Favre, Obama, Saban and LSU.....

Ok it's been awhile since I last ranted so this blog is going to jump all over the place on sooooooo many different topics that have been rattling around in my head, so just bare with it and giggle as you need.

After the Monday Night Football game of the Minnesota Vikings vs Green Bay Packers I was discussing the highlights and Bret's win a friend of mine... She was a "Favre Hater". She felt he did a wrong to our state and to the sport by retiring, coming back, retiring and coming back blah blah blah..
I explained to her that I too was not real happy with this; at first. Then I explained.  Bret did retire due to the concern of his shoulder. I believe he was serious this time. Yet, as he lie there with a bum shoulder fresh out of surgery; the Vikings offer him 25 million bucks to come play!! Favre did the right thing and told them he wasn't comfy doing that with a shoulder and wasn't sure if he could play to the level he needed to earn that and do the team justice.  After many negotiations, they come up with a deal that allowed either side to walk away no feelings hurt if either of them felt he wasn't up to it. So why the hell not make a guaranteed 6 million even if you are hurt, but if you can do it, then you get 25 million?? I mean really?? Not much I wouldn't do even in pain for 12 million the first year and 13 million the next. And let's be honest, he looked phenomenal on Monday Night Football!!!

Now this past Wednesday this speech came back to haunt me from someone I did not know,who never heard me say these words. 
While working the Cross Canadian Ragweed show we were outside waiting on a Taxi for a customer and started talking LSU Football and the topic of Alabama comes up.
I commented about my disdain for Nick Saban...
The customer reminds me that Saban is great coach. I can't knock that. He did go to the pros and honestly, he bombed. Bombed terribly in pro football.. So here comes lil ole Alabama offering four million a year.. So why not take it??!
Crap.... I would take it too.. SHIT SHIT SHIT....
So I eat my words.. Saban is a great coach, but I still am not an Alabama fan.. I'm still die hard LSU...

LSU... wow... what can I say.. It's better to be lucky than good. For most of this season my poor tigers have been unable to effectively come together on offense. Defense is PHENOMENAL with some of what they do and as if Chad Jones didn't shine enough on the Baseball Diamond he is all over the field making critical plays when we desperately need it. Somehow LSU walks into tonight's game with a 5-0 record facing the number one team in the nation; the Florida Gators...
I expected a total ass whooping. The tigers defense did a wonderful job once again, and the offense had moments of wonder shot down by typical immature miscues and stupid STUPID penalties.
The tigers lost tonight and they deserved to lose, and if they do not figure out something soon, Alabama, Ole Miss, Auburn and Tennessee will have a field day with them....

Now Obama...
Not much I can say. I am baffled... I go to sleep one night and wake the next day to Obama getting a Nobel Peace Prize and the Moon being bombed!!!
WTF!!! He got a Nobel Peace Prize for his "tone" the things he may be able to do.  The committee all but said it was given to help encourage him since he faces so many obstacles in his near future.
Since when does the nobel committee give prizes as motivation? Ghandi never got a prize but in nine months of being in office Obama does? Really?
The whole fucking planet has lost their mind!!!
In the 70's it was an Ice Age we faced; 90's it was global warming; now its FUCKING PLANETARY INSANITY!!!
This is crazy.. Everyone been yelling about the racism we have in this country. That a good amount of people didn't want to vote for him because he was black.  I wish I could argue that wasn't true, but in reality we still face a ton of racism in this world and especially this state; but, you don't make up for it by creating a "reverse racism" issue. It is clear that many decisions are being made and good things being given because he is the first black president facing many obstacles...
How about we look at what he has or hasn't done since he was in office? How he is now proposing jail time for those that do not go ahead with the healthcare plan (if it's passed). How he doesn't even bother to contact his own general in wartime but twice in 75 days.. How he has spent more time on television running propaganda campaigns that the taxpayers have to pay for and creating fictitious stimulus packages that have done nothing to stimulate anything except his ego.
Stay the hell in the white house until your ass fixes the mess we have now... Stay off television, stay off the talk shows, do your damn job!!
For the media, stop talking about all the obstacles and blaming everyone else for his fuck ups and start talking straight with him... The more you all stroke his ego we will continue this downward spiral.
Help the businesses stay in business, create real jobs, get this shit back on track.

Ok, nnite..

Reality TV and UFC's The Ultimate Fighter

"Reality" television as of late has become anything but reality.  The first two seasons of MTV's The Real World was the last true Reality TV... Since that time it has been anything but real. Everything is now manufactured. We now have plots and story lines, games and challenges, jobs and tasks.... Everything planned to cause conflict or generate the outcome that would be best for ratings...
Now it seems that Dana White and the UFC have fallen into this same story line.
The Ultimate Fighter started as a talent search of young amateur fighters wanting to be in the UFC.  Hungry and raw, these guys had a fire and desire to be part of what Dana White was growing with the UFC brand.  It is also the reason the ratings for the UFC skyrocketed as it brought a personal aspect to the sport and showed that a "regular joe" had a chance for greatness in the most electrifying sport in the world.
Now I like Dana White, I like what he has done thus far for the sport, but this season of The Ultimate Fighter is really starting to piss me off.  It really seems that they had a plan to manufacture a winner or a set outcome.  There are two obvious sets of contenders. One set has been training over the past year with UFC fighters and the others are guys hungry and wanting a shot but need to be trained... Or as they seem to have been lined up... they are patsy's.... Destined to fail.
Unless these younger amateurs come out the gate and knock someone the fuck out, they are going to lose.
Now I don't know what was up with the first fight of the season, I don't remember Abe even throwing a punch so I'm not sure why he was chosen unless it was just to fill a void and lose.
The second fight put Shivers against McSweeny. 
Now if you watch this closely you hear Shivers talk about how he wants this, this is his one shot to do something great and honestly he hasn't had the opportunity to train everyday as he should have for this, he is a regular guy, training as he can and wanting the opportunity to do great things.
McSweeney talks almost brags about spending the last year training with Raschad... Hmmmm... Who is going to win this fight?
First round Shivers gets some nice hits on him, making McSweeney go backwards and even takes McSweeney to the ground.  Granted he was tired after two minutes but he still had more hits and a takedown as well as ring control.  I gave this round to Shivers.
Second round went back and forth with both fighters obviously worn out, hands on hips, hard to score this round, but we will assume it goes to McSweeney as a worst case scenario.
One judge gives it a 19/19 score which was fair. The other 2 judges gave both rounds to McSweeney... Really???
There is no way he won the first round! Obviously some bias here, and if McSweeney has been training with Raschad for a year, he should have dominated Shivers, which he did not do!
Now we have Kimbo vs Big Country...
We all know that Kimbo was picked to win this, and was the one that had to come out and shine.  Going into this I didn't really have a lot for Kimbo. He always came across as a thug and brawler and more of a Tank Abbott tough man contest kind of guy.  Watching him the past few weeks has changed my opinion. Kimbo seems to be very humble and wanting to learn.  Wanting to do better. Wanting to be the best in the sport and he listens and takes criticism very well.
In the fight however, Big Country gets rocked on the stand up game and gets Kimbo to the ground only to lie his Fat Ass on top of Kimbo for both rounds to win the fight.
Kimbo wasn't being hurt, but, wasn't able to defend himself either..
Roy "BIG COUNTRY" Nelson claims a weight of 264 to be in the heavyweight class (265 and over are super heavy weights) but, I don't believe he weighs less than 265..
So when you got some fat ass like this lying across you chest, unless you bench 300 lbs you're not moving this big bastard.
So kimbo lost... and immediately Dana White gets upset and starts complaining about Roy Nelson's win.
Was it ugly? Hell yeah! Did it piss me off? Hell yeah!! However, these are the rules...
It really seemed that Dana was more upset that "The Plan" was messed up more than anything. Kimbo's fight did bring one of the highest if not the highest ratings of this show in history.  There were pay-per-view number of viewers..
I really want to ask Dana, sit with him and just ask him, What The FUCK? Why are you trying to manufacture the ratings? You have been doing fine as the head of this sport. You are the most powerful man in MMA. Please, don't fall into the trap of reality tv and try to create problems or manufacture a winner in the interest of ratings.  I know this is a competitive sport but, in the years since you have taken over all I have heard and seen is how Dana White is a stand up guy with good ethics... Please remember you grew this sport with those values... Please don't turn this sport into the same thing Don King did to boxing..  Keep this real, keep it true, Keep it honest....

Hollywood Never Ceases to Amaze Me....

Over 100 "Big Time" Hollywood Actors and Directors have signed a petition demanding the release of Roman Polanski... Since when does being an ADULT having sex with a 13 year old, being charged, plead guilty then run from the sentence and go overseas for 30 years mean that you don't have to serve your time???? I mean really?! WTF.. SHE WAS 13!! Even if she now doesn't want to pursue charges or even if she "wanted" it 30 years ago when this happened; it was illegal, she was a KID YOU FUCKING SICK PEDOPHILE and YOU PLED GUILTY!!! 'Nuff said.... Here is the transcript.. Read it for  yourself.. He's a pedophile.. Even 30 years later.. Be a man now and do your time. You lived your life after taking advantage of a baby, now rot in jail...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0928091polanskiplea1.html