Don’t ask me how, but somehow, I’ve been sucked into Dancing With The Stars. Anyhoo, is it just me, or do the judges seem to have it in for Mark Cuban for some reason? I’m not a huge fan of Cuban or anything, but the criticism of him seems unusually harsh, and his scores unusually low, especially compared with what they give everyone else. What’s up there, anyway?
October 1st, 2007
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I do too have a life |
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Is Jeff Garcia the second coming of Doug Flutie? The criticisms seem to be the same: His arm’s not strong enough, he’s too old, he’s too short, etc. The results are the same, too: All he does is win football games. Counting the 2006 and 2007 seasons, he’s 9-3 as a starter, including a narrow playoff loss at New Orleans, and a 3-1 start this year. Yet he had a hard time even finding a job this year.
The most important thing you can do as a quarterback is lead your team to victory, and like Flutie before him, that’s what Garcia has done everywhere except Detroit. (And, really, who can blame him for Detroit being Detroit?)
So, it’s my contention that Garcia is the new Flutie. Discuss.
October 1st, 2007
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Sports, NFL |
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From the ACLU:
Fix it. Defend the Constitution! That’s the message we have to send to Speaker Pelosi, Senator Reid and every member of Congress over the next 20 days.
By all indications, the House and Senate will cast critical votes within three weeks — deciding whether or not to make the vast new spying powers that they granted the Bush Administration in August permanent.
We can’t let that happen. That’s why we’re starting the FISA Flood of 2007 with today’s leadership switchboard shutdown. All our members of Congress but especially leadership — who control the agenda and whose actions impact us all — need to know just how many Americans demand they act to restore the Constitution. Here’s three things you can do, right now:
1. Call House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at (202) 225-4965.
2. Call Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at (202) 224-3542.
3. Call your own representative. You can look up your representative’s phone number here.
It’s clear what freedom demands. And this is what we need every Member of Congress to hear:
* Congress should not act on FISA until the Bush administration hands over the documents about the NSA wiretapping program.
* Any legislation to permanently amend FISA must restore judicial review and protect the privacy rights of innocent Americans.
* The government should receive only the information it is authorized to intercept by law, it should not be given direct and unfettered access to telecommunications infrastructure.
* And the legislation must not grant amnesty to telecom companies that broke the law by illegally releasing Americans’ phone calls and records to the government.
Call right now as we launch the FISA Flood of 2007 — a monumental outpouring of grassroots energy. Demand that Congress stand strong by standing up for the Constitution, not caving in to the Bush Administration.
We shouldn’t have to throw away our freedom in the name of an illusionary security from an over-hyped enemy. Al Qaeda cannot destroy this country. They cannot conquer our nation, they cannot cripple our infrastructure, they cannot ruin our economy. Yes, they are mass murderers, but they are not a threat to the survival of our nation. The only way they can do any permanent damage is if we allow ourselves to be terrified into destroying our freedoms ourselves.
It is time to stop panicing.
October 1st, 2007
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Politics, Legal Issues, Terrorism |
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