Published in the Signal February 13

The response to my first column was mostly good.  Obviously the extremists I  exposed were none to happy although their response was classic! Really proved everything I said by their attacks. I have decided to write a third immigration column to follow up this one.

Read edited version – Nathan Imhoff: Fix problem with illegals

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Part 1 of 2 Immigration Columns

I am actually very proud of this column, it is part 1 of 2 on the very heat immigration issue.

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Obama should make decisions proudly, not politically

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Week 15 // Too Close For Comfort!

Week 15 was too close for comfort!  I made two almost fatal flaws this last week which almost knocked me out of the play offs!  1. I Sat Hines Ward and Started Robert Meachem.  I thought the Saint would light up that Cowboys secondary, which didn’t happen!  Meachem only managed 4 point for the whole game, as the Cowboys handed the Saints their first lose.  Hines Ward racked up 12 points.   2.  I sat Mike Sims-Walker and started Hakeem Nicks.  Wouldn’t have been a bad move except Nicks got hurt in the 2 Quarter after racking up 66 yards and I was left watching the Giants Defense  make my opponent’s score teeter back and forth between 110 and 109!  Eventually with 4 minutes left Washington managed to get over the 300 yard mark which brought him down to 109.  That led to the tie breaker which was yardage, I won that by about 130 yards.  Mike Sims-Walker also racked up 12 points.

So this is it Week 16.

Starbucks' save-the-world marketing scam

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Andre Johnson Was A Rockstar!

I ended the regular season 10-4 which was good enough to win my division and earn play off birth.  I didn’t finish very strong!  All 3 weeks I had a player injury really mess me up even causing me to lose 2 games!  Week 12, Kurt Warner woke up with a sore neck!?!  And didn’t play!  Week13. Deangelo Williams didn’t play because of an injury.  Both weeks I overslept and didn’t catch the decisions to sit them, which caused me to lose!

On to week 15, I have a tough decision do I start Kurt Warner against Detroit or Matt Schaub against St. Louis?  Warner had that pathetic performance last night throwing 2 int and 2 fumble only netting 1 fantasy point.  My running back situation got a little complex, I am going to sit Deangelo Williams who is up against the Minnesota Vikings, which are descent against the run.  Kevin Smith is out for the season!  Jamaal Charles has been a huge late season pick up!  I am going to bring back Beanie Wells, who seems to be the most consistent back for Arizona.

We will see if I can pull out the win and advance to the championship!

Just Eat The Apple Hank

I just finished season 3 of Californication and WOW!  Now this may sound lame, but I have a little bit of an attachment to this show, mainly because before I watch an episode someone [muffin], told me I reminder of the main character Hank Moody.  A few people have reaffirmed this, and  I wasn’t sure what to think about it, because all I knew about the the show prior to watching it was it had a lot of T & A.  I like me some T & A so that was a plus.  After watching 36 episodes of the trial and tribulations of Hank Moody, I am not sure if it is good thing.  If I am being compared to Hank because of his artistic, brutal honesty and determination to be himself that sometimes drive everyone he cares about up the wall then…. I suppose it is an honor.  If it is because Hank tends to completely alienate and hurt everyone around him because of his utter selfishness and disregard for the feelings of the people he loves, well that is not so hot.

Newspaper Column // America needs more than fear-mongering

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Follow on Twitter @the_cranberries

It Pays to Be On Twitter

This could be the biggest score from twitter yet!  Early this week I saw a tweet that said Win tickets to The Cranberries with a link which sent me over to Lucinda Michele blog at MetBlogs.  After enter my readers digest version of my break up with Becky, she emailed me a couple days later saying, “Boy, that is rough. You win! Need your name to give to will-call for your pair of tix.  Send that on over.  :)”  Which was Awesome, who can say they have won anything for getting messed over in a relationship?  LOL  Thanks Lucinda, your a doll!

Ice Skating in LA OUTSIDE?

I was very surprised to see an outdoor skating rink in the middle of LA Live.  Really cool!

Club Nokia

As a venue, Club Nokia is one of my favorite venues in LA.  Last time I was here was back in March to see Blue October, that time I guess I had purchased VIP tickets which was awesome!  Club Nokia has an upstairs Lounge, which would have been amazing last night!  I was in General Admission which I am never a big fan off mainly because I always seem to be around people that are high on paint or something.  Last night was no different, with a rather large girl continually touching me for some reason, I am pretty sure blitzed off her ass.  Her group was pretty rowdy, I was impressed with the way the security handled them.

Griffin House

Griffin House was possibly one of my favorite opening acts I have seen to date, maybe only losing out to Eagles of Death Metal.  Amazing considering he is just one guy with an acoustic guitar.  This was about as close as I can come to country, although his themes were not country like at all!  I loved that he did Folsom Prison Blues Cover!
Griffin House  - Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars // Grade = A

The Cranberries

I have always liked The Cranberries, but now I LOVE the Cranberries!  Dolores O’Riordan had such a connection with the crowd!  I loved her comments about her children being the most important thing to happen in her life, and the comments to the ladies about being beautiful just the way they are.  Very positive message which isn’t being sent from female musicians today!  Bravo!  All parts of their performance were amazingly captivating, even songs I had never heard before!  Probably the only negative I can say about this concert was I wasn’t a big fan of their shirt selection, I love to pick up a concert tee or hoodie because all the cash goes to the band, opposed to the $1.60-3.00 most bands make off the sale of a CD.
The Cranberries – Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars // Grade = A

New Column // More conflict is not the answer

This is first of hopefully many Column to be printed in my Local News Paper

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