Pay No Attention To That Continent Over There

It's interesting that, while the Democrats in America are so bent on creating a socialist utopia right here, countries that have actually embraced that form of government are moving strongly away from it.

I'll Take Dim Journalists for $100

Imagine comedian Andy Richter and prime time CNN national news anchor Wolf Blitzer faced off on Jeopardy. Who would win in a landslide?

A no-brainer right?

Well ya, if you picked Richter.

The Best Yet

This becomes the greatest run yet by Adrian Peterson:



It's amazing how fast he gets from the 40 to the 50 yard line. He covers ten yards in six steps and that's with a juke. Six guys had their hands on him in the first 20 yards, and none even forced him to alter course. I don't know who 24 is for Cleveland, but it won't be a fun week for him in the film room. That was embarrassing.

Watching Adrian break loose is just as exciting as any part of the vertical game during the Moss years. It's breathtaking.

Here's four minutes of highlights from rookie season, set to perfect music, that highlights not only his explosiveness, but how severely he punishes tacklers. Included are a number of runs from the Chargers game, in which he set the single game rushing record (296 yards) and which I attended with GD³, an experience we will cherish forever. Does anyone remember which other record was set that game?

This is going to be a fun year.

UPDATE: Well, I must stand corrected and amend my title to read "The Best Yet...as a Viking." This is the best run I have even seen.

A Distinguishing Mole

Almost 30 years later, this is still one of the funniest scenes on film:



There is something innocent about Porky's (trailer here), despite the subject matter. I think it has something to do with being released before the PG-13 era, which hyper- sexualized everything for younger and younger ages. As long as actual nudity is avoided, anything's acceptable in a PG-13 film. Porky's, with all its nudity and crudity, is somehow less corrupting than your average modern day teen flick. Maybe its because the film didn't take it all so seriously.

It's just fun, and therefore funny. At least, it's funnier than 90 percent of the movies I've seen in the last 10 years.

Today on Geraldo...

It's been a long time since I read something so powerful and that so masterfully deconstructs the cult of personality currently occupying the executive branch. I couldn't choose a quote, there's just too damn many.

It also makes me wonder when I started forgetting to read VDH, and reminds me not to do it again.

No Word Yet on a Ransom

Obama says pass health care reform or "more people will die."

Wait. People have been dying? Does everyone? Will I?

When did this start happening?

WTF

There sure is a lot of left-wing bullying going around these days. People are getting fingers bitten off, and locally, this poor guy is being constantly harassed by the carpenters' union.

I guess the left is no longer pro-choice or non-violent.

Thanks for the Extra Work

Obama has created a real mess for school districts across the country, which now have to figure out what to do about his speech to school children. And make no mistake, this is a quagmire created by Obama. Most of what he intends to say is great...work hard, pay attention, strive for success, yada yada. No problem there.

But Obama hasn't released the context of his speech, and the teaser suggests there is an element of political agenda. This liberal writer encapsulates the problem, much of the pre- and post-speech activities are about Obama. And, Obama's press people have given little to no detail about the part of the speech where Obama is going to talk about his plans for education, what kids can do to help.

As the above linked writer notes, it's creepy.

Certainly if a conservative president planned to address school children about an educational agenda that included vouchers and getting rid of teachers' unions there would be outrage, and justifiably so. The classroom is no place for politicking. Public schools are for all children, and Obama has no right to go around parents and push his agenda and values on children.

Granted, we don't know that Obama will do that, and I would like to believe he's smarter than that. But no one knows because, while they must plan for the event now, no one has had a chance to preview what it is will be shown. The event is being billed as curricular, but curriculum is something that is reviewed before it is bought into by educators. No school in its right mind would put untested curriculum in front of kids, but that is exactly what they are being asked to do.

Naturally, conservatives are concerned that Obama is about to break the American golden rule by going around parents to instill his values in their children. And why not? The left is notorious for disregarding the rules when it comes to their own politics. A school is already apologizing for showing a left-wing video at an assembly that shows famous people pledging to support stem cell research, buy a hybrid, and support Obama. His administration has no problem calling Republicans "assholes" in public. I certainly don't trust him, his agenda, or many of his immature administration with my children.

Obama could clear this all up by releasing the transcript of his speech, and let parents and educators review it for content and educational value. I would expect nothing less of anybody who wanted to "teach" my children. And let's hope he does it soon because as it looks right now, districts across the country look to be spending the rest of this week in the middle of this mess when they should be preparing to start classes. In other words, all he has accomplished thus far is to throw school district into an unwinnable public relations tailspin before it has gotten off the ground.

Somehow I don't think that was his intent.

So fix it. And hurry please.