The Worst Parents EVER - Part II

Meet Brittainy and Samuel Labberton of Bellevue, WA. Because Brittainy didn't want a "fat baby," she starved her newborn baby to the point of emaciation. The baby would cry for hours because it was hungry and she and her idiot husband did nothing. They even put laxative in the baby's bottle to make it lose weight. According to health officials, "She indicated that her husband has a weight problem and she does not want her girls to be fat."

The couple had a 2 year old daughter who was removed from the home and placed in a foster home and once she arrived, health officials reported that she began eating "ravenously...eating so fast that she nearly choked on her food."

The couple are due in court on Monday, February 1st to face charges.

Seahawks, Sports Radio, Etc...

It's been a few days since I posted last. Just been busy. But I was happily surprised to see that the Seattle Seahawks fired Jim Mora last Friday. I knew he was not the man for the job. The team has no discipline, especially off the field. However, my opinion of the MAN has changed. I listened to an interview of Mora in-studio at KJR on Monday. He said he was told that "Paul (Allen) wants to make a change" on Friday and that he was being let go. First thing he did was to talk to his kids and tell them the news and make sure they were alright. I have been through my share of that kind of grief and we're on the same page in terms of priorities. Of course, he will be paid millions of dollars just to go on a vacation, thanks to his contract so it's not like he will be applying for Unemployment any time soon.

But here is the odd part. After Mora was fired on Friday, it wasn't two days until Pete Carroll was offered the job. That was awfully fast. And since Mora was told "Paul wants to make a change," obviously the Seahawks had been talking to Carroll days or weeks before in anticipation of this move. So for Carroll to say, "It came out of nowhere" is not exactly genuine. I believe things went sour for Mora when the "dirtbag" comment came out of his mouth following another loss for the team. That's what changed Paul Allen's mind about him.

Back to KJR for a minute....For Mora to come into KJR's studios and give the interview he did is a HUGE slap in the face to their new competitor, 770 ESPN/KIRO--which is the flagship station of the Seahawks. Now granted, perhaps the Hawks didn't want their former employee on their flagship station talking about the experience, but the fact they didn't even try--and to consider that the Hawks have leverage to influence programming--is just bad radio. KJR, despite their problems, have made themselves THE sprots authority on the radio dial.

And one more comment...When Kevin Calabro was doing play by play for the Sonics and would be on KJR quite a bit, and even once or twice, very briefly, filled in as a host, I thought the guy was beyond smooth. He just oozed talk show host talent. However...now that I've heard him on a regular Monday-Friday schedule, I have discovered that 1) he does hardly any prep for his show, 2) is very loose with the facts and stats and 3) is very shallow in terms of knowledge or viewpoints---and is a blowhard for formatics and often leans on the producer or another host to save his bacon. He is not a good talk show host. Play by play? Sure. Radio. No way.

NBA Player Suspended For Bring Gun to Work

Two members of the Washington Wizards got into such a heated arguement on the team plane that they arrived in their locker room, one of them produced a handgun from his locker. The player, Gilbert Arenas, has been suspended by the league.

If I were to bring a gun to my workplace, I would be immediately fired and probably arrested to boot. But because these players live outside the 'normal world,' I wonder how long it will be until he is reinstated to play so he can 'feed his family?" I give it about 3 months with no arrest, no laws broken.

Arenas said later that producing the gun was "a joke."

Now There's A Sex Tape.....

As being reported on CBS, an unidentified woman is shopping what she claims is a Tiger Woods sex tape. Can it get any worse?

Worst Parents EVER - Part I

Meet PattyJo Marsh of Georgia. She's been arrested for tattooing 4 of her 5 children! Personally, I detest tattoos. People who have them only relay the message that they are not smart enough to consider the fact that once you get a tattoo, it's NEVER coming off. But yet they feel the urge to 'express' themselves, even though in today's culture, it's trying to be seen as a 'gangsta.' All tattoo do is give a person a stigma of stupidity, a barrier to employment, and--for women--sending a message that they are loose with their sexual desires. I understand that many of the "Greatest Generation" of WWII had tattoos of "Mother" or their sweetheart's name, but that was because they were bonded to their military units and to also make their bodies easy to ID if killed in battle. But tattooing your KID?

Just Watched "Paranormal Activity"

I'm not interested in the "shock" ghost films that are only made to make you jump out of your seat. I prefer films that try to create an atmosphere. For instance, "The Haunting" directed by Robert Wise or "Legend of Hell House" --- just great stuff! And I heard a lot of buzz about "Parnomal Activity" which was billed as a VERY low budget film made by real people, ala "Blair Witch Project." Basically the story is about a couple in which the girl is apparently being haunted by demon. So the boyfriend sets up a camera in their bedroom to try and collect visual evidence of anything going on. You watch the footage, ala "Ghost Hunters," of them sleeping away and things start to happen. Small at first. And that's all I'll say. I was completely expecting to non impressed, but the gal actor really creates a character that you care about. Now, was it the scariest film I've ever seen? (Like all the comments of theater goers, mostly under the age of 20) No. Was it worth seeing! Yes! Highly recommend for a rental at one of those Red Box machines for $1.

Seahawks Lose, Seahawks Lose!!

The Seattle Seahawks lost their final game of the 2009 season. What a surprise. Why did the club let Mike Holmgren walk away and install Jim Mora, Jr? Mora hasn't done anything in the NFL and is younger than most of the players! He doesn't get any of the respect that Holmgren did as a coach. He instilled fear in his players, but he was (and still is) a proven winner. Bubbling with enthusiasm and saying that people are going to lose their jobs on the team isn't going to help Mora with anything. Lose their jobs? HE'LL lose his job, not the players. And the other change that must happen is that the strength and conditioning coach has to be replaced. The players are just not in prime physical condition because they get injured so much and so often and are out for so long.

But, bottom line, Mora is not the coach the Seahawks need.

One more thing---I predict that Matt Hasselbeck will come out in the off-season that he was hurt most of the year, but didn't want to tell the coaching staff. However, it's quite obvious to everyone that there was something wrong with him all year.

Will Janet's Head Roll This Week?

Napolitano: "No indication of larger terror plot."

This woman has NO clue whatsoever. I thought that Robert Gibbs would be the first to be fired from the Obama team, but the more things she says about the attempted Christmas plane bombing, it just gets worse. And when Obama gets back from golfing, she may be called for an urgent meeting the POTUS.