I can’t remember the last time the Cowboys played two games in a row wearing the dark blues, and that DeMarco Murray sure is consistent when it comes to fumbling in the first half.
Tony Romo now has 21 come from behind fourth quarter comebacks, more than any other quarterback in franchise history.
On ’60 Minutes’ last night I finally learned what’s written on the ISIS/ISIL flag – “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.” [Insert fortune cookie joke here]
Columbia professor John Azumah, who specializes in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, delivered our church’s sermon and took questions for about an hour yesterday. Going into to it I didn’t think our church would be all that active in the Q&A but I was wrong, and there was really only one boneheaded question about how ISIS/ISIL is on the Mexican border and how Christian rights are being taken away. But the one that thing I’ll take away from the event that made me really stop down and reflect was his comment about Muslim extremism or radicalism. Not only does it affect the Muslim world, but it affects Christians because it causes us to put hate and fear in our hearts towards the entire Muslim world, making us extremist to a certain extent, and keeps us from loving our neighbor and honoring God.
How much did TR’s family hate FDR? His daughter said she’d rather vote for Hitler than FDR.
Before our involvement in WWII the U.S. ranked 18th in military power.
It impressed me that Eleanor actually visited the the Japanese-Americans in their internment camps.
The town of Kermit, TX is named after TR’s son, Kermit.
FDR actually laid the keel for the U.S.S. Arizona.
Churchill was in attendance for a Christmas lighting ceremony and stayed for three weeks at the White House. At one point FDR wheeled in on Churchill getting out of the bathtub.
There was a short clip of Indians putting on war paint and mohawks before the D-Day football but no comment was made of it. It was neat, but just out of place.
TR Jr was part of the D-Day invasion at Utah Beach and died of a heart attack a month later.
I didn’t know FDR lead the nation in prayer in a D-Day prayer.
Seeing the poor health FDR was in during his last campaign, I’m surprised he lived through it.
FDR and Reagan both a certain likable charm when defending themselves and attacking the other party. Clinton has it, but not quite as much as those men.
FDR could pull off wearing a cape, I’d like to see a modern politician do the same.
I was surprised that FDR once mentioned his leg braces in a national speech, but I guess when you are in your fourth term and don’t have much to lose.
Interesting that Eleanor was sitting next to Woodrow Wilson’s widow when FDR died.
Stalin thought FDR died as a result of poisoning.
Hitler died 18-days after FDR.
I had no idea that Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy in Warm Springs, GA, FDR’s getaway. And that Eleanor wasn’t a fan of JFK, but it seemed he eventually won her over.
If MTV still had ‘Celebrity Deathmatch’, I’d like to see a match between presidential biographers Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough. McCullough’s middle name is Gaub.
I ended up not going to that high school football game because the friend that invited had an illness in the family to care to, so my streak continues.
I found out my old high school football coach is now the athletic director at Grapevine-Colleyville. There are two things I’ll remember about his office, he had a framed picture of Oliver North when he was sworn in in front of Congress and a Kansas City Chiefs helmet. He still has the same flattop haircut and I believe he was the last or one of the last starting quarterbacks for UTA, when they still had a football program. He’s also the only coach in Mineral Wells history to have two 0-10 seasons.
Rachel Nichols is already an accomplished sports reporter, but she’s really making a name for herself over the last two weeks by the way she grilled Floyd Mayweather and then Roger Goodell.
Wendy Davis had a terrible debate performance but I rolled my eyes at Greg Abbott when he was given a chance to ask Davis a question. He asked if she regretted voting for President Obama. Sheesh, what a stupid question about Texas politics. But I guess that tells you how serious he’s really taking Davis as a threat – Abbott feels like he’s running against Obama more than he is running against her.
I was surprised to see Oklahoma in new uniforms, but if Notre Dame is willing to do it, then there’s no such thing as tradition.
I know there are bigger things in this world to be concerned about, but I feel for those SMU football players. They’ve gotten blown out by Baylor and North Texas, had their coach quit on them, and then Texas A&M blows you out at home. I’m guessing the schedule makers thought this was going to be the season June Jones was going to have a great football program, but evidentially not.
There are a total of 128 Division 1 football teams in the NCAA. I’m thinking that only the top 50 or 60 should only play each other as these blowouts are disgusting. Heck, I’m surprised that people are even willing to pay to see these sort of things.
I caught the beginning of the new CBS drams ‘Madam Secretary’ and got a kick out the fact that three of their leading stars come from NBC sitcoms – Tea Leoni from ‘The Naked Truth’, Tim Daly from ‘Wings’, and Bebe Neuwirth from ‘Cheers’.
WifeGeeding asked me to watch Twelve Years a Slave with her I just couldn’t bring myself to do, I told her I did my service when I watched the entire Alex Haley series Roots, Roots: The Next Generations, and Queen. I still shed a tear today when I think about that scene with a young Sandy Duncan’s character sending her best friend (and slave) away and breaks her from her family because of an argument.
Yesterday’s ‘Naked and Afraid’ was filmed at the sand dunes in Brazil. The man brought the usual machete but the woman decided to bring a magnifying glass as her one survival item. I thought she’d use it to start a fire, but instead she used it to try to kill bacteria and germs in a coconut cup. She passed out a few times and eventually had to be extracted due to lack of nourishment on the sixteenth day. When I say extracted, she was unconscious and rushed to a hospital. I’ve seen every episode and I’ve seen a contestant so out of it mentally and physically.
The Roosevelts: TR's daughter, Alice, also berated FDR for never overcoming his disability of polio as her father had overcome his disability of asthma. Jeesh. They also pointed out that FDR had five children and they had 19 marriages between them. I think that would be hard to overcome with today's 24 hour news shows. For that matter, how much time would one of our 24-hour news channels spend analyzing a 15 minute fireside speech. As sick as Roosevelt was, it must have been sheer agony anticipating the approaching invasion of Europe. Wolf Blitzer would have a nervous breakdown covering everything that was happening from 1941-1945.
I wonder how much security was involved in moving Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin to their wartime summits. The air and naval support to protect their movements must have been awesome.
I saw the promo clips for "Twelve Years a Slave" on the Daily Show…there is no way I would ever sit through that movie
"There are a total of 128 Division 1 football teams in the NCAA. I’m thinking that only the top 50 or 60 should only play each other as these blowouts are disgusting.". I think there should only be 50 or 60 Division I teams total; the rest are just wasting their money. I don't know how SMU is able to recruit anyone.
Wendy Davis just comes across as overly rehearsed.
Max Morgan's illness sounds really serious. I'm guessing Ron Jackson will be Okay.
That woman on naked and afraid was just plain stupid. All desert animals seek shelter form the sun during the day and hunt (or whatever) at night. She not only insisted on doing chores during the day, but also exposed herself unnecessarily to the sun (duh, to use the magnifying glass). In the beginning she thought pretty highly of herself for no reason (and blond and pretty?); And man, whoever considers marrying her, needs to see her scathing attack on her partner.
I take back my earliercriticism of Ken Burns' handling of Eleanor. He simply echoed the way it was treated at the time. I can see that now and respect it. I wish that sort of respect was still given by the media. I also have to say I fell completely in love with Eleanor. She was the greatest Roosevelt, imho. She was a great humanitarian and her story brought tears to my eyes more than once. What she did in the South Pacific during WW2 and later with the UN were remarkable. And she did these things at a time when women had virtually no political power. I could see why she was Teddy's favorite niece, they had much in common.
The Roosevelts: TR's daughter, Alice, also berated FDR for never overcoming his disability of polio as her father had overcome his disability of asthma. Jeesh. They also pointed out that FDR had five children and they had 19 marriages between them. I think that would be hard to overcome with today's 24 hour news shows. For that matter, how much time would one of our 24-hour news channels spend analyzing a 15 minute fireside speech. As sick as Roosevelt was, it must have been sheer agony anticipating the approaching invasion of Europe. Wolf Blitzer would have a nervous breakdown covering everything that was happening from 1941-1945.
I wonder how much security was involved in moving Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin to their wartime summits. The air and naval support to protect their movements must have been awesome.
I saw the promo clips for "Twelve Years a Slave" on the Daily Show…there is no way I would ever sit through that movie
"There are a total of 128 Division 1 football teams in the NCAA. I’m thinking that only the top 50 or 60 should only play each other as these blowouts are disgusting.". I think there should only be 50 or 60 Division I teams total; the rest are just wasting their money. I don't know how SMU is able to recruit anyone.
Wendy Davis just comes across as overly rehearsed.
Max Morgan's illness sounds really serious. I'm guessing Ron Jackson will be Okay.
That woman on naked and afraid was just plain stupid. All desert animals seek shelter form the sun during the day and hunt (or whatever) at night. She not only insisted on doing chores during the day, but also exposed herself unnecessarily to the sun (duh, to use the magnifying glass). In the beginning she thought pretty highly of herself for no reason (and blond and pretty?); And man, whoever considers marrying her, needs to see her scathing attack on her partner.
I take back my earliercriticism of Ken Burns' handling of Eleanor. He simply echoed the way it was treated at the time. I can see that now and respect it. I wish that sort of respect was still given by the media. I also have to say I fell completely in love with Eleanor. She was the greatest Roosevelt, imho. She was a great humanitarian and her story brought tears to my eyes more than once. What she did in the South Pacific during WW2 and later with the UN were remarkable. And she did these things at a time when women had virtually no political power. I could see why she was Teddy's favorite niece, they had much in common.