come on already...

So some people wonder why most of the population feels like Republicans are out of touch. As much as i dislike the Patriots, i just have to think that one of the most "powerful" officials in the government has far more important duties to fulfill then to keep investigating a football team. They deserve to lose another 30-40 seats in the coming election.

Specter questions Patriots success

Posted: Thursday May 15, 2008 06:25AM ET

After meeting with a former Patriots employee who helped the team spy on opponents, Senator Arlen Specter on Wednesday described the team's illicit videotaping tactics as more systematic and deliberate than what the NFL has acknowledged publicly. said the former employee, Matt Walsh, described elaborate measures by the Patriots to conceal their filming of opponents' signals. Walsh also explained how the Patriots' coaching staff gleaned strategic information from members of the team's video crew who had watched the Rams' walk-through practice before the 2002 Super Bowl. He also identified more games and opponents that were filmed by the Patriots and detailed the advantages the team gained in later games. Specter, a longtime Eagles fan, has battled with the NFL on several issues over the years. This time, with his continued criticism of the league's investigation into the Patriots, he is raising questions about the legitimacy of the Patriots' accomplishments -- which include three Super Bowl titles this decade, one against the Eagles, and an 18-0 record last season before a loss to the Giants in the Super Bowl.

I AM COMING TO SAVE YOU!

My friend Justin has a blog that is usually quite enjoyable and intriguing... More recently his posts have gotten more obscure and short. Today when i was looking at his RSS feed i discovered what I think is a secret code. Being that he is an actual rocket scientist the probability is rather high that he has been captured and is sending us secret message. Here are his last 9 headlines...

Duh!
Rain
Why...
Break
God's Creation
People
Blood
Despite the shortage
A terrifying beer development

I used my vintage Enigma machine to decode his message. Now i just need to figure out what it means...

Duh! Why...Rain Blood on People and Break God's Creation? Despite the shortage, It's a terrifying beer development.

Don't worry Justin we are coming for you!....


UPDATE: I got an email from Justin, I have had to censor it for security reasons...

Subject: Justin needs you..

Xxx man…

X'x xxxxxxx xx xx x xxxx x Yolo xxxxxx (http://xxx.yoloxxxx.xxx/). If all goes well, I'll be xx xxxxxxx xx xxx court. Weird, eh?

I need some xxxxxxxxxx (boss-type people). Xxx X use you xx xxx? If so, they need youx xxxxxxxx X xxxxx xxxxxx...

How xxx xxxxxx? Any xxx xxxxx xxxx at the mothership? How xxxx xxxx xxxxxxx break?

Justin

The pot and the end of the rainbow...er..bed?

Since i am always the entrepreneur looking for the next scam. I recently discovered a noble job opportunity. NASA is willing to pay me to lay in bed for 90 days. Now i know what I am doing with my summer vacation... And I will be $17,000 richer a shell of a human being after the torture listed in the following description:

In order to study a person as if they were in space without gravity, NASA scientists use head down tilt bed rest. The 115-119 day study will follow the Bed Rest Project standard model and be conducted at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Participants will live in a special research unit for the entire study and be fed a carefully controlled diet.

During the first 11-15 days of the study participants will be free to move around inside the bed rest facility and do normal things. They will also take part in a number of tests to find out the normal state of their bone, muscle, heart and circulatory system, brain and nervous system, and vestibular (inner ear balance) system as well as their nutritional condition and their ability to fight off infections.

After the first 11-15-day period, participants will spend 90 days lying in bed, (except for limited times for specific tests) with their body slightly tilted downward (head down, feet up). Every day, they will be awake for 16 hours and lights out (asleep) for 8 hours. During the bed rest time they will also take part in a number of tests to find out changes in the state of their bone, muscle, heart and circulatory system, and nervous system, as well as their nutritional condition and their ability to fight off infections.

I think there is a about an 80% chance that the victims study participants will be absolutely insane by this point. Could you imagine being confined to a bed for 90 days! I am a wrangler parent of 3 kids who would give anything for some extra rest, but i don't think this is even allowable at Guantanamo.

During the final 14 days of the study (called the recovery period), participants will again be free to move about within the facility. Because of deconditioning that takes place during bed rest, they will slowly begin normal everyday activity. During the recovery period, they will again take part in tests of their bone, muscle, heart and circulatory systems, and nervous systems, as well as their nutritional condition and their ability to fight off infections.

Participants must be nonsmokers who are in good health with no history of cardiovascular, neurological, gastrointestinal, or musculoskeletal problems.

Individuals selected for screening will receive a physical examination at no cost. Once medically qualified, subjects will be compensated for their time spent for the required psychological assessment and any additional screening.