New Jersey Giants?

To all of you who think the Giants should be called the "New Jersey Giants" (likewise for the Jets)...

The "New York" in the name refers to the city, not the state. Is it really unacceptable for a stadium to be just outside the city that the team represents?

Should the Washington Redskins be renamed the "Landover Redskins" or the "Maryland Redskins"?

Should the Dallas Cowboys be renamed the "Irving Cowboys"?

Should the Buffalo Bills be renamed the "Orchard Park Bills"?

Sure, it's much more common for stadiums to be within their cities, but it's not a rule, and "New Jersey Giants" is no different from "Irving Cowboys" (which would suck). And if you think Jersey's getting the short end of the stick, don't forget that they're the ones getting all the taxes and other revenue.

I could go on, but I'll end the rant here. Suffice it to further say that it would be in neither team's interest to change names.

EDIT: I don't want this whole rant to seem completely impulsive... I thought about it because somebody, who shall rename unnamed, told me that the name change was part of the new stadium deal. My own subsequent research has turned up absolutely no evidence to support that claim. So please, if you're going to comment that "you heard the same thing," provide a source/link.

Free Talk Live

From Free Talk Live's about page:

Free Talk Live is talk radio unlike any other. In an industry where shows are either pro-republican or pro-democrat, Free Talk Live is unabashedly pro-FREEDOM.

Another hallmark of typical talk radio is heavy call screening. Certain hosts are afraid of certain issues. Free Talk Live is not.

Holy god-fearing awesomeness! I've listened only twice thus far, but I really like it, even though some of the callers are lunatics (one interpreted a cartoon of an octopus crushing something as a sign that terrorists would blow up a particular building in Austin, TX). No, it isn't unbiased, but I've always had the problem that every biased show on TV or radio (99.7% or so?) is biased against me. It's no wonder my roommates at colleged liked Bill Maher and Jon Stewart so much - beyond their being skilled comedians (yes, I like them too). Like my roommates, they are blatantly liberal and painfully cynical, and what like-minded viewer doesn't like getting a little intellectual hand job now and then? I couldn't get one from Maher or Stewart, nor from the other side (Bill O'Reilly et al.). So Free Talk Live is the closest thing I have.

So, please check it out, if only for a few minutes. Get the podcast from the iTunes music store or download straight from FTL's site.

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Mr. Miyagi Dies

That's right, people, Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) has passed on, about a week and a half ago. 'Tis a sad time we live in.

ESPN.com did a brief eulogy of Mr. Morita. Read it. And mourn.