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Born, no disrespect was intended. I think KG and Sheed takes away Orlando's ability to play 'Shard at the 4, and Bass and Anderson aren't going to handle Wallace or KG. That's why I'll be curious to see if we play both Centers in a "Twin Tower" arrangement against you guys.
As far as Turk, it would be like me saying that the Celts will really miss Big Baby based on him playing well over a few games at the end of the year.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:57 PM on October 07
I saw the videos (saw them posted online before the story broke and thought they were just a hoax) and... Meh. They look like grainy pics shot with a cheap cell phone camera through a makeshift peephole. Aside from that, it's just a woman getting dressed. She's not dancing coquettishly to Cyndi Lauper, not admiring herself in a mirror. She's just getting dressed.
To be honest, I thought they were fake until the news broke. You can't really make out a face, which should clue you to the fact that you can't make out much else either. You get a general idea of how her butt is shaped and a slight intuition as to the shape/size of her boobs. You could get the same thrill pulling up pictures of her in tight pants/shirt.
Now that I find out all the effort that this boob went through to get these videos and I think, "Moron! Get a better camera next time!" Seriously, all the planning that went into this and you couldn't get a decent camera with a tripod? What a tool.
Creepy and gross? You bet. But if you're going to go there, rent a good camcorder.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 09:53 AM on October 05
Born, people who don't watch a lot of Magic BBall seem to think we'll miss Turk a lot. We won't. He hurt us as much as he helped us most nights. I've been a fan of his since he was with the Kings, and I still wasn't upset to see him go. He had a VERY up and down offensive game, and as a defender lacked energy and effort.
As for Carter... Nothing in his history tells me he has trouble staying healthy, and frankly, I like the guy behind him on the bench in Pietrus.
I'm more excited to have Anderson and Bass in the fold which means 'Shard can move over and man the three. Add Matt Barnes for more depth at SF, and I think we gained much more than we lost. I'm looking forward to seeing if we play Gortat and Howard against Sheed and KG. Fun stuff man.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 09:39 AM on October 05
They call it a blank banner, I call it a large green Kleenex they'll use to dry their pitiful tears when the Magic beat them again on their way to the finals.
Sorry guys, hubris is never attractive.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 11:22 AM on October 02
When the World Series first started, they wouldn't let "common" or workingman teams in, and most teams south or west of Ohio in the US. It wasn't until the expansion in the 40's that the "World" series was even nationwide in the US. Abner Doubleday didn't invent the sport either. Extreme Fighting isn't really that extreme. It's all marketing BS, and if you think it makes some greater point about America as a whole, you need a proctologist to find your head.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 09:47 AM on July 02
Urinal, you obviously didn't see his two news conferences where he enthusiastically told us how much he was looking forward to it. The hype around this was huge, and then the Bride ran from the altar and locked herself in her room for 3-4 days while everyone wondered what the ____ was going on. "One, I think that the easy decision for me personally could have really been to stay at Florida and just try to continue to move on, or the next step could be to try to do something that would really challenge me as a person, as a coach and help me grow and help me get better." But, ummm, den, on second thought, how much personal growdt does a guy need, unowhaddimsayin? Heck, that easy ting sounz pretty good right now. Yo, Adrian... Also, the perception is that he chickened out, not had a change of heart.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:19 PM on June 08
It also leads to some hard feelings between the city and the team down the road. Cincy wasn't too happy about having a sucky team after paying for a $450 Million stadium.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:10 PM on June 08
The Magic can still come back. Goooooo Magic!
posted by LostInDaJungle at 09:45 AM on June 05
"Why leave a championship program in college to go to a losing program in the NBA?" Seriously, we have to dignify this with a response? Umm, why leave AA ball for the Majors? If not Donovan, does it have to be a VanGundy... Stan even. Aww, crap.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 09:36 AM on June 04
Thank god he wasn't addicted to painkillers like some of the other "troublesome" NFL players from bad backgrounds. Noone who was busily defending Mike Vick in a previous thread need wag a finger. People of all walks of life get in these situations, and in the NFL it's less than the general population. Any social theorizing is just you complaining about the splinter in one man's eye while ignoring the log in your own. Dude turned himself in on a 4th degree misdemeanor... The words "Rape Stands" were never mentioned. It's not like he molested his babysitter. Can we all just overreact because the word "Bengals" is in the headlines already? The guy was scrub who saw two games on Special Teams, arrested for a minor offense. Whomever mentions modern athletes and their "sense of entitlement" gets a free item from the Blowfish catalog on me.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 10:01 PM on May 20
Great series of articles. Thanks for the link yerfatma. Oh, and watching the Spurs win game 5 was like watching Star Wars only to have Darth Vader win the big Light-Saber battle. Rooting for the pesky alliance all the way until finally Bruce Vader vanquishes Steve Skywalker, the Death Star is complete, and the poor lil' Ewoks (Eastern Conf. Champs) get vaporized by the planet destroying laser that is Tim Duncan. They're right, David Stern IS evil. The game has flat out sucked since the new zone rules and the restricted area came in. If Jordan's Bull's were playing today, the game would rest on the shoulders of Bill Winnington to hit 15 ft. jumpers while Mike got doubled. Much like I had to sit and watch Kurt Thomas shoot 20 foot Jumpers all night. So, the NBA tries to market players instead of teams, then changes the rules to favor "team" play over individual talent? Why ISN'T Kobe the next Jordan? Because you can double him all night and make Smush Parker have to be the team's leading scorer. If there is a Hell, I hope David Stern spends an eternity watching that game 5 over and over again. With Bruce Bowen kneeing him in the crotch.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 02:23 PM on May 18
The Magic still have a chance to come back. Goooo Magic!
posted by LostInDaJungle at 11:22 AM on May 14
The Magic can still come back.... Gooooo Magic!
posted by LostInDaJungle at 02:47 PM on May 07
Suprised noone bothered to follow this story up... VICK'S DOG DENIAL IS FISHY Michael Vick claims that the apparent dog-fighting activities at his property in Virginia occurred without his knowledge. But evidence available on the Intergoogle suggests that Vick was actively involved in the breeding of dogs that could be used for fighting. Our own Taco Bill found the web site for Vick's K-9 Kennels. The Vick in question is clearly Mike Vick. The site shows an address of Moonlight Road in Suffolk, Virginia. Coincidentally, Wednesday's raid occurred at an address on Moonlight Road in Smithfield, Virginia. Also, the site identifies the company as "Vick's K-9 Kennels c/o MV7, Inc." The owner of the property that was searched is Mike Vick and MV7, LLC. And consider these two pictures, put together for us by Taco Bill. The image on top is from the property that was searched. The image on the bottom is from Vick's web site. The concrete pad, the cages, and the "landscaping" look very similar. Of course, Vick's web site doesn't say anything about dog fighting. On one page, the site declares: "We do not promote, support, or raise dogs for fighting and will not knowingly sell, give, or trade any dog that may be used for fighting." But the dogs that Vick's operation is selling are naturally aggressive breeds like pit bull terriers, Rottweilers, and the Presa Canario. (We have a cousin by that name.) At a minimum, Mike Vick has been involved in breeding and selling dogs that could be used for fighting. He admitted six years ago that it is one of his interests. And at the property owned by him in Virginia many scarred dogs were found, along with evidence of dog-fighting paraphernalia. So if Vick is telling the truth, his family members have -- without his knowledge -- converted Vick's pride-and-joy breeding operation into an exercise in cruelty. And despite the fact that Vick had enough of an interest in breeding pit bulls to set up these facilities, he has paid no attention whatsoever to the abomination that his cousin and/or other family members have created from Mike's avocation. Please. The "I don't know nothing" defense won't fly here, in our view. Even if there is no direct evidence of Vick's knowledge or involvement in dog fighting, plenty of men and women have been convicted of crimes via the introduction of circumstantial evidence and the application of basic common sense. As Jackie Chiles might say, "You get me one dog lover on that jury, and Mike is going away for a long, long time." Meanwhile, the Humane Society will be all over this one. John Goodwin, who handles dog-fighting issues for the organization, told the AP that the Humane Society "has heard for several years that Vick was personally involved in the brutal, clandestine activity, which is banned nationwide and a felony in 48 states, including Virginia and Georgia." Regarding Vick's claim that he knows nothing about the evidence of fighting, Goodwin said that it would cost $100 per day to feed the 66 animals found on the property. "Who's paying to feed all those dogs?" Goodwin said. "Who has the money to feed 66 pit bulls that's in some way, shape or form related to that property?" Those are good questions. And Goodwin isn't the only person who'll be asking them. http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm Those who are trying to play the "Because he's Black" card are way off base here... I personally find this type of behavior to be unconscionable, and as mentioned, who the F is paying $40,000 a year to (kinda) feed these dogs? BTW, the "Vick's Kennels" still has dogs for sale listed on their website... Anyone want to pay $1000 for one? Dude was running these Kennels as a business, and as such is directly responsible.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:22 PM on April 30
The Magic can still come back.... Gooooo Magic.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:14 PM on April 30
The magic will win tonight.... Gooooo Orlando Magggic!
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:09 PM on April 23
No, I was making fun of his comments to Rich Eisen on NFL total access. And no, it doesn't sound like anything at all has sunk in with him. If only the lil' turdball realized I was a Bengals fan in spite of him... I cheered for 2-14 teams I liked alot better than this one.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:36 PM on April 20
"lack of pac-penis" Wakka-wakka-wakka.... Beuwwp! But to get all geeky and "engineer" about this, aren't spheres non-mating surfaces? So, how is this explained? 
posted by LostInDaJungle at 01:41 PM on April 20
"At the beginning of the year, they said we should play in the B because we're not strong. They were not honest at the beginning of the season," Mr. Lemery said. "I asked them to go A and they said no." They ended up third in their "B" division, and were one and done in their own playoffs... The opposite question arises, why penalize a bunch of B level players because they just happen to have one A level player? Mr. Leprosy thinks it's no fun if they're beating other teams, but doesn't seem to address what this teams realistic chances in "A" hockey would have been. If you came in third at your cubs tennis tourney this year, would you want to try to get a gold at the same level next year, or would you want to move up so you could come in last in the higher division? I'm not really sure why a team would volunteer to go out and be a punching bag in a higher division. Also, while the number of 51 goals in 17 games seems huge, remember Gretsky scored 310 goals in novice hockey and noone tried to ban him. I sure hope Mr. Lemery feels a whole lot better now that he has taken a big ol' dump over a bunch of 8 year olds. That'll teach 'em. It's always nice when adults take their petty squabbles and f-up little kids lives because of them. Same goes for the Shawville people who threw out the baby with the bath water by holding all of their teams back. I also think it's somewhat Ironic that the same group who is so hostile to anyone who doesn't put English and French on a sign thinks it's perfectly OK to conduct their meetings in French only. "You must accommodate us, we don't have to accommodate you." Foutre le camp, Msr. Lemery. Cretin.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 12:31 PM on April 20
Chris Henry also took out an ad, it was just a small classified that said "The Real fans know what I'm about, and If you ain't behind me when I can't play, you ain't a real fan. Peace, CH15"
posted by LostInDaJungle at 12:02 PM on April 20
Sorry, I don't buy it. Eminem sells plenty of albums to disenfranchised white kids. In fact that's where alot of hip-hop gets sold. Didn't the Beatles glamorize drugs? Didn't the Stones glamorize casual sex? Certainly country music celebrates it own share of gun violence and "thug culture". Who did "I fought the law", "I shot the sherrif", "Cocaine Blues".... Johnny F'ing Cash recorded two albums using in prison concerts. "Early one morning while making the rounds I took a shot of Cocaine and I shot my woman down When right home and I went to bed And I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head." Railing against "Hip-Hop" culture and making it a problem for "Black Culture" ignores the fact that alot of music is violent, anti-authoritarian, etc... In ALL cultures. Is the prevalence of Grunge necessarily an indictment of white culture? Black people remember Tupac, white folks remember Kurt Cobain. Just because some Black person somewhere is listening to 50 cent doesn't apologize for anyone being racist. Indeed, Whitlock falls right into that trap by assuming that because these girls are young and black, they listen to "Gansta Rap"... Who's making the racial stereotypes again? I have to guess if this had been a group of blond girls he would just assume they've never listened to Eminem? White America, I could be one of your kids - Check out "White America" by Eminem. (And FYI, I generally can't stand Eminem.) I'm sorry, but saying Hip-Hop is a "black people problem" is at the very least ignorant, and at it's worst, racism. Frankly I find Whitlock's comments alot more offensive than Imus'. At least Imus wasn't trying to be serious. Gee, I listen to Hip Hop, is it OK to call all white people "Whore"? Stereotyping people by race is racism, and that's all I'm seeing here from Mr. Whitlock. The man has the intellectual depth of an Eggplant.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 02:34 PM on April 11
Actually, wouldn't it be ironic/sad if they ended up moving the team to Mexico? I can just see it now, the "Mexico City Lions".... 
posted by LostInDaJungle at 02:32 PM on December 27
With Historical perspective included, this list is freaking useless. The 2006 list was particularly comical.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 10:24 AM on December 26
"came up with the idea while playing computer sports games" This of course is scaled down from his original "Flaming Basketball" concept for letting you know when players were "En Fuego". 
posted by LostInDaJungle at 02:11 PM on November 22
Seems odd to me that players and fans throw the F word around like candy, but the first ever ban goes out for "monkey". For the record. I called my 4 year old a monkey just last night. Actually, I called her a "Monkey Butt"... is that worse or better?
posted by LostInDaJungle at 05:04 PM on November 03
From PFT: The suit claims that the two women have undergone medical treatment to determine whether they have contracted any infectious diseases from the rodent, and that they have undergone counseling. And as we surmised on Thursday, Mr. Haley's claim is for loss of marital consortium. In other words, his marriage has been harmed via the injuries suffered by his wife. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Scuse while I weep big tears of grief for their trauma. Let's just hope the counseling helps.... And let me get this straight.... The have an "au pair" (effete speak for "nanny") and still have to eat salads from McDonalds? Her husband works with highly trained athletes and they still think the crap McD's serves is food? While I wouldn't be happy about a rodent in my salad, I doubt I'd even think to sue... And certainly I wouldn't think that I'm entitled to Millions because the McDonalds manager was rude when he drove out to my mansion... That manager was probably thinking what I was... "Why the H*** are these people eating McDonalds? Oh, did your domestic get ill... How shocking." Thank goodness that they don't like to feed the illegal immigrant maid, or who would have called the lawyer? http://www.tommypennington.com/mls/southlake6.htm It's getting to the point where a man doesn't even feel safe in his $5 Million dollar home.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 03:42 PM on October 27
As a native american I just have one question... The Indians weren't playing the Braves were they?? We couldn't have anything racially insensitive going on while the fans do the Tomohawk Chop and the big nosed cartoony Injun dances around, can we? It does appear that there are double standards at play and that the real truth of it is when you do color commentary for a sport that is most popular among hispanics, don't make fun of hispanics. Of course, one would hope that their outrage at FOX and their insane race baiting would cause them to look elsewhere for entertainment... Oh, so long as it's not part of the Baseball Game, I don't mind that Sean Hannity will be giving oral to Pat Buchannan's book on the other channel, sponsored by the same advertisers. Viva Baseball! (Oops, was that racist?) I have no idea the context of the comments, and I have to assume they're worse than they read... But anyone who can rail about this and still support a league that welcomes "Chief Wahoo" shown on a channel that pimps the "Reconquista" lunacy as fact may need to sit down for a long think.... Good to know America is normal again.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 02:26 PM on October 17
Seriously, a good leather ball is $50, and an official indoor/outdoor synthetic is $35. Money can't be an issue here. I think it's more about the fact that we're trying to adopt international standardsd so we fare better in the World Champs.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 02:10 PM on October 09
Wow, baseball playoffs are on? The Tigers made the Playoffs?? My hope for a Bengals/Saints super bowl is still alive then.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:51 PM on October 05
"depending on how you count Askew" I count Askew as a victim of DWB. If you scratch the surface of his case, it just another story of cops getting frisky with the Tasers. Askew has a nice lawsuit pending against the Cincy PD.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 10:15 AM on September 29
For the football fans that still play with dolls....
posted by LostInDaJungle at 02:01 PM on September 25
Cut the Bengals fans some slack. Actually going to the stadium and watching the team is a new thing for them.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 11:24 AM on September 22
As a Magic fan who was rooting for them back when Scott Skyles was our "star", I have never harbored any ill will to Hill or felt he was "stealing". Hill has consistently worked hard to be on the court, it just hasn't been in the cards. Frankly, T-Mac was alot worse when he was wearing the stripes. He had a tendency to pout on-court in playoff games or games that could get us there. The only real killer to the Hill deal is the guys we traded to get him... Ben Wallace and Chauncey Billups... Just salary cap throw-ins at the time.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 11:21 AM on September 22
"I forgot who it was, but a coach once said to act like you've been there before." It was Paul Brown. The fact of the matter is if Chad Johnson didn't make an ass of himself, the media wouldn't notice him. How much did anyone think about Joe Horn before the "Cell" incedent, or TO pre-Sharpie? Anyway, it's big buisness, and guys are dong what they can to get noticed. Since traditional media will heap praise on your play so long as they know your name, the idea is just to get name recognition... After that they'll just figure you must be good... Everyone's heard of you. Quick question, who here has heard about Billy "White-Shoes" Johnson? Who's heard of Charles Taylor? It may suck, but unfortunately the hot dogs get the cheese.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 10:42 AM on September 20
Carson Palmer's pro day 40 time in 2003= 4.65 Byron Leftwich's pro day 40 time in 2003= 5.1 That's how Carson was faster than you Byron. Because, well, Carson is faster than you. If there are any other players I can explain the rankings to, I'll be here all week.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:17 PM on September 07
He was just on his way over to Jon 3:16 Kitna's house for a baptism.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:13 PM on September 07
The point is that there are teams that are going to go out all 16 weeks and have a better than average chance to win. Indy's "best case" scenario last year was 16-0 before the unfortunate Dungy incedent, and I don't see why it couldn't be again. The fact that it has been done so rarely is simply a testament to how flawed it is to talk about "best case" scenarios. Really, this is just a cop-out so King doesn't have to explain why he decided to make so many homers happy. For instance, the Bengals "best case scenario" might involve the Steelers team being eaten by Cannibals week 2. The Steelers "best case scenario" might involve Carson missing half of the season after re-injuring his knee. How fanciful is too fanciful for a "best case" scenario? Who cares, so long as King doesn't get angry e-mails for saying the Cards will be lucky to win two games. If Houston can beat Philly in their "best case" why is it written in stone that Indy has to lose one, even if everything goes perfect for them...
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:08 PM on August 30
New Orleans isn't a sure win for the Bengals, but Baltimore is? Peter King, like most sports journalists, watches maybe two teams all year, and just throws darts for the other 30. Can't blame him, but since this is all just opinion, it's about as smart as SI predicting the entire NFC East would go 9-7. Frankly, there should be about 6 teams whose "best case" is 16-0.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 02:47 PM on August 30
I have often said that Jordan can't possibly be the nice guy we've all been led to believe. Look at how much he enjoyed embarassing sub-par defenders. That said, frankly it sounds as though whatever Wesley does, it's helping players and indirectly, the league. Go Magic!
posted by LostInDaJungle at 12:51 PM on August 28
I purposely didn't mention the Browns. If they could keep some guys healthy, AFC North would be hands down the best division in football. As it is, I still think they can make a strong case with the three top teams. (FYI, I'm a Bengals fan, biased.) However, in the AFC West, you have some teams that have all known playoff bids recently, Oakland has the talent, maybe the new (old) coach can get the talent working together? They've looked pretty good pre-season, and you never count out a team with Randy Moss on it. (Or one that just fired Norv Turner) There's no team out there that's perfect from top to bottom, and certainly no division. IMHO, the edge goes to the AFC West because of the Browns bad luck.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 02:39 PM on August 24
Hardly... The fact that the teams are equally weak so that the playoff moves from team to team might give that impression... Eagles: Once the class of the Division, now on the outs. If the are resurgent this year, it will be at the expense of... Dallas: Seriously, when you have a QB controversy between Bledsoe and Romo... If TO plays better than ever, and gets along with Bledsoe, the Cowboys have a shot. Redskins: Sure they spend alot of money, but they're weak on the O-Line, and they're weak at their skill positions. No Portis, Brunell and Santana Moss? They have the D to keep them in games, but not the '99 Ravens by a long shot. The Giants: Eli gets more love than he has talent, Shockey still hasn't shown he was worth it, no "gambreakers". The only thing they have going for them is Tiki Barber, and despite one or two great years, that's nothing to base your super bowl hopes on. Burress still hasn't "gotten it" and Toomer can't do it alone. While any of these teams can make the playoffs, I don't think any of them are super bowl favorites. Dallas may have the best shot, but also looks to be the team most likely to self-destruct. The Giants aren't dominating enough on either side of the ball. I would either go AFC North, (Bengals Steelers, and Ravens) or AFC West (Oakland, Denver, San Diego, and KC) as the strongest overall divisions. Depends on how much impact McNair has in Baltimore.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 12:57 PM on August 24
It's funny, I never expect to criticize my boss and get away with it. Kudos to Gumbel for saying what he feels, but he had to know that there would be repercussions to saying that Tags had Upshaw on "a leash". Frankly, were Gumbel not Black, I think people would be straining their eyes looking for the Racism in that statement... And he'd not only be losing his NFL gig, but he'd be getting the "Mel Gibson" pulled on him where people would be asking why HBO continues to employ a known racist, etc...
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:33 PM on August 21
Rule 1: When sitting in a room with Barry Bonds, never ask a direct question that is on the minds of half of your viewers: "Barry, did you take steroids." Instead, ask questions that allow the plyer to deny or place blame on others. "Barry, how have the Fans reacted to the rumors you used steroids?" Seriously, I'd be less inclined to laugh if the ESPN interviews didn't suck.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 12:23 PM on August 16
Bengals coach Sam Wyche grabs the on-field microphone and exhorts fans to stop throwing snowballs by yelling: "You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati!" Oddly enough, almost 1,000 Cleveland fans attending the game were found the next day, driving around Cincy, looking for their houses....
posted by LostInDaJungle at 03:41 PM on August 11
FYI: The team expects some crank calls to the jerk line. "You can get a lot of abuse with these things," Bedinghaus said. "If you get 6,000 people calling this line - 'Hey, Ben Roethlisberger is a jerk' - then it becomes less effective. The thing to remember is we have caller ID on this line. So if you're crank calling, we are going to be able to ID who you are." ----------------------------------- Anyway.... It's past time. The Bengals security sucks, as can be seen when Doofy McDrunkass "stole" the ball from Brett Farve last year.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 01:00 PM on August 09
Is the strike over yet? It's been 10 years since I cared, and apparently the sport still hasn't changed. Conception for the HOF!
posted by LostInDaJungle at 03:26 PM on August 08
Gee, the Competition Committe looks to see if last year's champion got there by gaming the system?? Absurd. They should not be out there looking for rules that are loosley enforced, or poorly defined, that's just plain ludicrous!
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:52 PM on August 07
mjk, You either believe it is immoral to wish someone dead or not... Not much debate for me there. I'd go to PoFi if I wanted politics. Like I said, if he wants to say it privately, or feel it to his core that's fine. I just don't think telling the local newspaper about it is anything but uncooth and self-serving. It also reflects poorly on the org he works for.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 03:18 PM on August 07
Cuba does have elections, you just get one less choice for president than you do here. Just joking... Anyway, the choice of "Castro vs. Not Castro" really isn't all that much different than "US. Compliant Puppet #1, or US. Compliant Puppet #2." And would someone remind me, how are the "non-Castro" islands doing? Haiti?? No missing political prisoners there or rigged elections? Glad to hear that the Domainican is doing fine too. Last I checked, Lowell is an American. He doesn't need to wait for Castro to "Be in a Box" and would not have been able to enact change via elections no matter how free they had been. And for all that Lowell is not only entitled to those feelings, I think he is well vindicated. Hoever, there was no need to make those feelings public, and I ceratainly won't contribute to the coarsening of our society by applauding his moment of weakness. Hopefully, he's sitting somewhere right now thinking, "I shouldn't have said that." or at least, "I should have kept that to myself."
posted by LostInDaJungle at 04:28 PM on August 03
LIDJ, I wonder if you read this quotation before you unleashed your screed against Lowell. There's also the old saw about if you can't say something nice... I can sit and say "Well, I know it's terrible of me, but I'm going to rob you." Lowell just made the standard disclaimer of I know I shouldn't be saying this, but since the newspapers are here.... Like I said, Castro is Scum, but so were the Batistas. I'm not in favor of either side, and I hate it that the Average Cuban is caught up in a game of political volleyball that has been a 50 year stalemate. It is still more of a shame that the Battistas were so awful that Cubans welcomed Castro and his thuggery as a relief from the exploitation they had known. They're two crooks arguing over who gets the plunder, and not much more. However, I don't think it shows much charachter that Lowell cannot even control his impulses to speak ill of those about to pass. If this was a comment made simply to a friend, that would be one thing, but he said this knowing it would be repeated. When we sling mud, we get dirty ourselves too. Lowell should have left this as a "No Comment" and been on his way.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 02:40 PM on August 03
"Cuba, ten years after Castro's death. One giant casino, with a strip mall on each side and a servant's entrance in the back so rich Americans don't have to actually look at the Cubans who'll be cooking their meals and making their beds, except for the ones serving them drinks of course. In the countryside, hovels that bear a striking resemblance to Haitian ones." Well, they threw out the Americans and their Mobsters after being tired of their Island being turned into a giant brothel/casino. Say what you want about Castro, but he's head and shoulders over the ex-Battista jack-asses that exploited the people of Cuba for their own gain. Considering those are the people in Florida cheering his imminent death.... There's scumbags on both sides, so I'd just as soon not choose a side, because I don't like being in alliance with scum. However, for those who choose to cheer anyone's illness or death, it is churlish, unchristian, and immoral. I can just imagine if a baseball player had made the same comments about Sharon when he was ill if this would be so acceptible. There is a major difference between exercising your freedom of speech and exercising your poor taste and bad judgement. I just hope when Lowell is on his death bed, there's someone out there wanting to tell the world how happy he is that Lowell will soon be dead.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 11:33 AM on August 03
Not much to say but... Cool link Yerfatma.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 01:59 PM on August 02
Notice the coach is white, at least Tank got that part right. Seriously though, wouldn't it have been even more subtably offensive if Tank simply drew all the players as White?
posted by LostInDaJungle at 10:20 AM on August 02
I'm with Bismarck, it's like the Bhuddist monks who sit and meditate for months on end, all the while getting whacked with a stick. The Idea is to put your body through something so extreme, that your Brain stops worrying about the body. Your brain no longer responds to "My feet hurt" messages, or "I'm hungry" messages, as well as "I'm horny" messages. Freed from the constant demands of the body, the brain is freed to pursure higher thought without the interference of our baser impulses. I guess it would be inappropriate to point out that those Sri Chiminoy girls have really been around the block... Do these people have a job? Actually, alot of cultists don't, and/or they work for the cult. Recruiting.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 12:23 PM on July 27
Once they compared Chris Paul to John Stockton, I stopped reading. Paul is a nice player and all, but this butt-munch is comparing court savvy and intelligence with youth and energy. Same with the Carmello vs. Chris Mullin comparison. Carmello may even be the better player, but his game is exactly the opposite of Mullin's. The Dream Team will be once: That one time it was a novelty, everybody wanted in, and everybody was just happy to be playing in a historic game.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 12:08 PM on July 27
Asked about his constant calls for extra water during Thursday's stage, run in searing conditions, he said, "It was very hot. Maybe that was the explanation or maybe it was the beer I had last night." "Either that or the 'Roids had given me a serious case of the drymouth, like Weedy on a Friday night in Amsterdam." He was like a motor bike. He was unbelievable," Ummm, is that unbelieveable like 73 Home Runs unbelieveable?? Or like "Wow, you need Andro to do that..." For him to test positive at exactly the stage where he stopped looking like a loser and you started wondering why he hadn't been leading the thing all along... I was suspicious even before this, but didn't want to be called French.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 11:58 AM on July 27
Not enough improvement in O-Line and defense. Warner is fragile at best, and Leinart is green. Anything's possible, look at the Bears last year, but probable is another story. Best of luck to the Cards, but unless I was one of their rabid fans, I wouldn't put money on them to make the postseason. Remind me, how many Denny Green coached teams have made the big dance?? The Cards need to hope that their defense shows up to have a chance, and you'd have to expect that to happen without a drastic change in personel.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 03:46 PM on July 25
Brutal... And I don't think the moron's drinking is an excuse. When a 36 year old man is handing out beatdowns to 42 year old women, it's time to stop pitying him for his addictions. If nothing else they should have forced him into a supervised rehab program. The Dame Edna clinic, or whatever they have in Limeyland. At least verify that he is not a threat to others throughout his recovery.
posted by LostInDaJungle at 03:39 PM on July 25
Sources: Shanahan turned down Redskins coaching job
tyrannical midget
Amazingly, that's my name for my reproductive apparatus.
Funny, I call mine "Dan Snyder".