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Irregular commentary on whatever's on my mind -- politics, sports, current events, and life in general. After twenty years of writing business and community newsletters, fifteen years of fantasy baseball newsletters, and two years of email "columns", this is, I suppose, the inevitable result: the awful conceit that someone might actually care to read what I have to say. Posts may be added often, rarely, or never again. As always, my mood and motivation are unpredictable.

Buster Gammons















Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Bringin' The Joy, Bringin' The Pain


They did us proud, and we're basking in reflected glory.

Our civic self-esteem is sky high!




















Showing Your School Spirit Until It Hurts . . . 






























Crowds of students in the streets to celebrate a big win by their team -- it's an age-old tradition in college football at Ohio State and elsewhere (I've done it myself long ago), and it's not exactly a cause for major alarm.

Shortly after the Buckeye's win on Monday night, OSU cops and Columbus cops -- some in riot gear, and including a SWAT unit -- descended upon campus revelers and began indiscriminately using pepper spray and tear gas.  Many kids were standing on packed, narrow sidewalks with not much room to move, despite police commands to disperse.

Was this really necessary?  The police immediately and predictably said their action was "justified" and "by the book," blah blah blah.

I think they need a new book.









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