Saints Win - Of Course . . .
MIAMI (Reuters) - New Orleans' Super Bowl victory over the Indianapolis Colts Sunday was destiny, Saints quarterback Drew Brees said.
Brees, who joined the Saints as a free agent four years ago with the city still reeling from Hurricane Katrina, was named the game's Most Valuable Player after throwing two touchdowns and completing 32 of 39 passes for 288 yards in the 31-17 win.
"It was all meant to be, it's all destiny," said a visibly emotional Brees as confetti rained down over Dolphin stadium following the Saints first Super Bowl triumph.
"We just believed in ourselves. We knew that we had an entire city and maybe an entire country behind us. I've tried to imagine what this moment would be like for a long time, and it's even better than expected.
"We've got the best ownership family in the league, the best head coach, the best general manager and the best team and we proved that tonight," he added.
Brees, who began his career in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers, joined the Saints in 2006 and became the key element in coach Sean Payton's rebuilding of a franchise that had struggled for so many years.
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Stale Milk
Truth WeaverPeople ask me all the time what my opinion of Rush Limbaugh is since I listen to the broadcast and actually use to watch his television show quite some time ago for the brief moment that it was on the tube. Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser was on around the same time or something like that and so I watched. Rush is very entertaining. So is a ball of yarn. Rush had his day a long time ago before all the theatrical hate set in. When I listen to him now and hear that deep throaty chuckle right at the end of something that was to be extremely serious or the crumpling of paper just centimeters away from the microphone that stinks of overpriced cigars and leftover cognac - Anyways back to the question I get all the time and that is what do I think of Rush since I have several websites and articles dedicated to the playful pundit?
My reply is simple . . .
Listening to Rush is like staring at stale milk. You may want to have a glance at it. Possibly even take a whiff. But you definitely do not want to have a gulp from that glass if you know what I mean.
I wish Rush all the best in his early retirement from the radio business.
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Washington . . .McCain against changing policy on gays in military?
Sen. John McCain is bristling at the Pentagon's decision to launch a yearlong study into allowing gays to serve openly in uniform, saying he is "deeply disappointed" and calling the assessment "clearly biased" because it presumes the law should be changed.
McCain, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, said the current policy is not ideal, but that it has been effective.
. . . Full Story with The Washington Post
Bipartisan Corruption
Editorial Rubbish
You ever wonder what percent of our Senate is crooked or corrupt? Well apparently 70% seems to be the rough estimate folks . . . . Teddy’s seat turns brown probably on purpose with some backdoor deal so Republicans don’t keep on crying d blues. However, there was absolutely no reason for The Senate to give Ben Bernanke another turn at his voodoo economics that only laced the deep pockets of the greasy banking cartel that really runs this Country and free world.
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Bernanke Again . . .
The U.S. Senate confirmed Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second four-year term on Thursday, but not before lawmakers from both parties skewered him for his performance as a steward of the economy and the banking system.
The 70-30 vote came amid growing criticism of the Federal Reserve for secrecy and controversial decisions made during the $182 billion rescue of troubled insurance giant American International Group.
Ahead of the vote, Bernanke agreed to an unprecedented audit of the Fed's handling of AIG matters by the Government Accountability Office, the watchdog arm of Congress. That's only one of a number of challenges he faces in his second term directing the nation's central bank.
To his supporters, the quiet, professorial Fed chairman, a former Princeton economist, saved the global financial system from ruin over the past two years. His detractors called him complicit in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
"Bernanke fiddled while our markets burned," Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the Senate Banking Committee's top Republican, said before his "no" vote.
Complaints were bipartisan.
"The American people have the right to ask whether the Fed is truly committed to supporting Main Street's economy, not just Wall Street," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. "And that is why I cannot support his reappointment."
. . . . . . . continued full story with The Tribune at the San Luis Obispo
State Of The Union
ROSES ARE RED . . .
President Obama prepares for his first State of The Union address this evening.
Some words from the fabulous early 60's hit by legendary Bobby Vinton . . .
Roses Are Red
Violets Are Blue
Sugar is Sweet, My Love
Good Luck, May God Bless You
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1 Hell Of A Year!
GITMO is still a no go. Troops are being deployed like candy at Halloween time. Our National Debt is running so high that other countries are starting to look at us twice when it comes to credit. And finally to end the President's year or begin his new one to the right with a freshly elected Republican Senator from Democratic dominated Massachusetts. So much for the Super Majority now with the new Centerfold Senator - Scott Brown.
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Senator Scott Brown
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State Sen. Scott Brown won a remarkable upset victory over state Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) last night in a Massachusetts Senate special election, a victory likely to spawn broad-ranging political and policy consequences heading into the midterm elections.
"Tonight the independent voice of Massachusetts has spoken," Brown said to raucuous cheers at his victory rally.
Brown's victory is the first for Republicans at the Senate level in Massachusetts since 1972 and he becomes the lone GOP voice in a 12 person federal delegation from the Bay State.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said President Obama called Brown and "congratulated Senator Brown on his victory and a well-run campaign."
While it is a historic win within Massachusetts, the implications of Brown's victory for the national political scene are even more critical.
Brown will give Republicans a 41st seat in the Senate, robbing Democrats of the filibuster-proof majority the party had used to pass President Obama's health care plan late last year. In the immediate lead-up to last night's vote, Democrats - including the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) - insisted that the party would move forward on health care but it is unclear whether that bravado will carry over in the coming days as the party seeks to deal with Coakley's stunning upset.
"I have no interest in sugar coating what happened in Massachusetts," said Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (N.J.). "There is a lot of anxiety in the country right now. Americans are understandably impatient."
. . . . . . . continued full story with The Washington Post
My Little China Girl
China will continue buying U.S. government debt while paying close attention to possible fluctuations in the value of those assets, a vice governor of Beijing's central bank said Monday.
Investing in U.S. Treasury bills is "an important component part of China's foreign currency reserve investments," People's Bank of China Vice Governor Hu Xiaolian said at a news conference on Monday.
"So as an important component we are naturally relatively concerned with the safety and profitability of U.S. government bonds," Hu said - a statement apparently aimed at concerns that rising debt to fund Washington's stimulus package could spur inflation and weaken the dollar.
China is Washington's biggest foreign creditor, holding an estimated $1 trillion in U.S. government debt. A weaker dollar would erode the value of those assets.
. . . continued story with The Huffington Post
e d i t o r i a l rubbish
One of my favorite songs by recording artist David Bowie is China Girl. If you read the lyrics carefully you will not only find a true love story that spans two very different continents & cultures but a descriptive essay on Hillary Clinton & her travels to go beg and or threaten China to keep buying our debt for . . .
"It would not be in China's interest if we were unable to get our economy moving again,"
Below is just a sample of the words that David Bowie uses in this encryptive but melodic tale concerning our Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton & her recent trip to China . . .
I stumble into town just like a sacred cow
Visions of swastikas in my head
Plans for everyone
It's in the white of my eyes
My little China Girl
You shouldn't mess with me
I'll ruin everything you are
I'll give you television
I'll give you eyes of blue
I'll give you a man who wants to rule the world
And when I get excited
My little China Girl says
Oh baby just you shut your mouth
David Bowie's Smash Hit China Girl
Hillary Clinton in China
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