Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The replacement refs
So there's been more exposed that shines light on the replacement refs. Fox News aired a story this morning that exposed that some of these Refs were fired from the Lingere Football League, because they failed to call things like helmet-to-helmet hits and pass intereference that is some of the same calls they are not making in the NFL. That's a problem. But, as always, social media can add levity to any situation.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
NFL synopsis week 3 Monday Night Special
Per request, here is my thoughts on the controversy Monday Night.
1) Did the refs make a bad call? The rule is that a tie goes to the offense. Some argue that Jennings had it first and the Seahawks wrestled it away. As the rule is worded, they may have made the right call. Yeah, it looked like an interception, but they followed the letter of the law to the best of their understanding.
2) Jennings was stupid. You don't go for the INT with 0:00 left in the game. You knock it down! Duh!
3) A lot of teams get screwed. My Colts got screwed. It happens. Man up and get over it.
4) YOU ARE THE STINKING PACKERS. They are the Seattle Seahawks. You never should have let this game get that close. If you don't like it, you should have blown them out. Maybe you should help Rogers get rid of the football instead of taking sacks like I take breaths. They looked like they played the game half way. Next time, don't let the game be that close, and you won't lose.
1) Did the refs make a bad call? The rule is that a tie goes to the offense. Some argue that Jennings had it first and the Seahawks wrestled it away. As the rule is worded, they may have made the right call. Yeah, it looked like an interception, but they followed the letter of the law to the best of their understanding.
2) Jennings was stupid. You don't go for the INT with 0:00 left in the game. You knock it down! Duh!
3) A lot of teams get screwed. My Colts got screwed. It happens. Man up and get over it.
4) YOU ARE THE STINKING PACKERS. They are the Seattle Seahawks. You never should have let this game get that close. If you don't like it, you should have blown them out. Maybe you should help Rogers get rid of the football instead of taking sacks like I take breaths. They looked like they played the game half way. Next time, don't let the game be that close, and you won't lose.
Too busy?
Our President is busy. You'd expect that. He's the president. The middle east is burning. Iran is pursuing nukes. Our education system declines while teacher salaries go up. The cost of health care is skyrocketing. Unemployment is high. Gas and grocery prices have doubled in the last four years.
His solution to these crises? The View. That's right. He doesn't have time to meet with the Prime Ministers of England or Israel, but he has time for Whoopi. He can't take time to confront the leaders or Egypt or Pakistan. But he has time for Letterman. He doesn't have time to discuss the investigation with leaders of Libya. But he has time for a fundraiser with Beyonce.
I can understand that we are less that less than fifty days to the election, and campaigning is important. The problem is that this is ALL that he has done in his first term. Our president is as charismatic as anyone. But I've come to realize that he believes that he is so likable, everything should go well for him. He thought the problem with the Middle east is that people hated Bush, but that they would love him. Turns out that there really are evil people in the world. He thought that if he said things were better, "consumer confidence" would go up and the economy would turn around, just because people liked him enough to do what he said.
This is why he's been giving nicknames like "Campaigner in Chief" and "Celebrity in Chief." It's not that people don't like him. It's that it's not enough. That's why he hasn't shared any ideas, except raising taxes. It's not that he's not likable. It's that he doesn't have any good ideas.
Mr. President, if you want another four years, don't try to get people to like you. We do. But it's hard to reelect someone to a job that they didn't do to begin with.
His solution to these crises? The View. That's right. He doesn't have time to meet with the Prime Ministers of England or Israel, but he has time for Whoopi. He can't take time to confront the leaders or Egypt or Pakistan. But he has time for Letterman. He doesn't have time to discuss the investigation with leaders of Libya. But he has time for a fundraiser with Beyonce.
I can understand that we are less that less than fifty days to the election, and campaigning is important. The problem is that this is ALL that he has done in his first term. Our president is as charismatic as anyone. But I've come to realize that he believes that he is so likable, everything should go well for him. He thought the problem with the Middle east is that people hated Bush, but that they would love him. Turns out that there really are evil people in the world. He thought that if he said things were better, "consumer confidence" would go up and the economy would turn around, just because people liked him enough to do what he said.
This is why he's been giving nicknames like "Campaigner in Chief" and "Celebrity in Chief." It's not that people don't like him. It's that it's not enough. That's why he hasn't shared any ideas, except raising taxes. It's not that he's not likable. It's that he doesn't have any good ideas.
Mr. President, if you want another four years, don't try to get people to like you. We do. But it's hard to reelect someone to a job that they didn't do to begin with.
Monday, September 24, 2012
NFL 12 Week 3 synopsis
This game was a tale of two halves. The first half was all Colts, but in the second half they had a comfortable lead. They took their foot off the gas (which almost cost them the game last week too). In the second half, the Jags poured it on. Unfortunately, the replacement refs did too. They decided to only call penalties against the Colts in the second half. They held, interfered on offense and defense, they pushed and pulled and the refs called penalties on the Colts. They also ignored interference that cost us a drive-saving big play that could have won us the game. Who knows what would have happened if the refs called the game fair.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m also mad at a few Colts players, like Vinetari who doesn’t seem to try unless the game is on the line. And the safeties kept choking up and allowed the Jags a few TDs because they weren’t were they should be to stop them.
And Coach What’s-yer-face (you still have to earn the right for me to bother learning your name), do me a favor. Keep your calling aggressive and stop this “run out the clock during the entire second half” crap. Try to win, not stall.
Rest of the League:
Bills-Browns. You know how I point out that the Browns lose crushingly close games? This one wasn’t close.
Bengals-Redskins. Dang. Bengals looked good. I hope RGIII will calm his cocky butt down now.
Vikings-Niners. That was not the same Vikings team we played. Last week, they beat them. This week, they beat a promising San Fran team.
Titans-Lions. Sometimes, two mediocre teams can have a great game together. In this case, it was a shootout.
Cowboys-Buccs. This was a “Which team can suck worse?” type of game. I’ll also say that the Buccs are proving to be sore losers, but it looks like they’ll have lots of practice at losing.
Chiefs-Saints. Man the Saints are bad.
Jets-Fins. It’s TEBOW TIME. Yeah, that’s right. He had a zero yard carry out of something like a Wild Cat formation. I think they want to lull teams into thinking he’s going to run, then let him rip one later. Also got to say, icing the kicker NEVER EVER WORKS.
Raiders-Steelers. If you’re going to get your first win week three, this is how you should do it. These are two teams with histories. They have histories of producing teams that knock the slobber out of others. So they knocked the slobber out of each other. In the end, Oakland knocked harder. Regardless of outcome, this was a great game. Regarding outcome, it was even better.
Texans-Broncos. Gotta say, I was rooting for the Colt’s division rival in this one. And they put it to Peyton.
Ravens-Patriots. Revenge can be oh so sweet sometimes. Hats off to Corey Smith, who learned that his 19 year old brother was killed in a motorcycle accident, but decided to play anyway. So he went and had the best game of his career. That said, do you know why Tom Brady is such a chump? Well, he’s an arrogant piece of crap, and a self-righteous bully. He’s always been that way. But maybe the pretty boy never grew into a man because his coach is an arrogant piece of crap and a self-righteous bully too. I don’t care what you don’t like; you should NEVER place your hands on a ref. You lost. It’s in the books. If you don’t like it, play harder next time.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m also mad at a few Colts players, like Vinetari who doesn’t seem to try unless the game is on the line. And the safeties kept choking up and allowed the Jags a few TDs because they weren’t were they should be to stop them.
And Coach What’s-yer-face (you still have to earn the right for me to bother learning your name), do me a favor. Keep your calling aggressive and stop this “run out the clock during the entire second half” crap. Try to win, not stall.
Rest of the League:
Bills-Browns. You know how I point out that the Browns lose crushingly close games? This one wasn’t close.
Bengals-Redskins. Dang. Bengals looked good. I hope RGIII will calm his cocky butt down now.
Vikings-Niners. That was not the same Vikings team we played. Last week, they beat them. This week, they beat a promising San Fran team.
Titans-Lions. Sometimes, two mediocre teams can have a great game together. In this case, it was a shootout.
Cowboys-Buccs. This was a “Which team can suck worse?” type of game. I’ll also say that the Buccs are proving to be sore losers, but it looks like they’ll have lots of practice at losing.
Chiefs-Saints. Man the Saints are bad.
Jets-Fins. It’s TEBOW TIME. Yeah, that’s right. He had a zero yard carry out of something like a Wild Cat formation. I think they want to lull teams into thinking he’s going to run, then let him rip one later. Also got to say, icing the kicker NEVER EVER WORKS.
Raiders-Steelers. If you’re going to get your first win week three, this is how you should do it. These are two teams with histories. They have histories of producing teams that knock the slobber out of others. So they knocked the slobber out of each other. In the end, Oakland knocked harder. Regardless of outcome, this was a great game. Regarding outcome, it was even better.
Texans-Broncos. Gotta say, I was rooting for the Colt’s division rival in this one. And they put it to Peyton.
Ravens-Patriots. Revenge can be oh so sweet sometimes. Hats off to Corey Smith, who learned that his 19 year old brother was killed in a motorcycle accident, but decided to play anyway. So he went and had the best game of his career. That said, do you know why Tom Brady is such a chump? Well, he’s an arrogant piece of crap, and a self-righteous bully. He’s always been that way. But maybe the pretty boy never grew into a man because his coach is an arrogant piece of crap and a self-righteous bully too. I don’t care what you don’t like; you should NEVER place your hands on a ref. You lost. It’s in the books. If you don’t like it, play harder next time.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
PC stupidity
The ACLU threatened to sue Rhode Island schools on behalf of a mother. Why? What had they done? Had they supressed free speech? No. Religion? Nuh-uh.
They had annual dances.
OH NO! That's terrible!
That's right, they were suing over the annual father-daughter and mother-son dances. The schools, fearful of the lawsuit, cancelled the traditional dance.
The ACLU claims that it is disciminatory. The mother is a single mom, and her daughter has no one to take her.
By that logic, we should outlaw marriage, because I am single. We should outlaw sex, because I'm a virgin. We should outlaw the NBA, because I suck at basketball. We should outlaw skinny people, because I am fat.
This selfish stupidity is gonig way out of hand. "It makes me sad because my daughter doesn't have a dad. Therefore I'm going to make everyone ELSE miserable." This is stupid. And shame on RI for not fighting it. And shame on the ACLU for supporting it. How is this liberty? Or did you forget what the "L" stands for? This isn't Sharia Law. No one is threatening the girl with harm. An uncle, or trustworthy friend could take her. Heck, she could go with one of her friend's dads, just to be able to dress up and go.
Across the world, people are burned alive for their religous belief or their ethnicity. Women are raped and murdered because they are seen as objects instead of people. Maybe we should be more worried about that than dances and free birth control.
Maybe, just maybe, all these idiots should spend a year overseas serving people who have real troubles. Then maybe they would stop being so self-centered and start caring about things that really matter.
They had annual dances.
OH NO! That's terrible!
That's right, they were suing over the annual father-daughter and mother-son dances. The schools, fearful of the lawsuit, cancelled the traditional dance.
The ACLU claims that it is disciminatory. The mother is a single mom, and her daughter has no one to take her.
By that logic, we should outlaw marriage, because I am single. We should outlaw sex, because I'm a virgin. We should outlaw the NBA, because I suck at basketball. We should outlaw skinny people, because I am fat.
This selfish stupidity is gonig way out of hand. "It makes me sad because my daughter doesn't have a dad. Therefore I'm going to make everyone ELSE miserable." This is stupid. And shame on RI for not fighting it. And shame on the ACLU for supporting it. How is this liberty? Or did you forget what the "L" stands for? This isn't Sharia Law. No one is threatening the girl with harm. An uncle, or trustworthy friend could take her. Heck, she could go with one of her friend's dads, just to be able to dress up and go.
Across the world, people are burned alive for their religous belief or their ethnicity. Women are raped and murdered because they are seen as objects instead of people. Maybe we should be more worried about that than dances and free birth control.
Maybe, just maybe, all these idiots should spend a year overseas serving people who have real troubles. Then maybe they would stop being so self-centered and start caring about things that really matter.
Monday, September 17, 2012
NFL 12 week 2 synopsis
Well, last week I said that the Colts needed to get some help out there for Reggie Wayne. This week, Luck found Donnie Avery. The O-Line found much more of a rhythm, so Luck was able to have some time to stand and deliver a pass. Reggie still showed himself to be the man on that catch before halftime.
Our defense also started to look more like a unit, but I’d have felt better with a healthy Freeney. That said, it felt good to be able to stall AP as well as we did, even if Percy Harvin was still a beast.
The Colts still had plenty of struggles. Donald Brown proved adequate last year, but he’s not making it past the line of scrimmage on most plays. We need a fullback. We also had some help by just stupid penalties by Minnesota. But we cannot assume that the other team will hand the game to us.
Rest of the League:
Cards-Pats. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!! Arizona isn’t exactly considered one of the NFL’s power teams, but man did they put it to the Pats in New England. Which I love to see, because Brady is a chump.
Panthers-Saints. Ok, yes, the Panthers showed a lot of potential this year, but man the Saints were bad. I mean, they seem to go through cycles and it’s their turn to be bad, but still.
Texans-Jags. Houston is gunning for another playoff appearance, but is it any wonder that I called that Indy would beat Jacksonville twice?
Fins-Raiders. Miami eventually overtook Oakland in the second half, but this game was back and forth the first half. Who would have guessed that two teams that bad would have made for a game that was this good?
Bengals-Browns. Yet another crushing, close loss for Cleveland, but that’s what they do.
Giants-Buccs. I bELIeve in Eli. The Buccs got off to a big lead, but we all know the Giants don’t even try unless they’re behind in the fourth. Coughlin was right, by the way. Don't lay a hand on my boy Eli.
Eagles-Ravens. Wow. Just wow. The Birdy Bowl was one heck of a game. The Eagles really didn’t deserve to win, but they pulled it out. That’s the way it goes sometimes.
Steelers-Jets. It's TEBOW TIME! That's right, Tebow had playing time. He did a QB draw for a 22 yard gain. Still, it's Tebow. Seahawks-Cowboys. All that proves is last week is a fluke and Romo is a big girl. Rams-Redskins. This game was old school. By that, I mean they let the teams get away with a lot of cheap shots, illegal contact, and roughing the passer. These are the things that make Unitas so great. He played in a day when all that and more was legal. Point is, I can understand Josh Morgan's frustration. But in one selfish act, he put himself and his temper before the team. You cannot do that. Ever. He needs to learn for Eli Manning and let his coach settle it.
Our defense also started to look more like a unit, but I’d have felt better with a healthy Freeney. That said, it felt good to be able to stall AP as well as we did, even if Percy Harvin was still a beast.
The Colts still had plenty of struggles. Donald Brown proved adequate last year, but he’s not making it past the line of scrimmage on most plays. We need a fullback. We also had some help by just stupid penalties by Minnesota. But we cannot assume that the other team will hand the game to us.
Rest of the League:
Cards-Pats. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!! Arizona isn’t exactly considered one of the NFL’s power teams, but man did they put it to the Pats in New England. Which I love to see, because Brady is a chump.
Panthers-Saints. Ok, yes, the Panthers showed a lot of potential this year, but man the Saints were bad. I mean, they seem to go through cycles and it’s their turn to be bad, but still.
Texans-Jags. Houston is gunning for another playoff appearance, but is it any wonder that I called that Indy would beat Jacksonville twice?
Fins-Raiders. Miami eventually overtook Oakland in the second half, but this game was back and forth the first half. Who would have guessed that two teams that bad would have made for a game that was this good?
Bengals-Browns. Yet another crushing, close loss for Cleveland, but that’s what they do.
Giants-Buccs. I bELIeve in Eli. The Buccs got off to a big lead, but we all know the Giants don’t even try unless they’re behind in the fourth. Coughlin was right, by the way. Don't lay a hand on my boy Eli.
Eagles-Ravens. Wow. Just wow. The Birdy Bowl was one heck of a game. The Eagles really didn’t deserve to win, but they pulled it out. That’s the way it goes sometimes.
Steelers-Jets. It's TEBOW TIME! That's right, Tebow had playing time. He did a QB draw for a 22 yard gain. Still, it's Tebow. Seahawks-Cowboys. All that proves is last week is a fluke and Romo is a big girl. Rams-Redskins. This game was old school. By that, I mean they let the teams get away with a lot of cheap shots, illegal contact, and roughing the passer. These are the things that make Unitas so great. He played in a day when all that and more was legal. Point is, I can understand Josh Morgan's frustration. But in one selfish act, he put himself and his temper before the team. You cannot do that. Ever. He needs to learn for Eli Manning and let his coach settle it.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Dems and Israel
So... the Dems say that their strong supporters on Israel. You kidding me? They took God and support for Israel out of the DNC platform. This caused a massive firestorm, so Obama ordered them to put it back in.
This was the result.
Are you serious? They just booed God and our closest ally. Yeah, that's real support from a party whose leader, the president, went on an apology tour through the middle east, and has done very little to support Israel. Then again, he's done very little to support anything outside of his campaign and the local country club. But that's not the point.
While claiming solidarity with Israel, he subs a visit, right now, from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We are being attacked by the Arab world. Iran is building nukes in order to start a war. Israel is trying to keep those nukes from being dropped on their heads and ours. But President Obama is to busy hobnobbing with the "millionaires and billionaires" that he constantly rails against to meet with our most important ally or even attend briefings by the defense department (he's attended less than half this year. Look it up.)
Yeah, I'm sure Israel takes being snubbed as real support. Give me a break.
This was the result.
Are you serious? They just booed God and our closest ally. Yeah, that's real support from a party whose leader, the president, went on an apology tour through the middle east, and has done very little to support Israel. Then again, he's done very little to support anything outside of his campaign and the local country club. But that's not the point.
While claiming solidarity with Israel, he subs a visit, right now, from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We are being attacked by the Arab world. Iran is building nukes in order to start a war. Israel is trying to keep those nukes from being dropped on their heads and ours. But President Obama is to busy hobnobbing with the "millionaires and billionaires" that he constantly rails against to meet with our most important ally or even attend briefings by the defense department (he's attended less than half this year. Look it up.)
Yeah, I'm sure Israel takes being snubbed as real support. Give me a break.
Embassy attacks
Mad yet? You should be. An embassy of any country counts as that countries sovereign territory. So attacking a US embassy is the same as attacking the white house. And worse, the first attacks were coordinated to take place on 9-11.
There are several points to be made here. First of all, a leaked statement came out after the attack in Cairo, apologizing for being there. And while Obama has rightfully distanced himself from this idiocy, even if it was not his words, it IS his philosophy. One of the first things he did was to go to Cairo and apologize for the war on terror. We were ATTACKED. We have been attacked now. Apologizing for being attacked is the same as desecrating our own dead.
Second, I would like to point out that the attacks in Egypt and Libya come after we helped to dispose two men who were considered our allies. Now let me be clear, by targeting civilians, both men showed a great evil. If I were in Obama's shoes, I probably would have made similar calls in both cases. However, this is a case of out of the frying pan, into the fire. Mubarak and Qaddafi were both considered allies, barely, but they did keep the Muslim Brotherhood in check. There is a saying, "Better the devil you know than the one you don't." In this case, we replace the devils we knew with terrorists.
Third, I hate political responses. "We condemn these attacks in the strongest terms." No, you don't. That is in effect saying "We thought long and hard about it and decided murder is bad." That's stupid. You should order Marines to guard embassies and our American flag with sniper rifles and machine guns. The crowd gets out of line, you carefully select a few of the worst behaving and put them down like a rabid dog. Maybe without instigators, the crowd will disperse.
Fourth, and this is a question, why did we support the "Arab spring" against our allies, but not in Syria and Iran where it might actually do some good by overthrowing those who seek to kill us and our friend Israel, and have the means to do so? Answer me that. (further discussion coming later on this).
Fifth, Mitt Romney's response was dumb. Even if what he said was correct, it was not appropriate. Yes, the white house perhaps should have condemned the attacks BEFORE Mitt told them to do so, but still, you don't criticize the president while the attacks are happening. He should have waited (not that the other side of the aisle did against Bush, but their misbehavior does not excuse his).
Sixth, shame on the morons who blame us for getting attacked. They did the same after 9-11. "We provoked it." Yes, we totally provoked 9-11 because the towers didn't fall when they were attacked in 1993. That's entirely our fault for not rolling over and dying right then. The Quran says to kill. This is a violent religion. If you say that those who do these attacks pervert a peaceful religion, you are ignorant. Read the thing for yourself. And read history, about Mohammed's attacks on others. It was violent before it was peacefully. This is a religion that teaches murder and terrorism. They are taught to kill and enslave anyone who disagrees with them. They will never be appeased. If we were no longer a world superpower, they would still try to kill us because that is all they know. It is not our fault, as evidence by the fact that they also kill each other. It is simply their paradigm. So all these people that call themselves "elite" and teach that we are the cause of people hating us are just plain STUPID.
There are several points to be made here. First of all, a leaked statement came out after the attack in Cairo, apologizing for being there. And while Obama has rightfully distanced himself from this idiocy, even if it was not his words, it IS his philosophy. One of the first things he did was to go to Cairo and apologize for the war on terror. We were ATTACKED. We have been attacked now. Apologizing for being attacked is the same as desecrating our own dead.
Second, I would like to point out that the attacks in Egypt and Libya come after we helped to dispose two men who were considered our allies. Now let me be clear, by targeting civilians, both men showed a great evil. If I were in Obama's shoes, I probably would have made similar calls in both cases. However, this is a case of out of the frying pan, into the fire. Mubarak and Qaddafi were both considered allies, barely, but they did keep the Muslim Brotherhood in check. There is a saying, "Better the devil you know than the one you don't." In this case, we replace the devils we knew with terrorists.
Third, I hate political responses. "We condemn these attacks in the strongest terms." No, you don't. That is in effect saying "We thought long and hard about it and decided murder is bad." That's stupid. You should order Marines to guard embassies and our American flag with sniper rifles and machine guns. The crowd gets out of line, you carefully select a few of the worst behaving and put them down like a rabid dog. Maybe without instigators, the crowd will disperse.
Fourth, and this is a question, why did we support the "Arab spring" against our allies, but not in Syria and Iran where it might actually do some good by overthrowing those who seek to kill us and our friend Israel, and have the means to do so? Answer me that. (further discussion coming later on this).
Fifth, Mitt Romney's response was dumb. Even if what he said was correct, it was not appropriate. Yes, the white house perhaps should have condemned the attacks BEFORE Mitt told them to do so, but still, you don't criticize the president while the attacks are happening. He should have waited (not that the other side of the aisle did against Bush, but their misbehavior does not excuse his).
Sixth, shame on the morons who blame us for getting attacked. They did the same after 9-11. "We provoked it." Yes, we totally provoked 9-11 because the towers didn't fall when they were attacked in 1993. That's entirely our fault for not rolling over and dying right then. The Quran says to kill. This is a violent religion. If you say that those who do these attacks pervert a peaceful religion, you are ignorant. Read the thing for yourself. And read history, about Mohammed's attacks on others. It was violent before it was peacefully. This is a religion that teaches murder and terrorism. They are taught to kill and enslave anyone who disagrees with them. They will never be appeased. If we were no longer a world superpower, they would still try to kill us because that is all they know. It is not our fault, as evidence by the fact that they also kill each other. It is simply their paradigm. So all these people that call themselves "elite" and teach that we are the cause of people hating us are just plain STUPID.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
My 9-11 story
Eleven years ago, the bell rang at 10:05 to let me out of Algebra 2. There to greet me was a friend of mine. He told me terrorists had hijacked a bunch of planes, and had already rammed two into the World Trade Center. I told him, "Somebody is messing with you. No one is dumb enough to attack the United States of America." I walked into US History next, as saw one smoking tower on TV (the other had fallen). When the bell rang to start History Class, Mr. Eckart got up in front of the class and said "This is History." We spent the rest of class in silence listening to Peter Jennings.
Never forget.
Never forget.
Monday, September 10, 2012
NFL 12 Week 1 synopsis
Well, the Colt’s season started well. By that, I mean that Robert Mathis started by sacking Jay Culter for a twelve yard loss. Then on the next series, Cutler through a pick 6 to Freeman. Man, Colt’s defense is fun to watch. Offense is mental; defense was emotional. And the Colt’s D was fired up and unleashed (at least until Freeney sprained his ankle).
The Beats finally started to perform well when they stopped relying on Culter’s arm and started using Forte’s feet. Once they did so, the offense was able to settle down and start to play their game.
Chicago also did well on defense. They were able to get lots of pressure in the Colt’s backfield. (Hey Irsay, you miss Saturday yet? Never should have let the best Center in the NFL go.)
The Colt’s offense struggled to get going. Let’s just say their only offensive player was Reggie Wayne (one of two offensive players, the other being Saturday, who started every game this season). Eventually Donald Brown got into it, scoring a TD to atone for an earlier dropped easy pass. Too bad he did it again. Brown is better than Carter was, but we need a new running back. And we have to get Reggie Wayne some help out there. Fleener has potential, but a lot of people have potential and don’t make it.
The Colt’s bright spot might have been their traditional Achilles’ heal. By that, I mean their special teams, led by Joe Lefegge (sp?). Well, it was in the first half. Then right when they needed a big play to stay in the game, they coughed it up. That was pretty well game over. Still, it’s sad when about the best thing you can say about a team is “well, as least our special teams gave them bad field position.”
Skins-Saints. RG3 started with a TD to former Colt Pierre Garcon. Skins are taking advantage of a receiver that the Colts developed and Irsay traded just as he was coming into his own. (Irsay, miss Garcon yet?)
Lions-Rams. Two young QBs I like and respect, Stafford and Bradford. One heck of a game.
Eagles-Browns. Another season, same story. Another crushingly close loss by the Browns. Both teams had just way too many turnovers. Wait, doesn’t if violate Vick’s parole to go to the dog pound?
Jets-Bills. The Sanchize didn’t need no Tebow Time.
Niners-Packers. Um… not the outcome I expected. I just cannot explain where this came from. But that’s the fun of a new season.
Patriots-Titans. Brady is a chump (tell me you missed it.)
Broncos-Steelers. PEYTON MANNING. Nuff said? No? Welcome back Peyton. Too bad you’re playing for the wrong horse. I loved the pregame interview of Manning by Coach Dungy. Too bad my satellite service went down and I didn’t see any more anything for a while (and people wonder why I hate technology). I did get it back in time to see Manning's 400th career pass. And Rothisberger? Still the most overrated QB in the NFL, except maybe Brady.
The Beats finally started to perform well when they stopped relying on Culter’s arm and started using Forte’s feet. Once they did so, the offense was able to settle down and start to play their game.
Chicago also did well on defense. They were able to get lots of pressure in the Colt’s backfield. (Hey Irsay, you miss Saturday yet? Never should have let the best Center in the NFL go.)
The Colt’s offense struggled to get going. Let’s just say their only offensive player was Reggie Wayne (one of two offensive players, the other being Saturday, who started every game this season). Eventually Donald Brown got into it, scoring a TD to atone for an earlier dropped easy pass. Too bad he did it again. Brown is better than Carter was, but we need a new running back. And we have to get Reggie Wayne some help out there. Fleener has potential, but a lot of people have potential and don’t make it.
The Colt’s bright spot might have been their traditional Achilles’ heal. By that, I mean their special teams, led by Joe Lefegge (sp?). Well, it was in the first half. Then right when they needed a big play to stay in the game, they coughed it up. That was pretty well game over. Still, it’s sad when about the best thing you can say about a team is “well, as least our special teams gave them bad field position.”
Skins-Saints. RG3 started with a TD to former Colt Pierre Garcon. Skins are taking advantage of a receiver that the Colts developed and Irsay traded just as he was coming into his own. (Irsay, miss Garcon yet?)
Lions-Rams. Two young QBs I like and respect, Stafford and Bradford. One heck of a game.
Eagles-Browns. Another season, same story. Another crushingly close loss by the Browns. Both teams had just way too many turnovers. Wait, doesn’t if violate Vick’s parole to go to the dog pound?
Jets-Bills. The Sanchize didn’t need no Tebow Time.
Niners-Packers. Um… not the outcome I expected. I just cannot explain where this came from. But that’s the fun of a new season.
Patriots-Titans. Brady is a chump (tell me you missed it.)
Broncos-Steelers. PEYTON MANNING. Nuff said? No? Welcome back Peyton. Too bad you’re playing for the wrong horse. I loved the pregame interview of Manning by Coach Dungy. Too bad my satellite service went down and I didn’t see any more anything for a while (and people wonder why I hate technology). I did get it back in time to see Manning's 400th career pass. And Rothisberger? Still the most overrated QB in the NFL, except maybe Brady.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
DNC opening
The DNC opened with a historic occassion. The national debt rolled over $16,000,000,000,000. That's a lot of zeros. This is from a man who once promised to cut the deficit in half, or said that we shouldn't re-elect him. This is from a man who said adding half the amount that he has added in three years, over an eight year period, was irresponsible and unpatriotic.
I do have to pause for a moment and defend an unfair attack on the President, however. When asked to grade himself, he said "incomplete." Conservatives jumped on this, as an incomplete grade in school is terrible. But what should he say? "A. I've done everything that I know how to do, so elect the other guy." Or should he say "F. I'm a complete failure, so elect the other guy." Incomplete is the best answer to a bad question. It says, "I have more that I want to do, so give me another shot." It's the best answer. It's the question that's bad.
Now with that out of the way, let me continue. The first theme of the DNC is "We belong to the government." I think that this is supposed to be a loose JFK reference, but instead of doing "for your country" this is doing "for the government." I'm sorry, but we are supposed to be "by the people for the people," not "by the government for the government." We don't belong to the government. Unique among all the peoples of the earth, WE THE PEOPLE govern. Government is a necessary evil, not a good. In Deuteronomy, government is a curse, a sign of disobedience from God. I'm not saying anarchy is better. I'm saying that if people had true integrity, government would be obsolete.
I should also point out that the Democratic platform unveiled at the DNC shows Obama's true view of Israel, by withdrawing support of them. Obama has isolated us from Israel, believing that a middle-of-the-raod position might help with negotiations with Iran in others, perhaps removing bias? I don't know. What I do know is Rosevelt said "Speak softly and carry a big stick." But they believe that speaking softly requires reducing the size of the stick. (Though according to Biden, Obama has a "big stick." Think of that as you try to go to sleep tonight.)
Something that I've learned, though it sounds cliche, is true. Obama believes that the greatness of America is something that we should apologize for (because he believes that Robin Hood is the ultimate sign of goodness, specifically the taking from the haves). What I, and many others like me believe is that the greatness of America is something that we should STRIVE for. This is us, as a nation, having, so that instead of others taking, we can give, to ensure that what we give is used wisely.
Obama and Biden want to say that they care? They care about taking from you to give to those that they supposedly care about. But neither gives significantly to charity. I give a little over twelve percent of my income to charity, giving my support to where is does good, not where is will get me votes. If they truly believed what they preach, they would show it with their checkbooks.
I do have to pause for a moment and defend an unfair attack on the President, however. When asked to grade himself, he said "incomplete." Conservatives jumped on this, as an incomplete grade in school is terrible. But what should he say? "A. I've done everything that I know how to do, so elect the other guy." Or should he say "F. I'm a complete failure, so elect the other guy." Incomplete is the best answer to a bad question. It says, "I have more that I want to do, so give me another shot." It's the best answer. It's the question that's bad.
Now with that out of the way, let me continue. The first theme of the DNC is "We belong to the government." I think that this is supposed to be a loose JFK reference, but instead of doing "for your country" this is doing "for the government." I'm sorry, but we are supposed to be "by the people for the people," not "by the government for the government." We don't belong to the government. Unique among all the peoples of the earth, WE THE PEOPLE govern. Government is a necessary evil, not a good. In Deuteronomy, government is a curse, a sign of disobedience from God. I'm not saying anarchy is better. I'm saying that if people had true integrity, government would be obsolete.
I should also point out that the Democratic platform unveiled at the DNC shows Obama's true view of Israel, by withdrawing support of them. Obama has isolated us from Israel, believing that a middle-of-the-raod position might help with negotiations with Iran in others, perhaps removing bias? I don't know. What I do know is Rosevelt said "Speak softly and carry a big stick." But they believe that speaking softly requires reducing the size of the stick. (Though according to Biden, Obama has a "big stick." Think of that as you try to go to sleep tonight.)
Something that I've learned, though it sounds cliche, is true. Obama believes that the greatness of America is something that we should apologize for (because he believes that Robin Hood is the ultimate sign of goodness, specifically the taking from the haves). What I, and many others like me believe is that the greatness of America is something that we should STRIVE for. This is us, as a nation, having, so that instead of others taking, we can give, to ensure that what we give is used wisely.
Obama and Biden want to say that they care? They care about taking from you to give to those that they supposedly care about. But neither gives significantly to charity. I give a little over twelve percent of my income to charity, giving my support to where is does good, not where is will get me votes. If they truly believed what they preach, they would show it with their checkbooks.
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