Why Futbol Rules!!

Manchester United vs. Barcelona FC.

Here is a link I have provided that inexplicably details the differences between a world sport and America's smug sports. Read and enjoy!!

Deflecting Senators

Senator Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania has deflected from the Republican party. Really?!! He broke his parties back by joining the 2 other republicans in passing the stimulus bill worth trillions of dollars. His lack of leadership and arrogant persona forced his constituencies to find another candidate. He weilded his power for the democrats under the republican name by choice. He secretly brokered deals with democrats to defeat the republicans all the while being dubbed a republican. His actions are purely based out of political survival. He knew that by brokering deals with democrats, especially on the stimulus bill would ultimately defeat the image of republican and thus changing sides will allow him to run against the next GOP condidate in Pennsylvania and potentially spend another 4 years in the Senate under the name of a democrat.

I am stunned at the ability of Senators to turn their backs on their constituents and still maintain a position of office. What I do not understand is how the GOP caucus even ran with this guy in '06. If he is so much of a deflector he does not belong in politics. However since politics are about votes and tenure, he is perfectly satisfied to be a democrat as long as he continues to collect his paycheck straight out of America's wallets. Regardless of party lines if you are against the ideas and foundations of a particular party and you run your campaign as something that you are not, there should some type of reprecussions and a replacement for your Senate seat. People of a particular faction did not vote you in to back stab them. You literally kill all aspirations of being a future Senator if you switch parties. It is absurd that the GOP does not have anything that will prevent Senators from being bought out and changing factions.

Here's the solution to the GOP problems. Stand on conservative values and foundations. People enjoy freedom and when you begin to give them more freedom they will repond positively. Therefore, conservative principles are the bedrock of the republican party. The republican party needs to turn their backs on people like Arlen Spector and accept people like Sarah Palin. Stop pandering to the other side of the aisle.

Shrimp Festival

This weekend marks the 46th annual Isles of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival in Fernandina Beach. "The Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival will celebrate our 46th Annual festival on May 1, 2 & 3, 2008 and the Pirate Parade will be held on Thursday, April 30th at 6: 00 p.m.. Held in the heart of historic downtown Fernandina Beach on beautiful Amelia Island since 1964, the free admission Shrimp Festival is a fully juried arts and crafts show (300+ booths) recognized by Sunshine Artist Magazine as one of the top 200 outdoor festivals in the United States. The festival also features Antiques (100+ booths), the Southwest Airlines Kids Korner (25+ booths), live entertainment on the Riverfront Stage, 6th Street Stage and in the Southwest Airlines Kids Korner, plus shrimp prepared every way imaginable by 28 food booths all staffed and run exclusively by Nassau County non-profit groups as fund-raisers. The Shrimp Festival encompasses the 8-block length of Centre Street down to the intra-coastal waterway and one block on both side and hosts over 130,000 visitors annually. The downtown merchants hold a sidewalk sale during the business day on Friday prior to the Festival, which starts at 5:00 pm (Riverfront and Fun Zone only on Friday evening). Pirates entertain the crowd during two “invasions”, one Friday night followed by fireworks and one on Saturday afternoon. Several contests are held, including the Miss Shrimp Festival Scholarship Pageant, Little Pirate and Big Pirate Contests, and Beard Contest. Sunday features the Blessing of the Fleet and the Best Decorated Boats Contest, including the traditional Best Decorated Shrimp Boat. Public and private school artwork from all schools in Nassau County have a special display area and also compete for prize money. Free shuttle bus transportation to off-site parking benefiting non-profit organizations. Further information can be found on the website www.shrimpfestival.com." This was taken from Jacksonville.com.

Democratic Inefficiencies

Taken from a FoxNews headline and I quote..."Allegations of ethics violations by Democrats in recent months have not made the same splash that they did a few years ago when Republicans were on the receiving end."

Now I pause for only a moment to gather my thoughts about why and how such violations are allowable under this type of economic condition? There are several allegations against key democrats that include lobbying for certain positions within the House and funneling TARP funds to a Senators husband's firm by writing legislation so that her husbands company could receive the government contract of over 25 billion tax payers dollars. Couple those more recent allegations with the tax evasion of several other key democrats and you have a thorough and clear view at most democratic agendas and their lack of abidance to their own laws. The secretary of Treasury had over 30 thousand dollars of unpaid taxes from over 5 years ago. The Ways and Means committee chairman (who is a leading democrat) is up against 4 different types of ethic violations alone. And the chairman handles the appropriations of our tax dollars? (A full description of what the Way and Means committee presides over can be found here).

In comparison to the democrats violations of this year, the republicans have had their own problems with the ethics committee. As the Washington Post reports the entire republican scandals can be traced to Jack Abramoff. He basically lobbyied politicians illegally and gave enormous gifts in return for governmental contracts etc. Republicans instead of taking the high road and admitting their wrong doing blatantly attempted a cover up which caused media circuses throughout America to jump on board and bash republicans. Thus republicans lost majorities in both House and Senate committees that are crucial to the financial turmoil America is in now.

How does republican smearing lead to democrat majorities? Easy its called the media!! The media alone progressed the democratic agenda by incessantly depicting Tom Delay and Jack Abramoff as career criminals. The media has not jumped on the bandwagon for depicting these democrats as career criminals even though each have a history with the ethics committee longer than the wrap sheet for any republican. i am frusterated by all of the blatant lies from both sides of the aisle and seek to purify our government by electing responsible and truthful politicians. And when those politicians overstep their ethics, they should be tried and convicted and placed in jail.

Byron Leftwich

I just read an op-ed about Byron Leftwich and how he got a bad deal here in Jacksonville, Florida and I am extrememly skeptical of the facts used to portray Leftwich as a starting QB in the NFL. You can read the entire op-ed here.

I want to reference just two parts of the editorial and make a few comments on the opposing side of the argument. First the article describes Leftwich's throwing motion as "slightly long delivery". An obvious mischaracterization of his actual throwing technique. I think Greg Cosell got it right when he characterized Leftwich's arm by saying..."Everything he does -- from his drop away from the center, to his plant and set in the pocket, to his delivery throwing the ball -- simply takes too long. It's too deliberate, too lengthy." Given this knowledge of a QB it is obvious why Jacksonville choose to go with David Garrard. He does not have any obstacles on the onset to limit the offensive coordinators ability to open the game up with short and quick west coast style offense. With that Jacksonville turned to their running game and thus the play action was set up for Byron; which typically freezes the defense for that extra spilt second for Bryon to deliver the ball. Since we know that Jacksonville's running attack was brutal through the tenure of Leftwich, it is easy to say that Jacksonville had to change their style of football to compliment the style and lack of technique from Leftwich. So did Jacksonville really oust Leftwich because they had a personal grudge against him or maybe it was because Leftwichs' technique and playing style handicapped the team?

Secondly, the article claims that Leftwich played in 46 games and started 42 games for Jacksonville alone. This is not an accurate statistic. The actual stats for Leftwich can be found by pressing ...here. According to the NFL Leftwich in '03 started 15 games, in 04' 14, in '05 11, in '06 just 6 games. If my math is correct and there are 16 game seasons, then Leftwich missed a total of 18 games as a "starter" for Jacksonville during the '03-'06 seasons. So why is the article concluding that Leftwich played in more games then he actually did is beyond me. At the fact sheet for Leftwich you will also find how many fumbles he had as a result of his "slightly long delivery". Just while playing in Jacksonville he had a total of 26 fumbles in 4 years. Now if you only look at games where he played over half the season he averages a fumble every 1.9 games he played in. Compare that to the elite QB's and you will find a gigantic discrepancy. For example Carson Palmer who played in more games over a 4 year stretch than Leftwich, averaged a fumble every 2.77 games. And thats with 15 more games over a 4 year span. In conclusion Leftwich sucks and NFL teams around the league have not signed him to a contract because of the aforementioned obstacles in his game. Thank God Jacksonville only gave this guy 4 chances!! Best of luck Tampa Bay, you will need it this year.

Newsweek lies about Christianity

Newsweek ran a front cover story about the death of christianity in American society. Then within a few days of that cover story hitting the shelves, Rasmussen did a poll asking several questions in relation to the validity of Jesus. Here is an excerpt of their findings. "...Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 88% of adults nationwide think the person known to history as Jesus Christ actually walked the earth 2,000 years ago." That is 5 points higher than last years numbers. In relation to the beliefs of Jesus and christianity Rasmussen found that, "Eighty-two percent (82%) also believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God who came to Earth and died for our sins. Another 10% think otherwise and 8% aren't sure. Nearly as many, 79% believe the central claim of the Christian faith--that Jesus Christ rose from the dead." How is this possible if Newsweek just told America that we do not believe in Jesus and are not a christian nation? This new data completely calls Newsweek out to the carpet for further explanation of their findings and just how they came to claim that America no longer believes in christianity.

We as Americans that are christians or not, must stop outright lies from our news media. Both right and left agendas must come secondary to the truth. If in fact the Rasmussen findings are true, then Newsweek chief editor Christopher Dickey needs to be making several phone calls to ensure that Newsweeks methods of obtaining truth were not actually bias reporting. Same for Scott Rasmussen who also needs to make several more phone calls to ensure his reporting is not just in jest of Newsweeks magazine.

Amazing New Technology

This is a youtube video about nanotechnology and how adaptive cell phones are the future of communication technology. This is a must see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs&feature=player_embedded

Birthday 4/12

This weekend I celebrated my 23 birthday. I am getting to that age where time becomes like sand in a bottle turned upside down and quickly showers the memories as I try to keep up. It has become increasingly more annoying that people tend to point out that I have ALOT of grey hair. I cannot determine for the life of me what people's infatuation is with my hair color. I guess people are astonished at my age in association with hair color. I guess they have never seen grey hair on such a good looking man? I obviously do not know what is going on, but I would appreciate people being more concerned with how if makes me feel as opposed to how it sparks their curiosity. In so much it does not bother me that curious people ask but it does get annoying to hear it every time I go anywhere. I get asked at Publix, Gas Stations, Dining out, at the pool just about anywhere I go.

Finally, whats with calling me pre-mature grey? Like having grey hair automatically means that you are matured and must act a certain way. Hair color has no bearing on the maturity of a person. "In some cases, grey hair may be caused by thyroid deficiencies or a deficiency of B12."(Check this website for further details.

Single Motherhood

I am reading an op-ed by Ann Coulter and she makes a very interesting case against the government and the established media. Here are a few excerpts from her new book Guilty. And I quote..."Government policies are designed to support single mothers, rather than stop them. Churches, corporations, and nonprofit organizations are required to chip in to make up for single mothers' lack of husbands."..."It never occurs to anyone to simply return to the original rule: Unless a man is married to a woman when she gives birth to his child, he has no rights to that child, and unless a woman is married to a man when she gives birth to his child, she has no right to his paycheck or his time."

She makes a very compelling case for how to deal with the growing trend of single mothers in America. She also gives several examples of studies that have been conducted about the social remifications fo single mothers on an economic stand point.

A link to a cliff notes version of her book click here.

Somalia Pirates

We are American's and we must be able to defend our citizens anywhere in the world against any threatening people group. American or not, we believe in a free society and free democratic republic. America needs to wake up and smell the coffee because we are roasting our own people overseas. Bowing down to dictators and irreverently dissing the country that promotes freedom for every nation is an abomination to everyone who says the pledge of allegiance. We must be able to defend out citizens against rogue Somalie pirates or one of our REAL enemies will threaten the civility of each of our citizens. The terrorists are watching America, just which America do you want them to see?
Somalie pirates take on US Navy

WWE Wrestlemania

I grew up religiously watching wrestling. Mainly WWE and ECW with the occassional WWF. I understand that wrestling is fake and that each part of the show has been completely scripted for my entertainment. Or atleast I just found out within the last 6 months that everything is scripted. I always knew that the fists and throws were fake to the extent that they are practiced over and over again to avoid any injuries, but I never thought the drama of the show was completely scripted with a few occassional off-the-cuff answers from the superstars. I am still an avid fan of wrestling even though i know it is completely fake. So my question is whether or not wrestling is really that entertaining or are my past experiences dictating what I enjoy?

Wrestling is uncomparable to any other sport I can think of. Many of these men that wrestle could have had very prosperous football or baseball careers but instead choose to entertain. I am not trying to say that other sports are not that entertaining, in fact quite the contrary. How or what makes wrestling so entertaining? Is it the 16 foot pile driver through three stacked tables from a 16 foot ladder for the wrestling championship possibly have anything to do with it? Maybe its the biggest athlete alive being thrown out of the ring by a much smaller and lesser individual? Either way somehow I still find it very entertaining.

Embryonic Stem Cells

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDFJOzu9SyM

This is a youtube video of Science Matters about Dr. Oz on Oprah explaining that embryonic stem cell research is practically dead because it is uncontrollable. Listen to what he says carefully because Dr. Oz predicts a very interesting scenario for Parkinsons.

BootLegged Movies

The future is here. Movies, music and just about everything else entertaining is getting an overhaul for the online world. There are so many different websites to grab "only in theaters" movies that you can download and watch repeatedly. My boss just gave me two movies that hit theaters just this past weekend. Fast and Furious and X-Men Origins Wolverine. Amazing!!! The quality of the video is excellent and it appears to be a very good copy visually. The sound however is a little hard to hear due to the echo, but as the movie progresses at ludicrous speed, you hardly even notice. Technology is improving our lives everyday.

I want to pose a few questions as to the legalization of pirating movies. Every year 73% of Americans go to the Internet before going to the movies. Whether to check times of showings or just to see whats out there. As you can tell before even going to the movies people go to the Internet for additional information. If advertisement and marketing picks up and the government stays out of regulating the Internet, I believe that companies will begin to modernize the computer to cooperate with bootlegged movies. When this happens watch out for the free movies to become not so free!!

I want to know if there should be an independent council to conduct regulation on the Internet? Controlling not just content but also regulating the theft of copyrighted material. I personally think that movies should be legal to download if you have a subscription to a movie outlet. the average cost of making a movie with marketing and advertisement and actual production costs total over 105 million. In 2006 8% of Americans downloaded pirated digital files from the Internet. It is estimated that several millions of dollars were lost by the production company due to infringement of copyright and the "illegal downloading of digital movies and audio." Therefore, there are some negative costs associated with downloading pirated material. In turn the production company could begin to raise prices on the theater which to me will only make me actively search for alternatives to theaters and cinemas. Will it make you search?

Lastly, I want to complete my thoughts by saying that as a proud PS3 owner, I have been delighted to see that downloading movies and audio on the PS3 comes with media servers to locate the files from your network computer to the PS3 console via wireless connection. I have been very pleased with the ability of the new technology that has been coming out in recent years to combat the growing costs of movie production and marketing.

Talk Radio

In general terms the main stream media does not include talk radio or radio at all. I am wondering why this is? Radio offers so much more service for absolutely nothing. It is completely free to listen to the radio station of your choice. There's not expensive equipment to buy and no expensive or lavish newer radios that seriously outperform the outdated dial radios. Pretty much all radios are equal in value and performance. I right now have a radio without an antenna get just as good of a signal as a radio that comes through the computer via ethernet connection. I have put a paper clip in the slot of the antenna. I mean you cannot do that with a TV to improve the connection especially since they have switched the entire world over to digital signal(i must admit i enjoy digital signal better but its signal strength needs to be improved in my area.) Why then are radios not on the forfront of media discussion? They are timeless and hold a very special part of information technology. Lets improve the radio and make it more efficient to improve costs related to information.

Beginners Luck?

My name is David and as I begin a new frontier of blogging with my counterpart JaxStevo, I want to lay a few ground rules. 

First, I want to keep all profanity to a minimum. I understand that tempers will get ruffled and opinions are free will, however please try to keep with the minimum profanity levels. 

Secondly, I want my blog to be a place of free flowing ideas and counter arguments posed with reasoning and compassion. Please be respectful to everyones opinions and ideas.

Thirdly, please HAVE FUN posing your ideas and letting the world know exactly what it is that you want us to hear! See you in a few. 

P.S. I will link other places for blogging that I and JaxStevo will be actively blogging.