Valerie serving in Galveston...

Ummmm...I've seen this in other countries

Couple of things here...First, the idea of kids singing to Obama reminds me of other places in the world that I have seen this take place...North Korea, Iraq when Saddam was in power, Cuba, China. Hmmmmmm.

Second, this video, although it stated at the beginning of the video to be grassroots, was written, directed, produced and filmed by Hollywood people, specifically Jeff Zucker who is the President of NBC Universal. Enough said.

Interesting video...

I am guessing you won't hear about this in the media. Here is a video from a 2004 House Hearing about regulating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Notice who is calling for more regulations and predicting that something will happen in the future and who is saying that there is no problem and in fact, the heads of these two places should be commended.

Question...

How can such a precious animal (our wonderful cat Hawkeye), that sleeps on my pillow at night, falls asleep with his head on my shoulder, plays fetch with a wad of paper, and leaps 3 feet off the ground after a tiny play mouse have such horrible breath...

New Bond movie...

There are two types of movies that my dad and I would and still watch together...Clint Eastwood westerns and James Bond. The new James Bond movie, "Quantum of Solace" will be out the first part of Novemeber and I look forward to watching it, even thou no Bond will be as good as Roger Moore or Sean Connery. However, I have heard some disappointing news about the new movie. There are two famous phrases that Bond always says in every one of the movies, "Bond, James Bond" and "Shaken, not Stired." In this movie, neither one is uttered...that is terrible. Here is the movie trailer for the new one.

Great Video...

I am sure many of you ahve already seen this video, but I think its awesome. Not often is there a video that goes for about 4 min 30 secs and keeps me smiling the entire time.

Celebolitics...

I would like to invite you to check out a blog called Celebolitics. This is blog is by a close friend of mine, David Chidester. In his words, the concept is "...my attempt at shedding light on the liberal hollywood dumb asses.:

Beautiful.

Click here or on Celebolitics on the right hand side of my blog.

Barry Sanders...

If you have 6 mins and 30 seconds to spare, might I suggest you watch the below video of former Lions great Barry Sanders making people look like fools. I am pretty sure that the Vikings are being schooled about every other highlight.

Crazy Ike picture...

I found this on cnn.com...crazy.

Hurricane Ike update...

Here are a few of the many pictures Valerie has taken the past couple of days. These pictures are from Galveston. Please keep the residents of this area and those responding with aid in your prayers. There is massive damage.

Hurricane Ike...

Many of you have been asking about the Hurricane and what all The Salvation Army is doing. Click here or check out the Salvation Army of Texas link on the right side of this page and you will be able to read and see pictures of the work we are doing. Valerie is in Houston right now, gathering and writing most of this copy on the website.

Iowa vs. Iowa State...

I believe this picture says it all.

And it continues...

Click here to read about how ABC Misrepresents Palin Quote in ‘Holy War’ Question
Come on media, why don't you just come out and say that you all want Obama to win...oh wait, you basically already have time and time again.

No words can describe this...absolutely none

(HT: Vitamin Z)

Time to grow up Vince Young...

Take a look at this article on ESPN.com about Vince Young. Apparently Vince doesn't take getting booed very well. Vince, you know darn well that as a professional athlete, especially a quarterback, you are going to be under the microscope.

Click here to read the article.

I guess I can relate. The other day I had an idea shot down at work and I got up out of my chair, walked out of the building, and went and curled up under a tree across the street for the next 2.5 hrs. I feel ya dog.

News Story of the Day...

This could be one of the greatest news stories of all time. I especially like the final sentence. Hilarious!

Burglar wakes men with spice rub, sausage attack

Fresno County authorities have arrested a man they say broke into the home of two farmworkers, rubbed one with spices and whacked the other with a sausage before fleeing.

Fresno County sheriff's Lt. Ian Burrimond says 22-year-old Antonio Vasquez of Fresno was found hiding in a nearby field wearing only a T-shirt, boxer shorts and socks.

Burrimond said Vasquez was arrested after deputies found a wallet containing his ID at the ransacked house just east of Fresno.

The victims told deputies they awoke Saturday morning to the stranger applying spices to one of them and striking the other with an 8-inch sausage.

Burrimond said money allegedly stolen in the burglary was recovered. The sausage was tossed away by the fleeing suspect and eaten by a dog.

*From San Francisco Chronicle

Iowa game...

I just learned that the Iowa vs. Pittsburgh game on Sept. 20 will be televised on ESPN or ESPN2. This makes me quite happy, since I am usually stuck with Big 12 football down here in Texas

The Return of Lance...

After a few days of speculation, it has been revealed that Lance Armstrong is coming out of retirement and will participate in next year's Tour de France. All I can say is SWEET!!! Click here to read about it.

Some career advice...

from the Most Interesting Man in the World...love these commericals.

Boy...you are really reaching Obama.

Here is an article from Sept. 2 that I found on FoxNews.com, where Obama trys to say he has more executive leadership experience than VP canidate Sarah Palin. Apparently, the Democrats continue to forget that she was a GOVERNOR, not just a mayor. Click here to read the whole article, but here is main part of it:

Barack Obama contends that he is more experienced in executive matters than Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin because he has managed his presidential campaign for the past 18 months.

Speaking on a cable news channel Monday night, the Democratic presidential nominee said he is better prepared to handle a disaster like Hurricane Gustav because of his pursuit of the White House.

“Well, my understanding is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We’ve got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. So I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute I think has been made clear over the last couple of years,” Obama said.

John McCain’s spokesman called the suggestion “laughable.”

“For Barack Obama to argue that he’s experienced enough to be president because he’s running for president is desperate circular logic and its laughable. It is a testament to Barack Obama’s inexperience and failing qualifications that he would stoop to passing off his candidacy as comparable to Governor Sarah Palin’s executive experience managing a budget of over $10 billion and more than 24,000 employees,” said spokesman Tucker Bounds.