Army Navy Game 2009

For the life of me, I can't resize so you can see the full screen (above is cutting off approximately one inch on the right). Double click and you'll go directly to YouTube where you can see everything.

horrifying statistic

"The United States had 2.3 state and local government employees per 100 citizens in 1946 and has 6.5 state and local government employees per 100 citizens now. In 1947, Hodges writes, 78 percent of the national income went to the private sector, 16 percent to the federal sector, and 6 percent to the state and local government sector. Now 54 percent of the economy is private, 28 percent goes to the feds, and 18 percent goes to state and local governments. The trend lines are ominous"

from http://corner.nationalreview.com/

"There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive" because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. Well, who isn't? And a voter who takes pride in supporting such programs is telling us that he'll do good with his own money -- if a gun is held to his head."

— P.J. O'Rourke

Stand, Men of the West

I am feeling giddy over Scott Brown's win in MASS and nostalgic for GWB, who left office one year ago today. Whenever I hear this, I think of him. And whenever I hear anyone criticize Israel, I think of it again:

“A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!”

(thanks, Richard, for the audio link)

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechreturnoftheking.html

More P.J.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGS82XCCwLA&feature=related