The Water Cooler

Lets get this place hopping, I need other stuff to read to make my time go by faster outside of Bears news.

In summary... Obama McCain Research 2000: 52 41 Obama +11 Reuters/Zogby: 48 44 Obama +4 Battleground: 53 40 Obama +13 Rasmussen: 50 45 Obama +5 Diageo/Hotline: 48 42 Obama +6 Gallup: 51 42 Obama +9 IBD/TIPP: 45 42 Obama +3 CBS/NY Times: 53 39 Obama +14 LAT/Bloomberg: 50 41 Obama +9 Ipsos/McClatchy: 51 42 Obama +9 Average: Obama +8

Don't believe me, look at the polls of undecided voters! Tonight CBS, CNN and others basically gave this one to Obama by a 2 to 1 margin. About a third in each case said tie with about 50 something to 60 percent saying Obama. McCain gets about 30 percent. The knockout blow for Obama was when HE brought up the Ayers issue and used it to show how feeble it is as a make believe talking point for Repugs. He forced McCain to say he didn't care about some "has-been terrorist". OK, I guess Johnny can pull something like 100% of his ads running at this point since he just admitted it was a bunch of bullshit. Game over. Unless McCain and Bush find a way to orchestr…

I bid on and won an Xbox Elite from eBay. Tracking number only states that shipping information is received. $232.50 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=160292499102 As of yet I don't have any Xbox 360 games other than the obvious Madden 09 any good game suggestions? Also will I be able to play my old Xbox games on the new system?

Lovie Smith today at practice said he is backing Barack Obama. Just thought I'd help "share the knowledge" with Cracker Hopefully I won't be "sharing the wealth" with him though, sorry Cracker.

As I get prepared to be swamped by hordes of terrifying children, just want to wish everyone some fun tonight. LET YOUR INNER CHILD OUT BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Canadian comedy duo called The Masked Avengers from CKOI 96.9 FM in Montreal, Quebec pranked Sarah Palin, convincing her (and her team) they were receiving a call from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Dan Quayle wasn't even this gullible!

God bless America!

Started scanning all my Bears cards into a new photobucket, please check it out http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq66/fleasbears/

The past two days have brought some pretty big Madden 2010 news. http://www.virtualsportsnetwork.com/2009/0...lease-date-set/ First of all, the Madden 2010 site launched and a release date of Friday, August 14th. Looks like it's going to be a big 3-day weekend for a bunch of people. The launch site for Madden 2010 is releasing 2 players each week over the course of 5 weeks as "candidates" for the Madden 2010. The first two people they showed were Ed Reed & Adrian Peterson. Anthony Stevenson (twitter.com/eanthony) said that the next 2 candidates are from the NFC East and AFC North. My guess was Brandon Jacobs and James Harrison. Definitely looking forward to…

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/224562-...dtrack-revealed The soundtrack for Madden 10 is awesome. I have no idea how they got 2pac, Beastie Boys, Nirvana, Cypress Hill, Korn, Judas Priest, etc. It's about time cuz all of the past soundtracks sucked lol.

For those who celebrate it, have a good one

Have fun anyone who celebrates it

I was just curious to know if there were any owners of a PS3, 360, or anything else out there. If so, what do you play?

Where in the hell are all the bloggers from the class of 2006- 2007 ? I'm talking about the bloggers who came here with me form Bearstalk ? I see some still chirp in once in awhile like Pix, terra, jason, chile, connor, dabearsdabomb, Madlith. But where,s Nfloingo, neobear, Lt2-3, noots, etc. Miss you guys come back please !

Interesting article By Tom Van Riper, Forbes.com Aug 20, 7:55 pm EDT What do sports fans spend the most time grousing about? Above all else, it’s lousy teams or high ticket prices. Woe is the fan forced to put up with both at once. Who wants to pay premium prices to sit in the stands and watch the losses mount? Fans in Miami know about that. Over the past year, the city’s four major sports teams – the Dolphins, Marlins, Heat and Panthers – have combined to win just 40 percent of their games while fans have forked over money for tickets and accouterments at the seventh-highest rate among 29 major sports metros. Throw in a $38,632 median household incom…

Okay well I have a myspace, and I'm tired of having this same Hester one up here since 2006. So, if you guys can go here, then type in any name, scroll to "request design", then request a Forte layout. Switch it up occasionally- don't type in the same manner as you usually do: sometimes use all caps, sometimes type normal, and sometimes with all lower case with a bunch of !!!!!!!!!!!'s. Thanks for your help! 1 a day if you can sneak it in would be nice.

This is since WWII. Hardly a small sample size. Take a look at the graphs and make your own call. Seems obvious to me. From http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/09/notes-to-self-f.html