February 8, 2006
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“What’s all this about violins on TV?”
“But my feeling is the Seattle defense broke down on too many important plays to think that officiating cost Seattle the game.” (Peter King, www.sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
Ya’ think?
Ya’ think maybe the Engrams, Jackson, and Stevens let down Hasselback, too?
I don’t agree with all of King’s declarations of iffy calls, but that makes his conclusions all the more credible. Here is the rest of his story.
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“Sports’ and television’s most indestructible beast — the Super Bowl — met its match in the 40th playing of the game the world stops to watch. The inevitable finally happened. A group of middle-aged executives trying to keep pace with a group of highly trained 20-something athletes destroyed America’s sports holiday… Simply put, the performance of referee Bill Leavy and his crew overshadowed Pittsburgh’s heroics and Seattle’s blunders.”
Hey Lynard,thanks for the great link. The article brings perspective to all the clamour. People make mistakes, players don’t step up and teams win. Blaming covers the joy of drama. Drama makes a game thrilling! Fortunately, Seattle was on the other side of the drama.Go Steeler!Kennedy
thanks
Hey! I was there! There may have been a bad call, but look at the score. A few bad calls did not win/or loose the Superbowl. It was a bad game for both teams.
Congrats to P-burg! Enjoy, because the Eagles will rise again, and loose the Superbowl again!
And as to the high gas prices becuase Dave has to have his Superbowl, NASCAR race, and dinner with Rappers. I just remind you that adjusted for inflation gasoline is cheeper then it was 25 years ago! You would know that if you watched 20/20 last night. I bet ya you could not say that about your publications!
Ok – Taxes on fuel vary depending on where you live. In Michigan for example the taxes just at the pump are fifty cents per gallon. So far this year I am lucky to have made one cent per gallon profit. There are too many hidden fees and taxes to ever calculate the total tax on a gallon of fuel. The tanks, pumps, pipelines, terminals, refineries, inports are all taxed as well. And the govenment gets away with it because who cares if you tax the oil company. Problem is they just raise the gas tax, and you pay the government for thier oil company tax.
Credit card companies charge huge fees for transactions to the Oil Companies and the local dealer. They made several cents per gallon. The fees they charge here in the US are five times what they charge the same dealer in Europe. My company has launched a huge effort in the industry to expose the credit card companies for this. May not sound like much, but you pay it in higher prices. While Oil companies did not raise retail prices as much as the cost went up to help consumers who were hit by the hurricanes, credit card companies had a windfall because they continued to make higher fees when prices did begin to rise.
Be nice to your poor little oil company guy.