Tiredness is killing IV

My mind is a hazy blur. Whilst fasting, by the time I get to Friday everything seems foggy. The lack of sleep catches up with me - thankfully it's a half-day today and I can get some rest this afternoon, and then catch up on my sleep over the weekend to get ready for next week when the cycle repeats itself.

Big game tomorrow and because it's come so early on in the season I'm not too worried. We normally lose these games, and without the injured Gerrard and Torres I'm expecting the worst. However, this time round it shouldn't be too damaging. Man Utd will have the same points but there's plenty of the season left to hopefully maintain a title challenge. Liverpool have won 18 league titles in total. Before the Premiership started in 1992, Manchester United had only 7 league titles. Today, Liverpool still have 18, Man Utd now have 17 - it is going to be immensely painful if they catch up and indeed overtake Liverpool.

Bored you enough about football, so lets move on. It seems every week there is an amusing incident occurring during the US Presidential race. This week was all about "lippygate". Barack Obama, in a speech about the US economy, was criticising his rival, John McCain, about his lack of ideas on how to run the economy, and how similar his ideas were to George Bush. He suggested change would be impossible for McCain to achieve "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig." This led to an almighty outcry from the Republicans, accusing Obama of sexism against the Republican vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Despite being a phrase that McCain himself has used on numerous occasions (see below), and despite being a comment used in reference to the US economy, somehow it's all become about "sexism in American life." The Republicans ran an advertisement condoning the phrase and complaining of sexism against Palin. And all because Palin described herself as a "hockey-mum," joking that the only difference between a hockey mum and a pit bull is lipstick (see below, with cheers and thumbs up included). Once again, only in America.





It's really concerning to see the Republicans lead in the polls. With the current incumbent enjoying the lowest ever approval ratings of any President, and McCain openly following policies similar to Bush, how on earth is he ahead? Are Americans simply that dumb? It's a case of the blind leading the blind. Should McCain win, then the world is in serious trouble - no where will be safe!

My brain is really struggling to get going at the moment. I think I better wrap things up for the week. Hopefully people will read and contribute some comments over the weekend. Then again, probably not.

Take care all,
Thoughts just flow, when do they have to make sense?