So He Walks

Ricky Williams said Sunday that he is not returning to the Miami Dolphins, or the NFL again. While on the surface it seems strange that the former Heisman winner to walk away from the game that allowed him to amass a fortune, but something was always different about Ricky. This was obvious in his first years in the NFL while in New Orleans, giving interviews with his helmet on, and wanting to spend his off seasons back in Austin where he went to school (UT). What’s really strange is that Williams just seemed to get comfortable in the NFL the past two seasons, both of which were his best to date. So while it is a shame that he is leaving the game now, he shouldn’t have done it so close to the start of the season though. Do it at the end of the season, or early summer time. Five days before the start of training camp is tough for any team losing a key player, but he was the focal point of the offense in Miami.

At the Democratic Convention today, John Edwards gave his speech one day prior to John Kerry accepting the demo's nomination. During his speech he said something, which I really liked. He said that when he is elected, they would not give tax breaks to companies outsourcing jobs to other countries, and instead mentioned a plan to give tax breaks to companies that elect not to outsource jobs. I am personally fond of this idea seeing that I want to continue to work in the IT field for a little while, and the rapid outsourcing of jobs to India is (was) making it very difficult for people to find jobs when people from India get educated here, and then go back to India agreeing to work for about 1/3 of wages here.

John Kerry makes his speech tomorrow in Boston.