NE 27, NY 20: Brady will win his 4th Super Bowl title today!

It will be a very good game and New England will win. 

I am not picking the Patriots because the Giants ended Dallas' season.  In other words, this is not vengeance but an "objective assessment" that NE is a better team than NY.

I am picking NE because Tom Brady is one of the best QBs ever and he will win his 4th title today.  Brady will join Bradshaw (Steelers) and Montana (49ers) as the only QBs who have won 4 Super Bowls.

Eli Manning is also a great QB and the Giants are playing great.  

Nevertheless, I am betting on Brady winning # 4 and writing another chapter in the Boston-NY rivalry.

Speaking of the Super Bowl, I am old enough to remember the first one, or Green Bay beating up Kansas City.  I think that a lot of NFL fans thought that the game was a "joke" because the Packers manhandled the Chiefs and then the Raiders the next year.  However, everything changed when the Jets beat the Colts and the AFL was on the map.  

The leagues finally merged in 1970 and we've called it the Super Bowl since.  Wonder how many fans realize that it was not that big of a game when it started in 1967?

My favorite Super Bowl was # 13, or when Pittsburgh beat Dallas.  I did not like the score but it was a great game.

My biggest shock was Super Bowl III or the Jets beating the Colts.  I watched that game with my dad and brother and we could not believe what we were watching:

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1975: The Carpenters and "Please Mr. Postman" was # 1 this week

"Please Mr. Postman" has actually been around for some time.    It was a # 1 song for The Marvelettes, then by The Beatles and finally this version by The Carpenters.

It is now available in a digital format.      It was originally released in the "Horizon" album, also available in a digital format.

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Please Mr. Postman (Single Version) --Carpenters https://t.co/ppwBinGsPu via @YouTube

— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) January 30, 2017

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1970: Diana Ross & Supremes performed their last concert on this day

The Supremes were Diana Ross, Mary Smith and Flo Ballard.   The trio hit the top of the Billboard 12 times in the 1960's, or second to The Beatles.   

The ladies performed their last concert on this day in 1970.

"Someday we'll be together" was their last hit and song in the farewell concert.

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Remember when we were hoping for McCain-Romney?

Many years ago, John McCain was a POW in Hanoi.  In 2000, he was defeated by GW Bush in South Carolina.    In mid-2007, 9 he was dead in the water for the Republican nomination.      Eventually, he won the nomination.

Mitt Romney was a very successful businessman and son of George Romney, who ran for president in 1968.   Romney was also governor of Massachusetts.

At one point in the summer of 2008 , I was hoping for a McCain-Romney ticket.

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October 2007: A chat with Claudia about Cuba

On Columbus Day 2007, we chatted with Claudia about her blog and thoughts on Cuba. As you can see in her blog profile, Claudia is Italian-American, teaches Spanish and has developed a genuine interest in Cuba.

Please add Claudia's blog to your reading list and enjoy her comments. Click here for the show!

December 2007: Free trade and the Democrats

A post from December 2007

Have you seen a Democrats' 2008 debate lately? It's all NAFTA and free trade bashing.

Wasn't it President Clinton who signed NAFTA?  And about China?

The Democrats have apparently forgotten that it was Pres. Clinton who signed the executive order giving China the preferred nation status:

"Yesterday the American people won a tremendous victory as a majority of the House of Representatives joined me in adopting our plan to revitalize America's economic future.

Today Members of Congress have joined me to announce a new chapter in United States policy toward China.

China occupies an important place in our Nation's foreign policy. It is the world's most populous state, its fastest growing major economy, and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Its future will do much to shape the future…”

I am a free trade guy. I supported Pres. Clinton on free trade. It was one of the better things that came out of his inconsequential presidency. 

 However, today's Democrats are engaging in pathetic demagoguery bashing NAFTA and free trade in general. 

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December 2007: Whatever happened to the war in Iraq?

A post from December 2007:

Yesterday, the debate moderator at the Republican debate did not ask a single question about Iraq, the surge or anything directly related. In fact, Iraq came into the conversation indirectly when candidates where talking about future threats to the US.

Whatever happened to Iraq? Why aren't we getting, at least, the same number of stories about Abu Garib as we are US soldiers destroying Al Qaeda?

The answer is that too many in the media, and specially Democrats, bet on the wrong horse in Iraq.

Check this out from Strategy Page:

"As al Qaeda suffered greater and greater losses in Iraq, recruiting became a serious problem.

In desperation, leaders were ordered to recruit whoever they could. This meant more women and more teenage males.

Normally, al Qaeda does not like to employ adolescents.

They are too inexperienced and unreliable.

That combination gets everyone in trouble, and adult al Qaeda do not like to work with kids.

But earlier this year, al Qaeda found that fewer and fewer adults were willing to join up.

This was largely due to U.S. troops capturing several key al Qaeda leaders, and lots of membership records.

Too many al Qaeda members were being arrested or killed, and recruiting became very difficult.

So kids were hired for a lot of simple jobs, like placing roadside bombs, or guard duty.

Turned out that these kids were more likely to run away, or just surrender, if confronted with Iraqi or American troops.

As a result of that, nearly half the al Qaeda under arrest (950 of 2,000) are under 18. Only about eight percent of the terrorists held by U.S. forces are al Qaeda.

The rest belong to various Iraqi militias or terror groups (most of them Sunni Arab.) Al Qaeda is the most hated terror group, because of the heavy use of large suicide bombs against civilians. And with this recruitment of children, who are easy to interrogate, and convert to government supporters, the government now knows more about what the terrorist organization is up to."

Wow! So much for the theory that the invasion of Iraq was a gift to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda! It'd be nice to do a poll in the region and check out Obama's approval ratings! Wonder if he has better ratings than the Pelosi-Reid Congress?

Again, we congratulate US troops for the incredible work in Iraq. We salute Gen. Petraeus for his leadership. 

Of course, we recognize President Bush for doing the right thing rather than reading polls!

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Let's chat with Alina Garcia-Lapuerta, author of "La Belle Creole"

Guest:   Fausta Rodriguez-Wertz, editor of Fausta's Blog, joins me for a chat with Alina Garcia-Lapuerta, author of "La Belle Creole".

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2007: Congratulations to Rusty Greer!

Ten years ago, the Rangers remembered Rusty Greer, one of my all time favorite baseball players! 

Between 1996 and 2000, Rusty was one of the key parts of the Rangers' division winners. It's true that Juan Gonzalez and Ivan Rodriguez won 3 MVP's but Greer was a key component of those title teams.

It's great to see a great guy (and player) get so much attention.  We love Rusty Greer!

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August 2007: Bonds passed Aaron but did the fans accept it?

Back in August 2007, baseball fans saw a lot of history.

Barry Bonds tied hank Aaron.  He passed Aaron the next night. 

Will the fans accept the new record?   Probably not. 

Yet, you can not dispute what Bonds has done:

"The Giants slugger has won 7 MVP awards, a major league record. He has the 5th highest career slugging percentage in baseball history, and the 6th highest career on base percentage. For the combination of the two, the SLOB or OPS, Bonds rank 4th for his career. Bonds has the 3rd lowest number of at bats per home run in baseball history." (Is Barry Bonds Baseball's Greatest Slugger? by Richard Baehr)

It's a shame about the steroids controversy. 

It's a bigger shame that Hank Aaron's record was broken by someone with such a controversial story.   

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