Not that I'm particularly superstitious but I'm now 0-2 watching Bills games alone at the cottage this season. I'm 2-0 watching Bills games not alone at the cottage. I'm 1-0 paddling in a dragonboat event and not watching the game at all. And, finally, I'm 1-0 attending the game. Does it really matter? It matters if they win but if, where and with whom I watch probably doesn't matter but I'm still willing to do whatever I can to help. Next week is the bye week so I have every option available I guess. And the following week, I will be at the game at the Rogers Centre. Can the Bills win their first regular season Toronto Series game after losing the first three?
At no time during yesterday's loss to the Giants did I feel that the team couldn't win the game in the end. A couple of Ryan Fitzpatrick interceptions and a couple of Drayton Florence pass interference calls were the difference in the end but the lack of pressure on Ely Manning during the entire game is probably what the coaches will be focusing on. That and trying to get some players healthy. The Bills generated no turnovers in this game either - and their luck on that front had to run out some time. Playing without Kyle Williams is something which they hopefully will not have to do again. And with Hairston being injured yesterday, that's now 2 left offensive tackles on the shelf. They need Merriman back too.
This past weekend, rain returned to Muskoka. Our lake level a week ago was as low as anyone has ever seen it. Saturday was as miserable a day as we've had in a long time (but a good day to watch some college football) with steady rain and very high winds. I still got a wet bike ride in then I had a sauna around 6.30pm. I just love doing the sauna in those conditions. As I sat on the dock after a cold dunk in the lake, I heard what sounded like a large tree come down accross the bay. I walked over in the morning and our neighbours were very lucky indeed as a the top 10 metres of a large hemlock came down between their cottage and their wash house without doing any damage I could see. There is rain forecast every day until and including Thursday so the lake level should recover a bit. We will need weeks of rain to bring it up the 14 inches to normal fall levels.
Now to US politics: It's interesting to see the progressions of the Republican presidential nomination race as they weave and twist their way toward the likely nomination of Mitt Romney. Likely, that is, depending on the influence of the Tea Party. If they are somehow able to prevent the nomination of an electable candidate like Romney, then the Democrats will be the biggest benficiaries. The Tea Party's favoured candidate started as Michelle Bachman and, after she flamed out, moved on to Rick Perry. He seems not to have been properly prepared for the grilling which comes with being a front runner candidate for President and appears to be finished as well. Now, former Godfather's Pizza CEO, Herman Cain, is the new flavour of the month. He has proposed a tax plan he calls "999" which features a 9% flat tax on businesess, a 9% flat tax on individuals and a 9% sales tax. Obviously, the concept of a progressive tax system where the wealthy pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes isn't part of the Tea Party philosophy. It's hard to imagine that a marginal income tax rate of 9% for everyone will solve the American debt problem but Mr. Cain says it will create 6 million jobs and add $2 trillion to the GDP. And - this is the best part - if it's not there in 30 minutes, it's free.
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