The Fray - You Found Me Viral Video

"You Found Me is a tough song for me. Its about the disappointment, the heart ache, the let down that comes with life. Sometimes you're let down, sometimes you're the one who lets someone else down. It gets hard to know who you can trust, who you can count on. This song came out of a tough time, and I'm still right in the thick of it. There's some difficult circumstances my family and friends have been going through over the past year or so and can be overwhelming. It wears on me. It demands so much of my faith to keep believing, keep hoping in the unseen. Sometimes the tunnel has a light at the end, but usually they just look black as night. This song is about that feeling, and the hope that I still have, buried deep in my chest."

From - Isaac

It's too bad really. A few minutes ago I was minding my own business here at the desk, enjoying the last sticky-sweet, yet alarmingly cold, remnants of my morning coffee. I took a sip, and then it happened. I stumbled upon the ridiculousness that is the LFL, known to insiders as the Lingerie Football League. Coughing, spurting, gagging though my incomprehensible laughing-fit, coffee flowing from both nostrils like some slow-moving maple-syrupian volcano eruption, I could not, would not, believe my eyes. Fourteen athletes "” and by athletes I mean completely hot ex-Hooters waitresses dressed in lingerie "” take to the field in full-contact, partially clothed, half-field football. They mostly run "”passes usually end up incomplete "” being chased by their scantily clad counterparts, eager to slam their tight-bodied opponents into the ground. Bras are ripped, boobs go flying, and in one instance, in Lingerie Bowl III, one poor model started to cry (My apologies, to my mother, sister and grandmother for that detailed description). The League began as a pay-per-view stunt in 2004, the same year, oddly enough, that Justin Timberlake caused Janet Jackson's legendary "wardrobe malfunction." While millions of American households stared in disbelief as the King of Pop's little sister flashed a boob on stage, men (who were much smarter than I) were watching Team Dream and Team Euphoria battle it out on the gridiron in nothing more than their skivvies and a bit of padding. In case you were wondering, the Dreamsters whooped up on the Euphorians, 6-0. Needless to say, those with the golden insight into television history claimed the game a success (Duh!), and in 2005 a league was created and four teams formed "” the Los Angeles Temptation, New York Euphoria, Dallas Desire and the Chicago Bliss. This year, in preparation for Super Bowl XLIII, the LFL has expanded to 10 teams, adding expansions in Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Seattle, San Diego, Phoenix, and of course, Miami. In a recent interview, Chris Martin (not of Coldplay fame), business affairs director for the league, rejected the notion that women bashing against each other while wearing only a bra and panties is degrading. Well, what did you expect him to say? "To say it's degrading, well, these girls are empowered," Martin told the Tampa Tribune. "If you watch, this is not fluff football. We've had broken collarbones and busted knees. Sure, they are beautiful and that's how we draw the audience but the tenacity of the girls maintains that audience." Apparently the strategy is working. In the fall of 2009, the LFL is set to air its games on cable television (I would imagine Spike or some other similarly themed channel), and audiences for its Super Bowl halftime games are growing (ahem). The only question I have for the LFL is this: what in the world is taking you so long to get to Denver? That and just where in the hell did Refrigerator Perry come from in the above video? Thank god he kept his clothes on.

Various RNC Botox Treatments: $2,200
Dress for your RNC Speech: $300,000
Nodding your head like you're actually paying attention while holding a baby with Down's syndrome: Priceless.

There's a lot of punches that can be swung at Cindy McCain. She wouldn't feel any of them, but there are a lot that could be thrown. Her speech Monday night, after she was waltzed out by Laura Bush was thinner than her husband's hairline, paling in comparison to the other woman across the aisle vying for the same spot in the White House. But Cindy McCain and I agree on one thing: that Sarah Palin is wrong on the topic of abortion, as Mrs. McCain disagrees with Palin's views on abortion in cases of rape and incest, and opposes Palin on the funding of sex-education classes. (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hW9DgefdzDY24fe3O9gJ5MvkhS9gD92VTI180 )

But that's pretty much it. As Cindy McCain sat in the VIP bleachers last night with the adopted family she met less than a week ago, I could only cringe at the head-nodding and vacant smiles as the McCain attack dogs marched out in form. I shook my head as the untruths they spoke about their opponents gathered the sign-waving masses while they licked their chops and shouted, "Oh thank GOD! Someone is finally playing dirty!" It was the moment they had all been waiting for. Partisanship at last.

But that wasn't what really bothered me.

What bothered me the most about last night wasn't the outright lies that Mitt, Rudy, and the "Pit Bull" were slinging (please refer to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/04/ap-attacks-praise-stretch_n_123... for more information), but that they were mocking Obama's role as a community organizer. Excuse me Mrs. Palin, but I don't hear Obama criticizing the time you spent participating in beauty pageants or the your 1983 hairstyle (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b46_1220213471 ) during your botched sporting highlights on the local news. Has his campaign said you lack experience to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency? Yes. That's because, Mrs. Palin, you do.

For the sake of argument, I'd like to refer the Republican delegation "” especially Rudy and "The Barracuda" "” to the Wikipedia entry on "Community Organizing."

According to the most readily available source on the planet: "The American Civil Rights Movement, the anti-war movements, the Chicano movement, the feminist movement, and the gay rights movement all influenced and were influenced by ideas of neighborhood organizing. Experience with federal anti-poverty programs and the upheavals in the cities produced a thoughtful response among activists and theorists in the early 1970s that has informed activities, organizations, strategies and movements through the end of the century. Less dramatically, civic associations and neighborhood block clubs were formed all across the country to foster community spirit and civic duty, as well as provide a social outlet."

The Civil Rights Movement? Well that was a joke, right Palin? How bout the feminist movement? Waste of time, right Rudy? To scoff and mock Obama's career as a community organizer is insulting to the American people, the idea of democracy, and our nation. This reminds me of a story. There was once a group of community organizers "” a very long time ago "” who gathered together to stand up for what they believed. In the face of a tyrannical government who was unjustly taxing them, a group of wig wearing patriots (some of the names you may have heard of; Jefferson, Hancock, Franklin and Adams) planted the seeds for a revolution that would define the world as we know it today. Those community organizers convinced normal, everyday people, to take up arms in defense of their right to freedom. Those community organizers would draft the document that would begin, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Those words, written by the greatest speechwriters of our country's history would shake the fabric of a nation, and build the world we have today. Words led to action then, Mrs. Palin. And they seem to be working now.

Check out the HBO Series John Adams, I believe it will be out on DVD soon, for a more detailed account of a community organizer. Until then, continue on with the failed Bush rhetoric and head into the media frenzy that you so smugly stirred last night in your speech. Believe me, those pit bulls don't wear lipstick.