Albany, NY -- Five In...

Pitt pulled it out. I really couldn't be doing any better -- 19 for my last 22!

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Albany, NY -- Four In!!!!!

Vandy wins! Vandy wins!!! Did anyone else have them in the Sweet 16? This guy did!

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Albany, NY -- ANOTHER OVERTIME???

Somehow, after being down by about 15, VCU has sent the game to OT. Come on, Pitt...

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Albany, NY -- Tied Up...

Somehow, VCU came back on Pitt, and that game is knotted up at 67. Meanwhile, in double OT, WSU-Vandy is tied at 69.

Wow... some tourney!

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Albany, NY -- Three In...

Georgetown beats BC, and I'm looking good. Vandy's taking Washington State to OT... Pitt's about to win, so that's another one for me.

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Albany, NY -- Two in, Barely...

Texas A&M just pulled out a victory against Louisville... see ya, Pitino.

Vandy/Washington State is the game to watch right now for me... if Vanderbilt wins, I'm in totally excellent shape.

Venturing out into the snowy beyond. Back later.

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Albany, NY -- My Bracket Flashing Before My Eyes...

Right now, with 5:30 left in the A&M/Louisville game, Edgar Sosa is the worst person in the world...

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Albany, NY -- One In, One Out

Oh well, lost Maryland in a close one, and that's OK, because I had them losing in the next round and they were one of my biggest question marks.

14 games left. A&M had better pull their game out against Louisville, or I'm screwed -- I have them in the championship game.

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Albany, NY -- Goodbye, Ze...

"Hallelujah, it's a brand new day... CHICK-A-QUACK-QUACK!"

...it's been great being a Sports Racer!

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Albany, NY -- I'm March Mad!

I rarely watch college basketball these days, but I guess all it takes to get into it is filling out a bracket. I think everyone in my building heard me from the top floor when I screamed "YEEEEEAAAHHHHH!!!!" a few minutes ago when Ron Lewis hit the long three-pointer than sent the Ohio State-Xavier game into OT and saved my bracket.

I'm doing really, really well... Won all but two games yesterday, and every one of my Sweet Sixteen teams are still in it. That'd be something if I were to win my pool...

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Albany, NY -- Nope...

OK, it seems that tomorrow (Saturday) is the last day of Ze... cool cameo from Jack Black in today's episode, though.

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Albany, NY -- Ze's Last Day

Just a reminder... Friday is Ze Frank's last day on the air. He'll be riding the Fire Eagle one last time (if you don't get it, you should... watch the archive, people!).

Thanks, Ze, for everything you've done for us!

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Poughkeepsie, NY -- What, Fox News Right-Wing?

Continuing from this morning's post... for those of you who wonder why the Dems might have pulled out of the Fox News debate I mentioned, check out this post on the topic from a blog called "Welcome to Pottersville."

I'd say something like "fair and balanced my ass," but we're way past that at this point... I stopped being able to stomach Fox News after seeing one too many headlines like, "A John Kerry presidency -- bad for the stock market? We have proof!" during the 2004 presidential campaign.

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Rhinecliff, NY -- 21 Months Out...

I can't believe how early the 2008 election cycle started -- it seems like it did before the 2006 one ended... Months ago, I decided I was leaning towards supporting John Edwards in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. He just seems to genuinely care about those who are less fortunate (he's spent the last few years running an anti-poverty think-tank), he's extremely well-spoken, and he's just so gosh-darn handsome! ;)

David Mizner, a diarist on Kos, wrote a thoughtful piece late last week on why he's supporting Edwards, and a lot of it rang true for me:

I can't ask you to share my instincts. But I want you to know a few things. That he's long identified with the unlucky classes and mistrusted corporations. That his oft-derided first career, personal injury lawyer, in fact serves an important political function, especially in the deregulated, government-gutted South. That a strain of populism runs through his life, from his years growing up working class to his career as an attorney to his Senate term to his presidential campaigns. That the moderates at the Democratic Leadership Council wanted to make him their Golden Boy and he said no.

What I want you know, above all, is that this time around he’s running as a bold progressive populist. He’s rejected neo-liberalism in favor of a neo-Keynesianism approach that makes programs that help people a higher priority than balanced budgets. The centerpiece of his domestic agenda is a comprehensive and politically viable universal health care plan, which could lead to a single-payer system. And Edwards is the first major presidential candidate in the era of globalization to question the preeminent religious faith of Washington DC and Corporate America: the belief in so-called free trade. Taken together, his agenda represents a direct challenge to the Corporatocracy.

Just last week, Edwards made many of us on the Democratic left proud by refusing to take part in a debate sponsored by the right-wing Fox News. Following his lead, other candidates declined as well, and the Democratic Party wisely pulled the plug on the debate. Fox's executives lashed out at Edwards, and Edwards's campaign immediately and impressively turned Fox's response into a fundraising push. From John's mailing list:

You may have heard by now that John Edwards was the first candidate to officially say no to the Fox News debate in Nevada - and because of the hard work of so many grassroots and netroots Democrats, news is breaking tonight that Fox is out.

Fox has already started striking back at John for saying no. (There's a surprise—Fox attacking a Democrat.) Last night, Roger Ailes-the life-long Republican operative who is now Chairman of Fox News Channel-said that any candidate "who believes he can blacklist any news organization is making a terrible mistake" and "runs a real risk of losing the voters."

And John's not their only target. Tonight Fox News Vice President David Rhodes is telling news organizations not to get involved in the Nevada Democratic Caucus because of "radical fringe" groups - meaning grassroots Democrats (that would be you) - who objected to Fox's long history of spreading Republican propaganda at the expense of Democratic leaders.

The whole right wing is getting in on the attack; the Drudge Report is blaring the headline: "War! Dems Pull Out of Fox News Debate."

Enough is enough. It's time to send a clear message to Fox News and their allies that their right-wing talking points and temper tantrums won't go unchallenged anymore—when it comes to what Democrats should do in the Democratic primary, we'll decide—no matter what they report:

http://johnedwards.com/r/7157/801725/

Fox News has already proven they have no intention of providing "fair and balanced" coverage of any Democrat in this election.

In recent weeks they have run blatant lies about Senator Obama's background. And Fox was only too happy to give Ann Coulter a platform to spew more hate a few days after her bigoted attack on Senator Edwards and the gay community.

Now it's time for Democrats to stand together and send a clear message to Roger Ailes, Fox News and all the rest of them: bias isn't balance, but turning tables is fair:

http://johnedwards.com/r/7159/801725/

The truth is, Fox News can "report" whatever they want. And when it works for us, we'll deal with them on our terms. But this campaign is about responsibility and accountability, and we need to send the message to Fox that if they want to be the corporate mouthpiece of the Republican Party more than they want to be an impartial news outlet, they shouldn't expect Democrats to play along.

You can send that message by contributing today, and remind Fox News that in this election, Democrats won't take their spin lying down:

http://johnedwards.com/r/7161/801725/

Thank you for standing up for what we believe in.

Jonathan Prince
Deputy Campaign Manager
John Edwards for President

P.S. -- If the folks at Fox wonder why nobody thinks they play it straight, they should take a look at what Roger Ailes said about debates in 1988 when he was a top Republican spinmaster for then Vice President Bush: He told the Washington Post, "I don't know that we need to do more than one [debate]. There's no reason to think we'd need more than one." And he told the New York Times, "I don't think you learn anything about the issues" from debates. So please send Roger Ailes a message: Hypocrisy isn't fair and it isn't balanced; it's just hypocrisy - and we've had enough of it from you.

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Albany, NY -- A Slight Snag...

I was feeling a bit driven musically, so I thought I'd spend a couple of hours in my studio tonight... not a lot to show for it, though. Why?

Well, I came up with a decent rhythm guitar track, and I was trying to lay down a drum track when I realized something important... I don't know how to play the drums!

Why the hell don't I know any musicians?

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