If you have read this blog long enough you know it's normally the sweet, lovable Count who pisses people off. Well one thread has proven the definite excepion to the rule...
On Thursday August 7th, 2008 Jonathan Holmes wrote a blog entry about Lee Stoneking
We are still getting hate posts. The last two left today...or I saw them today...
Anonymous said...
wow,,,hell already has your names,,,sad
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I
have heard Lee Stoneking preach many times. He is not a televangelist.
He is a very humble and spiritual man of God. He has given much of his
life to the ministry, not for the intent of becoming famous or wealthy,
but because of his true desire to spread the gospel and reach others. I
would suggest that the next time that you choose to mock and blaspheme a
speaker of any sort, you would do better to get your facts straight.
That is just shoddy journalism, irresponsible blogging, and slanderous.
But chalk one up for freedom of speech. I agree with Mark, contact Mr.
Stoneking and allow him the opportunity to respond to your accusations
and judgements. I am sure that you won't do that, you would much rather
take a cowards way out and publically trash someone who is not given an
opportunity to share their side of the story. If in fact, you do, I pray
that you can become a little more open minded and recognize that not
only is Mr. Stoneking a phenomenal person, but one of the most spiritual
men I have had the privilege of hearing speak. I regards to the
comments about the congregation, my own pastor was there, and although I
cannot speak on behalf of all of those attending, I do know several,
and they do not deserve this kind of attack either.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Nebraska Vs Penn State
Friday, February 10, 2012
Pilling The Boehner
OK, this piece over at The Smirking Chimp - a site almost as good for rant-a-thons as BAD - all but completely encapsulates my feelings about the GOP latching with leech-like desperation onto the ready availability of contraception as the issue that will topple Colossus Obama, presumably installing President Mormon, Moonbase or possibly even Man-on-Dog instead.
You've probably been following the issue already - the ginned-up outrage on the farthest fringes of the right that legislation establishing ready access to health care (something they already don't much like) would include, horror of all horrors, a requirement that a common, widely-used and publicly-approved-of medication be a mandatory part of any employer's health care package. Specifically, The Pill. And House Cryer-in-Chief Boehner's threat, this week, that Congress will legislatively overturn any such mandate in the name of "religious freedom."
News flash, John of Orange. Here are a few salient points.
First, this isn't a free speech issue. Yes, we know that your camp has done everything in its power to cast it as such, when it came to Bush-era policies allowing, say, pharmacists to refuse to dispense the morning-after pill on grounds that doing so would violate their personal religious convictions. (Here's where I could elaborate on the theme of, "You think pork is unclean, don't work at Der Wienerschnitzel," but that would be a distraction...and I think everyone here gets the point, anyway.) And, yes, we expect you to predictably trot out the "corporations are people" mantra, in this case, to insist that it is a blow to the very foundations of the Union to insist that contraceptive coverage be part of any organization's health plan, because all those incorporate "people" should be allowed the freedom to choose for all their myriads of employees.
But it's not really a speech issue at all, free or not. Nobody but Congress, lobbyists and pundits comb through the minutiae of anybody's health care plan to argue free speech protections. The Average American (Remember us? We employ you.) is much more grateful for having a job with benefits, hoping for a reasonable per-paycheck contribution, and having the ability to look askance at that scary co-pay number...because I can promise you it is better than the cost of sourcing coverage for even a small family on your own. Been there.
It's an insurance policy. Not a manifesto.
And I think the Average American also instinctively understands where the boundary between a corporation's "personhood" rights and his or her own individual rights lies. It's pretty clear that, if only for reasons of the doctor/patient confidentiality tradition, the pharmacy counter does not and should not get vetted by the boardroom first. One's medical condition should only become an employer's issue when it affects one's personal job performance; not in advance, and certainly not in a broad, company-wide sense.
Second, it's not a religious freedom issue because this is NOT - repeat, NOT - a policy that dictates any given religion's articles of faith, or mandates a state religion. Again, it's an insurance policy. Not a scripture. No employer short of holy orders is, I hope, going to say that by agreeing to employment with us you agree to the following rules of behavior, ascribe to the following beliefs, etc. That is, I think, still pretty much illegal.
Furthermore, nothing in this legislation compels any individual employee to hop right on out there and get on the Pill, now, this instant, should doing so violate that employee's individual beliefs. You are offering an option: one which is, as I noted above, widely available for generations, popular with the public, and effective, and safe. It preserves, rather than overturns, the conscience objection. And if you're that scared that your faithful are going to stray from your position (as, I might point out, plenty of Catholic women already do), then your issues are more in your own communications department and less in your employee benefits division.
It's an insurance policy. Not a sermon from the pulpit. Offering is not requiring or even endorsing, any more than having a vegetarian dish or two on the menu forces or urges everyone working OR eating in the restaurant to become vegan.
I could make the counter-argument, in fact, that efforts to oppose contraceptive coverage being a universal element of the health care legislation constitute a denial of equal protection under the law to women, whose health condition is the one most greatly affected by pregnancies, be they planned, accidental and/or unwanted. Yes, we know that Justice "Bite Me" Scalia apparently has no problem with discrimination against women.(Appalling, in and of itself.) And that nobody has reintroduced the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment, for those of you too young to remember how haltingly it limped its way to shameful failure), or legislation like it, in the past couple of decades is a perplexing tragedy.
But one thing you need to remember before you tread down this path, Boehner. Your constituency and those of all your GOP cronies isn't composed of Catholic bishops, Fox News pundits and right-wing ideologues alone. They also include a great many women. At least some of those women have been listening, especially in light of the recent (and ongoing) SGK/PP travesty. And when they step into the voting booth, in the primaries or the general election later this year, let's just consider. Will they march happily in lockstep with you and the other white men of privilege who are trying so hard to dictate to them what they are and are not "entitled" to when it comes to their health, simultaneously talking out of the other side of your mouths about how government needs to "stay out of" individuals' decision-making about their lives? Or will they turn to another candidate who seems to exhibit something like care or empathy for the issues that really matter to them, and genuine individual empowerment?
Stay tuned. Every day it looks more and more to me like the right-wingers have chosen the wrong horse to bet on in this race, by fixating on this issue. It's the modern-day burka of the Western world, and I believe waving it in the wind as Boehner is doing will prove to be the act of sheer foolishness that finally brings down their house of cards decisively.
One of my other favorite blogs, Library Grape, goes on to demonstrate how Boehner is making it both dumb and dumber.
You've probably been following the issue already - the ginned-up outrage on the farthest fringes of the right that legislation establishing ready access to health care (something they already don't much like) would include, horror of all horrors, a requirement that a common, widely-used and publicly-approved-of medication be a mandatory part of any employer's health care package. Specifically, The Pill. And House Cryer-in-Chief Boehner's threat, this week, that Congress will legislatively overturn any such mandate in the name of "religious freedom."
News flash, John of Orange. Here are a few salient points.
First, this isn't a free speech issue. Yes, we know that your camp has done everything in its power to cast it as such, when it came to Bush-era policies allowing, say, pharmacists to refuse to dispense the morning-after pill on grounds that doing so would violate their personal religious convictions. (Here's where I could elaborate on the theme of, "You think pork is unclean, don't work at Der Wienerschnitzel," but that would be a distraction...and I think everyone here gets the point, anyway.) And, yes, we expect you to predictably trot out the "corporations are people" mantra, in this case, to insist that it is a blow to the very foundations of the Union to insist that contraceptive coverage be part of any organization's health plan, because all those incorporate "people" should be allowed the freedom to choose for all their myriads of employees.
But it's not really a speech issue at all, free or not. Nobody but Congress, lobbyists and pundits comb through the minutiae of anybody's health care plan to argue free speech protections. The Average American (Remember us? We employ you.) is much more grateful for having a job with benefits, hoping for a reasonable per-paycheck contribution, and having the ability to look askance at that scary co-pay number...because I can promise you it is better than the cost of sourcing coverage for even a small family on your own. Been there.
It's an insurance policy. Not a manifesto.
And I think the Average American also instinctively understands where the boundary between a corporation's "personhood" rights and his or her own individual rights lies. It's pretty clear that, if only for reasons of the doctor/patient confidentiality tradition, the pharmacy counter does not and should not get vetted by the boardroom first. One's medical condition should only become an employer's issue when it affects one's personal job performance; not in advance, and certainly not in a broad, company-wide sense.
Second, it's not a religious freedom issue because this is NOT - repeat, NOT - a policy that dictates any given religion's articles of faith, or mandates a state religion. Again, it's an insurance policy. Not a scripture. No employer short of holy orders is, I hope, going to say that by agreeing to employment with us you agree to the following rules of behavior, ascribe to the following beliefs, etc. That is, I think, still pretty much illegal.
Furthermore, nothing in this legislation compels any individual employee to hop right on out there and get on the Pill, now, this instant, should doing so violate that employee's individual beliefs. You are offering an option: one which is, as I noted above, widely available for generations, popular with the public, and effective, and safe. It preserves, rather than overturns, the conscience objection. And if you're that scared that your faithful are going to stray from your position (as, I might point out, plenty of Catholic women already do), then your issues are more in your own communications department and less in your employee benefits division.
It's an insurance policy. Not a sermon from the pulpit. Offering is not requiring or even endorsing, any more than having a vegetarian dish or two on the menu forces or urges everyone working OR eating in the restaurant to become vegan.
I could make the counter-argument, in fact, that efforts to oppose contraceptive coverage being a universal element of the health care legislation constitute a denial of equal protection under the law to women, whose health condition is the one most greatly affected by pregnancies, be they planned, accidental and/or unwanted. Yes, we know that Justice "Bite Me" Scalia apparently has no problem with discrimination against women.(Appalling, in and of itself.) And that nobody has reintroduced the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment, for those of you too young to remember how haltingly it limped its way to shameful failure), or legislation like it, in the past couple of decades is a perplexing tragedy.
But one thing you need to remember before you tread down this path, Boehner. Your constituency and those of all your GOP cronies isn't composed of Catholic bishops, Fox News pundits and right-wing ideologues alone. They also include a great many women. At least some of those women have been listening, especially in light of the recent (and ongoing) SGK/PP travesty. And when they step into the voting booth, in the primaries or the general election later this year, let's just consider. Will they march happily in lockstep with you and the other white men of privilege who are trying so hard to dictate to them what they are and are not "entitled" to when it comes to their health, simultaneously talking out of the other side of your mouths about how government needs to "stay out of" individuals' decision-making about their lives? Or will they turn to another candidate who seems to exhibit something like care or empathy for the issues that really matter to them, and genuine individual empowerment?
Stay tuned. Every day it looks more and more to me like the right-wingers have chosen the wrong horse to bet on in this race, by fixating on this issue. It's the modern-day burka of the Western world, and I believe waving it in the wind as Boehner is doing will prove to be the act of sheer foolishness that finally brings down their house of cards decisively.
One of my other favorite blogs, Library Grape, goes on to demonstrate how Boehner is making it both dumb and dumber.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Some things never change.
Today's nugget of right-wing insanity comes from Blogs for Victory.com. Yes, i'm going back to covering Noonan, Margolis, and the cesspool of deranged, foaming-at-the-mouth conservatives which make up the site. Mind you, this post and these comments are days old, as this hit piece was written last week, but since the latest character assassination spirited debate from the GOP has to do with birth control and whether or not Obama wants to wage a war on all faith, the post fits with what we're hearing on the cable news networks.
As most of the subject topics on B4V eventually veer into rambling conspiracy theories, bible-thumping, and the daily saloon brawl with moderate to liberal posters, I won't mention how Matt the Hack violates the 8th Commandment from Almighty God by saying the President's faith in Christ is not sincere in his eyes (that is another topic i'm going to tackle writing about over the weekend) and i'm going to cut to a debate on, what else - Obama's citizenship, or in the minds of "js03" and "neocon1" lack thereof.
js03
February 3, 2012 at 11:02 am
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Obama’s behavior yesterday is even more disturbing than Nixon’s.
Nixon at least respected the judicial branch enough to have his
attorneys show up in court and follow procedure[.] … Nixon acknowledged
the authority of the judicial branch even while he fought it. Obama, on
the other hand, essentially said yesterday that the judicial branch has
no power over him. He ordered his attorneys to stay away from the
hearing. He didn’t petition a higher court in a legitimate attempt to
stay the hearing[.] … Rather than respecting the legal process, Obama
went around the courts and tried to put political pressure directly on
the Georgia Secretary of State. When that failed, he simply ignored the
judicial branch completely.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/media_blackout_in_obama_georgia_ballot_eligibility_case.html#ixzz1lKauoaa0
As most of the subject topics on B4V eventually veer into rambling conspiracy theories, bible-thumping, and the daily saloon brawl with moderate to liberal posters, I won't mention how Matt the Hack violates the 8th Commandment from Almighty God by saying the President's faith in Christ is not sincere in his eyes (that is another topic i'm going to tackle writing about over the weekend) and i'm going to cut to a debate on, what else - Obama's citizenship, or in the minds of "js03" and "neocon1" lack thereof.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/media_blackout_in_obama_georgia_ballot_eligibility_case.html#ixzz1lKauoaa0
at least nixon resigned before he was tossed on his arse…obie one should arrested and charged with treason against the US for usurping the office of POTUS…
the man may be sitting in the chair, but he isnt my president…the POTUS doesnt need to hide the truth…or commit fraud…or refuse to appear in court to prove he is eligible to be POTUS…the man himself is a fraud…not a president
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How so? The President has in no way committed treason. Why can’t conservatives discuss policies instead of attacking the president with totally bogus accusations? You are not a true American with such a narrow minded attitude. He sure is my president, and I am hoping he will be my president for a second term. Those running in the GOP are jokes. Newt wants to go to the moon, and I wish he and his home wrecker wife would do just that; poor Mitt just cannot seem to get his foot out of his mouth. I think his wife is lovely – but she certainly looked embarrassed and uncomfortable yesterday in one of The Donald’s casino’s while Mitt was being crown the king by Trump. I guess Trump’s trophy wife was too busy selling her junk on QVC to show up. What a joke the GOP has become.
I'm sure if "js03" ever got a hold of the president's birth certificate, or even used the Wiki to look up a bio on the early life of President Obama, i'm sure he'd find some way to twist it and out-crazy Glenn Beck in flinging shit at the wall to see what sticks. Also: I may have despised many of the policies of the last administration, but at the end of the day, Bush 43 was still my President, and I would have addressed him as such. A pity you can't do the same.
scummy
he has committed treason and like js03 he is NOT my president either, he is a FRAUD, a lying thieving usurper illegally occupying this position.
the sooner he is gone the better, as well as the pigs the Klintoons.
Psalm 109:8
the truth;
Yep, you read that right: "js03" thinks that based on the President's supposed "illegibility" that the two Supreme Court justices he appointed to the bench, and that the Senate confirmed afterwords, are invalid; as well as every person in his Cabinet - from Vice President Biden and Secretary of State Clinton on down, who were sworn in and again, confirmed by the Senate (with the exclusion of the Vice President) are invalid; with "neocon1" going further off the deep end believing that the President of the United States should not be, as "js03" stated, should be thrown in prison for the rest of his life, but should be executed.
every law given to him by congress is invalid
every government official appointed by him, and every act they directed, are invalid
every ambasador, and every treaty, appointed and signed by him, are void
the damage done by the usurpation of the office of POTUS is immeasurable, and a life in prison sentence is wholly justified in this case…as it is treason to usurp the constitution by fraudulently obtaining the office of POTUS
I would prefer to see a gallows and a rope, send him along with the other Hussein (sadam) in the same manner for treason.
I hope the CIA, the FBI, and any other federal agencies are keeping tabs on these two. BTW: the bloggers "js03" and "neocon1" may freely come over and defend their comments on this thread if they so choose, along with any other blogger from the site.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Wading in the Fundie Gene Pool
Gather 'round, boys and girls - while it's still that quiet lull between the War On Christmas and the War On Easter, it's time once again to dabble our toes in the pond of inexplicable nuttery that is the oeuvre at Fundies Say the Darndest Things. February 2012 is off to quite a start! Here are some of the more "special" nuggets.
Next, new for you from the department of Crazy Shit We Imagine Those Unlike Us Are Planning:
Number 2 is actually what the Fundie crowd does. That's part of the reason why it took decades for pagan servicepeople to gain the right for a pentacle to be displayed on their headstones.
Number 3. Really? Gingrichgrad? Santorumville? No, wait, better be just Torumville. Nuts.
Number 4. First of all, the military is not supposed to endorse religion, so it might be advantageous that it not appear to. And I actually think it's a good idea to provide a military chaplaincy for those so inclined. But it had better be Baskin-Robbins in nature. 31 flavors, not just plain vanilla.
Numbers 5, 7 and 9: just silly. Good luck selling #9 in the Southwest, BTW. All those Jesuses and Marias - ¡Ay de que!
Number 6. Would never happen. Anyone can do this now. The thing is, people like me can't be forced to hang around and listen or participate, which is the scenario this poster really wants.
Number 8. Interesting. Any business owned by a Christian is a religious one. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of believers who would be surprised to learn that their gas station, condo development or bowling trophy business has suddenly become a religious enterprise like the Salvation Army or the convent down the road. Rather than just, you know, a job.
But it's in number 10 that we finally come to the crux of this rant. Fear of Islam and its followers. Wake up, Fundie crowd! When we who are not faith-based point to you as extremists, you can be very quick to say "We're not all like that..." and to paint yourselves as moderate and reasonable. But perish the thought that the same standard should apply to any other faith...say, one that is as much based on Abrahamic lore as your own, but has been sadly tarred by the misguided acts of a few dozen fanatics with box cutters and a vicious agenda. Nice job turning the other cheek, there.
But, wait! More convoluted paranoia ahead!
That's all for now! Plenty more at the link if you're spoiling for a good laugh or facepalm...
Allah is not God but a sand monkey’s idol. It is called also the Kaaba, a so-called moonstone meteorite on display at the caboose or grand mosque…PURE IDOLATRY!!!SO much to enjoy here. The dehumanizing epithet "sand monkey," confusing the Kaaba not only with Allah but with the "caboose" (??), and speculating that miniature Kaaba souvenirs (Kaabae, maybe? If such exist.) are in regular use as toilet paper. Imagine how offended the writer would be if someone were to suggest to him that all Christians wipe their bottoms with a crucifix, or printouts of the Sistine Chapel ceiling! Truly, a post worth framing so that you too can indulge in some PURE IDOLATRY!
It can be speculated that these sub human desert rats use similar black stones to wipe themselves, and since they are all ardent sodomites, you can make the connexion as they use the same stone “tool” as tribal totem then idol that they imposed on the Middle East by massive genocides.
Next, new for you from the department of Crazy Shit We Imagine Those Unlike Us Are Planning:
It’s only a matter of time before atheists like Jessica Ahlquist demand:OK, number 1 is absurd. That's like saying that anything on a public road, from Starbuck's and McDonald's to the local no-tell motel is perceived as being state-endorsed. Nobody thinks that. At least, nobody who thinks does.
- The state not allow Christian Churches on public roads throughout this country because it creates the illusion that the state endorses religion.
- Demand Churches remove their crosses and silence their bells so not to offend non-believers
- Cities like St Louis and San Diego change their names because the word Saint endorses a religion.
- The military remove all Christian Chaplains so not appear to endorse religion.
- Public College/high school sport programs remove the ‘Hail Mary’ pass from their playbook.
- Prayer in public will not be allowed anywhere because it might offend non-believers.
- Christians wear a giant C on the left side of their chest so they can be easily identified and thus publicly shunned.
- One will not be able to shop at a business owned by a Christian, in the name of FAIRNESS,because it gives the appearance of favoring a religious business over a secular one.
- Biblical Christian (Lucifer and Judas are exempt) names will no longer be accepted on birth certificates so it does not create the appearance of the state endorsing religion.
- Islam is exempt from All of the above rules in the name of diversity and as an expression of multiculturalism!
Number 2 is actually what the Fundie crowd does. That's part of the reason why it took decades for pagan servicepeople to gain the right for a pentacle to be displayed on their headstones.
Number 3. Really? Gingrichgrad? Santorumville? No, wait, better be just Torumville. Nuts.
Number 4. First of all, the military is not supposed to endorse religion, so it might be advantageous that it not appear to. And I actually think it's a good idea to provide a military chaplaincy for those so inclined. But it had better be Baskin-Robbins in nature. 31 flavors, not just plain vanilla.
Numbers 5, 7 and 9: just silly. Good luck selling #9 in the Southwest, BTW. All those Jesuses and Marias - ¡Ay de que!
Number 6. Would never happen. Anyone can do this now. The thing is, people like me can't be forced to hang around and listen or participate, which is the scenario this poster really wants.
Number 8. Interesting. Any business owned by a Christian is a religious one. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of believers who would be surprised to learn that their gas station, condo development or bowling trophy business has suddenly become a religious enterprise like the Salvation Army or the convent down the road. Rather than just, you know, a job.
But it's in number 10 that we finally come to the crux of this rant. Fear of Islam and its followers. Wake up, Fundie crowd! When we who are not faith-based point to you as extremists, you can be very quick to say "We're not all like that..." and to paint yourselves as moderate and reasonable. But perish the thought that the same standard should apply to any other faith...say, one that is as much based on Abrahamic lore as your own, but has been sadly tarred by the misguided acts of a few dozen fanatics with box cutters and a vicious agenda. Nice job turning the other cheek, there.
But, wait! More convoluted paranoia ahead!
Gay people...when I send my children to public school, I don't expect them to learn about being "black", [sic.] period. I send them to public school to learn there [sic.] place under "White supremacy", and to be grateful to "White people" for allowing them the priveledge [sic.] to learn, read a book, and think.OK, I have to confess, I don't even get what this one purports to mean! Is the suggestion that public schools are bastions of white supremacist thought? And this somehow results in gay advocacy as well? Because last time I looked at fringe movements, people, white supremacy and pro-gay agendas seemed to me about as far apart as Australia and Austria! Is this person even really a parent? Because I can't imagine any parent sending a child to school to "learn their place." And how does "black" fit in with any of this? But, it's the closing "peace be upon you" that really makes it...
The agenda behind homosexual instruction, in a "White Supremist" [sic.] operated public school is to effiminate [sic.] the males, and defeminate [sic.] the women to halt "birth production". [sic.]
And unless you have another educational agenda superior to the White Power establishment, (which I would like to hear, or see in writing), please tell me:
"How come straight teachers are teaching kids "how to be homosexual"? [sic.]
Peace be upon you
That's all for now! Plenty more at the link if you're spoiling for a good laugh or facepalm...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Final Thoughts on Super Bowl XLVI
Some final thoughts about Sunday's game:
1.) I had New England winning it all. I thought that Bill Belichick and Tom Brady wouldn't let Eli Manning do them in like they did in '08 when the Pats are one win away from 19-0. I thought despite a busted up Gronkowski and an atrocious defense, that Brady would carry them to their 4th title and march into the history books as the the 49ers of their time, and Brady being mentioned under the same breath as Joe Montana. I was wrong. Eli proved his championship run in SB XLII was no fluke, as he rallied his team late into the 4th quarter again vs. New England. A great game; not as legendary as XLII, but this one held its own. Congrats to the New York football Giants.
2.) Madonna? Meh. It wasn't the clusterfuck that last year's halftime performance was when the Black Eyed Peas stunk up the joint, but Madonna was lip-synching half of the time and she's really shown her age as she was limited in her dancing abilities, but that's not what you wanted to hear me talk about, so let me express the real story of that halftime show...
Who fucking cares!?!?!
The British rapper M.I.A. didn't whip out a tit, or drop an F-bomb. Yes, it was a publicity stunt to get her name out there, but let's not make this bigger than what it it is.
3.) The Super Bowl ads this year weren't that great. Go Daddy needs to stop with the 'sex sells' crap, as it's merely become one big tease that doesn't equal the payoff. The talking baby for E-Trade was adorable and funny to a point, but now its become tiresome and repetitive. And Audi? Really? Vampires? I mean, unless you were going to kill off the douchebags from Twilight with the new car you're promotion, then this was just a poor commercial overall. There were good ones, though, including Acura's ad with Jerry Seinfeld, the Doritos one with the slingshot baby, and the 30 second teaser spot for Marvel's The Avengers was all sorts of badass. Leave it to Clint Eastwood to deliver the best ad of the night with the "Halftime in America" commercial for Chrysler.
Also: a few words on Battleship, the latest Hasbro game to get the Hollywood treatment:
This looks like utter crap!
1.) I had New England winning it all. I thought that Bill Belichick and Tom Brady wouldn't let Eli Manning do them in like they did in '08 when the Pats are one win away from 19-0. I thought despite a busted up Gronkowski and an atrocious defense, that Brady would carry them to their 4th title and march into the history books as the the 49ers of their time, and Brady being mentioned under the same breath as Joe Montana. I was wrong. Eli proved his championship run in SB XLII was no fluke, as he rallied his team late into the 4th quarter again vs. New England. A great game; not as legendary as XLII, but this one held its own. Congrats to the New York football Giants.
2.) Madonna? Meh. It wasn't the clusterfuck that last year's halftime performance was when the Black Eyed Peas stunk up the joint, but Madonna was lip-synching half of the time and she's really shown her age as she was limited in her dancing abilities, but that's not what you wanted to hear me talk about, so let me express the real story of that halftime show...
Who fucking cares!?!?!
The British rapper M.I.A. didn't whip out a tit, or drop an F-bomb. Yes, it was a publicity stunt to get her name out there, but let's not make this bigger than what it it is.
3.) The Super Bowl ads this year weren't that great. Go Daddy needs to stop with the 'sex sells' crap, as it's merely become one big tease that doesn't equal the payoff. The talking baby for E-Trade was adorable and funny to a point, but now its become tiresome and repetitive. And Audi? Really? Vampires? I mean, unless you were going to kill off the douchebags from Twilight with the new car you're promotion, then this was just a poor commercial overall. There were good ones, though, including Acura's ad with Jerry Seinfeld, the Doritos one with the slingshot baby, and the 30 second teaser spot for Marvel's The Avengers was all sorts of badass. Leave it to Clint Eastwood to deliver the best ad of the night with the "Halftime in America" commercial for Chrysler.
Also: a few words on Battleship, the latest Hasbro game to get the Hollywood treatment:
This looks like utter crap!
Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri Tonight
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Rating The Super Bowls XXX-XXXIX
I have already commented on how I feel the Super Bowl is on a roll with 7 competitive games is a row and 6 of those being good to great games. A quick glance at Super Bowls 30-39 shows that the trend has been happening for sometime.
Superbowl XXX Dallas 27 Pittsburgh 17. Good to very good Superbowl. Difference in game 2 bad Neil O'Donnell interceptions. Pittsburgh considerably out yards Dallas and both teams have huge plays.
Superbowl XXXI Green Bay 35 New England 21. Brett Favre's only Superbowl win was a solid Superbowl that again featured many big plays. Game started out as rout but became very competitive. Game was put away with Desmond Howard kickoff return.
Superbowl XXXII Denver 31 Green Bay 24. One of the greatest Superbowls ever and exhibit a in the case that Brett Favre was massively overrated. John Elway's defining game.
Superbowl XXXIII Denver 34 Atlanta 19. Crap Superbowl. If Atlanta had a chance, and I believe they didn't, it was taken away the week of the game when on the same night he was given an award for his high moral character Eugine Robinson (the DB not the journalist) gave an undercover cop $40 for a blowjob.
Superbowl XXXIV St. Louis 23 Tennessee 16. This Superbowl gets a great rating simply because the difference between the winning team and the losing team was 1 yard. However for 3 quarters St. Louis dominated and held a 16-0 lead. But oh that 4th quarter was maybe the most exciting quarter in Superbowl history and then there was the finish.
Superbowl XXXV Baltimore 34 New England 7. Unless you liked watching one half of one of Fox News favorite couples Jason Sehorn get sodomized this was one of the real stinkers of Superbowl history. Only a quick 3 play 3TD spurt in the third quarter (an INT and a kickoff return for Baltimore, a Kickoff return for NY Giants) brought any excitement. Kerry Collins has one of the worst games in Superbowl history.
Superbowl XXXVI New England 20 St. Louis 17. The game that made Tom Brady. St. Louis was a 14 point favorite but fell behind 14-3 at half. Game was tied 17-17 when New England got the ball and John Madden said play for overtime. Brady took team down and got into position for 48 yard Field Goal to win game which Adam Nougatieri split down the uprights. Great Superbowl.
Superbowl XXXVII Tampa Bay 48 Oakland 21 Shit Superbowl. The brilliant Bill Callahan didn't change up his play calls so the Bucs new what Tampa was running. Plus he wouldn't run the football and Callahan would put poor Rich Gannon in a spot to throw 5 interceptions 3 of which were returned for scores. Callahan would be fired the next year and end up at Nebraska where he would destroy the program.
Superbowl XXXVIII New England 32 Carolina 29. Maybe the strangest Superbowl ever. Very low scoring until a 24 point explosion in last 2 minutes made score 14-10 New England at half. Then of course you had the tit and the streaker. There would again be no points in the third quarter but the 4th was wild. after Carolina tied the game at 29-29 his kickoff went out of bounds which gave New England the ball at the 40 yard line. Adam Nougatieri kicked a 41 yard field goal to win the game. Great Superbowl sadly remembered more for Janet's tit than a great game.
Superbowl XXXIX New England 24 Philadelphia 21. unlike New England's other 3 point wins this one was somewhat decisive.Down 24-14 Philadelphia went on a 4 minute drive that made the score 24-21 but left them little time remaining. When New England recovered the onside kick the game was all but over.
So there you go. The phenomenon of the exciting Superbowl has been going on for awhile. 7 of the 10 games played between Superbowl XXX and XXXIX were good to great games. Which means since Superbowl XXX there have been 17 Superbowls and 13 of them have been at least good games and many of the games have been great. That is a pretty good %.
Superbowl XXX Dallas 27 Pittsburgh 17. Good to very good Superbowl. Difference in game 2 bad Neil O'Donnell interceptions. Pittsburgh considerably out yards Dallas and both teams have huge plays.
Superbowl XXXI Green Bay 35 New England 21. Brett Favre's only Superbowl win was a solid Superbowl that again featured many big plays. Game started out as rout but became very competitive. Game was put away with Desmond Howard kickoff return.
Superbowl XXXII Denver 31 Green Bay 24. One of the greatest Superbowls ever and exhibit a in the case that Brett Favre was massively overrated. John Elway's defining game.
Superbowl XXXIII Denver 34 Atlanta 19. Crap Superbowl. If Atlanta had a chance, and I believe they didn't, it was taken away the week of the game when on the same night he was given an award for his high moral character Eugine Robinson (the DB not the journalist) gave an undercover cop $40 for a blowjob.
Superbowl XXXIV St. Louis 23 Tennessee 16. This Superbowl gets a great rating simply because the difference between the winning team and the losing team was 1 yard. However for 3 quarters St. Louis dominated and held a 16-0 lead. But oh that 4th quarter was maybe the most exciting quarter in Superbowl history and then there was the finish.
Superbowl XXXV Baltimore 34 New England 7. Unless you liked watching one half of one of Fox News favorite couples Jason Sehorn get sodomized this was one of the real stinkers of Superbowl history. Only a quick 3 play 3TD spurt in the third quarter (an INT and a kickoff return for Baltimore, a Kickoff return for NY Giants) brought any excitement. Kerry Collins has one of the worst games in Superbowl history.
Superbowl XXXVI New England 20 St. Louis 17. The game that made Tom Brady. St. Louis was a 14 point favorite but fell behind 14-3 at half. Game was tied 17-17 when New England got the ball and John Madden said play for overtime. Brady took team down and got into position for 48 yard Field Goal to win game which Adam Nougatieri split down the uprights. Great Superbowl.
Superbowl XXXVII Tampa Bay 48 Oakland 21 Shit Superbowl. The brilliant Bill Callahan didn't change up his play calls so the Bucs new what Tampa was running. Plus he wouldn't run the football and Callahan would put poor Rich Gannon in a spot to throw 5 interceptions 3 of which were returned for scores. Callahan would be fired the next year and end up at Nebraska where he would destroy the program.
Superbowl XXXVIII New England 32 Carolina 29. Maybe the strangest Superbowl ever. Very low scoring until a 24 point explosion in last 2 minutes made score 14-10 New England at half. Then of course you had the tit and the streaker. There would again be no points in the third quarter but the 4th was wild. after Carolina tied the game at 29-29 his kickoff went out of bounds which gave New England the ball at the 40 yard line. Adam Nougatieri kicked a 41 yard field goal to win the game. Great Superbowl sadly remembered more for Janet's tit than a great game.
Superbowl XXXIX New England 24 Philadelphia 21. unlike New England's other 3 point wins this one was somewhat decisive.Down 24-14 Philadelphia went on a 4 minute drive that made the score 24-21 but left them little time remaining. When New England recovered the onside kick the game was all but over.
So there you go. The phenomenon of the exciting Superbowl has been going on for awhile. 7 of the 10 games played between Superbowl XXX and XXXIX were good to great games. Which means since Superbowl XXX there have been 17 Superbowls and 13 of them have been at least good games and many of the games have been great. That is a pretty good %.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan!
Today is the ol' Gipper's birthday, and to celebrate the historic occasion, i'm going to ignore the AIDS epidemic.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Super Bowl XLVI Sunday
21-17
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Take a look at the Superbowl Since XL
XL Pittsburgh 21 Seattle 10. Competitive but shitty game. bad football, bad officiating, bad Superbowl.
XLI Indianapolis 29 Chicago 17. Minus Rex Grossman this was a fun, entertaining game. I would rate this a good Superbowl.
XLII New York 17 New England 14. Still to me the greatest Superbowl ever.
XLIII Pittsburgh 27 Arizona 23. Great Superbowl with last minute finish. Much of the middle part of the game dominated by Pittsburgh.
XLIV New Orleans 31 Indianapolis 17. Another very good to great Superbowl. Score misleading. Game very competitive. Great QB play.
XLV. Green Bay 31 Pittsburgh. 25. Big early lead by Green Bay but Pittsburgh rallies. Very Good to great Superbowl.
XLVI New York 21 New England 17. Great sequel not decided until last play. maybe not quiet as good as first game played by 2 teams but still great game.
The Superbowl is on a helluva a roll right bow. 6 Good to great games in a row.
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