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The Three Cups

I was looking through a web site that had a belt. I forgot what site it was but each time a team knocked off a team that held the champion belt it claimed the belt. Some teams didn't have the belt long and some lost the belt in their very next game. Now, I don't want to challenge this premise but I think I have a better idea that evolved from what happened in boxing.

How about this? There are three cups. They are called, for lack of imagination, Cup 1, Cup 2, and Cup 3. The rules of the game are that the first season two of the cups went to Princeton and one went to Rutgers. The reasoning here is that in the two games they played, each winning one game, Princeton outscored Rutgers 12-6. These cups are equal except that when a team loses a cup it loses the highest rated one in its possession. So, if team A has three cups and team B upsets them, Cup 1 goes to team B and team A continues to hold the other two cups. At this point, team A is still the champion because it still holds two cups to team B's one. If a second team beats team A, Cup 2 goes to team C. Thus three teams share the three cups but the highest-rated one belongs to team B making them the current champ.

How well does this work? Well, below you will see a chart of the champions I have awarded with the cups with their victories. The winners in the early seasons were very consistent, Princeton holding the championship for twelve straight seasons then Yale holding it for sixteen straight seasons. Quite a couple of feats.

If anyone is interested in bringing the Three Cups up to date, feel free. Send me the results and I will post them to your credit. At this point, the holders of the cups are:

Cup 1 - Harvard
Cup 2 - Princeton
Cup 3 - Harvard 

Here are the seasons I have done:

1869	Princeton
1871	Princeton
1872	Princeton
1873	Princeton
1874	Princeton
1875	Princeton
1876	Princeton
1877	Princeton
1878	Princeton
1879	Princeton
1880	Princeton
1881	Princeton
1882	Yale
1883	Yale
1884	Yale
1885	Yale
1886	Yale
1887	Yale
1888	Yale
1889	Yale
1890	Yale
1891	Yale
1892	Yale
1893	Yale
1894	Yale
1895	Yale
1896	Yale
1897	Yale
1898	Harvard

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Speaking Out

In my lifetime we have gone from politeness and common sense to political correctness. Ironically, the same people that want to organize manners want to de-organize religion. In other words, they are very confused. I am tired of the 85+ % liberal press and radical college professors putting crap into young people's heads. Here are some places and articles where you can hear common sense which is not regulated.

Where to get real news from both sides. What a concept.

Articles

Not-So-Funny Bunny

Gee, I wonder how young Arabs learn to hate Israel? If you don't get it yet, they are taught to hate in many places. Here's an example.

What Do You Want Israel to Do? You Solve the Problem.

What is the real goal of Arabs and "Palestininas"?

God Phobia

Liberal politicians in general just do not get it.

Islamophobia?

Just Another Group Promoting Racism and Hatred

Someone is Defending our Freedom of Speech.

CAIR is not my friend. If you like freedom of speech, CAIR is not your friend and they're spending your tax dollars in a deliberate lie.

The Dishonest Reporting Awards are Out!

Hostile Berkeley and Islam

I thought universities were "enlightened" and open-minded. Seems they are only open-minded to those with whom they agree. "Enlightened"? How about "in the dark"?

Deconstructing the False Equation

There is no apartheid in Israel. Deal with it.

Common Sense Sources

Media Myths Explained.

Political Correctness Watch

Think you're getting accurate news about what's going on in the Middle East?

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

If You Want to Use your Brain Instead of Being a Parrot, Research Both of These Sources:

Liberal Sources

Conservative Sources

Since the hippies tried to save the world, every new generation thinks it has the solution to all the problems the current leaders have caused. It takes a long time to civilize a society. It doesn't take long for "idealists" to destroy it.

I am conservative. I believe that our values and ideas should continue unless they are proved to be inferior over time. I do not like the liberal concept of trashing things that work and replacing them with things that sound good. Study both sides to find out what is true. Stop telling me I am a racist and hateful and more unless you have studied my side's viewpoint. I do not like watching the media cause problems so they can sell papers and airtime the next day while blaming those problems on the other side.

Wise up.