Allen Krause Archive

Where the White Women At?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Allen Krause in Entertainment, Featured, From the Left, MLB, Politics, Red State Blue State, Sports, Television, US | 5 comments

One of the big stories of this year's presidential election has been the Republican party's admitted focus on getting the votes of white people. They've more or less given up on the hispanic and black vote so it's white or nothing at this point. And the strategy has been successful, at least as far as white men are concerned. The Romney campaign is absolutely destroying Obama among white men. However, among white women it's not going quite so well. Maybe that means that in the last day of the campaign Obama should make a new pitch to white voters. Here's one possible strategy:

Let's call it a political sacrifice fly. You never know what it might bring home. -A...

Exiting with a Whimper or a Roar

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Allen Krause in Celebrity Gossip, Detroit Tigers, Entertainment, Featured, MLB, Red State Blue State, Sports, Television | Comments are closed

I have to admit something. I watched more coverage of Hurricane Sandy hitting the East Coast than I did of the World Series. Part of this was superstition as it seemed that every time I turned on the Tigers, they proceeded to screw up. But part of it was also the sense of inevitable dread that emanated from the World Series starting during the third inning of the first game. But it wasn't just the putridness of the World Series. It was also the simple fact that it's not every day that you get to watch a hurricane. More than that, how often do you get to see Anderson Cooper look like a bedraggled Chihuahua wearing a Karl Lagerfeld wig? Maybe it would have been different if the Tigers had been at least somewhat competitive. Although it also begs the question, what would MLB have done if the Series would have overlapped with...

Mopping (and Muppeting) Up

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Allen Krause in Detroit Tigers, Entertainment, Featured, From the Left, MLB, Politics, Red State Blue State, Sports, St Louis Cardinals, Television, US | Comments are closed

Well, that escalated quickly. Or maybe it's more appropriate to say that de-escalated quickly. Seriously, for a team that closed out the Yankees with a 8-1 win, how can you go 20 innings without a run? If the 2006 loss to the Cardinals was embarrassing, this one will go down in the annals of humiliation. However, now that we have that out of the way, the focus automatically shifts to the postseason awards. Of course the big ones that Tigers' fans are waiting on are the Cy Young and MVP awards but there's an even bigger award up for grabs this year. Now, I don't think it would come as any surprise to readers of this blog that I'm hoping for an Obama win next week. It's unfortunate that the American electorate refuses to understand how much worse things would have been without an Obama presidency, and it's a very real possibility...

The Filibuster

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Allen Krause in Detroit Tigers, Entertainment, Featured, From the Left, MLB, Politics, Red State Blue State, Sports, Theatre, US | Comments are closed

For Allen... Would you vote for Romney if doing so guaranteed the Tigers a World Series win? Mandy Niles, MI ______________

Religion and literature are full of characters who were willing to make a deal with the devil in return for some sort of gift. Adam and Eve received the knowledge of good and evil while Faust sold his soul for earthly knowledge and pleasure. The catch, of course, is that there are always consequences. Adam and Eve lose paradise and the original Faust is carried to hell by the Devil himself. Baseball isn't immune from this phenomenon, the most popular example coming from the Broadway hit "Damn Yankees." And honestly, it's no surprise that baseball fans (or fans of any other sport, for that matter) would be willing to sell their souls in exchange for their team winning a championship. There's a reason that supporters of sports teams are described via a shortened form...

Binders, Bayonets, Tigers

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Allen Krause in Detroit Tigers, Entertainment, Featured, From the Left, MLB, Politics, Red State Blue State, Sports, Television, US | Comments are closed

First, Romney had his binders full of women:

Then, he added horses and bayonets:

Remind me again how this is still a race? Admittedly, the Tigers could really use some horses and bayonets at this point if they want to be a little more competitive. But please, just keep all of them, and especially the bayonets, really far away from Jeff right now. -A...