For The Sake Of Arguments.

I've been taking a break from politics. Eventhough there has been big news lately. The California Supreme Court upholding the ban on gay marriage....Obama nominating a latin female to the Supreme Court and even here in Michigan with the state house passing a ban on smoking in restaurants and bars, but not Indian-run casinos. The state Republicans support a complete ban, but the Democrats want to still allow smoking in these casinos. The news story on this in the Detroit Free Press has elicited many comments. Some political issues can touch off firestorms on both sides of the issues. Sports is much the same these days. I saw Jiri Hudler of the Wings get laid out by a hit a few weeks ago. Anahiem players and coaches simply said, "Hudler was admiring his pass." That's why Hudler got drilled by a nasty open ice hit. It was a clean hit. The ensuing penalty that the Ducks player received was excessive and not warranted. Against Chicago, Niklas Kronwall of Detroit knocked out Martin Havlat of the Blackhawks. He was kicked out of the game, just as the Anaheim player was when Hudler was clobbered. Chicago fans screamed bllod murder and they wanted Kronwall suspended. As did many other hockey fans who hate the Red Wings. If you wanna look at things in a common sense manner, there are many times in hockey when one player hits another and that player gets hurt. Nobody ever says, "You know that guy could have decided not to hit that player and just skated by him." Chicago's coach went nuts after he found out that a player on his team had been called for a 2 minute minor penalty after the 1st period in game 4. He said, "I think we just witnessed the worst call in the history of sports!" REALLY? I'm sure Joe went to all the major sports cities in America and asked dieshard sports fans what the worst call in the history of sports was, that minor penalty wouldn't even make the top 500,000.

You Make Me Want To...

Tonight, I went to see Luke Bryan in concert at a bar in Grand Rapids. Luke had two opening acts. "Small Town Sons" and "Dew South". Both bands had rocking shows. "STS" mixed some country music and rock music together during their 45 minute set. Including covers of "Folsum Prison Blues" , "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "Old Time Rock 'N' Roll". Dew South played a similar style set. Playing covers such as "Bitch", "Long Train Running" and "All Summer Long". Both opening bands kept the music umtempo and rocking. The crowd was pretty wild tonight. Ready to party. Luke Bryan played some of his hits including "Country Man", "Baby's On The Way", "Good Directions", "We Rode In Trucks" "You Make Me Want To" and "Do I". He threw in some country classics including "Mountain Music" and other country favorites. He closed the show with his hit song "All My Friends Say". The crowd screamed for more and he and his band came out for a 2 song encore. They began the encore with the Brooks & Dunn smash "Play Something Country" and they closed the night with Luke's party song "Take My Drunk Ass Home". It was a fun concert!

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