On Bin Laden: That was horrible. I couldn't get all the way through that diatribe if you held a gun to my head. I also think it has to be a bad translation (i.e., the translator isn't that fluent in English). It can't be that the translation is just so thorough and subtle that it is catching the way Bin Laden sounds in Arabic: nobody that ineloquent could ever rise to a position of power. (...oh wait. I guess they could...maybe even right here in America....)
On cheating: For some reason, I don't hate the Patriots. I don't like them...not at all, but I don't hate them either, which is weird since most of my responses to sports are governed by who I hate least in a given situation. That said, I don't think it's excessive to take the draft pick. There's a clear new rule on the matter, and the Commish has set the tone of busting ass to make an example. It is embarrassing that super-genius got caught, so I say screw him. (Besides, it's only a 1st/2nd and 3rd pick. If you really want to screw the Pats, you should take away their 6th and 7th round picks...really stick it to 'em).
On offensive lines: Very, very important. A quarterback's skill is also very important, but everything starts in the trenches. Like Lou Holtz says, "Show me your offensive line and your defensive backs, and I'll tell you how good your football team is."
