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Well, Jerry Buss only becomes Jerry Reinsdorf and the Lakers only become the Bulls if Kobe is convicted and immediately sent to prison. That isn’t going to happen so “total meltdown” isn’t what this is. Since I don’t think Kobe is Michael redux, my guess is that the Lakers will descend into an Alan Iverson’s Philadelphia 76ers type team. Hey, they were up 1-0 in the 2001 Finals. Unfortunately for the Lakers, they’re in the West. It’ll be interesting to see if Shaq gets himself into shape. If he does, I’d say the Heat have a better shot than the Lakers of getting to the finals in every year that Shaq plays.

Just to further mess with The Peasant, I agree with him all down the line today.

And as to McCain-Feingold, well I know the readers here like the lack of profanity so I’ll just say that I like the fact that thus far it’s been a big surprise to all the people who thought they knew what its effect would be. The Supreme Court didn’t find it unconstitutional, the Democrats aren’t at a huge disadvantage, and people, people, people are contributing, contributing, contributing at a record clip. Nothing wrong with any of that.

Joe Wilson should start a blog. He’d fit right in.

Now (a John Kerry word), I think I’ll go enjoy the Great Lakes and the closest thing there is to a perfect roller coaster (the Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point, OH) for a week.

Best.

110 days to go.