The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

It's just another day and we have another crazy quote by a Tea Partier. During yesterday's Americans for Prosperity rally, Republican New Hampshire state Representative Bill O'Brien said the following: "And what is Obamacare? It is a law as destructive to personal and individual liberty as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 that allowed slave owners to come to New Hampshire and seize African Americans and use the federal courts to take them back to federal... to slave states." Yes, mandating health insurance is comparable to slavery, so says a white man about a bill signed by the first African-American president. Perhaps Mr. O'Brien is trying to rid himself of some white-guilt by attempting to convince himself and others that, "Hey, we may have enslaved you and your people, President Obama, but you're forcing us to get healthcare coverage so that we can get better and more affordable care to leave us less apt of dying prematurely or going bankrupt f...

In Sunday's 34-27 win over the Washington Redskins, New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady got into a rather heated discussion with offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien after the star quarterback was picked off in the end zone. He contended his target was open and should have fought harder for the ball. Brady looked serious and pissed, perhaps seriously pissed would be the proper phrasing. Yeah, sure, it looked bad since the argument was caught on camera, but let's get serious. How often do these kinds of things happen? At practice? In the locker room? On the field? On the sideline? You name it... Did the incident make Brady look bad? Sure. But was I surprised? Did it make me think any differently than him? No, of course not. The guy, like all professional athletes, is a competitor. He wants to win and has done a lot of that throughout his NFL career. This is coming from a guy who is pretty darn sick of the New England Patriots. It's like the Brian Kelly incide...