Michael Orozco Fiscal's game winner in Mexico



Michael Orozco Fiscal enters the match and promptly taps in a backheel pass to put the United States up 1-0 in their first-ever win over Mexico in Mexico.

Prior to the match Mexico has lost only eight of 119 matches in Azteca.


Sumlin names freshman Manziel starting QB

Kevin Sumlin's going bold in his Texas A&M debut.

AggieAthletics.com reports Texas A&M head football coach Kevin Sumlin announced today that redshirt freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel will be the Aggies' starting quarterback for the season opener against Louisiana Tech, Thursday, Aug. 30 in Shreveport, Louisiana. The game will be televised nationally on ESPNU with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. central.

"Johnny has performed the best at this stage and we will proceed until the season opener with him getting the first-team reps," Sumlin said. "My policy is simple really; the best player plays. Competition is a great thing and we need more competition at all of our positions. All of our quarterbacks have competed well, and I expect them to continue to push Johnny."

Manziel (man-ZELL rhymes with yell) hails from Tivy High School in Kerrville, Texas, where he earned Parade All-America honors as well as being named the National High School Coach Association Football Player of the Year. He earned Texas Associated Press sports editors Player of the Year after a senior season that saw the righthander throw for 3,609 yards on 228-of-347 (65.7%) passing with 45 touchdowns and five interceptions. The 6-1, 200-pound quarterback also carried the ball 170 times for 1,674 yards and 30 touchdowns. He even had one touchdown reception and returned a kickoff for a touchdown.

The quarterback competition is between Manziel, sophomore Jameill Showers from Shoemaker High School in Killeen, sophomore Matt Joeckel from Arlington High School and true freshman Matt Davis who enrolled at Texas A&M in January from Klein Forest High School.

FRC shot up less than 24 hours after liberals announce Ryan would be addressing the group

Just hours after the Human Rights Campaign announced Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan would be addressing the Family Research Council, which they called a "hate group," a volunteer at a gay and lesbian center shoots up FRC's offices.

According to their own anti-speech attack rules, why aren't liberals demanding the Human Rights Campaign be criminally prosecuted for inciting violence?



FRC shooter IDed as Herdon's Floyd Corkins


"NBC and ABC7 identified him as 28-year-old Floyd Corkins of Virginia. Fox News obtained photos of the man, apparently taken by a witness, that show the suspect in handcuffs and his bloody shirt fully unbuttoned," TPM reports.

His full name is Floyd Lee Corkins II.

Corkins was reportedly carrying a Chick-fil-A bag and screaming about the group's political positions.  NBC reports Corkins "was carrying a backpack containing materials related to Chick-fil-A restaurants."

There is a Facebook page for a Floyd Corkins, in Northern Virginia, who attended George Mason University.  Facebook appears to have blocked the page, presumably to frustrate Brian Ross.

Corkins shares a name with his father, confusing some who found a school teacher with that name, but older.

There is a MyLife page for a Floyd L Corkins of Herndon as well.  According to the site that Floyd Corkins "currently lives in Herndon, Virginia. Before that, Floyd lived in Herndon, VA from 2003 to 2003. Before that, Floyd lived in Andrews Air Force Base, MD from 1999 to 2008.
Floyd L Corkins is related to Jacqueline Corkins, who is 52 years old and lives in Herndon, VA. Floyd L Corkins is also related to Floyd Corkins, who is 55 years old and lives in Oklahoma City, OK.

D.C.'s Fox 5 report:
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UPDATE:  CBS reports Corkins "had been volunteering at a community center for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people."  

"David Mariner is executive director of The DC Center for the LGBT Community. He says Corkins had been volunteering at the center for about the past 6 months. Mariner describes Corkins as 'kind, gentle and unassuming.'"

CBS also reports "a coalition of 25 gay rights groups released a statement through GLAAD condemning the shooting.

"'The motivation and circumstances behind today's tragedy are still unknown, but regardless of what emerges as the reason for this shooting, we utterly reject and condemn such violence. We wish for a swift and complete recovery for the victim of this terrible incident,' the statement read."

Black Democrat former governor slams Biden/Obama rhetoric

Doug Wilder is an unabashed liberal, but he also speaks his mind and doesn't carry water for any group or party.



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Paul Ryan's awful anti-gun voting record

Ryan voted for 1999 HR 2122, the Mandatory Gun Show Background Check Act
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/
1999/roll244.xml

Ryan voted for H.AMDT.215 to H.R.2122 (Rep Dingell, John D.) Amendment defines what constitutes a sale at a gun show; requires background checks at gun shows to be completed within 24 hours; allows dealers to deal at gun shows face-to-face; and increases the penalty for those who use guns with a large-capacity magazine during the commission of crimes.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/


1999/roll234.xml

Ryan voted for H.AMDT.218 to H.R.2122 (Rep McCollum, Bill) Amendment prohibits juveniles from possessing semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition clips.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/
1999/roll238.xml

Ryan voted for H.AMDT.219 to H.R.2122 (Rep Davis, Thomas M.) Amendment mandates the transfer of a secure gun storage or safety device with the transfer of any handgun and establishes liability criteria for damages resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a handgun by a third party.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/


1999/roll236.xml

Ryan voted for H.AMDT.221 to H.R.2122 (Rep Sessions, Pete) Amendment requires a background check on a person whose gun is returned to him by a pawnshop if that gun has been stored at the pawnshop for more than 1 year.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/


1999/roll239.xml

Ryan voted AGAINST H.AMDT.222 to H.R.2122 (Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr.) Amendment sought to repeal a District of Columbia law that prohibits residents from possessing a firearm.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/


1999/roll240.xml





Democrats cheer on Family Research Council shooter

23. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a minor flesh wound in the arm, and the guard took one for the

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team in order to gain sympathy for FRC's hate agenda.

25. I'm hoping for some dirt to flush out with this.

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Maybe someone was gonna expose something. I hope it's not just a marital fling thing. Maybe it was some good repub xtian accidental shooting his gun off as he....

lots of fun to speculate. Hope for real news on it soon. I know I am bad for hoping for scandal but these aholes are NOT about any kind of Family Values let alone any kind of Christian values.

46. What comes around goes around.


Daily Kos:

 I'm guessing he thought FRC (1+ / 0-)
was too "soft" on gays/guns/women.
We do not forgive. We do not forget. The whole world is watching.








Texas high school football 2012 preseason rankings



Below is Dave Campbell's Texas Football's and TexasFootball.com's 2012 preseason rankings for Texas high school football.   Be the smartest football fan in Texas by going here.

Class 5A
Rank School (2011 final) 2011 Overall/District Record Starters back
1. Dallas Skyline (3) 14-1/7-0 6/6
2. Lake Travis (1-4A) 16-0/6-0 6/4
3. Southlake Carroll (1) 16-0/7-0 4/2
4. Katy (16) 12-1/7-0 4/4
5. Euless Trinity (21) 12-1/8-0 3/3
6. Allen (23) 11-1/7-0 2/3
7. Cibolo Steele (5) 15-1/5-0 4/4
8. DeSoto (18) 10-2/4-1 8/2
9. Longview (17) 11-2/5-0 2/8
10. Arlington Martin (6) 12-2/6-1 5/7
11. Manvel (5-4A) 15-1/6-0 4/5
12. The Woodlands (10) 12-2/5-1 5/6
13. Hewitt Midway (4-4A) 12-3/4-1 5/3
14. Abilene (13) 10-4/5-0 5/9
15. Pearland (11) 11-3/6-1 7/5
16. Spring Dekaney (2) 14-2/5-2 4/4
17. SA Madison (8) 10-5/5-1 4/3
18. Cedar Hill (N/A) 8-4/6-1 9/4
19. Converse Judson (N/A) 8-3/3-2 6/5
20. Mansfield (25) 11-2/6-1 6/6
21. GP North Shore (N/A) 8-4/3-2 6/3
22. SA Reagan (19) 12-2/6-0 4/8
23. Lufkin (N/A) 9-2/6-0 5/5
24. Denton Ryan (9-4A) 12-1/6-0 5/2
25. Austin Westlake (N/A) 9-3/5-0 6/6

Class 4A
Rank School (2011 final) 2011 Overall/District Record Starters back
1. Denton Guyer (N/A-5A) 8-4/5-2 7/4
2. Cedar Park (3) 11-3/5-1 7/3
3. Tyler John Tyler (6) 11-4/7-0 9/7
4. Highland Park (22) 12-1/7-0 3/5
5. Pearland Dawson (8) 12-3/4-2 8/3
6. Leander (N/A-5A)  8-4/6-0 5/9
7. Wichita Falls Rider (16)  10-4/4-2 8/5
8. Aledo (2)  14-2/7-0 2/6
9. CC Calallen (11) 13-2/6-0 6/6
10. Angleton (13)  13-1/6-0 5/6
11. Kerrville Tivy (12)  11-3/6-0 5/4
12. Brenham (25)  11-1/7-0 3/3
13. Rosenberg Terry (N/A) 9-2/5-1 4/5
14. Corsicana (7)  13-2/7-1 4/3
15. Dallas Kimball (N/A) 9-3/5-2 8/6
16. Prosper (N/A-3A) 9-3/5-0 7/5
17. Nederland (N/A) 11-2/7-0 9/7
18. Dayton (N/A) 9-4/5-2 6/5
20. Humble Summer Creek (N/A) 9-2/6-1 4/6
21. Amarillo (N/A-5A) 8-4/4-1 7/5
22. Wolfforth Frenship (N/A) 10-1/7-0 6/6
23. Austin LBJ (N/A) 6-4/5-0 6/5
24. Waxahachie (N/A) 9-3/7-1 6/5
25. Fort Worth Southwest (N/A) 9-2/9-0 10/7

Class 3A
Rank School (2011 final) 2011 Overall/District Record Starters back
1. Stephenville (10-4A) 11-3/4-1 5/6
2. La Marque (15-4A) 11-3/5-1 3/7
3. Carthage (9) 9-4/4-1 4/6
4. Coldspring-Oakhurst (5) 14-1/6-0 8/7
5. Navasota (10) 11-2/5-0 6/7
6. Argyle (4) 14-2/5-0 4/3
7. Wimberly (2) 15-0/5-0 4/7
8. Henderson (6) 11-3/3-2 5/6
9. Waco La Vega (17) 11-1/5-0 8/8
10. Celina (11) 11-1/4-0 5/5
11. Tyler Chapel Hill (1)  15-0/4-0 1/2
12. Gilmer (7) 13-1/5-0 2/7
13. Alvarado (3) 14-1/5-0 7/4
14. Kilgore (18-4A) 9-5/5-2 3/6
15. Melissa (1-2A-DI) 13-1/5-0 4/3
16. El Campo (N/A) 7-4/4-2 5/5
17. Monahans (12) 12-3/3-1 7/5
18. Abiline Wylie (N/A) 7-5/3-1 4/4
19. Sealy (24) 8-3/4-0 8/6
20. Libery Hill (N/A) 8-4/4-1 6/6
21. West Columbia (8) 13-1/4-0 4/5
22. Lubbock Estacado (N/A) 8-4/4-1 5/2
23. West Orange-Stark (13)  10-4/5-0 5/7
24. Bellville (21)  10-2/3-1 6/4
25. Houston Yates (N/A) 7-5/5-1 6/5

Class 2A-DI
Rank School (2011 final) 2011 Overall/District Record Starters back
1. Cameron Yoe (N/A) 6-5/6-0 8/8
2. Newton (N/A) 9-3/6-1 7/7
3. Tatum (3) 12-3/4-1 3/3
4. Daingerfield (7) 10-4/4-1 7/4
5. Wall (9) 11-1/6-0 6/5
6. Hempstead (2)  14-1/6-0 4/5
7. Muleshoe (4) 10-2/6-1 7/7
8. Crockett (6) 11-2/5-0 5/5
9. Littlefield (N/A) 8-4/6-1 4/5
10. Idalou (7-DII) 10-2/6-0 2/2

Class 2A-DII
Rank School (2011 final) 2011 Overall/District Record Starters back
1. Refugio (1)  15-0/7-0 6/6
2. Lexington (3) 11-3/5-1 5/7
3. Cisco (2) 14-1/6-0 4/5
4. Arp (6)  10-3/5-0 5/4
5. Corsicana Mildred (4)  13-1/5-0 5/7
6. East Bernard (10) 10-2/7-0 6/7
7. Garrison (4-1A-DI) 12-2/5-0 4/6
8. Rogers (N/A) 10-2/5-1 6/8
9. Hughes Springs (N/A)  6-6/5-0 6-8
10. Clarksville (9-1A-DI) 10-2/5-0 7/8

Class 1A-DI
Rank School (2011 final) 2011 Overall/District Record Starters back
1. Mart (5) 11-3/5-0 8/8
2. Stamford (2)  13-3/2-2 8/8
3. San Augustine (N/A-2A-DII) 8-3/5-0 8/9
4. Mason (1)  15-0/4-0 2/4
5. Windthorst (3-DII) 11-2/4-0 2/3
6. Shiner (10)  8-6/3-1 5/4
7. Goldthwaite (N/A) 7-5/2-2 5/7
8. Ganado (3)  11-1/4-0 4/4
9. Lindsay (N/A) 8-5/3-2 7/8
10. Alto (N/A) 8-4/4-1 6/6

Class 1A-DII
Rank School (2011 final) 2011 Overall/District Record Starters back
1. Munday (2)  13-3/3-1 9/7
2. Tenaha (1)  14-0/3-0 6/7
3. Falls City (7)  10-3/6-0 7/9
4. Burton (5)  12-3/3-2 7/7
5. Hubbard (10)  9-3/5-0 7/8
6. Wellington (4)  13-1/4-0 6/6
7. Muenster (6-DI) 12-1/5-0 5/6
8. Albany (7-DI) 11-1/4-0 5/5
9. Mount Enterprise (6)  11-1/2-1 6/6
10. Chilton (N/A) 8-5/4-1 6/6

6 Man-DI
Rank School (2011 final) 2011 Overall/District Record Starters back
1. Throckmorton (1)  14-0/3-0 2/5
2. Ira (3)  12-1/3-0 4/4
3. Valley (4)  12-2/4-0 2/2
4. Borden County (2)  13-2/4-0  4/3
5. Zephyr (N/A) 10-1/3-0 5/5
6. Rankin (5)  9-3/3-0 5/6
7. Sterling City (4-DII) 11-3/3-0 4/4
8. Oakwood (N/A) 11-1/4-0 5/6
9. Gordon (N/A) 8-2/1-2 5/4
10. Rotan (N/A) 4-6/2-3 4/4

6 Man-DII
Rank School (2011 final) 2011 Overall/District Record Starters back
1. Richland Springs (1)   15-0/4-0 3/3
2. Jonesboro (5)  11-1/3-0 5/5
3. Follett (N/A) 7-4/3-1 3/3
4. Motley County (2)   14-2/3-0 3/3
5. Robert Lee (N/A) 6-5/2-1 6/6
6. Calvert (6)  7-5/3-0 2/2
7. Newcastle (3)  12-2/3-0 3/3
8. Milford (N/A) 7-5/3-0 4/4
9. Cherokee (N/A) 6-5/3-1 4/5
10. Grandfalls-Royalty (7) 12-2/6-0 3/3

Private Schools (11 man)
Rank School 2011 Overall/District Record Starters back
1. FW Nolan Catholic 13-1/5-1 4/3
2. Addison Trinity Christian 6-6/3-3 10/9
3. Houston Northland 11-2/6-1 9/10
4. Midland Christian 12-2/5-0 4/3
5. Houston St. Pius X 5-7/3-3 7/8
6. Plano Prestonwood 9-3/5-1 4/5

Private Schools (6 man)
Rank School 2011 Overall/District Record Starters back
1. Abilene Christian 13-1/3-0 4/3
2. Dallas Covenant 12-2/4-0 1/2
3. Bulverde Bracken 11-1/6-0 3/2
4. Austin Hill Country 9-3/3-0 1/2
5. Wichita Falls Notre Dame 10-3/6-1 5/5
6. Granbury Happy Hill 11-3/6-1 4/5

From Dave Campbell's Texas Football 

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Biden: An Obama-run GM will lead us in the 20th century


Report: FRC shooter was screaming about conservatives

RT @DLoesch Fox News reporting that shooter was "shouting about FRC's politics." 

If true, that's troubling. Earlier this week Secret Service agents and Iowa State Police had to cut short a Paul Ryan speech because shrieking Democrats were punching people in the crowd and rushing the stage

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police also issued a report this month showing environmentalists are growing increasingly violent.

And earlier this week the Black Panthers, emboldened by Obama's decision not to prosecute them for occupying Pennsylvania voting locations and threatening white voters with weapons, promised to spread violence at the Republican National Convention, just four years after a cadre of liberals were prosecuted for planning to firebomb the meeting.

New poll shows voters reject Obama's anti-oil agenda

• 90 percent of U.S. voters agree that increased access to domestic oil and natural gas could lead to more American jobs; 95 percent of Republicans and 85 percent of Democrats agree.

• 75 percent of voters overall support the Keystone XL Pipeline; 89 percent of Republicans and 66 percent of Democrats agree.

• 71 percent voters overall support increased access to domestic oil and natural gas resources; 85 percent of Republicans and 60 percent of Democrats agree.

• 65 percent of voters overall say increased energy taxes could drive up energy costs; 73 percent of Republicans and 59 percent of Democrats agree.

• 63 percent of voters overall say Washington is on the wrong track regarding U.S. energy policy; 86 percent of Republicans and 46 percent of Democrats agree.

Source: An American Petroleum Institute/Harris Poll of 1,016 registered U.S. voters conducted Aug. 9-12 reported by The Washington Times' Jennifer Harper.


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New federal law calls for 'spy boxes' in cars

"New federal standards for 'black boxes' that record information leading up to auto accidents will will take effect Sept. 1, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ruled on Tuesday," The Hill reports.

"The federal standards will apply only to cars that are voluntarily outfitted with event data recorders (EDRs), also known as black boxes. But while the government does not yet require all cars to have black boxes installed, NHTSA is still thought to be considering a federal mandate as a next step, possibly this year."

The Hill goes on to report:

"NHTSA has been considering the next step — a requirement that all cars are built with black boxes — since 2011. In anticipation of this requirement, some in Congress have proposed legislating the mandate ahead of time.

"The initial version of the highway bill that the Senate approved in April included language that would have required the secretary of Transportation to evaluate event data recorders and ultimately require their installation on all cars within a few years."

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