What do we make of her comeback? She was, after all, a No.4 player in her teens. She used to be a nutty player who had deep shots but awful shot selection and very little patience. The talent was all there to see, but it was hardly the case that her game was something you could call sophisticated or crafty. She was obviously so young and tunnel-visioned.
Since then she's exploded, imploded, gotten depressed, gotten over it and comeback to make a good showing at this year's Australian Open.I'm very impressed with anybody who can overcome what she overcame to getting back. After all, having Damir Dokic as your father would be a very emotionally distorting experience, but she seems to have figured out what the rest of us knew for some time: he's BARKING MAD.
So, while the Australian public has forgiven her and embraced her, the media has continued its love affair with the BARKING MAD Damir by trying to orchestrate an unwanted reunion. For Jelena's sake we hope they throw that idea away. The headlines of Damir picking fights with officials an embarrassing her daughter should be consigned to the rubbish bin of history. It's time to let the gal show us what she's really got. She may still win it all at a grand slam in the next couple of years.
Sourcewatch
One of my favorite sites is Sourcewatch.There's a link to the right. They are full of interesting information about who owns what media, and who is in the payroll of what interests. I originally stumbled across them a couple of years ago and blogged them here. It's interesting to note that the world has moved on considerably since then, and perhaps the day of the Global Warming sceptics is coming to an end. Certainly, there's been a seismic shift in the way Climate Change is covered by the media.
Which brings me to the topic du jour, Mr Al Gore!
Al Gore Has His Say
Al Gore returned to the US Senate to say his piece about Global Warming.
Statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
As Prepared
Hon. Al Gore
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
We are here today to talk about how we as Americans and how the United States of America as part of the global community should address the dangerous and growing threat of the climate crisis. We have arrived at a moment of decision. Our home – Earth – is in grave danger. What is at risk of being destroyed is not the planet itself, of course, but the conditions that have made it hospitable for human beings.
Moreover, we must face up to this urgent and unprecedented threat to the existence of our civilization at a time when our country must simultaneously solve two other worsening crises. Our economy is in its deepest recession since the 1930s. And our national security is endangered by a vicious terrorist network and the complex challenge of ending the war in Iraq honorably while winning the military and political struggle in Afghanistan. As we search for solutions to all three of these challenges, it is becoming clearer that they are linked by a common thread – our dangerous over-reliance on carbon-based fuels.
As long as we continue to send hundreds of billions of dollars for foreign oil – year after year – to the most dangerous and unstable regions of the world, our national security will continue to be at risk.
As long as we continue to allow our economy to remain shackled to the OPEC rollercoaster of rising and falling oil prices, our jobs and our way of life will remain at risk. Moreover, as the demand for oil worldwide grows rapidly over the longer term, even as the rate of new discoveries is falling, it is increasingly obvious that the roller coaster is headed for a crash. And we’re in the front car.
And so on...
You'd think he had the easier choice. George Mitchell is off to talk to the Palestinians. :)
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