Forgive me while I shed this blog’s non-political stance for one time and make a semi-political statement. If you come here for sports, TV information, and other related entertainment, know that this is a one time thing and I will return with more of my ramblings in the near future.
On this Tax Day, I would feel remiss if I did not mention that yesterday in Boston the Tea Party and Sarah Palin made an appearance. Thousands attended the rally and it spoke to a large cross-section of the community. You would be hard pressed to find any right-thinking American who did not believe we were over-taxed and that the Government is being reckless with our tax dollars. As a good idea spirals into a movement, we are slowly becoming aware of the fact that vitriol and hate will be used to dismiss and diminish any enemy of Big Government.
I’m going to lay off the media and focus on the liberal on the street. The one who reads Daily Kos, sees MSNBC as “middle of the road”, and refers to Pat Leahy as “my personal hero”. I’ve come to expect a certain level of intolerance from this person. I know that all arguments will begin with insults that hit below the belt and just keep going from there. It’s probably the reason I say out of political discussions, the fact that you cannot reason with the unreasonable. The one insult I heard multiple times yesterday is the one I cannot stand – “tea-bagger”.
This insult just irks me. I see two main problems with it. One, if you are a liberal using this term, you are already starting out with an insult. The only people who will listen to you at this point are the people who already agree with you. Conservatives and independents are going to be turned off to your message as you cannot form a cohesive message without descending into vulgarity. You need to swing people to your point of view, not cackle to a bunch of like-minded individuals.
Two, by using the term, you are also degrading one of the seminal moments in our nation’s history. Are the men who boarded those three ships in Boston Harbor in 1773 also “tea-baggers”? How about Mohandas Gandhi who invoked the Boston Tea Party in his fight against salt tax? Is he a “tea-bagger”?
If the Tea Party is so disagreeable to you, why not agree against the main points of the Tea Party movement? Argue against lower taxes, smaller government, and less government spending. The name calling only makes you sound bitter and angry.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Dane Cook, Fringe, and Other Thoughts
It’s been way too long, I know. Hopefully, some random thoughts will make up for it.
I was rewatching Jim Gaffigan’s Hot Pockets bit on YouTube the other day and wondered if anyone has ever had a heart attack while watching a comedian and laughing hard? Maybe even hyperventilated or pulled a muscle? Imagine the cred a comedian would get if this happened. The government would probably have to put up warning signs or something. Thankfully, Dane Cook would never have to worry about that.
Speaking of Cook, have we all finally come to the consensus that Dane Cook is not funny? How about that fact that he has no redeeming qualities whatsoever? My basic thought is that he wants to be an iconoclast, but really just comes off as a douche bag on speed. I remember everyone saying how funny he was then I watched one of his specials. I just thought he was loud and annoying.
Of course, Cook is your stereotypical Boston tool. It seems like they are all over the place. Seriously, when the Jersey Shore spinoff Wicked Summer hits MTV, you’ll see what I mean. You think it’s just coincidence that the spin-off takes place in Boston? Expect lots of Red Sox hats, horrible accents, and goof-bags thinking they are the best thing since sliced bread.
Speaking of the best thing since sliced bread, I still have yet to figure out if my favorite show on TV is Fringe or FlashForward. I cannot include Lost because Lost is not a TV show, it’s an experience. I mean, that Richard Alpert episode was probably one of the best hours of TV I have ever seen. Back to the Fringe/FlashForward debate, it just makes my brain hurt when I think about it and they are on back-to-back. You put Lost on at 10 PM on Thursday and I guarantee my head would explode.
Speaking of experiences, I recently read this article. Does it make me a bastard to laugh about a fight between a guy and his quadruple amputee girlfriend? This is seriously the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time. I was talking to my buddy D.B. about it and we have an amazing idea. We want to stage this fight. This would be the main event, with two undercards. One would be Jose Canceso against a Kangaroo and the second would be Mike Tyson against a swarm of bees. So, if anyone knows how to contact Canceso and Tyson and knows someone who has a well-trained swarm of bees and a kangaroo, get in touch with me. And before you start thinking I’m some kind of monster, can you honesty say that you wouldn’t watch this? Yeah, I thought so.
I was rewatching Jim Gaffigan’s Hot Pockets bit on YouTube the other day and wondered if anyone has ever had a heart attack while watching a comedian and laughing hard? Maybe even hyperventilated or pulled a muscle? Imagine the cred a comedian would get if this happened. The government would probably have to put up warning signs or something. Thankfully, Dane Cook would never have to worry about that.
Speaking of Cook, have we all finally come to the consensus that Dane Cook is not funny? How about that fact that he has no redeeming qualities whatsoever? My basic thought is that he wants to be an iconoclast, but really just comes off as a douche bag on speed. I remember everyone saying how funny he was then I watched one of his specials. I just thought he was loud and annoying.
Of course, Cook is your stereotypical Boston tool. It seems like they are all over the place. Seriously, when the Jersey Shore spinoff Wicked Summer hits MTV, you’ll see what I mean. You think it’s just coincidence that the spin-off takes place in Boston? Expect lots of Red Sox hats, horrible accents, and goof-bags thinking they are the best thing since sliced bread.
Speaking of the best thing since sliced bread, I still have yet to figure out if my favorite show on TV is Fringe or FlashForward. I cannot include Lost because Lost is not a TV show, it’s an experience. I mean, that Richard Alpert episode was probably one of the best hours of TV I have ever seen. Back to the Fringe/FlashForward debate, it just makes my brain hurt when I think about it and they are on back-to-back. You put Lost on at 10 PM on Thursday and I guarantee my head would explode.
Speaking of experiences, I recently read this article. Does it make me a bastard to laugh about a fight between a guy and his quadruple amputee girlfriend? This is seriously the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time. I was talking to my buddy D.B. about it and we have an amazing idea. We want to stage this fight. This would be the main event, with two undercards. One would be Jose Canceso against a Kangaroo and the second would be Mike Tyson against a swarm of bees. So, if anyone knows how to contact Canceso and Tyson and knows someone who has a well-trained swarm of bees and a kangaroo, get in touch with me. And before you start thinking I’m some kind of monster, can you honesty say that you wouldn’t watch this? Yeah, I thought so.
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