Does President Bush think the Chinese are that stupid? He’s already trying to get another one over on Congress. He’s getting cockier by the day. This is how Sammy Sosa trades happen.

Bush “lifted restrictions to allow firearms to be shipped to China for U.S. athletes competing in shooting events at the Olympic Games”. He’s also “allowing mobile high-definition television cameras embedded with military-grade gyroscopes to [go to] China for use by American filming crews’. He must think the Chinese have never bootlegged any Bond movies.

This plan is foolproof. Who knows what he’s after. I’m guessing a secret egg salad recipe, da mystery of chessboxin’ or killer pandas with bees in their mouths.

Tragic event for this young man, his family, the Redskins organization and the fans of the team. A needless loss of a special human being. Washington Post has a write up here. It is a sad day to be a Redskin & Redskins fan.

Update: Our commentary on the media’s depiction of Sean Taylor is here

According to police, Miami-Dade patrol officers received a call about 1:45 a.m. Monday that a homeowner had been shot in the leg. The homeowners told police he heard intruders at the rear door of the house, trying to pry it open.

The male homeowner went to investigate and a female in the house then heard a shot. Paramedics responded and found the victim, with a gunshot wound to the groin. He was airlifted to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, police said. The shooting happened at 18050 Old Cutler Rd.

County property records list it as the address for Sean Taylor. It is a four-bath, four-bedroom house with a taxable value of $704,297.

Sportstalk 980 is reporting that a statement from the Redskins says that Sean Taylor is undergoing treatment at a hospital for a gunshot wound.

As a Redskins fan, i’ll give you the word that were heard all across DC after this news came out… FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

UPDATE: Sources at Sportstalk 980 say that Sean Taylor is in critical condition with a severed artery. Horrible news if all true.

UPDATE: Miami Herald now reporting he was shot in groin and/or leg and was airlifted from his residence to the hospital.

UPDATE: WSVN TV in Miami is reporting that Sean Taylor “was shot in the leg but the bullet struck the femoral artery and he has lost a lot of blood.”

UPDATE: Local 10 in Miami is reporting that a family friend who wishes to not be identified told them that Sean Taylor had been shot twice.

UPDATE: 1:42pm – Sportstalk 980 is now reporting that Sean Taylor is in a coma at the hospital. It is not known whether it is an induced coma or if he fell into one on his own.

UPDATE: 3:15pm – The Miami Herald is all over the story with an excellent description of the events prior to the shooting. “The noises Sean Taylor and his girlfriend heard in their house early Monday turned out to be their worst nightmare.
At least one armed intruder had broken into the $900,000 Palmetto Bay house of the star NFL player and were at his bedroom door. Taylor rose from bed to investigate, and just outside his bedroom, was shot in the groin and critically wounded. He collapsed back into the room, where he breathed heavily as blood gushed from his wound, according to Taylor’s lawyer and family friend, Richard Sharpstein.”
Also, about his injuries, “Sharpstein said Taylor, 24, emerged from surgery about 12:30 p.m. but had lost a lot of blood and remained unconscious, possibly jeopardizing his brain. He is in intensive care and doctors have allowed his family to see him.”

UPDATE: 4:15pm – ESPN.com has video of players reactions.

UPDATE: 7:03pm – Washington Post’s Jason La Canforia is reporting:

“Les Carpenter, who is working the story for us in Miami, heard rumblings that Sean may have opened his eyes.

I have not been able to get that confirmed but just heard from a team offical that Sean is now responsive, which is obviously a turn for the best. I will continue working away to get more details, but this is obviously a turn for the better after Sean spent much of the day in a ‘non-responsive and unconscious’ state.

As the person put it: ‘Finally, the first good news all day.’ Let’s hopes it’s the first of more to come.”

UPDATE: 7:11pm Jason La Canforia for the Washington Post has confirmation from Vinnie Cerrato that Sean Taylor has regained conciousness:

Vinny Cerrato just called us with confirmation.
“He was responsive to the doctor’s requests to squeeze his hands and showed facial expressions. The doctors were very happy about that,” Cerrato said ” … Two doctors came and told us they were excited about that.”
Cerrato also confirmed my earlier reports about Sean being “non-responsive and unconscious.” Cerrato said: “We’d heard all that and what they told us was to hope foir a miracle.”

UPDATE: 9:18 Jason La Canforia provides more details from Redskins Insider. Apparently Sean Taylor flatlined twice during his 7 hour surgery and as of now, according to his attorney, has not opened his eyes, but has responded to doctor’s stimuli. He is still in critical condition. This is one of the scariest and sadest moments in Redskins history. The Deuce’s thoughts are with him and his family.

Its been a busy Sunday night/Monday for us guys here at the Deuce. We’ll get to posting in a bit. A lot went down this weekend. In the meantime, watch this insane mother shoot a sub-machine gun at her baby. Seriously, she shoots at her baby. Watch and be horrified.

Poor Lonny Baxter can’t help himself. The former Murland Turrpins center and NBA journeyman is obsessed with guns like Ted Nugent. Too bad a federal judge didn’t share his affinity for gatling guns.

Baxter was put on injured reserve by U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail for illegally shipping firearms. He sent three guns and a rifle from Houston to College Park, MD in July 2006. He had paid for the guns but had a friend fill out the required federal registration forms. He sent them to another friend and picked them up later.

This isn’t the first time Baxter has run into problems with guns. Let’s not forget about him celebrating freedom a month late by shooting off a Glock near the White House in August 2006. In February of that year, he pulled off a similar firearms shipping scam to the one he was sentenced for last month.

Baxter lost his contract with a Spanish team as a result of the sentencing.

It seems obsession with stupid runs strong in Garyland. Too bad they’re not lovin’ their times tables and law abidin’.