Why can’t politicians stop pointing fingers at each other and actually accomplish something? WTF? The current Congress has forgotten that their roll is to dictate the funding or lack of funding that the President may use in times of conflict. It is not their roll to vote on strategy or threaten funding cuts to get the strategy that they want. Yet, that is what they have done over the last year… threaten to cut the funds if the President doesn’t follow their orders for how to use our troops overseas. This has been their main strategy in leu of striving to actually change anything that is within their roll as specified by the Constitution.
Well, our current Congress has finally accomplished something. As of today, this Congress has the lowest approval rating of any Congressional session in the history of the United States of America. 11%!!! That’s right, 11%!!! That is as shocking as it is sad. That means that 89% of Americans think the same thing that I think: In recent years, Congress has accomplished nothing. They are good for little more than pointing their fingers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and calling on everyone to blame the President. For the record, his approval rating continues to hover around 35%. Way better than 11%. Now that’s funny.
Congress has lost sight of what exactly their role is. The newly elected Democrat-heavy session was supposed to turn over a new leaf in American politics. After all, the Democrats have not had control of the White House since 2000 or Capitol Hill since 1996. It was time for a change and Democratic leaders like Kennedy and Pelosi claimed that their party was ready and had a plan of action to enact change. Instead of sweeping changes and the aforementioned “new leaf”, we have seen nothing but new censures and accusations directed towards the White House.
As many of you know, I am not the biggest supporter of the current President, so for me to choose him over the current Congress should tell you a little something about how terrible I believe their efforts of late have been. This is not a Democrats problem. This is not a Republicans problem. This problem crosses the dividing aisle more than any sort of alleged “bipartisan cooperation” has since the days of Reagan. I think I speak for at least 89% of America when I say, “stop blaming and start acting for God’s sake!”
We, as citizens who are (hopefully) registered to vote are not without fault. A great change is coming in our lifetime. “A revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough - but a revolution is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability” (JFK). It is time that we start being more responsible when it comes to whom we send to Washington. Then, do much better at holding them accountable after they are there. If we are too unintelligent or uniformed to differentiate between the same old crap that politicians force upon us, then we deserve our fate. Please VOTE, and then follow up on your vote and stop letting these people dictate what you think. America is advanced citizenship and we, as citizens are failing.
Let me conclude by saying that you will be hard pressed to find someone who loves this country more than I do, but that love causes me to become frustrated when the great legacy of our nation, that was built by so many, is tarnished by a few. On the Great Seal of the United States, the Latin phrase E Pluribus Unum is emblazoned at the bottom. Translated, it says, “out of many, one”. It is a national mantra or motto of sorts. And yet, it seams that because of our nation’s aforementioned poor leadership and the unabashed selfishness of its people, we have too must Pluribus and not enough Unum.
Thursday, September 27
Monday, September 24
My day in Tuscaloosa
Dawgs win!
That’s the most important news. We have beaten a good, albeit overrated, Alabama team on the road and have now put ourselves in position to make this season more than the rebuilding campaign that I feared it had become.
RRB and I spent 22 hours in transit on Saturday. That's hard work to cross off my tenth (of twelve) SEC stadium. We left Columbus at 7:30 EST and made good time as we traveled up 280, through Auburn, into Montgomery, and towards Birmingham. We stopped for the ceremonial Chik-fil-a breakfast just north of Montgomery. As we embarked from the establishment, I phoned ahead to the KFC to find out what time they began serving chicken. 10:00? Perfect! It was 9:25 and we were 45 minutes from Birmingham.
We arrived at the KFC and ordered our chicken. The young lady working the counter gave us a puzzled look and then informed us that they don’t serve chicken until 10:00. “It is 10:20”, I replied. “No, It is 9:20”, she responded back. Dang you Central Time Zone!
We amended our plans and forged ahead towards Tuscaloosa. We stopped for chicken at a very ghetto KFC on University Blvd. near campus. I ordered 16 pieces of chicken. We departed and headed towards our tailgating spot. Upon being thoroughly blocked in, we realized that the fine, upstanding Alabama citizens at the ghetto KFC had given us 10 pieces of chicken and 6 biscuits. Very funny! But I would have the last laugh this day.
Our tailgating spot was fine. No tree-cover, so it was as hot as the proverbial fat lady’s thighs wearing corduroy. We got word from our tailgating partners that their flight out of Gwinnett was delayed. No worries. We had nothing but Georgia fans all the way around us.
We could hear this band across the street. So, as life-long band geeks, we ventured to take a listen. I thought the Bammer Band was good. Big sound, having a good time. All the things an SEC band should be. BUT… as a tuba player, it really pisses me off when a band has a mic-ed bass in the front ensemble. Come on! Lame! If there was any question, this band is way better than the one in crimson and white.
Hanson, Jones, Williams, Frey, White, & Guisasola arrived in Tuscaloosa much later than anticipated, but still in enough time to grab some tailgate necessities and then head towards the stadium.
The Dawgs were consistently inconsistent as usual. But, at the end of the day, that was enough to beat an overrated and overmatched Alabama team. Just a reminder to everyone in the Alabama community... Bear Bryant and Jesus Christ are not the same person. Also, I double checked... Bear Bryant is dead. Yep, dead!
After the game, the celebrating began. We partied in the stadium, on the ramp on the way down, and on the set of ESPN's College Gameday near the “Walk of Champions” (very pretentious if you ask me). I specifically enjoyed taunting Lee Corso for his continued lack of love for all things Georgia.
After a meal at a Tuscaloosa establishment with our tailgating companions, RRB and I tried to get out of town. For the record, the traffic in Tuscaloos is the worst I have ever experienced. This was almost three hours after the game ended and we still had to sit in gridlock. I guess Alabama people are still amazed at the invention of the automobile! RRB and I rolled back into Columbus abound 5:30! Boooo Alabama, roll over tide!
All in all though, a great day, a great game, and a great win! Go Dawgs!
That’s the most important news. We have beaten a good, albeit overrated, Alabama team on the road and have now put ourselves in position to make this season more than the rebuilding campaign that I feared it had become.
RRB and I spent 22 hours in transit on Saturday. That's hard work to cross off my tenth (of twelve) SEC stadium. We left Columbus at 7:30 EST and made good time as we traveled up 280, through Auburn, into Montgomery, and towards Birmingham. We stopped for the ceremonial Chik-fil-a breakfast just north of Montgomery. As we embarked from the establishment, I phoned ahead to the KFC to find out what time they began serving chicken. 10:00? Perfect! It was 9:25 and we were 45 minutes from Birmingham.
We arrived at the KFC and ordered our chicken. The young lady working the counter gave us a puzzled look and then informed us that they don’t serve chicken until 10:00. “It is 10:20”, I replied. “No, It is 9:20”, she responded back. Dang you Central Time Zone!
We amended our plans and forged ahead towards Tuscaloosa. We stopped for chicken at a very ghetto KFC on University Blvd. near campus. I ordered 16 pieces of chicken. We departed and headed towards our tailgating spot. Upon being thoroughly blocked in, we realized that the fine, upstanding Alabama citizens at the ghetto KFC had given us 10 pieces of chicken and 6 biscuits. Very funny! But I would have the last laugh this day.
Our tailgating spot was fine. No tree-cover, so it was as hot as the proverbial fat lady’s thighs wearing corduroy. We got word from our tailgating partners that their flight out of Gwinnett was delayed. No worries. We had nothing but Georgia fans all the way around us.
We could hear this band across the street. So, as life-long band geeks, we ventured to take a listen. I thought the Bammer Band was good. Big sound, having a good time. All the things an SEC band should be. BUT… as a tuba player, it really pisses me off when a band has a mic-ed bass in the front ensemble. Come on! Lame! If there was any question, this band is way better than the one in crimson and white.
Hanson, Jones, Williams, Frey, White, & Guisasola arrived in Tuscaloosa much later than anticipated, but still in enough time to grab some tailgate necessities and then head towards the stadium.
The Dawgs were consistently inconsistent as usual. But, at the end of the day, that was enough to beat an overrated and overmatched Alabama team. Just a reminder to everyone in the Alabama community... Bear Bryant and Jesus Christ are not the same person. Also, I double checked... Bear Bryant is dead. Yep, dead!
After the game, the celebrating began. We partied in the stadium, on the ramp on the way down, and on the set of ESPN's College Gameday near the “Walk of Champions” (very pretentious if you ask me). I specifically enjoyed taunting Lee Corso for his continued lack of love for all things Georgia.
After a meal at a Tuscaloosa establishment with our tailgating companions, RRB and I tried to get out of town. For the record, the traffic in Tuscaloos is the worst I have ever experienced. This was almost three hours after the game ended and we still had to sit in gridlock. I guess Alabama people are still amazed at the invention of the automobile! RRB and I rolled back into Columbus abound 5:30! Boooo Alabama, roll over tide!
All in all though, a great day, a great game, and a great win! Go Dawgs!
Monday, September 17
College Football -- Week 3 Update
THUD!
In case you are wondering, that was the sound of a mass exodus from the Georgia Tech bandwagon. That’s what you get from Chan Gailey: you might win a game or two you aren’t supposed to, but you are also going to lose a game of two that you should have won. That’s the way it is… Be prepared for it.
USC has reasserted themselves as the best team in the nation until future reference. I hope that four major-conference teams go undefeated so that the BCS will be exposed as the fraud that it is. I think that the USC/Cal winner, the Oklahoma/Texas winner, Florida or LSU, and West Virginia all have a great chance of running the table. I hope it works out so that all the BCS supporters will go back into the hole from which they came.
FLORIDA! My God! What a statement. I’m not talking about the way they thumped a once equal rival, but how Urban Crier showed his total lack of class by running up the score at home like he did. Maybe it isn’t the individual; maybe it is the institution.
As for Tennessee… Ouch! I don’t think that Tennessee has a bad team, but I do think they are securely in the second tier of teams. They haven proven such by getting shalacked by top ten teams Cal and FU. I read on a UT message board this morning that Fat Phil needs to win 8 of his last nine games to save his job. I do not think that Fat Phil is a great coach or the right fit for UT, but I do know that if you fire a national champion with a solid record that you will have trouble finding any suitable replacement that actually wants to come to Knoxville. UT fans claim to want to find the Bruce Pearl of football. Good luck!
HOT SEAT UPDATE… WEEK 3
--Rich Brooks… just saved his job by beating archrival and perennially over-rated Louisville.
--Lloyd Carr… must win the Big 10/11 and beat Ohio State to save his job.
--Sylvester Croom… took a big step towards securing himself a new contract. Now needs to pick up one more win in the SEC. I smell an Egg Bowl upset!
--Phil Fulmer… needs to beat rivals Georgia, Alabama, and Kentucky to ensure he gets another season in KnoxVegas. Things are so bleak in Piss Orange country that the message boards are actually calling for a push to bring Steve Spurrier to Neyland. I think with South Carolina pushing towards the top of the SEC East, it is UT, not UGA, who should worry about dropping to the lower half.
--Chan Gailey… needs to win all games against ACC cellar dwellers and beat Clemson or Virginia Tech at home –OR– just beat Georgia.
--Al Groh… should go ahead and put his Charlottesville home on the market. He makes $1.8 million annually and has only gone 44-34 in his seven seasons at UVA
--Mike Gundy… the promised son in cowboy country needs to win a big game or two this season.
--Houston Nutt… needs to win close games like the one he just lost on Saturday.
--Ed Orgeron… must win a big game this year to show the Rebel faithful that the program is headed in the right direction.
--Greg Robinson… might as well just go ahead and send out his résumé. He is 5-21 in three seasons at a once proud football school.
--Tommy Tuberville… needs to win some SEC games… and quickly. The shadow of Saban is looming large in the redneck state.
--Charlie Weis… is pretty secure because it would cost Notre Dame too much to fire him. How do you sign a man with no head coaching experience to a ten-year contract? Reminds me of the UGA/Ray Goff (Goof?) fiasco.
Needless to say, I don't think the SEC will go a third season without any coaching changes.
As for my alma mater…
They did exactly what they needed to do against a lesser opponent like Western Carolina. We played a lot of guys and got some much-needed reps against live ammunition. Nobody got injured. The offense seemed to work out some of the kinks. All in all, it was a good day betwixt the hedges. Our team is still very young and doesn’t have much of an identity. They will get a chance to develop that identity (or roll over and croak) in front of a raucous crowd in Tuscaloosa on Saturday night. Because of the 7:45 kick time, the whole nation will be watching and the presence of College GameDay will only add to the carnival atmosphere. I hope our young linemen take their ‘roids this week.
In case you are wondering, that was the sound of a mass exodus from the Georgia Tech bandwagon. That’s what you get from Chan Gailey: you might win a game or two you aren’t supposed to, but you are also going to lose a game of two that you should have won. That’s the way it is… Be prepared for it.
USC has reasserted themselves as the best team in the nation until future reference. I hope that four major-conference teams go undefeated so that the BCS will be exposed as the fraud that it is. I think that the USC/Cal winner, the Oklahoma/Texas winner, Florida or LSU, and West Virginia all have a great chance of running the table. I hope it works out so that all the BCS supporters will go back into the hole from which they came.
FLORIDA! My God! What a statement. I’m not talking about the way they thumped a once equal rival, but how Urban Crier showed his total lack of class by running up the score at home like he did. Maybe it isn’t the individual; maybe it is the institution.
As for Tennessee… Ouch! I don’t think that Tennessee has a bad team, but I do think they are securely in the second tier of teams. They haven proven such by getting shalacked by top ten teams Cal and FU. I read on a UT message board this morning that Fat Phil needs to win 8 of his last nine games to save his job. I do not think that Fat Phil is a great coach or the right fit for UT, but I do know that if you fire a national champion with a solid record that you will have trouble finding any suitable replacement that actually wants to come to Knoxville. UT fans claim to want to find the Bruce Pearl of football. Good luck!
HOT SEAT UPDATE… WEEK 3
--Rich Brooks… just saved his job by beating archrival and perennially over-rated Louisville.
--Lloyd Carr… must win the Big 10/11 and beat Ohio State to save his job.
--Sylvester Croom… took a big step towards securing himself a new contract. Now needs to pick up one more win in the SEC. I smell an Egg Bowl upset!
--Phil Fulmer… needs to beat rivals Georgia, Alabama, and Kentucky to ensure he gets another season in KnoxVegas. Things are so bleak in Piss Orange country that the message boards are actually calling for a push to bring Steve Spurrier to Neyland. I think with South Carolina pushing towards the top of the SEC East, it is UT, not UGA, who should worry about dropping to the lower half.
--Chan Gailey… needs to win all games against ACC cellar dwellers and beat Clemson or Virginia Tech at home –OR– just beat Georgia.
--Al Groh… should go ahead and put his Charlottesville home on the market. He makes $1.8 million annually and has only gone 44-34 in his seven seasons at UVA
--Mike Gundy… the promised son in cowboy country needs to win a big game or two this season.
--Houston Nutt… needs to win close games like the one he just lost on Saturday.
--Ed Orgeron… must win a big game this year to show the Rebel faithful that the program is headed in the right direction.
--Greg Robinson… might as well just go ahead and send out his résumé. He is 5-21 in three seasons at a once proud football school.
--Tommy Tuberville… needs to win some SEC games… and quickly. The shadow of Saban is looming large in the redneck state.
--Charlie Weis… is pretty secure because it would cost Notre Dame too much to fire him. How do you sign a man with no head coaching experience to a ten-year contract? Reminds me of the UGA/Ray Goff (Goof?) fiasco.
Needless to say, I don't think the SEC will go a third season without any coaching changes.
As for my alma mater…
They did exactly what they needed to do against a lesser opponent like Western Carolina. We played a lot of guys and got some much-needed reps against live ammunition. Nobody got injured. The offense seemed to work out some of the kinks. All in all, it was a good day betwixt the hedges. Our team is still very young and doesn’t have much of an identity. They will get a chance to develop that identity (or roll over and croak) in front of a raucous crowd in Tuscaloosa on Saturday night. Because of the 7:45 kick time, the whole nation will be watching and the presence of College GameDay will only add to the carnival atmosphere. I hope our young linemen take their ‘roids this week.
Wednesday, September 12
When Does the Charlie Weis Free Ride End?
Lloyd Carr and Michigan have been the college football story through the first two weeks, but what about Notre Dame?
Editor’s note: I hate Notre Dame and I am sick of the school getting free passes within the media over and over again simply on the bases of their tradition. The Irish have not won a significant game in fifteen years. They now have nothing but tradition, because they are certainly not building on it.
Charlie Weis, the Teflon coach of the Irish, has largely escaped scrutiny and criticism, even though Notre Dame has lost four straight games, all by more than 20 points. It’s the kind of streak that … can get a coach fired (cough, Ty Willingham, cough).
At what point does someone besides ESPN’s Pat Forde mention that Weis won with Willingham’s players two years ago? Who will point out that last year, the Irish beat just one team that was ranked at the time of the game, and got smoked by everyone else? And assuming the Irish get bitch slapped by Chad Henne-less Michigan this weekend, and go on to end the season with a losing record (yikes, looking at this schedule, it’s totally possible), when do the Irish faithful call for the head of Weis?
Sadly, never. They can’t do him like they did Willingham – duh, ND shelled out millions to keep a guy because he lost a close, memorable game against USC, and because the NFL (specifically, the Giants) may or may not have had interest in his services.
The only funny part is that barring some serious infusion of transfer talent, we can’t see these guys improving enough to reach a bowl game next season. How much of a hit does Weis take on this? He seemed to be a lock for a lucrative head coaching gig in the NFL after one season with the Irish … now, not so much.
Those of you who know me know that I really hate it when people try to make a race issue where there is not one. But I can’t help but think that the Ty Willingham vs. Charlie Weis coaching change was nothing but a racial issue. I know all the apologists will tell you it has to do with recruiting classes, and just wait, and blah blah blah. Whatever. Almost identical numbers and the only difference is skin color? This looks bad for all you high and mighty Domers.
Editor’s note: I hate Notre Dame and I am sick of the school getting free passes within the media over and over again simply on the bases of their tradition. The Irish have not won a significant game in fifteen years. They now have nothing but tradition, because they are certainly not building on it.
Charlie Weis, the Teflon coach of the Irish, has largely escaped scrutiny and criticism, even though Notre Dame has lost four straight games, all by more than 20 points. It’s the kind of streak that … can get a coach fired (cough, Ty Willingham, cough).
At what point does someone besides ESPN’s Pat Forde mention that Weis won with Willingham’s players two years ago? Who will point out that last year, the Irish beat just one team that was ranked at the time of the game, and got smoked by everyone else? And assuming the Irish get bitch slapped by Chad Henne-less Michigan this weekend, and go on to end the season with a losing record (yikes, looking at this schedule, it’s totally possible), when do the Irish faithful call for the head of Weis?
Sadly, never. They can’t do him like they did Willingham – duh, ND shelled out millions to keep a guy because he lost a close, memorable game against USC, and because the NFL (specifically, the Giants) may or may not have had interest in his services.
The only funny part is that barring some serious infusion of transfer talent, we can’t see these guys improving enough to reach a bowl game next season. How much of a hit does Weis take on this? He seemed to be a lock for a lucrative head coaching gig in the NFL after one season with the Irish … now, not so much.
Those of you who know me know that I really hate it when people try to make a race issue where there is not one. But I can’t help but think that the Ty Willingham vs. Charlie Weis coaching change was nothing but a racial issue. I know all the apologists will tell you it has to do with recruiting classes, and just wait, and blah blah blah. Whatever. Almost identical numbers and the only difference is skin color? This looks bad for all you high and mighty Domers.
Sunday, September 9
Once a Dawg...
I like to wait a little while before voicing any opinions after a loss. I hope that enough time has elapsed.
First of all, I am a huge Georgia homer. They are my team. They always have been and always will be. But I am pragmatic and realistic.
That being said, we got beat. They had a great game plan and they beat us. We had some shots to pillage a victory from a certain defeat, but we did not grasp those opportunities. Now… we must move on. Georgia fans are typically very pragmatic until the season actually starts, then they are emotional, unrealistic, passionate, and frankly a little bit crazy. This season is adding additional evidence to this assumption. Most who don the red and black tried to be realistic about this season before it commenced. We were looking at a very young offensive line, a very inexperienced front seven on defense, and a play-caller who had never really called-plays before. That adds up to some growing pains. We are now in the midst of those pains. We knew that we could be vulnerable at the beginning until our O and D lines figured everything out. Yesterday, a brilliant coach and a minion of the Anti-Christ figured out how to exploit that vulnerability in a way that a lesser coach from a lesser program in a lesser conference could not figure out last week. These are not Georgia’s darkest hours. Those hours have already past. The upside is huge; we have tons of talent and depth. We are very young at most positions and we are going to be a pre-season top ten team next season. However, I will not take the standard South Carolina route and say, “wait till next year”. But do! Just wait, it is going to be special.
Attention Georgia fans: I too, am not happy with every coaching decision that occurred yesterday. But this is my pet peeve: Fans that say I love _________ one day and say I hate __________ when times get tough. You can plug “Georgia” in the blank. Or “Mark Rich+” or “Matt St@fford” or “Mike Bob0” or “Willie M@rtinez”. The bottom line is this: A Fair-weathered Fan is a Fair-weathered Fan. It doesn’t matter if it is of an individual or the whole team. If you have ever uttered the phrase, “I love Coach Richt and all that he has done with this program”, then you are committed to him and this program until it is time to make a change. Do you think that time is now? I do not. I was a Dawg during the dark ages of Ray G0ff (Goof?) and Jim Donn@n. I have seen a once proud institution reduced to insignificance. I lived it. We are now in the best shape that we have been in as a program in twenty years. If you want a new coach, then stand up proud and declare it today and stand by that statement the next time we are headed to the Georgia Dome and raising another banner high above Sanford. If not, then be supportive. If you want the team to be consistent, then be a consistent fan (or anti-fan). If you choose to complain about the coaches when we lose, then you don’t get to praise them when we win.
It is time for Georgia’s fans to be fans when it isn’t easy. Don’t be delusional like our opponent yesterday and make up a history that never happened. But do take an example from them and learn to support your team when times are difficult. They have but one conference championship in the history of their school. They have won fewer than ten bowl games… EVER! They have one former Heisman winner and another as their head coach. They have a terrible stadium in the middle of a parking lot. No history… no tradition… very little success. That is the plight of Carolina Football. Yet, their fans (although in denial about said lack of tradition) are some of the best in the nation because they love every little bit of success. They have simply lived through so little. Georgia fans are spoiled and we have simply not won enough to be spoiled. We, as fans, should learn from the Cocks. Let our football team continue to build on so much great tradition. We have a 100-year head start on USC. We have actually accomplished something. They haven’t. Hold your heads high in good times and in bad and think about all those Cocks who have held their heads high and filled their God-awful stadium even during the worst times (which have been plentiful) in Columbia.
We are better, now we need to act like it. Go Dawgs!
First of all, I am a huge Georgia homer. They are my team. They always have been and always will be. But I am pragmatic and realistic.
That being said, we got beat. They had a great game plan and they beat us. We had some shots to pillage a victory from a certain defeat, but we did not grasp those opportunities. Now… we must move on. Georgia fans are typically very pragmatic until the season actually starts, then they are emotional, unrealistic, passionate, and frankly a little bit crazy. This season is adding additional evidence to this assumption. Most who don the red and black tried to be realistic about this season before it commenced. We were looking at a very young offensive line, a very inexperienced front seven on defense, and a play-caller who had never really called-plays before. That adds up to some growing pains. We are now in the midst of those pains. We knew that we could be vulnerable at the beginning until our O and D lines figured everything out. Yesterday, a brilliant coach and a minion of the Anti-Christ figured out how to exploit that vulnerability in a way that a lesser coach from a lesser program in a lesser conference could not figure out last week. These are not Georgia’s darkest hours. Those hours have already past. The upside is huge; we have tons of talent and depth. We are very young at most positions and we are going to be a pre-season top ten team next season. However, I will not take the standard South Carolina route and say, “wait till next year”. But do! Just wait, it is going to be special.
Attention Georgia fans: I too, am not happy with every coaching decision that occurred yesterday. But this is my pet peeve: Fans that say I love _________ one day and say I hate __________ when times get tough. You can plug “Georgia” in the blank. Or “Mark Rich+” or “Matt St@fford” or “Mike Bob0” or “Willie M@rtinez”. The bottom line is this: A Fair-weathered Fan is a Fair-weathered Fan. It doesn’t matter if it is of an individual or the whole team. If you have ever uttered the phrase, “I love Coach Richt and all that he has done with this program”, then you are committed to him and this program until it is time to make a change. Do you think that time is now? I do not. I was a Dawg during the dark ages of Ray G0ff (Goof?) and Jim Donn@n. I have seen a once proud institution reduced to insignificance. I lived it. We are now in the best shape that we have been in as a program in twenty years. If you want a new coach, then stand up proud and declare it today and stand by that statement the next time we are headed to the Georgia Dome and raising another banner high above Sanford. If not, then be supportive. If you want the team to be consistent, then be a consistent fan (or anti-fan). If you choose to complain about the coaches when we lose, then you don’t get to praise them when we win.
It is time for Georgia’s fans to be fans when it isn’t easy. Don’t be delusional like our opponent yesterday and make up a history that never happened. But do take an example from them and learn to support your team when times are difficult. They have but one conference championship in the history of their school. They have won fewer than ten bowl games… EVER! They have one former Heisman winner and another as their head coach. They have a terrible stadium in the middle of a parking lot. No history… no tradition… very little success. That is the plight of Carolina Football. Yet, their fans (although in denial about said lack of tradition) are some of the best in the nation because they love every little bit of success. They have simply lived through so little. Georgia fans are spoiled and we have simply not won enough to be spoiled. We, as fans, should learn from the Cocks. Let our football team continue to build on so much great tradition. We have a 100-year head start on USC. We have actually accomplished something. They haven’t. Hold your heads high in good times and in bad and think about all those Cocks who have held their heads high and filled their God-awful stadium even during the worst times (which have been plentiful) in Columbia.
We are better, now we need to act like it. Go Dawgs!
Wednesday, September 5
Try it, you'll like it...
For those of you who don’t know me very well, I am pretty interested in politics. I find the whole process to be amazing. I think it is amazing that this nation has survived as long as it has with the system that we use. I am not saying it is a bad system or suggesting an alternate system, I am just looking at all the flaws the system has and wondering how one of those has not come up to bite us in the butt over the last two-hundred thirty-one years.
For starters, we vote emotionally. WTF? John F. Kennedy was elected president because he looked good on TV. FDR was a great president, but would have had no chance if he came along thirty years later because he couldn’t walk. We vote based on religion, when religion should have nothing to do with how qualified an individual is. We vote based on our heritage. I.E: “I’m a Democrat because my Diddy was a Democrat”. We vote for many different reasons, but very few of those reasons have anything to do with whether or not a candidate is qualified for the office or if they are the most qualified for that office. That is whom we should vote for… the best candidate. Not the best looking, not the one who happens to be from that party that you consider yourself apart of, and not the one who is a fan of the same baseball team that you are.
I am not a Republican; I am not a Democrat; I am not even a conservative or a liberal. I am an issues man. I vote for candidates, not parties. I vote for issues, not candidates. It is my belief that the end of our system of government as we know it lies in our fellow citizens lack of effort and action. The best way to strangle a democracy is to not take advantage of the benefits that a democracy brings. The biggest benefit is the right to vote for who you would like to lead you over the next two, four, or six years. Voting is about being an individual. About exerting your miniscule amount of control over the government of the nation that you hopefully love. People complain all the time about the government having too much control, and then they choose not to vote. WTF? Anyone who does not get off their over-weight, lazy American butt and go to the poll on Election Day deserves whatever terrible government they get stuck with.
Getting people to vote (and to be informed voters) has been a passion of mine for quite sometime. So for the three of you that read this Blog, please get yourself registered to vote before the upcoming elections and then do the research so that you can vote for the best candidates who have the best plans to attack the issues that are important to you. If the war in Iraq is an important issue to you, then don’t vote for any candidate that does not lay out a specific plan for dealing with that issue. Simply saying, “Iraq is a huge mess and it is all _____’s fault” is not going to gain the support of intelligent people. Give me a reason to support you. Tell me what your plan is. What are your action steps? Candidates will not take a stand on controversial issues until we, the public, stand up and force them to make those stands. They believe that by not taking a stand, they are avoiding pissing off half the electorate. We need to let them know that by not taking a stand, they ARE pissing off intelligent, well-informed voters! Voting is the most patriotic thing that we can do. Get out there, take a stand, get informed, and VOTE!
For starters, we vote emotionally. WTF? John F. Kennedy was elected president because he looked good on TV. FDR was a great president, but would have had no chance if he came along thirty years later because he couldn’t walk. We vote based on religion, when religion should have nothing to do with how qualified an individual is. We vote based on our heritage. I.E: “I’m a Democrat because my Diddy was a Democrat”. We vote for many different reasons, but very few of those reasons have anything to do with whether or not a candidate is qualified for the office or if they are the most qualified for that office. That is whom we should vote for… the best candidate. Not the best looking, not the one who happens to be from that party that you consider yourself apart of, and not the one who is a fan of the same baseball team that you are.
I am not a Republican; I am not a Democrat; I am not even a conservative or a liberal. I am an issues man. I vote for candidates, not parties. I vote for issues, not candidates. It is my belief that the end of our system of government as we know it lies in our fellow citizens lack of effort and action. The best way to strangle a democracy is to not take advantage of the benefits that a democracy brings. The biggest benefit is the right to vote for who you would like to lead you over the next two, four, or six years. Voting is about being an individual. About exerting your miniscule amount of control over the government of the nation that you hopefully love. People complain all the time about the government having too much control, and then they choose not to vote. WTF? Anyone who does not get off their over-weight, lazy American butt and go to the poll on Election Day deserves whatever terrible government they get stuck with.
Getting people to vote (and to be informed voters) has been a passion of mine for quite sometime. So for the three of you that read this Blog, please get yourself registered to vote before the upcoming elections and then do the research so that you can vote for the best candidates who have the best plans to attack the issues that are important to you. If the war in Iraq is an important issue to you, then don’t vote for any candidate that does not lay out a specific plan for dealing with that issue. Simply saying, “Iraq is a huge mess and it is all _____’s fault” is not going to gain the support of intelligent people. Give me a reason to support you. Tell me what your plan is. What are your action steps? Candidates will not take a stand on controversial issues until we, the public, stand up and force them to make those stands. They believe that by not taking a stand, they are avoiding pissing off half the electorate. We need to let them know that by not taking a stand, they ARE pissing off intelligent, well-informed voters! Voting is the most patriotic thing that we can do. Get out there, take a stand, get informed, and VOTE!
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