Don't tell anyone, OK? Around the time I entered SMU Harriet was choosing her major as mathematics. I just barely remember her. And by the time I'd flunked calculus twice, Harriet was filling out her paperwork for the Law School, as my best friend's girlfriend's older sister finished SMU Law School and launched her career as a Law Professor by doing strip tease shows at Kappa Sig parties. (Or, at least, that's the way the breathless sophomores told the story. Probably total hogwash.)
During that same year I watched the first Superbowl: the infamous "Deep Freeze" that Dallas lost by a foot. Brrr....
So, you know... I'm kind of an expert. And I think Harriet will ultimately be a better Supreme than Sandra Day.
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The first Super Bowl was between Green Bay and Kansas City. GB won 35-10.
Posted by: amanoverthirty at October 04, 2005 07:20 AM (e9okD)
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I once saw Clarence Thomas from about 30 feet away. I think that makes me an expert in his 'textualist-originalism'.
PS-Is it me or does Meir look like an older version of Rachel Drach from Saturday Night Live?
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at October 04, 2005 08:01 AM (JQjhA)
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I think the President has missed a once in a lifetime opportunity to return this country to sanity. Miers certainly doesn't inspire any confidence in me. Her background and demeanor very much remind me of Sandra Day O'Conner, and I don't see any convicton to historical conservatism.
I hope and pray that I am wrong. But why take a chance when their are numerous PROVEN candidates out there. What I really think is that the powers that be in Washington really don't want to return to conservatism, but just pay lip service to get elected. I am very frustrated with this appointment.
Posted by: jesusland joe at October 04, 2005 09:51 AM (rUyw4)
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Well he HAS known her for 25 years. I know that's no proof, but it is some consolation and we do know how conservative "he" is (not fiscally, mind you) but you know what I mean.
Posted by: Oyster at October 04, 2005 09:57 AM (fl6E1)
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My mistake. It was the NFL Championship game. But I think
ESPN Classics has it wrong. In their version the game was played at the Cotton Bowl, but I distinctly recall it being played in Green Bay, with snow flying, in below freezing temperatures. Am I coming unglued, or was this a different game? Or is ESPN simply wrong?
Posted by: Demosophist at October 04, 2005 10:33 AM (eDpg4)
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The game, dubbed the Ice Bowl, was played in Green Bay on a frozen field in below zero temperatures. It was a heartbreak for Dallas fans, as we lost late in the game due to the heroics of Bart Starr.
Posted by: jesusland joe at October 04, 2005 11:35 AM (rUyw4)
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I'll wait and see. The pundits (left and right) want red meat. They want a debate - a fight - they live for it! I want to win - simple. I'll wait and see - I've gone this far with W - I'll go the extra few miles his way.
Posted by: hondo at October 04, 2005 01:26 PM (4Gtyc)
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I remember that game. Poor Jethro Pugh. Darn that Bart Starr. It was a QB sneak, he went in behind Fuzzy Thurston. Heartbreaking.
And Dallas is justly famous for its strippers.
Posted by: Beldar at October 04, 2005 10:11 PM (PzT2/)
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Joe:
Thanks. I thought I might be growing senile or something. At the time I had a friend whose dad was a part (very small part) owner in the Cowboys. I was also a big Bob Hays fan, and had been since his NCAA track and field days. Hays has to be one of the fastest pro football players who ever lived. That was back when the premier sprint event was the 100 yard dash and Hays held the world record at 9.1s until 1974. It slipped my mind that the Packers beat the Cowboys for the NFL championship two years in a row.
Posted by: Demosophist at October 05, 2005 12:33 PM (jPyqb)
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