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This is a funny article on old style pumps that can’t be changed to display prices over $3.99.  Why is can’t the dollar slot go up to $9 instead of $3? Because nobody thought gas would ever be this expensive.  Of course in this country a quarter of the population lives in 1920s conditions.  In some parts of South Carolina they are just getting the Cotton Gin.

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Recently I’ve been reading about Hank Steinbrenner’s current dissatisfaction with the play of the New York Yankees.  I could somewhat understand his displeasure but his attacks on young pitchers Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy seemed low and his uber expectations unrealistic.  But to get the final decision I had to turn to our Yankees expert Anthony to get his opinion on the whole situation.  What follows are his thoughts. 
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Now, this is an old story, but I thought it was good enough to rehash for a second or two. I don’t know much about it but the story is fantastic just for quotes like this in reference to Glen’s playing time with the Lakers: “She (Glen’s wife Christina) ranted that if she was in Glen’s shoes, it would have been “Latrell Sprewell II” - kind of like what her estranged husband just did to her house visitor.” The full article is below.

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This got me thinking on some other weird stories involving athletes. See a few of my favorites after the jump.

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Anthony brought this to my attention recently and I felt it was too good not to post on the site. I never knew O’Reilly had such great hair. It’s like a piece of art on the top of his head. Something that tomes should be written about. I wish I could say I was surprised by this meltdown but I’ve always known that Bill O’Reilly was a doosh. For some reason I can’t embed the video. Apparently I’m a doosh for sucking at the internet.

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Read a great reaction to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s announcement today that he learned nothing new from former Patriots employee Matt Walsh.  In case your forgot, Walsh is the man that was hired by the Patriots early in the Belichick era to video tape opposing team’s offensive and defensive play calls during games.  This whole situation has smelled like a cover up from the start on the part of Roger Goodell and the NFL.  

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It’s articles like this that I’ll just never understand.  CNN.com, along with most other media outlets, love stories like this where they plant the seeds of doubt in the minds of the delegates as far as Barack Obama’s electability.  According to the article a big win in West Virginia would mean that Hillary is the better candidate for the Democratic Party.  This is based on exit polls that found that 35% of Clinton supporters in the state would vote for John McCain in the general election.  

Why are articles like this bad? Because they’re pointless.  So what if Clinton wins West Virginia? As it currently stands Obama has control of the popular vote and the Democratic candidate is supposed to be chosen by the delegates anyway.  It doesn’t really matter who wins the popular vote or what exit polls say.  All that matters is who wins the superdelegates.  Not to mention, how does winning a state like West Virginia mean anything in the long run.  In the general election the number of electoral votes you get from West Virginia is minimal compared to states like Florida, New York, California and Texas.  You just can’t tell me that West Virginians reflect the the minds and opinions of the country as a whole.  They are one state.  A state that is not nearly as diverse as Texas or California.  I’m just sick and tired of Hillary Clinton’s excuses for staying in the race and the media’s buying into her fantastical reasoning.

We’ve come up with a new feature here on The Bocker, fittingly called “Gully Video”, where he find you the grimiest, dirtiest, ghettoest, cheapest, most over the top rap videos ever produced and give them the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment. Hip Hop videos are notorious for being either ridiculously over budget, where rappers rent cars, houses, chains and hoes to look big time, or terribly under funded, think a camcorder, a grimy neighborhood and some homeboys. This characteristic leaves them open for ridicule and unintentionally humorous. This is where we at The Bocker step in. Always itching to mock someone or something, this is the perfect forum to display our jokes, or lack there of. Our first subject is Brooklyn rapper Illa Ghee with his video for “Let ‘Em Know”. Notice the apostrophe before the “Em”, that means he’s not only hard but he’s careful with punctuation.  Commentary after the jump.

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How old is too old to play video games? Is their even a limit? If like me you were born in the 80s, you probably grew up with video games and can’t remember a time when people used to play stickball in the streets or basketball in a back alley. To me it seems like the last time kids played outside instead of in their separate homes over the internet horse and buggy was the preferred mode of transportation.

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Thereu have been a lot of good articles in the news recently and we at The Bocker feel the need to get those articles out there for public consumption.  We comb the newspapers so you don’t have to.

More analysis on the Clinton Gas-Tax Proposal courtesy of The Washington Post.  To me this is another reason not to vote Hillary for President.  This is the kind of poorly thought out, short-sighted plan that she rolls out time and time again.

Apparently my last two cities of residence are the two sootiest in the country.  Los Angeles is still tops in overall air pollution though.  California is the worst state.  For all the progressive environmental laws in California, you’d think they’d be able to get a handle on their air pollution problem.

This articledisplays the hypocritical actions of Congress.  They want to tell everyone else to lower their carbon footprint and become more green and yet they continue to drive their huge SUVs and luxury sedans because they “project an image of success”.  Personally I’m all for tougher greenhouse emissions laws and cleaner cars but it would be nice if lawmakers set an example instead of half-heartedly passing laws.   The LA Times had a nice article on this topic today as well.  My favorite quote that means nothing, “It’s not a Cadillac. It’s not a Lincoln. It’s a Ford,” the Republican congressman (Rep. Elton Gallegly) said with exasperation.”  The worst part of this is that the taxpayers pay for their exorbitant gas bills.

How do you stop a problem like this?

And finally, port workers on the West Coast walked out today suspending work for the day shift.  The reason for the strike? Anti-war protests.  It’s interesting to see such a large group speak out like this, even though it most likely won’t get news coverage and will be ignored in a few days.  Or until the next Reverend Wright “scandal” emerges.

This article from the NY Times goes along with Mr. Tynan’s remarks on the Clinton-McCain proposals to eradicate the gas tax for the summer months.  Mr. Friedman argues his point quite well so I won’t add anything to his article, but I do urge you to read it.  Politicians these days are not only out of touch with Americans, but they are out of touch with the world it seems like to me.  They continue to look for short term “fixes” to problems that require real work and new ideas.