I live with a chocolate Labrador retriever named Lady Godiva. Lady is a dog that was found wandering around after Hurricane Katrina. She was sent to the dog pound twice, I eventually saved her from certain death at the pound. That is in and of itself an entirely different blog for another time.

As a lab, she's practically semi-aquatic. Labs have webbed feet and swim like fish. She doesn't get much from playing fetch per se, although she likes it, she really likes to go swimming....

The USA is $8.7 Trillion in debt - and Obama wants to take it to 20 Trillion. What does it mean?

This is not a political piece and something that should worry all Americans regardless of party.
Every American needs to watch this 30 minute video about our nation's addiction to debt.

It is estimated that every person paying taxes will owe over $150,000 on the national debt if it goes to $20 Trillion, but the overall picture is worse than that.

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NewOrleansSaints.com,
Monday, May 04, 2009 - 4:46 PM



New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced Monday the 10 undrafted rookie free agents that have agreed to terms with the team. Joining the Saints are linebacker Jonathan Casillas, quarterback Patrick Cowan, offensive linemen Cedric Dockery, Alex Fletcher and Sam McNaulty, running back P.J. Hill, cornerbacks Danny Gorrer and Reggie Jones, wide receiver Kenneth Harris...

Saw the thread entitled ‘Meaningless Draft Grades’ while waiting on call at the office and the noodle began to percolate...

Grading a draft is part of being a football fan; it is an example of our western culture's checks and balances, along with continuing to buy the Saints Product based on a team's performance...

However, draft grades are not final, static; rather, they change over time and are dynamic.

This is what makes being an NFL fan, well, fun......

Obviously we're doing some technical upgrades before the 2009 season heats up. Everyone needs to check out the blogs as they have evolved well and have some very cool features like creating your own categories, inviting other members to join in on a Blog you write and add posts with you, and so much more.

Our new news system is just going through testing live. There are bugs and hiccups, and we've been moving threads around immediately. All we ask is everyone hang on while we finish...