If anyone breaks into my home to harm my family, they deserve to die.  This is a great story of a sex offender getting what he deserved after breaking into someones home with intentions of raping a teenage girl.  The dad acted quickly and the mom called 9-1-1.  Authorities are still not sure if the dad meant to kill him or it just happened from a heart attack.  Regardless, the dad will have no charges filed against him–or at least for now,…. until some lawyers get ahold of this story. 

If I were in this dad’s situation, I hope I’d do the same thing.  If not, I hope I could inflict serious pain and injury on anyone that forces their way into my home–especially with intentions to harm my family.  I applaud this man for his acts. 

Mark, I’m sure you have something to add to this… 

Here is the link to the full story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429503,00.html

I was among many football fans that thought USC was going to be very hard to beat this year.  Well, I was wrong.  I loved seeing them lose to Oregon State last night and to see that look of disbelief on Sanchez’s face. 

I’m sure I’m not the only fan now to think how wide open the race for a national champion is.  It’s easy to think Bama has a shot.  And we do, but we have to beat Georgia first and also Arkansas State.  I’ve already predicted we will lose to Georgia this weekend, but if we don’t, we have a legit chance for an SEC title and national title.  But, there are a lot of good teams out there.  It’s extremely premature to think Alabama will win the National Title this year, but at least we can see it’s possible (until we lose to UGA).  I’ll be watching every minute of it tomorrow night in HD. 

As soon as I saw Ted Kennedy speaking today on the economic crisis, I said to myself, “I don’t trust that man with the economy or with my money at all.”  I may be wrong, but I would bet he’s never worked a blue collar job in his life and can not relate to the common folk of our country.  He is a life-long politician (much like Al Gore) and his plans only are to benefit him, and maybe his party. 

I do believe we are in a state of emergency, and we heard some details from Pres. Bush tonight.  It’s serious enough that McCain has suspended his campaign to help with the bailout plan. 

One of my successful real estate mentors, and friends, (yes, this is the guy that hijacked my web site two weeks ago) says he believes now is the time to invest in real estate.  He says investors make more money now when things are on sale.  He’s not alone.  Warren Buffett has stepped up his acquisitions as well.  Here is the link to a great article.  This is a very interesting and motivating read. 

I like reading what aggressive investors are doing in times like this, especially since I continue to lose money in my IRA.  But, like I said months ago, I leave it alone because it will get better.  I may make small adjustments, but I don’t panic.  Of course, Roz can’t call me ‘daddy war-bucks’ yet, so don’t put much into what I say. 

Speaking of Sarah Palin: “I get this,” Clinton said. “My view is … why say, ever, anything bad about a person? Why don’t we like them and celebrate them and be happy for her elevation to the ticket? And just say that she was a good choice for him and we disagree with them?”

I am a fan of Palin and even though I like Romney more, I think this ticket has a better chance of winning than McCain/Romney.  I saw a hilarious picture today of Obama cleaning Palin’s shoes.  How appropriate.