Jay Kersting's Blog

Last week, Barack Obama and his campaign announced that he would make the announcement of his choice for Vice President via text message to his supporters BEFORE telling the media.

The big news is not the fact that a newer technology will be adopted by a political campaign.  Some think that is the big story.

Nope.  The big story?  Someone can see a little daylight between Obama supporters and the media.

My guess is that Mrs. Alan Greenspan will get the first text message. Then the daylight closes.

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For those who do not know the Mrs. Greenspan reference....that is WHY I put in links.

Anyhow, she is the one who puked out the Obama campaign talking point on "Meet The Press" about McCain having a chance to prepare for Rick Warren's questions on Saturday.  Did she check this story out?  Of course not, that would involve work and responsibility.  And NBC News can't be held to that standard.  

I mean really, Tim Russert died in June.  There is no call for stuff like that any more.

As for it happening, Rick Warren said it couldn't have happened during an appearance on Tom Sullivan's show yesterday afternoon.  He acknowledged that a TV was in the green room, but the feed to it was disconnected.  Warren said, had he turned it on, he would have only seen static.

I guess they haven't upgraded to digital yet at the Saddleback Church. 

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Back to the Olympics.  Have you see Team Handball?  Why this sport is not more popular here in the United States is beyond me.  

Think basketball, hockey without sticks, or soccer with hands.  It is really cool.

It is quite physical. Lots of contact, lots of shoving, lots of falling.  You could even add a little bit of football into the mix when describing this sport.

I hope that Team Handball is the Curling of this years games.  Meaning that I hope people are curious about it and the talk about this sport takes off.  This could be another great sport that could make its way into college athletics via Title IX.  And that could open the door for the men's game.

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Nice sweep in the 400m for the American men!!! Angelo Taylor with the Gold, Kerron Clement with Silver and Bershawn Jackson got the Bronze.  Times were 47.25, 47.98 and 48.06 respectively.

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By the way, I want to thank everyone who took the time to chat with me on my whirlwind tour of Knoxville on Friday.  Due to the nature of the trip, I did not have a lot of time so nothing was planned in advance.  I stopped by the Citadel - Knoxville studios, then met my good friend Lori Snyder for lunch.  After that, it was down to the University of Tennessee campus.  I ducked in to Dan Reilly's office at the SEE Center.  I have known Dan since my days in Warrensburg.  We chatted for a little while, then it was off to Kathy's old hangout, the McKenzie-Lawson Center.

I chatted with Bob Kesling for quite a while as well.  For those who don't know Bob, he is the broadcasting guru (not his official title) at UT.  Then it was down the hall to make several people double-take.  While in Tiffany Carpenter's office, my old classmate Kassidie Blackstock ducked in and out before she realized who was in Tiffany's office.  

After that, I went upstairs to see the folks in the development office.  Again, most of them did a double take as I walked in.  And, of course, they ALL asked about Kathy and how she was doing.

Finally, I went over to the football office to see Mary Jo Fox.  As I walked down the hall, Phillip Fulmer was looking at me with a little disbelief.  He quickly extended a hand and we chatted for a couple of minutes.  I asked how the team was looking and told him that we'd be watching from afar again this season.  Then, I met with Mary Jo and her broken desk.

Had to leave campus at that point, Kathy wanted her iced lemon cookies.  So, it was off to Ham 'N Goody's before they closed. 

Then, back in the familiar role of Friday afternoon traffic on I-40 West.  After conquering that, I didn't let the rubberneckers examining the Eastbound wreck at West Hills mess me up, I made it to Aubrey's on Cedar Bluff to see Tom Miller, Cindy Arnold and others at a remote for THEIR version of the "True Oldies Channel" (which is what Cumulus carries on Cool 97.5 here in Mid-MO).  A nice time there, but then I had to duck out to get to my next stop.  But first, a change of shirts due to the sweat.  So back to the awful motel room.  Dad was probably bored, but he understood that I couldn't go to Knoxville without seeing my friends.

Anyhow, next was a visit with some of my oldest friends at Silver Spoon Cafe.  There I got to chat with Julian Moglione, Greg Moates and Tony Smith for a couple of hours over dinner and dessert.  (Yesterday, I shared a story from Tony as you may recall.) 

Then it was back to the motel for a night of sleep before we drove back on Saturday morning.

Thanks to all who took time out of their busy days to chat with me for a little bit.  But most of all, thanks to Dad for your understanding.  I do appreciate that.

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Have a great day.