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November 30, 2006
Instant Karma's gonna get you, part the 34,267th
(Hat tip: Emporer Misha.)
This is damned good.
"We've got a BROKEN WIN-DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" 
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November 29, 2006
...wait five minutes - it'll change.
Yesterday's high here in Dallas was 80 degrees.
Today's high was about 75 or so at around 17:00.
Right now, 22:45 - it's 41 degrees, headed for the mid 30s tonight.
Welcome to winter, Denizens. 
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Using the courts to get what they can't get from us in war
Further attempting to tie the administration's hands behind its back, while at the same time exposing herself as yet another tin-plated tyrannical member of the Al-Amok judiciary, a half-assed bench jockey has given President Bush yet another reason to patently ignore the whole lot of 'em.
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge struck down President Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutionally vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday.
Well, whaddya know? A tyrannical little leftist tin-horn wants to tell the Commander-in-Chief of the United States military who we can fight and not fight. In essence, we have a renegade, half-assed excuse-for-a-court, lorded over by a black-robed tyrant, thinking it has a superior right to dictate foreign policy for the United States.
The Humanitarian Law Project had challenged Mr. Bush's order, which blocked all the assets of groups or individuals he named as "specially designated global terrorists" after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Surprise, surprise. A group of anti-American, pro-Islamonazi leftards doing anything they can to keep us from winning this war.
And you socialist fucks wonder why we've about had it with you.
"This law gave the president unfettered authority to create blacklists," said David Cole, a lawyer for the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represented the group. "It was reminiscent of the McCarthy era."
History's not your strong suit, is it Cole, you dickhead? McCarthy happened to be right, and Venona proved it.
Then again, you leftard bastards have a history of siding against America, so why are we not surprised?
The case centered on two groups, the Liberation Tigers, which seeks a separate homeland for the Tamil people in Sri Lanka, and Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan, a political organization representing the interests of Kurds in Turkey.U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins enjoined the government from blocking the assets of the two groups.
Why am I not surprised? This is the same fucktarded bitch who threw out parts of the Patriot Act.
Tends to make us wonder whose payroll this twat's really on.
Both groups consider the Nov. 21 ruling a victory; both had been designated by the U.S. as foreign terrorist organizations.
Mr. Cole said the judge's ruling does not invalidate the hundreds of other designated terrorist groups on the list but "calls them into question."
Naturally. Anything you can do to make the US more vulnerable, y'know. Fucking asshat.
Charles Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice, said, "We are currently reviewing the decision, and we have made no determination what the government's next step will be."
If I were the government, I'd tell this bitch Collins to go fuck herself.
Or maybe she could play the role of the goat for David Cole and his merry little band of terrorist sympathizers. They must get awfully lonely.
F.E.J.F.E. 
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November 27, 2006
So long, Vanderclankjagt
Item: All-Universe kicker Mike Vanderclankjagt (he really is All-Universe - just ask him) got his arrogant ass cut by the Cowboys today.
Local sports wag Dale Hansen had the line of the night: "He got the news, got in his car...then went out and hit the goalpost."
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November 26, 2006
PFW: Well, Turner, no one said it'd be easy...
Note to self: Next time you wanna replace a high-school team, make it the UBuffalo Bulls.
Royse City 56, at Kennedale 42
TCU 45, at Colorado State 14
at UBuffalo 28, Central Michigan 55
#13 Oklahoma 27, at Oklahoma State 21
#9 LSU 31, at #5 Arkansas 26
at Dallas 38, Tampa Bay 10
Kennedale matched Royse City touchdown for touchdown the entire game - except for the last two TDs of the first quarter. Senior running back Garrett Ellington had four of the Bulldogs' eight touchdowns.
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The UBuffalo game was over by halftime. So, thankfully, is Turner Gill's first season as UB's coach. It's not likely the Bulls will make a return engagement in the PFW - at least, not until they get a lot better.
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Allen Patrick had 163 yards and Leander quaterback Paul Thompson...
(NOTE: I keep mentioning Leander because that's the home of the SpatulaGoddess - a fact with which, given Mr. Thompson's success, she's insufferably pleased. )
...was 7 of 11 with a touchdown.
Next up for the Sooners is the Big XII championship against Nebraska. Three years ago, I'd've been ripping Bob Stoops several new ones and extolling the virtues of the Cornhuskers. Amazing how things change.
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Forget the losses to Florida & Auburn. LSU's the best team in the SEC. And they proved it by making bacon out of the Hogs.
JaMarcus Russell was 14 of 22 for 210 and two touches, and Tiger running backs amassed 123 yards against that slop the Hogs threw up (pun intended (snicker)).
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I generally don't watch/listen to TCU-Colorado State games, because I'm always afraid TCU's gonna get their heads handed them.
Should probably keep doing that.
TCU spotted the Rams a touchdown on a Ballard fumble and subsequent drive, then scored the next 31. The defense shut down all but a trick play receiver-option pass that went for seven. Ballard was 17 of 35 for 238 and a TD, and junior tailback Aaron Brown had 166 yards on 14 carries.
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In like fashion, Dallas spotted the Bucs an early touchdown, then held TB to a field goal the rest of the way.
The defense picked off rookie Bruce Gradkowski twice and harassed him into several bad throws. And when Gradkowski did make what seemed like a sure touchdown to Joey Galloway, Anthony Henry came from way back, sacrificed his body and barely tipped the ball out of danger.
Romo was...well...Romo, going 22 of 29 for 306 yards and five touchdowns, the second time in three weeks the Dallas passing game has eclipsed the 300 mark, and the first time in 23 years a Dallas quarterback has thrown five TD passes in regulation of a game (the first in six years of any type game).
Dallas now stands in sole possession of first place in the NFC East by virtue of the New York Football Giants collapse in Tennessee today. Dallas travels to New York next week to play those Giants, and they have an opportunity to put them down for the count.
And that might make next weekend a PFW, regardless.
This week: 5-1 (UBuffalo didn't even come close to covering). Overall: 51-22.
The PFW returns Friday for the last regularly scheduled go-round of the season. (Damn, is the end of the season already? )
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November 23, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving, Denizens
(Yeah, it's a rerun of a rerun. Bite Sue me, mkay? I'm busy cooking. 
)
I first penned (penned?) this screed (g) on 11/17/01. I thought it appropriate, it being Thanksgiving and all, to jot down a list of those things for which I was thankful. This year, the tradition continues, below the fold, again with only a few minor tweaks:
First of all, let me once again apologize for not blogging as much as I wish I could. Ideally, I'd be cranking out two or three posts a day. There's certainly that much going on in the world, and it tears at my gut to be missing the opportunities to write about these things. Pains me even more to think that you, the Denizens, are missing out on my great wisdom. (rolling eyes, grin, chuckle)
The fact is that I simply have not had time to do one of the things that I enjoy more than I ever thought I would - writing. I never for a moment, sitting in my first ever English Composition college class twenty-five years ago, taught by a guy I believed to be an idiot, thought that I would ever come to the point that I actually got a kick out of slapping thoughts on page.
Amazing how things change.
But, I digress. There's not been enough time. There's never been enough time, but that's beside the point. I've been swamped at work, and that's when I'm not trying to renew a certification. This is taking me away from the chores I need to be doing - keeping the house clean, doing the laundry in a timely fashion, cleaning the kitchen, picking up dog crap off the carpet, those sorts of things. And when I do finally get around to those things, they keep me from doing stuff I like to do - like surfing the Web and writing these columns.
Which brings me around to the topic at hand. Thanksgiving's today, and it's a good time to kick back and tick off the things for which your obdt. svt. (a little Blackie Sherrod lingo, there) is thankful:
God. The God of the Bible. The God of Abraham, Issac, Jacob, David and Solomon. That God. Not Allah, not Muhammad, not Cthulu, not crystals and/or chakras and/or trees. God.
His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the work He performed on the cross that allowed me to receive His salvation. (An aside: Yeah, in case anyone didn't know - I'm a Christian. Not anywhere close to being the best example thereof, to be sure, but I'm still being worked on, and you're just gonna have to be patient.)
Being an American, and free to worship as I choose.
My current home - a two-bedroom jobber I share with a chow/terrier, a huge lump of muscle & energy in the shape of a collie/sheltie mix, and a huge yellow lump that masquerades as a cat (since deceased). Not the cozy cottage in Forney, but at least I have an office again from which to pen (pen?) these screeds.
My son - Stephen Geoffrey "Skip" Crager, Jr. (although his doublewide-assed mother insists on calling him "Geoffrey"). Even though I haven't seen you in three years, Skip, I still love you. Always remember that.
Friends & family, some more than others. Even the ones who are diametrically opposed to me in their beliefs.
Employment. Specifically, mine as a desktop technician, where I get to play with computers all day long - in effect, getting paid to practice my hobby.
(Thankfully, I've had a full-time gig since April, for a company known to me and only to me - since I know pussies like Cianderella Tierney, who bitched long and loud about me being a NetKKKop before having his ass exposed as a lying skank that doesn't work at EDS, would love to find out where I work and try to get me fired...)
Okay, where was I...?
MP3s. The ability to take all my all-time favorite songs, regardless of format, and transfer them to something I can listen to in my car. Fuck you, Hilary Rosen.
Turkey. Lots of it, preferably drumsticks.
Leftovers. Turkey sammiches with lots of mustard. YEAH!
(Well, hold the bread on that. I have got to-got to-got to start paying more attention to Atkins.)
An American President who, though he is still not completely trustworthy in my eye, is at least giving the impression that he is, at least, trying - which is a damn sight better than what we could have had, hm? And at least this guy understands that the Presidency isn't just one big frat party.
The military which he commands. Peepz, these men & women do a helluva job protecting you and yours and the freedoms you enjoy, and they do it for pretty much next to nothing. Next time you see one, take a moment to say, "Thank you". (Another aside: When I first posted this, I left out one very important group of guys: the Coast Guard. Unconscionable, since one of my readers served in that very branch. Mr. Slagle, my apologies - and my thanks.)
My car: A 2005 Chevy Cavalier. Quick, cozy, and twice the gas mileage of my old truck. In this day and age, that's important. For $10 more per month, I get all that, plus a 5/50 warranty. Good stuff, that.
A seafood restaurant chain here locally by the name of "Ole Whiskers". Catfish, chicken, ribs, stuffed crab, onion rings, and a host of other great stuff. Catfish topped with Tabasco© sauce has become a staple.
My current box - a Pentium 2.66-GHz with 2 gigs (yeah - gigs) of DDR RAM. Two 21" monitors so that I don't have to squint anymore when I write these things. (Well, not much, anyway - at 1280x1024, things are still awfully small.)
The aforementioned crap-on-the-carpet dogs - she's still a precious little lapdog, and she captures the heart of anyone that meets her. The aforementioned collie mix - a whirling dervish that tears everything up, but he has an infectious personality. Even my brother's little min-pin, Mindy - one of the most affectionate dogs you'll ever see.
Ham. Not as much as a turkey drumstick, but leftover ham does go good with eggs.
Any college football team that severely thrashes the Texas A&M Aggies.
Any college football team that severely thrashes Nebraska.
Any college football team that severely thrashes Miami.
Any college football team that severely thrashes Arkansas.
Any college football team that severely thrashes Texas. (Unless it's Arkansas.)
TCU's Horned Frogs. Good job this year, Gary Patterson. Well, except for going oh-fer against the state of Utah, but as long as you thrash SMUT in the Armed Forces Bowl, all will be forgiven. Again.
Which reminds me: Any college football team that severely thrashes SMUT.
Any pro football team that kicks the crap out of Donna McNabb and the Philthydelphia Beagles - something the Cowboys will do this year in Dallas. Pity McNabb won't be around to suffer it. (snicker)
Tony Romo. There's the future of the Cowboys, Denizens.
Jerry Jones - for signing that extension for Romo. (grin)
Southern Baptist churches that aren't afraid to call themselves "Baptist"
An occasional road trip - maybe to go fishing, or even if it's work-related. I love staying in hotels where I can crank up the AC at night, and not have to worry about the electric bill (grin).
Microsoft. No, all you morons at the federal judiciary - Bill Gates does not run a monopoly, and you damned well know it. What he does do is run an extremely successful company, one that you bastards tried to shake down for $$$$, and failed. It's not a secret that the tech sector crashed simultaneously with Janet El Reño's baseless attack against Microsoft.
Spanish-language television channels. You will not find a better-looking collection of major babes anywhere on Planet Earth. And they don't mind letting people know that they're women either, dammit. Take that, NOW. :-)
Mashed potatoes. With a ton of gravy. (Atkins be damned on this one. (grin))
Ranch-style beans™.
Sweet tea - even though, being a Type II diabetic, I can no longer drink the stuff (make mine Sweet 'n Low, 3 packets per 40 ounces, please).
Hooters' hot wings. Scenery's not bad, either.
Dueling-piano bars. Picture two baby-grands. Picture two players with crass senses of humor. Picture some of the raunchiest lyrics ever conceived - sometimes on the fly. Picture yourself laughing your ass off. Try it sometime.
Rush Limbaugh. Sean Hannity. Glenn Beck. Michael Savage. Michael Reagan - and, in case I've not mentioned it before...his dad, too.
Ann Coulter. Michelle Malkin. Laura Ingraham.
The Blogosphere™. Specifically, Misha and Alan Henderson - for getting me into this blogging thing.
My new hairstylist. In all my lifetime, I've only found three people who could fully understand what I wanted done to my hair, and do it right in a minimum of time: one retired about 15 years ago. This one's just as good as her predecessor - and she's a major babe, too. (grin)
Broadband. Forney didn't get it on a widespread basis - but I have my old Comcast cable modem back, and I rock yet again. (grin)
And finally (though this list is by no means complete) - you Denizens who keep coming back to the site in hopes that I've updated it. Without you guys, why am I doing this? Thanks very much for being here.
And Happy Thanksgiving. Remember from Whom the blessings come...
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November 22, 2006
PFW: Gobble, gobble, gobble
We'll kick off our quest for a third straight Perfect Football Weekend™ by announcing a change in the lineup.
Since my Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets are once again rendered spectators for the rest of the playoffs, we'll plug in the Royse City Bulldogs for my high-school team, as one of their coaches is an acquaintance of mine. They'll be playing Kennedale Friday evening, hoping to advance to the regional round. They have a good shot - RC seems to be playing very well this year.
But the reason we're so early with this PFW is the same reason it's early every year at this time - Thanksgiving Day f'ball, you bet! (grin)
Tomorrow, the Dallas Cowboys have their annual TD game at Texas Stadium against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. TB's starting quarterback, a fellow by the name of Simms, suffered a ruptured spleen early in the season and was replaced by rookie Bruce Gradkowski. He's the third rookie QB the 'Boys have faced this year, having already destroyed Widdle Vinnie "Damn, the other guys get paid now?!?!?!" Young and Matt "And I thought Carroll was an idiot for leaving Reggie out on 4th-and-2" Leinart. The safe bet is that, as long as they don't play down to TB's level, Gradkowski will make it three for three.
Friday, we have one of those "double-whammy" games I keep telling you guys about: one of my teams playing one of my anti-teams. Ninth-ranked LSU will hold its nose as it goes to the pig farm to play fifth-ranked Arkansas. (Just so you guys know, Arkansas is the only team for whom I'll pull to lose to Texas U. Should give you an idea how much I hate 'em.) Vegas has the game as a pick'm, but that means they consider LSU to be three points better straight-up. I'll take those odds.
Also Friday, Turner Gill's UBuffalo Bulls are at home versus Central Michigan. Vegas can't seem to make up its mind on this one, but the slight consenses is UB plus 16.
Saturday, the 13th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners will travel to Stillwater to take on in-state rival Oklahoma State. The line is OU minus six, but if they're running the ball like they did against Baylor, you can have 17.
Lastly, TCU will travel to Fort Collins, Colorado for an evening tilt with the Colorado State Rams. TCU embarrassed CSU 33-6 last year in Fort Worth, and the Rams are good at home, so this game worries me a bit - although TCU is favored by 10.
We'll be back Sunday for the recap, assuming I've recovered from the overdose of L-tryptophan from all the turkey I'm scarfing that day.
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November 21, 2006
On the Michael Richards brouhaha
I don't give a shit.
I flat-out don't. Give. A. Shit.
I have more important things about which to worry, other things with which to concern myself, than what a standup comic, whose only other claim to fame at this juncture was as a supporting actor on a sitcom, had to say to a couple of assholes whose gangsta getup was likely funnier than said comic's routine.
If you want to give two-point-eight Rotund Rear-ends of Rodentia™ about it, feel free. Knock yerself out.
Just leave me the fuck out of it. 
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November 20, 2006
PFW: Priceless
Great game this weekend. Number 1 played Number 2. And Number 2 won.
Huh?
Oh, you thought I was talking Ohio State-Michigan? 
Arlington Heights 20, at Aledo 55
at TCU 52, San Diego State 0
UBuffalo 3, at #12 Wisconsin 35
#16 Oklahoma 36, at Baylor 10
at #9 LSU 23, Ole Miss 20 (OT)
at Dallas 21, Indianapolis 14
The Heights-Aledo game was over before the end of the first quarter. Literally. Aledo scored 35 in the first, was up 48-7 at the half, and cruised.
Probably time to find Duke Christian a new gig. Anyone seen Merlin Priddy anywhere about?
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ESPN called Turner Gill's UBuffalo Bulls "surprisingly pesky".
High praise, I s'pose.
But Bucky failed to cover, so even though they get the W on the scoreboard, it's a victory (the moral type, which counts in the world of the PFW) for UBuff. Neener neener, HDD.
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Baylor had never beaten Oklahoma in a series dating back to '01. As in, 1901.
And they still haven't.
Here's a sequence that pretty much defined Baylor's day: 3rd quarter, OU's just scored a touchdown at the 8:30 mark. Kickoff to Baylor, returned to the 18.
15 yard sack back to the 3.
7-yard rush by Baylor QB Blake Symanski to the 10.
Sack of Symanski in the end zone for a safety
On the ensuing free kick, Baylor punted 68 yards to the OU 12 - whereupon OU returns it 88 yards for a touchdown.
Memo to Guy Morriss: Try keeping your mouth shut during media week next year, mkay? At least until you've won something.
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Slight case of indigestion today as fricasseed Rebel nearly gave LSU a case of food poisoning.
LSU had to come from behind with 14 seconds left just to tie the game, then suffered a brain fart on the PAT and had it blocked, forcing overtime.
Fortunately, Bo Pelini's defense forced a fumble on Ole Miss' first possession, enabling the Tigers to win on a field goal during their possession.
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Now that is what I call a royal ass-kicking. One wonders where Gary Patterson has been hiding these Frogs all year.
The Aztecs got two first downs on their opening drive - and then got one the rest of the half. And that was on a very questionable pass-interference call.
Their greatest threat came after TCU had made it 45-0. Return man Ray Bass ran untouched through the middle of the Froggies' kickoff team down to the TCU 16. After an 11-yard pass on 2nd-and-8 got them to the Frog 3, they went for minus-2 on a rush, minus-3 on a 2nd-down pass and minus-11 on a 3rd-down pass. Then the 37-yard FG attempt went wide left.
Backup running back Joseph Turner rambled 24 yards for the final margin, capping a very satisfying afternoon.
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The #1-ranked NFL passer took on the #2-ranked passer Sunday. And got his head handed to him.
Last year, both San Diego & Pittsburgh throttled Indianapolis with a 3-4 defense utilizing superstar linebackers. Dallas held one of the leading offenses in the NFL to 14 points using that same formula.
The Demarcus Ware-led linebacking corps hassled Peyton Manning into 19 incompletions and 2 interceptions (one a pick-six), and the rest of the Dallas defense coaxed two more fumbles out of that offense for one of the biggest wins in Dallas during the Parcells era.
Romo was 19 of 23 for 226 with a pick and a fumble, and was at his best with the game on the line. Dallas rushed for only 117 yards against one of the NFL's poorer run defenses, but gashed the Colts when it counted.
So, to recap:
Gas used to go see the game: $5
Cost of the cable & electricity used to watch the game with my stepfolks: $3
Cost of the food consumed: $8.50
Cost of my birthday present from the aforementined stepfolks (which is why I was there anyway): $50
Watching the last perfect team in this year's NFL get their asses whipped: Priceless.
As with the TCU game, a most satisfying win. Satisfying enough that I will again invoke Executive Privilege™ and declare this to be a Perfect Football Weekend Anyway™.
This week: 5-1. Overall: 46-21. Perfect Football Weekend™ achieved (executive fiat)
The PFW returns Thursday with a new high-school team and a helluva lot of turkey to cook.
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November 19, 2006
Line of the day
Misha has this story about a Mooselimb that discovered an interesting place to hide a cell phone.
But the line of the day came from commenter Aries37, who said:
What does it say about a terrorist that he can take a cell phone up his ass but cries torture when a pair of womens underware are on his head!
BWAHHHHHHHHH...!!!!~
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November 18, 2006
Bo Schembechler: 1929 - 2006
On the eve of Michigan's biggest-ever game with Ohio State, its legendary coach Bo Schembechler has passed away. He was 77.
Before he took over the head coaching job at Michigan, the Wolverines had suffered through six losing seasons in 11 years. Today, Michigan & Ohio State play for the national championship - and the winning culture that permeates the University of Michigan football program is directly attributable to Bo Schembechler.
Schembechler was a seven-time Big Ten coach of the year, compiling a 194-48-5 record at Michigan from 1969-89. His record in 26 years of coaching was 234-65-8. He never had a losing season."I'm not sure he has gotten his due as far as being one of the truly great football coaches of all time," Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. "I'm going to miss him."
As are we all, JoePa. As are we all. College football - indeed, the game itself, not just at the college level, and the nation - has lost a great man.
The Realm™ sends its deepest condolences to the Schembechler family. Bo will be terribly missed.
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November 17, 2006
PFW: Taking up for the coach
Another Perfect Football Weekend™ kicks off with this nugget about a University of North Texas booster who got a little pissed about the sorry way that soon-to-be-ex-coach Darrell Dickey was unceremoniously fired three weeks after suffering a heart attack.
It was either rename it, [furniture magnate Jim] McIngvale said, or redirect his money to the acclaimed One O'Clock Lab Band, the showpiece at one of the country's top music schools. Mattress Mack was serious enough to take out a one-page ad Sunday in the Denton Record-Chronicle explaining his demand."Right's right and wrong's wrong. It's the right thing to do," McIngvale said. "I don't think firing a guy three weeks after he had a heart attack was the right thing to do, either. Even Wall Street is not that callous."
Dickey probably shouldn't have been fired at all. It's not like North Texas does much of anything to support the football program. McIngvale did the right thing here.
On to the PFW. My Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets play their last game of the season tonight agaisnt the Aledo Bearcats in Round 1 of the University Interscholastic League playoffs. Heights is 4-5 and Aledo is 9-1, so we all know where this is going.
Speaking of knowing where a game is going, Vegas has Turner Gill's UBuffalo Bulls plus 39 against their opponent this Saturday. That opponent just happens to be the Badgers of the 12th-ranked University of Wisconsin.
Yeah. Bucky. The Humble Devildog's favorite team. If UB can just keep it in the ballpark, I'll be happy. (How's that for metaphor mixing? (grin))
TCU's Horned Frogs will have a nice time at home tomorrow afternoon against the Aztecs of San Diego State. Even with Ballard at quarterback, SDSU isn't expected to give the Froggies much trouble. (Are they, Gary Patterson?)
Also Saturday, 16th-ranked Oklahoma has about as much of a gimme away from the friendly confines as you get, as they'll be in Waco for a date with the Baylor Bears. OU's a three-TD favorite on the road, and given that it's Baylor, that may be a conservative estimate.
Fricasseed Rebel will be on the menu in Baton Rouge Saturday as Ole Miss goes into the swamp to take on ninth-ranked LSU. No one named Manning is playing QB for the Rebels tomorrow, so Bo Pelini's defense should be fat & happy after this one.
Sunday afternoon, the Greatest Football Team Ever In The History Of Ever, Ever™ - aka the Indianapolis Colts and All-Universe™ quarterback Peyton Manning - come to town to take on the Dallas Cowboys. On both sides of the ball, this is the Irresistible Force™ meeting the Very Movable Object™ - Indy's defense can't stop the run, and, well, there's our swiss-cheese secondary just ripe for Peyton's picking. Last one to have the ball wins.
I'm not looking for a second straight PFW - but stranger things have happened, so...
We're back Monday or thereabouts for the recap. Now I get to hear HDD go all insufferable on me about Bucky... 
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November 16, 2006
Today's reading assignment
Denizens, today's reading assignment can be found over at the Rott. Misha pontificates on the three most deadly words in the English language.
Go. Shoo.
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November 14, 2006
Groan
I'm 44 today.
Yippee. Ha-ha. Wheee.
Actually, I shouldn't complain too much. As I was telling the SpatulaGoddess the other day, my 44th year is coming to a much better end than my 43rd year.
A year ago today, I was barely getting by on severance pay and what little contracting work I was getting installing computers out at American Airlines. The marriage to the Lady™ had just come to an end, and there were no prospects on the horizon.
Contrast that with today. Employed (though still scraping by financially), in a relationship with a very wonderful woman, life is pretty damned decent. For now.
Happy Happy to me. 
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November 13, 2006
A post-election analysis - sort of
It was first postulated by Rush Limbaugh, and it's now being repeated far & wide (the latest being Newt Gingrich, courtesy of Human Events Online) - the notion that it was "Republicanism" that lost, not conservativism.
There's a point in that, and it's quite a valid one. To quote Newt, "by Election Day, Democrats were seen as better at controlling government spending and at reducing taxes."
As incredulous as this seems - socialists controlling spending and cutting taxes? - it speaks more to the GOP's inexplicable inability to, well, be the GOP. That is to say, to be Reagan's GOP.
Back in "hah skrewl" (a little Rush lingo, there), I took a public speaking course in lieu of senior English. (What can I say? Beowulf bored the shit out of me. Besides, I had to put up with that particular English teacher in homeroom every day - I didn't want to have to spend yet another hour in that room at risk of a mid-morning nap.) One of my speaking assignments was to be political in nature. I was to endorse a presidential candidate (and during my senior year of 1980-81, this was the Carter-Reagan race) and explain why.
First thing I did when I approached the lecturn was yank out my wallet - which, being employed part-time at minimum wage, was empty far more often than not - turn it inside-out, show it to the rest of the class and announce that, if I could vote, I'd vote for Reagan, and the empty wallet was why. (Got high marks for the visual too, which was nice.)
The point was that Democrats could not possibly be trusted to allow us to keep more of our own hard-earned money. And they've done absolutely nothing in the 26 years hence to disabuse the American public of that notion. The conclusion, therefore, must be this: that for Republicans to have been seen as less trustworthy in this area, they had to have screwed up royally. They would have had to forsake their heritage, if you will, as conservatives - and out-liberal the liberals.
And that's exactly what they did. A Medicare drug "benefit" no one wanted. A "bridge to nowhere". Increased federal spending nearly every year of the Bush-43 administration.
And it wasn't just the economy, either. An education bill largely authored by one of the Right's worst enemies. So-called "campaign finance reform" which grotesquely violated, and continues to violate, Article I of the Bill of Rights. A nomination (Harriet Miers) of a supremely unqualified Supreme Court candidate. A perceived "fox guarding the henhouse" deal involving our ports. Immigration "reform" that amounts to nothing but blanket amnesty for illegal pendejos. A refusal to abide by the Constitution when it came to Supreme Court nominiations (remember the so-called "Gang of 14"?). Congressional scandals involving unethical, if not outright immoral behavior.
And lastly (though certainly not least), a war in which the United States was increasingly seen at home to be fighting not to lose, instead of to win. An appearance of fighting with the proverbial hand proverbially tied behind the proverbial back.
All hallmarks of liberal Demoscum administrations, all brought about by a supposedly conservative-oriented (if not dominated) United States government.
Is it any wonder that many conservatives stayed home?
Fortunately, for the GOP to resume its rightful place atop the United States government, the solution is simple: Quit giving a shit what the Demoscum or the leering press thinks of you, return to the values & beliefs that you and your base support and cease apologizing for them.
Low taxes, limited government, respect for the rule of law, respect for our borders, respect for life, respect for the sanctity of marriage and the definition thereof (one man, one woman). These principles and ideals have worked every time they've been tried. Only when the GOP has turned its back on them have they lost - and if they refuse to return thereto, they will continue to lose.
What will it be, GOP?
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November 12, 2006
PFW: Thank you, K-State
On occasion, it comes time to invoke Executive Privilege™ and declare a Perfect Football Weekend™, even if one of my teams loses.
This would be one of those times.
Arlington Heights 16, Western Hills 12
TCU 27, at New Mexico 21
at UBuffalo 15, Akron 31
at Oklahoma 34, Texas Tech 24
at LSU 28, Alabama 14
Dallas 27, at Arizona 10
Now, you may notice a loss up there by Turner Gill's UBuffalo Bulls, which would normally spoil the PFW. And you'd normally be right.
But I'm declaring a PFW this week because of these games:
Houston 37, at SMUT27
Nebraska 28, at Texas A&M 27
at Kansas State 45, Texas University 42
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Proving Donnell Dickerson's worth to my Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets, I can declare a WITY™ after their victory Friday night
Heights trailed 12-0 at halftime of what was essentially a playoff game for Heights - in other words, they win, they're in; if not...
Enter our poor man's Vince Young. The all-everything back played QB during the second half and led Heights to 16 unanswered points. From the Startlegram web site's DFW Varsity:
Dickerson passed for 199 yards and a score and rushed for 89 yards, including a 1-yard scoring run with 17 seconds remaining in the game that lifted the Yellow Jackets to the win.
Heights will now play Aledo next week for what's becoming their annual one-and-done playoff run. Which means that the week after, I'll have to find another high school team to follow (best money right now is on the Royse City Bulldogs, where I know one of the coaches).
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TCU led New Mexico 24-0 at the half, and Gary Patterson usually does a good job of second-half adjustments.
Not this week. The Frogs flat-out collapsed in the second half. Only a Brian Bonner interception at the TCU 9 with under a minute to go preserved the win.
Turnovers plagued the Lobos. Tommy Blake scooped up a NM fumble on the game's second play and rumbled 20 yards for a touchdown, one of three Lobo turnovers for the game.
Good thing the defense was on. Ballard was 6 of 16 for a whopping 25 yards - another bad game in what has become a forgettable season for the senior quarterback.
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Leander, TX's Paul Thompson picked a good time to have a breakout game - 24 of 31 for 309. OU is down to its third, fourth and fifth-string running backs, but still managed 138 yards rushing.
Tech's Graham Harrell threw two TDs but also had one pick.
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JaMarcus Russell threw three touchdown passes (one each to Doucet, Bowe and Jacob Hester) in leading the Tigers in a workmanlike effort over the Crimson Tide. Pelini's defense was its usual bad-assed self, causing two turnovers and two missed field goal attempts.
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Tony Romo continues to prove me Right All Along™ as he led a systematic dismantling of the Cardinals by throwing for 308 yards, including a 51-yard TD pass to Widdle Terri Owens. The defense wasn't all that great, but it played well when it had to.
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Akron jumped out to a 21-3 lead and essentially cruised. As earlier stated, Buffalo may have covered, but without knowing what the Vegas line was, it has to count as a loss.
HOWEVER...!!!~
We call this a PFW because three of my Anti-Teams™ (that is to say, three teams I despise) lost.
Colt McCoy was injured scoring TU's first touchdown, and while his replacement didn't do too badly, it seemed to deflate the Shortdicks.
Add to that that K-State plays them well, especially in Manhattan, and it resulted in TU's hopes of a national championship repeat going down the drain.
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The Shitland Ponies were expecting Houston's Cougars to pass. So, they ran.
Anthony Aldrige went for 225 yards & 2 TDs in denying SMUT's first attempt at becoming bowl-eligible this year.
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Nebraska-A&M was really a game I didn't much care about - I'm not fond of either program. But while I just dislike Bill Callahan, my abject hatred of Dennis Franchione is the stuff of legend.
So when Cornhusker quarterback Zac Taylor hit a 9-yard TD pass to Maurice Purify with under 30 seconds left after A&M had previously intercepted Taylor with under 3:00 left, and A&M's cockiness turned to yet another November loss for "The Mercenary", I was joyfully surprised. I was convinced Nebraska had choked yet another one away.
Nicely done, Callahan. Thanks for contributing to a PFW.
This week: 8-1. Overall: 41-20. Perfect Football Weekend™ achieved (executive fiat)
The PFW returns Friday for its first shot at two in a row this year.
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November 11, 2006
Happy Veterans' Day
Today, November 11th, 2006, is Veterans' Day.
Memo to all who have served in defense of our country and our freedoms: Thank you.
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60,000
Sometime this past week, the hit counter flew past 60,000. I say "flew" because, whereas I'd previously been averaging 25 to 40 unique hits per day, right now the average stands at 119.
At any rate, thanks to all of you Denizens for making this site what it is. Even a grudging "yeah, whatever" to the liberal morons who traipse by here occasionally.
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November 10, 2006
PFW: Political footballs
Denizens, I'll try to see past the Red Curtain o' Blood long enough to do a PFW. But if a bit of, ah, invective (fuckin' Demoscum pussies) should happen to make its way into this post (Asshats!)...well, don't be surprised, mkay?
It'll be hard enough to avoid the invective anyway, as I find out that Turner Gill's UBuffalo Bulls have jumped the gun on me - and gotten their heads handed to them by the Akron Zips, 15-31. And since I can't check what the line was, we have to go with the straight result - which means no PFW for yet another week.
(Memo to Turner: Enjoy your one year in the list. You're not gonna be there again until the year after your squad wins at least four games.)
My Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets are now in do-or-die mode. They play Western Hills tonight for the chance to go to the playoffs. (Way to go, Virginia! You've got a pedophilic pornographer for a senator!!! Happy now, douchebags?). Heights is 3-5; Hills is 5-4. Another one-and-done for Duke Christian's boys (and hopefully, a reassignment next year).
Saturday, the Horned Frogs of TCU (I'd say "fuck you", Nancy Pelosi...but who in their right mind would?) travel to New Mexico (home of that Clintoonite bastard governor, Slick Willie Richardson) to take on the Lobos. The line is TCU minus 6½, which is a pretty decent assessment, as the Froggies could just as easily lose this one. I'll take TCU and you can have two.
Also Saturday, the 17th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners play host to Texas Tech at Memorial Stadium. Tech is not a good road team; yet, OU's only favored by nine - and I think that's a stretch. Take Tech and I'll give you four.
Late Saturday afternoon, the Crimson Tide (Murthafucker, you're a Grade-A chickenshit, assclown!) of Alabama travel to the Bayou City to serve as the whipping boy du jour for the 12th-ranked LSU Tigers. 'Bama will prove tougher than, say, Fresno State - but the line's LSU minus 18, and I pretty much expect it to not be all that close.
Every game now is pretty much make-or-break for the Dallas Cowboys. Win, and you have a chance going into next week. But lose another game, and the chances for a playoff run are like those of a Demoscum in a fistfight - not all that great.
This week, it's Arizona out in the desert at their new stadium. The Cardinals are led by their first-round draft choice, quarterback Matt Leinart. And while they've played very well at home (despite having won one game the entire season) - if form holds, then the Cowboys should do to him what they did to Vince Young earlier this year. (Proving, maybe, that the Cowboys should have won the BCS championship, but...)
Interesting side note about this matchup: it's the third of three sporting contests between teams from Dallas and Phoenix. Thursday night, the Dallas Stars beat the Phoenix Coyotes, 1-0, and the Dallas Mavericks got their first win of the new season by beating the Suns, 119-112. The Cowboys should make it a 3-0 sweep - but then, the Cowboys should have destroyed the Washington Foreskins last week (not to mention the Republicans should've destroyed the Demoscum on Tuesday, but for all the shitheads who think the Donktards know how to do anything better than the GOP...)
We're back Monday or thereabouts for the recap (fuck the Demoscum).
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November 09, 2006
Limpdickya outs himself
(Hat time Misha via a link from LC kwongdzu.)
That didn't take long, did it?
Now that Limpdickya doesn't have to worry about conservatives in Congress any more, he can come out of the closet like he's wanted to these last couple of years.
President Bush yesterday said he will team up with Democrats to pass an immigration bill with a guest-worker program that his own party blocked this year,
Y'hear that, Denizens? He said "team up with Democrats". Like father, like son: First chance he gets, he throws his own party under the bus and goes to suck the dicks of his opponents.
Nice.
and his Republican opponents predicted a bloody intraparty fight but said they cannot stop such a bill from passing.
Let's hope so. They had a huge hand in ensuring the next two years of minority status - they need to suffer for it...
Oh?. What's that? You mean a bloody intraparty political fight?
Shame we don't have folks like Burr or Hamilton in Congress anymore - although I'd be happy to run if someone could bankroll me...
"We will fight it, we will lose. It will go to the Senate, it will pass. The president will sign it. And it will happen quickly because that's one thing they know they can pass," said Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican and chairman of the House Immigration Reform Caucus, who had led the opposition to a guest-worker plan.
If you will be faithful, Tom, you will find yourself rewarded - just as Ronald Reagan did over 25 years ago.
As for Shrubya - trust me. No Bush will ever occupy the White House after this - we'll make damned sure of it.
Mr. Bush supported a bipartisan majority in the Senate this year that passed a broad immigration bill including a new worker program and citizenship rights for millions of illegal aliens. But House Republicans blocked those efforts, calling them an amnesty, and instead forced through a bill to erect nearly 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. Tuesday's elections removed that obstacle by turning control of the House over to Democrats.
Who will promptly defund it, thus continuing to allow the invasion of the United States by fucking illegal pendejos. Vinnie Fox fiddles with Humpya's dick while Rome burns.
Yesterday, in an afternoon press conference, the president said he shares Democrats' vision on immigration and will try again for a broad bill."There's an issue where I believe we can find some common ground with the Democrats," he said.
What is it some RINOs like to tell us conservatives about both parties taking us to Hell™ in a handbasket, but the GOP wants to do it more slowly?
Doesn't seem too damned slow to me.
According to Reuters news agency, a spokesman for Mexican President Vicente Fox cheered Democrats' success, saying it improves chances for getting a bill done.
That should tell you all you need to know about the Demoscum, right there. Those boyos chingos want nothing more than to take our land by force, and the fucking Donk retards want to help them.
Not terribly like John-boy Fuckface Qetchup-ass wanted to help the Viet Cong overthrow the American government once upon a time.
And Democrats said the issue's time has come."With alignment now in Congress and the White House, this is a unique opportunity," said Rep. Howard L. Berman, California Democrat, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee and a leader on the issue.
Oh, your time's just about come, Berman, you socialist pig fucker. Just not in the way you think, is all.
He said there are a number of House Republicans who thought their enforcement approach was bad policy but good politics. He said that belief was shattered by Tuesday's elections with the loss of two Republicans in Arizona -- Randy Graf, a candidate for a seat near Tucson, and Rep. J.D. Hayworth, an incumbent from Scottsdale -- who both ran heavily on opposition to a guest-worker program.Other losses included Rep. John Hostettler, the Indiana Republican who was chairman of the immigration subcommittee, and Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who ran heavily on border security, hoping the issue could save him.
All that did was put Arizona, Indiana and Pennsylvania on the right-thinkers' shit list.
All three of them were on mine anyway for other reasons, but it's good to be reminded that those three states are run by pussies.
Republicans who backed Mr. Bush on the issue said the results are clear.
You want clear, RINO assholes? Wait 'til fuckin' '08 - if you're still around that long, we'll show you "clear", all right.
F.E.J.F.E.
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November 08, 2006
Aftermath
Denizens, you can relax. I've not suicided over Black Tuesday™, nor am I going to. Just haven't had much time to write over the last couple of days.
On yesterday's travesty induced by the Moron-Americans™, I have a few ideas & opinions, and I'll tell them to you in due course.
For now, however, Misha's done a right nice job here and here. You'd do well to go read them.
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November 06, 2006
Why you should vote conservative tomorrow
On the eve of the most important election in our country's history - and they all seem to be getting moreso as we go along, don't they? - I'm going to delve deep into the Grab-Bag™ and remind you of what the Commander-in-Briefs did when it came to dealing with terrorism - and what the Left is likely to do if they're put back into power.
The following is a NewsMax article from March 16, 2003.
Sunday, March 16, 2003 2:33 a.m. ESTBook Bombshell: Iraq Attack Scrubbed for Clinton Golf Game
Ex-President Bill Clinton kept a squadron of F-117 stealth fighter-bombers and B-52s waiting to launch a critical 1996 airstrike on Iraq while he finished watching a golf tournament - dithering so long that U.S. pilots lost the cover of darkness and the mission had to be scrubbed.
That's the explosive charge leveled in a brand new book by Lt. Col. Robert Patterson, a key Clinton military aide from 1996 through 1998 whose primary mission was to carry the president's copy of America's nuclear launch codes.
"We dispatched eight F-117 stealth fighter-bombers capable of carrying 2,000-pound bombs into the region and sent B-52s to Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, in preparation for action," reveals Lt. Col. Patterson in his bombshell security scandal tell-all, "Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security."
The Sept. 13, 1996, air strike was planned as the U.S.'s response to an Aug. 31 tank attack launched by Saddam Hussein on the northern Kurdish city of Irbil, a blatant violation of the 1991 Gulf War surrender accords that had an estimated 300,000 Kurdish refugees fleeing for their lives.
At the same time, Saddam's Republican Guard had executed an estimated 100 Iraqi dissidents and arrested 1,500 more - extinguishing whatever opposition the Iraqi dictator might have faced from within.
Two days before he attended the President's Cup golf tournament, Clinton had warned the world that "action is imminent" and that "the determination of the United States in dealing with the problem of Iraq should not be underestimated," reports the national security whistle-blower.
With the F-117s and B-52s ready to take off and the cover of darkness in Iraq slipping away, National Security Adviser Sandy Berger placed a series of desperate phone calls to the Manassas, Va., golf course seeking clearance from Clinton. But the president refused to come to the phone.
"Sir, Mr. Berger is on the line and needs a decision about the proposed attack on Iraq," Lt. Col. Patterson remembers telling the president.
Clinton's response? "Tell him I'll get back with him later."
As mission-critical minutes evaporated, an anxious Berger called again.
"This time he was animated, obviously upset," remembers Patterson. "Pilots were in the cockpits waiting to launch, targets were identified, everything was in place, all he needed was the go-ahead."
The presidential military aide promised the national security adviser that he would do everything he could to get Clinton to pay attention to the mission at hand.
"This time, the president was engaged in conversations with several people and was less approachable," Patterson reports. "I maneuvered through the crowd and caught his eye. When President Clinton saw me, he seemed disturbed at being interrupted again with something unimportant. He frowned as I neared him."
Still Patterson persisted. "'Mr. President, Mr. Berger has called again and needs a decision soon.' I explained in a low tone, 'We have our pilots in cockpits, ready to launch, and we're running out of the protective cover of nighttime over there.'"
But Clinton seemed unmoved. "I'll call Berger when I get the chance," he told the aide.
Less than 15 minutes later Berger called back. "This time he was irate," Patterson recalls.
"Where is the president? What is he doing? Can I talk to him?"
The presidential military aide was forced to explain:
"Sir, he is watching the golf tournament with several friends. I've approached him twice with your request. I've communicated your concerns about the window of opportunity and about the pilots being prepared and ready to go.
"I'm an Air Force pilot myself, sir." Patterson told Berger. "I understand the ramifications. I'll try again."
For the third time in an hour, the military aide desperately tried to get Clinton to focus on the mission - hoping he would appreciate that further delay could jeopardize the lives of U.S. pilots now waiting for his order.
But Clinton remained oblivious. "Tell Berger that I'll give him a call on my way back to the White House," he said, in what Patterson describes as an "indifferent" tone of voice. "That's all," Clinton added, in words the military man understood to mean the president didn't want to hear any more about the problem.
"I called Mr. Berger and explained that the president would contact him from the limo," Patterson recalled. "We both knew what that meant. We'd missed our opportunity."
The trusted soldier says he remains haunted by the episode. "Human lives were at stake - the lives of American service members and the lives of our allies who opposed Saddam at our behest and were now under attack.
"At a time when America's honor and grander principles were being challenged and the world was watching our every move ... the president was watching golf."
And it is a safe bet that while the mushroom clouds go up in this country, the Demoscum will "play golf" with the resulting craters. They will stick their heads in the sand, their asses in the air and invite the ragheaded Islamonazi bastards to drop trou and take the plunge - all the while saying "Thank you sir, may I have another?"
They do not give a damn about you. They do not give a damn about me. The only thing about which they care is getting their power back..."by any means necessary", to quote one of their heroes.
And once they have that power, they will use it to force their will on you and on me. And they will not give a flying fuck what you, the American voter, thinks about it. For in their eyes, you don't matter and I don't matter. Just power.
Just power.
That, Denizens...is why, when you go to the polls tomorrow...you vote conservative.
ThatIsAll™.
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November 05, 2006
PFW: Eleven-on-eighteen...you guys know the drill...
I have just one question: How much did Needledick Danny Snyder pay the fucking zebras for that piece of shit officiating job?
Arlington Heights 37, at North Side 8
TCU 25, at UNLV 10
at UBuffalo 41, Kent 14
#18 Oklahoma 17, at #21 Texas A&M 16
#13 LSU 28, at #8 Tennessee 24
Dallas 19, at Washington 10, Foreskins' paid zebras 12
I can't find any stories on Heights' win over North Side, suggesting that either Fort Worth's own newspaper doesn't find it newsworthy or they simply don't give a shit about stories in their own backyard.
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Nor can I find anything about UBuffalo's win over Kent, except to note that they went into half trailing 14-3. Turner Gill must've made a helluva halftime adjustment.
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Well, at least we know now where Barry Switzer got "Load Left". Or maybe Bob Stoops just admires the guy, is all.
With 1:29 left in the game and OU nursing a one-point lead, Stoops elected to go for it on fourth-and-one at his 29. Only this time, OU got the first down, then ran out the clock for the win.
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Speaking of late-game heroics, JaMarcus Russell hit Early Doucet from 4 yards out with 9 seconds left to beat the Vols at Tennessee. LSU knocked out Tennessee starter Erik Ainge, but backup Jonathan Crompton rallied the Vols before Russell's heroics.
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Take what I wrote last week about TCU vs. Wyoming, and you basically have the recap of Saturday's game against UNLV: Frogs score first, miss the extra point, extend the lead and come through on defense.
UNLV recovered a Lonta Hobbs fumble at the Frog 3, but threw an interception three plays later.
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The game started with a blown call on a supposed Foreskin safety (Julius Jones was incorrectly called down in the endzone; he was on the back of a Foreskin player and the ball was outside the end zone by the time his knee touched turf). Roy Williams was called for a ticky-tack pass interference penalty on a ball that wasn't terribly catchable anyway. A blatant hold on a Clinton Portis touchdown run was completely ignored. And a five-yard facemask penalty was inexplicably called a personal foul on the return of a blocked kick, then the game was extended one play on an offensive penalty, thus giving the Foreskin kicker an extra chance on an so-called "untimed down" to kick a field goal he should never have been awarded, but made.
That said, Parcells coached another piss-poor game, the secondary looked like TCU's against a piss-poor passing game that was missing its prima donna primary receiver, Widdle Terri Owens dropped yet another pass that would have resulted in a touchdown, and Mike Vander-clank got a field goal blocked that probably was headed for an offensive lineman's ass. If Shawn Suisham isn't resigned tomorrow and Vanderclank's ass run out of town on a rail, that will be a sign that this franchise isn't serious about winning any time soon.
And having said that, eleven-on-eighteen still isn't a fair fight in football. Hope "Needledick Danny" Snyder got his money's worth for that officiating today. The bastard zebras today wouldn't have made it out of Texas Stadium intact.
This week: 6-1 (the OU victory against an "anti-team (A&M) counts twice). Overall: 33-19.
The PFW will return once I find out whether Heights plays or not. If they do, maybe they can import the shitty NFL zebras from the Dallas game...
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November 04, 2006
A History of Liberals & Conservatives
Original Cast™ member and Denizen Alan K. Henderson pointed this Canadian article out to us during one of our semi-annual trips to Hooters.
Spew warnings in effect.
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November 03, 2006
PFW: "Zzzzzzzzzz..." -Widdle Terri Owens
As we kick off another shot at a PFW this week, Denizens (and I promise I won't fall asleep during the writing of this post (grin)), we find that my Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets have jumped the gun on us, having defeated the hapless North Side Steers last night, 37-8.
Good on ya, Coach Duke Christian. You get to keep your job for another week.
Apparently, there will be a playoff next week to see who gets to be the third-place team going into the "hah skrewl" (a little Rush lingo, there) postseason. Heights is 3-5, but 2-2 in this four-game odyssey that the Fort Worth ISD athletic department decided to call a district schedule. It is, therefore, eminently possible that the Jackets will go into the playoffs with a losing record - and, as you may recall, I had something to say about such a concept. In other words...ew.
Saturday, the TCU Horned Frogs have what can be best described, given that they're playing in Vegas, as a "sure thing". The UNLV Rebels stomped Idaho State, 54-10, in Week 1 - then promptly went out and lost its next 7 games by a combined score of 253-99.
Vegas has the Froggies favored by 20½. For the sake of your program's credibility, Gary Patterson, it'd better be 35.
Also Saturday, eighteenth-ranked Oklahoma travels to College Station for what we call a "double whammy" game - mainly because I don't have anything better to call it. (Note to self: don't let McCool name anything after he's had five mugs of Romulan ale again.) We have a team that I follow against a team that I desperate hate - namely, 21st-ranked Texas A&M and head coach Dennis "The Mercenary" Franchione. The Ags are 8-1 - but they were calling for Fran's head earlier after a near miss against Army, among other teams.
OU's favored by 3, according to Vegas. Given the creampuff schedule A&M's played, this scribe wonders why it's not more.
Thirteenth-ranked LSU heads for Rocky Top Saturday to play the eighth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers. The Vols haven't had the best of years, but they're still expected to give the Tigers and Bo Pelini's defense all they can handle (the line's LSU minus 4).
UPDATE: Yes, even though they're eighth-ranked, I'm not all that impressed with their play this year. Sue me.
Turner Gill's UBuffalo Bulls will be at home Saturday against Kent. (They used to be Kent State - rumors that snipers took out the "State" part after it kept whining about the Iraq war were unsubstantiated at press time.) The line is Kent minus 16, so look for Buffalo to get its head handed to them again.
Sunday is Game Two of the Tony Romo era for the Cowboys, as they travel to Warshington Washington (sorry - little too much Texas accent there) to take on the dreaded Foreskins. This team handled the 'Skins easily enough with Drew Bledsoe at quarterback, and Joe Gibbs' charges have pretty much tanked since then. It'll be interesting to see how LC John Wardle spins this beatdown.
We're back Monday for the recap - Sunday evening if I don't sleep through it...
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November 02, 2006
On John-boy F'n Qetchup-@$$ and his skanky piehole
Denizens, I'd happily offer something up on Botox Boy's fuckheaded attempt at a death wish by questioning the intelligence of our troops over in Iraq.
Trouble is, Misha already beat me to it.
And then did it again.
And then, just for good measure, did it one more time.
Dangit.
I will say this: John-boy, you're a fucking chickenshit who'd not dare say that to the face of a soldier. You'd sooner hide behind the triple-wide skirt of your rum-raisin queen, Tuh-RAAAAAYYY-zzzzzzuhhhhh, than dare to have your elitist snot-nosed ass handed to you.
FOAD, you pansy-assed pussy.
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