It's Time To Paean Barack Obama

Submitted by tomsyl on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 12:39am. Tags:

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This diary is a model of objectivity; I have no personal motive for posting it.

Barack Obama's alma mater, Punahou School in Honolulu, was just picked by Sports Illustrated for having the best athletic program in the country. In a detailed article, SI described the history of the program and its accomplishments; a particular focus was Punahou's success in water polo, a tough sport by any standard.

But don't miss SI's nod to junior linebacker Mante Te'o, who is 6' 2", 225 and runs the 40 in 4.55 seconds "but plays faster than that." I've seen him play, and while the comparisons to Lawrence Taylor are premature, the kid is damned fast.

Nobody's perfect, though, not even SI. My old school, Saint Louis High School, used to beat the pants off of Punahou in football, as well as any Mainland team that ventured into our savage land. St. Louis routinely landed in Parade's top ten HS football schools in the country, and played some epic games against the likes of Mater Dei in the '80's and '90's. I don't recall the last time Punahou beat St. Louis in football.

And to top it off, the Kingston Trio went to Punahou - who knew?

[Almost forgot - my son plays JV wide receiver at PS. Like I said, purely a coincidence. But remember, he's calling my vote in November.]
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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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Speaking of Hawaii I am going to watch (#95748)

by Davinci on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 10:22am

the BJ Penn fight tonight... Going out with an old friend to watch the Prodigy fight and drink some beers. Well just a less brutal version of the old Roman empire fights in the coliseum. http://www.bjpenn.com/

Ask courageous questions. Do not be satisfied with superficial answers. Be open to wonder and at the same time subject all claims to knowledge, without exception, to intense skeptical scrutiny. Be aware of human fallibility. Cherish your species and your

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So how long is it gonna take... (#95708)

by vinteuil on Fri, 05/23/2008 - 7:50pm

...before somebody other than me figures out the joke in the title, here?

God help the while, a bad world I say.

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I wanted to paean this diary, (#95747)

by Jordan on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 10:04am

but I guess I was all tapped out. :)

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. -JH

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A very sad comment on your beer consumption (#95800)

by tomsyl on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 11:36pm

or pathetic* lack thereof. Odds are this will hurt your reelection chances with a very large subset of the members here.

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* Meaning the post, not the poster, of course.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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Dang. Maybe I can catch up with the field if I (#95870)

by Jordan on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 1:19pm

drink copiously while swimming. That usually does the trick. I was planning to save it for my retirement, drinking and swimming copiously that is, along with the company of bow-legged women. Yes, nothing quite beats the life of an ex-mod... What were we talking about again?

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. -JH

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What joke? (#95735)

by tomsyl on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 3:47am

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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I got it (#95711)

by aireachail on Fri, 05/23/2008 - 8:11pm

yesterday.

But I just could not allow myself to give him the satisfaction...

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham

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At the barber, er salon, today (#95647)

by Bird Dog on Fri, 05/23/2008 - 1:25am

amid all these women's magazines, there was one men's magazine, BestLife. One of the articles rated the best cities for raising a kid and Honululu was #1. Looks like you're in the right place, tom. Seattle was in the 50s.

"I want America to know that I'm, like, totally ready to lead." -- Paris Hilton

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It's actually a very safe place for kids (#95736)

by tomsyl on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 3:53am

with none of those horrible abductions in my recent or even distant memory - no one on the back of milk cartons except kids from other places that might have been taken here, or anywhere. There are a number of negatives, including rustic mindsets, good ole boy politics and a mild degree of racial tension, but that one positive is enough for me. I don't believe I personally could survive something like that happening.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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If this isn't a general election endorsement for Barack (#95563)

by Wagster on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 11:38am

I don't know what is.

More Wagster!

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