Peyton Manning: Last word on SB XLIV

Growing up in New Orleans, son of Archie, and all that …..

Peyton Manning’s childhood dream of throwing the game clenching TD pass for the Saints was achieved with about 3 minutes and 20 seconds to go in Super Bowl XLIV.

Atta boy Peyton.

Who Dat!

Worst Super Bowl Commercial Ever

The winner is ….. AUDI.

Whoever thought this was a good commercial needs their ass kicked.

I didn’t realize it was a car commercial until the very end. by that time, I was so appalled that I was ready to puke.

The sad part of it is that there are probably plenty of hopey-changers out there living in Al Gore’s fantasyworld that were sitting around having gaiaistic orgasms, screaming “oh my god, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could have this kind of enforcement.”

Buy an Audi? Not.

SB Linkage: Life imitates the Audi commercial

BHO picks the Colts. So does Hot Air.

BWAAAAAHAHAHA! Who Dat?

Hurricane Who Dat!

With 3:24 left, Saints defensive back Tracy Porter returned a Peyton Manning pass for 76 yards to give the New Orleans Saints a two-touchdown margin in Super Bowl XLIV.

More from AP

Super Sunday at last

I’ve been a Saints fan since I was a kid.

This is great! Got the DVR set, Mrs. Nuke has the hot wings going. Waiting on kickoff.

(((GEAUX SAINTS!!!)))

Update:  It’s Amazing!  Saints beat Colts 31 – 17!!!

Wish my old man was still here to see this.  He loved ‘dem Saints through all the tough years.

This is just amazing!  I never thought I’d live to see this.

This One’s For You, Pops.  I miss you.

Sarah Palin keynote address at the TEA party convention

the full hour, hat tip to maxCUA

“This is about the people … and it’s a lot bigger than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter,”

Read more here

Old habits die hard

Borrowed from nicedeb

Hilary in a bikini!

No. Not THAT Hilary.

The Sports Illustrated swimsuit version.

>>LINK<<

Is it Rule 5 day already?

The Riddle

from bonz over at gcp …

Barack Obama met with the Queen of England. He asked her, “Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?”

”Well,” said the Queen, “the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people.”

Obama frowned, and then asked, “But how do I know the people around me are really intelligent?”

The Queen took a sip of tea. “Oh, that’s easy; you just ask them to answer an intelligent riddle.” The Queen pushed a button on her intercom. ”Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?”

Tony Blair walked into the room and said, “Yes, my Queen?”

The Queen smiled and said, “Answer me this please, Tony, your mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is it?”

Without pausing for a moment, Tony Blair answered, “That would be me.”

”Yes! Very good,” said the Queen.

Obama went back home to ask Joe Biden, his vice presidential choice the same question. “Joe, answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a child. It’s not your brother and it’s not your sister. Who is it?”

”I’m not sure,” said Biden. “Let me get back to you on that one.” He went to his advisors and asked every one, but none could give him an answer. Finally, he ended up in the men’s room and recognized Colin Powell’s shoes in the next stall.

Biden asked Powell, “Colin, can you answer this for me? Your mother and father have a child and it’s not your brother or your sister. Who is it?”

Colin Powell yelled back, “That’s easy, it’s me!”

Biden smiled, and said, “Thanks!”

Then, he went back to speak with Obama. “Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It is Colin Powell!”

Obama got up, stomped over to Biden, and angrily yelled into his face,
”No! you idiot! It’s Tony Blair!”

Wishbone Wisdom: Emory Bellard tells his story

The celebration in the home team locker room of Jackson’s Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium was a raucous one. Players were hugging, high-fiving, and yelling.

No. 1 Alabama suffered a shocking 6-3 loss to heavy underdog Mississippi State on Nov. 1, 1980, and the Bulldogs had no reason to be quiet. And then they did.

Legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant walked in.

“A hush came over us and everybody took a knee,” recalled John Bond, then an MSU freshman quarterback. “He was dressed just like in the pictures.”

Bryant took off his Houndstooth hat, and with help from a state trooper, stepped up on a folding chair. To the players who had ended his hope of winning a third consecutive national title, he spoke.

“He said simply, `You whipped us,’” said Emory Bellard, then State’s coach. “There weren’t any excuses. On that day, I had to agree.” source

Emory Bellard. State folks loved him.

Even when the rest best and brightest offensive minds of the college football world had abandoned the wishbone set, Emory Bellard was still refining and tweaking triple option football, and bringing a no-excuse toughness to the Bulldog nation.

After his stay at MSU, Bellard returned to Texas high school football.

Now he tells his story as the author of “Wishbone Wisdom, Emory Bellard: Texas Football Visionary” (as told to Al Pickett, State House Press, $19.95 trade paperback).

I think I’m going to have to read this one. If you love real football as much as I do, you’ll want to read it too.

And, to John Bond and his family, our hearts are breaking for you. Know that thousands of hands are clasped in prayer for y’all.

Update: from Veazeyille, KV recaps a hectic week in Bulldog Nation.

About that last Favre interception

Update for State fans:
State falls to vandy, Jarvis just 27 blocks away from the record, and the NCAA still sucks. Full story at VZille …

A possible explanation for Brett Favre’s inexplicable, 4th quarter interception in the NFC Championship Game, which aborted a game winning Vikings drive … from Rick Cleveland’s blog

For all those who have criticized Favre for throwing instead of running on that last play against the Saints, check out Brett’s left ankle and his right hamstring.


Dang, son. That’s UGLY.

Need your college football fix?

Me too.

Watch the 2010 Senior Bowl here.

Enjoy. It’s a long time till September.

SOTU speech falls flat

The first hour of Pres Obama’s first State of The Union Address was the most divisive, partisan, and bitter SOTU that I have ever heard, in my entire adult lifetime.

And, I’m no spring chicken.

The last half hour wasn’t any better.

He didn’t pivot to the center, as some expected, but rather gave a head fake toward the center, then restated his radical progressive nightmare vision for America, persuading no one not already on board with him. Amidst the phony calls for bi-partisanship, the one truth that was spoken tonight was the fact that the Democrats control historically large majorities in both houses, and they’re not about to quit trying to impose their will against the majority of citizens. For Obama and the dems, bipartisanship is defined as picking up one Republican vote in the Senate (by any means necessary) in order to resume their program of “fundamental change.”

I do wonder if the Republic will survive this charlatan. My fear is a complete collapse of the economy.

If I’m right, there will be much to do to prepare for life in this post-American, Obama world.

It won’t be pleasant.
Take care of your families.
Take care of yourself.
Pray.

more at CNN, FoxNews, PMSNBC, NYT, HotAir, BBC

Update: Here’s an interesting video from the jellytoast blog. Two years ago, Obama gave the dem response to Pres Bush’s final SOTU. This is the first time I’e seen it, because at the time, I had no interest in seeing it.

It is remarkable in that it is basically the same speech he gave tonight, with one notable exception: Obama claimed that the surge failed. If we had followed Obama’s plan to immediately begin withdrawing from Iraq two years ago, then he would not have been able to stand up tonight and shamelessly claim credit for ending the war in Iraq. Iraq would be a complete basket case. Obama was wrong then, and he hasn’t changed a bit.

h/t Freerepublic

Update 2: Nile Gardiner (Telegraph) grades the speech an F on international leadership.

Democrat Underground, however, thinks Obama is God himself. And if you can’t see that, well, you’re just blind.

Obama gives Kentucky Wildcats the K.O.D.

President Obama’s 0-fer streak continues.

What began as a thank-you call for Haitian relief efforts to the top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats became the latest example of the Obama Kiss of Death.

Obama and the Wildcats participated on the phone call Tuesday afternoon in Columbia, S.C., where Kentucky was to play South Carolina on Tuesday night. link

Final Score, South Carolina 68 Kentucky 62.

Christian Relationships

I received an email today, and wanted to post it for for your consideration:

Brothers & Sisters of Christ,

A young woman of God by the name of Latonya has decided to start a Christian Blog for women. Please support this young lady as she discusses topics about relationships. Her blogs are for women of all ages: who are single, married, divorced, dating etc……and each blog includes reference scriptures.

If you or other Christian women you know have questions or insightful wisdom they can add, please visit: http://wisdomforladies.blogspot.com.

Let’s spread the Word!

Best wishes to you Latonya. Hope your new blog is a smash! I’m adding a link to Wisdom for Ladies in The Roll, right-hand sidebar.

Saints! Saints! Saints!

Speechless.

Update:

SisterB on facebook ……

We cry, Because We Remember: We remember Betsy; We remember Camille; We remember when the Saints were not a big deal. We remember Katrina; We remember the Dome; We remember the night, the Saints came marching home. We remember the bags; We remember the Aints; We remember those no longer with us, who simply loved the Sa…ints. We cry, because we remember; No matter the score; The Saints time is now, at Superbowl 44.

Have teleprompter will travel

Obama visits first sixth graders. Brings along trusty teleprompter.

Seriously. Dude.

You cant make this shite up.

h/t Snarky

The Holder File – Updated

See our newest page: DOJ Watch

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“The president is entitled to have whatever policy advisers he wants. But when you have someone whose job it is to enforce the law you must have someone who is not only qualified but someone determined to enforce the law.”

That standard is sadly lacking in the Holder Justice Department.

While some conservatives doubted that the man who helped facilitate the Marc Rich pardon and overrode the recommendation of career attorneys to give Bill Clinton a favorable recommendation on the pardon of 16 Puerto Rican terrorists in 1999… was up to the job, he was confirmed by a vote of 75-21 with the support of many Republican senators.

from Jennifer Rubin’s “Eric Holder’s Justice Dept: It’s all politics all the time”

More Links of interest in the ever-expanding collection of articles that I call,

“DOJ Watch:”


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Just add them in the comments section!

Howard Dean on Teh Beeb

Here’s Howard Dean, telling the BBC that the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts was not a revolt from the right….

So there you have it folks. According to weird uncle Howie, The Democrats lost because they weren’t progressive enough.

Thanks for clearing that up for us Howard.

h/t HAP

All this time y’all thought I was crazy

I guess I see this as some sort of validation from the mainstream press …

From the Dallas NewsStockpiling food, water in case of emergency is smart, not paranoid

I’ve been on yellow alert since Katrina. And Mrs. Nuke, bless her soul, has been real tolerant of it. Heh

Buh Bye

Air America to “cease broadcasting immediately.”

Bush’s fault.

Busy news day

Lots going on today.  Here are a few headlines for your consideration …


China removed as top priority for spies

The decision downgrades China from “Priority 1″ status, alongside Iran and North Korea, to “Priority 2,” which covers specific events such as the humanitarian crisis after the Haitian earthquake …

Obama Cuts Deal that Will Reduce Social Security, Medicare and all Entitlements
“While the Massachusetts voters were casting their ballots to install the upstart Republican Scott Brown to Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, President Obama was hammering out an agreement with Democratic leaders to support a plan to issue an executive order to cut entitlements, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.”

SCOTUS rolls back McCain-Feingold
Writing for the court’s five conservatives, Justice Anthony Kennedy ruled that a central provision of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance act violated the First Amendment by restricting corporations from funding political messages in the run-up to elections.

Pelosi: House lacks votes to pass the Senate version of Obamacare
Pelosi threw cold water on the idea that the House could muster enough support to pass the Senate’s health bill, which includes a number of provisions liberals in the House find distasteful.

Obama looks to limit bank size, seeks new regulation
President Barack Obama, eager to harness and redirect voter anger over bank bailouts, is ramping up his war on Wall Street Thursday by pushing tougher regulation of big banks.

Is the market on the brink of a major correction?
Analysis from CNBC

And, finishing up with a nice opinion piece, “Rethinking Bush”
Why Didn’t the President Fight Back Against the MSM?

Scott Brown wins Mass election in epic upset

AP calls it for Brown

A week before President Obama’s first State of the Union Address, the people of Massachusetts delivered a stunning rebuke to Democrat plans to “fundamentally change” the country.

The loss by the once-favored Coakley for the seat that the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy held for nearly half a century signaled big political problems for the president’s party this fall when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot nationwide.

It was just a little over a week ago that a Rasmussen Poll showed Scott Brown had closed to within single digits of the heavily favored Coakley. By the time the Democrats realized the momentum had shifted, it was too late. Even a last-minute campaign swing by President Obama himself did nothing to stem the tide.

update:

Best headline so far … “A Blue State Turns BROWN”

Lonsberry:  Obama’s 1st gut-check

TPM:   No HCR Votes until Brown seated

Malkin:  Brown should give the GOP response to Obama SOTU

Snarky:  Ok GOP, Now don’t screw it up

Urban Grounds: “a referendum on the far-Left Obama/Reid/Pelosi agenda”

A1A South:  A message from the Tea Party

Blogmacracy:  Do you hear them now?

The Other McCain:  Live Video from Stacy and Smitty

JWF:  What were they thinking?

WFFOT: Time to wear the pants

New ad campain for Dockers™
(h/t snakedoc, click to enlarge)

This is the World Famous Friday Open Thread. Track-backs welcome.

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Cognitive dissonance

The USDA has released the annual crop production estimates for 2009.

The numbers show “record” production.

I call B.S.

I hope I’m wrong, but here’s one reason I’m skeptical.

ETA: Here’s another. The official government reporting is 180 degrees opposite of real-time reports on the ground.

Somebody is lying. I’ve got a bad feeling about this.

100 million bushels of corn lost to snow

Update: USDA releases report.

“Heavy snow in parts of the Midwest could cause as much as 100 million bushels of the 2009 corn crop to be lost. According to analysts in several Corn Belt states, a significant number of acres were yet to be harvested when snow came in December. Now, with the storm that struck the first week of January adding more snow, a lot of the corn still in the field will be there for the rest of the winter. It likely won’t be harvested until spring and significant yield loss will occur.” (source)

The USDA releases its annual crop production summary estimates for 2009 January 12, 2010.

See also: 2010 Food Crisis

UPDATE: This article from The Guardian says “Food prices to soar” as the effects of the Big Freeze become evident.