| Second chances: Making the case for retread coaches
Ask the New England Patriots what they thought of Mornhinweg's offense. It nearly toppled Goliath with A.J. Feeley doing the throwing. Chris Palmer, quarterbacks coach, N.Y. Giants Now I can hear the guffaws in Cleveland. He screwed up, too, but it was an expansion club, and Palmer never really had a chance. Palmer is another one of the sport's nice guys, but being nice isn't a requisite for being a successful head coach ... and look no farther than Super Bowl XLII. Anyway, Palmer has been instrumental in the development and the success of Eli Manning and is part of a successful and stable organization. Maybe I'd like to see him work with Manning another year, but I definitely want to see him in someone's office some day for another interview. He's earned it.
Tax hike for fire service on ballot
The 2007 tax rate for the Wentzville Fire Protection District is 42 cents per $100 assessed valuation. Proposition G calls for 20 cents more — a 48 percent increase — for a total of 62 cents per $100 assessed valuation. If passed, the owner of a $200,000 house would pay about $235 annually for fire service, an increase of about $76. .
In Nevada, Obama's message of 'new politics' failed to deliver
We're talking about imperfect human beings who are in the midst of the most intense job application of all time. Imagine for a moment how difficult the process must be? Yet, the collective americana spends its time focusing on the most arcane crap. Very little wonder that we wind up with candidates who read polls and suck up as much as they can. Here's a couple of great examples, one from each side of the political spectrum of how Americans have to be treated like children to get a vote. Example #1 comes from Michigan, where John McCain last week told the truth when he said that many of the formerly great Michigan industrial jobs will never come back. Romney, on the other hand, sucked up and told everyone they will. I call B.S. on that. Joe blow American can't handle the truth that the halycon days of the 50s are over for good in this global economy and Romney wins big time.
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