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actionjackson · 03-02-2010, 08:06 PM

Molson Canadian is absolutely the right choice for our Prime Minister. It's the beer along with Labatt Blue that most teenagers in Canada and their uneducated beer palates first got hammered on. It's as dull, lifeless, and limp as he is. To say the man has emotional depth or even a personality, is to say McDonald's is gourmet food, which is also to say Molson Canadian has flavour. Ugh, he is just plain embarrassing as a leader. Then again there isn't much opposition for him right now. I've never tried Yuengling, but it's a safe bet that an independent beer is gonna beat the tar out of a beer that has huge name recognition and is brewed by a huge corporation because an independent brewery will not last if the quality isn't there. At least Obama has good taste in beer.

Congrats to the USA on a great tournament. Ryan Miller for MVP...but taking this tournament's results and projecting them onto a tournament that will take place in four years is silly. So much can change. Putin and Medvedev are busy "re-assigning" those that were responsible for the "debacle" that was Vancouver. It's possible the re-assignments might include the bottom of The Black Sea, various gulags, Siberia, or Putin's personal judo dummy, but they'll have things straightened out by 2014 and the Fins, Czechs, Swedes, and Slovaks will be medal threats too. Remember that Canada and the US finished 7th and 8th in Turin, so a lot can change between now and then. It's great to see so much depth in international hockey using NHL players right now - makes for a better fan experience and makes the NHL look like high school hockey despite the fact that it's the same (smaller pool = higher calibre) players. Great stuff.

EDIT: By the way, all this talk of "massive underdogs" etc is a load or an invention of the master of media manipulation Brian Burke. When you have the best goalie in the world and five talented speedy players that are 23 or less (Erik Johnson, Jack Johnson, Patrick Kane, Phil Kessel, and Bobby Ryan) plus "older" speedsters like Ryan Kesler and Zach Parise and a veteran stabilizer like Brian Rafalski, you have an excellent chance. I'm not sure how the "experts" can say on the one hand that goaltending is everything in a one game elimination tournament and on the other hand completely dismiss the team with the best goaltending, but nobody said the "experts" had to make sense or be consistent.

03-02-2010, 08:06 PM	#88
actionjackson Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 6,181	Molson Canadian is absolutely the right choice for our Prime Minister. It's the beer along with Labatt Blue that most teenagers in Canada and their uneducated beer palates first got hammered on. It's as dull, lifeless, and limp as he is. To say the man has emotional depth or even a personality, is to say McDonald's is gourmet food, which is also to say Molson Canadian has flavour. Ugh, he is just plain embarrassing as a leader. Then again there isn't much opposition for him right now. I've never tried Yuengling, but it's a safe bet that an independent beer is gonna beat the tar out of a beer that has huge name recognition and is brewed by a huge corporation because an independent brewery will not last if the quality isn't there. At least Obama has good taste in beer. Congrats to the USA on a great tournament. Ryan Miller for MVP...but taking this tournament's results and projecting them onto a tournament that will take place in four years is silly. So much can change. Putin and Medvedev are busy "re-assigning" those that were responsible for the "debacle" that was Vancouver. It's possible the re-assignments might include the bottom of The Black Sea, various gulags, Siberia, or Putin's personal judo dummy, but they'll have things straightened out by 2014 and the Fins, Czechs, Swedes, and Slovaks will be medal threats too. Remember that Canada and the US finished 7th and 8th in Turin, so a lot can change between now and then. It's great to see so much depth in international hockey using NHL players right now - makes for a better fan experience and makes the NHL look like high school hockey despite the fact that it's the same (smaller pool = higher calibre) players. Great stuff. EDIT: By the way, all this talk of "massive underdogs" etc is a load or an invention of the master of media manipulation Brian Burke. When you have the best goalie in the world and five talented speedy players that are 23 or less (Erik Johnson, Jack Johnson, Patrick Kane, Phil Kessel, and Bobby Ryan) plus "older" speedsters like Ryan Kesler and Zach Parise and a veteran stabilizer like Brian Rafalski, you have an excellent chance. I'm not sure how the "experts" can say on the one hand that goaltending is everything in a one game elimination tournament and on the other hand completely dismiss the team with the best goaltending, but nobody said the "experts" had to make sense or be consistent. Last edited by actionjackson; 03-02-2010 at 08:20 PM.