Day 2

It is day 2 of my 30 posts in 30 days.  I am sure all of you are waiting with baited breath (all 4 of you that read this :)  In any event, today was a fairly regular day.  Nothing too big happened, which I suppose is a good thing.  We had the normal battles with our 4 year old over bed time, but that is the norm right now.

I watched the Laker game yesterday and I was disgusted, as so many others, with the cheap shots taken by Odom and Bynum.  Unlike some of my friends though (or 1) I will not disavow my love of the Lakers over those missteps.  Clearly, it was dirty play, but it happens.  While some act like it is the end of the world, it is nothing more than frustrated people doing somethign the shouldn't do.  I am not going to lie here and say I haven't played a little dirty depending on teh circumstances. hell, I may have taken a cheap shot in my days on the court if frustrated enough.

The Cardinals are off today, as I assume most everybody with a computer knows.  They are playing extremely well and I am getting excited about this team.  I am considering going to the businessman's special on the 19th.  I need somebody to go with me, but I suppose even if nobody can go (which would be reasonable) I may go anyway.  I am getting excited over this team.  The young pitchers are exciting and the offense appears to have some staying power.  In a previous post, I predicted a win total of 70 - 75.  It appears my pessimism has motivated the team to play significantly better.  I have no doubt I have that type of control over the Cardinals and their record.

Finally, I have been waiting for a ruling from the 8th circuit on the owners request for a permanent stay pending the appeal in the matter now pending before the Court. As many know, the Court granted the request for a temporary stay, but has not ruled ont he request for a permanant stay.  I am thiking they are going to find for the Owners or not rule on the request.  I think, though, that will not predictive of whether the 8th Circuit will ultimately reverse the District Court's ruling.  I am not a labor lawyer (unions, and such), but the District Court's ruling was well reasoned.  It seems that many commentators are relying on the 8th Circuit's conservative bent (most of the judges were appointed by republican presidents) as a reason they will reverse the ruling.  The only think I know is the Judges some times change views while on the Court.  In addition, at their core, Judges are supposed to follow the law.  I am not so naive as to believe that is what Judges always do, in fact, I could probably argue they are more likely to determine the result they want and use what ever reasoning or logic (no matter how stretched) go get to the result they want.  m

My beliefs on that issue, though, has likely been shaped by the Courts opniins (and I mean all Courts from Supreme Court on down) regarding various criminal issues.  It seems the Courts determine what they want to happen (unless it is an eggregious violation or error) and use what they need to get there.

In any event, I am extremely interested in this issue and I look forward to discussing their various rulings as this moves forward.

I have more to say (shocking to those that know me), but it will have to wait until tomorrow.

One thing  I am going to begin on this blog every time I post is mentioning one thing that made me smile.  Today, like most days, it was my daughter, Lucy.  As usual, when I walked in the door, from her crib, she jumped up and began calling my name so I would give her a hug and kiss goodnight (this was before Lily threatened to get up).  I will not make every one of these about my kids, but I thought the first one should, appropriately, be about them.

Remember, this is just what I think.

Be easy

- cp
Today, my smile