Day: February 4, 2007

SuperBowl 41
ecthompsonmd February 4, 2007

Stop with the Roman numerals. They were cool for the first 15 or 20 SuperBowls. Now, let’s just count normal. This wasn’t a great SuperBowl. There were great stories. Peyton Manning who may be the best quarterback of the last 5 – 10 (or more) years never won the big one. Tom Brady was getting all of the praise. Tony Dungy who was fired for bring success to Tampa Bay but not a SuperBowl. Could the Monsters of the Midway slow Peyton? Could the porous defense of the Colts stop the fierce rushing attack of the Bears? Weather played a large

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Black Coaches still a big deal
ecthompsonmd February 4, 2007

One day, in the future, race won’t matter. Unfortunately, that day is not here today. Race still does matter. Why? The evidence is all around us that race continues to matter. Not too long ago, when Desperate Housewives was new and hot, Terrell Owens does a commercial before Monday Night Football. You remember the commercial. One of the stars of the sitcom (Nicolette Sheridan) asked Owens if he could be late for the game. Then with her back to the camera she drops her towel. (See video below) Immediately. Bam!! Immediately, there was an uproar. ABC who produced the skit for

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Latest NIE
ecthompsonmd February 4, 2007

National Intelligence Estimate has been a political football (like how I snuck a football metaphor in there) since 9/11.  I don’t think that we are getting the whole truth and nothing but the truth with this.  I do believe that the complete NIE would get us more information.  We are getting only what the Bush Administration wants us to see.  In the coming days we should hear some thoughtful comments from Feingold and Rockefeller, both members of the Senate Intelligence Committee. ——- Analysis from NYT: The release on Friday of portions of a bleak new National Intelligence Estimate about Iraq’s future

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