Would it be fair to say?: Jersey Still Sucks (FACT)

It's been a while since I wrote a "Would it be fair to say?" column. That probably has something to do with there being far too much FACT to assert. Ok, there hasn't been much fact asserted either, and I'll give a pass to my fellow AoF editors for not writing, as they start their legal careers, although there wasn't much writing going on PRIOR to full time employment. My guess is you won't notice much of a change. I suppose if I didn't spend time at work doing this, I'd probably be (a) more productive at work and (b) posting infrequently. My guess is you won't see much more sports related content here, since the '08 launch of "The Upper Decker", AoF's affiliate sports site. Which could also account for the lack of posting... (Ok, so far it's also only been me writing there, but the Birdman is involved, so commentary is bound to get a bit flighty).
As you've probably read I've been following the political primaries pretty closely, if for nothing else a lack of baseball to watch or trades to talk about. I did the most superficial of analysis on the four main candidates based primiarily on the issues, and came out with a Obama-Giuliani final selection, but with no weight given to the personal importance of issues.

I thought it would be a good time to give an update on a few things that I found noteworthy from the campaign trail and politics in general. The New Hampshire primary will be done today, and chances are, by the time you read this, Clinton will be one step closer to dropping out of the race and Obama one step closer to full party support for the Democratic nomination. But that hasn't stopped both sides from throwing a few punches in the closing seconds of the second round. Meanwhile on the Republican side, two candidates that may or may not be legitimate are also battling it out, with the likely result being both with egg on their faces and another candidate winning the nomination. Which makes me wonder, what makes New Hampshire so special? I mean seriously, Romney and McCain are the frontrunners in that state? This is going to end up being quite an interesting primary.

Anyway, I was listening to 1050 ESPN Radio this morning and heard a GEICO commercial about how they are lowering their rates in New Jersey so everyone should switch. Made me wonder, what is the great Garden State up to these days? Besides the typical, bad drivers, bad road design, armpit of the country commentary, I hadn't heard much at all. So I did a little research and something caught my eye. I'm going to be generous and say this is coming about 150 years too late, but hey, like Drama trying to bang LA's #1 Party Girl of the 1990's some things are better late than never. In a move that shocked the world (mostly because of the fact that it hadn't already happened), New Jersey formally apologized for slavery. In a gesture to make up for past transgressions, and due to a shortage of 40 acre plots, (apparently mules are plentiful though), New Jersey sent hair gel and wife beaters to any resident who had lived there since the mid to late 19th century. Outrageous but timely. And you know what? Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi still suck. Check out this site.

This last bit of news comes from Vegas, where Panasonic revealed the worlds largest plasma TV. At 150 inches, this TV cannot be comfortably viewed from a distance of less than 30 feet. Unveiling the television, Panasonic's president Toshihiro Sakamoto said: "Can you imagine sitting at home and watching the Olympics on this baby?" Actually Toshihiro, I can't. I can imagine being able to watch American Gladiators in my living room while sitting on my neighbor across the street's toilet bowl. I can imagine being able to watch my TV on my computer using Google Earth. Unless they're going to install a bigger version as the "jumbotron" at Citifield, I can only see myself installing this in my three level home cinema. And that place only exists in my dreams. I'm going to take this moment to give a shout out to Fred Manteghian. He's out in Las Vegas at this trade show, probably watching that huge TV, and reviewing all the fancy new technology (all while his daughter slaves away in the library - I'd throw in the symbol for "sad face" if it wasn't so gay and it's not all that sad). About once a month I enjoy his reviews on audio-visual equipment that for the most part I cannot, and probably will never be able to, afford. But hey, it's a good read, so I recommend it.

That's it for now. I smell someone peeling oranges nearby. I think I'm going to kick them in the nuts.