Olympic moment

I just watched the US Olympic basketball team win the gold. Closer than what I would have expected but that made it a great finish. What a difference from 4 years ago when the Ego team blew it by being more concerned with chest pounding than playing for team and country. This team had it figured out and it was all about pride and team, and Kobe Bryant led the charge with patriotism and leadership both on and off the court. Kobe's interview with Chris Collinsworth and the teams appearance at various venues set them apart and made it easy to love this team as opposed to the disgust I had for the "04" so called dream team.



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Sports Thoughts in DFW

Wow! The Rangers are stinking it up big time. Here I had my hopes set on a second half run and the only run they are having is to the head. At least the Olympics is a nice distraction from this disaster.

On the bright side; Football season is right around the corner and right behind that the hockey season. Well bright side for me, not so much my wife.

My take on the Cowboys; I’m afraid that they are being over hyped and over rated, I know on paper they look like the team to beat but they don’t play the games on paper and they just don’t seem to have much depth at the skill positions. I fear the injury that will spell the end of our Super Bowl dreams.

My take on the Stars; It appears to me that the only thing the Stars have done this off season is get a year older. Their biggest acquisition is Sean Avery? For toughness and spunk you can’t fault the Stars but I don’t see a knuckle head like Sean Avery taking us to the promise land.

But what the heck, they still have to play the games and regardless of what the sports talk guys say nobody know what is going to happen.

Happy sports to all!

cb

Rules of Deception

Just finished "Rules of Deception" by Christopher Reich, this is an interesting spy novel based on current world conditions and the conflicts and fears of the world community.

The basic premise is what happens when the lead character's wife of 8 years dies in a mountain climbing accident and he finds out that she is and has been a spy. Many twists and turns and surprises ensue.

Well worth the read.

The Last Patriot

Just finished Brad Thor's "The Last Patriot", I found it very intreging, full of historical facts with a DiVinci Code type story line. If you like historical novels that are a mixture of current events and historical background and a whole lot of thrilling action this is a must read.

I think we should elect Brad Thor as President. How great would it be to introduce the Pres. of the U.S. Brad Thor. What a great name for a world leader.

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Al Gore / Mental Institution

Al Gore has absolutely lost his mind. He spouts out all the stats on how much the sun shines on the earth and how many ice cubes are in a polar cap. When he figures out all the answers to the stupid questions and so called facts he spews I will start to listen.

Funny how this global crisis keeps lining his pockets.

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Obama vs Free Enterprise

OK, seeings how nobody seems to read this blog I will go ahead and vent my concern over the current political situation.

Has no one who proclaims the deity of Obama ever read history or looked into his very limited record (143 days of Senate experience). Socialism and Marxism aside, if you would just read his two books you would see a racist who wants to change the very core of what America was founded on, democracy and capitalism. The concept of the individual having the freedom to make his own way in this system without the hindrance of the federal government is completely opposite to his socialist dream for America. If you look at Europe you will see country after country turning their backs on their socialist governments in favor of a more democratic form of government, check out England, France, and Germany, plus many more of the smaller countries that spun off of the old Soviet Union. Margaret Thatcher saved Great Britain's economy by lowering their taxes and eliminating the social service network that they had suffered under for 40 years. Ronald Reagan saved our economy from the disaster that was the Jimmie Carter tax us into submission policies. Why go back to the Carter years when history shows us the folly of those social polices? I know that Obama is a good speaker and like a televangelist he can lure the simple minded into following him, but please, our freedom is at stake. Read his books, cliff note version may be all you can tolerate, check out his dismal record in the Senate and as an Illinois State Senator. Don't blindly follow this man, and his well written sound bites, down the primrose path to the destruction of the U.S. Constitution and the American free enterprise system.

I feel better now!

CB

Here is a link that explains the Thatcher legacy: http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis.asp
Here is a link of an excerpt from a Ronald Reagan speech on free enterprise: http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=1978&month=01

Texas Rangers Baseball

I am anxious to see what the Rangers do after the all star break. They have traditionally been a second half team but this team is so different from past teams, in that they are never out of a game, even when they are down by 5 or 6 runs going into the 9th you cannot assume that they can’t come back and win the game. Reminds me of the 68 and 84 Tigers, dare we dream so big!

In reality they are a very young team and that is something to hang your hat on for the rest of the season and as long as they don’t screw it up, for the foreseeable future.

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