Blogging a lot today

I would have blogged sooner on here but there was a game on TV which required my attention and I live-blogged it. Now if you excuse me, I have a lot of emails to go through and clean up my inbox so that I can get the blog done today.

I got this in the latest Chabad email and I have changed the times to reflect Louisville time.

The search for Chametz is Tuesday night, April 11th after 8:47.

Chametz may be eaten until 11:32 a.m. Wednesday, April 12th

Chametz must be burnt or sold before 12:37 a.m. Wednesday

Before 11:41 one must declare "All Chametz (leavening or leavened products) in my possession are hereby null, void, and without owner like the dust of the earth"

Pesach extends from the night of April 12th through April 20 at 9:04 p.m. April 13th, 14th, 19th, and 20th are holidays.

A reminder about the 3rd District debate on Thursday at Masterson's. It should be a fun time.

Apparently, there was a Jewish abolitionist who fought along side John Brown.

New Hampshire State Rep. Peter Sullivan will be participating in two Federal Dynamic Congressional Candidates Forum events.

Oh, man. This is bad. How can people be so unpatriotic?

The Boston Red Sox won their season opener this past Monday. Mike Lowell and David Ortiz hit home runs in that game. The Red Sox lost their second game on Tuesday. Josh Beckett picked up the win today as Trot Nixon hits his first home run of the season.

Two NBC stations rejected MoveOn ads. In the same article, a few Senators and candidates discuss national security. I've not endorsed Bob Casey, Jr. in that race though I believe it is likely that he will win the nomination though.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, the New York lawmaker who heads the Democrats' Senate campaign committee, said Bush and the Republicans are weak enough in the polls that they won't be able to campaign as effectively on national security as they did in 2002 and 2004.

Schumer and Democratic Senate challengers Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Jim Peterson of Arizona and Rep. Sherrod Brown of Ohio said Democrats will be able to use national security as a campaign issue. That's critical for Democrats, said Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh.

"If people don't trust us with their lives, they're unlikely to trust us with much else," Bayh said. "This administration has been a lot better at national security politics than it has on national security policies."

Bayh described the message of Bush's political adviser Karl Rove as: "We're strong, the Democrats are weak. Vote for us, or you will die."

Will John McCain stay neutral in Virginia if former Navy Secy. James Webb wins the nomination?

Former Navy Secretary James Webb, one of McCain’s “oldest friends,” is vying for the Democratic nomination to take on Allen in his reelection bid this November. Although Webb must first get past lobbyist Harris Miller in the Democratic primary, political analysts say his candidacy could end up hampering Allen’s presidential aspirations and bolstering McCain’s.

“Party activists expect a presidential contender to have strong home support, and if Webb (or Miller) could even come close to Allen in 2006, the results would raise questions about Allen’s own base,” said Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “Indirectly, any weakening of Allen would help McCain, and some other GOP presidential candidates.”

Despite the longtime friendship between McCain and Webb, a former Republican, the Arizona senator said he is backing Allen. Even so, in an interview outside the Senate chamber last week, McCain called Webb “a war hero” and “a great patriot.”

Last year, McCain went even further. “Jim Webb is one of my oldest friends,” McCain said in a March 2005 speech to the American Ireland Fund’s 13th National Gala, according to a transcript posted on his Senate website. Webb, who is of Irish ancestry, had just introduced McCain, who was receiving an award.

The two were among the subjects profiled in Robert Timberg’s 1995 book The Nightingale’s Song, tracing the careers of five Naval Academy graduates and Vietnam veterans. Iran-Contra scandal figures Oliver North, John Poindexter and Bud McFarlane were the others.

I guess John McCain will not stay neutral in the race.

Paul McCartney on the Peter and Gordon reunion:

What the world needs now is Peter & Gordon to sing their songs and remind us all of the fab years they are from.

I’m very glad to hear that they have got together after these many moons and are going to help to make a world without love into a love-filled planet.

- Paul McCartney

SNLhas announced their April lineup. Why do they have a new show on April 15th when the seders start on Wednesday? Furthermore, why is ABC airing the classic version of The Ten Commandments on a Saturday night rather than the traditional Sunday night?

What you don't know about Rob Corddry...

Yep, "Red Scare" gets reviewed. Well the Denver version anyway.

Yes, it is a problem on college campuses.

On Monday, there were several people unhappy in St. Louis with regards to the NCAA Championship game. Speaking of CBS, they have finally found a permanent evening news replacement in NBC's Katie Couric. It took them a bit over a year and a month to do so.

Rajon Rondo has entered his name in the draft.

The Bradley Braves finished #24 in the final ESPN/USA Today poll.

Natalie Portman researched her grandparents when it came to the film role in V for Vendetta.

Is 2008 the year of Chris Dodd? He is considering a run for president in 2008.

Dodd, meanwhile, predicted that his colleague Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., will turn back his Democratic primary challenge from Ned Lamont, who is taking sharp aim at Lieberman's support of the Iraq war.

"He prevails in all of this," Dodd said of Lieberman. "But it will make the next 18 weeks uncomfortable ... He's gotta pay attention to it, and he is."

Gen. Wes Clark recently stumped on the trail for Rep. Mike Weaver.

Graham Nash and David Cosby made a surprise appearance on David Gilmour's tour.

Rolling Stone handicaps the 2008 race.