CHICAGO—As Brian Urlacher triumphantly hoisted the George Halas Trophy Sunday, it was a symbol of more than just the Bears’ 39-14 victory over New Orleans—it was a symbol of hope to the thousands of Chicagoans who are still struggling to resume normal lives after the fire that swept through a 2,000-acre swath of downtown, killed over 300 people, injured hundreds more, destroyed a third of Chicago’s buildings, and left 100,000 residents homeless this past Oct. 8 through Oct. 10, 1871.
“No disrespect to the Saints,” Urlacher said, “but as much as this victory would have meant for any team, after what our city has been through, it means much more to us. Hopefully, going to the Super Bowl will help the people of Chicago put the terrible events of 135 years ago behind them.”
January 29, 2007
Bears Inspire A City Still Reeling From Great Chicago Fire Of 1871
January 26, 2007
The RAGBRAI route is out!!!!
Yes, it is the time of the year where they announce the route for RAGBRAI, the greatest biking event ever!! (Suck it Tour Da France.) This year is the flattest RAGBRAI ever!! So any people thinking about doing it for the first time need to check it out!
Head to http://www.ragbrai.org/ Lance Armstrong is going to be on the full route this year, he has a video message to watch there as well.
Do it!
January 22, 2007
Saints Drool, Bears Rule!!!
We’re not here to cause no trouble! We’re just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle!!
Yeah! That’s right, the Bears beat the CRAP out of the Saints Sunday to get to the Super Bowl for the first time in 21 years!! I knew they were going to win, duh, they are the better team.
However, can somebody explain to me while it seemed 80%+ of the “football experts” kept saying the Saints were going to win? What did they base this on? Oh, I know.. “It was their destiny….” BLAH BLAH BLAH.
Hey, I got an idea how about people base stuff on FACTS and LOGIC rather then some stupid fantasy, yeah? Seriously, this ain’t the movies, with some storybook ending. Let’s look at the facts. Bears 13-3 regular season, Saints 10-6. Six of those losses were against teams that did not make the playoffs. Dome teams were 0-9 on the road in Championship games. Now 0-10. So yeah, let’s all pick the Saints.
So suck it Saints… The BEARS ALL THE WAY!!!!
January 16, 2007
Jack is Back!
Jack Bauer is back, baby! Four hours of 24 in the last two days! Massive!
http://www.jackvschuck.com/ Jack Bauer vs. Chuck Norris!
January 10, 2007
The Real Legacy of Tom Vilsack
Head over to State 29 to read about the real legacy of Tom Vilsack.
January 5, 2007
January 3, 2007
Saddam Hussein, we hardly knew ye.
RIP you evil bastard.
Fun Fact for the Day: “Hussein’s carnage averaged 70 to 125 civilian deaths every day for the 8,000 days he reigned. His 20,000 civilian deaths a year (on average) were considered ‘peace, while last year, under war, there were 14,298 civilian deaths.” – Don Surber
From The Guardian, via Andrew Sullivan
Hassan Ibrahim took to extremes local Bedouin notions of a hardy upbringing. For punishment, he beat his stepson with an asphalt-covered stick. Thus, from earliest infancy, was Saddam nurtured – like a Stalin born into very similar circumstances – in the bleak conviction that the world is a congenitally hostile place, life a ceaseless struggle for survival, and survival only achieved through total self-reliance, chronic mistrust and the imperious necessity to destroy others before they destroy you.
The sufferings visited on the child begat the sufferings the grown man, warped, paranoid, omnipotent, visited on an entire people. Like Stalin, he hid his emotions behind an impenetrable facade of impassivity; but he assuredly had emotions of a virulent kind – an insatiable thirst for vengeance on the world he hated.
To fend off attack by other boys, Saddam carried an iron bar. It became the instrument of his wanton cruelty; he would bring it to a red heat, then stab a passing animal in the stomach, splitting it in half. Killing was considered a badge of courage among his male relatives. Saddam’s first murder was of a shepherd from a nearby tribe. This, and three more in his teens, were proof of manhood.