Happy Memorial Day

Hope every one had a safe and happy Memorial Day. I spent it watching Faith of my Fathers. I was saddened to watch what Senator McCain went through but I hope every American that has cable watched it because they need to. Ignorance is wrong. Torture is wrong. Senator McCain is an American hero who should have been the 2000 GOP nominee.

Anyway, all that aside, Senator Lieberman addressed Jewish graduates at a day school in Louisiana. A day school? College is one thing but a day school?!?

"Graduation is a combination of history and hope," Lieberman said. "You celebrate today your own history and your connection to the long history of the Jewish people."

Lieberman, a three-term senator from Connecticut and observant Orthodox Jew, has two granddaughters, Willie, a kindergartener, and Tennessee, a second-grader, at the school, which started in 1996. The children, who have been at the school for a year, are moving with their parents to Georgia, where the senator's son Matthew will take over as head of Greenfield Hebrew Academy, a Jewish day school in Atlanta.

Known as a passionate advocate for Jewish education, Lieberman told the 10 graduating eighth-graders -- eight girls and two boys -- that they follow in the footsteps of such pioneers as Abraham, father of the Jewish people; Nachshon, the Biblical figure who first set foot in the parted sea; Jewish immigrants to the United States; and Zionist leader Theodore Herzl.

"You are uniquely prepared to go out into the world," Lieberman said. "You have learned Jewish history, you have learned Jewish values, and you have accepted responsibility for the Jewish mission."

As the rain beat down on the roof of the Goldring-Woldenberg Jewish Community Campus, Lieberman gestured toward the heavens, exclaiming, "Enough, already," one of many cracks during his otherwise meditative keynote address. Earlier, as he took to the podium amid copious hand-clapping, he said, "I accept your nomination," a likely reference to his failed candidacy for U.S. vice president in 2000 and last year's unsuccessful bid for president.

Later, by inviting applause for the school's students, staff and parents, Lieberman tapped into the day's sentiment.[...]

Repeating words he heard 45 years ago at his high school graduation, Lieberman delivered this well-known statement: "Keep your feet on the ground and your eyes on the sky."

Okay, the guilt is kicking in. I wouldn't have been so harsh had I known of the family connections. I have family in Louisiana. I wonder if they know them.

Boston finally returned to Fenway Park to some sad news: they were creamed. Happy Birthday to Manny Ramirez and Wynonna Judd. Don't forget the late Mel Blanc!

Jim Edmonds hit another home run on Sunday! If you play fantasy baseball, now's a good time to pick him up! I play fantasy sports on The Sporting News. All because of an advertisement I saw in 1999 on the Yankees website for Small World.