BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING!!!

This "Presidential Debate" is absolutely brutal.

Neither one of them are answering any of the damn questions.

Lehere specifically asked each candidate what are they going to cut out of thier budgets and programs to help accomodate that probable, supposed $700 billion buy-out, and they spent (no pun intended) more time talking about what they want to do. Be a leader!!! Be a Maverick!!! Bring change!!! SOMEONE...ANYONE

AND THEN LEHER HIT THEM ON IT!!!!

"Neither one of you have said what you would do to make up for this buyout"

"One of you will come into office in January and be staring down one of the biggest and toughest times our country as ever faced."

AND THE BOTH GO BACK TO PARTISAN POLITICS.

"We have to do this..." "I want to do this..." healthcare, education, defense, blah, blah, blah...

And then Lehere says let me ask you the same question a different way to try and get an answer...

The poor guy can't get a straight answer from either one of these chumps, and one of them will be President.....

*sigh*

Hey, did you know that McCain is a Maverick?

Did you know that McCain agreed with Bush 90% of the time?

Did you know that Barack Obama is the most far left voting Senator?

Did you know that John McCain was a war hero?

Did you know McCain was for the war?

Did you know that Barack opposed the war from the beginning?



Do you know what John or Barack are going to do to solve the current crisis?

What are they going to do to maybe balance the budget?

Do we know what actual leadership qualities either of these guys bring to the table?

Week 3 Fantasy Football

Not a very good week at all. Matter of fact, I think this is my worse week in Fantasy Football ever. Looking over our league's archive the last time I failed to reach 80 points in one week was back in 2006 during Week 5 when I scored 79.

Then, when you realize that A) - The guy I played only scored 92.65, which is less than the 3 week average, including this stinker of 76.7, of my team's scoring B) Another guy only scored 67.1 C) I left Fred Taylor on the bench (he got me 21 points) and D) this makes me the only 1-2 team in my divison.

Additionally, things aren't looking very good for my team right now. I just lost Jeremy Shockey for 4-6 weeks. I've already lost Colston and with the Brady injury, technically appear to have lost Randy Moss. David Patten appears to be hurt too now. My team is becoming a M.A.S.H unit.

I came very close to landing Addai and Gregg Jennings in a trade, but it fell through Saturday morning when I wouldn't part with Randy and Hines Ward....I probably should have. My own stupid fault there.

Anyway, here is the breakdown for this week.

I lost 92.65 to 76.7

My top 3 - Titans DST 25, Romo - 17, and Mason Crosby (yes my kicker) with 10 for a total of 52

His top 3 - Ravens DST 41, Anthony Fasano (who? exactly) 12.6, and Mat Prater (yes his kicker) with 10 for a total of 63.6

I'm definitely looking to make some trades this week and am wondering if I can tolerate Moss on my bench this week for the bye and then give him one more week (week 5) to see if Belicheck begins to allow his QB to throw deep to Moss. or if I should just take what I can get.

Crapping the Bed

Being thoroughly confused to just what in the hell is going on with all this financial meltdown crisis and watching the Stock Market drop 1,000 points in just a couple I've been trying to read a whole hell of a lot and try and figure out to what extent my family will be affected.

By all accounts, with the exception of the 401K, HSA's, and IRA's we have, we should be ok going through this. We only are in debt the cost of our mortgage (which is only 30% of the orignal mortgage cost, so even if our house has lost value, our loss what be percentage points), and in addition to the 10% of pre-tax money we put into 401K's, HSA's, and IRA's we always aim to save an additional 10% of take home pay. No Credit Card debt, School Bills, or Car Payments. So, we are not overborrowed or in heavy debt but we'll need to still do some buckling down if we want to keep on saving. I am pretty convinced, as of now, this is great chance to Buy-Low, extremely Low.

ANYWAY, here are a slew of articles, commentary, and blogs on the situation for you to read if you want. They have helped me to really understand what in the hell is going on.

• Maybe the best and clearest explanation from the WSJ "No end in Sight"
• Doctor Doom from Forbes
• Time Magazine weighing in (with a very lengthy piece) to let you know how massive this perfect storm is.
• From the BBC, which is basically saying see you later to the Clinton Democrats (don't let the door hit you on the way out) and this modern anti-fiscal conservative Republican Party (good riddance!!!)
• And, from the Atlantic it's not all George W's fault.......
• it's ours as Deneen (some good Perotesque charts and graphs) and Larison say (this is succint, to the point, and brilliant)

Please make sure your seatbelts are buckled, your trays are in their upright and locked position and you have a snickers bar (or two) - we're going to be here awhile.

Week 2 Fantasy Football

Did you guys see that MNF shoot-out last night? WHEW!!!!

Romo goes for 312 and 3 td's.

I score 125.5 points

and lose!!!

Yes sir, I had 169.7 dropped on me, unreal....I know.

But he had Warner, Boldin, MB3, and Julius Jones. Warner and Boldin alone got him over 85 points.

I am sitting in 2nd in my division though and definitely know that weeks like this happen in Fantasy Football. You have a great week and someone has an amazing week.

Oh well.

But my Do the Opposite is still shining through this young football season. Top rushers from this week did include Westbrook and AP. But, remember, Do the Opposite entails you drafting in the middle to late 1st round, meaning LT, Westbrook, AP should be taken first anyway. The other top rushers were Run DMC (5th round), Julius Jones (7th round), and Earnest Graham (5th round).

His top 3 - Warner (44.3), Boldin (41), and Julius Jones (27.8) for 113.1

My top 3 - Romo (35.2), Titans DST (33), and Chris Johnson (18) for 86.2

So onto next week and I wouldn't be surprised if I am able to swing a trade this week of some sort. A couple guys have gone 0-2 and there star players aren't performing for them (Addai, Carson Palmer, Jamal Lewis, Derek Anderson, etc.). I am aiming for Addai or Lewis (definitely buy-low) and chances are slim, but I have some depth I can offer and sometimes an 0-2 start can trigger people's fears and I'm like a shark in water. I am the guy who got Addai, Pitt Defense, Favre, Ryan Grant, Portis, and MB3 in trades last year. Some of those guys I traded away for each other (for example I got Portis in a trade and traded him for Favre).

But I am getting a reputation for my trading prowess so who knows.

Week 1 Fantasy Football

It's funny, I was looking at my archives from last year when I was tracking my Fantasy Football team as I was on a mission to prove that "Doing the Opposite" is the way to go in Fantasy Football. Last year for week 1 I scored 115.4 points and lost.

This year - 115.8 and....I won!

At least I am consistent in the scoring.

Now, obviously, those of you that may have taken my advice this year and took Brady in the first round, I feel for you. Big time! I almost took Brady in the 1st round, but decided I could get Romo or Brees in the 2nd/3rd round and decided grabbing 2 WRs in the first 2 rounds was the way to go (Moss and Colston). But some of the top RB's also suffered injuries, maybe not season-ending but they still left games early...LT, Addai, and Marion Barber to name the Big 3. And up to this year, Brady had never missed a game due to injury in his career. Maybe it's a little karmic retribution for "The Hoody" playing games with the NFL injury report and listing Brady as questionable for some 3 or 4 years in a row every week.

My top 3 Romo - 26, Randy Moss - 22.2, and Thomas Jones - 21.4 for 69.6

His top 3 - Frank Gore - 21.1, Peyton - 18.85, Megatron - 16.4 for 56.35

So, of the 6 top scorers in our game - 4 of them were not RB's.

Hmm.....