12 years ago, 10:05 AM, the bell rang to let me out of Algerbra 2. I was met by a friend, who informed me that terrorists had hijacked airplanes and were ramming them into buildings. I arrogantly informed him "No one would be dumb enough to attack the United States" (Oh how foolish of me) I walked into US History, and saw one smoking tower on the TV, and heard Peter Jennings say that the other had collapsed minutes before, and that a third plane had hit the pentagon. When the bell rang to start US History class, the teacher stated simply, "This is history." And we watched the TV in silence for the rest of class.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
NFL 13 week 1 synopsis
What a week 1.
The Colts started off, well, not that great. Last year, most games they lost were ones where they started big, took theif foot off the gas, and lost it. That's kinda what happened in this game. Reggie Wayne, had one heck of a game, including a TD. But in the end, when needed most, Luck still showed he has some magic in him, and made big plays through the air and on the ground. Our defense looked tired early in the game. They need to do conditioning if they're going to play four quarters.
Rest of the League:
Broncos-Ravens. The Ravens didn't have their two top guys, Ray Lewis and Ed Reed. The Broncos had Wes Welker, and what was that other guy's name? Oh yeah, Peyton Manning. Manning went out to prove he is still Peyton Manning. He did, trying an NFL record for most TDs in a single game. My mother said "Poor washed-up Manning..." I'm not ready to hand them the Lombardi trophy, but man they looked good. It was like the Manning at his peak with the Colts. Come out and play around the first half. Game plan with what you learned at half time. In second half, take apart opponents. Also, gotta mention that it was good to see Peyton Manning, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, Dallas Clark, and Brandon Stokely together again, even all are former Colts. They needed Marvellous Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Jeff Saturday, and Tom Moore, and they'd have their entire offensive key!
Fins-Browns. Man, the Browns were terrible.
Lions-Vikings. Once again gotta say, I love Matt Stafford. The Lions D earned a lot of credit. After the opening TD by AP, they made adjustments and shut him down entirely. Stafford had a new toy, Reggie Bush. I hope the Lions can keep this up. They've had a lot of bad years and deserve some good.
Chiefs-Jags. Every single point was scored in this game by the Chiefs finding the endzone. Just one it was their own.
Saints-Falcons. This one was fun to watch. Possibly best game of the week.
Titans-Steelers. This game, by contrast, was ugly. Time to let Ben go.
Niners-Packers. This game was uglier. And you hate to see a game's outcome effected by poor refereeing. It sounded like the replacements again.
Cowboys-Giants. This game was ugliest. The Cowboys weren't that good. The Giants were THAT BAD. They beat themselves. They last time they looked that bad in the beginning of the season, they beat the Pats in the Super Bowl.
Pats-Bills. Speaking of the Pats losing, they almost lost this game. Every year they start in Buffalo, and almost lose! EVERY YEAR! You'd think they'd learn not to overlook their opponent. Buffalo pours out everything in this game every year, and seem to leave nothing left for the rest of the season. Oh, and just because you missed it: Tom Brady's a chump. Here's to hoping Tom breaks his leg and it's Tebow Time again!
The Colts started off, well, not that great. Last year, most games they lost were ones where they started big, took theif foot off the gas, and lost it. That's kinda what happened in this game. Reggie Wayne, had one heck of a game, including a TD. But in the end, when needed most, Luck still showed he has some magic in him, and made big plays through the air and on the ground. Our defense looked tired early in the game. They need to do conditioning if they're going to play four quarters.
Rest of the League:
Broncos-Ravens. The Ravens didn't have their two top guys, Ray Lewis and Ed Reed. The Broncos had Wes Welker, and what was that other guy's name? Oh yeah, Peyton Manning. Manning went out to prove he is still Peyton Manning. He did, trying an NFL record for most TDs in a single game. My mother said "Poor washed-up Manning..." I'm not ready to hand them the Lombardi trophy, but man they looked good. It was like the Manning at his peak with the Colts. Come out and play around the first half. Game plan with what you learned at half time. In second half, take apart opponents. Also, gotta mention that it was good to see Peyton Manning, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, Dallas Clark, and Brandon Stokely together again, even all are former Colts. They needed Marvellous Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Jeff Saturday, and Tom Moore, and they'd have their entire offensive key!
Fins-Browns. Man, the Browns were terrible.
Lions-Vikings. Once again gotta say, I love Matt Stafford. The Lions D earned a lot of credit. After the opening TD by AP, they made adjustments and shut him down entirely. Stafford had a new toy, Reggie Bush. I hope the Lions can keep this up. They've had a lot of bad years and deserve some good.
Chiefs-Jags. Every single point was scored in this game by the Chiefs finding the endzone. Just one it was their own.
Saints-Falcons. This one was fun to watch. Possibly best game of the week.
Titans-Steelers. This game, by contrast, was ugly. Time to let Ben go.
Niners-Packers. This game was uglier. And you hate to see a game's outcome effected by poor refereeing. It sounded like the replacements again.
Cowboys-Giants. This game was ugliest. The Cowboys weren't that good. The Giants were THAT BAD. They beat themselves. They last time they looked that bad in the beginning of the season, they beat the Pats in the Super Bowl.
Pats-Bills. Speaking of the Pats losing, they almost lost this game. Every year they start in Buffalo, and almost lose! EVERY YEAR! You'd think they'd learn not to overlook their opponent. Buffalo pours out everything in this game every year, and seem to leave nothing left for the rest of the season. Oh, and just because you missed it: Tom Brady's a chump. Here's to hoping Tom breaks his leg and it's Tebow Time again!
Syria
Let's look past rhetoric to some truth.
Truth #1: You should judge people by their words. Senator Obama would impeach President Obama for attacking Syria. Eating crow doesn't quite cover it.
Truth #2: For once there is bipartisan support for something in Washington. It's amazing how many in Congress think we should do something in Syria, despite surveys that say EIGHT-SEVEN PERCENT of American oppose action in Syria. This shows just how disconnected Washington is from the American people. We've got to kick these guys out and start over.
Truth #3: The international community won't back the play because of reports that say that groups within the rebels, actually Al Queda terrorsts and affiliates, took the weapons and killed their own people to force our involvement. Putin publicly said so, and the Obama administration responded "That's stupid." No facts, of course, just that they don't like the report.
Truth #4: Sun Tzu (the guy who LITERALLY wrote the manual on conducting warfare, called "The Art of War"), thinks this is a bad idea. He said that the loser attacks, and then determines the terms of victory. The winner decides terms of victory, then attacks. We have no objects, and innocent people will die by us dropping random bombs, then we may spark retaliation again Israel and other allies in the region, not to mention our own embassies. Oh wait. Obama's fine with those being attacked.
4b: Sun Tzu also said the deception and surprise were keys to success. We have neither. If we were going to do something, we should have done it first. It's easier to get forgiveness than permission, especially if the world thinks you are as weak as Obama.
Truth #5: We can't hope to win. The President of Syria is evil, but he's holding a greater evil at bay, just like Egypt and Libya. Hopefully we learned out lesson. If Al Queda wins in Syria, we lose, big time. If we go in and accomplish nothing, we've just ticked off the entire world for nothing. If we help the Syrian President, then we've added to the more than one hundred thousand deaths there already. Let's learn from history, and just keep our noses clean and mind our own business.
Truth #1: You should judge people by their words. Senator Obama would impeach President Obama for attacking Syria. Eating crow doesn't quite cover it.
Truth #2: For once there is bipartisan support for something in Washington. It's amazing how many in Congress think we should do something in Syria, despite surveys that say EIGHT-SEVEN PERCENT of American oppose action in Syria. This shows just how disconnected Washington is from the American people. We've got to kick these guys out and start over.
Truth #3: The international community won't back the play because of reports that say that groups within the rebels, actually Al Queda terrorsts and affiliates, took the weapons and killed their own people to force our involvement. Putin publicly said so, and the Obama administration responded "That's stupid." No facts, of course, just that they don't like the report.
Truth #4: Sun Tzu (the guy who LITERALLY wrote the manual on conducting warfare, called "The Art of War"), thinks this is a bad idea. He said that the loser attacks, and then determines the terms of victory. The winner decides terms of victory, then attacks. We have no objects, and innocent people will die by us dropping random bombs, then we may spark retaliation again Israel and other allies in the region, not to mention our own embassies. Oh wait. Obama's fine with those being attacked.
4b: Sun Tzu also said the deception and surprise were keys to success. We have neither. If we were going to do something, we should have done it first. It's easier to get forgiveness than permission, especially if the world thinks you are as weak as Obama.
Truth #5: We can't hope to win. The President of Syria is evil, but he's holding a greater evil at bay, just like Egypt and Libya. Hopefully we learned out lesson. If Al Queda wins in Syria, we lose, big time. If we go in and accomplish nothing, we've just ticked off the entire world for nothing. If we help the Syrian President, then we've added to the more than one hundred thousand deaths there already. Let's learn from history, and just keep our noses clean and mind our own business.
VMA response
I don't want to say something in poor taste. How about "Ew..."
How about I let someone else say it better.
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How about I let someone else say it better.
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