The Shocking Truth about Obama – Retold
I recently ran across a Top 10-kind of blog when I googled the phrase "truth about Obama."
Was I digging up dirt to bury Obama? No.
I simply wanted to see and know the truth about some issues surrounding Obama, ones that the liberal media just ignores, glosses over and conveniently forgets to mention.
So I copied and pasted one Obama supporter's blog observations, and did a little more subjective digging.
1. Devout Christian
Professing to be a Christian and then being shown in photographs attending church makes anyone, including Obama, about as much of a “devout Christian” as you or me standing in a garage and saying we’re master mechanics. Many alleged Christians speak words of their intentions, but their actions speak of their true character and faith. To this point, note Obama's moment of honesty in San Francisco recently. As a refresher, here is what he said (this excerpt pulled from an article, April 24, 2008, “When Will We Admit the Truth About Barack Obama?” By Selwyn Duke:
"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years . . . . And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
Many have labeled these comments elitist, and Obama has been trying to explain them away. But, again, the truth is plain. Apologists have asserted that Bill Clinton expressed the same sentiments in 1992; in other words, the best they can muster is that Obama is just like Clinton.
And that is the point.
To understand what is most striking about those comments, though, you have to look more deeply. Notice he mentioned "religion" in the same breath as "guns" and "antipathy to people," sandwiched right in-between the two. It's hard to escape the conclusion that he draws an equivalency among those things, which speaks volumes.
If you're a person of faith, you understand that we're supposed to cling to religion. After all, if you are serious about your faith, you must believe it is the Truth and that it is God's will that you should practice it. And why wouldn't you have the Truth at the center of your life?
The only kind of person who wouldn't have this perspective is one who has little or no faith. That certainly wouldn't make Obama unique, but remember that he has often masqueraded as a man of faith, just as he now touts his support for Second Amendment rights (in 1999 he supported a law that would have eliminated gun stores from virtually the whole country). But this bespeaks of a reality: There is Obama the myth, and Obama the man. If you want to know the former, listen to what he says; if you want to know the latter, accept what he is.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
There are crazy claims that Obama is a terrorist, doesn’t say the Pledge and turns his back on the flag….All false. But the more important issue isn’t about patriotism, it is again one of the heart.
“For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.” Luke 6:4-5.
If one’s heart is filled with love, they speak love, encouragement and praise. If one’s heart is clouded with anger and worry, then you’ll hear venom and fear.
So, when Michelle Obama says: "For the first time in my adult life, I'm proud of my country,” you must assume her heart was not proud of America before.
3. Friend of Israel and against anti-Semitism
Great. Obama – like most politicians – wants peace with Israel and proclaims a fight against anti-Semitism.
But what taking a stand against anti-inflammatory, anti-American rhetoric?
Facts:
He spewed bigoted, virulently anti-American bile.
He equated America with al-Qaeda, said we deserved 9/11, made anti-white statements, and called our nation "the US of KKKA."
Obama calls Wright a friend, mentor and uncle; he has a 20-year relationship with him, during which time he attended Wright's church; he was married and had his child baptized by the reverend; and last year he donated $26,000 to the church.
Some say you can’t cast a “friend” to the dogs and one interviewer said Obama "cannot disown him."
A better question is this: Why, Mr. Obama, did you ever own him in the first place?
Support and acceptance of Wright’s venom? Maybe not.
Tolerance of it? There is no doubt on this. 20-years’ don’t lie.
So, again a question of the heart: If you are a man of true character, why continue for 20-years to keep Wright’s company?
4. Opposed to war
Obama’s website proudly proclaims his anti-Iraq stance and anti-war voting record.
But to paraphrase an old commercial: Where’s the beef?
Consider his position on Iran: “Iran has sought nuclear weapons, supports militias inside Iraq and terror across the region, and its leaders threaten Israel and deny the Holocaust. … If Iran continues its troubling behavior, we will step up our economic pressure and political isolation.”
Wow, so Obama will do like Clinton with the rabid elements of humanity: throw empty powerless sanctions. Both naïve and dangerous.
So, after the terrorists get their nasty harshly worded notices, Obama suggests we’ll go door to door and securely inventory nuclear materials.
“While other candidates have insisted that we should threaten to drop nuclear bombs on terrorist training camps, Obama believes that we must talk openly about nuclear weapons — because the best way to keep America safe is not to threaten terrorists with nuclear weapons; it’s to keep nuclear weapons away from terrorists. Obama will secure all loose nuclear materials in the world within four years. … This will deny terrorists the ability to steal or buy loose nuclear materials.”
Okay, everybody gather round! Just put all the terrorists’ toys in a chest, lock it down, and that’ll stop em!
Could Obama – or anyone - really believe the most vicious people on the planet can be thwarted this easily?
5. Defender of women’s rights
Remember, we must separate myth and the man: (this excerpt pulled from an article, April 24, 2008, “When Will We Admit the Truth About Barack Obama?” By Selwyn Duke:
In 2002, President Bush signed into law a bill titled the "Born Alive Infants Protection Act" (BAIPA). This law was necessary because, believe it or not, infants were being born alive during attempted abortions and then, ancient Spartan style, left to die. Jill Stanek wrote about this last year, saying:
"As a nurse at an Illinois hospital in 1999, I discovered babies were being aborted alive and shelved to die in soiled utility rooms. I discovered infanticide."
The act was so vile that even staunch abortion advocates would not oppose BAIPA. Stanek tells us that it passed the Senate by unanimous vote, garnering the support of senators Kerry, Kennedy and Clinton. She then pointed out:
"The bill also passed overwhelmingly in the House. NARAL went neutral on it. Abortion enthusiasts publicly agreed that fighting BAIPA would appear extreme."
But the state version of BAIPA failed for years in Illinois. Any guesses as to why? Stanek goes on to explain:
I testified in 2001 and 2002 before a committee of which Obama was a member.
Obama articulately worried that legislation protecting live aborted babies might infringe on women's rights or abortionists' rights. Obama's clinical discourse, his lack of mercy, shocked me. I was naive back then. Obama voted against the measure, twice. It ultimately failed.
In 2003, as chairman of the next Senate committee to which BAIPA was sent, Obama stopped it from even getting a hearing, shelving it to die much like babies were still being shelved to die in Illinois hospitals and abortion clinics.
6. Committees he’s a member of…
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2007
#8. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL): A “Dishonorable Mention” last year, Senator Obama moves onto the “ten most wanted” list in 2007. In 2006, it was discovered that Obama was involved in a suspicious real estate deal with an indicted political fundraiser, Antoin “Tony” Rezko. In 2007, more reports surfaced of deeper and suspicious business and political connections It was reported that just two months after he joined the Senate, Obama purchased $50,000 worth of stock in speculative companies whose major investors were his biggest campaign contributors. One of the companies was a biotech concern that benefited from legislation Obama pushed just two weeks after the senator purchased $5,000 of the company’s shares. Obama was also nabbed conducting campaign business in his Senate office, a violation of federal law.
7. Keeping weapons out of terrorists hands legislation
Again, let’s refer back to #5 above, but also this information:
We know about William Ayers, the college professor and "education advisor" who, as a Weather Underground terrorist in the 1970s, planted bombs in a campaign against our government. You might point out that this was three decades ago, but know that Ayers is unrepentant and wishes that he had planted more bombs. "I don't regret setting bombs, said Ayers in 2001, "I feel we didn't do enough."
Notwithstanding his violent past, Ayers today does not describe himself as a terrorist. "Terrorists destroy randomly," he reasons, "while our actions bore ... the precise stamp of a cut diamond. Terrorists intimidate, while we aimed only to educate."
Education through targeted bombings. Scary.
In the mid-1990s, Ayers and his wife hosted meetings at their Chicago home to introduce Barack Obama to their neighbors during his first run for the Illinois Senate.
At a 2007 reunion of former members of the Weather Underground and Students for a Democratic Society, Ayers painted a verbal portrait of life in the United States which included the following passages:
"Empire resurrected and unapologetic, war without end, an undefined enemy that's supposed to be a rallying point for a new kind of energized jingoistic patriotism, unprecedented and unapologetic military expansion, white supremacy changing its form, but essentially intact, attacks on women and girls, violent attacks, growing surveillance in every sphere of our lives, on and on and on, the targeting of gay and lesbian people as a kind of a scapegoating gesture to keep our minds off of what's really happening."
Jeff Jacoby on April 28, 2008 in an article, “Obama's ‘mainstream’ friends,” asks this:
Even if Obama doesn't personally believe these things, is it really "tired tripe" to ask why he seems so comfortable in the company of people who do? Is it really "extremely stupid politics" to wonder whether such people might play a role in an Obama administration? Rather than slam the few journalists who raise such questions, might it not behoove others in the media to follow suit?
Again, direct support and acceptance of Ayers’ violent past? No.
But there is question of tolerance for the Weathermen that begs one to ask: As president, would his zeal match that of our Islamist foes?
Stay informed, and check out things for yourself:
http://whateversowhat.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-shocking-whole-truth-about-obama/
http://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-announces-list-washington-s-ten-most-wanted-corrupt-politicians-2007
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Do you see what I see?
Sports Illustrated is one of my favorite reads. Always has been, always will be.
One of the funny and disturbing oddities of SI is its “Signs of the Apocalypse” blurb in the front editorial portion.
Every week, SI has a one or two sentence fact such under this title, such as “A Yankee fan cut off his left thumb because it touched a Red Sox World Series trophy.”
So I commonly tell people, “Man, that’s a sure sign of the apocalypse.”
Now, in the next few hundred words I’d like to share my Signs of the Apocalypse:
“Moment of Truth” tv show --- Since when did humiliation and lying become such a media hit? It is evil that millions tune in to watch a husband be asked, “Did you ever sleep with one of your wife’s girlfriends?” or ‘Have you ever looked at another man and been physically attracted to him?” Sick.
My Dad’s better than your Dad TV show--- And we question why out-of-control parents go to playgrounds, curse at umps, and fist fight and use bats as battle weapons?
Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, ER, etc -- Last time I checked, sleeping around was a sin, and watching it a close second.
Two and a Half Men --- I am not making what I’m about to say up or exaggerating: Everytime I have mistakenly channel-surfed onto this show, the characters are talking in blatant sexual innuendo about having sex, getting drunk and forgetting who they slept with, gag gag blah blah blah. And anytime I’ve kept it on longer than this split second, the little boy living with the sex addicts is part of the innuendos. Does anything say slimey, dirt-bag, gutter more than Charlie Sheen?
Mariah Carey – Great voice, but at some point her plastic, surgerically enhanced breasts scream “Slut.” And her latest video of her “Touch my Body” song. Candy porn. Did anyone else see her outfit to throw out the first pitch at a major league baseball game recently?
Horror movie commercials on TV: It's a sad day when I have to rush my children out of the room so they don't see the rated R previews. Ditto for the commercial scenes of Grey's Anatomy, ER, Desparate Slutwives.
Shame on the TV execs who allow basically soft-porn on the TV during prime time.
And shame on any of us parents who watch this garbage, or let our children watch it.
"Oh, but it's just a TV show," some will way. "We tell our kids it's not real/We know it's not real."
An old wise man once said, Garbage in, Garbage out.
It's beyond my simple little common sense, logical brain as to why adults choose to watch these shows. The simple fact (not opinion) is that we as a society don't see these signs of the Apocalypse as threats. Fact is as we continue to just look the other way and do nothing, we numb ourselves to the violence, the vulgarity, the sinful sex.
Finally, this absolute anesthesizing of our minds is maybe the saddest Sign of the Apocalypse.
One of the funny and disturbing oddities of SI is its “Signs of the Apocalypse” blurb in the front editorial portion.
Every week, SI has a one or two sentence fact such under this title, such as “A Yankee fan cut off his left thumb because it touched a Red Sox World Series trophy.”
So I commonly tell people, “Man, that’s a sure sign of the apocalypse.”
Now, in the next few hundred words I’d like to share my Signs of the Apocalypse:
“Moment of Truth” tv show --- Since when did humiliation and lying become such a media hit? It is evil that millions tune in to watch a husband be asked, “Did you ever sleep with one of your wife’s girlfriends?” or ‘Have you ever looked at another man and been physically attracted to him?” Sick.
My Dad’s better than your Dad TV show--- And we question why out-of-control parents go to playgrounds, curse at umps, and fist fight and use bats as battle weapons?
Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, ER, etc -- Last time I checked, sleeping around was a sin, and watching it a close second.
Two and a Half Men --- I am not making what I’m about to say up or exaggerating: Everytime I have mistakenly channel-surfed onto this show, the characters are talking in blatant sexual innuendo about having sex, getting drunk and forgetting who they slept with, gag gag blah blah blah. And anytime I’ve kept it on longer than this split second, the little boy living with the sex addicts is part of the innuendos. Does anything say slimey, dirt-bag, gutter more than Charlie Sheen?
Mariah Carey – Great voice, but at some point her plastic, surgerically enhanced breasts scream “Slut.” And her latest video of her “Touch my Body” song. Candy porn. Did anyone else see her outfit to throw out the first pitch at a major league baseball game recently?
Horror movie commercials on TV: It's a sad day when I have to rush my children out of the room so they don't see the rated R previews. Ditto for the commercial scenes of Grey's Anatomy, ER, Desparate Slutwives.
Shame on the TV execs who allow basically soft-porn on the TV during prime time.
And shame on any of us parents who watch this garbage, or let our children watch it.
"Oh, but it's just a TV show," some will way. "We tell our kids it's not real/We know it's not real."
An old wise man once said, Garbage in, Garbage out.
It's beyond my simple little common sense, logical brain as to why adults choose to watch these shows. The simple fact (not opinion) is that we as a society don't see these signs of the Apocalypse as threats. Fact is as we continue to just look the other way and do nothing, we numb ourselves to the violence, the vulgarity, the sinful sex.
Finally, this absolute anesthesizing of our minds is maybe the saddest Sign of the Apocalypse.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Ghost of Saints Christmas yet to come
Being in the bah-humbug hangover spirit of another pitiful Saints performance in crunch-time, I couldn't shake the cobwebs from the nightmare on Poydras Street I had just witnessed versus the Eggles.
So I summoned someone who lives in the same misery we Saints fans live in - Scrooge!
Then I really thunk big - if I could steal a little time with his buddy, Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come!
Thankfully ol' Scrooge was sleeping off an eggnog buzz, so Yet to Come's calendar was wide open.
Mr. Yet to Come here I come!
Before I sat with Mr. Yet to Come, I googled him. According to one site, he is "a silent phantom clad in a hooded black robe. He presents Scrooge with an ominous view of his lonely death."
Well, don't believe everything you read.
Yes, he was a little pale from that whole death thing, but I found him cordial and forthcoming.
He did have on a hooded black robe, but - this was too good to be true - he had a Fleur de Lis embroidered on the robe's right chest and back!
After a quick intro, I had to ask right off the bat: "So, I see the Fleur de Lis on your cloak... you're a Saints fan!!??"
In an otherwordly deep voice (think of Barry White in an echo chamber...), he answered with a chuckle, "Hey, I know death -- and couldn't help siding with the Saints and all the slow deaths they've lived! Did you see that Tampa home game!? "
"So I got your voicemail on my cel... said you wanted to talk about those Bless You Boys. What's on your mind?" he asked, sitting back and folding up his long, spindly legs.
At first I was slightly distracted by the glare coming from his sickle's blade, but quickly got my bearings. Where to start, where to start, I thought, so many disappointments, so many frustrations.
"Okay, first the obvious - what about Jason David?" I asked.
"Come with me," he said with a mischievous smile. Opening his front door, he led me into what I thought was his front yard, but... wait, this isn't a front yard...it's someone's office.
Thump, thump, thump. A knock on the other side of the door we had just walked into!
"Come in," someone behind me said. Turning, I almost fell over when I saw who it was: Tom Benson.
"Hello, Mr. Benson," another new voice said from behind me again. "Thanks for taking time to meet me."
"Ahh, hello Coach Payton... sorry to interrupt, but.."
"Psst," Yet to Come whispered,"he can't hear you and he can't see you. Just sit back and enjoy."
So I did just that.
"Mr. Benson, I respect the business side of this whole thing, but I'm telling you right now -- I don't care how it looks or how how much it cost you, I am not playing Jason David next year!!!"
he said emphatically, his voice almost at a scream. "My 10-year-old nephew can cover better than this guy! And my nephew's bigger than him!"
He continued: "And budget be damned! I'm going after a stud middle linebacker, a thumper, a snot-bubble kinda guy. Truth be told: Simoneaux and Shanle can't tackle their way out of a wet paper bag. Think about this, Mr. Benson, and I'll get back with you after the holidays."
And with that Payton turned quickly, and briskly walked out.
In his haste, a single paper fluttered from his clipboard onto the carpeted ground at my feet.
In bold, neat handwritten print was, "2008 Resolutions."
Wow, this was Sean Payton's personal resolution list!
No. 1 on the list was already checked, "Tell Benson David is gone. He sucks."
The rest of the list was a laundry list of a frustrated coach's wishes.
"Wow, Mr. Yet to Come, this list is great!" I exclaimed. "I cant' wait to share it with everyone."
The smirk on his face told a different story.
"Sorry, Jeffie, but what happens in my world, stays in my world," he said.
Dang, I thought, and handed him the folded piece of paper.
"Well, Yet to Come, I enjoyed this. But I gotta get back to my world now," I said. "Any other glimpses you want to share?"
He shook his head no, and was gone.
I opened all the doors, looked high, looked low - yep, he was gone.
Reaching in my pocket, I unfolded a piece of paper.
Wait, you didn't think I really gave him back that list did you?
Without further adieu I present Payton's 2008 personal resolution list! And obviously Peyton is a Letterman fan, because his list was written in reverse order:
26. Give John Karney dancing lessons.... then maybe he'll learn to stay on his feet.
25. Don't do any more stupid "Earn it " commercials. Earn what... no playoffs? Just play football.
24. Stop drafting wide receivers.
23. Strap Devery to chair, have him watch endless Colston tapes and repeat 1000 times daily: "Catch ball with hands, not chest. Catch ball with hands, not chest."
22. Repeat resolution #23 with all receivers not named Colston
21. Strap Bush to chair, have him watch Stecker and Deuce tapes, and repeat 1000 times daily, "Wait for blocks, be patient, explode straight - repeat straight- into hole. Nothing there, take 2-3 yards."
20.Teach Brees to throw AND catch his own passes.
19. Find a Defensive tackle who actually makes tackles for losses.
18. Remind Charles Grant he's paid big bucks to get sacks.
17. Put post-it's everywhere saying, "Play Kesverhearn, Not Bullocks."
16. Buy customized "horse-blinders" for Bush... keep him running north-south. Maybe put commercial deal instead of carrot in front of him.
15. Splash holy water all over Deuce's body
14. Teach Jamaal how to line up on line of scrimmage
13. Run trick plays early in game, not late.
12. Remind self to do # 24
11. Trick team into thinking all 16 regular-season games are on road.
10. Figure out why we play so poorly at home and apologize to season ticket holders.
9. Tell media to stop predicting our success.
8. Tell fans we're going to be successful.
7. Draw up a better 4-inches-to-score play
6. Bring whole team to Oz to get Stecker's heart
5. Cancel Reggie's Gold Toe commercials at Dome
4. Re-sign John Carney and implant Mare's leg onto him. Call medical team.
3. Remember to not sit back but blitz QBs in an other-world rythym: see McNabb, McNown, Manning, et al.
2. Find, draft, sign athletic, snot-bubble, mean-streak linebackers. Send sweet goodbye cards to Shanle and Simoneaux
1. Cut Jason David. Tell Benson David is gone. He sucks. (note to self: look at game film before signing another 5'-8" cornerback)
So I summoned someone who lives in the same misery we Saints fans live in - Scrooge!
Then I really thunk big - if I could steal a little time with his buddy, Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come!
Thankfully ol' Scrooge was sleeping off an eggnog buzz, so Yet to Come's calendar was wide open.
Mr. Yet to Come here I come!
Before I sat with Mr. Yet to Come, I googled him. According to one site, he is "a silent phantom clad in a hooded black robe. He presents Scrooge with an ominous view of his lonely death."
Well, don't believe everything you read.
Yes, he was a little pale from that whole death thing, but I found him cordial and forthcoming.
He did have on a hooded black robe, but - this was too good to be true - he had a Fleur de Lis embroidered on the robe's right chest and back!
After a quick intro, I had to ask right off the bat: "So, I see the Fleur de Lis on your cloak... you're a Saints fan!!??"
In an otherwordly deep voice (think of Barry White in an echo chamber...), he answered with a chuckle, "Hey, I know death -- and couldn't help siding with the Saints and all the slow deaths they've lived! Did you see that Tampa home game!? "
"So I got your voicemail on my cel... said you wanted to talk about those Bless You Boys. What's on your mind?" he asked, sitting back and folding up his long, spindly legs.
At first I was slightly distracted by the glare coming from his sickle's blade, but quickly got my bearings. Where to start, where to start, I thought, so many disappointments, so many frustrations.
"Okay, first the obvious - what about Jason David?" I asked.
"Come with me," he said with a mischievous smile. Opening his front door, he led me into what I thought was his front yard, but... wait, this isn't a front yard...it's someone's office.
Thump, thump, thump. A knock on the other side of the door we had just walked into!
"Come in," someone behind me said. Turning, I almost fell over when I saw who it was: Tom Benson.
"Hello, Mr. Benson," another new voice said from behind me again. "Thanks for taking time to meet me."
"Ahh, hello Coach Payton... sorry to interrupt, but.."
"Psst," Yet to Come whispered,"he can't hear you and he can't see you. Just sit back and enjoy."
So I did just that.
"Mr. Benson, I respect the business side of this whole thing, but I'm telling you right now -- I don't care how it looks or how how much it cost you, I am not playing Jason David next year!!!"
he said emphatically, his voice almost at a scream. "My 10-year-old nephew can cover better than this guy! And my nephew's bigger than him!"
He continued: "And budget be damned! I'm going after a stud middle linebacker, a thumper, a snot-bubble kinda guy. Truth be told: Simoneaux and Shanle can't tackle their way out of a wet paper bag. Think about this, Mr. Benson, and I'll get back with you after the holidays."
And with that Payton turned quickly, and briskly walked out.
In his haste, a single paper fluttered from his clipboard onto the carpeted ground at my feet.
In bold, neat handwritten print was, "2008 Resolutions."
Wow, this was Sean Payton's personal resolution list!
No. 1 on the list was already checked, "Tell Benson David is gone. He sucks."
The rest of the list was a laundry list of a frustrated coach's wishes.
"Wow, Mr. Yet to Come, this list is great!" I exclaimed. "I cant' wait to share it with everyone."
The smirk on his face told a different story.
"Sorry, Jeffie, but what happens in my world, stays in my world," he said.
Dang, I thought, and handed him the folded piece of paper.
"Well, Yet to Come, I enjoyed this. But I gotta get back to my world now," I said. "Any other glimpses you want to share?"
He shook his head no, and was gone.
I opened all the doors, looked high, looked low - yep, he was gone.
Reaching in my pocket, I unfolded a piece of paper.
Wait, you didn't think I really gave him back that list did you?
Without further adieu I present Payton's 2008 personal resolution list! And obviously Peyton is a Letterman fan, because his list was written in reverse order:
26. Give John Karney dancing lessons.... then maybe he'll learn to stay on his feet.
25. Don't do any more stupid "Earn it " commercials. Earn what... no playoffs? Just play football.
24. Stop drafting wide receivers.
23. Strap Devery to chair, have him watch endless Colston tapes and repeat 1000 times daily: "Catch ball with hands, not chest. Catch ball with hands, not chest."
22. Repeat resolution #23 with all receivers not named Colston
21. Strap Bush to chair, have him watch Stecker and Deuce tapes, and repeat 1000 times daily, "Wait for blocks, be patient, explode straight - repeat straight- into hole. Nothing there, take 2-3 yards."
20.Teach Brees to throw AND catch his own passes.
19. Find a Defensive tackle who actually makes tackles for losses.
18. Remind Charles Grant he's paid big bucks to get sacks.
17. Put post-it's everywhere saying, "Play Kesverhearn, Not Bullocks."
16. Buy customized "horse-blinders" for Bush... keep him running north-south. Maybe put commercial deal instead of carrot in front of him.
15. Splash holy water all over Deuce's body
14. Teach Jamaal how to line up on line of scrimmage
13. Run trick plays early in game, not late.
12. Remind self to do # 24
11. Trick team into thinking all 16 regular-season games are on road.
10. Figure out why we play so poorly at home and apologize to season ticket holders.
9. Tell media to stop predicting our success.
8. Tell fans we're going to be successful.
7. Draw up a better 4-inches-to-score play
6. Bring whole team to Oz to get Stecker's heart
5. Cancel Reggie's Gold Toe commercials at Dome
4. Re-sign John Carney and implant Mare's leg onto him. Call medical team.
3. Remember to not sit back but blitz QBs in an other-world rythym: see McNabb, McNown, Manning, et al.
2. Find, draft, sign athletic, snot-bubble, mean-streak linebackers. Send sweet goodbye cards to Shanle and Simoneaux
1. Cut Jason David. Tell Benson David is gone. He sucks. (note to self: look at game film before signing another 5'-8" cornerback)
Twas 2 days before Saints Christmas
Twas two days before Christmas and the Eagles dashed into town and Scrooged the Saints' playoff hopes right into the ground.
The Who-Dats' joy and jubilation were soon put to rest, as the Saints' players did it again at home - they did not play their best.
Santa flew over the Dome, and proclaimed to his reindeer:
"On Devery, more dropped passes,
On Jamaal holding penalites aglow,
poor blocks with only 2 feet and goal to go.
Out Deuce, out Bush, out Johnson, , out McKenzie, out Colston,
David and Craft burned left and beat right,
Bullocks missing another tackle,
Every receiver wide open...
Oh, what an ugly and repeating sight!
White-bread linebackers slow and can't get off any blocks
Second-hand D-linemen --- well, they just sucks."
I said, "Santa, that sure is brutal, where is your Christmas cheer?"
Slowly with no glee, he pulled out the Saints' fans 2007 present...
An all-too-familiar black & gold bumper sticker reading:
"Wait til next year!"
The Who-Dats' joy and jubilation were soon put to rest, as the Saints' players did it again at home - they did not play their best.
Santa flew over the Dome, and proclaimed to his reindeer:
"On Devery, more dropped passes,
On Jamaal holding penalites aglow,
poor blocks with only 2 feet and goal to go.
Out Deuce, out Bush, out Johnson, , out McKenzie, out Colston,
David and Craft burned left and beat right,
Bullocks missing another tackle,
Every receiver wide open...
Oh, what an ugly and repeating sight!
White-bread linebackers slow and can't get off any blocks
Second-hand D-linemen --- well, they just sucks."
I said, "Santa, that sure is brutal, where is your Christmas cheer?"
Slowly with no glee, he pulled out the Saints' fans 2007 present...
An all-too-familiar black & gold bumper sticker reading:
"Wait til next year!"
Monday, October 29, 2007
Brain of Frankenstein
Here's the beginning of a blog I started months ago... ironic how this story changed....
Walking along distracted, I look up and suddenly - bam! - I run face first into a brick wall.
The next day, I'm walking along that same stretch, and with bandage fresh on my nose, I remember that wall and steer clear of it.
So I now ask: you're an athlete, already on double-secret probation, and know nothing good happens at a bar past midnight...Why would you possibly put yourself in that position?
Go ahead athlete boy run into that wall again and see how it feels.
Just read where Ryan Perrilloux and a backup LB Odom for LSU's football Tigers were suspended for being involved in a bar fight (red flag #1) at 2 a.m. (huge red flag #2).
Both guys were already walking on very thin ice, both being suspended early in the season (Odom for bashing another person's car).
Yes, Mr. Odom and Mr. Perrilloux that is a brick wall but feel free to run head first into it again.
Us folks with common sense scratch our heads, and with way too much logic ask, "Why not avoid such a time as this?"
Fast forward to May 21, 2008:
Perriloux just kept walking into that wall.
Miles, head bruised from banging head against wall, said enough is enough.
Again I ask, why do these athletes keep running headfirst into that immovable wall!?
Walking along distracted, I look up and suddenly - bam! - I run face first into a brick wall.
The next day, I'm walking along that same stretch, and with bandage fresh on my nose, I remember that wall and steer clear of it.
So I now ask: you're an athlete, already on double-secret probation, and know nothing good happens at a bar past midnight...Why would you possibly put yourself in that position?
Go ahead athlete boy run into that wall again and see how it feels.
Just read where Ryan Perrilloux and a backup LB Odom for LSU's football Tigers were suspended for being involved in a bar fight (red flag #1) at 2 a.m. (huge red flag #2).
Both guys were already walking on very thin ice, both being suspended early in the season (Odom for bashing another person's car).
Yes, Mr. Odom and Mr. Perrilloux that is a brick wall but feel free to run head first into it again.
Us folks with common sense scratch our heads, and with way too much logic ask, "Why not avoid such a time as this?"
Fast forward to May 21, 2008:
Perriloux just kept walking into that wall.
Miles, head bruised from banging head against wall, said enough is enough.
Again I ask, why do these athletes keep running headfirst into that immovable wall!?
Friday, October 19, 2007
Third World in America
As a landlord and owner of lower income properties in the New Orleans area, I am shocked, disappointed and even angry at times that right here under my nose are people who live in Third World conditions.
The angry part is that it is these people's voluntary choice to live in such impoverished conditions in a country where anyone can lift themselves out of any condition.
Generation after generation live with a sad entitlement mentality fostered by so many liberal thinking people and government officials.
Here's a microcosm:
One tenant I have, the mother has three children, all from different sperm donors. The son was recently kicked out of her unit, after kicking in doors and causing other problems. The mom recently had a baby with a young Spanish worker. She works full-time (some credit given here). The daughter, about 17, is home constantly, lying in bed in her Pjs, watching soap operas and other mind-numbing shows 24/7.
You open the door to this unit, and immediately the smell of garbage and other waste smacks your senses. Looking around, there are opened cans of food, open garbage cans spilling over, human hair on floors, bathrooms with stinking mildewed towels...you get the picture.
Third World conditions period.
What's sad is that at least in Third World countries, these people have little or no resources to make themselves better. They are surrounded by poverty and corruption, yet I've seen it personally where these poor people work long hours literally making dollars a day doing heavy labor. Many of them give everything they have to provide for their families, not able to just put their hand out waiting for someone to give them a handout.
But here in the richest country on Earth, where capitalism and independence lets you make as much as you want, we have a whole culture of leeches who feed off the blood of liberal programs and who breed whole new generations of dependent ignorance. And this ignorance and dependence stirred together produces an arrogant entitlement.
In a twisted way, this generational curse of poverty and dependence is a self-defeating medicine for the very injustices so many rally around: slavery, discrimination, white v. black.
Those tired of being discriminated against and bitter about injustices stemming all the way back to slavery are the same ones becoming slaves to new masters: ignorance, social program dependence, entitlement.
Sadly, the keys to open the very chains that bind them sit right in front of them, but so many of their own supposed advocates and leaders won't tell them to pick them up.
The angry part is that it is these people's voluntary choice to live in such impoverished conditions in a country where anyone can lift themselves out of any condition.
Generation after generation live with a sad entitlement mentality fostered by so many liberal thinking people and government officials.
Here's a microcosm:
One tenant I have, the mother has three children, all from different sperm donors. The son was recently kicked out of her unit, after kicking in doors and causing other problems. The mom recently had a baby with a young Spanish worker. She works full-time (some credit given here). The daughter, about 17, is home constantly, lying in bed in her Pjs, watching soap operas and other mind-numbing shows 24/7.
You open the door to this unit, and immediately the smell of garbage and other waste smacks your senses. Looking around, there are opened cans of food, open garbage cans spilling over, human hair on floors, bathrooms with stinking mildewed towels...you get the picture.
Third World conditions period.
What's sad is that at least in Third World countries, these people have little or no resources to make themselves better. They are surrounded by poverty and corruption, yet I've seen it personally where these poor people work long hours literally making dollars a day doing heavy labor. Many of them give everything they have to provide for their families, not able to just put their hand out waiting for someone to give them a handout.
But here in the richest country on Earth, where capitalism and independence lets you make as much as you want, we have a whole culture of leeches who feed off the blood of liberal programs and who breed whole new generations of dependent ignorance. And this ignorance and dependence stirred together produces an arrogant entitlement.
In a twisted way, this generational curse of poverty and dependence is a self-defeating medicine for the very injustices so many rally around: slavery, discrimination, white v. black.
Those tired of being discriminated against and bitter about injustices stemming all the way back to slavery are the same ones becoming slaves to new masters: ignorance, social program dependence, entitlement.
Sadly, the keys to open the very chains that bind them sit right in front of them, but so many of their own supposed advocates and leaders won't tell them to pick them up.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Early Mortgage Payoff - A good idea???
Guys-
I was about to meet with someone who sells/markets a software that helps you payoff mortgages early, the conventional wisdom most people subscribe to.
But I’m not one to just jump into good ol’ conventional wisdom! So I did a little Googling, and found the following excerpt about early mortgage payoff:
The formula is to multiply your mortgage rate by 1 minus your tax rate. Compare that return to what you think you can get in the least-risky 401(k) choice. Choose the higher one.
For example, if your mortgage rate is 6 percent and your tax rate is 25 percent, the math is 6 times 1 minus 0.25 (or 6 times 0.75). The result is 4.5 percent. That’s your real mortgage rate when you consider the mortgage tax deduction.
If government bonds are paying 5 percent, you should choose retirement investing over mortgage prepayment.
That’s a pretty simple yet useful calculation! Using that calculation I am better off not prepaying our mortgage although I do try and make one extra payment per year. What did your real mortgage rate turn out to be?
I then dug a little deeper, and 2 other sites confirmed this thinking:
http://www.realestatejournal.com/buysell/mortgages/20040630-cullen.html
Some good stuff. Pass it on.
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