Terry Hawthorne Doesn't Quit

Sixty thousand groaned collectively. Groaned collectively at a scene displayed so many times before. A scene at once routine and familiar, while at the same time singularly capable of providing fresh despair no matter how many times it's been witnessed previously. A flash of maize and blue, an unassuming field of green. A winged helmeted interloper from the north, racing unimpeded towards the goal. As sixty thousand groaned collectively, heads in hands, fists clenched in helpless rage, Terry Hawthorne gave chase.

For seventy six yards Terry Hawthorne pursued, chasing, not quitting...closing. And for what? To turn a seventy-seven yard touchdown pass into a mere seventy-six yard reception? To tackle the receiver at the goal line, denying him his prize, only to reward Mighty Michigan with three (or four) opportunities to hammer it in from inside the one?

Terry Hawthorne contested those seventy-six yards so his teammates would have a chance to make a stand over the final eighteen inches. And make a stand they did.

After fending off the Wolverines on four attempts from inside the one yard line, the offense took over and marched ninety-nine yards to take the lead. Michigan didn't score again.

An obvious benefit of competition is it's ability to teach us lessons that extend to and inspire us in our daily lives. Lessons that can sometimes be elusive or vague, consisting of a reward perhaps only realized over time, or one mired in statistics, measured in wins or losses. The true wonder, however, lies in those rare occasions when the lesson is stripped naked of pretext and associations, it's existence devoid of nuance and complexity, impossible to miss. The lesson that one person, refusing to give up, can make a difference. A lesson that I witnessed firsthand today in the most remarkable 5 minutes of college football I've ever seen. Read more here

Obama Honors Fallen Soldiers At Dover AFB

Obama Meets With Families Of Eighteen Fallen Soldiers

Some may call it a photo-op, or characterize it as an attempt to save face, or just another smoke screen to divert attention from the real issue of Afghan troop levels. To all that would criticize, I would simply ask, wouldn't you judge him twice as harshly if he didn't go at all?

For me, there certain events, occasions, or duties that transcend partisan dissent or ideological dissimilarities. President Obama meeting with families, writing letters, and making personal phone calls to the loved ones of American heroes who have given the last full measure, is one of those occasions. There will be detractors, no doubt, but today I'm proud of our Commander in Chief.

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Obama Supporters

From Glenn Beck...

They've had progressive leadership in Detroit for almost half a century. What has that leadership brought to Detroit? 17% unemployment, the highest homicide rate in the nation, one third of it's residents live in poverty, fewer than 6 in 10 graduated from high school last year, the median price for a home in Detroit is $7100. Progressive policies are keeping these people in slavery. Slavery to government, welfare, affirmative action, regulation, control.

Don't Know Much About (space) History...

Congressional whiz kid Shiela Jackson Lee delivered a speech on the House floor characterizing Rush Limbaugh as "divisive" and unfit to own an NFL team. You may remember her as the one who asked an interesting question during her visit to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory...(from the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space website)

...The Congressional bonehead award goes to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) who, on a visit to JPL, asked if Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong! Quipped Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) to the Washington Times: "We just don't teach enough science." Worse, Jackson Lee, who represents Houston, is a member of the House Science Committee's space subcommittee. Perhaps some committee reassignments are in order...

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All Reverends Look The Same To Contessa Brewer

Racist or just stupid? If this had happened over at Fox there'd be sit ins and protests, as it stands, the girl who once said "republicans think Americans are idiots" just proved who the real idiot is.