Showing posts with label saints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saints. Show all posts

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Where I talk about Beggars, the N.F.L., and calling myself an insurgent

Some of the things I raged on yesterday:


   When on my last whisper when it comes to writing I see what people like @amandapalmer and all the great webcomic, podcast, film, self-publishing, and website talents are doing and its easier to take in air.
   I truly feel this is a time for the people to reach for the story, to hold the truth. It's not going to be easy and maybe at times not very fun but we have to go for it, fight for it. 
   This is artists taking hold of their power, taking control of the story. High ups to Amanda Palmer. I also love what someone replied to her on her Twitter when people said she was begging doing a Kickstarter- "Beggars don't give back."


   This is story about a retailer refusing to stock Before Watchmen is stupid because let me ask this, does this store carry any other DC or Marvel books? If they do this it is nothing more than playing to the crowd.
   From how people are acting about Before Watchmen you'd think someone had nailed Alan Moore to fucking cross or something. He wasn't the first person to get screwed by a publisher and some of those talents were screwed in not so legal fashions.
   Marvel, DC, and a ton of publishers have used and abused and tossed to the side creators for profits. Lets address the over all issue instead of icon worshiping. As its been said if you care about creators how about supporting independent creators, how about fighting piracy, how about helping out Hero Initiative
RETAILER REFUSES TO STOCK BEFORE WATCHMEN


   Yes it creates wonderful boners. I know viagra can be used for real medically conditions but they dish those things out like candy because they are a male I want to fuck someone drug.
   I'm so pissed about the lack of outcry and rage at how women have been and are are continuing to be attacked. If you seriously think women aren't being attacked look, read, open you eyes.
   These attacks are to push back the rights for which so many women and men have died for back not years but decades.
   Don't even talk to me if you think women aren't being attacked because my response at this moment, right now, will be a simple FUCK YOU! I'm tired of being rational and soft spoken on this. I'm done within that. I'm mad, I'm pissed and fuck you for not caring about the women in your life as these things continue to happen.


The N.F.L. once again cracks down on something they knew was happen but when it blew up publicly BOOM! I understand all the why's but this still feels like, "Don't you dare drink son. *shakes glass, nothing but ice now* Give me a sec I'll be right back."
SAINTS PLAYERS PUNISHED


Funny how if you look at the prejudices of some people, if you dig deeper you can find its not just a shirt but a complete outfit they wear pretty easy.


People can call me an asshole, communist, socialist, freak, or an Anti-God Maggot. The last one is kind of cool, and its a new one straight from my inbox. But if you want something to throw at me, something to use against me, a word with political Fox News fire behind it- you can call me an insurgent. With words dripping off my lips I'm a insurgent with stories and a voice. Is that enough to get your blood racing? Are you raging with your flags and prejudices? Is your anger up? Well, my pissed off level is high for your attacks on mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends. For your attacks on people who only seek love and equal rights. For your attacks on the sick seeking less pain. And for your attacks on the poor looking for a tomorrow.
I N S U R G E N T
Even I can spell it.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Where I talk about the Saints, New Orleans, Katrina, and John Green’s FA Cup.


Where I talk about the Saints, New Orleans, Katrina, and John Green’s FA Cup.

To start this I want to say how much I love New Orleans. Even before I ever visited the city I always found its history very interesting. I don’t read much non-fiction but when I was young I probably checked out every book non-fiction and fiction my local library had on the city.
I remember we were in Fort Lauderdale to see a Green Day concert. We were sitting in a hotel room that had just gotten its power back as we pulled into the parking lot. This was right after hurricane Katrina passed through. We actually drove down to Lauderdale through Katrina weather. Sitting in the hotel room we watched the storm head towards New Orleans and gaining strength as it moved.
Last year we travelled to the city for ALA. I finally got to visit a city I had always wanted to walk through. Even though we were mainly there for ALA, eight hours of the day was spent at the convention, but we found time to explore the great city. Spend time with some of the great people of New Orleans.
I wanted to mention some of the things I think about when I think of New Orleans before talking about the Saints latest scandal about wiretapping other teams rooms when they played in the Superdome.
When Bounty Gate broke I said the Saints were turning into the new Raiders but shit man, I forgot some of the political history of that city and they are showing they do things to a different levels in New Orleans, a level the Raiders never touched.
The new Raiders, us against the world, yes, maybe, but just as I think the attitude and business views of my favorite team doesn’t in the modern N.F.L. I’m starting to think the Saints might not survive in the modern N.F.L. if this wiretapping story is true.
Pile it on with Bounty Gate and it might take this team a decade or more to recover. And remember the punishment for Saints players for Bounty Gate is still coming.
Now first let’s throw out whether this would have or did give them any sort of advantage on the field. If you break into a house and find it empty, you still broke into a house. The crime, because this does go beyond sports in terms of wiretapping breaking many state and federal laws, still took place.
Now just as with Spy Gate with the Patriots this isn’t a surprise to me that something like this has happen. I’ve always wondered why more teams don’t do such things but just as when the Patriots got caught, the Saints might just have been caught doing something many teams are probably doing. I bet yesterday when the story dropped at least a few teams quickly removed some technology from their stadiums that violated N.F.L. rules.
When the N.F.L. first started using the helmet communication I said that’s going to run into problems. It has. Small cameras, stealing signs from the crowd, buying playbooks, hiring people who left one team to get an advantage. It’s not just puffing chests that war terms are implied with sports. It’s win and only win. Or “Just win baby” as my teams late boss said many times.
And finally all of this comes down to proving they did anything wrong. That seems to be a tough road ahead proving anything. If in the end the law or the league finds proof everyone involved with the Saints including coaches and front office people will probably be banned for life from the league.
Today I’ve been listening to ESPN radio as they discuss it further.

And speaking of sports. Well, electronic sports. Here’s a good story of a small team reaching the highest of mountains.
FA Cup Final: The Miracle of Swindon Town #105: http://youtu.be/3bxrlN7YDxY

And a few other things that I enjoyed online today:

Jane Espenson is one of my favorite Television writers.

If I don’t catch the shows on TV I listen to a number of ESPN podcasts. If anyone knows of any other good sports podcasts let me know and I’ll check them out. My favorite podcasts that ESPN do are Mike & Mike, The B.S. Report, Dan Le Batard Is Highly Questionable, and Pardon The Interruption.


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