Joe Biden tells the truth

While we all know that Democrats think of us regular people as blithering idiots (who probably worship Jesus too much and government not enough), it's strange to see one of them actually own up to it.

Sen. Joe Biden said in an interview at the New Hampshire Union Leader this afternoon that too many Democrats, including the frontrunners for the presidential nomination, do not have faith in the American people.

“We’ve got to trust the American people more,” Biden said.

“I think they’ve really lost faith in the American people in terms of leveling with them,” he said of his leading rivals.

When he asks groups of Democrats if they think the American people are stupid because they elected George W. Bush twice, most respond that, yes, they do, he said. He said he thinks that attitude is a real problem for the Democrats, who fail to understand how smart and pragmatic the American people really are.

Asked if he thinks, as he suggested recently in another interview, that the other candidates tend to think the American people are stupid or easily fooled, he said, “Well, I do.”

“It’s not even so much they don’t trust, which is a piece of it,” he said. It’s that they think that “the way to win is the Bill Clinton triangulation and the Karl Rove angering.”

“It’s the thesis that you go to your base because people don’t vote. Well, why don’t they vote?” he asked. He said he thinks people don’t vote because they’re tired of the way politicians treat them.

He said Democrats would do better if they stopped dividing the electorate by playing to their base and instead brought people together. He criticized the left wing of his party for demonizing the rich and Republicans.

“Rich folks are as patriotic as poor folks, but we don’t talk that way,” he said.

I don't normally have much nice to say about Joe Biden, but wow -- did he hit the nail on the head, or what?

See, to liberals, we're all idiots. We can't take care of ourselves, we can't make rational decisions, and if the government was left in our hands, it would be a catastrophe. This inherent mistrust and condescension is easily seen by the very insistence of a liberal, socialist nanny-state -- and goes against everything this country was built on. If libs thought we were intelligent people capable of running our own lives, why would they insist on putting us in a cradle-to-the-grave nanny state which does everything for us?

They want us to remain "stupid" and reliant on the government, thus the denial of the voucher system, for example. They want us to be mindless drones who worship at their altar and utterly rely on them to take care of every single little thing for us. Then, they can be the powerful, important elites looking over the masses. Then, they can celebrate themselves as champions of the "little people" and the "oppressed". People actually thinking for themselves and being self-reliant is the worst nightmare of Shrillary, Pioneer Pelosi and crew.

As Bryan said at Hot Air:

The Democrats’ default attitude is to take power from the people rather than entrust power to the people. Biden is on to something in saying so.

And by the way -- yes, Joe, we are sick of the way politicans treat us. I think most of us are just sick of politicians in general, regardless of which side of the aisle they sit on.

Illegal aliens working at O'Hare Airport

After 9-11, this should not be happening (emphasis mine).

Nearly two dozen illegal immigrants were arrested Wednesday, accused of using fake security badges to work in critical areas of O'Hare International Airport, including the tarmac, authorities said.
The 23 illegal workers were employed by Ideal Staffing Solutions Inc., whose corporate secretary and office manager also were arrested after an eight-month investigation that involved federal, state and Chicago authorities.

The company contracted work for carriers including United Airlines, KLM and Qantas, said Elissa A. Brown, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

Much of the investigation centered on the airport security badges issued by the Department of Aviation, said U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald. Agents found that 110 of the 134 badges issued to Ideal Staffing workers did not match the individuals who carried them, he said.

The discrepancies were first noted in March by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspector, Fitzgerald said.

According to affidavits in a complaint against Gurin and Benitez unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, the applications for the 110 bogus badges listed Social Security numbers that either did not exist or belonged to other individuals, some of whom were dead.

The affidavits allege that Ideal Staffing told workers they needed to have identification, but that the documents did not have to be legitimate, and also accused the company of supplying some workers with deactivated badges issued in other names.

Brown, Fitzgerald and other officials declined to answer questions about how workers could use deactivated badges to enter secure areas of the airport, saying that the investigation continued and that not all details could be revealed.

Doesn't that just give you the warm-and-fuzzies?

Not only are illegal aliens able to work at one of our biggest airports, they were able to have access to secure, sensitive areas of the airport.

How did this company get away with this for so long? Why was the O'Hare Airport not more mindful of who was working there?

As Ace puts it (so well, by the way):

There is a reason people are pissed off about illegal immigration, and it isn't rank bigotry, its stories like this. Just a few years after our airlines were used to attack us, we have illegal immigrants using bogus documents and expired security badges to wander about in sensitive parts of America's largest airport. No wonder our government officials have such piss-poor poll numbers.

It's just un-freakin-believable.

Nicolas Sarkozy understands us better than the Democrats do

In a landmark election, the French people voted in Nicolas Sarkozy. And I like him. I truly do. And the fact that the French voted him in, and that he said the following things, makes me wonder if the French really hate us nearly as much as the media would like us to believe they do -- and if they do, then perhaps that tide is turning.

Parts of this speech brought tears to my eyes. It was moving, it was heartfelt, and it showed an understanding of the United States that very few Democrats have. A good number of Republicans as well seem to have lost this message.

It's a long speech, so I'm not going to post the entire thing, though I do suggest you read it. Instead, I'll just post the highlights -- Cassy's favorite snippets (some of which will probably be rather long, but it's a worthwhile read). Enjoy.

Friendship, first and foremost, means being true to one's friends. Since the United States first appeared on the world scene, the loyalty between the French and American people has never failed. And far from being weakened by the vicissitudes of History, it has never ceased growing stronger.

Friends may have differences; they may have disagreements; they may have disputes.

But in times of difficulty, in times of hardship, friends stand together, side by side; they support each other; and help one another.

In times of difficulty, in times of hardship, America and France have always stood side by side, supported one another, helped one another, fought for each other's freedom.

The United States and France remain true to the memory of their common history, true to the blood spilled by their children in common battles. But they are not true merely to the memory of what they accomplished together in the past. They remain true, first and foremost, to the same ideal, the same principles, the same values that have always united them.

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From the very beginning, the American dream meant putting into practice the dreams of the Old World.

From the very beginning, the American dream meant proving to all mankind that freedom, justice, human rights and democracy were no utopia but were rather the most realistic policy there is and the most likely to improve the fate of each and every person.

America did not tell the millions of men and women who came from every country in the world and who—with their hands, their intelligence and their heart—built the greatest nation in the world: "Come, and everything will be given to you." She said: "Come, and the only limits to what you'll be able to achieve will be your own courage and your own talent." America embodies this extraordinary ability to grant each and every person a second chance.

Here, both the humblest and most illustrious citizens alike know that nothing is owed to them and that everything has to be earned. That's what constitutes the moral value of America. America did not teach men the idea of freedom; she taught them how to practice it. And she fought for this freedom whenever she felt it to be threatened somewhere in the world. It was by watching America grow that men and women understood that freedom was possible.

What made America great was her ability to transform her own dream into hope for all mankind.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The men and women of my generation heard their grandparents talk about how in 1917, America saved France at a time when it had reached the final limits of its strength, which it had exhausted in the most absurd and bloodiest of wars.

The men and women of my generation heard their parents talk about how in 1944, America returned to free Europe from the horrifying tyranny that threatened to enslave it.

Fathers took their sons to see the vast cemeteries where, under thousands of white crosses so far from home, thousands of young American soldiers lay who had fallen not to defend their own freedom but the freedom of all others, not to defend their own families, their own homeland, but to defend humanity as a whole.

Fathers took their sons to the beaches where the young men of America had so heroically landed. They read them the admirable letters of farewell that those 20-year-old soldiers had written to their families before the battle to tell them: "We don't consider ourselves heroes. We want this war to be over. But however much dread we may feel, you can count on us." Before they landed, Eisenhower told them: "The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you."

And as they listened to their fathers, watched movies, read history books and the letters of soldiers who died on the beaches of Normandy and Provence, as they visited the cemeteries where the star-spangled banner flies, the children of my generation understood that these young Americans, 20 years old, were true heroes to whom they owed the fact that they were free people and not slaves. France will never forget the sacrifice of your children.

To those 20-year-old heroes who gave us everything, to the families of those who never returned, to the children who mourned fathers they barely got a chance to know, I want to express France's eternal gratitude.

On behalf of my generation, which did not experience war but knows how much it owes to their courage and their sacrifice; on behalf of our children, who must never forget; to all the veterans who are here today and, notably the seven I had the honor to decorate yesterday evening, one of whom, Senator Inouye, belongs to your Congress, I want to express the deep, sincere gratitude of the French people. I want to tell you that whenever an American soldier falls somewhere in the world, I think of what the American army did for France. I think of them and I am sad, as one is sad to lose a member of one's family.

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My generation shared all the American dreams. Our imaginations were fueled by the winning of the West and Hollywood. By Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington, Hemingway. By John Wayne, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth. And by Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, fulfilling mankind's oldest dream.

What was so extraordinary for us was that through her literature, her cinema and her music, America always seemed to emerge from adversity even greater and stronger; that instead of causing America to doubt herself, such ordeals only strengthened her belief in her values.

What makes America strong is the strength of this ideal that is shared by all Americans and by all those who love her because they love freedom.

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Today as in the past, as we stand at the beginning of the 21st century, it is together that we must fight to defend and promote the values and ideals of freedom and democracy that men such as Washington and Lafayette invented together.

Together we must fight against terrorism. On September 11, 2001, all of France—petrified with horror—rallied to the side of the American people. The front-page headline of one of our major dailies read: "We are all American." And on that day, when you were mourning for so many dead, never had America appeared to us as so great, so dignified, so strong. The terrorists had thought they would weaken you. They made you greater. The entire world felt admiration for the courage of the American people. And from day one, France decided to participate shoulder to shoulder with you in the war in Afghanistan. Let me tell you solemnly today: France will remain engaged in Afghanistan as long as it takes, because what's at stake in that country is the future of our values and that of the Atlantic Alliance. For me, failure is not an option. Terrorism will not win because democracies are not weak, because we are not afraid of this barbarism. America can count on France.

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Allow me to express one last conviction: Trust Europe.

In this unstable, dangerous world, the United States of America needs a strong, determined Europe. With the simplified treaty I proposed to our partners, the European Union is about to emerge from 10 years of discussions on its institutions and 10 years of paralysis. Soon it will have a stable president and a more powerful High Representative for foreign and security policy, and it must now reactivate the construction of its military capacities.

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My approach is purely pragmatic. Having learned from history, I want the Europeans, in the years to come, to have the means to shoulder a growing share of their defense. Who could blame the United States for ensuring its own security? No one. Who could blame me for wanting Europe to ensure more of its own security? No one. All of our Allies, beginning with the United States, with whom we most often share the same interests and the same adversaries, have a strategic interest in a Europe that can assert itself as a strong, credible security partner.

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

I want to be your friend, your ally and your partner. But a friend who stands on his own two feet. An independent ally. A free partner.

France must be stronger. I am determined to carry through with the reforms that my country has put off for all too long. I will not turn back, because France has turned back for all too long. My country has enormous assets. While respecting its unique identity, I want to put it into a position to win all the battles of globalization. I passionately love France. I am lucid about the work that remains to be accomplished.

It is this ambitious France that I have come to present to you today. A France that comes out to meet America to renew the pact of friendship and the alliance that Washington and Lafayette sealed in Yorktown.

Together let us be worthy of their example, let us be equal to their ambition, let us be true to their memories!

Long live the United States of America!

Vive la France!

Long live French-American friendship!

Picture of the Day

Michael Yon works his magic, yet again:

Thanks and Praise: I photographed men and women, both Christians and Muslims, placing a cross atop the St. John’s Church in Baghdad. They had taken the cross from storage and a man washed it before carrying it up to the dome.
A Muslim man had invited the American soldiers from “Chosen” Company 2-12 Infantry to the church, where I videotaped as Muslims and Christians worked and rejoiced at the reopening of St John’s, an occasion all viewed as a sign of hope.

The Iraqis asked me to convey a message of thanks to the American people. ”Thank you, thank you,” the people were saying. One man said, “Thank you for peace.” Another man, a Muslim, said “All the people, all the people in Iraq, Muslim and Christian, is brother.” The men and women were holding bells, and for the first time in memory freedom rang over the ravaged land between two rivers.

This is not a historic occasion. For us here in the safety of the United States, this act would mean nothing.

But in Iraq, this picture -- and its story -- speak volumes. It is an image of hope and faith, togetherness and brotherhood, and how these things are possible in even the worst of places.

As Michelle points out,

Yes, Christian persecution remains rampant in the Muslim world and apostasy is still punishable by death. But there are glimmers of good news, and they won’t be broadcast on the nightly news or the front page of the NYTimes. Thanks to the lens of Michael Yon, we can see a fuller, truer picture of Iraq than the “grim milestone”-driven legacy media lens allows us to see. That deserves thanks and praise, too.

Thanks to our troops putting their lives on the line not only for our safety, but for theirs -- and thanks to the Iraqi people risking their lives as well to make Iraq a safer, better place. I think we often forget the risks that they take when they work alongside our men and women.

And I think this picture shows that there is hope in Iraq, and the Middle East -- and to give up now would be to dishonor the sacrifice that Americans and Iraqis, alike, are making.

We have made progress. And we will succeed.

Picture of the Day

A Michelle Malkin reader and veteran, Big John, sends a priceless photo of him counter-protesting:


Snicker.

Way to go, John!

University of Maine professor asks students to burn U.S. flag or Constitution

Liberalism is nothing new in academia. Leftists seek sanctuary in the ivory tower of higher education where they can feel free to impose their liberal moonbattery on hapless college students. The less control they have over the country, the tighter their grip over academia becomes. And nothing runs more rampant on college campuses than anti-Americanism.

A University of Maine professor gives us yet another example.

A University of Maine student alleges her former professor offered extra credit to class members if they burned the American flag or the U.S. Constitution or were arrested defending free speech.

On the first day of class, associate professor Paul Grosswiler offered the credit to members of his History of Mass Communications class, according to sophomore Rebekah McDade. Disturbed by the comment, McDade dropped the class and intends to take the course again next semester with a different professor.

"I was offended," McDade said Friday. "I come from a family of military men and women, and the flag and Constitution are really important symbols to me because of my family background."

In an e-mail responding to a request for comment from the Bangor Daily News on Friday, Grosswiler said he thought McDade misunderstood the class discussion, which was intended to elicit thought about the First Amendment. He said he has held this same discussion for years without incident.

"I don’t intend for students to burn either the Constitution or the flag, and over the years hundreds of students have understood that," Grosswiler wrote.

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A journalism and political science double major, McDade said the first class of her fall semester at UM began with the typical syllabus introduction and class overview. Despite repeated "liberal" comments made by Grosswiler, McDade said, she was not uncomfortable in the classroom until the flag burning comment.

"Everyone is entitled to their own political beliefs, and more power to you if you are passionate about it," McDade said.

When Grosswiler listed the extra-credit opportunities, McDade said the class of approximately 50 students grew very quiet, and some questioned whether he was serious.

At first, student Kathleen Dame said she thought Grosswiler was joking, but then he went on to explain to the class that burning the flag was not illegal. While Grosswiler approached the topic in a serious manner, Dame said she felt he used it as a tool to educate the class on the First Amendment.

"It was pretty outlandish and [he was] trying to prove a point," Dame said Friday.

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UM spokesman Joe Carr said Friday that Grosswiler’s classroom comments were not intended to be taken literally and that extra credit would not be granted for carrying out such activities.

A second person in the class did submit a complaint about the lecture, but Carr did not know in what form it was filed.

When asked whether the university would pursue disciplinary action, Carr replied, "No."

He said Grosswiler has worked at the University of Maine since 1991, is one of the more veteran professors in the department of communication and journalism, and is a "well-respected member of the faculty."

Why would they punish a professor for bringing politics into a journalism classroom? After all, anything in the mainstream media is biased to the left anyways, so might as well get the kids used to it, huh?

See, once upon a time, it was considered a gross abuse of power for a teacher or professor to talk about politics to their students unless it was a class based in politics. But in today's more enlightened world, it's perfectly acceptable for professors to indoctrinate students with their leftist views, no matter how little it relates to the subject. And liberal messages are the favorites to drive home -- anti-war, anti-Bush, anti-America, pro-abortion, etc.(remember Rosalyn Kahn?)

Far from being a place with open dialogue and the free exchange of ideas, higher education today is more remniscent of a dictatorship. Democrats vastly outnumber conservatives, speech codes have become the norm, and while liberal speakers are welcomed, conservative speakers incite near riots. On college campuses, there is one way of thinking allowed.

And that's the kind of thinking that allows a professor to tell his students that they'll get extra credit for burning the United States flag or Constitution without receiving any repercussions, and then sneering that it was "just to elicit thought about the First Amendment".

Perhaps the most telling quote from Professor Grosswiler was this one:

"If they don’t tolerate thought that they hate, they don’t believe in the First Amendment."

So not tolerating a professor asking students to burn the United States flag is equal to not believing in free speech?

Your tax dollars at work, folks.

UPDATE: Go Army!

UPDATE:
The Marines Corps team is winning now! They're about $200 ahead.

Where are all my Army supporters? Make sure to give generously, and let's reclaim first place!!! Go Team Army!

Over at Soldiers Angels, they're having a fundraiser for their Project Valour-IT program.

If you aren't familiar, here's a little background:

Project Valour-IT began when Charles "Chuck" Ziegenfuss was wounded by an IED while serving as commander of a tank company in Iraq in June 2005.

During his deployment he kept a blog (an online personal diary, opinion forum, or news analysis site-called a milblog or military weblog when written by a servicemember or about military subjects). Captivating writing, insightful stories of his experiences, and his self-deprecating humor won him many loyal readers. After he was wounded, his wife continued his blog, keeping his readers informed of his condition.

As he began to recover, CPT Ziegenfuss wanted to return to writing his blog, but serious hand injuries hampered his typing. When a loyal and generous reader gave him a copy of the Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred software, other readers began to realize how important such software could be to CPT Ziegenfuss' fellow wounded soldiers and started cast about for a way to get it to them.

A fellow blogger (blog author) who writes under the pseudonym FbL contacted Captain Ziegenfuss and the two realized they shared a vision of providing laptops with voice-controlled software to wounded soldiers whose injuries prevented them from operating a standard computer. FbL contacted Soldiers Angels, who offered to help develop the project, and Project Valour-IT was born.

In sharing their thoughts, CPT Ziegenfuss and FbL found that memories of their respective fathers were a motivating factor in their work with the project. Both continue their association with this project in memory of the great men in their lives whose fine examples taught them lasting lessons of courage and generosity.

A great charity, without a doubt.

Now, to make things fun...

Soldiers Angels has split up the donations into four teams: Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force. First team to $60k "wins". Of course, all the money goes to the same place, but it's so much more fun this way. ;)

Michelle Malkin is on the Marine Corps team, Hot Air is on the Air Force Team, Captain's Quarters is on the Navy team, and I, of course, have joined the Army team (headed up by Blackfive), along with Major Ziegenfuss. The Army team, by the way, is winning!! Go Army! :)

What's interesting, as Michelle noted, is the noticeable lack of lefty blogs. Where's their support for the troops now? What about the head Kos Kid himself, Mr. Markos Moulitsas, who loves to remind us constantly of his service in the Army? Why hasn't he joined the Army team and made a donation? He certainly hasn't made any posts about it (a search for Soldiers Angels brought up two stories, neither of which were about the fundraiser. Project Valour-IT brought up zero results.). There's plenty of posts about protesting the war though, of course. Support the troops, indeed.

But in any case, go join the team of your choice (or just join the best team, Team Army!). Give, give, give! It's for a GREAT cause!

A battle of good versus evil

Today on MSN is a story about an epic battle of good versus evil.

They are talking, of course, about the upcoming game pitting the Indianapolis Colts against the New England Patriots.

They paint Tony Dungy as the saintly coach, while Bill Belichick is shown as his polar opposite. They even have a little picture of Tony Dungy with angel wings and a halo; Belichick with devil horns and a tail.

While I don't agree or disagree with this analysis (I like and respect both coaches), I think they missed the real battle of good versus evil.

I am talking, of course, about Peyton Manning versus Tom Brady.

Peyton Manning = devil.
Tom Brady = saint.

As a diehard Jaguars fan, of course I root for the Colts to lose. But you know what? Aside from Peyton Manning, I like them. I like Tony Dungy. I love his humility. He's smart -- aside from Belichick, possibly the best head coach in the NFL right now. They have a great system going, and if Manning wasn't playing for the Colts, I'd have been genuinely happy to see them win the Super Bowl. Tony Dungy deserved that ring.

Peyton Manning didn't deserve to even play in the game.

He is singlehandedly the worst quarterback in the NFL right now. And no, this is not because of a lack of talent. He's a good enough quarterback (although, as I will explain later, NOT the best quarterback playing and certainly not one of the best to ever play). No, I'm talking about his egotism. His inability to handle pressure. His reliance on the rest of the team to make him look good. All these things are why I cannot stand Peyton Manning.

Watching him play almost makes me physically ill -- or gives me an uncontrollable desire to laugh hysterically at him. Whenever a play goes wrong, it's both amusing and annoying to watch him storm off to the sidelines, rip off his chin strap angrily (almost as famous a move as Steve Spurrier's visor throwing), and berate his teammates on the sidelines. Hey, buddy, who do you think you are? One of the lowest blows was when, in a press conference after a loss in the playoffs a few years back, he famously got up and blamed everyone on the team but himself.

Because, you know, he's perfect and all. His dad was Archie Manning. He's the greatest quarterback ever to grace the field with his presence -- nay, the best athlete of all time!

Watching NFL analysts swoon over him makes me more annoyed than anything else. I would be furious if I was an offensive lineman for the Colts. That offensive line -- the best offensive line in the NFL, hands down -- is why Manning is so good. Throw in a brilliant head coach, two of the best receivers playing, and a great running game, and of course Manning is going to look good. Put him on a team without all these perks and I highly doubt you'll see Mr. Laser Rocket Arm Manning doing quite as good.

It's pretty obvious by watching what happens when he gets pressured or sacked often, something the Jaguars like to do often. He gets flustered. And he makes mistakes. Simply put, Peyton Manning cannot handle high pressure games, which is why a Super Bowl ring alluded him for so long, and he crumpled in so many playoff games. Dungy had to build a fortress in front of him and give him an airtight offense before Manning could win the big game.

Yet somehow, all of the Colts success is always attributed to Manning. Why? Because he can call audibles? This is a talking point brought up often when analysts describe Manning. "He can read the defense! He can call... audibles!" It's as if he's the first quarterback ever to do so. Why the rest of the Colts offense does not receive more credit is beyond me.

Peyton Manning relies on his team to make him look good.

Perhaps the most obvious sign of his rampant egotism are his endorsements, along with his bloated salary. Who cares about the Colts salary cap? Peyton Manning's gotta get paid, dammit! And he apparently also has to appear in as many endorsements as possible.

Why people revere this man so is simply beyond me.

Which brings me to Tom Brady.

As far as I'm concerned, Tom Brady is everything that Peyton Manning is not. Humble. A team player. A quiet leader.

Tom Brady never had anything in his football career handed to him the way Peyton Manning did. He was pick #199 for the Patriots and worked his way up from fourth string. He served as a backup quarterback for Drew Bledsoe before he finally took the reins. Once he did, the Patriots soared and a dynasty was born.

One of the things I love about the Patriots, even though my Jags have been kept out of the Super Bowl by them, is how they are a team. You never get a sense in watching them that one of those players is meant to be the star of the show. I always get the feeling, that whether it's just a natural phenomenon or by Belichick's coaching, everyone on that team understands that they have a role to play and that each and every one of them is needed. With the Colts, everyone is expected to worship at the altar of Peyton Manning.

Tom Brady is a natural leader, one who works with his team when they're up, and carries them when they're down. He also doesn't take any endorsement deal thrown at him -- he's actually famously hard to get. He likes to appear with his teammates as well, another thumbs up in my book. His teammates have mentioned how down-to-earth he is, saying no matter how many endorsement deals he had, he'd still be the same guy.

Put simply, Tom Brady is everything that Peyton Manning is not. Tom Brady deserves to go down in football history and stand next to quarterback greats like Namath, Montana, Marino, Elway, Unitas, and Young. Peyton Manning is nothing like those men. Great numbers alone do not make you a great quarterback.

So this weekend (for me at least), this is a battle of good versus evil. Humility versus egotism, talent versus breeding, leadership versus freeloading.

I hope Tom Brady crushes him.

University of Delaware backs down

This is likely only because of the heat they were feeling thanks to FIRE. But they have cancelled the program.

Late Thursday, University of Delaware President Patrick Harker released on the school’s website a Message to the University of Delaware Community terminating the university’s ideological reeducation program, which FIRE condemned as an exercise in thought reform. He stated, “I have directed that the program be stopped immediately. No further activities under the current framework will be conducted.” Harker also called for a “full and broad-based review” of the program’s practices and purposes. While concerns remain about the University of Delaware’s commitment to free expression, FIRE commends President Harker for his decision to immediately terminate the Orwellian residence life education program.

This is a victory. A small one, but hopefully these small victories will add up and the systematic moonbattization of academia can come to an end.

A big thumbs-up to FIRE. Make sure to show them your support.

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UPDATED: Halloween Pictures

UPDATE: Here are some better pictures, like I promised!






Well, Happy Halloween everyone! I've got a treat for you. ;)

Here's some pictures of my Halloween costume this year. Unfortunately, most of the pictures are with friends so they've been cropped. If I get some better ones, I'll post those too, but for now, enjoy!