Yes, I could cry and whine about BOTH my teams losing this weekend (UGA and Atlanta), but I won't.  Honestly with the Atlanta game I wasn't expecting much.  A rookie head coach, new QB, etc.  Plus, I had such a kickass setup on Sunday afternoon I couldn't complain about much at all.  I had a couple of TV's going, was munching down some grilled burgers, and to top it all off I took advantage of my wireless network.  Oh yes, as if I wasn't enough of a geek about football, I sat there with my laptop while watching several games at once tracking my fantasy football teams.  It is honestly quite pathetic, but I love it.  The great thing about fantasy football is that it diverts my attention away from the reality of my favorite team getting killed.  For example, let me tell you the turmoil I was going through while watching one of the late games.  In one league I have Phillip Rivers (from San Diego) as my starting QB, but in another league I was playing a guy who had Phillip Rivers as HIS starting QB.  In the league where Rivers is my QB, we do our scored on touchdowns only...but in the other league we also score for yardage.  In both my leagues my games are VERY close, so on one hand I needed Rivers to throw some TD's, but on the other I didn't want him to.  Do you see what kind of mental anguish I went through???  Both games are still very close and won't be decided until Monday night.  I'm behind by 3 in one league and only down by 1 in the other.  Thankfully I was able to lose myself in this drama, along with a few other games that affected my leagues, to keep me from thinking about Atlanta getting their asses kicked.  But you know what?  The fact that I get to sit there on Sunday afternoons with every NFL game beamed into my house, a 56" hi-def TV with surround sound, two other TV's setup for other games, and a wireless network with a laptop to track my fantasy teams, what in the heck could I really complain about?  I could complain that Warrick Dunn should NEVER AGAIN be the featured back for Atlanta while Jerious Norwood should carry the load and the new friggin' head coach should have realized this in the first friggin' quarter...but I won't...hahaha.

And now for the eating crow bit.  You know how I always rip on Vin Diesel for being the idiot's action hero?  Well, I have to say, I may have been wrong.  I watched a movie this weekend called "A Man Apart".  I went to see my sister, and she was moving some stuff around and pulled it out of a stack of DVD's she was organizing.  She asked if I had watched it, and of course I hadn't because Vin Diesel is in it.  She agreed with me about his other movies showing him to be a complete tool, but told me this movie was very good.  I was skeptical, so I took it and watched it.  The movie was damn good, and as much as it pains me to say it, he was really good in it.  This is about as difficult to admit as when I had to retract the "Jackass of the Year" award from Paul Walker after I watched "Running Scared".  At least I can safely say that I have YET to see anything Keanu Reeves has done to dismiss my theory that he gets all these roles because he has a lot of incriminating photos of multiple Hollywood executives.  I finally watched "Dracula" this weekend.  I had never seen it and my interest was peaked after researching stuff on Vlad the Impaler the other night.  And now you might be wondering what in the heck inspired that bit of research.

I was talking to a buddy of mine in another state, and the conversation turned to the topic of Islam.  He asked me if I knew that Vlad the Impaler was involved in the Crusades, so I had to find out.  Oh, and in case you need a history lesson, Vlad was the inspiration for the character of Count Dracula.  His father belonged to some clan of the Dragon, and the word for dragon is "dracul".  But his father also gave him to the Ottomans as collateral in a treaty that Vlad's father wouldn't invade the Ottoman Empire.  Do you know who the Ottomans were?  Yep, Muslims trying to take over the world.  Well Vlad wasn't exactly treated nicely by this "religion of peace" and was a wee bit ticked off.  When he returned to his home province and took control, the area was on the cutting edge of civil war.  He decided to rule with an iron fist.  For example, if you stole something you were put to death.  He figured it was the only way to keep order in a province that was about to explode...and it worked.  Of course he did start impaling people for various offenses, but who am I to criticize?  Hahaha...I'm kidding.  Seriously though, the biggest display of impaling he did was he had thousands of Muslims captured in a battle impaled and left their bodies out for display to scare off the Ottomans if they thought about invading.  Guess what...it worked.  You know why?  Because Vlad knew that negotiations, diplomacy, and all that crap would not work.  And no, I'm not saying we should start making huge displays of impaled Muslims.  But the point is that you can't play "nice guy" with savages.  It reminds me of when all those supposed "horrific" photos from Abu Grahib surfaced.  You know, the naked pyramids, panties on a dude's head showing all that torture those poor people were enduring while those same people were putting videos on the internet sawing a dude's head off while chanting "Allah Akbar" or whatever gibberish about "our fake god is good" they were saying.  All those friggin tree huggers were just SO shocked and appalled because they hate this country.  And if all that wasn't bad enough, news came out about korans being "mishandled" at Guantanamo Bay and such scenes of torture as cold cells, sleep depravation, and loud music.  Oh my gosh...the inhumanity!!!  I honestly wish we a had a leader with the balls to come out and say "The next act of terrorism results in the bombing of Mecca"...I really do.  The only way to deal with savages is to take the gloves off.  Heck, Patton knew this.  I've wrote about this before, but if you're new to my ramblings allow me to explain.  When World War II ended we had a lot of troops in Germany to help with the rebuilding.  Many former SS troops formed a group called the "Werewolves" and engaged in terrorist activities like assassinating new leaders and trying to blow up things being rebuilt.  Do you know how this was stopped?  General George Patton told his troops that if they captured one of these bastards, tie them to a lamppost on a street corner, shoot them, and leave the body as a warning.  Guess what...the Werewolves stopped.  When all that crap about "torture" came out with Abu Grahib, talk shows were flooded with these idiot tree huggers screaming about how we shouldn't lower ourselves to their level and blah blah blah.  Again, we can't play this stupid "nice guy" role.  These people are evil savages with no sense of morality at all.  Let me put it this way - Let's say you wake up in the middle of the night and find someone has broken into your house who is going to kill your children, rape your wife, kill her, and kill you...what would you do if you got your hand on him before he could do these horrible acts?  Would you be a "nice guy" while trying to wrestle the gun or knife from him?  If he was holding a gun on you and screaming at your wife to take her clothes off because he was going to rape her and make you watch, would you try and reason with him?  Man I'm getting pissed off.  I just honestly can't comprehend how people think sometimes.  I truly believe that when Jesus was telling us to love our enemies, the context was in personal matters and NOT when dealing with the safety of your family or country.  I love how I see these stupid bumper stickers that tree huggers have on their cars with "Who Would Jesus Bomb?" considering they are usually the first ones offended when anyone mentions God.  Jesus never told anyone to be pansies and not call a spade a spade.  After all, He turned over tables and screamed at the money-changers in the Temple to drive them out.  Yeah, He was ticked off, and it was justified.  It seems that anytime these modern day hippies want to bring up Jesus they have no clue what they are talking about, like He was some stoic figure who let people walk all over Him.  Yes, He endured an enormous amount of pain and suffering and let it happen without putting up a fight, but that just shows how much He was willing to go through to do what was needed.  Wow...I could go on and on here and it's getting late.  Jesus paid the price so we don't have to.  He endured unbelievable suffering and pain to reconcile us to God.  His blood was shed as an atonement for all of our sins.  Please show me where in the "peaceful religion" of Islam someone suffers as Christ did to reconcile us to God.  Please show me in the koran where this false god allah shows mercy and compassion to those who don't believe and wants unbelievers to look to him, and not be done by the edge of a sword.  Can't find it?  Huh...big surprise.

Wow...I had no idea I'd end up here tonight.  I start with football and end up where I did...hahaha.  I think it's because I'm in a position where my priorities are shaping up in the way they need to be.  No, this does not mean I'm going to start wearing robes and chanting.  But I look at what's going on in the world, and even though I don't have kids, I care about this country's future.  I can't sit back and watch America go down the toilet, which is why I ran for the Senate last year knowing I had no chance...I just wanted to try.  Football is extremely important to me...but this country's security and future means more.  I hope we will one day have leaders who truly recognize and identify the enemy we are against and will do whatever is needed to elminiate them.  And not to sound "preachy" or anything, but I do urge people to read the book of Romans in The Bible.  This is not some plea because the apocalypse is coming or anything...I just ask for people to read it and see what they think about it.

Ok sportsfans, time to go play with the "kids" and get some sleep.  Oh, Vic and Jessi are cracking me up.  I bought a glow-in-the-dark ball a few weeks back, and they fight over it like squabbling siblings.  Vic will grab it and Jessi barks at him because she wants it.  If Jessi has it, she'll hide behind the grill or the AC unit to try and keep Vic from getting it.  The way they act about it entertains me big time...I should shoot some video and post it because it cracks me up.  And remember, the new Donna's CD is out next week and we're only a couple of weeks away until the new "Resident Evil" movie!!!!