I'm A cowboys fan.

I deserve to lose my fantasy playoffs.

League 1: (1st Overall out of 10)
I started Derrick Ward over Tashard Choice, because Jacobs is out, so i figured barber and choice would cancel each other out.

Ward: 4 fantasy points
Choice: 20

League 2: (2nd Overall out of 10)
Tashard Choice's TD caused me to lose, because I have the Giants Defense....


Rule #1: Never pick against the team you love.

President-Elect Obama

Senator Obama of Illinois is now (unofficially) the president-elect of the United States of America. This is a big day for Americans of all creeds, ages, races and political affiliation. Now is the time to stand behind the new president and hope he delivers on his message of positive change. The next four years are going to be incredibly important. I make no secret of my liberal leanings. But I think that Obama is a president that many Americans can stand behind. I just never would have thought a year ago that Obama could win.

5 years

My immediate plans hit a snag recently. My phone isn't working, at all. Now I have to go through Sprint insurance to get it fixed.

A big part of my 5 year plan will be dependent on the person who's in charge of the US for the next four years. Either McCain or Obama will be leading the country. I personally hope that it will be Obama, but I wonder what the next 4 years will be like if McCain is in charge. This is of course assuming that he doesn't leave office. Imagine if, despite being currently down in the polls, McCain wins the election and goes on to lead the country into prosperity.

I'd love to here some thoughts about what you think the next 4 years will be like with Obama or McCain as president.

Hero Worship

While the version of American society presented by American History textbooks is dull, rosy and optimistic, the version presented by Loewen is pessimistic.

Loewen makes no secret about how he views heroification. In the first line of the first chapter, he describes heroification as "a degenerative process... that makes people over into heroes" (pg 19). Degenerating according to answers.com is defined by falling "below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally". When textbooks discuss heroic figures in American history, the books usually delete all of the flaws of character, and all of the morally undesirable actions that they have performed.

The version of Christopher Columbus's story presented by history textbooks contrasts greatly against the version presented by Loewen. Loewen describes the textbook version as "canonizing him". They make Columbus into a saint-like figure. However, in the canonization by the textbooks, there are factual inaccuracies. For example, the textbook Land of Promise describes Columbus's vessels as "Three small, storm-battered ships". Meanwhile, Columbus himself writes in his journal that the ships enjoyed lovely sailing and only experienced moderate rough seas on the last day. Textbooks teach that Columbus discovered America. Of course, there were already people there. Columbus wasn't even the first European to go to the Americas. The Vikings traveled to America centuries earlier.

The 5 year Plan

Honestly, I'm not even sure why I decided to do a blog. Maybe just to put my ideas out there. I've been doing a lot of thinking and maybe I'd be better off externalizing them. The 5 year plan is the name of the site, and this is why I'm here. To put together a 5 year plan.