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The Democrats are convening in Denver and we want to know what you think. Post your thoughts and take a moment to rate the speeches. We will be updating the list as the convention goes on.

This Is A Sport?

If I have my way I will be reporting from the Beach Volley Ball venue at the next Olympiad. I will make that appeal to my boss right away. I think I'm kidding. But really, have you seen this almost naked display of long-legged athletic women jumping and diving in the sand? Am I dreaming?

Honestly though, these women are phenomenal athletes if you can get past all the skin and enjoy the games. The appeal and allure of beach volley ball comes from the uniforms or lack there of. Truth be told, most guys will tell you that those super-fit women in this barely-there uniforms, is great TV and don't think the NBC doesn't realize it.

I could go on and on but I won't. I just hope my boss realizes how deeply I care about the sport of beach volley ball and sees fit to assign me to the next event.

Tony Mottley is the producer of the Am I Right? Show.

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The Greening of Detroit

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Detroit Stories -- Tiger Stadium Is Coming Down

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The End Is Here For Old Ball Park

On Monday I ventured to the corner of Michigan and Trumbull to see the demolition of Tiger Stadium with my own eyes. I guess it's sad, I didn't feel sad watching it. It was more surreal. It was a clinical demolition. Slowly but surely segments of the outfield walls fell away revealing the field where Tiger legends once roamed. Take some time to look at my photos below and also watch our new web-only video produced on Monday. It's the first in a series we call Detroit Stories.

Tony Mottley is the producer of the Am I Right? Show


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Pelosi dishonest on oil supplies

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling on the Bush administration to release part of the strategic oil reserve to spare Americans from rising gasoline and heating oil bills.

Clearly, the California Democrat understands the relationship between supply and price. And yet Pelosi remains staunchly opposed to tapping into America's vast offshore and Alaskan oil pools.
What, then, does she suggest the nation do once it burns through its strategic reserves, which have been aside to protect the country against supply interuptions, and not price spikes. Where will the new supplies come from to moderate prices?

Pelosi also seems to be working against her own environmental agenda. The higher gasoline prices are forcing American motorists into more fuel efficient vehicles, precisely the objective she sought when she helped impose oppressive fuel performance standards on automakers last fall. In driving less, they're also producing less greenhouse gases, another Pelosi objective.

PThe speaker's contradictory positions reflect the nation's dishonest approach to energy.

We say we want to use less oil, and then howl when prices go up. Higher prices are the most effective means of encouraging conservation.

Politicians like Pelosi want to pretend that they can spare individual consumers the pain of their restrictive environmental policies.

That's impossible. Congress has limited oil supply by placing vast stretches of the nation off-limits to exploration, and thus helped drive up the cost of fuel. Congress increased demand for corn by adopting ethanoal mandates, and thus helped drive up food cots.

But don't hold your breath waiting for Pelosi and her peers to accept responsibility for the consequences of their policies.

~From Nolan's weblog at the Detroit News