Saturday, January 19, 2008

BOWL OF CHERRY (BARRY WITH A GOATEE)

I caught the "Coach's Corner" segment of the CBC's broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada tonight. Don Cherry, the host of the Coach, and his trusty straight man sidekick, Ron MacLean, are just about the biggest draw of HNIC on any Saturday night during the hockey season. Cherry is quite the character and slightly eccentric dresser.

The only real problem I have with him is he really liked, and promotes, fighting in ice hockey. So there I am watching earlier tonight listening to Cherry go on about some player he has "been watching since he was fifteen years old". Then, our opinionated pal changes the subject by going on about some great fight... "this is a great fight". The technical crew rolls tape and we the audience have the pleasure of watching two lunatics duke it out on the ice. (As a side note, I'm wondering what the coloured markings are on the ice. I asked out loud, "Why are these needed for fighting?")

Mr. Cherry wraps up his segment on tonight's broadcast by paying tribute -- and I knew this was coming when I saw him go all teary eyed -- to one of Canada's fallen soldiers. I have no problem with this; if Cherry wants to do a spot (and he has before) on one of this great country's troops who have died in Afghanistan, then that is his prerogative. Admittedly, Cherry, who is very patriotic, does this duty very well.

It's just a darn shame that, at the end of the day (read: strategically), our brave men and women in Afghanistan -- who are there under Toady's orders -- are accomplishing absolutely nothing.

Zilch!

(Just making things worse.)

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