The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Even though Nebraska's athletic director made a statement declaring head coach Bo Pelini as the team's coach this season and for seasons to come, I have a difficult time believing that. Chances are the AD was simply trying to maintain committed recruits and trying not to dissuade undecided ones. Following Pelini's embarrassing 38-17 loss to Iowa this past Saturday and his awful sideline antics which resulted in an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that allowed Iowa to kick a field goal, I have a hard time believing he'll be around after the bowl game - especially if the Huskers lose and fall to 8-5 on the season. If Pelini is indeed fired at the end of the season, I have a feeling he will take a year off from coaching, fly to Nepal, find his center and happy-place, and come back to the States to become a yoga instructor, with a hit workout, entitled, Calming the F**k Down!

It humors me to hear die-hard conservatives bash President Obama, not on his policies, but on his personality and demeanor. Between this and their seeming love of rumors and conspiracy theories, it has led me to strike the facepalm pose on more than 1,319 occasions. The number one sign that a person listens to too much talk radio and/or watches too much cable "news" (especially of the Fox variety) and doesn't have a strong argument of which they're aware is they resort to criticizing a person's personality and demeanor, while hurling rumors and conspiracy theories faster than a meteorologists change their forecasts. I've already gone into great detail about the rumors and conspiracy theories that have been spread about the president in the first book of this series. So what is it about President Obama the person that many on the far right have such a problem with? I think the four such traits and attributes these conservatives cite more than any others are...