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Saints 31, Colts 17.

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(How it came together.)

P.S. Two hours before the game, President Obama sat down for a pre-game interview with Katie Couric…

I liked the shirt.
 

The President offers his best wishes for the New Year, recorded on December 22nd before he left Washington:

Hello everybody. Tonight, as Americans across the country gather with family and friends, I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year.

This is always a hopeful time, as we celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another. And while 2009 was difficult for many Americans, we must also look back on this year with the knowledge that brighter days are ahead of us – that although our challenges are great, each of us has the courage and determination to rise up and meet them.

It is that spirit that has kept the American Dream alive for generations, and it is that spirit that will keep it alive for generations to come. Happy New Year, everybody.

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I googled this just for you…

Here’s wishing you a happy and prosperous new decade. May it be all you want it to be and may all your wishes come true. (Unless you’re one of those hateful extremist conservative Republican types, because I really, really, really do not want to live in your world. Sorry.)

P.S. Please don’t be drinking and driving. It’s really your business if you want to splatter yourself all over the road, but me and mine will be out and about tonight. We’d really rather you not splatter us. Thanks.
 

Happy Holidays. Merry Christmas. Be careful out there…

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If one is curious as to why the United States is rapidly failing as a nation, one need only check the priorities of our mainstream media.

I had the pleasure of watching The CBS Evening News this evening. Their lead story was about a pampered billionaire who threw a tantrum at oh-two-thirty in the morning and ran his 2009 Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant and a tree in his neighbor’s yard. Their second story was about four police officers who were gunned down execution-style as they sat in a coffee shop on a Sunday morning preparing to begin their shifts.

It is good to see that we have our priorities in order, isn’t it?
 

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in the States. I hope y’all are able to spend some time with family, friends and loved ones — or at the very least someone you kind of like a little. If you’re lucky enough to feast out, take a few moments to remember those who aren’t so lucky.

Now, representing our right wing Republican friends…

Go, Cowboys!
 

Hmmm… It seems we may have been extolling the wrong hero…

Second Officer Gives an Account of the Shooting at Ft. Hood

Mark Todd

KILLEEN, Tex. — Sgt. Kimberly D. Munley has been applauded as a hero across the nation for shooting down Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan during the bloody rampage at Fort Hood last week. The account of heroism, given by the authorities, attracted the attention of newspapers, the networks and television talk shows.

But the initial story of how she and the accused gunman went down in an exchange of gunfire now appears to be inaccurate.

Another officer, Senior Sgt. Mark Todd, 42, said in an interview Thursday that he fired the shots that brought down the gunman after Sergeant Munley was seriously wounded. A witness confirmed Sergeant Todd’s account…

Sergeant Todd’s account agrees with that of a witness who was at the processing center when the shooting occurred.

The witness, who asked not to be identified, said Major Hasan wheeled on Sergeant Munley as she rounded the corner of a building and shot her. Then Major Hasan turned his back and started putting another magazine into his semiautomatic pistol.

Sergeant Todd then rounded another corner of the building, found Major Hasan fumbling with his weapon and shot him, the witness said.

How the authorities came to issue the original version of the story, which made Sergeant Munley a national hero for several days and obscured Sergeant Todd’s role, remains unclear. (Military officials also said for several hours after the shooting that Major Hasan had been killed; he survived.)

Six days after the shooting, the military has yet to put out a full account of what happened.

One cannot help but wonder why they can’t just tell us the truth.
 

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It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon. We’ve all kind of put our minds in neutral around here, just waiting for football season to start. (Kind of difficult to think about football, though, when it’s 100 degrees outside with 80% humidity.) So, given that I’ve got nothing, here’s a little something to think about…

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Truth be told, I’m more in favor of banning cell phones while driving completely. If you’ve got something that important to say to somebody, you can pull off the road and talk to them. Whatever you have to say is not important enough to endanger the lives of everybody who is unlucky enough to be on the road at the same time as you.

So there.
 

This is some hilarious stuff from last night’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. If Sarah Palin thought she had problems with David Letterman, she ain’t seen nothing yet…

The skit begins about two minutes in, but the entire video is worth watching.