I love the NFL as much as anyone and am a huge fan of the game and our 'Hawks. Setting that aside for a moment the issue I have with Tebow (though not only with Tebow) is that while I don't really care either way whether a guy wants to thank god for touchdowns, I believe it a disturbing kind of hubris to believe that god cares either way. While Tim and company were beating the Steelers in the thin Mile High air and praising their god for the win, off camera things weren't so pretty. While rich men play a game, kids go hungry in Denver (and in every NFL city) while others are abused and forgotten; victims of things far more tragic than the worst loss a game could ever produce. But I guess god was booked; busy guiding footballs out of QB's hands to waiting receivers, who burn 80 yards for the win in OT.

Who actually believes this? Do the prayers of those suffering within earshot of the stadium last night take comfort in any of this? If Tebow was in the least bit genuine he'd stop asking god to produce TDs and instead ask that he spend a bit more time addressing actual problems. I don't mind (or really care) that Tim has faith. I do however care a great deal that he (or any other player) believes even for a moment that god's concern and proof of his love should be centered around the flight of a football and the winning of a game. Please!

OK, could not help it---check it at around 3:05. Cool video, with or without sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9A5bPk3QMk

Well, now that you've told them---I'm sure they will be. ;)

KOMO edited my use of the term b*****d....I on the other hand think the world of that word.

Somewhere (I'm sure one could locate it on YouTube) there is a video of a Honey Badger getting bit by a snake, falling over (to what surely looks like his death) and then two hours later getting up, shaking it off and heading eating the snake that bit him. Tough little bastard. I mean, who the hell shakes off a damn snake bite?

There are bad doctors out there, pill mills do exist and people will abuse Rx'd pain meds like they abuse every other substance on EARTH. Some 600,000 people will die of heart disease next year; some of it preventable, but some of it caused by lifestyle choices.

I get fired up over articles like these because they paint one side of a bad argument poorly. They can meet in Atlanta and talk all they want about cracking down on this but if you take out of the hands of people who really need them the very medicines that they count on to have a quality of life then we aren't solving anything--just shifting the problem.

312,000,000 people. 15,000 overdoses. The % of Americans that will OD on Narcotic pain medicine--the numbers from this newest epidemic? 0.0048% of the population!!!! OH NO..............close down all the clinics, and all of the ERs too, and if a guy comes in with a sucking chest wound, he gets baby aspirin now because god forbid we treat pain effectively. More people in the US die each year from so many other things. The CDC has a list if you want to look for yourself.

Here is my issue, and where this becomes less funny. While they are reporting how many people overdosed from narcotic pain medicine, there was not a single WORD about how many people have been lifted from crippling pain due to the same medications. How many people do YOU know personally (I'll bet most know a few) who have had life restored due at least in part to powerful medications that dull pain. Does that mean that everyone with a cut on their knee should be Rx'd 60 Percocet with 2x refill? No, and DUH! But that isn't who is being helped.

Oh no, another epidemic to contend with---or is it? While overdose of any kind is sad, let's look at the real numbers here. There are approximately 312,000,000 people living in the US. I realize that only a fraction of those take narcotic pain medicine, but they called this an epidemic, not me, so we'll go with that number. Now, 15,000 overdosed from narcotic pain medicine. What isn't stated in the article is how many of them were taking Rx'd medication and how many bought them illegally, how many mixed other drugs (e.g., alcohol) with their narcotics, or how many of them were terminal and were "pushed" a bit into the great beyond. But nevertheless, we'll go with all 15,000 as if every one of those people took Oxycontin Rx'd by a criminal physician---gear up for war!!!

I am going to catch something that looks and feels like hell for this but having lost my father to cancer when he was just 51, and a very close friend at 43, I am not insensitive to the anguish and pain suffered by those (and their loved ones) who are diagnosed with cancer. That stated, I am unsure why the entire month of October needs to be focused exclusively on breast cancer. Prostate cancer has nearly the same numbers as it relates to cases but lacks far behind in funding when compared to breast cancer. I applaud the NFL for its focus on this issue and absolutely believe that breast cancer should be included in the awareness campaign, but is it the only one that can be included? Do other forms of cancer rate lower? The NFL has a full month dedicated to this--is there no way it could contain awareness that is less limited?

That look on his face, that of pure delight is a tad troubling. He wasn't caught lifting a pack of gum--