Blog Roll

by Skin Patrol on Dec 29, 2006 11:12 AM EST in News Comment 2 comments

Because I'm too hungover to produce original content.

The Curly R went off today, shaming me as a hack of a Redskins blogger. First he's on top of our new French Linebacker.

Hogs Haven aside: Ben cues the retreating jokes and we all like to have a good laugh over the recently inept French military, but as I was having that same laugh with my brother and (former Marine Lieutenent and incredibly well read War History buff) father over precisely this topic, my Vietnam Veteran dad reminded me that our own Military Lexicon is dominated by French words because France formerly had some of the greatest military minds in human history. Just saying.

Ben also covers the real life struggles of Reed Doughty's son as the infant battles with kidney failure. Best wishes to the Doughtys and especially their child, Micah Doughty, through the entire episode. Although I do not remember the happening, I was born premature and I'm sure it was an unpleasant experience. Get well soon Micah.

Update [2006-12-29 12:1:54 by Skin Patrol]: From the Washington Post:

Rookie safety Reed Doughty, whose son, Micah, was born premature and is battling chronic kidney failure, said that further testing this week went well and that dialysis was put off for at least another month. "It was good news," Doughty said. "Hopefully, he'll keep doing well and we can keep pushing it back by a month."

And finally Ben makes some post about something or other that is probably related to football (maybe the Eagles?) but I wouldn't know because of the hot-hot-hot picture on top. Go do yourself a favor.

Lee Gibbons FYI for the Giants game. I have not done a very good job of posting analysis for that game and will try and remedy that later today, if/when my head clears. Leaning (literally) towards if.

Jason La Canfora touches briefly on the fate of some former Redskins. Rod Gardner among them.

Master4Caster reminds that things haven't gone to plan for Washington. Washington in last? Philly in first? This isn't what I predicted, either.

Jack Kogod starts the impending Adam Archuleta speaks discussion. Teaser: "Gregg Williams has his head up his ass." Go check it out, as I'll be trying to cover the looming disaster of that debacle.

Melinda Waldrop's looking at the Redskins Final Task which is to beat the Giants... or is it? (It is, I root for wins not Denver's draft position.)

Rich Tandler has an important post about the terrifying possibility that some Redskins players may not "enable" anymore front office spending shenanigans by refusing to restructure. What a total shitstorm that would be.

Let me know what I missed.

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The French and their military

That France is part of a European community that prefers diplomacy to the end of a gun and usually abhors unilateral national action of any kind has traditionally been a strength in our national relationship with the French. For centuries, they were the good cops so we could be the bad cops, or the sophisticate so we could be the muscle. Only in the past twenty years, since the French refused to let Ronald Reagan use French airspace to bomb Libya in 1986, have the French really been a punching bag and the butt of rhetorical jokes and devices used by US conservatives intended to reverse our ingrained national respect for the French way of doing things.

Freedom fries, boycotts of wine & cheese, surrender monkeys, 'old Europe,' this all disgusts me. I hope that someday a US leader will emerge that will begin to repair our relations with mainland Europe. There is more of their currency in circulation now than ours, and it would be a good idea if the US went back to an inclusive foreign policy voluntarily before global economic realities force us to go hat in hand.

That said, I hope Philippe makes the team.

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by thatguyben on Dec 29, 2006 2:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think it's a long shot

but what a great story it would make if he got on the squad. We had a similar storyline with a Canadian RB who the fans were enamored with during training camp.

He was cut.

Go Register. Or else.

by Skin Patrol on Dec 29, 2006 3:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs