Shame on the NCAA.....

This Cam Newton Saga just gets better and better.....

And now the NCAA has set a precedent for all future "brokers of child athletes"...

It appears that earlier this week the NCAA has ruled the Cam Newton was ineligible due to the actions of his father... However, Auburn University appealed the ineligibility and asked for reinstatement on the grounds that neither Auburn nor Cam knew about his father's actions.. The NCAA then granted the reinstatement and since  Cam didn't play in any games during his ineligibility period of 3hrs, everything is cool..

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT???!!!

Since when is the "I didn't know" speech a valid defense? AND just how does a father "shop his son around" without Cam knowing, even after Cam admittedly said he wanted to attend MSU over any other SEC college? Oh and Cam just happened to go from hearing about the closing of his father's church to signing with Auburn and all of a sudden a check from God appears and all repairs are made?? Gimme a break.... Polish it however you want, it still smells like shit....

Now the SEC has ruled that all you have to do as a star athlete father is tell your kid to sit in the other room while the grownups talk and close a door and ask for money.. So long as your kid doesn't have first hand knowledge all is good...


So for all the great high school athletes that don't want to wait for the pros to recruit you,

LET THE BIDDING BEGIN!!!!


Such bullshit.... totally ashamed of the NCAA for this one... and all the writers that are saying "the NCAA got it right" are low on morality also....

Life, Religion and Reality....

Most of you that will read this will get it from my Facebook link.... So, with that most of you will understand the following...

How many times do you log into facebook to have your page full of miscellaneous daily affirmations and scripture telling you to have a bless day??

Now before I get a TON of hate mail, I am not saying that there is anything wrong with that.. If that is your thing, more power to you. I applaud you. So long as you are consistent and true I have no problem with it.. What I do have a problem with are the people that talk shit, treat their other halves like they are garbage, constantly degrading them to make themselves feel better about life, trying to keep up with the Jones' as you slowly dwindle into debt to the point that you aren't providing for your family.. to go out and spend $90 on a shirt because you think it "makes you look cool" while your house payments go by the wayside.. Then all of a sudden when shit goes bad my page is babbling bible quotes and scripture!!


I look at it this way.......

         A man goes to work all day, day in day out at a job that he hates... The pay sucks, his boss is a dick, the stress is overwhelming..  But, everyday he goes in.. Day after day... His attitude gets worse, he starts to carry it home with him emotionally.. "if only I could find another job" he tells himself.. Every Sunday this man looks in the paper... He sees numerous jobs in the paper.  Some require certifications and degrees he doesn't have, some in the field he's already in but pay a little less, others not in his field but have on the job training... Everyday this man stammers and bitches about his job, and everyday he continues to go in and look at the paper for another job.
     He tells his wife he wants another job, but doesn't want to take a pay cut... Would love to take an on the job training position but he's probably not qualified for the job.. Everyday his wife tries her best to make it better and let him vent but as weeks goes on it's more than she can handle..
The stress slowly takes its toll on the man as his poor attitude carries over to his work.. "if only I could find another job" he keeps telling himself... 
His poor attitude gets his hours cut at work... Now he's making less money and doesn't know what to do... "shoulda taken that job that was in the paper.." he complains.. Sure it was less money than he was making but it's more than he's making now... 
Soon the wife leaves, can't handle it anymore as he is constantly screaming and hates his job and now complains about life too... "If only I could find a job" he stammers.... "same damn jobs in the paper except the one I want.. Shoulda took it weeks ago! Why can't I get a break" he complains... 
Soon the power and the water gets cut off, the man loses his job, and is bitter to all around him.... 
"damn you all! i don't need anything from anyone... i can cook over a fire, hunt for food, and dig a well for water.. I don't need anybody!" he screams loudly at the top of his lungs in his empty house...
 The man grabs a shovel and stomps outside bound and determined that he can dig a well all by himself for water.... And so he begins to dig..  
The man digs all day and half the night.... Finally striking water the man is ecstatic that he did this without anyone's help! He throws the shovel high up out of the hole and begins to climb up the well; proud of his achievement... As he gets close to the top the man slips, loses his footing and falls down the well.. He cannot climb up, the walls are too slick and he cannot keep his footing... "Help!" the man screams loudly...
A neighbor, outside enjoying the cool night air and clear starry sky, hears the cry for help and call the fire department who arrives finding the man in the hole he dug and promptly gets the man from the hole.. When asked what happened, the man talks about how he dug the hole all by  himself without any help and although he thanks them for their help, he'll be just fine...
Later that night while walking outside in the night to get some water to heat for a bath, the man slips and falls into the well, breaking his neck...Unable to move, the man begins to pray.. "dear God, Help me out of this hole and I will be a better man...." But, the water rises and unable to move the man drowns and dies..
As he walks toward the pearly gates the man is pissed!  
He storms up to St. Peter and starts screaming "what the hell?! How are you going to take everything away from me and not help me get out of the hole!  I worked all day and night to dig that hole and you did nothing to help me! You took my job, my wife, now my life and not once helped me!! Why?!"
Just then a booming voice began to speak.. God himself has had enough....
"Not help you?" He exclaims.. "when you were not happy at work, did I not show you jobs that you could take? Could you not have sacrificed a few dollars or luxuries to change jobs for the ones I showed you in the paper?? When you said no, did I not give you the opportunity to change careers entirely and learn something new?  When you said you weren't qualified, did I not offer you the training you needed? Did I not make your wife strong until you forced her away?"
"But you took my job, leaving me with nothing?! then let me die in the well"
"No... I took what made you unhappy and gave the opportunity to make you happy. You denied it. rather than take that which was offered, you fought and chose to dig a whole against the better judgment. You defiantly dug rather than accept the jobs that were in front of you.. When you fell into the hole, I made the night air cool and stars shine brightly so that your neighbor would be outside to hear your cry for help. I got you out of the hole you defiantly dug only to watch as you fell back into it. I offered assistance, I helped you, and chose to ignore me. Why should I have helped you back out of the hole the second time?"

So,,, if you are one of those people that day in, day out feel the need to baptize my page with daily affirmations I'm fine with that... Me, I have my beliefs and tend to keep them closer to me.. Those who are around me know what I believe and me and the Big Man have a good understanding...

But, for those of you who do not do what is in your power to take care of those which you are entrusted to do so... Do not love thy wife as you love yourself, are vain and would rather spend frivolous money on shirts and other items before providing for your family...  

 DO NOT SHOWER MY PAGE WITH BIBLE QUOTES WHEN IT GOES BAD!!! YOU DUG YOUR HOLE, NOW LIE IN IT!!! 

A Nation of Entitlements...

There used to be times in my life when I say "Why Bother".... Lately, and I am noticing, much more frequently it is turning into Times In My DAY that I say why bother? Why not let other people just give me shit....
Over the last couple of decades we have seen so many advancements from the minds of our countrymen (and women) and I look at our youth today and wonder at what point will the advancements stop and we begin to rely solely on other countries for our advancements.  It really seems like the youth of today feel a sense of entitlement to have good things and little to no passion to create good things...
As a nation, we have handed so much to people "in need" that they train their kids on how to manipulate the system and somehow manage to stay "in need".
With so much focus on helping those "in need" we have forgotten to 1) verify that they actually NEED and not just want and 2) that sometimes you have to tell someone to get off their ass and get a fuckin job!!! Sometimes, MOST TIMES they need to have that said...
I have always had a problem with someone telling me "They deserve" or "We owe" them something.. Maybe it is all the work stress of this week, or that I'm just tired; but, whatever the reason, I felt the urge to let one unfortunate person know my views on this today...

As I was getting gas at a convenience store in Greenville, MS earlier I heard the uneducated southern drawl of a girl talking very loudly about it being "hers birfday, and shes gonna gets some money to go drank on".
On her shirt was about 15 or so dollar bills pinned on with a pin.  Where the fuck did this shit start? Pin a fucking dollar on your shirt and everyone gives you money for your birthday? Or in this case, Birfday...
As I walk in to the store she says, or yells, to me "hey, yous gones gimme a dolla for my birfday?"
"Got change for a five?" I ask as I pull a five dollar bill out..
"Aww hells yeah!" she replies and begins to unpin this wad of dollar bills and slowly counts five out. I give her the five dollar bill as I grab the five ones and I begin to walk away...
"Wait! Yous didn't gimme a dolla!" she yells..
"I know.. and I'm not going to... I don't know who the hell you are, nor do I know your momma... And I see absolutely no reason why I should give you a "DOLLA" because your momma squeezed you out so many years ago! Hell, I should give your momma a dollar for putting up with your begging ass!" was my reply...
Not the nicest I know, but hey, I am me..
"I aint beggin nigga! Fuck you!" she yells at me as she storms off screaming all kinds of racist cracker this cracker that comments at me...
Not begging? Really? What the hell do you call it when you pin money to your shirt and expect total strangers to give you money because you say its your Birfday? Hell, I don't even know if it was her birthday!
This sense of entitlement is what is wrong with today's culture.
Sure, if you need assistance I say go for it.  And yeah, I tend to be a hard ass, but for those that know me know how I really am.  I say we as a nation need to stand up and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Stop with the handouts! Stop giving the guy on the corner your change! Stop giving the bum at the gas station a dollar...
How many times have you offered the guy standing with a "will work for food" sign FOOD instead of money? I've done it many times and more often than not I have been cussed out!! They aren't hungry they just want your money because as a nation we are quick to throw money at those less fortunate and these assholes have learned to exploit our good hearts and deep pockets!
Many times while working nights in Jackson I have had to use my asp baton, a broom stick or whatever to chase and at some times beat the crap our of beggars...
Too harsh you say??? Show some compassion you say??
I tried.. And the guys that got the sticks and batons would ask my customers for money and would become violent if they were told no and one even pulled a knife on a customer because they "didn't give enough"!
He even told the police he felt he was owed more!!
Yes, these are isolated cases, but the idea is the same.
We have handed out so much without question that many youth in our culture have stopped trying and expect it. They have never been taught that you have to work for what you want, because if you don't work, someone else will take care of you..
There was one guy many years ago while I was checking the pressure in my tires at 2am while working nights in Jackson that I did give something to.
He walks up to me, standing a good thirty feet away starts saying "sir! sir! I don't mean you any harm and I'm not going to come closer I know it's late and there's lots of crackheads out here. I'm one of em.. But, if you could spare some change I would be grateful.. I'm not going to buy food, or drugs, and I don't own a car that I can say I ran out of gas and need money for... I just want a beer. Not a coke or water, I'm an alcoholic and I'm thirsty and I just want a beer to go sit under the bridge and drink"
I'm telling you, I was floored... The first honest thing I had heard form a beggar in forever!
I bought him a 12 pack and told him to have a good night..

Now back to the other thing...
I understand helping people I really do... But let's focus on how to help these people. Stop giving money because they have a raggedy jacket and an open hand.
Point them towards a shelter... Donate to your local food bank, volunteer at the shelters... donate to Goodwill or other Charities.. If these people are hungry, they will accept food.. If they are cold they will accept shelter. If they are wanting a better life, they will accept the help of the charities to find a job, an education, a better life... But, make them work for it. You work for the money they want you to hand out, it's not too much to ask for them to work for the hand out you are giving....

So yeah, I keep going to work, busting my ass, scraping by... And I raise my kids to do the same... I believe I have to work for what I want, what my kids need and that in doing so it will pay off... It may NEVER pay off, I may ALWAYS be a broke paycheck to paycheck guy... But I was raised to work for things.. And I will do as I was raised to do...

Your kids will do as you raise them to do...

Jus sayin

Taxes, Oil, and Patriotism...

So..... It's been awhile since I've ranted about the goings on of life, politics and other idiotic shit and now it's beginning to fester up inside me like a hand grenade with a long fuse.. Lately the work load of the "day job" has had me running all over the state and in my off time I have tried to spend as much time with Sarah and my kids as possible, so for those of you that follow this and not Facebook it's been awhile hearing from me..
Now, if you follow Facebook I'm sure you understand the delay.. On top of all the traveling, I now have a moron of a trainee that I swear if he wasn't going to be fired I'd write a book of dumb shit I have to deal with every day with him!! Chronicles of the New Guy!  I swear it would be a best seller....
 Anywho...
Let's go back to the whole Financial Reform that's coming down the pipe....

Does the whole Wall Street/Banking thing need reforming?
Why hell yeah?? But, I really don't like the way this administration does business in a way to try and influence our opinions rather than relying on facts.. Did Goldman Sachs do something wrong? We don't really know right now, but it would appear that they did.. But, to announce a Formal Investigation during trading hours is just insane and very unfair! It should never have been done during that time and was a deliberate attempt to cause hysteria during the day to show that reform was needed and to push the agenda....

That's not really my biggest issue, I just thought it was crappy and typical of the tactics they have used the entire time thus far.
Next, during all of this Obama slyly announces the possibility of a national type sales tax to help alleviate some of our deficit and further help subsidize the terrible Obamacare issue... (You all know my feelings on that so I won't bitch and moan about that now)
For years I have chanted and argued with any that would listen (and a lot that wouldn't) that we should definitely go to a national sales tax... However!!! I don't believe it should be on TOP of the taxes we pay now and definitely not to the tune of 7% or more that he is contemplating... If this goes through as it is designed, on top of what we are already paying, if you do the math correctly you will be taking home less than 30% of your pay... I don't know about yall, but I live paycheck to paycheck, I need my shit!!
Now, my plan was a little bit different and I will try to explain it a little and see if it makes sense.
I have found that when talking to most people, many are as I am. Paycheck to paycheck with some minor investing here and there. The following numbers I am referencing are from the ABT Associates report from 1998 documenting amount of money spent on illegal drugs in the US in 1998 and the IRS's numbers for taxes collected in 2009... So the numbers of Illegal drugs purchased will be off since its old data and should be alot higher, but you'll see my point anyways..

Now my idea for a National Sales Tax would be to ELIMINATE your current Federal Income Tax all together.. In doing so we could drastically downsize the amount of personnel we have at the IRS since they would only have to audit businesses to insure that the taxes collected are being paid appropriately.
With the elimination of the Federal Income Tax we as Taxpayers will now have more expendable income at our disposal and the government would now trust us to be good little consumers... Which, let's be honest.... One thing we as a country know how to do is spend our money!
What would you do if you were able to keep that extra money in your check? What would you buy? Think about it..

As it is now, the government collects our money every week, they keep it, let it collect interest, give us some of it back if your lucky without interest.. People commit fraud by filing wrong data and cutting corners to get that little bit extra back. For those of you that itemize, how many hours a year do you spend keeping, filing and tracking receipts and other expenditures?? It adds up!

Now with a national sales tax, that is all eliminated! Just go to work and buy shit!! NEVER have to deal with the IRS or TAX PEOPLE!! No paying H&R Block to fuck up your return... (Which is a main reason this will never happen.. The tax preparation industry is way to big and way to powerful to allow it, but hey, I can dream can't I?)
Now at the end of the week you bring home you check, ALL OF IT, and you go buy shit! Steaks instead of bologna. You save some for the new car, a house, or whatever it is you desire. You play the stock market and you buy a lottery ticket...

Now imagine if everything you bought cost just 2% more for a National Sales Tax... That's all.. That's not a lot. Granted if you buy a house or fancy car it adds to the sticker shock a bit, but if you know this going in it still saves you money.. I promise it does if you look at it.
But how can it save us money and still provide the money needed to run this country you ask??
Because it taxes EVERYONE EQUALLY!
The rich people pay that 2% on everything just like us.. 2% on every stock purchase, yacht bought, mansion and private jet. But, that's not where the main point is.
The main point is, how many people do you know right now, that DON'T pay any taxes or a lot less on their income?
Drug dealers?? Ever seen them file?
In 1998 Sixty Five BILLION dollars was spent on illegal drugs in this country and not a dime of it was filed on a 1099 from the IRS.  Sixty Five BILLION!
What if we collected some of that every time they bought the Escalades or big ass rims or paid cash for their boats in someone else's name?
Just picture that... That's a lot of money there people!
Now that is just the obvious choice. I have made cash doing things from time to time that I didn't claim as most of us have, and you know what? I spent it! What if they collected their money on that too?
Bartenders, waitstaff, the kid that mows your lawn?  Our "adult entertainers", sideline construction workers?  Many of these people pay taxes now, but most don't claim everything they make.  If we did a national sales tax and alleviated this crappy income tax system we would be soooo better off and everyone would be happier..
Sleep on that.. Just a thought..

Next, there is boom in the Gulf and 11 people lose their life in an instant... Oil everywhere and this goes on for days, weeks while the cleanup will take months.
There hasn't been a big push from our government to seriously crack down and do much. We have been pretty much sitting there saying, We'll let BP figure this out...
Come to find out BP was one of the biggest contributors to the Obama Administration.. So you have to wonder if being in bed with them is the reason?
Didn't someone mention being in bed with the oil people or other people wouldn't happen? That the administration would have an open door policy and everything would be "transparent".
This has been far from transparent! While BP execs make comments about "Louisiana isn't the only place to get shrimp" while another makes a joke to Dr. John (a brilliant musician and New Orleans native) to "not eat the blackened shrimp when you get there" our administration watches as this cluster unfolds.
Slow to respond, but quick to get in front of a camera and talk big once someone writes a speech for him!
And did we forget that 11 people lost their lives? Where is the investigation to see what the hell happened and if someone is liable not only for the oil seepage but for the loss of 11 people that were loved by someone..... 

But, still that doesn't chap my ass the most! And I really hate what is happening to our coast line right now. The ramifications of this spill is going to really be detrimental and felt for years to come. The ecosystem is going to totally be changed and may never be as it was again.

A couple weeks ago, it comes out that the Obama administration tried to get Sestak to drop our of an election with promises of a position in the administration.  This is ILLEGAL but, worse it's IMMORAL! Something this administration is lacking.
Does this make me mad? Hell yeah!!! How many other elections did he influence or try to influence that we don't know about?  Where's the transparency in that shit?!

But, the thing that gets me the most is what is happening this weekend.
Regardless of my political views, my crazy antics, my obnoxious behaviors or my rude comments...... I love my country..I love everything about it. I love that an idiot is able to be elected to office of the presidency and that this liar can become his successor... I love that I can write this bullshit blog and that I have the right to express my opinion, although unfavorable to some of you.  I love everything about this country, even the bad.  Most of all I love and RESPECT every one of you that serve or have served in the military keeping my rights to be an idiot safe! With everything that is going on, Why, Why, Why Mr. President, can you not be at Arlington on Monday?  I understand that you will be at the Abe Lincoln Cemetery in Chicago doing a memorial but let's be realistic. The entire time you ran for this office and since your election you have come under fire for your lack of patriotism for this country. You have been questioned about your muslim beliefs, your birthplace, your intentions to change everything that makes this country great.
Is it too much to ask that you take your vacation on Tuesday and go to Arlington to lay the wreath on Monday?
Hell, YOU are the President sir.... I think your family will understand, and they could probably get off work to see you in Chicago during the week...
I just don't understand why it's so hard to do the little things that we as a nation believe are important.
I don't care about your agenda this weekend.
It's Memorial Day. A day for all our Fallen and Faithful Heroes..... I guess being in Chicago is more important.......

A little email and the truth behind it all...

A few days ago I received an email from a friend of mine.. It was an email forwarded from someone else and you know how that goes right?? How many emails a day do you get that are forwarded from someone you don't know? Some are funny, some are stupid, most are just a waste of your damn time.

Well, this one happened to be funny and somehow stuck with me. Within the joke was an air of honesty that you have to wonder if this was written as a joke or if it was just recorded as a factual conversation. Either way, I love it and I sent it to a few people and now it's here for you all to see.

If you have already read this, sorry, but it's great....

While suturing up a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, whose hand had been caught in the gate while working his cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama, and his being our president. 

The old rancher said: 

 

"Well, ya know, Obama is just a Post Turtle."

 

 

 

Now ...not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked, 

 

"What's a 'Post Turtle?'"

 

The old rancher said, 

 

"When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle." 

 

The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued to explain. 

 

"You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, he sure as heck ain't goin' anywhere, and you justwonder what kind of dumb ass put him up there in the first place."

Now, How true is that shit??? Have a good day....

Things of my lifetime thus far...

Many things have changed in mine and most of you all's lifetime... When you actually sit and think about it all its rather overwhelming...
Little things most take for granted today and our kids could never think to go without have happened in this lifetime..

We listened to the little radios as they grew into BOOMBOXES and records gave way to cassettes that gave way to CD's which are giving way to MP3s...
We endured the godforsaken life of disco to hair bands to grunge to alternative to what we have today.. And who the hell would have thought that country would have went from that twangy banjo shit your dad listened to would go mainstream and have the following it does...
We watch a lil company called texas instruments give this little box that could do all kinds of math and it actually fit in your pocket!! WOW!
We all enjoyed video pong and thought that was the shit as our kids bitch that they want a ps3 or a wii because their ps2 wasn't cool enough.... Video pong has graduated to World of Warcraft...
My dad brought this weird, obnoxiously heavy and large box home that would dim all the lights in the house when turned on, just because it could cook a hotdog in 15 seconds... The microwave oven now is light, small and efficient..
We used to go rent a MOVIE and had to rent the PLAYER too because the players were so damn expensive... VHS and Beta fought it out as beta went to the wayside, only to have VHS lose to DVD and HDDVD lose to Blueray....
Our movies are phenomenal, our sounds are better and video games are insane...

And our televisions... Holy Crap.. the big box on the floor that died and help up our new tv has now changed to plasmas and lcds... 

The rabbit ear antenna gave way to the 8 foot satellite until cable companies gave us a great pic without that big dish!! Then the dishes got smaller, the cable went digital, we now have hundreds of channels and still have nothing to watch!

We pause live tv, set a dvr to record, playback when we want or just delete it because we can..


Letters that you would get in the mail were replaced by the mojo Faxmachines.. you could actually send a piece of paper over a fucking phone line!! are you kidding me?!
We got pagers that would beep and the bigger the better turned to small and cute and replaced by the awesome static of a bagphone replaced by the motorola block phone to the flip to the blackberry/iphone...
our dial up internet and newsgroups were awesome... we loved to hear those dings and dongs of the internet connecting.. then dsl, cable, t1, t3 and fiber optic.. wireless AND wifi?? really? Crap we're spoiled...


Now letters are emails and instant messages and text messages.. We have Drive Thru everything and an instant gratification attitude that there's no wonder our kids have ADHD....

Personal computers that used to plug into  your tv and run off a rom pack now are ridiculous super machines that only get better ever second...

There are many things each of us can talk about and this can go on for days as soooo much has happened in my lifetime that I can't imagine what the next 37 years will bring!!
But most of all, with all that has happened my dad drilled it in my head that I would never see what I saw tonite..
I was told my whole life that this would never happen... And I really wanted it to happen but I honestly doubted it ever would...

But, the Saints WON THE FUCKING SUPERBOWL!!! It was stressful and won in dramatic fashion...

And I actually cried...

Bless you boys.. I love ya all....

Who Dat!!

And FUCK YOU nfl for trying to steal that phrase!!


 

The ever expanding bandwagon...

I guess it's true, that miracles never cease to happen... The New Orleans Saints, going to Superbowl 44....
Those of you who are friends on my Facebook page saw the post yesterday about it... Well, that wasn't mine, it was one of those ever evolving and migrating things you find on facebook.. This is my thoughts on the situation...

As a kid growing up I have always loved two things.... LSU football and the New Orleans Saints.. I have no idea why. My family didn't watch football or any sports, nobody I knew as a kid was ever a student at LSU and ANYTIME the Saints were playing I would hear how the sucked from my dad.... A very small kid, and absolutely zero athletic ability I enjoyed soccer and baseball but really didn't like the whole "run laps" so I didn't do that long.  But, through it all, New Orleans Saints and LSU football were tops!

Maybe its the area... I have always loved the architecture of New Orleans, the sounds of the blues and jazz vibrating through the quarter, the smell of seafood in the air and those damn fine women! Whatever it is, its in my blood and there it shall remain. Wherever I move, wherever I go, I will always be a fan....

So now the Saints bandwagon has gone global as those that cling to anything popular jump on board, and that's fine with me. Enjoy the ride while we have it, cheer and get in the mood... Every little cheer helps right now! AND WE NEED THEM ALL!!!

As a kid I do remember the bags on the heads, the Aints, and all the negativity of what it meant to be a fan.  But, through it all, that true Saints fan you see on the internet with a bag on his head; yeah, he bought a ticket and went and hoped for something better...
We got happy and excited in the late 80's and early 90's and wanted to kill Benson for letting Pat Swilling get traded for a mere 6 million dollar contract....On one hand my dad would feed me shit for loving them, then on the other he chanted "it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game".. Which is it???
I'm a firm believe that its how you play the game... And yeah, I have heard all the arrogant bastards say that's a losers motto...  I say its the moral and ethical way to go... I will not raise my son to believe that winning is everything... However, I also believe that even though it's how you play that matters it should never stop you from trying to be better all the time.
Anyone that knows me knows that I am very competitive IN EVERYTHING. I don't always win, but I will always try my best to do so....

And now it's back to the Saints....



We have seen many great individuals come through and wear a Saints uniform.

The key word being Individuals.... And over time, as a fan, we got used to seeing someone phenomenal and saying "they'll be traded next year" and we accepted that we would suck...

Then there comes along this little guy.... Sean Payton... Little guy.. gonna be the new head coach.. Yeah? whatever.. we'll see how long he lasts...

We get a new quarterback.. Drew who?? yeah ok... we'll see what happens....

Katrina...
Fucking Katrina... What a turning point.. It never really hit New Orleans, but the levees that the piece of shit New Orleans lawmakers refused to take care of and so eloquently diverted funds for their own personal gain, they broke... They flooded New Orleans and with it, maybe a cleansing of the area came with it....

The first game back in the DOME gave me chills.... When U2 and Green Day sang the Saints Are Coming I couldn't sit still, a tear formed in my eyes and the goosebumps were insane... It was a phenomenal opening to a great game... Ever since then we have watched as Drew who? became Drew Dat!! and individuals were traded for team mates... Now we look at the New Orleans Saints and we see, for the first time ever, a team..
Everyone talked so much about Bush changing the game, but as we saw this year, we don't need him.. We like him, we want to keep him, but we have so many other talents on this team we don't need any one person. Every player on the team is talented, has a place and is dangerous to the opposing team.
As a fan I'm super excited to a point that my happiness cannot be diminished. Win or lose, I am witnessing something that my father would never believe could have happened.
The SAINTS ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!
Sure I hope they win... But if they don't, I'll still love em, still enjoy em and still be a great fan! of the Saints not the individuals...

Good job boys! and good luck!!!