Week 11 player picks

David:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cleveland Browns
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Minnesota Vikings
Jacksonville Jaguars
Indianapolis Colts
Cincinatti Bengals
Green Bay Packers
Houston Texans
Pittsburgh Steelers
Seattle Seahawks
St. Louis Rams
Dallas Cowboys
New England Patriots
Denver Broncos (35 points)

Danielle:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Baltimore Ravens
Detroit Lions
Philadelphia Eagles
Minnesota Vikings
San Diego Chargers
Indianapolis Colts
Cincinatti Bengals
Green Bay Packers
Houston Texans
Pittsburgh Steelers
Seattle Seahawks
St. Louis Rams
Washington Redskins
Buffalo Bills (my wife picks this inspite - since I'm a huge Patriots fan! grr)
Tennessee Titans (48 points)

Eiad:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cleveland Browns
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Minnesota Vikings
San Diego Chargers
Indianapolis Colts
Cincinatti Bengals
Green Bay Packers
Houston Texans
Pittsburgh Steelers
Chicago Bears
San Francisco 49ers
Washington Redskins (apparently some huge redskins fan, pffft)
New England Patriots
Denver Broncos (38 points)

Deb:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cleveland Browns
Detroit Lions
Philadelphia Eagles
Minnesota Vikings
San Diego Chargers
Indianapolis Colts
Cincinatti Bengals
Green Bay Packers
Houston Texans
Pittsburgh Steelers
Chicago Bears
St. Louis Rams
Dallas Cowboys
New England Patriots
Tennessee Titans (31 points)

20/20 no more

A few years ago I had perfect vision. The last time I was tested was in the Marine Corps when I was interested in the Scout Sniper program. Definitely need perfect vision for that sort of job.

Now, I've slowly noticed that my vision has gone to crap. I've been arguing with myself and anyone else who said I can't see. "I SEE JUST FINE!" But after today I realized that my vision really is bad.

I was driving in the car with my wife and there were two high school kids walking down the street towards us. The one on the right was a girl and the one on the left was a girl.

The closer and closer we get I realized that the one on the left was not a girl but an emo-attired guy. (rubs eyes)

I don't understand some fads. But this wasn't a fictional story for an attempt at humor. It really did happen.



I miss the days of clean cut people. Call me old fashioned. (waits)

Ok, now that you have that out of your system.

... Call me old fashioned, but I really feel that people need to clean themselves up. Some exceptions do apply. For guys of course. Unshaven girls.... ick.


UPDATE:
So I just showed The Fury Wife this blog and showed her the picture I used for the emo kid. Her response was "Did she know that you used her picture?" ROFL "WHAT?! Is it a boy? I don't have my glasses on!"

The Fury wife strikes again!

Chavez + Nuclear = Rot roh Shaggy!

The Story.

I should file this under something that I should have saw coming but for some reason didn't. Especially after the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, visited New York last month and stopped off in Latin America afterwards.

You know the conversation had to go like this:

Ahmadinejad:

Can you believe they applauded me? Haha.

Chavez:

They pretty much buy every word that you're saying.

Ahmadinejad:

You should start a nuclear program too. Say it's for peace like I'm doing and
this way we'll sneak up on the Americans when they least expect it and nuke
their entire country.

Chavez:

You know, that's a brilliant idea. And with yours and Russias help we should be able to obtain this technology with little effort.

Chavez & Ahmadinejad:

HAHAHAHA

It's actually pretty scary. There have always been enemies of the United States. But there has always been little threat to our soil. Regardless of what we do with our foreign policy and ideals. Right or wrong we have enemies that envy, hate, loathe, despise us. And for them to go nuclear, is beyond scary.

Prepare for sanctions and actual battles with Venezuela like you see with Iran. It's a non stop struggle.


Also since this blog is new, I tend to try to predict things. One that you have missed that I told my wife a couple years ago. Oil will reach $100 a barrel by the end of 2007.

Well here you go, here's another prediction I've been telling my wife for a few months now. Oil will reach $200 a barrel by the end of 2008 and gas will cost up to $6 a gallon. The United States will be in a fight with Iran, defending Israel on a preemptive strike on Iran before they were able to release a nuke. This will cause oil prices to go up.

A much later prediction, oil will reach $250 a barrel by 2010 after fighting Venezuela thanks to Hugo Chavez. Gas will reach $7.50 a gallon. Ick $105 to fill up my 14 gallon car a week!

Sexiest Man Alive

So People magazine has named their Sexiest man alive this year. And the winner is...



OOOPS, wrong picture.



Is it me or does this guy still have that "what's going on" look on his face? If that's sexy, then call me Brad Pitt. (Fight Club Brad, not Mr. and Mrs. Smith Brad)

Now my wife says that he really is an attractive man, since I don't swing that way I'll take her word for it. But is this my competition? Ladies watch out, A Furious Mind is on the loose, rawr.

I still can't get over his part in Team America: World Police (Love that movie!). I've probably over used that "Matt Damon" line way too much since the movie was released but it was great. Everytime I wan't to tease someone for being slow or dumb, here comes my "Matt Damon" line. I should make a suggestion to Websters to get that put into the dictionary.

Hey, they added D'oh! to the dictionary from the simpsons, I have a shot!

Dear Kettle, you're black. Love Pot.

The Senator Hillary Clinton camp today called Mitt Romney a flip-flopper on the issues.



I know, I know. The words are a bit vulgar but come on, how accurate is that? Well, I don't see a Mormon using those kind of words, but still. I'm sure he's so dumbfounded that he's drinking a coke right now.

Honestly though, she's flipped so many times that I've become cross-eyed and now walk in circles. (Sorry if anyone of you have family members who do this =\ )

Ron Paul's Tea Party '07

On December 16th, 1773, American colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest an oppressive tax. This December 16th, American citizens will dump millions of dollars into the Ron Paul presidential campaign to protest the oppressive and unconstitutional inflation tax - which has enabled a flawed foreign policy, a costly war and the sacrificing of our liberties here at home.

Go to the website and donate if you can! Ron Paul is a little under $4million away from his $12million goal by December 31st.

Tea Party '07

Pwnt!, Karma, HAHAHA and...

...Other words that describe how I feel about Barry Bonds.

Alright first lets get the Obvious and the Humor out of the way shall we?


Barry Bonds as a rookie. HA-HA! I know it's completely wrong for me to laugh at that picture but I can't help but pop a stitch or two on it.

Now lets point out the obvious. Here's a picture of Barry as a Rookie with the Pittsburgh Pirates and here's a recent picture of him as a San Francisco Giant. The difference is HUGE, and his transformation from one body build to the other was so accelerated that it had to be done with enhancers.

I grew up around baseball, I was nearly drafted 1st round with the Orioles until I blew out my shoulder. I know the difference between users and non-users. This guy is definitely a user and I've been saying it since he made his change. Hell, I still remember the phone conversation my father and I had when we first noticed it.



Now he's wearing long clothes but you can really tell the difference in the legs, the shoulders and under his forearm guard. They are MONSTROUS!

Now let's show a little more humor for the sh*ts and giggles.



Looks like a Richard Nixon to me. "I'm not a steroid user" (shakes head to make cheeks jiggle)

Alright and on with the story.

The reason why this case is receiving so much humor, anger and attention is due to the fact that this guy has to be one of the most arrogant and belligerent people in the public eye of sports.

The lies are small. Really small but the main lie is HUGE.

Question:

Did he take steroids?

Bonds:

"No."

Question:

Anything like that at all?

Bonds:

"No, I wasn't at all."

If this guy would have just sacked up, listened to the court and not perjured himself, he would have stayed jail free. Now he's going to most likely be buddying up with O.J. Simpson in prison instead of just being a baseball outcast like Pete Rose. (I love you Pete! You've been wronged!)

Lesson learned kiddies. Don't be like Britney Spears and Barry Bonds. Oh and Lindsey Lohan, definitely avoid being like her... and Chris Crocker. Okay that's all I promise! Mel Gibson.

Let's play chess, shall we?

Remember when I said that my blogs will sometimes contain speculation? Well here you go, your dose of spec- with a dash of -ulation. Enjoy it.

You ever play the game of chess? Or know the history of chess? Chess was a tool created by the Indians (from India - people) for warfare strategy, mathematical calculations, gambling and even its vague assocation with astronomy.

So how can we associate this with todays world? Who is todays real threat to our way of life? (Yes there is one, despite what you may think) Here's how I think things are playing out.

Late 1990's and Early 2000's your government learns about a potential threat to hijack American planes and crash them into buildings. Heck, numerous intelligence agencies claimed to have warned our government of the pending attacks. Whether it's true or not is up to you to decide.

So what are the negatives to this action if these terrorists succeed? You lose anywhere between 1,000 to 5,000 innocent American Lives.

What are the positives if this action takes place? (In Government terms) You give the American people the fuel to light the fire. An attack on American soil gives you full power to take care of whatever it is you need to take care of. Sound familiar? Pearl Harbor. Yea, I'm one of those that believe Pearl Harbor was known by our government well in advance and left outof the loop for a reason. Why? Because no one in the U.S., including our politicians, wanted to go into the world war in Europe?

Do I think it was right? Yes, and let me tell you why. If these sorts of things did not happen then we'd all have funny short mustaches (girls too! ha-ha) and our national language would be German.

The fact of the matter was the Germans were kicking the sh*t out of Europe and they were taking England and placing them over their knee and spanking them unrelentlessly. The Brits were being destroyed in every fashion of warfare. Even to the point that our American pilots would volunteer to go over to England to fly for the RAF (Royal Air Force).

So what's the next step after Hitler obliterates Europe and eliminates all the Jews? You think he would stop there and be content? NO! He would have continued over to America, with undefeatable forces to invade with.

So FDR had a very difficult decision to make. His entire country was against war, his government was against war but he knew in his heart that we had to enter this war or be annihilated ourselves. FDR gets word of an attack on US soil and he decides to let the Japanese attack, kill 3,000 American sailors and Marines, and enters our country into WWII.

Now fast forward to today. Our country faces multiple threats and on a nuclear scale. We allow 9/11 to happen which launches us into a Global War on Terrorism with the American peoples full support.Look into Rebuilding America's Defenses.

So in terms of chess, the enemies of America are the white pieces and America are the black pieces. The white strikes first and flies planes into our buildings which killed over 3,000 innocent civilians.

We trace the culprit, Osama bin laden, to Afghanistan. Hrm, what a convenient location. Afghanistan borders Iran to the east.



White pawn - Afghanistan

After you take care of the local government, which albeit was a very bad and controlling one, you set up bases in the country and control the skies. Then you make your next move.

Our pawn takes a two square leap this time and moves into Iraq. You make up some stories which at the time may be true if you know anything about the past. Did Saddam have WMD's in the past? yes (although no nuclear, WMD's include biological and chemical - he used them and was hanged because of it). So this is an easy story to sell.



Now look at that, we're working towards stablizing Iraq, we have numerous bases within the country and we have conveniently placed ourselves to the west and east of our main threat. Iran. We're even a buffer for Israel by placing ourselves in the middle of Iran and Israel. Kind of like a big brother would do if he saw his little brother being picked on. Now that's one hell of a chess move if you ask me. Where is your enemies King going to go?

Of course this is all speculation and one man's opinion on how things are going down. You don't have to buy it at all or you can take it into your arsenal in anti-war blogging. It just seems to be very interesting to me on how things are playing out.

Iran is definitely a threat. A threat to the middle east, a threat to our allies, a threat to our country. They have help as well, and as things are also playing out, our old cold war villains are assisting them. I won't link you any articles on those items, you can google it and find tons of articles to support it. Iran has threatened to wipe Israel off the map, they're building towards a "peaceful nuclear program", they support terrorism (hizbollah).

So if you look at things this way, Do I agree with invading Afghanistan? yes. Do I agree with invading Iraq? no, but look at the positioning of our pawn. Do I agree with preemptive war? yes and no, if things play out the way I think they are then yes, anything to protect my kids. I'm not a big fan of Islam and speaking farsi.

Vet suicides on the rise

Vet suicides are on the rise a CBS study shows. As a former Marine I know of the stresses that our military has to go through. And when I returned home from my deployment I was definitely changed for the rest of my life.

Paul Rieckhoff, a former Marine and founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for America:

"Not everyone comes home from the war wounded, but the bottom line is nobody comes home unchanged"

Now my problems are probably no where near as bad as these Vets but it's been no picnic either. And i'm sure my wife can definitely agree to that. My problems range from mild to severe Panic and Anxiety attacks. Something that has changed
me forever.

For the first year or two I had issues staying awake, I'd stay awake for four hours then fall asleep for another four, this went on for about two weeks straight.

I also felt like I was dying in one form or another every day. All my senses seemed to be turned on to max. So if I was ill, it felt like I had the plague. If I had a heart flutter, it felt like I was about to have a heart attack. The list goes on.

I have been given medication for this problem and I have gotten better since
the first times coming home. But I don't always use the medication. I don't want
to be dependant on a drug. That's not how I'm supposed to be.

God bless our troops and I hope all of them manage to cope with the struggles
we have to put up with. I love every single one of you.

The Fury Wife Strikes Back!

"GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY!"

queue the epic empire music. Dun dun dun, dun nun nun, dun nun nun. DUN...




Yesterday we went to the store and I dropped her off in front to run in really quick to pick up some items. Here's how the conversation took place.

The Fury Wife:

Can I have your wallet please?

Me:

Yea, I suppose.

The Fury Wife:

I feel like I'm a thief who is stealing your wallet.

Me:

You are!

The next day she gives me back my wallet and it's completely empty! Lesson learned, don't give your wife your wallet when it has cards and cash in it.

Week 11 Match-ups

Week 11

Alright folks, week 11 is upon us. This will be the week that we redeem ourselves from that highly unpredictable week last batch. Let's see if we can keep the upsets down to a minimum this time around. Hopefully I wont suck it up so bad this time, hehe.


Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-4) @ Atlanta Falcons (3-6)
Cleveland Browns (5-4) @ Baltimore Ravens (4-5)
New York Giants (6-3) @ Detroit Lions (6-3)
Miami Dolphins (0-9) @ Philadelphia Eagles (4-5)
Oakland Raiders (2-7) @ Minnesota Vikings (3-6)
San Diego Chargers (5-4) @ Jacksonville Jaguars (6-3)
Kansas City Chiefs (4-5) @ Indianapolis Colts (7-2)
Arizona Cardinals (4-5) @ Cincinatti Bengals (3-6)
Carolina Panthers (4-5) @ Green Bay Packers (8-1)
New Orleans Saints (4-5) @ Houston Texans (4-5)
Pittsburgh Steelers (7-2) @ New York Jets (1-8)
Chicago Bears (4-5) @ Seattle Seahawks (5-4)
St. Louis Rams (1-8) @ San Francisco 49ers (2-7)
Washington Redskins (5-4) @ Dallas Cowboys (8-1)
New England Patriots (9-0) @ Buffalo Bills (5-4)

Monday Night Football

Tennessee Titans (6-3) @ Denver Broncos (4-5) (PICK YOUR SCORE)

Well there we have it. Week 11 looks to be a pretty interesting week. May be more interesting then last week. Don't forget to pick your total score for MNF for the tie breaker. (ex: 21 to 10 = 31 points) Good luck to all!

Reminder: If for some reason you use the comment option on this thread to leave your picks. Please let me know who you are so I can note it properly. Thank you.

Ron Paul Supporters...terrorists?

V for Ron Paul?



Apparently Glenn Beck feels that the recent record setting donation drive for Dr. Ron Paul, which took place on the 5th of November, makes all Ron Paul supporters terrorists.

Since Ron Paul has started his campaign the media has had nothing really bad to about RP.

A little info on this 5th of November "money bomb" which broke records: There was a movie out not too long ago called 'V for Vendetta' starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving.

The Plot: Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked vigilante known only as "V." Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he detonates two London landmarks and takes over the government-controlled airwaves, urging his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about V's mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself - and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plot to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.

We can all imagine what it would be like living in that sort of country. (Patriot Act, GW Bush, yea...)

The main character in the movie who was genetically enhanced from his government experimenting on him, used a real life terrorist by the name of Guy Fawkes who lived in the 1600's as a model for his revolution.

Guy Fawkes who was a terrorist for trying to blow up British parliment to kill James I and reshape Englands government. He attempted this terrorist act on the 5th of november. The character "V" used this persona to carry out his reshaping of the hitler type government that was choking society with their "Finger men" (Secret Police) kidnapping anyone who may be against their way and disposing of a countries culture. In the movie V made his decision to blow up Parliment on the 5th of November as a symbol to his people to wake up and make their government afraid of them, not the other way around. In short - Great movie and I recommend to you, check it out if you haven't already.

Fast forward to Gleen Beck - his guests on the show - and Ron Paul. Apparently Glenn Beck got the opportunity he was looking for. Telling people that Ron Paul set up this "Money Bomb" which he did not. Saying that Ron Paul is exactly like Guy Fawkes which he is not. He left out some key points in his ramblings about Ron Paul, this donation drive and the movie V for Vendetta. He actually didn't really mention the movie at all and just connected the dots directly to Guy Fawkes and bypassed the movie. God, I wonder what connection Glenn Beck is going to make for the Veterans Day "Money Bomb".

It's also fact that the U.S. Military Personnel have donated more money to Ron Paul then to any politician running for president. So is Glenn Beck calling our boys and girls in uniform terrorists as well? I think he should rethink his point on this topic and stop with the propaganda.

Watch the movie Glenn Beck. Actually talk to RP supporters and see that it had nothing to do with domestic terrorism but change for America. RP Supporters used a popular movie with similiar circumstances as a premise to help their cause. Don't be afraid of a movement like this - respect it and be impressed as most of us are.

Watch the video of the discussion below.