Caving in

It was announced today that the New England Patriots are ripping up their grass playing field and installing a synthetic playing surface. What???? Did I read this correctly??

I am against this for so many reasons. I just sent an email to a friend about it, so I'll paste that text below. A Giants fan, he cannot understand my anger towards this issue. And he does not agree with me about my thoughts that the NFL wanted to the Pats to switch.


This was in the story ...

"Late in the 2003 season the NFL ordered the Patriots to re-sod the area between the hashmarks before New England hosted the Tennessee Titans in a divisional playoff game."

I remember this. The NFL ORDERED the Pats to lay down new sod in a few areas so the field would look good for TV. I am convinced the Colts complained to the league the way they did after the 2001-02 season -- remember they bitched about the Pats playing their girly little receivers too rough? And the NFL instituted a new rule after that. All the more reason to hate the Colts and their fraud quarterback.

And, hmm ... funny how this one works out ... the first game with the new turf is against the Bears. It will be on national TV (time was switched to 4:15 from 1) and the NFL knows there will be a big viewing audience for the matchup. If the Pats' field is torn up and nothing short of pristine, that would be bad, right? Give me a break.

Going back to the grounds crew, how could the field have gotten so bad for the Jets game??? That sod had only been played on once. The head groundskeeper should have been erased -- not the grass. Now we're playing on a freeking carpet.

The part of football I love is seeing the players' uniforms all dirty and grass stained. I don't know, that just makes me appreciate the game more. Football is a blue collar sport and now we're gonna leave the field without a speck of dirt on our jerseys.


I would like to hear your thoughts on this issue folks. Keep those comments coming.

-Jason

On voting day, democrats use typical ploys

Greetings, my fellow Americans. I hope you all have voted by now. If you have not, you better have a good reason why!

Seriously though, let's talk business. This election is probably the most important one of my lifetime. With the Iraq War, terrorism, the (rising) economy and illegal immigration all on the table, we need to make the right choices as to who will lead our country.

But sadly, some people are ruining this otherwise wonderful day.

Problems with electronic voting machines are occurring everywhere, and one voter took it personally. When a Pennsylvania man was not able to figure out how to use the computer-voting system, he smashed the touchscreen with a paperweight. He was arrested and charged with felony criminal mischief and tampering with voting machines. It was not known if other votes casted on that particular kiosk could be retrieved and counted.

The FBI is investigating reports of phone calls that were made this morning by presumably democratic staffers. The leftists called would-be voters before they left the house, asked who they were supporting and provided directions to the person's polling place. If the voter claimed they were supporting a republican candidate, the caller sent them to the wrong voting location -- clearly a slimy effort to help the liberal cause.

A big problem that has plagued the country all day, and something I personally encountered this evening, were democratic operatives. When I arrived at a local elementary school at 5:45 p.m. to cast my vote, I was immediately approached -- or accosted -- by a democratic sleezebag after exiting my vehicle.

"Would you like a ballot sir?"

"No I am all set. Those aren't real ballots. Nice try."

They are handing out fake ballots?

After casting my vote, the same dirtbags were outside of the polling place, waiting to jump down the throat of the next person that arrived. I kindly asked a woman for two of her "ballots" because I was curious to what they said. And wouldn't you know, it is the EXACT ballot we voted with ... only this one was a blue photocopy and the votes were already filled in. "Sample Democratic Ballot," it reads on top. The bubble next to every democrat running for office is filled in, which to me is way out of line. To someone with little or no clue as to what voting means, this "ballot" might be how they decide who should lead our country. Unbelievable.

I am currently monitoring the Drudge Report for updates of the very important Virginia senatorial race between Republican George Allen and steamy novelist Jim Webb (Democrat). Let's hope you all made the right choice today.

I know I did.

-Jason

Election day

Hey folks.

This is your humble servant checking in from the great state of Virginia. Stay tuned in the next day or so with some post-election thoughts.

Now stop reading and go vote! Republican of course.

-Jason

Did he really just say that?

"You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. And if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."


The quote above is the reason why I am bringing this blog back to life.

Unless you have been hiding in a cave somewhere or living in the middle of Nowhere, USA, you are familiar with that quote and the anti-U.S. military moron who said it. That's right, John Kerry. The man who almost became president of our great nation.

The senator from Massachusetts, as I will call him from now on because I nearly throw up every time I say his name, claims his comments were a "botched joke." Perhaps, but it is too late to save this sinking ship. Democrats campaigning for election immediately told the senator from Massachusetts not to attend their rallies this week, and the senator cancelled a handful of his own appearances.

As an American, I am offended. Taken for what it is, this comment says that if a person is not smart enough to attend college or simply do well in high school, he or she will end up in the military. OUR military. The greatest military on the face of this earth. I am so proud of every man and woman who serves us, doing their part to keep us safe and creating a better world for everyone.

Whenever I see a member of our Armed Forces, I thank them for what they do. Just the other day, I was with my family near the finish line of the Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Va. (they were in town for a weekend visit). I asked a young marine for directions and after we briefly spoke, I said, "Thank you sir. Thank you for serving."

American military personnel make an enormous sacrifice. And many of them are college graduates, Mr. senator from Massachusetts. We have the best and brightest fighting force in the world and I would rather go into battle with just ONE marine rather than with every democrat in Congress. The Marine would watch my six, while the left-wing nuts would cut and run.

But enough of my view. Let's see what the senator from Massachusetts has been saying since he uttered those despicable words ...

"If anyone thinks that a veteran, someone like me, who's been fighting my entire career to provide for veterans, to fight for their benefits, to help honor what their service is, if anybody thinks that a veteran would somehow criticize more than 140,000 troops serving in Iraq and not the president and his people who put them there, they're crazy."

That's a lie because ever since he returned from Vietnam, the senator from Massachusetts has been slamming our military -- from testifying in front of Congress about what he "saw" in 'Nam to making ludicrous claims of U.S. troops "terrorizing" Iraqis in the dead of night as they slept. Pathetic.


"I'm not going to be lectured by a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium, or doughy Rush Limbaugh, who no doubt today will take a break from belittling Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's disease to start lying about me just as they have lied about Iraq. It disgusts me."

A "stuffed suit White House mouthpiece?" (Tony Snow). A "doughy Rush Limbaugh?" So now you have to make personal attacks against the people who are simply telling the truth about your flip-flopping record? Classy. Real classy. Why don't you just go back to Massachusetts and live in the posh townhouse you bought with your wife's money.


Arizona Senator John McCain, a liberal republican, said that the senator from Massachusetts should issue an apology (prior to his issuing of the non-apology apology). The senator from Massachusetts' response:

"[McCain] ought to ask for an apology from Donald Rumsfeld for the mistakes he's made. John McCain should ask for an apology for not sending enough troops [to Iraq]."

Look, I do not agree with many of McCain's recent decisions and his firm stance against ANY kind of harsh interrogation practices, but this man was a prisoner of war for over five years. He served our country far more than the senator from Massachusetts ever did.


The senator from Massachusetts. Nancy Pelosi. Hillary "Rotten" Clinton (Dr. Levin's name for her). Harry Reid. Do we really want these people in a position of power?

If you know what is good for you, what is good for this country, you will cast your vote next Tuesday for the REAL Americans. Not those phony ones.

It's good to be back. Please leave a comment.
-Jason