Sanchez and Aiden Binkley

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Mark Sanchez went to work Tuesday, preparing for a big football game. Some 40 miles away, a little boy from Queens, N.Y., was buried -- a friend of the New York Jets quarterback.
Sanchez and Aiden Binkley, 11, met each other only a few weeks ago, but they became fast friends. Binkley was suffering from a rare form of cancer, and he had only two wishes -- he wanted his two brothers to stay healthy and he wanted to meet Sanchez.
And so he did.

Aiden visited the Jets' training facility Dec. 15, and he received the VIP treatment, as if he were a big-name player making a free-agent visit. He watched practice and was escorted to owner Woody Johnson's second-floor office, where he met Antonio Cromartie, Dustin Keller, Mike Devito and others.
And, finally, Sanchez. The people who were there say Aiden's face lit up like Broadway at night.
"He sat there, beaming and smiling," said Aiden's mother, Lisa Binkley, who initially wasn't sure if it was a good idea to make the trip because Aiden was in such pain.
"Nothing meant more to him than coming here and meeting Mark and meeting the Jets," Keller said quietly Wednesday in the Jets' locker room. "Great kid ... a tough situation."
The 24-year-old quarterback was immediately taken by Aiden and his upbeat personality and his love of the Jets. A few days later, Sanchez & Co. beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh -- the biggest win of the season -- and Sanchez sent his new friend a game ball.
Sanchez was deeply touched by Aiden, who battled rhabdomyosarcoma, according to a 2008 New York Daily News article. There was a lemon-sized tumor that spread from his pelvis to his lungs, and he required 60 weeks of chemotherapy.
They became texting buddies and, one day, Sanchez surprised Aiden's parents by asking, "Can I come over?" When Sanchez arrived, the boy was sleeping. Sanchez sat at Aiden's feet, waiting until he woke up.
"He opened his eyes and there was Mark, sitting on the couch," Lisa said. "He was so sweet."
They ended up having a long conversation, like a couple of old friends. Aiden took Sanchez to his bedroom and showed him his sports stuff, including his hockey stick. He gave Sanchez a camouflage bracelet with the inscription "Binkley's Battle." Sanchez and Keller were wearing the bracelets Wednesday in the Jets' locker room.

Mark Sanchez shares memories of his late friend, 11-year-old Aiden Binkley, on 1050 ESPN's "The Michael Kay Show"

"My man, Aiden ... breaks my heart," Sanchez said Tuesday during his weekly spot on "The Michael Kay Show" on 1050 ESPN Radio. "He's so tough."
Sanchez, choked with emotion, paused several times as he talked about Aiden, whom he met through the Teddy Atlas Foundation. Atlas, the boxing trainer and ESPN analyst, was a Jets special assistant under former coach Eric Mangini.
"He brought me so much inspiration. ... It's hard to talk about him," Sanchez said. "He meant the world to me. I felt like I've known him forever. ... I saw his personality. I saw his competitive spirit. I saw him fighting every day.
"I'm complaining about a shoulder. Are you kidding me? ... I think he was 11 years old, and he has cancer eating away at his body," Sanchez continued. "This kid is fighting every day. He's smiling every time I talk to him. I visited him at his home. I mean, he has to get carried up the stairs because he's so weak and all he wants to talk about is LT [LaDainian Tomlinson] and Darrelle Revis and Rex Ryan and me.
"Oh, man, it kills you, just thinking about it. I love him to death."
Sanchez was sitting at his locker before facing the Steelers, going over the game plan one last time, when he received a text from Aiden. His friend was concerned about the chilly weather.
"He's saying, 'It looks cold out there in Pittsburgh. I'm glad I'm watching from home. Good luck,'" Sanchez said with a chuckle. "Little stuff like that really fires you up."

After the game, Aiden fired off a congratulatory text to Sanchez. Don't expect a return text, his mother warned, explaining that Sanchez would be too busy to answer an 11-year-old boy. So they watched his postgame news conference on TV, never imagining they'd hear from him.
About 20 minutes later, the phone rang. It was Sanchez.
"We were blown away," Lisa said.
In his final days, Aiden's cancer was so unbearable that he couldn't get out of bed. But he kept his phone close by, just in case his friend Mark decided to call or text.
"He'd be lying in bed, in such pain, and the phone would ring -- and he'd smile," Lisa said.
Funny thing about Sanchez's texts: Instead of a simple, inspirational message, he always posed a question, trying to initiate a conversation.
Their friendship was born at a difficult time for Sanchez. The Jets were on a two-game losing streak after being embarrassed by the New England Patriots 45-3 and showing no energy in a 10-6 loss to the Miami Dolphins. Even Ryan admitted he thought about pulling his franchise quarterback from the Miami game.
"I'm not a happy camper, I'm upset, I'm frustrated," Sanchez said. "I want to make it right. I want to hurry up and play another game."
Along came Aiden.
"All I hear from someone is, 'There's a youngster who's terminally ill with cancer and all he wants to do is meet you,'" Sanchez said. "It changes your whole world. It stops everything. You get a chance to step back. It's really close to my heart. ... He's the best. I love him."
Keith Sullivan, an Atlas Foundation board member, was struck by Sanchez's sincerity. In that initial meeting, Sanchez and Aiden exchanged cell phone numbers, with Sanchez telling the boy, "I'll shoot you a text later. We'll talk." And Sullivan hoped it wasn't just lip service, a millionaire athlete trying to appease a starstruck kid.
Sanchez called. They talked.
"Aiden had a smile on his face for the last three weeks of his life," Sullivan said.
Aiden lost his courageous battle last Thursday. Before the Jets' game last Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, the Jets honored him with a moment of silence.

Rich Cimini covers the Jets for ESPNNewYork.com.

Barry Soetoro compromises the Dreams of his Father?

Does he jeopardizes his goal(s) in order to remain seated at the head of the table.  He feels so special and elite when they call him Mr. President.  Finally, after years of being just another black man, angry at the world for the injustice he sees and hears, he is now the most powerful man in the US.  He gets to mold US like that scene from GHOST with Demi Moore making out with the ghost of Patrick Swayze as they mold some pottery with their intertwining fingers.  Gooey, like polarizing Pelosi's face as the months of stress start showing as she tries to convince her goons on the left to vote with her.  "But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it"
He was a man that so many fell in love with.  His words, his presence, the way he dressed, the way he smiled sent chill bumps to so many of his voters.  "We are the ones we have been waiting for", "

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.", "

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.","

I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody."  What?!?  Who is waiting for who?  Spread MY money around??  The Islamic people are like Americans?  NO!  He said all this and flashed his smile.  All is forgotten except for the way he made them feel.  Michelle wasnt going to be held down.  She wanted a voice as well so she had her "for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country", unfortunately, she is not as pretty as him and people actually HEARD what she said.  She was silenced for a long time after that speech.

In the words of Pelosi "It’s going to be very, very exciting."

No crotch check, no plane ride

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/14/tsa-ejects-oceanside-man-airport-refusing-security/#comment-97087807

Cute FlightAttendant:
"He's an IDIOT. As a flight attendant I can tell you that terrorist threats come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. It's people like him who get on planes and don't want to follow the rules and make my job extremely unbearable. He masks his idiocy in some sort on convoluted revolution against "the system" but he really just doesn't want to follow rules that are set in place for everyone's safety. No one made him buy a ticket...by choosing to buy a plane ticket he chose to submit himself to all safety directives. Ride Greyhound or Amtrak if you don't want to go through security. TSA is not perfect, no system is, but it does a very hard task of trying to prevent horrific acts by terrorist (foreign and domestic) that are intent on killing American's. People like this need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law to show the seriousness of his idiocy!"

My response to "Cute" FlightAttendant:
YOU must be a democrat.  YOU ARE AN IDIOT and while I am at it, I'm going to throw in Napolitano as well.  She knows nothing about what it means to be an American and what it takes to protect us on land or in air.  She needs to start with something simple like how to prevent ants from climbing up on a LEGO wall and then graduate into reading how-to-protect-the-US-for-

DUMMIES.  These pervert machines give a false sense of security and so are the pat downs.  We are not attacking the source of the problem.  Barry Soetoro could learn a few things from Sarkozy in trying to maintain some order back within the US.  First off, get the illegals out.  I dont care what color, size, age they are, get them out and believe me, we can find them.  We know where they are.  EVERYONE DOES.  It's not JUST because they are illegals, but they siphon our resources and contribute NOTHING BACK.  Second, slow down immigration and let's do a better job vetting everyone who wants to come in and deport those who do not belong here.  Third, we need to focus more on intelligence gathering, now more then ever.  It's not too late for the US to revert back, but we need to pull a Chris Christie and just do it.  Make it happen.  If Michelle wasnt always riding on Barry maybe his spine would be a little stronger.  But then again he is a Muslim.  Yes, I said it.  Before you get disgusted with me and form your opinions of me, go do some research and stop believing everything you read from one source and believe that anything is possible.
We dont need him in office, we need a President who loves this country.  He grew up in a country that is 90% Muslim with influences like Rev Wright, Jeremiah Wright, that guy who declared himself a Communist.  Oh wait, that doesnt exactly narrow down the people around him.  I dont have all the time to mention the corrupt Rezo, ACORN, and all the other folks, daylight is getting shorter and shorter around here, but I do have this one last piece for Cute FlightAttendant.  I dont give you guys much credit at all in knowing what it means to be a flight attendant.  I am not going to delve into how I feel about the current flight attendants, but boy do I miss the ones from back in the day.  They were nice, pleasant, friendly, well mannered and did their job.

Noonan on Barry, day after the mid year election

Best paragraph Noonan has written all year.  From the WSJ:


"On to the aftermath of the election. On Wednesday President Obama gave a news conference to share his thoughts. Viewers would have found it disappointing if there had been any viewers. The president is speaking, in effect, to an empty room. From my notes five minutes in: "This wet blanket, this occupier of the least interesting corner of the faculty lounge, this joy-free zone, this inert gas." By the end I was certain he will never produce a successful stimulus because he is a human depression."

Clooney meets with Obama

(CNN) - Actor George Clooney paid a visit to the White House on Tuesday to meet with President Barack Obama and discuss his recent trip to southern Sudan.
Joining Clooney in the Oval Office meeting was Enough Project Co-Founder John Prendergast, who joined him outside of the West Wing after the meeting to talk to press.

Clooney said, "I think we're very impressed with how involved, at the highest level, this administration is and now our job is to try and continue to keep it in the press and keep it, to keep the light turned on for the next 90 days while we try and broker a peace deal, which is what they're working on right now."
The actor was heading to Capitol Hill to meet with Republican Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Clooney said it right.  Why in the world is the President of the United States who is the middle of several major crisis meeting with George Clooney to discuss foreign peace initiative?!?!?  Like it or not, the United States is a business.  We go and meddle into countries because we seek to gain power and advantage.  Those are the meetings I want to see my President attending NOT meeting with a movie star to discuss his personal goals and wish list.

What a starf*cker. 

HOUSE

What a great show!  The history, the dynamics, the relationships, the presence, the acting.  Very well written, very well done.  A breathe of fresh air watching a show with characters not saturated with relationship storylines, but handles them with smart dialogues.  Kudos to the writers.

sign at local fish market : no cell phones please!

something happens to most people when they are on their cell phones.  their brain tunes out everything and everyone around them, they forgot how loud they are talking, they forget to look both way before crossing the street; if it's raining, they forgot their umbrella may be poking someone else's eye out.  All of their focus is put towards hearing and responding to that little piece of metal they have in their hand, up against their ear.  Is that call really that important, they forsake everyone around them?  Including themselves?  Is the call an emergency?  I doubt it. 
I applaud everyone for wanting to stay in constant contact with their family and friends and work but there is a time for everything.  A time to be by yourself, a time to share with your family and friends and a time to connect with society.  When you are walking down the street or walking into a fish market that is time to connect with society.