...Bio Fuel Systems (BFS)

If you know me then you know what I hate to buy most of all, gas. I watch the NYSE daily to see what the price of crude oil is. Lately it has been rising almost daily and it seems like $4 a gallon gas is on the way. While America swears it is trying to get off the stuff, they have shown no true effort to date. I do not count $40,000+ electric cars as an effort by the way. Thank God for Spain and France and the people at Bio Fuel Systems (BFS). They have possibly found a way to break away from the need for expensive Middle Eastern oil. They have created a bio-oil produced with algae mixed with carbon dioxide from a factory, it is virtually like the oil we use today. The microalgae reproduces at high speed in the tubes by photosynthesis and from the CO2 released from the cement factory. Every day some of this highly concentrated liquid is extracted and filtered to produce a biomass that is turned into bio-oil. The other great advantage of the system is that it is a depollutant it absorbs the C02 which would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Founder and chairman of BFS, French engineer Bernard Stroiazzo-Mougin calls it "ecological oil". He also said they need about 5-10 years before industrial production can begin, which is not so bad. It sometimes takes that long before we see valuable oil come from those controversial offshore rigs. He also added, "In a unit that covers 50 square kilometres, which is not something enormous, in barren regions of southern Spain, we could produce about 1.25 million barrels per day." That is roughly how much oil comes from Iraq each day. The company is private and is looking to negotiate with many countries to set up plants in their country. Of course late as always to the party Exxon wants to invest $600 million in algae research. Whatever... I am glad to see this. I cannot wait until this stuff goes global and it becomes the main source of oil. I just may be able to own a HUGE SUV, Hummer H1 anyone? I am giving Bio Fuel Systems (BFS) 2 Digits Up for possibly saving me money and future generations a lot more.

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...Rebecca Black - Friday

Maybe I like bad music. I liked Paris Hilton and Heidi Montag's album, I love new wave, synth, pop, disco, etc. Maybe I am ahead of the curb, I sometimes catch on to songs late, much later than others, especially songs by Rihanna and Beyonce and Britney Spears (Though "Hold it Against Me" is still a crappy song). This song "Friday" by Rebecca Black has finally stuck with me. I must say that although the lyrics are simple and bad they are catchy.I like the little song that cost no more than $4,000 to make. More people hate it than love it, even Miley Cyrus said "It should be harder to be an artist." Really Miley? You sound like a cat in heat hitting the shredder. Rebecca sounds no better or worse than anyone on the radio right now, Ke$ha anyone? Think about it, if this were on Disney or Nickelodeon no one would really care, it might even be #2 on Radio Disney. I may be in the minority when I say that this song is pretty good. I am going to give Friday by Rebecca Black a Digit Up for sure.

Michigan Thursday: Teaching vs Scheming

When you go to college you learn the knowledge and maybe a few skills to become a professional.  No matter what your profession is; Lawyer, Doctor, Architect, Business Professional, etc. ............

The same goes with football players and at times I see a coaches that come from the NFL that don't understand that.   My first example is Charlie Weiss, he talked about there wouldn't anyone out scheming him at ND.  That was clear and so was his inability to be a college head football coach.   In college you need to be able to see an all state running back that might be a step slow is a perfect linebacker prospect.  In college you have to teach technique and football skills over drawing up complex plays.  In the NFL, you have elite athletes and to win you need to out scheme your opponent. 

What makes me excited about Michigan football is Greg Mattison gets it and I don't think Greg Robinson ever did.  Yes, Mattison came from the NFL Ravens but his experience in college football way out weighs Robinson's.   You can tell Mattison is a teacher in some of his comments yesterday when he met the press about Spring Practice:  

On learning the new schemes:  Even though installation is going slowly, "There is no disappointment whatsoever in me. I get excited and more enthused every day we meet." They get to mold the players into what they want to see, and the players are all excited to learn.

Talent and Technique: " There hasn't been any moping or negative attitudes, guys come in wanting to learn. When the coaches make corrections, the players demonstrate those by the next day. The entire D has tons of work to do on basic techniques. "But I would have said that about any time I've had, unless they're perfect with their technique, I'm not satisfied." First step, punch, etc. - all the basic techniques need work.

Big Will?  Campbell is coming off the football better at times, but not always. Quinton Washington "has been neck and neck with [Will Campbell]... When you see Quinton Washington and Will Campbell battling for a position, that says 'great, because now we can roll them.' Because I believe in that, and I always have." Will Heininger has stepped up, and can rotate with Jake Ryan. Jibreel Black looks as good as Craig Roh on some days.


LB's?  "The one guy probably that has improved the most and I have really become excited about him is Cam Gordon. I've really got high hopes for him." He's playing SAM backer, and has a chance to be good. "Has a tremendous attitude." He has safety athleticism, just need to get bigger. "Cam's a really long way away, but as a coach you see things in a young man you say 'this guy really could be one of those really good players some day.'" He's battling guys much bigger than him right now, and they want him to get as big as he can while still being able to run.

I know the proof will be on the field on Saturday's but it sounds like to me that Mattison is teaching the defense on how to be play their positions where Robinson used a stuffed Beaver to motive his players to be better. 

At the end of the day you want your football coaches to be good leaders and teachers.  This also maybe an area where RR could improve as well.  He was known as a the mastermind behind the spread but could he really teach 18-22 years old kids on how to be better football players?    His teams didn't get better during the season at Michigan, they got worse which makes me believe he was more of a scheme guy then a teacher.  To quote Charles Barkley, "I could be wrong but I doubt it!".

3/30 Mad Men, Christ Brown on Dancing With the Stars, Royal Wedding Coverage - Overkill?

We Talk About ALL The Hot Topics, Like:

Mad Men - will AMC's critical darling return?

Mad Man - should ABC have honored Chris Brown's appearance on Dancing With the Stars?

Mad Hatter - do we need a solid week of Royal Wedding coverage?

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Wolverine Wednesday: Talks About Practice and Contracts

Brady Hoke signed his new Michigan contract on Monday.  He will make $2M this year and get regular bonuses that could increase his salary to an average of  $3.5M a year over the 6 year term of the contract.  Part of his bonus structure is a $1.5M "Stay Bonus" if he stays at Michigan after 3 years.

• Michigan's top QB prospect for the 2012 class Zeke Pike was on campus to visit with the coaches and watch practice on Tuesday.  Here is what Zeke had to say:   I think the coaches they have are the perfect coaches to get Michigan back to Michigan. I think Coach Hoke is doing a very good job with bringing tradition back. There was so much fire, intensity, and energy at practice. It just looks like there's a lot of competition on the field and you need that to be great. I think the right coaches are in place and that's exciting. I think it's a great opportunity to be that next guy at Michigan. It's a program on a national stage, when you say Michigan football people turn their heads. I'm excited to continue to build the relationships.
• Here are some pictures from the practice.
• Clayton, OH ILB Kaleb Ringer will announce his decision on 4/15.  Many expect him to pick the Wolverines. 
• TomVH gives us a scouting report on new Michigan verbal Caleb Stacey
• Urban Meyer was at Michigan's practice yesterday working for ESPN
• One of the biggest mysteries from the RR time at Michigan was how he was handling the RB's.  Practice reports were that Michael Cox might be one of Michigan's best athletes.  Yesterday, with the media at practice Michael was running with the #1's.  He would seem a perfect fix for Al Borgus offense.   
• Speaking of RR, he will be on HBO's real sports tonight.

...Citizens Against Government Waste

The Citizens Against Government Waste are against well government waste, and who can really blame them? I am totally in love with their commercials that has been deemed too "controversial" for some networks to air. I happened to see it on a channel, I cannot recall what network aired it, but thank you to those who are willing to show it. This commercial is pretty much what a lot of insiders are thinking, but are too afraid to say. I instantly thought of one of my favorite commercials, the 1984 Apple Macintosh Super Bowl commercial. However the commercial is more on the lines of another controversial commercial from the 1980's directed by Ridley Scott. This commercial was banned because it also dealt with the topic of the rising government debt. Though this commercial may not be seen by all those who do see it will be curious about its message, especially those who are not actively involved in politics. I am giving this Citizens Against Government Waste 2 Digits Up for, lack of a better word, having the balls to make this commerical to begin with.

3/29 Consumer Advocate Bogey, Dancing with the Stars, How Much $ is Shatner Worth?

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Michigan Tuesday: Welcomes MSU to the Reality of Roses

If you live in Ohio, you hate the State of Michigan even if your not a sports fan.   That's just the culture in the Buckeye State.  Some people won't even do business in Michigan because it's Michigan.   Which is a pretty narrow view of reality, mostly when it potentially could be costing you and your family a better living. 

Michigan State's Program is just the opposite.  The best analogy I give for the Spartans is a golfing one.  I am sure many of you have heard the term "sandbagger".  If you haven't, in golf it means a player that "inflates" his scores so his handicap is higher then it should be.  So for example, a 15 handicap might really be a 7 handicap golfer.  Meaning he gets 8 shots in a match that he shouldn't.

If you play golf, there are also guys who are just the opposite.  Guys, who are really 15 but cut a few shots off each round and end up being a 7 just so they can brag they have a single digit handicap, even though they lose every time they play another good player.  They just blame it on playing bad, the weather, or whatever excuse they can come up with.   This guy is the Michigan State Football Program. 

Michigan State opened up their Spring Practice yesterday and Mark Dantonio did his regular "Spring" press conference.  "Now we begin to prepare for the Rose Bowl," Dantonio said Monday. "That's where we're at. I think the foundation has been laid. We've had enough success to go into every game thinking we're going to win, or at least these are the things we have to do to be able to win."


(from the Detroit News - Is it me or did Dantonio give his press conference from a TV tray?)  

Really?  Didn't MSU (similar to Michigan as well) get embarrassed by an SEC opponent earlier this year?  Wasn't the score 49-7?  I think setting goals is good and the Rose Bowl goal is probably where the bar should be set for the Spartans every spring but going Rex Ryan in March is going a bit too far.

Mostly when MSU has had a number of off field issues effecting the program including:

• Potential violations and suspension of an MSU Booster Club.
• The reinstatement of Dion Sims who pleaded guilty in September to receiving and concealing stolen property.
• The February arrests of TE Brian Linthicum and linebacker Max Bullough, who both will miss the first two days of spring practice.  Yes, two days.

This is why I love Michigan State.  Like Mike Hart coined years ago, they are the "little brother" that loves to talk and sometimes put together a couple of wins on the golf course, basketball game in front of the house, or even 3 instate wins in a row.  The problem is they just can't get out of their way when it comes to getting in trouble and talking smack after Alabama used them as their scout team.   Yes, MSU you had an 11 win season (didn't play OSU) and played decent football at times, but go take care of your business off the field and fix the problems on before you start talking about Roses of any color.

...President Barack Obama

Did you see the speech? I did. I was crass. It did not answer the main question all Americans had on their mind, what are we doing there? Answer... No answer. There was a lot of beating around the bush and when the bush was beat, it was more of a gentle rub. I do not want to talk much about this but I would like to point out a couple of things I noticed. The main things would be how much this reminds me of George W. Bush. Obama went above and beyond to paint McCain as a Bush backer and man who would do things just like him and now he is the one following in his footsteps. He went over Congress to NATO to get this resolution approved and to start this things with Libya. He wanted to protect the people of Libya from Gadhafi and so on. We are helping aide them, but we are not getting too involved. What are we doing!?!?! We are doing the hard work while they walk in and take over a city a day it seems. Obama claims that he will not send in ground troops, which is odd because the Libyan rebels may not have the power to oust Gadhafi without our help sense no other country wants to take the wheel, which is why NATO is in command...per se. America has gone into their oil rich country to get rid of this "mad man" and give this country something that they want. If this is true then let them fight for it. I am over this American Exceptionalism and out imperialistic ways. This is as much a war as the recession was a depression. Words have power and both war and depression cause panic in America and the world. The stock market would go crazy and things would fall and oil would go up, too late there. I will end this by saying when Bush decided to go to war with Iraq he pretty much did whatever it took to get America on his side, and for the most part it worked. Obama did not agree with what he said or did and he rode that into the White House. I wonder if he were still in the Senate if he would agree with what he has just done? I believe he would not. Think about it, Bush went into a country with controlled by a "brutal dictator", got rid of him and gave democracy to the people of Iraq... Libya is next I guess. He said, in so many words, he thought that Libya was more important than other countries because Gadhafi would slaughter many of his own people and that was not something he was willing to let happen. When it happens in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran and Syria we shall see what he does to stop that. I have yet to get any answer, an actual definite answer, as to why we are over there, and I doubt I ever will. No amount of propaganda or rally cries will get me to agree with this war, yes I am calling it a war. You do not spend $600 million in the 1st week of something launching missiles and dropping bombs and not call it a war. I am giving President Barack Obama 2 Digits Down.