The Obama Family Seeks World Domination

Malik Obama, the older half-brother of President Barack Hussein Obama, has entered the world of politics. He is running for the governor of a county in Siaya, Kenya, and is reportedly eyeing a run for President of Kenya in 2017.

The elder Obama's campaign slogan is, "Just as it is in the United States, I want it here."

Tangent: The slogan, admittedly, is not extremely catchy.

Upon hearing the news, Donald Trump said, "If a Kenyan can be President of the United States, I can't see why one couldn't be the President of Kenya."

Rockford In The News

Good ol' Rockford made it into the national headlines (at least on Yahoo!) again this week.  This time, it's not for drugs, crime, unemployment, or other negative economic indicators.  This time, it was because our AHL hockey team, the Rockford IceHogs, did a promotion with the ugliest jerseys you've ever seen.  Check it out.

Thanks for keeping it classy, Rockford.

2012 Election Preview

I seriously considered doing a great big series of election coverage spoof videos, complete with state-by-state predictions of which presidential candidate will win which states, as if I were some sort of news network or something.  Well, as you may have noticed, I'm not putting that kind of effort into this blog lately.

Here's my guesses, though, just so we have an official record of my predictions:

Obama will easily take California (55), Hawaii (4), Washington (12), Illinois (20), New York (29), Vermont (3), Massachusetts (11), Rhode Island (4), Delaware (3), Maryland (10), and D.C. (3).

Obama will also definitely get Maine (all 4), Connecticut (7), New Jersey (14), and New Mexico (5).

Romney is going to walk away with Alaska (3), Idaho (4), Utah (6), Arizona (11), Montana (3), Wyoming (3), North Dakota (3), South Dakota (3), Nebraska (all 5), Kansas (6), Oklahoma (7), Texas (38), Missouri (10), Arkansas (6), Louisiana (8), Indiana (11), Kentucky (8), Tennessee (11), Mississippi (6), Alabama (9), Georgia (16), South Carolina (9), West Virginia (5)

To close things out, Obama will take Oregon (7), Nevada (6), Colorado (9), Minnesota (10), Iowa (6), Michigan (16), Pennsylvania (20).

Romney will take Ohio (18), Florida (29), Wisconsin (10), Virginia (10), North Carolina (13), and New Hampshire (4).

In the final analysis, my prognostications leave Obama with 258 votes in the electoral college and Romney with 280.

So there you have it.  The 45th President of the United States will be Glove Romney.  I mean, Mitt Romney.

I might be every bit as wrong as this final picture, though:

A Word to the Haters

"If anyone says, 'I love God,' yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother" (1 John 4:20-21).

One Smart Feller

A while back, a friend posted this video on his blog.  His blog has since been deleted, but the video remains a family favorite. I'm posting it here largely so I can find the thing again. Enjoy!

 

Win From Within

I love this commercial. I've always had a deep appreciation for nearly every Michael Jordan commercial anyway, but this one is one of my favorites. Some health group wants the ad pulled because it promotes being awesome, even when you have the flu, and that's apparently more than nerdy people can handle. That just makes me like it even more.

I've always been a big fan of this one, too.

 

I suppose the message of the (first) ad is that I haven't won and therefore I'm a loser, and I don't really like it in those terms so much...but maybe some truth exists there.

Oh, Peyton

It's the Peyton Manning Sweepstakes.

If you have any interest in the NFL at all, or really if you even just watch the news regularly, you are fully aware of what I'm talking about.  If not, I'm not sure this will interest you, but the best player (and one of my favorite players) in the NFL is an unrestricted free agent.

No one wants to see this happen to Manning.

Reports have indicated at least a dozen teams are interested in Manning, although if it weren't for the salary cap I would think that every team would be.  As a Bears fan, there's a part of me that would like to see him in Chicago, even though the Bears already have Jay Cutler.  As a Peyton Manning fan, though, I'd hate to see Manning get plastered play after play after play like we sometimes see with poor Cutler.  (Well, "poor" for a guy in the middle of a $50-million deal!)

Manning reportedly spent six hours with the Denver Broncos on Friday and six hours Sunday with the Arizona Cardinals.  I like both of these teams, and would be happy to see Manning go to either one.

The Cardinals hold a special place in my heart.  As an NFL original team, and a former Chicago team, I like the Cardinals.  I like Larry Fitzgerald, too, and would like to see what a Manning-Fitzgerald combo would do, especially if the Cards could manage to sign Manning and Reggie Wayne.  Bring Jeff Saturday along, too. And, then move the team back to Chicago.  They can share Soldier Field with the Bears and put a dome on top for Manning's sake.

Since Manning is nearing the end of his career, and is obviously focused on getting back to the Super Bowl, it would be nice to see Manning succeed in Denver, if for no other reason than because it would make my former youth pastor Steve happy.  Seeing Manning in orange and blue doesn't sound all that terrible, either.  I'll cross my eyes and pretend I'm watching him play for the Bears--except, the Broncos' offensive line is better.

It's this other team everyone keeps talking about that bothers me.  Miami?  Boo.  Hiss.  If you follow the NBA, you'll know that this team heavily favors buttholes and  Peyton Manning just doesn't fall into that category.

What I'd really like to see is for Manning to sign with the Houston Texas.  No one is talking about this, and I don't know why not.  The Texas are good, and adding Manning puts them easily in the top five teams in the league.  This has to happen.  They'd be really really good...you know, like maybe go to the Super Bowl this year.

Of course, I'd like to see the Bears screw that up a bit and sign Mario Williams to play opposite of Julius Peppers. The Bears would absolutely terrorize other teams.  This has to happen.  It would be incredible...they might even go to the Super Bowl.

I know I said I didn't want to see Peyton Manning get hurt, but...I just can't see how to stop it now.