18-1 is all I gotta say, actually there is more to say but i don't have alot of time so I'll say it all later for now all i need is 18-1 and of course

Tomarrow is Super Bowl 42, and as long as I've been watching the big game this has to be the biggest ever. People who have no interest in football are paying attention, because whoever wins sports history will be made. The New England Patriots, which may be the greatest team ever, led by the greatest quarterback ever are looking to go 19-0, something no other NFL team has done before (mostly because when teams went undefeated before they didn't have a 16 game schedule) and the New York Giants could cause the greatest upset in the history of sports (not just football, but sports in general). In the 1995-1996 season the Chicago Bulls won 72 out of 82 games, imagine if they had lost the NBA Finals after that, it would have been devastating, much like in 2001 when the Seattle Mariners broke the single season win record (116) set by the Yankees (114) in 1999, and lost in the ALCS to the Yankees. The Patriots/Giants championship game will be another chance to see and amazing season come to an amazing end like the Bulls beating the SuperSonics or a crushing defeat to the clear favorite to win the game. As a Giants fan I of course believe that they have the chance to pull out the upset, they have the skill to stay competitive and either way everyone watching the game tomorrow night will see a game that will go down in sports history forever as one of the biggest games ever.

Yesterday I put up a blog attacking our president, and didn't let the other side get a chance to defend him and that wasn't fair, so I went out of my way to find this article listing all of the achievements Mr.Bush has had over the past 7 years, trust me this is good.


When one looks at Bush’s record, we can see why he chose this tact; after all he has so many signature achievements to pick from. In fact he has so many it is difficult to tell which one he may be most proud of.

Possibly it is his “War on Terror”. In this signature achievement we see the following “results”:

- Spent over 166 billion dollars to blow up two third world countries that posed no threat to us.

- Has presided over the deaths of close to 1000 US soldiers, and over 12,000 innocent Iraqi civilians.

- Has not attended one US soldier’s funeral.

- Won’t allow the returning dead from Iraq be seen by the public.

- He has crafted policy that allows us to torture prisoners, regardless of their innocence, violating international law.

- This torture has now been reported to have occurred to children, sexually, in front of their parents. This was used as a means to “break” them.

- Has not caught Osama bin Hidin.

- Has allowed the Taliban and warlord tribes take over Afghanistan again.

- Has turned Osama bin Laden from public enemy number one, to being marginalized and not thought of much.

- Encourages Americans to fly in the face of fear, but plans on canceling the elections.

- Created the terror color code chart which gives us a vibrant way of being perpetually scared, without anything of substance behind the fear. Conveniently, the chart comes in handy whenever trailing on the polls.

- Has permanently adopted Halliburton as a dependent.

- Has seen an increase in terrorist activity since taking office.

Hmm, that doesn’t seem very positive. It can’t be this area; maybe it is in his domestic agenda. No not in Iraq, here in the US. Let’s try the environment:

- Created the Clear Skies Initiative, which would completely overhaul the Clean Air Act, to reduce requirements of businesses that contribute to pollution. The data has been summarized as follows: “under Clear Skies sulfur dioxide pollution could increase 34 percent, mercury pollution could rise by up to 88 percent, and nitrogen oxides pollution could double”.

- Passed the Healthy Forests Initiative (No Tree Left Behind), which is a devious handout to the logging industry, which contributed over $14 million to political campaigns since 1999, with over 80 percent going to Republican lawmakers; President Bush has received more than $500,000. Healthy Forests is disguised as a fire prevention bill, which, you guessed it, solves the problem of forest fires by removing those pesky trees.

- Suspended the new arsenic-in-tap-water standard and right-to-know requirements, which compel water utilities to divulge their arsenic levels to their consumers. Interesting, remove the health restrictions, AND remove their accountability.

- 2005 budget slashes federal funding to prevent lead poisoning by $35 million, leaving some 40,000 homes contaminated with lead next year.

- Mountaintop Mining Self-Reporting Program will actually allow polluting companies that deposit mountaintops into streams which pollute public waters, to simply self identify and avoid any prosecution from the federal government.

- Proposed to loosen regulations to let the nuclear industry dump low-level radioactive waste, which now must be stored in closely monitored facilities, in regular landfills and hazardous waste sites that weren't designed to handle these dangerous substances. The rule change, which could open landfills to such deadly radioactive materials as cesium, strontium, cobalt and plutonium, would substantially reduce the nuclear industry's waste-disposal costs.

Yikes, that just doesn’t sound right. Sounds like the only environmental thing about Bush, is his name. Well, I am sure when we look at the economy we will see those signature achievements. After all according to George, we have just turned a corner and are not looking back, right?

- The first net loss of jobs since Herbert Hoover. Yes, that Herbert Hoover from the Great Depression.

- Has lost 1.8 million private sector jobs.

- Handed out tax breaks targeting the richest 1% of this country, who he affectionately refers to as his base.

- This tax break has not “stimulated” the economy, it has crippled it and accounts currently for 290 billion dollars of the deficit.

- Bush has created the second highest lay-off rate in history at 8.7 percent, only topped by Reagan in the early 1980’s.

- On the average, those who are lucky enough to find work again are earning an average of $9,160 (21%) less, without medical insurance.

- 3.7 million American families have lost their medical insurance under Bush.

- A record 82 million American families have gone without medical insurance.

- For those who are still lucky enough to have coverage, family medical insurance premiums have increased over $2,600 under Bush.

- A new record budget deficit of over 400 billion dollars, which is 800 billion dollars worse, than when he took office.

- Home foreclosures hit a record high in 2003.

- Personal bankruptcies hit all time high in 2002.

I don’t know what corner Mr. Bush has turned, but it appears he has left the rest of us behind in this little place we like to call reality. Luckily for him, we still have other areas to examine because those signature achievements should be around here somewhere, kinda like those WMD, right? We must be a safer country, where our civil liberties are protected and we don’t live in a police state. That would be a great signature achievement. Let’s take a look at life in George W. Bush’s America:

- George W. Bush has essentially eliminated the provision of habeas corpus by granting himself unlimited power to declare any citizen an “enemy combatant”. This results in permanent detention, at Bush’s whim, no counsel, no offer or proof ever has to be made, and Bush may move the case to any district he wishes.

- Email and library records are now allowed to be monitored and searched, without probable cause or warrant.

- Brandon Mayfield of Oregon is wrongly arrested for connection to Madrid bombing; his house is searched by FBI without his knowledge.

- Steven Kurtz of Buffalo is currently being persecuted, after his wife died, and is being brought up on bio-terrorism charges, for his artwork.

- A Wyoming woman is dragged off her cruise ship in cuffs and leg shackles for an incorrect warrant, involving a $50 “improper food storage” summons, which she had already paid, months prior.

- A Texas married couple at a Bush rally in West Virginia were arrested and led away in cuffs. Their offense? Wearing anti-Bush tee shirts. People wearing pro-Bush shirts were not accosted. The woman, who worked for FEMA, lost her job immediately. The ACLU is trying to help the couple fight the case in court.

- A St. Petersburg couple was pepper sprayed by police for receiving a cell phone call in a theater. Witnesses say the couple did nothing wrong and were cooperating at the time of the assault by police.

- A Homeland Security inspector of the United States was charged with violating a Chinese tourist's civil rights following an altercation that left the innocent woman's eyes nearly swollen shut and bumps and bruises on her face and head. This occurred at Niagara Falls, where the woman was mistaken for being involved with a marijuana buy. Apparently this officer beat the hell out of the wrong person.

- A government scientist finishing a candy bar on her way into a subway station where eating is banned was arrested, handcuffed and detained for three hours by transit police in Washington DC. Yes, that’s right, illegal use of a Kit Kat is now punishable with handcuffs and arrest. The worst part is the Transit Police Chief actually defended the actions.

- A US couple were removed from a New York-bound flight at Miami Airport because crewmembers considered a T-shirt one of them was wearing obscene. The offending tee shirt had a picture of an exposed breast. Mind you, no passengers complained, the flight staff demanded they remove the shirt, when the couple correctly asserted their free speech rights, they were booted off the plane.

well that's just some of his greatest achievements, so Bush supporters stand tall and proud, and don't let us Bush haters get you down, you're apparently much smarter than we are, because only you few can see the good in this great, great President.

President Bush gave his final state of the union address last night, and for the first time I didn't watch it, I actually forgot it was on. I usually like hearing him stumble through his speeches, so in celebration of him leaving office at the end of the year here's my dedication to the worst president ever (66% of Americans can't be wrong)

First a joke to break the ice

Q. What's the difference between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War?

A. George W. Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam War.

While visiting England, George W. Bush is invited to tea with the Queen. He asks her what her leadership philosophy is. She says that it is to surround herself with intelligent people. He asks how she knows if they're intelligent.

"I do so by asking them the right questions," says the Queen. "Allow me to demonstrate."

She phones Tony Blair and says, "Mr. Prime Minister. Please answer this question: Your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?"

Tony Blair responds, "It's me, ma'am."

"Correct. Thank you and good-bye, sir," says the Queen. She hangs up and says, "Did you get that, Mr. Bush?"

"Yes ma'am. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!"

Upon returning to Washington, he decides he'd better put the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to the test. He summons Jesse Helms to the White House and says, "Senator Helms, I wonder if you can answer a question for me."

"Why, of course, sir. What's on your mind?"

"Uh, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"

Helms hems and haws and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back to you?" Bush agrees, and Helms leaves. He immediately calls a meeting of other senior senators, and they puzzle over the question for several hours, but nobody can come up with an answer. Finally, in desperation, Helms calls Colin Powell at the State Department and explains his problem.

"Now look here Colin Powell, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother, or your sister. Who is it?" Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course, you dumb ass."

Much relieved, Helms rushes back to the White House and exclaims, "I know the answer, sir! I know who it is! It's Colin Powell!" And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong, you dumb ass, It's Tony Blair!"

I've been trying to get alot of pictures of Alyssa and Dev together cuz i know it's only a matter of time before they stop getting along. Today Heather went out for a few hours and these are a few pics I got while watching the kids. I've noticed lately Alyssa has been alot less independent and needs to be entertained whereas she used to be pretty self reliant in keeping herself busy, she would go into her room and play for an hour or so but no such luck anymore. I'm sure it's because Devin needs us to do everything for him so she wants some of that treatment herself, altho there are still some of the perks of having a kid who's almost 6, she did help feed him one of his bottles today and is capable of getting her own drinks, and helps keep him busy and gives him his pacifier when he drops it. It all balances out I guess, but when you get her begging to play hide and seek or set up her V-Smile and Dev is mid eating, or crying to eat it can get hectic, and I don't want to start a rivalry by telling her she needs to wait cuz devin needs me more, but what else can you do? Well, millions have done it and survived so I think we'll be fine, it's easier at least when both of us are home, but alot of times I work late so Heather gets stuck in this situation, luckily tho we have good neighbors who will hold Devin while we set up a movie or play a game with Alyssa. Anywho here's those pictures and yes Alyssa is trying to shoot webs like Spiderman (no denying that is my kid)