Is AP’s Issue 3 Headline Just a Little Misleading?

I came across this AP article at the Enquirer’s website, and the headline seems to me to be a bit off.  While the headline, “Study: Ohio casino jobs promise misleading” is technically true, that’s not the whole of what the story’s about.

When I first saw the headline, I thought, “Oh, cool, Enquirer.  I like that you’re running this story despite your support for the Casinos in Ohio.  Good job.”  Then, I read the story, which actually describes a pissing contest between both sides wherein they point out that each study is flawed in some way or another.  Assuming that they’re both right, where does that leave voters?  Put simply, there’s a high likelihood that we’re being misinformed all the way around.

Now, I’m not certain that The Enquirer wrote the headline (the chances are just about 100% that they in fact didn’t), but it’d perhaps be better, or at least more informative if it read, “Ohio Casinos: Both Sides Being Douchebags.”

For what it’s worth, The Columbus Dispatch did a rewrite of this story.  Their headline? “Two casino studies in conflict.”

Question: What Makes a Good Husband?

I’ve thought about this as a concept quite a lot, and while I’ve certainly got thoughts on the matter, I figured it’s an important question to pose and perhaps think about.  Maybe we’ll revisit this later on.

So, here’s the question:

What does it take to be a good husband?

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Alternate Story For Enquirer Headline

Water: Who controls it?

Answer:

Buy it: http://bit.ly/3PtTmt

In all seriousness, though, this is an important story that affects almost everyone in Cincinnati’s immediate area. I’m not quite sure where I stand on this right now; it seems to be one of those issues where we either get a quick fix (which is to say, $14 million a year for 75 years) or to keep the city’s assets where they are. That said, I don’t really have a strong grasp on the issue as yet. You know, other than the fact that Aquaman best get his shit together.

Who’s on what side? Why?

Today in Manliness: September 29

Every once in a while, The Cincinnati Man looks at manlinesses that occurred on certain dates.  Today, we’re looking at today.  September 29, that is.

• The United States Army was first established in 1789.
• John Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire in 1916. A billion dollars in 1916 money is, like, more than Charles Foster Kane money.
• Willie Mays makes “The Catch” in 1954.  If you’ve never seen “The Catch,” you can turn in your Sabbath albums to Janet at the front desk.
• The Chevrolet Camaro is introduced, and millions of men develop hardness in their pantal regions. Also, VOLCANO!
• Stan Berenstain is born. Fun Fact: both Stan and Jan Berenstain were circus bear wrestlers before writing the children’s books they’re famous for.
• Andrew Dice Clay is born, and all that work feminism had done is put on hold for a few years, because everyone loved that dude.
• WH Auden kicks it.
• Casey Stengel dies.

Justin Smith’s Wikipedia Page Has a Small Amount of Funny On It.

I don’t know why, but I looked up Justin Smith’s Wikipedia page.  Looks like it got a little vandalized:

Toss “Budweiser” into the mix, and that sounds about right.

WhoDeys Beat the Steelers–What Does it All Mean?

Look, it's Andre Caldwell bitchslapping DeShea Townsend. (click for photo credit, originally AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

Okay. If you’re any kind of man, you watched the game with a full understanding of its implications, the various streaks in mind, and the fact that the Bengals’ season pretty much teeters each year on its two games against Pittsburgh.  You knew that Carson Palmer needed a good game to get the team back on the level of confidence necessary to accomplish anything in the NFL.  You knew that this game, as games against the Steelers are every year, was going to be the stick against which we and everyone else would measure this year’s Cincinnati Bengals.

And this year, they won the first game.  but you knew that already.

The question that remains is this: after taking into account everything you already know, what does this game mean to Bengals fans?  Three things.

1. Hope. Plain and simple, Cincinnati hasn’t had a winning major sports team since 2005 (and 1999 before that), and it’s important to us to have the Bengals prove that that season wasn’t a fluke.  Most major cities have a sports identity, and it’s been ours to be beaten down year in, year out.  A win against the Steelers doesn’t necessarily completely right the ship, but it’s one piece–and for us, it’s a pretty big piece.
2. A Win Means a Good Week at Work. In the grand scheme of things, a football game is something of a small victory.  At the same time, the outcome of that game sets the tone for how the rest of the week’s gonna shake out.  It’s difficult to get anything done when Brandon Stokley winds up with a wounded duck that he then runs in for a touchdown.  But when Palmer zips one into the end zone to go ahead with 14 seconds left?  That’s some productivity I can get behind.
3. Fuck the Steelers. Is there really anything else that needs to be said?  Seriously.  Fuck those guys.

It’s Monday Morning now, which means that it’s time for us to bask in whatever glory remains from yesterday’s win, and then, come Wednesday, we’ll all direct our attention to Cleveland, where it appears that Brown can’t do much of anything at all.  Unless shitting the bed counts as something.