I don’t know if any of you got a change to catch New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s appearance on David Letterman Monday night but it was nothing if not entertaining. I’m a huge Letterman fan and for a couple of years now have heard him ruthlessly make fun of Chris Christie’s weight, which is probably not right but it sure is funny. So I give Christie tons of credit for having the balls to come on the show and not only come on it but openly (and with hilarious results) make fun of his weight problem. Through the years Dave has made fun of certain people to the point of going overboard and then when that person finally comes on the show, he backs off from making fun of them so I expect that to be the case with Christie.

Look, I’m not going to pretend to play favorites here. I’m a liberal. If Christie ever runs for president, I’m not going to be voting for him. But, I do like the guy. I can relate to him. He is always honest, even if it costs him a lot politically or if he knows people are not going to agree with what he is saying. I can respect that. A lot. The business of politics is filled with liars and a ton of mistrust so when you get a guy who is tells the truth no matter the cost, you have to appreciate that. Hell, even just before the election he caused quite a bit of controversy when he spoke glowingly of the president’s response to Hurricane Sandy in spite of the fact that Christie was a strong supporter of Mitt Romney.

Christie says he is not too fat to be president. I agree with him. I think his weight would not affect the job he does as president. But, it very well might prevent him from becoming president. Sure we have had fat presidents before; hell there is that old story which probably isn’t true that William Howard Taft got stuck in his bathtub the morning of his inauguration. But that was a different time. Nowadays people see the candidates a lot on t.v. and the internet. There is a reason why all of our presidents in the television era have been thin (except for Clinton and even he wasn’t that fat) and for the most part, good looking. Sadly, looks matter and that is not only true for politics but it is true for everyday life as well.

America is embroiled in a fake debate about guns. I say fake because we all know too damn well that no gun legislation is going to pass. I’ve already expressed countless times my thoughts and views on guns. So this time I’m just going to focus on two more reasons for gun control.

The pro gun lobby has always staunchly hide behind the second amendment as to why there should be no gun laws. But, the way I see it, the second amendment actually argues FOR gun control. It says early on “a well regulated militia”. And what are gun laws? They are regulations. Unfortunately, the constitution was intentionally vague and left open to interpretation which is why you get two people reading the exactly same thing but yet having a different opinion on what those exact words mean. It is both frustrating and beautiful at the same time and part of what helps to make our country great. But, I feel this wording “a well regulated militia” gives a big enough argument for gun control. In my no nothing opinion, it pretty much says that guns should be legal but okay to be regulated.

The other argument is how could the second amendment be more important than any of the other amendments? The NRA is against any gun laws at all, even if they do make sense (background checks…………hello, that one should be a slam dunk) but that would tend to imply that the second amendment is somehow more valuable or important than the others. Fortunately in America we have freedom of speech which allows me to write this and allows others to have opinions and say certain things. Yet, there are still laws that have been made to curb free speech. For example, there is no swearing on television. And you can not legally spread lies and rumors about people without potentially being sued. See, common sense laws. Also while people have the right to peacefully assemble and protest, the police can still end those rallies and protests. Alcohol is legal but there are still regulations and guidelines that must be followed when it comes to booze. See, the constitution is filled with all sorts of freedoms that we have that can legally be regulated. So, why not the second amendment?

Today is of course, Super Bowl Sunday, which for the most part is the biggest man holiday of the entire year. I’ve always said that Super Bowl Sunday should be a national holiday; heck I guess in a way it kind of already is. People treat it like a holiday. Family and friends get together to eat and drink and have a good time of course the difference between this and a traditional holiday is that there is usually gambling involved. While I usually get in on a modest Super Bowl square each year, this year I got in on the biggest square I’ve ever done: $250 a square. That’s a lot of fucking money so I went thirds on it with my best friend and my brother so that we each only have to pay $83 and each can walk away with I think about $520 should we be lucky enough to win.

I know a lot of people love to watch the game for the commercials, which I find funny since most people spend the rest of the year avoiding commercials. They mute the t.v. when commercials come on; they change the channel; they fast forward on their DVR to avoid the very same commercials they couldn’t wait to watch during the Super Bowl. My thinking is that if I don’t watch them any other time, than why would I watch them during the Super Bowl? Besides the commercials are not nearly as good or as creative as they were 10-15 years ago. Most of them are so cliched and lame nowadays so why waste time watching them?

As for the game itself, honestly I’m kinda torn about who I want to win. I’m not a fan of either team. I spent the better part of the 80s and 90s hating the 49ers because they won so damn much. And the Ravens? Well they have Ray Lewis who may or may not have been involved in murdering a man 13 years ago. And now he pretends to be a super huge Christian, using it to hide behind whenever there is a controversy about him. Did he use deer antler spray to help recover from an injury? His response is something about how the devil makes people do evil things and blah blah blah Jesus. And then there is his obnoxious celebrations on the field. Holy fuck does he look like quite the fool dancing around like a fucking jackass. On the other hand one of his teammates, former Bear Brendon Ayanbadejo, is a strong advocate of gay marriage and very socially aware on a number of other important issues as well. He is hard not to root for. Unlike that fucker on the 49ers Chris Culliver who made some rather asshole anti gay remarks before issuing one of the all time biggest bullshit apologies for how he doesn’t actually truly feel. Hmm. If only he could be traded to the Ravens for Ayanbadejo than it would be much easier to root for the 49ers and against the Ravens.

All that being said, my disdain for Lewis probably wins out and I will root for the 9ers. Then again, it doesn’t matter who wins the actual game, all I’m rooting for is the numbers 6 and 1 and the numbers 0 and 2. Those are the numbers that can get me a cool $500!