NFL review overhaul?

Today on CBS's The NFL Today Coach Bill Cower advocated an overhaul of the NFL's review rules following the Lion's review debacle last week.  His position was that the rules should be similar to college rules, with no coach's reviews at all and ALL plays reviewed by a review official in the booth.

I greatly respect Coach Cower's skill and ability, but WRT the replay overhaul he's dead wrong.  A coach knowing the rules and making the right call is part of the game.  Living with bad calls on the part of the coach or the officials is part of the game. 

The logical conclusion of the "kinder, gentler" NFL is that eventually we will just be watching the owners sitting around playing Madden every Sunday.

The Babineaux Method: Stupid internet idea is stupid

Pointed out to me by Lady Tam, and originally posted on CTD'S blog:

If the pistol has a magazine-release button on both sides, the trigger finger begins curled with tip resting upon the forward surface of the release button. From here, the finger travels along the frame inside the rear of the trigger guard until it fills the gap between the rear of the trigger and the frame. The purpose is to use the trigger finger to mechanically block rearward movement of the trigger. The gun begins its descent into the mouth of the holster with the finger behind the trigger. Once the mouth of the holster accepts the trigger guard and there is no longer room for the index finger, the position is released and gun is fully seated.


My take:

After you’ve shot somebody, with sirens screaming and smoke billowing and people crying, you’re SURE your finger will be BEHIND the trigger and not in front of it. Right.


Glocks have two flaws: Pulling the trigger has a function BESIDES discharging the weapon, and the “safety” is ON the trigger… so anything that accidentally snags the trigger can also disengage the safety.

Deliberately ticking something INSIDE the trigger guard of ANY gun when you DON’T want to fire is is just stupid. Training to do so and then attempting it in an emergency is Darwin-worthy.

Back to blogging?

My wife pointed out that I write stuff on the internet all the time, so why aren't I blogging?  I may as well, right?

So, for the next little while I'm going to link to stuff I've commented on or which interests me and see how it goes.

What Superhero am I, anyway?

You Scored as William Wallace The great Scottish warrior William Wallace led his people against their English oppressors in a campaign that won independence for Scotland and immortalized him in the hearts of his countrymen. With his warrior's heart, tactician's mind, and poet's soul, Wallace was a brilliant leader. He just wanted to live a simple life on his farm, but he gave it up to help his country in its time of need. William Wallace 67% Maximus 63% Batman, the Dark Knight 58% The Terminator 58% Indiana Jones 54% Neo, the "One" 50% James Bond, Agent 007 46% Lara Croft 42% Captain Jack Sparrow 38% The Amazing Spider-Man 29% El Zorro 21%

Denver Tea Party- some thoughts

A small but important start in the long battle to take this country back.

The vast majority of attendees, as shown by raised hands, were Republicans, Libertarians and Constitutionalists. There were, however, a few who identified themselves as Democrats or other liberals... and that's the main point. This really isn't a Democrat vs Republican or Conservative vs Liberal issue. The issue is whether our elected representatives listen to their constituents after election day.

Nancy Pelosi admits that the constituents who contacted her office, presumably mostly liberal constituents, regarding the first bailout were about 8:1 AGAINST the bill but she voted for it anyway because we little people don't understand the "big picture". Other legislators on both sides of the isle reported similar contacts from their constituents, including those here in Colorado. Eventually both sides voted FOR the bill and it passed.
















Communications from constituents to elected representatives have continued to be against the various spending, recovery and "stimulus" bills... yet both sides of the isle keep voting for them.
















Our form of government is a Republic. We elect legislators to make daily decisions for us that we can't be bothered to make for ourselves. Whether this is efficiency or laziness is another discussion. The fact is that this is our form of government as set down in that sacred document: the Constitution of the United States of America. HOWEVER, when an elected official's constituency screams so overwhelmingly for that official to do or not do something, one would think they would take that into account. It's OUR money they're spending, OUR country they are bankrupting, OUR children they are obligating... but no. They know better than we do.

All I know is that I can't borrow my way to success, to prosperity.

In the United Stated the power to govern derives SOLELY from the will of the people. We need to exercise that will and take our country back.

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