Bush to Costas: 'I don't see America as having any problems' and Madden '09 review

I love what my girlfriend's father said one time about George W. Bush, "There's dirt under every Bush." Combine that with Bush's recent stupefied interview he had with one of the all-time great sportscasters, Bob Costas, and it sums up the entire Bush administration. Ignore intelligence that could've very well thwarted al-Qaeda's attack -- no problem. Outing an undercover CIA agent, Valerie Plame -- no problem. Ignoring the 4th amendment for warrantless wiretapping and detaining suspects for an indefinite time -- no problem. Federal response to Hurricane Katrina -- Alan Chertoff is having dinner, don't disturb him. No problem. Invading a sovereign country who posed no imminent threat -- No problem. Record-high mortgage foreclosures, jobs shipped overseas, high unemployment, record-high gas prices -- No problem. Continuing to serve the best interests of the oil companies and military contractors -- priceless for the Bush administration.

A few nights ago after watching the Red Sox and heading home, I turned on Alan Colmes' radio show. He discussed Bush's interview at length and as usual hit home on some very good points. "Oh, I know what the Conservatives are going to say. You liberals, you want everything to go bad, so you can elect your left-wing, liberal extremists." He began listing the obvious like the Iraq War, economy, etc. He went on to say that it's simply the reality things aren't going well. Unfortunately, listening to his predominant Conservative callers, they won't be swayed by reason and continue using illogical, irrational innuendos to defend a Bush position dear to their hearts: "We're winning in Iraq." (what was the strategy the Bush administration had for winning the Iraq War? I can't count on both hands how many times their position changed.). Another one is cherry picking one Obama vote a few years ago that favored tax cuts to the oil companies. O.k. He expected another bill to come that would rescind those tax cuts from the original bill. That original bill also supported a comprehensive approach to alternative energy sources, so there.

I still haven't figured out how to do a blogroll on here yet, so I recommend you check out alancolmes.com and click on liberalland at the top of the screen. You'll find under his previous posts a nice pic of Bush staring at one of our American beach volleyball player's asses. It is a nice one, though. I agree with the President. Shocker. However, he's a married man who supposedly is a culture-valued Conservative. I guess the mainstream media, like they've done with John McCain's extramarital affair during his first marriage, will have to ignore Bush's silly shenanigans to cover John Edwards' over two-year-old affair. News flash: Edwards isn't running for office. McCain is.

Here is Bush's interview with Costas in its entirety. Also, notice in this interview how he subtly pimps out HIS religious belief AGAIN to drive home a point. Before the Madden review, congrats to Michael Phelps again. This guy is unbelievable. I've only been able to catch the U.S. playing Japan in women's volleyball and swimming thus far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keN12U2coK8

The Madden '09 game for the Playstation 3 console exceeded my expectations. For one, the game speed is much smoother for this year's version. Online gamers last year experienced some lagging speed and on occasion, the game would nearly freeze up. Also, the designers did well this year to seemingly ensure cheat codes and glitches are kept to a bare minimum. A few plays last year were commonly used throughout a game. One main one was a wide receiver screen that would automatically have your defenders move away from the receiver and the screen immediately moves to an overhead shot of the field. It looks like that has been eliminated.

I only play this at a married friend's house who has two children about twice a month. So, it was nice timing we were able to do it yesterday when it was first released. My first game was played in the rain at Irving, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys. It was realistic. On three to four different plays, my receivers were wide open and simply dropped the ball. Then again, I was using the Tennessee Titans who aren't known for their receiving core.

Defense can dominate this game. If you're like me who mixes up the run with the pass, you'll find that running the football is difficult, especially up the middle. But, there is one nice new feature this year. You can direct your linemen to block to the direction you want to run off tackle or off guard.

Overall, the graphics have improved once again, plenty of plays to select on offense, and games that should be very close even from opponents who play every day opposed to the occasional player like me. I give this game an A+. Great job again Electronic Arts.