tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post9219475991334184029..comments2007-09-04T10:31:36.773-04:00dakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-38717510864383057612007-09-04T10:31:00.000-04:002007-09-04T10:31:00.000-04:00Some kudos to hand out:<BR/><BR/>First, to Cristian, who cheered me up with this excellent Yakov Smirnov joke: <BR/><BR/><B>In Soviet Russia, Joe Morgan fires you!</B><BR/><BR/>He does indeed, my friend. He does indeed.<BR/><BR/>And second to Josh, who answers Scoop's weird dumb claim that tennis is better because women get equal pay. Ignoring the fact that no one gets paid in college...<BR/><BR/><B>Scoop is apparently unaware of Title IX which, for all its problems, did enshrine UNDER THE LAW the idea of equality in education waaay back in 1972. The effects of Title IX have mainly been felt in athletics, so for the sake of this discussion let's say that Scoop Jackson is apparently unaware of the fact that, sans pay, college athletes all receive an equal amount of funding regardless of gender. <BR/><BR/>While that's hardly as sexy as "tennis gives the same prize purse to women...as of 2006," an immeasurably greater number of women have benefited from Title IX than from pay equity in an elite professional sport.</B>Ken Tremendoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290167169845520176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-63246621400833540402007-09-03T23:10:00.000-04:002007-09-03T23:10:00.000-04:00By the way, here are some other things that are true:<BR/><BR/>Dinosaurs are better than breakfast.<BR/><BR/>Peter, Paul, and Mary were better than jurisprudence.<BR/><BR/>Zac Efron is better than "Wheel of Fortune."<BR/><BR/>Imagination is better than the circus.<BR/><BR/>Charcoal is better than ants.Ken Tremendoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290167169845520176noreply@blogger.com