Dilemma

No I'm not talking about the Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland song from a few years back. This is a moral dilemma I'm faced with.

It appears by the end of this weekend we'll know the match-ups for the Eastern Conference semi-finals in hockey. Right now, barring any monumental comeback, it'll be the Boston Bruins vs the Pens, and Caps vs Philadelphia Flyers.

That second match-up scares me. Somehow, the powers that be, thought it'd be funny putting two teams I despise against each other.

As much as I want to see a Caps vs Pens match up again (assuming we get past a resurgent Boston team), so we can tear out their hopes and dreams, a Pittsburgh vs Philly final could be amazing as well. Hold it in Beaver Stadium (Penn State's stadium) and I guarantee 90,000 people would show up.

I haven't been this torn on the lesser of two evils since 2004. Back then, it was the decision to vote for either Bush or Kerry. I'll admit that I was a Republican back then, but after the first four years, I couldn't possibly support a Bush re-election. All the Dems had to do was put up a functional monkey, even Bubbles the Chimp, and they would have ran away with it.

Instead they choose John Kerry, who couldn't even decide if he preferred Pepsi or Coke. His wife being Teresa Heinz-Kerry, the type of woman who would be showcased on a Real Housewives of Pittsburgh. I mean this has to be one of the biggest busts in political history. Even Bush was surprised. This was why he had no agendas ready for 2004-2008, he figured there was NO CHANCE, he'd get re-elected after the crapshoot of a job he performed.

I was ready to switch sides at that point to the Dems. After I saw what they offered up and basically rolled over, I decided to wait a few more years and stick with the G-Dubya train. As the saying goes, "better the evil you know, than the evil you don't know".

Therefore, following this sage advice, I will have to cheer on the Flyers to absolutely brutalize and wear down the Caps. The Flyers are a physical team, who surprisingly took down Buffalo with ease. The Caps are a high flying, free-floating offensive powerhouse. This should make for a nice clash of playing styles. The real question will be whose inexperienced goalie will hold up the best.

Either way we'll come out a winner, neither team will get through that series unscathed and that's all we can hope for.