TMQ's commentary had me in stitches.
QuoteAt Least the Elephant Didn't Get a Suite at the Four Seasons: Granted it's a charming story that Maggie, the overweight African elephant at the Alaska Zoo, last week received a 16-ton exercise treadmill built by a mining equipment company. But the treadmill cost about $250,000. That's enough to buy medicine that would saved dozens, and perhaps hundreds, of human lives in Africa. In 2003, in Maggie's home nation of Zimbabwe, 170,000 people died of AIDS, according to a Central Intelligence Agency estimate. Many, if not most, of these deaths could have been prevented by antiretroviral drugs. Throughout Africa an estimated 1,400 people die every day from AIDS, and money for drugs remains scarce. But money for an elephant treadmill? No problem! On this topic, how come the $200 billion or so in federal money that will be expended to rebuild New Orleans was found in the wink of an eye, while most of the $15 billion that Congress voted in 2003 to spend to stop the African AIDS epidemic still has not been appropriated?
Line on the Rise: I want whatever the Indianapolis defensive line is having for breakfast! In Week 1, the, Colts defensive line ran the Ravens ragged, with little-known defensive tackle Larry Tripplett making regular appearances in the Baltimore backfield. This week, the Colts defensive line ran the Jaguars ragged, with little-known defensive tackle Montae Reagor making regular appearances in the Jax backfield. Twice the Colts recorded sacks when Jacksonville had six blockers facing four rushers. Could it be that little-known Indianapolis defensive linemen are emerging because defensive end Dwight Freeney is in the process of becoming the best defensive player in the league? Think how much more effective the Indianapolis defensive line may become if tackle Corey Simon gets on that elephant treadmill and loses a couple hundred pounds!
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He's fat. Like a well.