Ramblings of a Jackhole

The Dept Of Defense briefed the president this morning, they told President Obama that 2 Brazilian soldiers were lost in Iraq. To everyone’s surprise, all the color drained from Obama’s face.
Then he collapsed onto his desk, head in his hands,  visibly shaken, almost in tears. Finally, he composed himself and asked, ‘Just how much is a brazilian?’

This shouldn’t surprise us as he clearly has no understanding of how much a trillion is either.

I’m not sure if I buy what they are saying, but it is interesting.

I guess the “Bilderberg Group” = “The Illuminate” = “Trilateral Commission” according to the video.  I have to admit that I think they hate Obama as much as they hated Bush.

It’s a very long video (nearly TWO hours) by Alex Jones, a talk show host, on how this Bilderberg Group and the Trilateral Commission is setting up a “One World Order.” Reminds me a bit of what Mel Gibson’s character Jerry Fletcher would make in the movie “Conspiracy Theory”.

Of course Jerry turned out to be right about at least ONE thing…

1. Lincoln placed his hand on the Bible for his inauguration.
Obama used the same Bible.

2. Lincoln came from Illinois.
Obama comes from Illinois.

3. Lincoln served in the Illinois Legislature.
Obama served in the Illinois Legislature.

4. Lincoln had very little experience before becoming President.
Obama had very little experience before becoming President.

5. Lincoln rode the train from Philadelphia to Washington for his Inauguration.
Obama rode the train from Philadelphia to Washington for his Inauguration.

6. Lincoln was a skinny lawyer.
Obama is a skinny lawyer.

7. Lincoln was a Republican.
Obama is a skinny lawyer.

8. Lincoln was highly respected.
Obama is a skinny lawyer.

9. Lincoln was born in the United States .
Obama is a skinny lawyer.

10. Lincoln was called Honest Abe.
Obama is a skinny lawyer.

You know one when you see one!
January 21, 2009
Outgoing President George W. Bush quietly boarded his helicopter and left for Texas , commenting only: “Today is not about me.  Today is a historical day for our nation and people.”

January 21, 2001:
Outgoing President Bill Clinton scheduled two separate radio addresses to the nation, and organized a public farewell speech/rally in downtown Washington D.C. scheduled to directly conflict with incoming President Bush’s inauguration ceremony.

January 21, 2009
President Bush left office without issuing a single Presidential pardon, only granting a commutation of sentence to two former border patrol agents convicted of shooting a convicted drug smuggler.  He did not grant any type of clemency to Scooter Libby or any other former political aide, ally, or business partner.

January 21, 2001:
President Clinton issued 140 pardons and several commutations of  sentence on his final day in office.  Included in these were: billionaire financier, convicted tax evader, and leading Democratic campaign contributor Marc Rich; Whitewater scandal figure Susan McDougal; Congressional Post Office Scandal figure and former Democratic Congressman Dan Rostenkowski; convicted bank fraud, sexual assault and child porn perpetrator and former Democratic Congressman Melvin Reynolds; and convicted drug felon Roger Clinton, the President’s half-brother.

January 21, 2009
The Bush daughters left gift baskets in the White House bedrooms for the Obama daughters, containing flowers, candy, stuffed animals, DVD’s and CD’s, and heartfelt notes of encouragement and advice for the young girls on how to prepare for their new lives in the White House.

January 21, 2001:
Clinton and Gore staffers ripped computer wires and electrical outlets from the White House walls, stuffed piles of notebook papers into the White House toilets, systematically removed the letter “W” from every computer key pad in the entire White House, and damaged several thousand dollars worth of furniture in the White House master bedroom.

Headlines in 2001:
“Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops die in unarmored Humvees”
“Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times”
“Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans get the shaft”

Headlines in 2009:
“Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $170 million”
“Obama Spends $170 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party”
“Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate”
“Citibank executives contribute $8 million to Obama Inauguration”

Dear Mr. Obama,

In a speech you said the following:

We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

Mr. Obama, what exactly does a civilian national security force that receives $1 trillion in tax payer dollars a year do?  Is it true that you’re planning on naming it the Security Squadron force?  Mr. Obama, would your SS force be armed, so they’d be called the Armed SS Force? Mr. Obama, maybe calling the “Waffen” SS would make it easier for it to be accepted by those in certain countries overseas? Mr. Obama, what would one have to do to become part of your SS force, would you require strong personal commitments to certain ideologies and would ones racial heritage be a factor in membership? Mr. Obama, will your SS force monitor what’s going on inside our nation and in our military? Mr. Obama, have you picked out any cool logos for your SS force? If not, maybe some lightening strike will help with that.

Dear Mr. Obama,

How can you support Raila Odinga who is promoting violence in Kenya after losing a legal election.    You know Mr. Odinga as your cousin. He is promoting nationwide violence after losing a legal election.  Kenya was a stable nation until after Odinga lost.  Now Christians are being hunted down and killed, their churches burnt to the ground.  Odinga became popular following promising to distribute the country’s wealth “more equally.”  Odinga was endorsed by Kenya’s Muslim minority after signing an agreement with the National Muslim Leaders Forum, a radical Islamic group, in 2007 where Odinga agreed to institute Islamic law in Kenya and to end cooperation with US’s war on terrorism. 

Mr. Obama, why did you campaig for Odinga in 2006 while a member of the US Senate and as recently as Dec. 2007. Mr. Obama, would you try to do the same thing if you lose the election?

The following is a condensation of a series from the Investor’s Business Daily explaining “What Caused the Loan Crisis”:

1977:  Pres. Jimmy Carter signs the Community Reinvestment Act into Law.  The law pressured financial institutions to extend home loans to those who would otherwise not qualify.
The Premise:  Home ownership would improve poor and crime-ridden communities and neighborhoods in terms of crime, investment, jobs, etc.

Results: Statistics bear out that it did not help.

How did the government get so deeply involved in the housing market?

Answer: Bill Clinton wanted it that way.

1992:  Republican representative Jim Leach (IA) warned of the danger that Fannie and Freddie were changing from being agencies of the public at large to money machines for the principals and the stock-holding few.

1993:  Clinton extensively rewrote Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s rules turning the quasi-private mortgage-funding firms into semi-nationalized monopolies dispensing cash and loans to large Democratic voting blocks and handing favors, jobs and contributions to political allies.  This potent mix led inevitably to corruption and now the collapse of Freddie and Fannie.

1994:  Despite warnings, Clinton unveiled his National Home-Ownership Strategy which broadened  the CRA in ways congress never intended.

1995:  Congress, about to change from a Democrat majority to Republican, Clinton orders Robert Rubin’s Treasury Dept to rewrite the rules.  Robt. Rubin’s Treasury reworked rules, forcing banks to satisfy quotas for sub-prime and minority loans to get a satisfactory CRA rating.  The rating was key to expansion or mergers for banks.  Loans began to be made on the basis of race and little else.

1997 - 1999:  Clinton , bypassing Republicans, enlisted Andrew Cuomo, then Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, allowing Freddie and Fannie to get into the sub-prime market in a BIG way.  Led by Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Chris Dodd, congress doubled down on the risk by easing capital limits and allowing them to hold just 2.5% of capital to back their investments vs. 10% for banks.  Since they could borrow at lower rates than banks their enterprises boomed.

With incentives in place, banks poured billions in loans into poor communities, often “no doc”, “no income”, requiring no money down and no verification of income.   Worse still was the cronyism:  Fannie and Freddie became home to out-of work-politicians, mostly Clinton Democrats.  384 politicians got big campaign donations from Fannie and Freddie.  Over $200 million had been spent on lobbying and political activities.  During the 1990’s Fannie and Freddie enjoyed a subsidy of as musch as $182 Billion, most of it going to principals and shareholders, not poor borrowers as claimed.

Did it work?  Minorities made up 49% of the 12.5 million new homeowners but many of those loans have gone bad and the minority home-ownership rates are shrinking fast.

1999: New Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers, became alarmed at Fannie and Freddie’s excesses.  Congress held hearings the ensuing year but nothing was done because Fannie and Freddie had donated millions to key congressmen and radical groups, ensuring no meaningful changes would take place.  ”We manage our political risk with the same intensity that we manage our credit and interest rate risks,” Fannie CEO Franklin Raines, a former Clinton official and current Barack Obama adviser, bragged to investors in 1999.

2000:   Secretary Summers sent Undersecretary Gary Gensler to Congress seeking an end to the “special status”.  Democrats raised a ruckus as did Fannie and Freddie, headed by politically connected CEO’s who knew how to reward and punish.  ”We think that the statements evidence a contempt for the nation’s housing and mortgage markets” Freddie spokesperson Sharon McHale said.  It was the last chance during the Clinton era for reform.

2001:   Republicans try repeatedly to bring fiscal sanity to Fannie and Freddie but Democrats blocked any attempt at reform; especially Rep. Barney Frank and Sen.Chris Dodd who now run key banking committees and were huge beneficiaries of campaign contributions from the mortgage giants.

2003:  Bush proposes what the NY Times called “the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago”.  Even after discovering a scheme by Fannie and Freddie to overstate earnings by $10.6 billion to boost their bonuses, the Democrats killed reform.

2005:  Then Fed chairman Alan Greenspan warns Congress:  ”We are placing the total financial system at substantial risk”.  Sen. McCain, with two others, sponsored a Fannie/Freddie reform bill and said, “If congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole”.  Sen. Harry Reid accused the GOP ;of trying to “cripple the ability of Fannie and Freddie to carry out their mission of expanding home-ownership”  The bill went nowhere.

2007:  By now Fannie and Freddie own or guarantee over HALF of the $12 trillion US mortgage market.  The mortgage giants, whose executive suites were top-heavy with former Democratic officials, had been working with Wall St. to repackage the bad loans and sell them to investors.  As the housing market fell in ‘07, sub-prime mortgage portfolios suffered major losses.  The crisis was on,  though it was 15 years in the making.

2008:  McCain has repeatedly called for reforming the behemoths, Bush urged reform 17 times.  Still the media have repeated Democrats’ talking points about this being a “Republican” disaster.  A few Republicans are complicit but Fannie and Freddie were created by Democrats, regulated by Democrats, largely run by Democrats and protected by Democrats.  That’s why taxpayers are now being asked for $700 billion!!

If you doubt any of this, just click the links below and listen to your lawmakers own words.  They are condeming!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68D9XrqyrWo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgqfM5C8lY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9juJr8CSY4&feature=related

And you’ll find a bunch of others devoted to the same topic - just look.

Postscript:  ACORN is one of the principle beneficiaries of Fannie/ Freddie’s slush funds.  They are currently under indictment or investigation in many states.  Barack Obama served as their legal counsel, defending their activities for several years.

The Jackhole is a Ryan Newman fan.  Ryan, after all has an engineering degree from Purdue and found something unique to do with his engineering degree. Being a Racer!

The Jackhole too has an engineering degree (also from a Big 10 school) and found something unique to do with his engineering degree.  Being a Jackhole!

Anywho, with all the news that Ryan has “verbally” agreed to drive for the new Stewart-Haas team (or is that the Haas-Stewart team?) the Jackhole did a bit of Internet searching on if this might be true or not.

Ryan’s Fan club domain name is currently Ryan12Newman.com.    As he won’t be driving the #12 next year, the Jackhole was wondering if he (or more likely someone that works for his fan club) has registered a new domain name.  Now ryan39newman.com was registered on June 27, 2008.   However Ryan drove the #39 for Penske in the Busch/Nationwide series.  This is registered to a Ken O’Lone at 1615 Ashley Downs Dr in Apex, NC and lists a Tara Anderson at the same address as the administrative contact. The #39 car hasn’t been driven in Cup series since 2005 when Stremme drove it in four races.  If memory serves me correctly I think Ryan may have also driven a #39 car in open wheel races.  So the #39 is not unreasonable as Ryan’s possible new car number.

But even more interesting is that Ryan4Newman.com was also registered on July 26th, 2008 by this duo.  This is about the same time Ryan reportedly made an “oral agreement” with Tony Stewart.

Is Ken and or Tara working for Ryan’s Fan Club as Apex, NC is not that far from Mooresville, NC (Ryan’s fan club home)?  Or are they possibly planning on trying to sell this domain name to Ryan?

If they work for Ryan’s Fan Club, does this mean that Ryan will be driving the #4 next year with Tony driving the #14?  The #4 car is not running this year and was last run by Ward Burton in 2007.  And the #4 and #14 is a nice pair of car number to run (like the #2 and #12 Penske has (ignoring the #77 of course)).

Or are Ken and Tara working on a hunch (or inside information?) and betting on getting some cash for the Ryan4Newman.com domain?  Of course, they COULD be offering to donate this domain to Ryan’s fan club and simply trying to prevent someone else from “cybersquatting” this domain.  So the Jackhole isn’t ready to jump to any conclusions, nor should his readers.

Let’s keep an eye out for the announcement and see how this all plays out!

Today I was searching “Down Syndrome” on youtube.com.  I sorted by “view count” like this .  I found that nine of the top ten viewed videos (four with over a million views) are a series by a guy billing himself as MediocreFilms.

There’s a series of nine shorts in a series call “Retarded Policeman”.  The star is a young man with down syndrome.

MediocreFilms writes:

See this video in HIGH QUALITY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yioJQF…

Before you leave mean comments, just know that our friend Ponce (the Cop) is an awesome and talented young dude who loves performing and making light of his Down syndrome. He’s a smart and funny guy, and has complete awareness of his actions and decisions. And we all had an awesome time shooting a few episodes of “Retarded Policeman!”

Thanks for Subscribing! And check out Ponce’s Video Response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYnnT7…

Also, we’re now gladly accepting Donations if you wish to contribute toward equipment and future productions. A minimum $5 donation gets your name and URL link at MediocreFilms.com. Visit here if interested, thanks! http://www.mediocrefilms.com/donate.html

directed & edited by Greg Benson
written by Greg Benson & Kim Evey
based on an idea by Kim Evey
starring Josh “The Ponceman” Perry
with Scott Perry and Stacey Perry
theme song by Greg Benson
house & chimney picture by Ponce
special thanks to Stacey Perry & Brian Spillane

Josh Perry’s video response is of him and his sister Stacey (who is in the first video as well).  In this video Josh (”The Ponceman“) Perry responds to comments made to the “Retarded Policeman” series.  His sister explains that Josh is an actor, to which Josh chimes; “… and I’m HILARIOUS” with pretty good timing.   He and his sister say that he loves acting and wants to do it for a living and asks the view to “sit back and enjoy” the shorts.  Josh ends with a response to those offended by the series saying;  “I may have Down syndrome, but you people are f&*%ing retarded.”

I viewed a few of the shorts.  They are sophomoric in nature at best.  The question I keep asking myself is if I should be glad for Josh for having an outlet and a chance for him to act, or should I be concerned about the content of the video potential belittling those with Down syndrome, or both?

Josh has his own Youtube channel, and seemingly enjoys making light of having Down syndrome.  His parents even acted in his latest video .

Is asking if Josh has the capacity to understand the implications simply belittling those with Down syndrome by assuming that they don’t have the capacity?  While I’m a parent of a new child with Down syndrome, I certainly don’t have the answers.  I’d love for my child to reach for their goals as Josh is doing, but I don’t want people to watch those videos and be more apt to make fun of my child.

What are your thoughts?

Amazing insight from a thirteen year old boy, Logan. Logan is a 13 year-old boy who lives on a ranch in a very small town in Nebraska. Logan listens to Christian Radio station 89.3FM KSBJ which broadcasts from Houston, TX. Logan called the radio station distraught because he had to take down a calf. His words have wisdom beyond his years.Since airing the audio of the phone call and now the making of the video clip, it has taken on a life of its own. People are forwarding it all over the world. The producers of the clip encourage all to share the love of Christ with anyone you can through sharing this clip.

“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” Luke 18:16-17

This clip can be found on youtube.com as well.

Scenario: Jack goes duck hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1973 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.
2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1973 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up
best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.
2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge
them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won’t be still in class, disrupts other students.
1973 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.
2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor’s car and his Dad gives him a whipping.
1973 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy’s Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy’s sister that
she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy’s mom has affair with psychologist.

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1973 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
1973 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2007 - Pedro’s cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro’s English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

[photopress:Standings.2007_08_25_1.GIF,full,alignleft]Despite Newman and Earnhardt both finishing in the top seven, their Chase chances pulled away due to Kurt Busch’s 6th place finish.

Bristol’s Saturday night race planted those in the top twelve, even more firmly in the top twelve. Earnhardt was able to gain a scant 5 points to 12th place while Newman fell 4. points further behind leaving them 158 and 175 points, respectively, out of the Chase. The only “bright light” is that Both Truex and Harvick fell in points leaving them both less than 10 points away from 12th place. The means that if any of the 10-12th place drivers have an early DNF at the next two races, and either Ryan or Dale Jr. can capitalize on such a DNF either, or both, could be right back into the Chase.

Therefore, my 80 points a race window expands to 100 points or more as the possibility of a quick jump is more realistic as there are at least three dirvers who could fall “out of the chase” (four if you count Bowyer who is only 223 points ahead of Jr.).

However, what did change more than anything else is the number of drivers “locked into the Chase”. The top seven are more than 323 points (the maximum he could possibly gain on a single driver who starts the next two races) ahead of 13th place Junior and are therefor are locked into the Chase. Those are Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin (despite his DNF Saturday night), Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Burton.

Conversely, only eight drivers drivers have a mathematical chance of getting on eof the five spots left in the chase (with Kyle Busch only needing to finish 36th or better in the next race to guarantee a”lock” into the Chase). Bowyer needs a finish of at least 134 points (10th place or 11th place if he leads a lap to be guaranteed a “lock.” Harvick and Truex would “lock” with a win next race as would Kurt Busch (but only if he leaded the most laps or Junior didn’t finish 2nd).

Of course, if NASCAR fines one of more of the drivers (even those “locked in”) they could be out of the Chase. Remember, Kurt Busch’s 100 point fine not too long ago.

But it’s looking pretty grim for Newman and Earnhardt. And Greg Biffle will be locked out of the Chase if Kurt Busch finishes 41st or better in the next race, which is highly likely.

Most likely the top 12 will stay in the Chase, barring a DNF or a significant point penalty on one or more of Kurt Busch, Martin Truex Jr. or Kevin Harvick.

I hear the fat lady warming up. Let’s see if she lets loose Sunday after the race!

[photopress:Standings.2007_08_21.GIF,full,alignright]After a long soggy wait, including red flags for rain and even fog, the Michigan race was finally completed today.

Kurt Busch, who lead the most laps, took the checkered flag along with 195 points. However, as Martin Truex Jr., 11th in the standings, finished second, this limited Kurt Busch to only a 25 point gain to Truex, leaving Kurt 33 points out of 11th place.

Third place finisher Jimmy Johnson was able to leapfrog Jeff Burton into the sixth in the standings after Burton’s 14th place finish.

Other than than Johnson and Burton swapping places, all top 12 drivers remained in the same position as last week.

Ryan Newman, fell a lap down late in the race due pit road issues related to fixing of his “shark fin.” However, while his pit crew were a bit slow, Newman’s car wasn’t. He quickly passed six other lap down cars to gain the “Lucky Dog” spot and returned to lead lap just in the nick of time due to a yellow flag at lap 190 (remember, with less than 10 laps remaining, no lucky dog is given). But due to a “quickie yellow” (where all cars pit including lap down cards), Ryan was still in turn three was the rest of the field took the green with six laps remaining leaving him stranded in 20th position, despite logging speeds as fast or faster than the leaders. Biffle spun at lap 199 of 200, bringing out another yellow, allowing Ryan to catch up to the field. After the restart for a green-white-checkered finish, Newman gained six spots, salvaging a 14th place finish.

However this still dropped Newman in the standings from 13th to 14th, 8 points behind now 13th placed Dale Earnhart Jr., but more devastatingly, 171 points behind Michigan winner Kurt Busch who is in 12th place after starting the day less than 100 points behind Kurt.

As Jeff Gordon is the only driver ahead of 12th place Kurt Busch by 483 points (the maximum possible point differential one driver could receive), those in second place to nineteenth are mathematically contenders. However, it was be unlikely for a driver to gain more than 80 points a race therefore those within 240 points of Kurt Busch are in “the Bubble.” Those are, Jimmie Johnson (6th), Jeff Burton (7th), Kyle Busch (8th), Clint Bowyer (9th), Kevin Harvick (10th), Martin Truex Jr. (11th), Kurt Busch (12th), and two drivers on the outside looking in, Dale Earnhardt Jr. (13th) and Ryan Newman (14th), leaving nine drivers in the “hunt” with only three races to the Chase left.

Junior and Newman are respectively 163 and 171 points out of 12th place and both need three consecutively outstanding races to get into the Chase.

The next race is Saturday night at Bristol. The Jackhole assumes that this race will narrow the Bubble to six drivers or so. But as he thought we’d be down to eight and have nine still remaining you’ll have to check in next week!

Key for the above picture
Green = Clinched for the Chase (assuming they start every race)
Yellow = Eligible for the Chase (assuming they start every race)
Red = Out of the Chase

Here are the current Nextel Cup 2007 Standings

[photopress:Standings.2007_08_12_1_2.JPG,full,alignleft]Green = Clinched for the Chase (assuming they start every race)
Yellow = Eligible for the Chase (assuming they start every race)
Red = Out of the Chase

As you can see Jeff Gordan is guaranteed a spot in the Chase and the only thing he needs to concern himself is winning races to get those 10 bonus points for the Chase. As the difference between 1st and 43th can be as much as 161 points, assuming one could gain (or lose) up to 80 points a race (320 total points) is not unreasonable. Therefore the driver that are more than 320 points above Kurt Busch (who is in the 12th and final place) are near “locks”, those three Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart.

However, those in the 320 window on either side of Kurt Busch are Carl Edwards, Jeff Burton, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Greg Biffle, Casey Mears, Jamie McMurray.

These 13 drivers are those that the Jackhole considers a still true “contenders” for the chase. However, Michigan should narrow the contenders greatly. I would except the window of 80 points a race theory to narrow this down to a scant 8 drivers. So tune in early next week to see if that is the case!