NASA and CAIR?

I just did very light internet researching and found this:

Let's connect the dots...

NASA has, in the past, contracted SiliconExpert Technologies for use of their "Parts Search Management Tool". ---> SiliconExpert's president and CEO is Omar Ahmad. ---> Omar Ahmad once said, "Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faiths, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth" ---> Omar Ahmad is a co-founder of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR.) ---> CAIR is an instituion that gives aid to known terrorist groups. ---> It has been suggested that NASA take part in anti-terrorism surveillance at airports.

So what gives?

Madden Cursed Me

I drafted Shaun Alexander with my first pick in this year's fantasy football draft with my buddies. I didn't believe in the Madden Curse.

Now this: Broken Foot

Check out the Madden Curse List of Downed Atheletes...

The cover boys

1999 ("Madden 2000"): Barry Sanders. The first NFL player to be on the cover quickly became the first former NFL player on the cover. He retired before training camp began.

2000 ("Madden 2001"): Eddie George. Hardly cursed as he rushed for 1,509 yards and 16 touchdowns, both career highs.

2001 ("Madden 2002"): Daunte Culpepper. Missed the final five games with a knee injury, but the curse kicked in well before the injury. He went from being tied for the league lead with 33 TD passes in 2000 to having almost as many interceptions (13) as touchdown passes (14) in 2001.

2002 ("Madden 2003"): Marshall Faulk. He rushed for 1,000 yards in seven of his first eight seasons, but he hasn't surpassed that mark since appearing on the cover of the game. In 2002, he missed two games with an injured ankle.

2003 ("Madden 2004"): Michael Vick. Suffered a broken right leg during an exhibition game. He missed the first 11 games of the regular season.

2004 ("Madden 2005"): Ray Lewis. The Ravens' linebacker didn't have an interception for the only time in his career. He missed the regular-season finale because of an injured wrist.

2005 ("Madden 2006"): Donovan McNabb. After the Eagles slipped to a 4-5 record, McNabb missed the final seven games because of a sports hernia.

2006 ("Madden 2007"): Shaun Alexander. He gained 187 yards in the first three games, his slowest start since 2002, and now is out indefinitely with a broken bone in his left foot.

Source>>>

Phil Angelides

California gubernatorial candidate, Phil Angelides, said recently, in an attempt to rally severely lacking support, that he would do everything within his power to bring home California National Guard units stationed in Iraq.

``I will do everything in my power, as governor, to bring our National Guard units home,'' Angelides said.


Some critics think his promise is disengenuous and simply made to muster support for his campaign but carries no real chance of ever happening.

As far as his sincerity or his ability to take the President to court in order to get the trooops hom, I don't think one thing or another. The thing that really caught my attention was when he said that the war in Iraq was started by our president under "false pretextes".

What?

Maybe he meant 'false pretenses'... (pretense: "To cloak, to give a feigned appearance to, to pretend, profess, allege, esp. falsely.")
Or maybe he meant 'false pretext'... (pretext: "something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason ")
Either way, I think "false" pretense or pretext is redundant.

And even if it's not, I'm pretty sure "pretextes" isn't a word.

5000 miles

My car already has 5000+ miles on it and I just took it in for its first scheduled maintenance.
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I've only had the car for three months. That means I'm on pace for 20,000 annually. (Is that normal?)

According to the EPA site, the average annual mileage for passenger cars is 12,500. I'm sure it's higher in the Bay Area. But even if it is higher in the Bay Area, I think I'm still riding on the high end. Hopefully, the trips to Santa Rosa every other week will stop soon.