Goooaaaaaaalllll..........Vote for Pedro....

The World Cup has been pretty exciting to watch. I haven't caught that many games, but of the ones I have many have been decided by penalty kicks. The officiating has been pretty spotty with Australia, and Team USA, being the unhappy recipeints of some decisively bad calls. The only positive in this caldron of official malfeasance is that, do to the low scoring nature of soccer, some of these games would still be going on if the refs hadn't stepped in on the viewer's behalf.

Tonight will feature the return of my former hero and mainstay, Pedro Martinez, to Fenway Park. At the height of Pedro's powers he was the most dominating pitcher on the planet. I wish him well...except for tonight, when I hope he gets dehydrated from tearing up during introduction and is forced to leave the game early.

Remember with the Fourth coming this may be one of your last legal opportunities to get out there and burn the flag before Congress passes a Constitutional Amemdment banning the desecration of Old Glory. This imperative legislation is taking center stage while Congress backburners unimportant issues like troop reductions, Social Security, Medicaid, perscription drug legislation, global warming, gun control, illegal immigration...well you get the idea.
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