This is just completely hilarious. In the opening segment of Joe Buck’s first show on his new HBO series, Howard Stern radio personality Artie Lange completely rips into Joe Buck, Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys. If you are a Philadelphian, you have to dislike Joe Buck. He is clearly sided against both the Phillies and Eagles. The proof being that I like former Dallas Quarterback Troy Aikman better than I like Buck on their Fox Broadcast and I hated Troy Aikman when he was playing.
If Buck’s series somehow takes off this first episode would be a hilarious start. Artie Lange completely takes over control of the show, proclaiming himself a Homophobe, ribbing Joe Buck that he is gay, telling Michael Irvin he lost Artie a lot of money, telling a long sinded story about Joe Buck’s father. Swearing like a construction worker the whole time and even almost lighting up a cigarette after Buck asks him not to.
Artie is a NY Giants fan and kept saying “Fuck Dallas”. I’ll take it. Screw Joe Buck, I’m glad Artie Lange screwed up his debut.
Artie is also a recovering Substance Abuse addict. One can only hope this was just a pre-concocted scheme to ruin Joe Buck’s first show and not a drunken/drug induced blow up. Either way it’s one of ther more hilarious things I’ve seen in a while.
You know, I like Brett Favre. I’ve never met the guy before but from what the media has me to believe, he’s a pretty good guy and a helluva Quarterback. I’m a Philly guy but I’ve always rooted for the Packers, I love snow games.
Anyway, everyone makes a big deal about whether Favre is or is not going to play again, year after year since about the 2003 season. Well guess what, the guy either is or is not going to play this season. It’s Baseball season and Ed Werder, Chris Mortensen and such want to make a splash on the latest development with Favre’s current bid to become unretired.
That’s great, I guess someone has to report on it and it might as well be those guys. However, there’s just some things that do not add up to me. It was reported that former Eagles O-Coordinator and current Vikings head coach Brad Childress gave Favre a deadline of sometime this week for Favre to commit to the Vikings.
I mean the latest ESPN headline has us to believe that Brad Childress is suspending his pursuit of Favre because he mandated Favre show up to Organized Team Activity’s and or Favre didn’t commit to the Vikings by XYZ date. What doesn’t make sense, at least in my eyes, is why you give a guy a timetable to figure out whether he wants to play again when he just got surgery on his shoulder to figure out whether he can play again. It’s like asking someone who just had a heart attack whether or not they want to go back to work the next day. Yea they may have the desire but are they able-bodied enough to do it? Yes you want the guy to be there during OTA’s, during training camp but then again it’s Brett Favre. You have to know what you are getting into when you’re asking him to be your date to the prom. A lot of maybe’s, some probably’s, some I don’t know yet’s, some I want to’s and then maybe God willing an i’ll be there.
It’s an overblown story every year and it seems in recent times that ESPN has reported and gotten wrong lately. This guy refuting this and that guy refuting that, not that ESPN doesn’t ever come out the victor in a war of he said he said but it seems to me that they’re over sensationalizing this whole Favre deal. Is he going to come back, is he not going to come back? Favre is going to meet with the Vikings, he’s staying retired, he’s got surgery to repair the biceps shoulder injury, Favre and Family make hotel reservations to meet with Vikings, Vikings give him a time line, Vikings give up on the time line at least for the time being. You’ve got one analyst saying he’s definitely coming back and another saying he’s definitely staying retired. At least they have all the bases covered.
I choose to believe that the Vikings will take Brett Favre up on him being their QB any time before opening day. And my gut says Favre will be the Vikings Quarterback but of course my gut also said Favre would be back in a Packer uniform if he chose to come out of retirement last year. Either way, Favre either will or will not be back in the NFL for 2009, it seems that if he will be back it will be for the Vikings.
Here’s a note to you ESPN, any time Brett Favre takes a dump or goes into the gas station to get a soda or calls someone on a cell phone does not mean it’s “BREAKING NEWS“. Breaking News is if Favre signs a contract, Breaking News is if Favre is throwing a football at a Vikings facility. Breaking News is not Brett Favre, “…has not yet ruled out a return.”. It’s not even a “Development“, it is what it is, a bunch of bullshit to keep you glued to the screen between commercial breaks.
Good for Brett Favre if he comes back, good for Brett Favre if he stays retired. You’re going to hear about it either way, just turn off ESPN if they start talking about it.
Throughout mankind many questions have been asked over and over again with no right or wrong answer. One of our favorite topics of conversation, especially after a few tall frosty ones, deals with- Who is the greatest Athlete of all-time? So grab your favorite beer and join me on this journey to find the Greatest Athlete of All-Time.
Happy Birthday Jim Thorpe – born May 28th 1888 in Indian Territory (this was land the USA set aside for Native Americans). He was both Native American and European American and was raised in the faith of Roman Catholicism. He attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School where he was a 5 sport athlete and was coached by the famous Pop Warner. Thorpe participated in Track and Field, Football, Lacrosse, Baseball, and Ball Room Dancing – winning the 1912 inter-collegiate ballroom dancing championship.
Track and Field
The story goes – Thorpe had just arrived on Carlisle campus and decided to take a walk by the track. The high jumpers were practicing so Thorpe wanted to have some fun and ran up and out jumped all of them while still wearing street clothes! Jim participated in the 1912 Olympics in both the pentathlon and decathlon and if that wasn’t enough qualified for the high jump and long jump finals…. Michael Phelps who??? That’s 17 events in the manner of days – and this was way before Gatorade, HGH, and Protein Bars. He did it on plain H2O, bananas and orange slices. Thorpe won gold in both the pentathlon and decathlon, and finished 1st in 8 out of the 15 events! That is completely unheard of and a feat that will never be accomplished again.
Football
Jim Thorpe gained nationwide attention while playing for Carlisle. In 1911, he played running back, defensive back, place kicker and punter for a team that went 11-1. They even defeated Harvard (dominant football team back in the day) and he scored every point. The following year he led Carlisle to the National Collegiate Championship and along the way defeated Army. Army was led by future President Dwight Eisenhower who said about Jim “He could do anything better than any player I have ever seen”. Did I mention he was All American in both 1911 and 1912? In 1915, Thorpe signed with the Canton Bulldogs (this was after playing pro baseball for 3 years) for $250 a game – an outrageous paycheck for that time. Before his signing the Bulldogs were averaging 1200 fans a game; 8000 showed up for his debut! The man was a Rock Star! The team won championships in 1916, 1917 and 1919. Thorpe ended the 1919 championship game by kicking a 95 yard punt and pinning the opposing team on the 1 yard line. In 1920 the Canton Bull Dogs were one of the teams that joined the APFA – which would become the NFL two years later. Thorpe was elected the first president or commissioner of the APFA and made the All-NFL team in its first year of inception.
Baseball
Jim Thorpe signed with the New York baseball club in 1913 played in the outfield for 3 seasons. He barnstormed across the US and then the world drawing huge crowds. He became an unofficial ambassador of the game. Thorpe played sporadically until 1922 playing in 289 professional games – he was .252 hitter.
Basketball
In 1926 Jim, decided he would try his hand at basketball. He barnstormed with a Native American team for two years, playing against some of the top Pro teams. This part of his life is not well documented and no stats can be found.
I have provided facts not opinion about the man, the myth, the legend who was Jim Thorpe. The greatest athlete should not be based on one’s opinion of who is more agile or quick. The only way you can measure each one of these athletes against each other is on stats and records. Since when does not winning or individual/team achievement mean squat? The athletes put forth so far are just that – athletes. How can you become the greatest at something and have never won anything? Your athletic prowess should shine and be able to elevate you or your team to be #1. In 1950, an AP poll of 400 sportswriters and broadcasters voted Thorpe the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century. In addition, on May 27, 1999 the United States House of Representatives passed resolution 198 honoring Jim Thorpe as “America’s athlete of the century”. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963 and into halls of fame for college football, U.S. Olympic teams, and national track and field competition.
Thorpe’s accomplishments occurred during a period of racism and racial inequality in the United States. When Thorpe won his gold medals, not all Native Americans were even recognized as United States citizens (not until 1924). This man was Bo Jackson before Bo Jackson, he was Jackie Robinson before Jackie Robinson, and he was Michael Phelps before Michael Phelps. I could go on and on but my Fire Water has run out – Case Closed!
First of all let me say this debate is not about the most popular athlete ever, it’s the greatest athlete ever. I’ve considered athletes that play individual and team sports. Sports with balls and sports without balls. Sports that have a finish line, goal, pin, basket, plate and net. Sports that athletes throw, run, catch, shoot, tackle, swim, swing, spike, juke and pedal. I’m trying to be as objective as possible and not discount any sport. I’m not going to neglect an athlete just because they didn’t win “The Big One” because we are talking about athletic ability and especially in team sports, one person does not get you to the top of the mountain.
Merriam-Webster describes an athlete as: a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina. I am going to throw speed in there as well.
To narrow down the field I am only considering athletes that have a combination of all of these traits: speed, strength, agility and stamina. A bowler may be able to throw a strike but maybe can’t run a six minute mile, a world class weight lifter can put up 500lbs but maybe can’t run the 100m dash in under 14 seconds. A golfer may be able to hit a ball 250yrds but can’t long jump 10ft. A cyclist may be able to climb the Wall in Manyunk but can’t change direction while running as fluently as basketball or football player.
Gone from consideration are athlete’s like Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps and Lance Armstrong. Nothing to diminish their accomplishments but they are not the caliber of well rounded athlete I’m considering. I’m looking for athlete’s that could play multiple sports if they wanted to and probably did.
I truly believe that the All Time Decathlon High Scorer, Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) could be considered the greatest athlete of all time. Traditionally, the title of “World’s Greatest Athlete” has been given to the man who wins the decathlon. 10 events which measure strength, speed, agility and endurance. However, being that IAAF changes their scoring system around every 20 years or so, some call the scoring system flawed and the fact that he’s not an American, I’m going to choose someone else.
So yes, my pick is Barry Sanders. Barry Sanders? Yes Barry Sanders. Why you ask, here’s why.
The man could change direction any which way and not only make the defender miss but make him look completely foolish. He had legs like tree trunks, could stop on a dime and start up again like no one I’ve ever seen play the game of football. Probably the most agile person I’ve ever seen run the ball. Barry clocked in with a 4.37 in the 40 yard dash at the NFL combine and while that’s not the fastest time ever, it was his quickness that made him special.
Barry not only could make a man miss, he could straight up bounce off a tackler. You would think he was stopped in the backfield and then all of a sudden Barry gets pushed 3 yards back, the defender that hit him is on the ground and Barry runs for 20 yards the other way. Barry could bowl over people as well and wriggle out of tackles. The man basically invented the spin move (the circle button on Madden).
I don’t think you will ever see a runner like Barry Sanders again. Selected to the Pro Bowl every year of his career, 2 time offensive player of the year, Co-Mvp of the 1997 season. 15 career touchdown runs of 50 yards or more, most in NFL history. The man only missed 6 games in his entire 10 year career, that’s endurance for you, especially for a guy that supposed to get hit every time he touches the ball.
Barry retired in 1999, about 1,458 yards away from breaking Walter Payton’s all time career rushing for the NFL. Not because Barry couldn’t play anymore, but because Barry was such a competitor and wanted to win so bad that he retired instead of spending another season with the last place Detroit Lions (some things don’t change). Sanders could have easily played 3 or 4 more years.
To put it into perspective Payton needed 3 more years to get the 1,500 more yards and Emmit Smith played 5 more years to get 3,000 more yards than Barry. No one else in the NFL Hall of Fame has a higher per carry average than Sanders (5ypc) except Jim Brown (5.2ypc).
He set 34 NCAA records during his 1988 Heisman Campaign, over 2,600 yards and 39 touchdowns.
During an NBA Slam Dunk contest, Sanders dunked, flat footed and he’s 5’9”.
I could go on and on about this guy, but one of the greatest things about him (in my eyes) is that he never spiked a football. He never did a dance in the endzone. For as good as he was he wasn’t a showboat. He brought his hardhat to work, did his job and went home. There’s something to be said about that in an era when you got more press for your endzone antics then your play on the field sometimes.
Anyway, you don’t have to agree with me but the guy has everything an athlete needs, speed, power, endurance and probably one of the most agile human beings ever.
Anybody’s opinion about the G.O.A.T. (athlete version) can be twisted any number of ways depending on what a person values in an athlete, and the debate about it will rarely be tame because of the glut of great choices, biases based on team/player loyalties, and the inevitable fact that you probably are 10-12 alcoholic bevvies deep before it gets brought up. So while I won’t quibble with anyone else’s choice, because lining up behind LeBron, Lance, Usain, Michael, or Tiger is a good place to be, I am gonna throw out my own pick for lots of reasons I’ll get into later in this piece right now- Bo MutherFucking Jackson.
First, lets establish that this debate has a ‘Men Only’ sign on the door. Meaning absolutely no disrespect, I’ll say a woman has no shot in this debate, and that should be obvious. That’s not to say that a woman can’t be better than a man at something sports related- obviously that’s true- but when you are talking the best of the best, it’s no contest. There are certain physical limitations that a woman can’t overcome- build, muscle mass, and height to name a couple. That’s why there are women’s records and women’s sports. Show me a sports record held by a woman, and I’ll show you one that guys don’t give a rats patoot about.
Next, lets establish that I don’t regard career statistics in any sport as a good measure of how great an athlete you are or were. The fact that Bo isn’t in the NFL or MLB HOF means nothing to me in that regard. I don’t rank Hank Aaron as one of the top athletes of all time just because he held the home run record. That fact alone, and this applies to any number of people with career type records like Roger Clemens, Nolan Ryan, or Dan Marino, among many others- does not qualify you in my book. Those kinds of achievements, although mostly held by world class athletes for sure, can be won through mental toughness, luck, lack of competition, or endurance. It’s kind of like saying that Danielle Steele is a better writer than Charles Dickens because she wrote more books than he did, or that Jamie Moyer is a better pitcher than Sandy Koufax was because he has got almost a hundred more wins. Quality over quantity people. Further, I think statistical achievements are devalued because they are obtainable by lesser talents- Kevin Millwood threw a no-hitter, and Dustin Pedroia won the AL MVP last year.
Third, I think a dominating physical presence from an early age is important. I don’t want to here about Mike Jordan getting cut from his basketball team in high school, or any such nonsense like a guy that flourished once he hit a certain level of competition, like Tom Brady. The G.O.A.T. didn’t get draft in the 3rd round- Joe Montana, I’m looking at you. I don’t want to hear about guys who ‘found the right coach/trainer’, or ‘found God’, or ‘found their mental focus’. The G.O.A.T. is a guy who has dominated at every level that people can remember- a child prodigy, a high school God, and a undeniable force in college and/or professional sports. He was born with it, and he didn’t need anyone to drag it out of him.
Next, the G.O.A.T should show a versatility beyond the reach of mere mortals. He doesn’t excel at a skill he practices obsessively- he excels immediately at whatever sport, game, or feat is thrown at him. Throw out any pitcher or goalie right away- they don’t even play all aspects of their respective sports. He can’t be a great power hitter who was/is unable to hit for average. He has got to be fast, quick, and strong all in the same package. He can’t be a quarterback who can’t run, or a WR who can’t go over the middle. He is not Randy Moss. He makes a joke of combine workouts- he is called one of the best draft prospects ever.
Finally, the G.O.A.T. must be the stuff of legends. You’ve heard about him, seen him on YouTube, and past teammates and friends swear he’s the best that ever lived. People tell tales of catching flys with bare hands, running down rabbits in an open field when they were 10 years old. Specifically, he breaks his bat over his knee in a major league game. He catches fly balls with his bare hand, and he runs literally up and down an outfield wall. He annilihates Brian Bosworth on MNF and ruins his career almost singlehandedly. he is unstoppable in video games, and the depth of his legend inspires Paul Bunyan like stories, stories that can’t possibly be true, but you wonder, and maybe even wish, that they might be.
So all that being said, lets review Bo Jackson’s athletic career in regards to the requirements that I set forth above.
He was the first athlete to be named to the All-Star game in two professional sports- Baseball and Football. Can you imagine someone doing that in the internet age? The man would be a sensation, a bazillionaire on the level of Tiger and LeBron. Adrian Peterson is great, but does he have to skip training camp because he is playing an All Star right field through September in the majors? I think not. Starting in high school, the guy was out of this world ridiculous. He rushed for 1,175 yards as a running back as a high school senior and hit twenty home runs in twenty-five games for the baseball team during his senior season. That’s not all folks: he was also a two-time state champion in the decathlon. Yes, you read that right. The Yankees drafted him out of high school but decided to go to Auburn, where he won the Heisman in 1985 while putting up a career average of 6.6 yards a carry. Fuck, man. 6.6. yards a carry. In his spare time he hit .401 for the baseball team and qualified for the US Olympic team in the 100 yard dash. Seriously, the dude was fast. He ran an insane 4.12 40 yard dash, still considered the fastest verifiable 40 time at an NFL Combine. He was drafted No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft, but chose to play baseball, where he did all sorts of crazy shit. He hit home runs in 4 consecutive at bats in 1990- the 4th in his first at bat off the DL. He won the All Star game MVP with a 450 foot bomb of a home run, and continually did things no one else cold even consider doing: throwing the ball to home plate on the fly to get a runner from the warning track flat footed, hitting a home run on a pitch where he was trying to call a time out. The list goes on and on…and that’s only baseball. He averaged 5.4 yards a carry in his NFL career (5.4!), and that coming off full baseball seasons. He ran for 221 yards on MNF 29 carries into his NFL career. We all know that he had the hip injury that pretty much ended his career(s), but even in injury he was amazing: In an interview on Untold, his Royals’ teammate George Brett, who attended the game where he was injured, said he asked the trainer what had happened to Bo. The trainer replied “Bo says he felt his hip come out of the socket, so he popped it back in, but that’s just impossible, no one’s that strong.” Sounds like the stuff of legends, if you ask me. So now he’s injured, and his career is pretty much over- but he actually had his hip replaced and still was able to come back to MLB and win the AL comeback player of the year award, hitting a home run in his first at bat back. Seriously. Just for kicks, he also dabbled in basketball after he got his new hip, playing for a semi-pro team. If you think the last paragraph sounds like the description of a legend, a myth, or a movie character, that is exactly my point. except it’s all true.
So a lot of my friends have asked me what Twitter is. That’s all you ever hear about nowadays, Twitter, Tweet’s, Twats. “You’re a computer guy, you should know this stuff”, they say.
From what I’ve read, it’s a mico-blogging tool. Where BeerSlugger.com is a blog and has no real limit on the amount of text, Twitter has a post limit on characters that is about the same as a text message (SMS). You can actually Twitter (effectively post text to your account and have it show up on the website) from your phone using Text messages so that I’m guessing comes in handy on the go. Though if I wanted to I could post something to BeerSlugger.com from my Blackberry (I’m a one upper). I’m not sure what is so important that you couldn’t wait to go home and post on a regular blog or website but I guess if everyone else is jumping off a bridge I should too.
Anyway, I’m hip, I’m cool, I know who the Jonas Brothers are and I use Twitter.
Eventually I’ll try and incorporate the Twitter into the BeerSlugger.com once i figure out what I can use it for besides sending messages while in the bathroom. Preliminary ideas include segments called “Toilet Talk” and “Droppin’ Knowledge While Dropping A Deuce”.
Many a drunken night and with many drunken people I have had what is probably the most highly contested, argued over and intense debates facing man today. I’m not talking about Abortion, Same Sex-Marriage, Universal HealthCare or Legalizing Marajuana. I’m talking about debate of who is THE GREATEST ALTHLETE OF ALL TIME.
Over the next week or so you’ll hear from a bunch of staff writers, including myself, on who is the Greatest Athlete of All Time. You may agree, you may disagree, you may want to write your own article on who you think is the Greatest. By all means send it to info@beerslugger.com. Make comments, participate.
After we are done posting on the subject we will put up a poll and we’ll let the BeerSlugger faithful decide.
As always thanks for logging on and please let your opinion be known.
In case you didn’t know Bob Salmi is out as the color commentator fo rhe 76ers after only one season. I’ve got nothing against Bob Salmi, he’s great on Sixers Post Game Live but just didn’t mesh as well as the Sixers management had hoped. Previous to the 2008-2009 season Steve Mix’s contract was not renewed and he was subsequently replaced by Salmi.
I’m here making an impassioned plee to please get Steve Mix back in front of a microphone and teaming with Zumoff. Zumoff is at his best when paired with Mix. There was a noticable lack of cohesion this year and bringing back Mix would solve that problem immediately. They really effortlessly play off of each other and you can genuinely tell they like and respect each other.
I know Mix can be somewhat critical of the Sixers and officiating sometimes but you must take the good wiht the bad. I’m fine with him bashing the Sixer s a little, I do it all the time when I’m watching them. If they are playing sloppy or a player is continuing to make dumb plays mix calls them out on it. Maybe not what the Sixers want but I like to hear an honest voice in the broadcast booth.
It would be as dumb as signing Sam Dalembert to a contract extension if they did not regain Mix as their voice of reason in the booth.
Slurpers are now Haters and some Haters are now Pulling for Him
By: Billy BeerSlugger
You know when everyone and their Mom was slurping Michael Vick when he came into the league in 2001 I was hating on this guy. Ask anyone who knows me, I’ve never been a Michael Vick fan. Great Athlete Yes, Great Quarterback No. I don’t think that you were going to get a legit Super Bowl run out of this guy even if the dude wasn’t incarcerated for a couple years.
So as you probably know Vick was indited on Federal Charges of running a dog fighting ring. Regardless of whether that’s part of the culture in the South or whatever, it’s just wrong. Getting dogs to fight each other and wagering on this dog and that dog is ludicrous (notice correct spelling and not the spelling of rapper Ludacris who also hails from Atlanta). He should have been jailed etc and it was handled appropriately by the authorities but was a media circus.
So now Vick is supposed to get out of jail soon. Reports claim that he will resume football workouts as soon as he gets out. If he gets reinstated into the league, would you want him on your team? Not just the Eagles but any team in the NFL? The majority of people will say no, he killed dogs they shouldn’t let the guy play anymore and those people are entitled to their opinion.
I’ll just point out some other things that have happened:
1) In 2000, Ray Lewis and two companions were indicted on Aggravated Assault and Murder charges which were eventually dropped for lack of evidence. Though the murderers were never found, it was Lewis and his entourage that got into a fight with the people that were later murdered outside on the street. Coincidence? Maybe, but as anyone who watches the Soprano’s knows, money can buy you a lot in the justice system. Witnesses, good attorneys etc.
What I do know is that after a year or so of public scrutiny, Ray Lewis is one of the more admired and respected players in the NFL right now.
2) In 2005, Cornerback Fred Smoot was charged with organizing a boat party in which prostitutes were hired for sexual favors upon the boats which also had a good portion of the Minnesota Vikings team on them. Sounds like good old clean American fun to me but shit hit the fan when several of the Minnesota Vikings were accused of urinating on a womans yard. Then the cleaning crew for the boat company found empty KY-Jelly packets, sex toy wrappers and used condoms.
Yes there was some backlash about this, some fines were handed out and I think Smoot was the only one even suspended for a game. All in all though I guess it’s less harm than killing dog’s but worth mentioning.
3) Former Eagle Donte’ Stallworth was recently arrested of DUI manslaughter for hitting someone in the early morning while driving in Miami. As I can attest shit does go into all hours of the night in Miami. He has yet to be tried I beleive but if he was convicted and probably given a light sentence similar to Vick’s, would he be allowed to play in the NFL again?
4) Don’t even get me started on Pacman Jones. He was suspended for the entire 2007 season for his role in a mele that left s strip club owner paralyzed. There’s too much other stuff to list for this dude but allegedly he tried to hire people to kill a witness in an on going investigation. True or not? I don’t know but this dude got several second chances.
I guess in Vicks case he repeatedly and knowingly defied the law but I don’t see a hell of a lot of difference in his misdeeds than the list NFL players above.
I still don’t like Vick personally or think he will come back into the NFL and make a great impact on a team, but now that all the people who were slurping him in the early part of the 2000’s are now on the opposite side of the fence, I think I’m kinda rooting for Michael Vick now. He’s an underdog (pun intended). Everyone loves an underdog and America loves to build someone up just to tear them down and them build them back up again.
As I said I don’t like the dude, I’m a dog lover, but I am rooting for Michael Vick.
Usually I try to stay away from these crappy political battles that don’t matter and actually detract, if anything, from the real news the Mega Corporations that run the news should be reporting on. However, I kind of can’t stay away from this one.
I guess i’ll give you a brief synopsis of the back story that started this sh!tstorm. Carrie Prejean, Miss California and a contestant for Miss America was asked by Celebrity Blogger (and noted Homosexual) Perez Hilton, a judge, what her thoughts were on Gay Marriage. Ms. Prejean answered that she did not believe in same sex marriage, stating she was brought up that way.
You gotta give her a little credit for sticking to her guns. In this day and age where supporting Gay Marriage (publicly) is akin to peeing your pants in the movie Billy Madison, it’s refreshing to see someone in the spotlight answer that question opposingly.
So Miss California did not win Miss America and afterward, judge Perez Hilton went on to to a Youtube video describing why she lost and calling her some mean names:
I guess he makes a good point, she could have answered in the way that takes the personal belief out of it and puts the onus on state or federal government. That’s the politcially correct way to handle that question. Nonetheless, the way she answered the question doesn’t make her wrong. It’s her opinion (unless otherwise scripted by Donald Trump’s minions).
Now for the last week or so all you hear on the news and read about on news websites is Miss California this and Carrie Prejean that. So you have the right wing media supporting her for opposing gay marriage and the left wing media bashing her for being a whore naive model.
The left wing media bringing out that she allegedly posed topless for some photos while younger, which is against pageant rules. Also that, allegedly, the Miss California pageant company paid for breast implants.
Surprisingly, all I can think about is WHO FUCKING CARES WHAT MS. CALIFORNIA THINKS ABOUT SAME SEX MARRIAGE! She’s in a beauty pageant not running for office. Get this story off my iGoogle newsfeed page and out of what little TV news I watch (but keep me informed if any more naked pictures come out).
What really drove me to write this article was a piece i saw on the Kieth Olberman program. I was so angry with it I actually watched the whole 6 minute 40 second clip. Here it is:
I can’t stand Kieth Olbermann . I can’t believe people on the left take his gospel as the Word of God when a few years ago this guy was spouting out one-liners at dunks and home runs as a sports jockey for ESPN. I got into a discussion with a bar patron recently and he was all about Olbermann. Saying how he thought Kieth was great American and that he loved his rants. I’ll admit Olbermann can spout off a good rant but I’d look pretty serious too if I had a ton of writers coming up with rant content for me. As I delved more deeply into the root of his man crush on Olbermann the guy says, “He really goes after Bill O’Reilly and I hate that guy.”. I guess that’s a valid point but going after Bill O’ is why Olbermann is even a blip on the news anchor radar these days. It’s why people like him and from what I’ve seen he has devoted a lot of time to the subject. He’s more known for policing Bill O’Reilly show than his own journalism.
After conveying these tidbits to the bar patron he accuses me of being a Bill O’Reilly lover which I denied. I told him I try to get my news and opinion from less biased sources. I cited that I thought both O’Reilly and Olbermann were puppets of their respectively right and left leaning TV networks and thus reported stories a certain way for political and or economic interests.
“Oh well you gotta admit Olbermann is better then O’Reilly… come on”. I said that’s kind of like saying Athelete’s Foot is better than Jock Itch in my book chief!
One of the more Hilarious points about the Miss California story is that everyone knows who she is now and she’s not even Miss America. Anyone know Miss America’s name? I bet she’s pissed. She won and the runner up is the big story.
note: Sorry, this should have been two posts and I really didn’t want to overuse the videos in the article but that’s just the way it happened. Better journalism when I start getting paid and bow into the will of the interests of my sponsors.
By: Luan Zuccarello
By: Billy BeerSlugger