I'm done, finished, no more will I spend a dime of my money, what little I have left, for jokers to live like kings! This is just a sample of one athlete and some of what he does with the money you all give him to play a game, yes a game that means jack shit to most Americans! So you go and buy that jersey, buy that ticket, have a beer and a dog and a part of all that hard earned money goes for things like this fellow below does! I'm leaving this dudes name blank, but one thing to note is he's by no means one of the top paid players in his sport or any other, this is a just above average kid from the projects taking care of himself and leaving his past behind.
There's a lot about how ______ spent his money, based on her understanding of the household finances: "he states he makes 1.5 million per month," read the notes. _______ lavished plenty on their ________ home, dropping $100,000 on landscaping, $5,000 a month for housekeepers, $675 "per car" washing, and $1 million for his back yard and pool grotto. His sharks are expensive: $5,000 a month to feed them and $1,500 for a keeper to drive from Columbus to take care of them.
He is extravagant when it comes to toys for the children -- ages 5, 4 and 2 -- buying a $60,000 train set and an $8,000 toy Mercedes-Benz electric car, and dropping between $30,000 and $40,000 during a shopping spree at FAO Schwartz.
This is not uncommon for the way these jokers spend your hard earned money, and some may actually invest in wish choices but I can't get over the fact that it's a game we all played as youngsters but didn't spend the time these pros did for whatever reasons.............the lack of anything better to do, the lack of funds growing up to go to movies, date girls, buy cars and make them go faster. The bottom line is it's more the owners fault than anyone else, rich guys who couldn't play and want to play through their money and teams they can buy and buy for more and more and charge you the consumer more and more to watch these gladiators. Yes just like in the days of Rome when we'd watch dudes fight lions and each other for sport, we now watch a lot of dudes that never had a dime waste what YOU give them from your hard earned money on lavish toys and life styles. Sure most end up giving the majority of their windfall to the ladies they spoil and get pregnant and end up broke from the child support for literally dozens of offspring who in turn get breaks because of name recognition and the like, breaks good hard working youth don't get because of the lack of parental breaks in the system.
Call me bitter, call me jealous, call me whatever you'd like, but none fit because I'm just tired of spoiled dudes becoming millionaires overnight because I bought a jersey or season tickets to sporting events. Or millionaires overnight because they play a game that means nothing in the scheme of things, nothing to the real majority of Americans. If the games and the players meant anything to the majority of folks arena's, ballparks, stadiums would seat more than from 12,000 to 70,000. Take a 70,000 seat stadium and a metro area of 5.5 million population if the stadium filled each game (which most don't or even come close) that means less that 1% of the population is attending these events.........................99% of the folks don't give a shit!
You can now put me in the 99% who don't donate to these poor gladiators who came from nothing and expect everything including being kneel down to or look back on where they came from and even give a rats ass! No let the rest of America raise you and your parents....bullcrap!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
History Channel or not...
I was just reading where the History Channel is dumping a project which is being called a controversial miniseries on the Kennedy family. It's being pulled basically because the Hollywood left doesn't like the portrayal of the Kennedy boys in the miniseries. History channel says it's pulling the plug on the project because "it does not fit the History brand", now this I find a joke!
The History channel stopped airing historical programs long ago when they decided to have programs like UFO's, Ancient Aliens, Pawn Star, Top Gear, Ax Men, and my favorite American Pickers! No the History channel is now just another commercialized branch of NBC, A&E, Walt Disney and the rest of the bunch. Where the hell is the ACLU on this one, can you say censorship? It seems odd that it's perfectly fine to show some of the one side crap put out by Oliver Stone or Michael Moore and their view of history but not when it comes to the Kennedy clan. Looks like Saints John, Bobby and Teddy have their way once more thanks to the Liberal media and the Ultra liberals in Hollywood.
I read through 141 comments on this article about the network pulling the plug on the Kennedy project, 141 comments from folks that read Yahoo news and I must say it seems to be in excess of 90% feel the same way about not airing the miniseries. Comments similar to mine above and others just saying things like "the truth hurts" to it's "un American not to air it" to Archie Bunker type editorials.
My main beef is the excuse, "it's not or doesn't fit the History brand"............Let's go pick'n for Aliens in our Hot Rods!
The History channel stopped airing historical programs long ago when they decided to have programs like UFO's, Ancient Aliens, Pawn Star, Top Gear, Ax Men, and my favorite American Pickers! No the History channel is now just another commercialized branch of NBC, A&E, Walt Disney and the rest of the bunch. Where the hell is the ACLU on this one, can you say censorship? It seems odd that it's perfectly fine to show some of the one side crap put out by Oliver Stone or Michael Moore and their view of history but not when it comes to the Kennedy clan. Looks like Saints John, Bobby and Teddy have their way once more thanks to the Liberal media and the Ultra liberals in Hollywood.
I read through 141 comments on this article about the network pulling the plug on the Kennedy project, 141 comments from folks that read Yahoo news and I must say it seems to be in excess of 90% feel the same way about not airing the miniseries. Comments similar to mine above and others just saying things like "the truth hurts" to it's "un American not to air it" to Archie Bunker type editorials.
My main beef is the excuse, "it's not or doesn't fit the History brand"............Let's go pick'n for Aliens in our Hot Rods!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Not your Dad's Left...............
Let me begin by saying today's Left is not the Left of Joe Lieberman or of 1995, no today's Left is far too radical and falling off the left edge.
I'm sure, no I'm positive I have friends and family that wonder why I have moved to the Right or Right of center in my political standing and all you have to do is look at our country today. Even the George Soros financially backed (literally millions) NPR, National Public Radio recently fired Juan Williams a liberal progressive for not being liberal enough and now NPR has since fired a few more sympathizers.
The radical spending of the Left, the wanting of government control of more and more of our lives is and has gotten out of control. From the results of last Novembers elections to now more and more Americans are realizing this and moving towards the center which in turn is moving towards more of a chance for prosperity. You may call them or us tea-baggers or whatever but the fact is and remains it's just Americans wanting their country back. Yes those far Leftest think wanting to stick to the Constitution and those ideals our fore fathers set forth for this Nation are getting old and need to be changed, why all of a sudden? I for one feel things have worked out pretty good for our country the past 230 some years so why all of a sudden to we need more government control and debt ceiling to keep being increase to accommodate this uncontrolled spending by the Liberals. Why do we feel no one should make a profit, why do we feel if one person betters him or herself they should share with those that really just want a handout or free ride? In one breath our anointed leaders says those making over $250K are rich and should spread their wealth around, but yesterday when speaking of his press secretary that is quitting to make more cash as a consultant for hire only made in his (Obama's) words a "modest income" at $172,000.00! When the average income in the United States is $55K our leader now calls $172K "modest"...............would anyone like to be of "modest means" today?
There was a time not too long ago this family was of modest means and even rich for a while but our government with all it meddling took care of that in short order. We love Barney, and Freddie, and Fanny for all their help in our financial life and matters and for that we're no longer "modest" or rich but still happy. You ride the ride for as long as you can and live life to the fullest right? Been there done that!
But getting back on track here, like I was saying the Left is not our or your Daddy's Left and I even think my kids or at least one of them is kind of understanding that now. We need the 30 somethings to wake up and want more for themselves and less government control of their lives, to be able to pursue dreams of lives like their parents and/or better and be able to achieve those lives. I spent my entire life almost as a democrat but more of a center left democrat and there are those that can't understand my moving to the right to the point of conservatism, well just look around at our country and where it's gone and who's running it or should I say running it into the ground. No the Constitution means too much to me and the history of our great land means too much to me and I don't need George Soros and his band of henchmen and puppets trying to convert my country to socialism or communism anytime soon!
Wake up my friends and take a look around you, this is not your Daddy's country but it should be again and will be if we move back towards the middle. Here's hoping this new congress can get us back on track a bit and start steering this ship into the winds of prosperity. In this day of wanting to take down the bullies, it's not our children that are being bullied by other children it's us being bullied by our government! We need to stop worrying about bullies in our schools and with our kids and grand kids, that's part of life and growing up..............no our government is the one doing the bullying and that's who we need to put the reins on. Leave our kids alone to grow up the way we did, don't over kill this bully crap with our kids and start cracking down on the real bullies in our government.
I'm sure, no I'm positive I have friends and family that wonder why I have moved to the Right or Right of center in my political standing and all you have to do is look at our country today. Even the George Soros financially backed (literally millions) NPR, National Public Radio recently fired Juan Williams a liberal progressive for not being liberal enough and now NPR has since fired a few more sympathizers.
The radical spending of the Left, the wanting of government control of more and more of our lives is and has gotten out of control. From the results of last Novembers elections to now more and more Americans are realizing this and moving towards the center which in turn is moving towards more of a chance for prosperity. You may call them or us tea-baggers or whatever but the fact is and remains it's just Americans wanting their country back. Yes those far Leftest think wanting to stick to the Constitution and those ideals our fore fathers set forth for this Nation are getting old and need to be changed, why all of a sudden? I for one feel things have worked out pretty good for our country the past 230 some years so why all of a sudden to we need more government control and debt ceiling to keep being increase to accommodate this uncontrolled spending by the Liberals. Why do we feel no one should make a profit, why do we feel if one person betters him or herself they should share with those that really just want a handout or free ride? In one breath our anointed leaders says those making over $250K are rich and should spread their wealth around, but yesterday when speaking of his press secretary that is quitting to make more cash as a consultant for hire only made in his (Obama's) words a "modest income" at $172,000.00! When the average income in the United States is $55K our leader now calls $172K "modest"...............would anyone like to be of "modest means" today?
There was a time not too long ago this family was of modest means and even rich for a while but our government with all it meddling took care of that in short order. We love Barney, and Freddie, and Fanny for all their help in our financial life and matters and for that we're no longer "modest" or rich but still happy. You ride the ride for as long as you can and live life to the fullest right? Been there done that!
But getting back on track here, like I was saying the Left is not our or your Daddy's Left and I even think my kids or at least one of them is kind of understanding that now. We need the 30 somethings to wake up and want more for themselves and less government control of their lives, to be able to pursue dreams of lives like their parents and/or better and be able to achieve those lives. I spent my entire life almost as a democrat but more of a center left democrat and there are those that can't understand my moving to the right to the point of conservatism, well just look around at our country and where it's gone and who's running it or should I say running it into the ground. No the Constitution means too much to me and the history of our great land means too much to me and I don't need George Soros and his band of henchmen and puppets trying to convert my country to socialism or communism anytime soon!
Wake up my friends and take a look around you, this is not your Daddy's country but it should be again and will be if we move back towards the middle. Here's hoping this new congress can get us back on track a bit and start steering this ship into the winds of prosperity. In this day of wanting to take down the bullies, it's not our children that are being bullied by other children it's us being bullied by our government! We need to stop worrying about bullies in our schools and with our kids and grand kids, that's part of life and growing up..............no our government is the one doing the bullying and that's who we need to put the reins on. Leave our kids alone to grow up the way we did, don't over kill this bully crap with our kids and start cracking down on the real bullies in our government.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
New Years Day........
I grew up with New Years Day being a day of football, bowl games, and needing more than one TV if you wanted to see more than one game and a big party at someones home. The food spread was fantastic and for the adults the after New Years Eve hangover drinks flowed.........hair of the dog right! Boy have things and times changed and right now sitting in our suite at the Luxor in Las Vegas I'm watching the Capital One bowl...............who? Back in the day, we had the Sugar Bowl, the Cotton Bowl, the Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl and today we have 34 bowls games stretching from mid December until January 9th and the mystique around the bowl games is gone as far as I'm concerned.
Did you see what I said, Cotton Bowl (2 words) Rose Bowl (2 words) etc. and now some of the bowls of today you'd need one or more sheets of paper to write down the name or title of these bowls. Commercialism has taken over the bowls and their names. We got things like the Pinstripe Bowl what the hell is that all about, the Music City bowl....is that Detroit? Outback, Sun, Capital One, Alamo yes I guess is would be hard to come up with a name when your trying to come up with 34 bowl games and names. I'm bored with it and maybe it's my age but can anyone really keep up with all these bowls? I mentioned being in Las Vegas and they like it here that's for sure, betting on football is BIG, very BIG and parlay sheets are flowing all over town.
One thing in it's favor I guess is the revenue generated for the schools by all these bowls, yes revenue to build bigger and better stadiums and training facilities and salaries for the coaches and staff and bigger salaries than you can even imagine! Too bad it for the most part doesn't go to or for education, is college still a place for higher education or just a place to fill the needs and members of pro sports, a minor league if you will.
No it's not special for me anymore, New Years Day is just not the same but I guess if this is all you know and what you grew up with (3 weeks of bowls rather than a couple of days) your in hog heaven..............does anyone watch the parades anymore? Hangover or not we'd watch the parades very, very early and football into the evening it was a big day and day is singular!
Did you see what I said, Cotton Bowl (2 words) Rose Bowl (2 words) etc. and now some of the bowls of today you'd need one or more sheets of paper to write down the name or title of these bowls. Commercialism has taken over the bowls and their names. We got things like the Pinstripe Bowl what the hell is that all about, the Music City bowl....is that Detroit? Outback, Sun, Capital One, Alamo yes I guess is would be hard to come up with a name when your trying to come up with 34 bowl games and names. I'm bored with it and maybe it's my age but can anyone really keep up with all these bowls? I mentioned being in Las Vegas and they like it here that's for sure, betting on football is BIG, very BIG and parlay sheets are flowing all over town.
One thing in it's favor I guess is the revenue generated for the schools by all these bowls, yes revenue to build bigger and better stadiums and training facilities and salaries for the coaches and staff and bigger salaries than you can even imagine! Too bad it for the most part doesn't go to or for education, is college still a place for higher education or just a place to fill the needs and members of pro sports, a minor league if you will.
No it's not special for me anymore, New Years Day is just not the same but I guess if this is all you know and what you grew up with (3 weeks of bowls rather than a couple of days) your in hog heaven..............does anyone watch the parades anymore? Hangover or not we'd watch the parades very, very early and football into the evening it was a big day and day is singular!
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