Filed under: Go Sit Down, People I Strongly Dislike, PoliTricks as Usual, TeeVee Sux, What A DoucheBag, White Men Gone Wild
You know em’, you hate em’. They’re the scourge of the cable news world. That’s right, party people, I’m talkin’ bout’ dem’ cable news show hosts.
The Big Three Cable news outlets fall into predictable roles. Fox News is clearly reading White House Talking Points. MSNBC has the double-douchbag lineup with bloviators Keith Olbermann, and Chris Matthews, two guys who probably go to bed every night dreaming about Obama, only to awake to sticky sheets. CNN wants to pull off the illusion of being on some mythical “middle ground”, but that’s just code for “hey, we’re lightweights, we just can’t do any better“.
Yet, since TeeVee doesn’t afford us the luxury of more channels for a broader array of opinions (especially those of minorities and Independents), we’re pretty much capped out at listening to the same blowhards pretend-fighting with each other every night. As if we’re not wise enough to know that these folks leave to studio and go to the same scrip clubs cocktail parties the moment the cameras go dim.
Cable news’ lousy and predictable format is a large part of why the country’s view of politricks is so messed up. They weild an undue amount of influence, considering the fact that they seldom actually break a news story, as opposed to regurgitating what’s in the newspapers. They all have agendas, namely to keep their jobs by saying what they’re paid to appear and say. They often spout completely correct information repeatedly, knowing that after the 100th time, even the savviest viewer begins to second guess what they already know. And at their worse, these folks are some of the most vile, disgusting individuals seen on the tube since Faces Of Death.[1]
Next week’s poll is all about choosing the King Of All D-Bag Cable News Show Personalities. Here’s my list of nominees. If you see some glaring omissions, add em’ you know where.
Pat Buchanan [MSNBC] – Let’s call a spade a spade. Pat, despite occasional bouts of honesty, is little more than a tool for ole timey Southern racist propaganda. Nobody will call him on this, because, well, he’s playing his role. And playing it well might I add.
Glenn Beck [Headline News] – Beck, owner of a collection of chins that would make Karl Rove proud, doesn’t get as much acclaim as his mentor Sean Hannity, but he’s just as reviling. His smarmy, holier than thou demeanor makes me wish he’d have an unfortunate falafel incident.
Bill O’Reilly [Fox News] – Speaking of falafel… seriously, how did Bill-O manage to dodge this bullet and still spout his hateful brand of sensationalist drivel another 4 years? I just don’t get it.
The Cast of Fox & Friends [Fox News... duh] – Would you like some Scrawberry HaterAde™ with your breakfast? You know where to look.
Lou Dobbs [CNN] – Did you know that like King Of The Hill star Bobby Hill, whom Lou looks like a grownup version of, Dobbs is the son of a real-life Texas propane salesman? Did you also know that despite his hatred of all things Mexican, Lou is actually married to a Latina? No seriously, I couldn’t make this stuff up.
Campbell Brown [CNN] – More of a hostess than an actual pundit, but come on’. Exactly who does this serial lightweight have incriminating photos of? For someone who’s supposed to be an objective moderator, she lets guests run over her more than anyone this side of Jeff Johnson.
Laura Ingraham [Fox News] – If you don’t have nothin’ nice to say…
Juan Williams [Fox News] – …your mama n’em taught you the rest.
Chris Matthews [MSNBC] – Look, I’m prObama myself. Anyone who reads this site knows that. Still, it’s pretty dishonest, and borderline maniacal to act as if everything the man does is kissed with the lips of The Messiah. Matthews pretty much deep-sixes any semblance of credibility by turning his show into a nightly Obama pep rally. Sure, it’s fun to occasionally watch him rip a guest to shreds, but those instances are few and far between. More often than not, Hardball is little more than a Democratic Circle Jerk. Who the hell wants to watch that nonsense?
Sean Hannity [Fox News] – Boy, I could say so much, but bandwidth is so precious. Why not just watch this clip and get reacquainted with your lunch?
Keith Olbermann [MSNBC] – Of all the blowhards on cable, Olbermann is perhaps the worst. While I do indeed like his “tell it like it is” approach to stating his opinion, his over the top “smarter than though” smarminess eclipses even that of Hannity and Beck, which is no small feat. If dude wants to be seen as a serious journalist (ha ha), not some two bit ESPN refugee, he’ll figure out that being the smartest guy in the class isn’t always something you wanna throw in others faces.
Question: You got any more Cable News Personalities to add to next week’s poll?
[1] Please tell me ya’ll remember these VHS tapes from the 80′s.
Filed under: Go Sit Down, People I Strongly Dislike, PoliTricks as Usual, That Sh*t Is Racist, What A DoucheBag, White Men Gone Wild
Well, tonight was supposed to be Palin’s night, but wouldn’t you know it, a familiar face just had to show up and ruin the party.
Like last week, I’m not tuning in until AverageToddler’s bathed and put to bed, so I missed some of the preliminaries.
Michael Steele is the GOP’s version of “urban cool” which is beyond comical on too many levels to count here. Let’s face it, this dude is L.A.M.E. He’s suddenly morphed from the milquetoast Negro who once allegedly got Oreo cookies tossed at him in a Maryland debate, to Super Negro Republican™: The Poor Man’s Obama. Negro please.
When he was introduced, the crowd broke into some clearly orchestrated, yet poorly executed “Go Steele!” chant. Steele responded by asking the crowd “Are you ready to party in this house tonight?” which clearly shows he’s been revisiting his DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince cassette tapes lately. It was a display of uncoordinated arm-flailing only matched by the between-speech Earth Wind and Fire dance-a-thon seen moments later. Yes, it was as lame and pathetic as it sounds reading it.
Magic Mike then went on some tirade about guilt by association, which was clearly a dig at Rebb’n Wright. I’m not about to defend the good Rebb’n here, but c’mon Mike, that’s a stretch ain’t it? I know the PG County church you attend, so you prolly should just let that one ride. And besides, if it’s all about guilt by association, wouldn’t that make you an ear-chomping rapist? I’m just sayin’.
This guy should be nearing his 16th minute by now, but thanks to the lack of… uhmmm, color, in the GOP, he’ll keep getting party jobs merely in exchange for being a grateful token. I guess this is necessary to uphold the illusion of conclusion. I only counted 5 blacks in tonight’s audience, down from 7 last night. 6 if you count Steele, which I don’t.
Mike Huckabee is one of the few GOP personalities I can actually stomach for more than a few minutes. He did the obligatory “Obama Sucks, McCain Roolz” speech, but in a manner that was respectful and stuck to party talking points. I don’t agree with his stances, but I don’t mind how he goes about stating them. The rest of the GOP could learn a thing or two.
Mitt Romney was longwinded, overpolished, and booooring. Not that this should surprise any of you who’ve listened to him prattle on and on in the past. It’s so obvious this guy is still hella pissed about not getting change of address forms for 1600 Penn Ave. He did the good party thing and bashed Obama while bloviating over McCain’s experience, but behind that spray-on tan and meticulous dye job, it’s clear that there lies a cat who thinks he should still be Prez.
Rudy Guiliani came up next and I guess this marked the point where the convention actually became interesting. Man, did Rudy rip Barack a brand new anus or what?
Seriously, you wanna talk about taking off the gloves and “goin’ in”. He did that and thennnnn some. This cat must have been visiting ThisIs50.com for inspiration lately, cause he was extra greasy. Never mind the fact that Rudy didn’t state any of McCain’s solutions, his job was to bash Barry, and bash Barry he did.
This whole spectacle would have been enlightening had the guy delivering it not been so disgusting and despicable. A dude who marries his own cousin has no right telling anyone about judgement. A guy who announced his divorce to the newspapers has no right questioning the integrity of others. A guy whose own kids don’t talk to him, and are voting for Obama themselves shouldn’t be saying jack about family values.
Other than that, I’ll admit, this was pretty fun to watch. Largely untruthful and completely lacking in substance, but not boring by any stretch. He even kept his obligatory “9/11″ references count under 25. Bravo Rudy. The Gray’s Papaya’s on me.
Alaska Governor Tina Fey Sarah Palin came out to put a wrap on the evening. I won’t lie, I was so distracted by her sqeaky NPR voice and the continual passing around of her son like a photo-op football that I quickly lost interest and started writing this recap.
I suppose her general countenance and willingness to go after Obama is going to endear her to her “base”, but her speech did little to dispel the litany of holes in her “maverick” reputation. She too spouted more “smaller government” GOP talking points, although her pro-life stance on abortions was a blatant omission. Long on aggression, short on substance, absent of solutions. In other words, this lady’s right at home.
[Editor's Note: BTW Tina, bashing the media is never a good idea, especially given the fact that you'll need these very same people to overlook the inherent contradictions in your personal record. I can't wait for your first appearance on Meet The Press. We'll see who's the "pitbull in lipstick" when you've gotta answer questions about something other than a "bridge to nowhere".]
It’s blatantly obvious that these folks have no solutions and don’t even intend to run on their “platform”. They wanna sell you on false patriotism (as if only those who serve in the military love the country), and scare you into keeping them in office. McCain campaign manager Rick Davis even admitted as much yesterday.
Rick Davis, campaign manager for John McCain’s presidential bid, insisted that the presidential race will be decided more over personalities than issues during an interview with Post editors this morning.“This election is not about issues,” said Davis. “This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates.”
Davis added that issues will no doubt play a major role in the decisions undecided voters will make but that they won’t ultimately be conclusive. He added that the campaign has “ultimate faith” in the idea that the more voters get to know McCain and Barack Obama, the better the Republican nominee will do.
Well thanks for clearing that one up for us, Rick. At least you’re being honest.
A few things really bug me about these GOP Talking Points, and I’m hoping you guys can help me out with them.
(1) The GOP keeps saying Palin, by virtue of being a small town mayor, and 18 months of Governor has more “executive experience” than Obama and Biden combined. If you define “executive experience” as having “run something”, wouldn’t that also make Palin more qualified than even John McCain, whose entire career has been spent in the Congress and Senate?
(2) The GOP is all about “less government”. How then do they explain being “pro-life”? Isn’t telling a woman what to do with her own body the epitome of “too much government”?
(3) The GOP is all about “fixing Washington”. Are we supposed to forget that they’ve virtually controlled Washington since 2000? Uhhh, shouldn’t something be “fixed” by now? Could they perhaps try “fixing” their own party before “fixing” the world?
(4) The GOP is all about “reining in government spending”. Their main way of remedying the record deficit is by cutting earmarks and pork barrel projects? But isn’t the $10B/month war that the GOP got us into the main reason for the deficit?
(5) How disingenuous is it to keep playing the “POW Card”? I admire John McCain’s service to this country, but let’s keep it 100. McCain’s time in Hanoi is only notable because his father’s name and position made him living, breathing propaganda. He was on TV and in the news practically every night during his 5 1/2 years is captivity, which is why there’s so much footage of it. He used this exposure to catapult his political career. Yet he calls Obama a “celebrity”? Obama seems like the sort of person who became famous because he was already a politician. McCain became a politician because he was already famous. Not exactly the same. The Dems will never point of this idiocy of course. They don’t roll like that.
Let’s be real here, I’m a registered Democrat, but given my pending change of party affiliation, I have no reason to support them other than my wish for Obama to be President. Still, it’s amazing the stark differences between the two parties. One lacks any teeth, the other is so obsessed with the superficial that it can’t help knocking you over the head with it constantly.
After tonight’s hatchet job, I totally get why so many people are apolitical.
Question: Did you watch the GOP Convention tonight? Are you as nauseated at this display of dishonesty as I am? Do you have answers for any of the questions I posed above?
McCain Manager: ‘This Election is Not About Issues’ – The Fix [WashPost]
Filed under: People I Strongly Dislike
Something finally occurred to me the other day as I got out of the barber’s chair. I hate strongly dislike barbers.
I have only had roughly 4-5 people who cut my hair on a consistent basis in my short lifetime, and I eventually had a falling out with each and every one of them for the exact same reason: because they cut your hair the way they want it to look, not the way you ask for it.
I have what is probably a moderately difficult head of hair to cut. I have what some older Black folks might refer to as “good” hair, which has always been the dumbest of statements to me. Isn’t all hair good hair? Ask a balding dude if he’d rather have a “good” George Jefferson, or an “average” head of full hair. So enough of that nonsense.
Anyways, since I do have “good hair”, this also means it’s hard for most novices to cut the right way because it grows in very odd directions, as well as in odd lengths (ie: shorter at the top, longer near the temples). Also, over the past couple of years, I’ve noticed some light thinning around my hairline, which only adds to the complexity.
I usually stick with a barber who seems to figure out how to cut my hair correctly initially, but over time they all seem to revert to doing it “their way”, regardless of what I ask for. So when I go in looking like a Wolfman and ask for “a little off the top and please don’t push back my hairline!“, then walk out looking like Kirk Franklin, you know something is wrong. These dudes are clearly just cutting it the way they want for the instant gratification and the praise of the other barbers when I step out the chair. They don’t have to live with a pushed back hairline and a too-close for cold weather cut for the next couple of weeks. I do. And that kinda sucks.
[Editor's Note: None of these haircuts look "bad", "gapped up" or even remotely "jacked up" by any stretch of the imagination. But none of them happen to be what I ask for, so it doesn't really matter.]
Since I left my most recent barber a year or so ago[1] I’ve tried probably a half-dozen other barbers in search of someone who would just do what I asked them to. There was a girl who was cutting my hair for awhile that did a good job, but didn’t do a great shape up, although she didn’t push my sh*t back as I requested. There was a dude who cut pretty well, but then stopped showing up at the shop and answering text messages. Apparently he’s taking a state-paid vacation in Jessup right now. And then, there’s my current shop (and I use the word “current” loosely), owned by the Koreans. They, like everyone else, don’t cut my hair the way I ask for, but the end result is usually not too bad looking, there’s seldom a long wait (wonder why?), and the whole thing only costs $13, which in this economy is a steal.
But again, why can’t people just cut hair the way they’re asked to?[2]
To end on a positive note, I now present to you the greatest barbershop scene evar. Cop the headphones first.
Question: Fellas, do you have a similar experience with barbers who cut your hair the way they want it to look, not how you ask? Ladies, I guess I could pose the same question to you, although it’s a given that women’s hair is a different animal in and of itself.
[1] Yeah, that dude with the flying, rapping Superman website and the $22 cuts. I’ll give him credit though, that soundtrack is still pretty tight. Listen to it. I guess that’s why the cuts are so expensive. Somebody’s gotta pay for all that flash animation and studio time.
[2] And before you ask, no, I’m not about to start cutting my own hair. I don’t have that sorta talent.
Filed under: Go Sit Down, NBA = Nuthin' But Africans, People I Strongly Dislike, White Men Gone Wild
So imagine this. After 30 years at a company, you decide to finally retire. You’ve been an exemplary worker the entire time, setting new records for employee of the month and whatnot. After waffling about retiring year after year, you finally accept your gold watch, and endure a tear-filled going away lunch at Carrabba’s. Everyone wishes you well in your second life. You’ll volunteer more. You’ll see your grandkids every weekend. You might even figure out how to use a Nintendo Wii.
And finally, after 2 months of sitting at home in your draws watching Judge Mathis all day, it hits you: you wanna work again.
So, you go back to your old employer and demand your old job back. And they tell you, nicely might I add, that your job has already been given to a younger person and they’re moving on. You’re thanked again for your years of service and asked, nicely might I add, to leave.
Then you pull out an AK-47, shoot a few security guards, and yell out “If I ain’t workin‘ in this mofo, ain’t nobody workin‘!”. You make the guards you didn’t kill lock all the doors, then open a trenchcoat to reveal that you’re strapped with dynamite.
You then proceed to hold company management, human resources, and the mailroom dudes who used to procure your weed and bootleg DVDs hostage for the next month, threatening to “blow this whole mofo up” if they don’t give you your job back. The media covers this event and broadcasts it live to the world minute by minute. Management offers you an even greater severance package, in exchange for simply retiring and allowing them to move on, but you persist.
Finally, after a 30 day standoff, management caves in to your demands, and appoints you CEO of their East Coast subsidiary. And the media anoints you the new King Of All Whites, instantly forgetting that you’ve essentially held people hostage for the past three years as well as being a complete and total douchebag.
Yep, it must be great to be Brett Favre. What a friggin‘ country!
Enjoy New Jersey D-Bag #4.
Question: Is there any way in Holy Hades a black athlete could have pulled off this sorta stunt and not been demonized?
Jets set for Brett: Packers legend headed to New York [ESPN]
Filed under: People I Strongly Dislike
I travel a lot with my job, which means I often find myself in the proximity of lots of other “businesspeople”. Whether in the airport, a hotel lobby, or restaurant, there’s always that one dude who just talks too darned loud on the cell phone.
Sometimes, I wonder if these people talk loud intentionally just to let you know that they’ve got a really important job and need you to know that by proxy they’re important.
I guess these folks never got the memo that talking loud and sharing the intimate details of your business deal with 40 of your closest friends doesn’t make you important. Nope, it makes you a total and complete Douchebag.
Even worse is the guy who puts his cellphone on speaker (presumably to free his hands so he can write, tie his Kenneth Coles, or play with himself) while conducting his important, but not really important call. Many an airport catnap has been interrupted by this species of Travelling D-Bag, as he berates his Administrative Assistant for not correctly filing his expense report. The nerve of those minions.
However, as technology has improved, so has the cellphone itself, culminating in the ultimate killer-app for travelling d-bags worldwide. That’s right, the Bluetooth Earpiece.
Now, the Travelling D-Bag doesn’t even have to hold a phone to his ear and talk loudly to let you know he’s more important and more better than you. He can just clip this baby on his ear and floss hands-free.
I won’t even fake, I have a Bluetooth earpiece that I sometimes use with my BlackBerry. It does come in handy when you’re in the comfort of your own car, but otherwise it’s pretty silly. It looks dumb and sounds dumberer to see a grown man channeling some random Star Trek character. Just hold the friggin’ phone already.
Of course, this hands-free phenomenon results in some very odd social interactions. Travelling D-Bag will appear to be talking to himself (about expense reports) as if he’s some homeless dude until you get up close to him or peep the earpiece in his other ear. And now T D-B thinks it’s acceptable to conduct a staff meeting while au toilet, which is just nasty on so many levels. No conversation can be that important. Droppin’ a deuce is important. Expense reports are not.
Maybe the fine folks at Bose can come up with D-Bag cancelling headphones.
Question: Do you dislike these BlueTooth Earpiece D-Bags as much as I do? How abou the garden variety Travelling D-Bag?
Filed under: Get Money, Grand Hu$tle, People I Strongly Dislike, White Men Gone Wild
I’m not here to rub salt in anyone’s wounds, but just how funny is this recent news that bamas are petitioning Starbucks to keep stores open?
Now that Starbucks Corp. has disclosed the 600 locations it wants to shutter, a phenomenon is taking hold: the Save Our Starbucks campaign.In towns as small as Bloomfield, N.M., and metropolises as large as New York, customers and city officials are starting to write letters, place phone calls, circulate petitions and otherwise plead with the coffee company to change its mind.
“Now that it’s going away, we’re devastated,” said Kate Walker, a facilities manager for software company SunGard Financial Systems who recently learned of a store closing in New York City.
Online, several “Save Our Starbucks” petitions have popped up for stores across the country, including locations in San Diego, Dallas and New York City.
If I didn’t know any better, I’d swear these folks sounded like fiends. Seriously, are we gonna see a re-enactment of this classic scene[1] in burbs coast-to-coast? I sure hope not.
I mean, seriously folks, it’s just figgin’ coffee!!! It’s not “freedom”. It’s just a freakin’ cup of Joe, marked-up astronomically to pay for that John Legend background music and those cushy sofas. When you strip away the calm lighting and “baristas”, coffee is still just beans filtered with water. You can, and should, get the same thing at 7-11 for a fraction of the price.
I read a very good book a few months ago called Punching In by Alex Frankel. In addition to revealing the secrets to success for companies like The Gap, UPS, Home Depot, and The Container Store, the book talked about how Starbucks develops a cult-like following of customers by making their own employees cultlike. There’s the whole “large/small vs venti grande” thing, the ambient lighting, the mood music, the green vs black aprons, the never empty stores, etc. Given the fact that only about 8% of Starbucks’ revenue actually comes from straight-up coffee, it’s clear that folks are buying the overall experience moreso than the drink itself.
So much of the typical visit to Starbucks is so intricately planned out and analyzed, it’s amazing that the whole thing comes off as being even remotely “organic”. For anyone interested in this sorta M.B.A. 101 insider info, I’d strongly recommend peeping that book.
The ultimate irony here is that Starbucks used to be boycotted when they broke into a neighborhood. That familiar green, black, and white logo usually is the forebearer of gentrification, or at the very least, corporate greed spilling over to spoil people’s perceptions of true “Americana” (ie: Mom and Pops stores). So, while I understand why some folks are complete Stans for their mochafrappachinolatte with two shots of soy, I can’t feel too bad. I mean, come on, what’s next? Boycotting to keep Walmart afloat? Please.
Reality is, Starbucks is nothing more than another greedy corporation that grew too fast, too soon, and didn’t anticipate such a sharp economic downtown. Now they’re paying for that greed. Period.
I’m sorry Starbucks customers, but just maybe this is the sorta economic reality check you needed. Coffee is coffee. Save 3 bucks and cop yours at Wawa like the rest of us.
Question: Are you a Starbucks junkie? Is your local crackhouse closing? What’s your drug of choice?
Cities, Customers Launch ‘Save Our Starbucks’ Efforts [WSJ]
More People I Strongly Dislike [AB.com]
[1] Man, what a movie!
Filed under: Go Sit Down, NBA = Nuthin' But Africans, People I Strongly Dislike, That Sh*t Is Racist, White Men Gone Wild
As much as the NBA is reviled for being full of criminals and primadonnas, the NFL oddly gets a free pass for faaaar worse behavior.
In the past week alone…
Jaguars WR Matt Jones was busted for cocaine possession.Pacman Jones was in court for that strip club shootout.
Recently released Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman was on the run for felonious assault.
Patriots lineman Nick Kaczur was arrested with 202 OxyContin pills in his possession.
Giants TE Jeremy Shockey stiff armed his team into trading him to the Saints.
Recently released Broncos running back and babymaking machine Travis Henry tested positive for marijuana.
And the NFL launched an investigation into whether or not players were actively flashing gang signs during games.
Worst Week Evar? Maybe so, but training camp is just starting. Stay tuned. And they say “the NBA has an image problem“. Negroes please.
I call em’ like I see em’, and that sh*t is racist!!! And maybe that’s why I don’t really care much for the NFL specifically, or football in general.
Back when I did somewhat care for the NFL, I was an Atlanta Falcons fan. This may sound odd, but bear in mind that folks growing up in the Carolinas didn’t have pro sports teams until the late 80′s (Hornets) and didn’t get an NFL team (Panthers and Canes) until the mid 90′s. So, it was either root for DC or Atlanta teams, since both were in close proximity and had cable stations that covered their teams throughout NC. Thus I was genetically predisposed to become a Bullets (later Wizards) fan, and I also stanned for the Braves and the Dirty Birds for a minute.
The Falcons famously let go of Brett Favre after just one season on the bench, then watched him go on to become a Hall of Famer who won a Superbowl in Green Bay. Sour grapes and all, I wasn’t too happy about this, and eventually jumped off the Falcons bandwagon altogether. And needless to say, I’m not the biggest Farve fan to this day.
For a guy who is immortalized as the new-school Johnny Unitas, Favre sure is one helluva Drama King. There’s all the theatrics. The throwing of teammates under the bus. The painkiller addiction. The annual “is he retiring or not?” watch. And of course, all that damn crying!
But for all this manufactured drama, Brett Favre gets a free pass from the media because he plays in lily white Green Bay and is the consummate good ole’ Southern Boy. Yeah, the guy can play, but listening to commentators continually drool over him while conveniently overlooking how much of a d-bag he prolly is in real life gets really tiring.
After his latest bout of crying in March, Favre promised it was time to hang up the jockstrap and move back to his farm in Mississippi. The inner-skeptic in me knew far better. Because if there’s one thing Drama Kings are addicted to, it’s attention.
Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy restated his support for general manager Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy on Friday in the standoff with Brett Favre.Favre is having second thoughts about football after retiring in March. But the Packers have since committed to moving on without the three-time MVP, causing a public rift between the team and one of its greatest players.
A movement to summon fan support for Favre has fizzled so far. A rally in Green Bay drew fewer than 200 fans Sunday, and Monday’s rally in the Milwaukee suburbs drew only 30 despite widespread local media attention. But shareholders supporting Favre still could call attention to the issue.
Favre has flip-flopped before about his football future, but never like this. He teased the Packers earlier in the offseason and seemed set to unretire in late March, only to change his mind once again. His 11th-hour desire to unretire drew a decidedly lukewarm reception from the team this time.
So Favre’s agent asked the Packers to release him from his contract last week, something Thompson has said the Packers have no plans to do. Releasing Favre would allow him to sign with any team he wants — perhaps even division rival Minnesota.
Unless he is released or traded, Favre’s rights belong to the Packers until his current contract expires after the 2010 season.
So to recap, this a first-ballot Hall of Famer who should have better things to do with the rest of his life can’t quite shake the need for attention and would rather hold his old team hostage than simply retire with dignity. Even worse, Favre’s ego-trip threatens to stunt the career growth of two young QB’s, Green Bay’s hand-picked successor Aaron Rodgers, and Minnesota’s (brotha and HBCU alum) Tarvares Jackson.
But is anyone willing to call out Favre for such a self-serving stunt? Of course not.
Then again, I wouldn’t expect the MSM to go hard on one of their favorites, despite how much of a jerk he is. But this ain’t the MSM, this is AB.com, and Mr. Favre gets no love here.
Brett, go sit down. Please.
Question: Do you think the media has a double standard when it comes to how black athletes and white athletes are covered? Any glaring examples? Should Favre retire or does he have a right to hold his team hostage?
Packers prez backs GM, coach in Favre standoff [AP]
Let Favre play on [News Tribune]
[That's right. Another new series.]
Yep, it’s that time of the month. I don’t exactly know what time, but do I know certain people have really been pissin’ on my Kashi of late, so how better to get back at these folks than call them out here at AB.com? Note, no actual names are mentioned below, but if you’re smart enough, you’ll know whom I’m speaking of.
BTW, hate is such a strong word. I don’t personally “hate” anyone, although Sean Hannity darn near pushes the envelope. So no, this ain’t about hate, this is garden variety dislike. Don’t get it twisted.
That said, I wish ill will, disease, and pestilence on the homes of the following:
DC Urreah Weathermen – Last week, AverageSis mentioned the possibility of a Day Trip to Delaware to hit the beach with the kid, have some Grottos, and generally just chill. But the sage meteorologists of the Capitol region were all saying the same thing. The weekend would be a wash, so don’t bother. Thus, we canned our plans.
Wouldn’t you know it, I wake up Saturday morning and it’s sunny as all get-out. The forecasters are now saying severe t-storms that evening. So, I don’t second guess my decision to cancel… until I wake up Sunday morning and realize there still isn’t a drop of rain on the ground yet. Then the forecasters say “severe thunderstorms Sunday beginning around 2pm”. And again, nothing.
Today was the final straw. These bamas were screamin’ “t-storm warning, leave the office by 3pm if you can” on my commute in this morning. I’m still here at 4pm, and guess what? It’s clear and 85 outside.
So, not only did these boobs ruin my weekend, but now, since I’m nearly 5 days late watering the lawn, I gotta go home and run the sprinklers all evening.
I’ve gotten used to them screwing up forecasts in the Winter. They’ll say a blizzard’s on the way, and people buy up every loaf of bread and gallon of milk in captivity, only to find sun the next morning. But now they’re messing up routine Summer forecasts, and that just ain’t right.
Cause messin’ with a man’s beach time is like messin’ with his emotions and whatnot.
I’m just sayin’.
[Editor's Update: No sooner than I pressed the "Publish Post" button did I look outside my window and notice the sky had dramatically darkened. It wasn't exactly a monsoon, but it was a nice enough rain to satisfy my lawn and keep WSSC in check. I suppose I should be happy about this. I'm still not.]
Question: Just how darned difficult is it to get a weatherman’s gig anyway?
[1] Lewes Beach, DE is the best beach EVAR, man. Assuming you’re over 30 and go to the beach to relax, not take in scenery.
