Yet another Obama nominee has tax problems

Via CBS:

Kathleen Sebelius, President Obama's nominee to become Health and Human Services secretary, said in a letter obtained by the Associated Press that she made "unintentional errors" on her taxes and has corrected her returns from three different years.

I honestly have to wonder whether Obama is intentionally seeking out nominees who have tax troubles. I've lost count of how many people have withdrawn their names from consideration. He really needs to strengthen his vetting process. As a point of comparison, I'm relatively certain that not nearly as many of President Bush's nominees withdrew like this.

Barney Frank pushes through more ridiculousness

Keep in mind that this is the same guy who was, in 2006, insisting that there was "nothing wrong" at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

He's now pushing for more salary regulations. However, he's not looking to regulate just top-earning executives' pays.

No. He wants more.

Via Byron York at the Washington Examiner:

But now, in a little-noticed move, the House Financial Services Committee, led by chairman Barney Frank, has approved a measure that would, in some key ways, go beyond the most draconian features of the original AIG bill. The new legislation, the "Pay for Performance Act of 2009," would impose government controls on the pay of all employees -- not just top executives -- of companies that have received a capital investment from the U.S. government. It would, like the tax measure, be retroactive, changing the terms of compensation agreements already in place. And it would give Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner extraordinary power to determine the pay of thousands of employees of American companies.

Does anyone besides me find this to be little more than a power grab?

We'll be back next year and we'll win again

Arizona Football - Duel in the Desert Intro Video 2008 from Arizona Athletics on Vimeo.

That video, despite its age and despite the many times I've watched it, still sends chills down my spine.

Seeing Arizona win the Territorial Cup by beating the Scum Devils of Average Students University was an epic experience. In fact, it's probably the greatest sports experience I've ever had in my life, and I've seen the White Sox win a World Series and the Bulls win multiple NBA Championships.

But nothing compares to the absolute adrenaline rush that came from rushing the field after we stomped ASU.

I screamed so much that it hurt my head, for some reason, if I spoke too loudly after the game.

Things are definitely looking up for Arizona football this year. I think that we'll recover from losing Thomas and Tuitama (among others) and while I'm not going to predict something along the veins of my Arizona dynasty in NCAA Football 09, in which I've won 9 straight national championships with Arizona, I think that we're on the way up in the Pac-10. I predict we'll go bowling again next year and we'll march to Tempe to keep the Territorial Cup. ASU may legally own the trophy, but we'll be more than happy to hold onto it for another year.

Karma came back to bite you, didn't it, Louisville?

So after their disgusting display of classlessness, which even Coach Pitino apologized for,

Pitino took off his jacket, handed it to a team manager, and was escorted to a large interview room where he said, "I do want to apologize for us dunking the balls at the end of the game."

Louisville was defeated by Michigan State, who will be the Midwest region's representative in the Final Four.

I'm a Catholic, so I don't really believe in karma, but just this once, I will believe in it. Louisville got what they deserved. I don't care if the player that dunked in the last five seconds is a pine rider who rarely plays. You don't dunk with a 40-point lead, no matter what the score is. That's just not right.

That was disappointing

As some of you may be aware, (and for the rest of you, you're about to find out) I'm a big Arizona Wildcats fan mainly because I'm a student at THE University of Arizona.

I watched our game against Louisville today.

Am I disappointed? Yes.

Am I still happy that we made it this far and managed to keep the streak alive and managed to go farther in the tournament than the Scum Devils of Average Students University? Yes.

Am I very pissed that Louisville decided to go the classless route and ran up the score at the end of the game? Absolutely. There was absolutely no reason for them to do what they did and I'm deeply disturbed by the display of classlessness. It was completely inappropriate.

Oh well. There's always next year. Bear Down, Arizona as always.

First musings

I've been thinking over the past few months about the average unfairness of life. My life's pretty fair, but I think life overall just isn't fair for some people. Some people just really get the shaft and some other people don't get the shaft but definitely deserve to get said shaft.

Case in point?

Chris Farley and Phil Hartman are both dead.

Andy Dick is still alive.

I rest my case.