From the wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Stanley%27s_Cup

"Originally, Lord Stanley planned for the Cup to be used as a trophy given out to the top amateur hockey team in Canada..."

It belongs in Canada. Sometimes (with the legal mary jane, all-nude strip clubs, and no Texas) I think I do too...

...and just as we all suspected: Wiccan (and a ex-pat brit, to boot).

Need we say more?

At least Barkley is an amusing, better-spoken idiot. You know how many of those 5 rings Magic would have without Kareem? Pretty close to none. Easy to talk about being a "superstar" when all you have to do to get out of a double-team is pass it to the sky-hook king.

Perhaps if LeBron had gone to college for a few years, got his ego real pumped up on easy wins and mountains of co-eds, he'd already have that "superstar state of mind"? But what do I know.

At least he's making a kabillion dollars to be another almost-Jordan. Sure he won't regret never winning a ring.

...and in L.A. Yeah, I saw Magic play ALOT. Don't get me wrong: He's easily in the top 10 if not the top 5 of the sport (so far).

But as a commentariat: he's an idiot. And a barely understandable one at that. There's a reason he's only trundled out (nationally) come playoff time. "Impose your will"? Yeah, add that to my "110%". Idiot.

First of all, the "humiliation" episodes are the only ones worth the time investment.

Secondly, every winner (and some runner-ups) of this show who has gone on to a record contract have only middling-to-fair success in the sales department, mostly resulting from the tweens/housewife demographic. Think Clay Aiken or Taylor Hicks. Without those demographics these people would have Reuben S. gospel record-type sales. Not quite American idols, are they? Have any of them ever hit a Britney or Justin level?

Finally, as far as the fortunes of the show are concerned: the people who insist that AI is even remotely based on ability or even semi-interesting remind me of the 30% who still support G.W./Iraqi War. The rest of us are just shaking our heads at you and hoping we're not cornered by you at a cocktail party...

...get off my ass, dude. Its always apples and oranges to you?

Compared to Brit's first album, none of these people stack up. Underwood's numbers look pathetic next to "real" country artists (Garth Brooks). The only one with legitimate claim to "star" status would be Clarkson - and that would just prove my point (5 million = tweens/housewifes: and even they bought more 5x more copies of "High School the Musical")!

American Idol? Talk to me when you find the next MJ (without the daddy issues or pedophelia, please!)...

... it can be as bad as Spiderman 3.

I could be wrong (see? self-deprication!), but isn't the charge foul/rule in place so that the largest players in the league (I'm looking at you, Shaq) can't just barrel into people on their way to the basket?

Doesn't it force these freaks of nature (over which the typical NBA teams longs to be built around: the "true" center) to actually have a few basketball skills besides just being tall?

I'm all for punishing floppers, but if we're just going to get out of the way of anyone over 6'10" and let them score at will within 5 feet of the basket, this game's going to get extremely boring. Either that or we ban the dunk again...

...make me envy Republicans.

Four years with an ironclad majority resulted in a slightly mushier Sumpreme Court and only one ban on a rarely-practiced abortion technique. Do they bitch? Do they moan? No, they coalesce around the Republican leader because they know there is a much better chance that their "pro-life" views will someday be validated by a Republican lawmaker. You should see my Republican grandmother's reaction to the very idea of electing a Democrat to the Presidency! We progressives should be unashamedly the same way towards a Republican Presidency - especially after the last 6 years!

You people don't want a President of a Representative Democracy. You want a Dictatorial Daddy who will represent you before everyone else so you can sleep well at night. Grow the fuck up, ya whiny fucking infants! Are your marriages like this? All "My way or the highway?" No wonder the divorce rate is so high in this country!

You will never be satisfied with any normal human being and you will give us another 8 years of a complete train wreck that will be the end of our great democracy! So just do us all a favor and STFU!!!!