The Point Game

+1: Dick Cheney- What’s going on? First I give Bush some points a couple weeks back and now I’m giving the penguin some props, has the world gone mad? Actually, yes it has. When the top news story is that a sitting Vice President has shot an 87 year old man in the face we may be through the looking glass people. I’d give more points to the Veep for the humor this has awarded me but the old timer’s still in the hospital so we’re keeping our laughter at a reserved level.

+1: General Hospital- I tuned in to a couple of episodes of ABC’s sudster in the last couple of weeks and there is some classic soap drama. Great sweeps storyline and the death of a beloved old character complete with cheesy death bed goodbyes. Kudos.

-2: Scott Stapp and Kid Rock- Who was asking for this sex tape? To top it off there's no famous female partner just a bunch of groupies from when the two were on tour. Very Christian of you Scott.

-2: NBC- Dear General Electric, Congratulations on spending billions of dollars on the broadcast rights to the Olympics. If your goal was to find something to put you second in the ratings to gems like American Idol and Survivor then job well done.

-4 each: CBS, ABC, FOX, the future CW- There was a time when networks had to schedule repeats when going up against the Olympics but that time is no more. Apparently someone forgot to tell the other networks. February sweeps have been all over the place with a new episode here and there for weekly dramas. FOX even went so far put all their shows on repeats except for 24 and American Idol, both of which beat the Olympics last week. Put your pants on networks and challenge NBC to a man dance.

-3: U.S. Olympic Team- Time to start chanting U S Suck! The disappointing performance by the U.S. wouldn’t be so bad if the athletes and coaches hadn’t been spending the last few weeks talking this up as the greatest group of Olympians the U.S. has ever put together. From Bode’s DQ to the lackluster performance from the women’s curling team to the failure of the women’s hockey team to make it to the Gold Medal game, this is embarrassing. Maybe it’s a good thing no one’s watching.