- Could the Brett Favre situation in Green Bay be any more of a circus? The best way I can phrase it is to say that at this point, whenever Favre does actually retire (he may actually die first, because odds are he’ll still be trying to make a comeback at age 89), the first thing that’s going to come to mind is the debacle he’s created by retiring, un-retiring and jerking around the franchise he claims to love to the point that said franchise wants nothing to do with him anymore. As more details surface about Favre and his selfish, self-centered campaign to return to football after a teary retirement just a few short months ago, it’s clear what an egotistical narcissist this guy is. He expects the Packers to either a) hand him back the starting quarterback job and officially write off the four years and millions of dollars spent on Aaron Rodgers as a waste, b) trade him to another team and have his legions of fans burn down Lambeau Field, or c) release him and make him free to sign with any team, possibly even a division rival. Favre knows that by writing a letter to the team and hitting them up with text messages he’s putting them in an impossible spot; he just doesn’t seem to care. He can’t honor his own word when he says he’s retiring and he can’t accept that he walked away from the starting job in Green Bay and now the Packers aren't jumping for joy to see him make a comeback. Nor does Favre care that he’s selfishly hijacking the NFL offseason, prompting ESPN to torture viewers with a crawler that is basically non-stop Favre tidbits for hours on end. And no, I don’t care that a hundred or so Favre fans rallied outside Lambeau Field over the weekend in support of their beloved No. 4. You are the most selfish, narcissistic, egotistical, delusional athlete ever, B. Favre, and you need to go away and stay there. I should not be hearing this much talk about an aging, retired QB on a team that didn’t even reach the Super Bowl last year….
- Danger America, DANGER! The Belgians are coming, the Belgians are coming! They’re….they’re…buying our beer companies? That’s it? That’s what the uproar from beer drinkers across the United States are up in arms about? Seriously? Belgian brewer InBev has purchased Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion and that’s inspired a college student at the University of Mississippi to write his own song titled “Kiss Our Glass” that tells off InBev? Yeah, this deal creates the world’s largest brewer and the company isn't based in the U.S. But as long as the beer gets you just as drunk and has the same ingredients and taste, what’s the problem? Getting drunk isn't exactly an act of cultural imperialism, is it? When you’re hammered and dancing on a table with a lampshade on your head, does it matter what country the beer came from that made you drunk? When you’re puking into the bushes outside your frat house, do you really care if the beer that got you there was made in the good ol’ U.S. of A? I’ve never understood Americans who have to be superior to the rest of the world, to dominate it and to draw a clear line between themselves and everyone else. “I’m an American set apart from the rest of you,” that seems to be the motto of a lot of people in this country. Last I checked, we’re all human beings, we face a lot of the same problems in life and we have a lot in common. You don’t need to buy only American products, drink only American beer and drive only American cars to love this country. So if you’re out there writing songs of defiance to foreign brewers and vowing to stop drinking Budweiser because it’s no longer made in America….get over yourself, idiot…
- The next step in the W. administration’s systematic, diabolical plot to destroy the environment occurred Monday when our un-esteemed leader officially lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling. Thankfully this idiotic and unilateral action doesn’t mean diddly unless Congress acts and officially removes the ban from their end. That seems unlikely, what with Congress being a) controlled by Democrats, and b) not as IQ-deprived as the president. Still, it never ceases to amaze that in every decision that has a major impact on the environment, W. invariably chooses the path that will most f’up our ecosystem. It’s like he doesn’t consider any other variables or facets of the equation; he just asks himself, “Hey W.?....Oh, that’s me..forgot I was talkin’ to myself……what was I doin’? Oh yeah, how can I dick over the environ-….enver…what’s gonna make the biggest mess?” Thanks for that, ass clown, only 168 more days until you’re out of office for good….
- Call me crazy, but when cast members start writing and directing episodes of their TV shows, that’s not a good sign. Not that this practice spells disaster for a show, but it always seems to come when a show is at or near the end of its run. Will the same be true for One Tree Hill? Well, I’ve thought this show was on life support each of the past two years, but it’s proven to be that pesky roach you just can’t kill (and sometimes enjoy watching). Next season, Chad Michael Murray (Lucas Scott) will step in as the writer of a One Tree Hill episode airing late this coming season. Also, tvguide.com is saying that Bethany Joy Galeotti (Hayley James Scott) will take over as director for one episode, her first time in the role. Of course, series creator Mark Schwan will be there to assist both, but it should be interesting to see the results from these new roles and if they actually improve the occasionally lackluster OTH.
- Back to back days, back to back installments of….Riot Watch! Yes, in one of the more beautiful aspects of life, riots tend to come in bunches many times. There just seems to be a culture, a prevailing wind of social dissidence if you will, that sweeps the globe for days or weeks and inspires the slighted, wronged and oppressed to fight back. That spirit is present right now, with some Chinese migrant workers the latest to join the fray. Peasants and migrant workers rioting is definitely one of the best types of rioting, because who (other than those in power) can’t get with the downtrodden, oppressed underdog sticking it to The Man? Migrant workers in eastern China took it to The Man because one of their own was allegedly beaten by local law enforcement while applying for a residence permit. Clearly not willing to take that kind of abuse, hundreds of the migrant workers attacked the police station and clashed with officers. That kind of opposition is a ballsy play in a place like China, where dissent is often grounds for death or imprisonment. So props to all of the migrant workers for organizing and employing violent, forceful tactics in their fight against the abuses of power in their town. Let The Man know that his act doesn’t play with you, Chinese peasants. You deserve better and to get it, you’re going to have to take it….by force.
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