogleAnalytics, it was clearly evident where the traffic was originating - a site called MinnPost.com.

I headed out to their site and found that Yellow Dog Patrol had been recognized as the "Blog of the Day." Check it out on the right hand side:



In doing a post game search for a Minnesota based Vikings recap, one of their editors must have run across the site and felt the post worthy of being featured.

I've since established an affiliate relationship with them (you'll see their ad on my site, and they advertise YDP on their site), and have already been receiving additional traffic from this relationship.

It was nice to be recognized by someone that my rantings are worthy or broader distribution. I'll continue to work hard to make that recognition justified.

Plenty of Blame, Except for Favre

The heartbreaking loss on Sunday will be dissected ad nauseam for the next 9 months, but one thing that should not be considered whatsoever is that Favre lost that game. First, Favre took a beating that has not been witnessed by a Vikings QB since Archie Manning took the massive amount of punishment he weathered in the early 80's. Second, the Vikings never would have been in the position to even be in this game without Favre's steadfast QB play all season.

The main reasons for the loss are, in order:

• The Vikings inability to secure home field, despite multiple opportunities to do so. If yesterday's game was played at the Metrodome, the Vikes win in a rout.
• 12 men in the huddle, coming out of a time out. A coach somewhere needs to be fired for that.
• Two fumbles in the red zone. If just one of those turns into a field goal, overtime never happens.
• Limited pressure on Brees by our defense.

So once again, like so many times before, the Vikings faithful are left wanting.

Want all you want, just don't blame Favre.

Paste Magazine Continues to Add Downloads

Paste continues to add new music as a fundraiser for Haitian relief. The song count is now above 400. There have been some great new additions. Here's just a sampling of the vast array that is available:

• A strong new song from the Benjy Davis Project
• A hauntingly addictive song by Alex Walker
• A fun Devo-inspired submission by Maldroid
• A simple but beautiful and meaningful song from Lynn Miles

Additional new artist finds for me that will require additional research include Skyline Circle, The Casanova Playboys, Rhett Frazier Inc., and Seabear.

If you've not been out there yet, get going.

New Prince Song For Minnesota Vikings

I admit I'm a big Prince fan. I'm also a big Vikings fan.

However, just because I individually like things like sauerkraut and ice cream does not mean that you can mix the two.

Hence, this disaster:




In the mean time, the Saints have a badass song like this:



We deserve to get out butts kicked today just for this one song alone...

Vikings Vs. Saints - May the Best Team Win

I have strong affinity for New Orleans, and subsequently the Saints, for multiple reasons.

• For my wife and me, New Orleans is probably the favorite city to visit. Between work and family events, we've been down there over a half dozen times. The music, food, culture, and people are unlike anything in the world, and we just love it.
• I have close family that lives in Louisiana, and they love their Saints and Tigers.
• Saints ownership are wonderful philanthropists, and believe strongly that they have an obligation toward aid of the less fortunate. These are good people.
• The city is still feeling the effects from hurricane Katrina. I have a good friend that built a Habitat for Humanity house down there last summer, and he reports that there are still neighborhoods that are devastated.
• Drew Brees is one of the classiest players that you will find in the NFL. He felt the calling to play for New Orleans as it would allow him to do work that would better the crippled city. His foundation has raised over $4.5 million to date. He walks a path that few others choose to take.

Given all this, my heart won't be completely broken if the Vikings come up short tomorrow. Don't get me wrong - I'll definitely be rooting them on, and remaining on watch for our elusive first Super Bowl championship. However if the Saints go on, consider me on that bandwagon. As a city and as a franchise, they deserve good things to come their way.

Coke Still Delivering Smiles

I've always been a Coke guy. Here's another reason why: