RANDY NO MAS
by Kris Salo


Ugh, I hate this sh!t . . .

Here's the thing: football rewards the guys with the most testosterone. It's a cut throat sport where guys literally try to remove their opponents heads in a nice, clean, family-friendly way.

I don't like Randy Moss, I don't like Terrell Owens, but you know what? I don't f-ing care how they celebrate. It makes me want them to get leveled even more, but they go out there and they are pretty good players and they are risking their bodies on every play. If they want to celebrate for a play well done, so be it. Was Randy Moss's celebration in bad taste? Certainly. Was it obscene? That depends on how you define obscene. 50 years ago it was obscene to show a cow's udder on TV . . .

The thing that bugs me is the incredible hypocrisy that exists here. Football condones the guys that go out and celebrate by pretending to fire a machine gun into the crowd. This shows a good all-American boy who is . . . what now? Murdering everyone around him? But Moss fake mooning the crowd is the thing that gets 1000s of complaints . . .

I personally think Warren Sapp dancing in any manner is obscene and football really needs to take strides next year to fine him every time a piece of his 450 pound frame jiggles.

THOSE SILLY EXTREMISTS
By Kris Salo

I don't know if any of the news from France gets through over there . . . I mean what American wants to hear about France? But anyway, there's a huge stir here over the remarks of acclaimed racist and frequent presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen for comments he made. The news media here always shortens these remarks to make the most of removing the context . . . here's the longest statement I have heard regarding his comments:

"It's true . . . that if we compare the German occupation of France with the occupation of other European countries, proportionally, it's in France that this was the least painful . . . This does not mean that the Germans didn't bring their politics, to have racial deportations, political persecutions and a campaign against the Resistance."

Now, on the radio I heard the following comment:

"The German occupation of France was not particularly painful."

Two things: the German occupation of France was LESS painful than say Poland or Russia; it may not have been the best (and no occupation is particularly good - except the Americans in Iraq of course), Denmark was not on the level of Poland or Russia either, and its up to the academics to argue more or less painful. But the thing here is that contrary to the original report that I heard (and only after I attempted to find the real comments) my impression was that LePen basically said that the Germans treated the French well. What the reporters have said, and what the truth is are different. 2nd, the French were treated better (than the Poles) because they rolled over like beagles and allowed the Germans to climb between their legs and have their way with them . . .

The second set of comments from LePen had to deal with a town here in France where the retreating Germans locked all of the residents in the central church and proceeded, in very methodical fashion I'm sure (they were Germans), to burn the church down. I can not find the original quote, but from what I have discerned, he said that more investigation needed to be done because it isn't 100% sure that it was the Germans. I don't know the whole story, and can't find the original quote, but for me this seems to be at the base of free speech: he is questioning the history that has been held as true for 60 years.

Free speech not withstanding, he'll probably get jail time for this, although it may be suspended since he's 80ish . . .

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Rob's reply:

Didn't that "burn the Church down with the folks inside" happen during the American - English war of 1776? Or at least it happened in "The Patriot", in which Mel Gibson played Pontious Pilate. That's some country there, that France. They give Michael Moore awards for making up history, and this guy gets jail time for trying to set it straight.

Whilst I am in a foul mood and in front of my PC, I will spill some bile that has been building up for the last week or so.

I haven't given any money to the tsunami relief funds, and I don't plan on it either. Every time I see footage from Malaysia, they are wearing Osama bin Laden T-shirts and shouting "death to America". Hey, I heard bin Laden has deep pockets. Maybe he has some money for you. Now one of their corrupt leaders says all foreign military must be out of there by the end of March. I'm sure things will be good as new by then.
Luckily in Malaysia "good as new" means people living in houses made of excrement.

Brad and Jen broke up. *yawn* These Hollywood types can't stand EACH OTHER for very long, how long am I supposed to be able to put up with them?

Randy Moss was fined for being crude. I was deeply offended by his actions. I wish that FOX had quickly cut away from the touchdown catch and gone directly to the wholesome dick drugs and women-with-big-tits-drinking-shitty-tasting-beer commercials. I suppose the people of Green Bay were offended? What can you do to offend people who wear oversized wedges of plastic cheese on their heads?

*Story from Atlanta: "A federal judge Thursday ordered a suburban Atlanta school system to remove stickers from its high school biology textbooks that call evolution ``a theory, not a fact,'' saying the disclaimers are an unconstitutional endorsement of religion."

The story then goes on the explain the position of the Judge, the ACLU, the school board and the principal. Hmmmm, seems like the opinion of scientists and religious scholars might be useful here, but no I'm sure judges and lawyers can iron out the unanswerable questions that have plagued mankind since the beginning of time, or for at least 5000 years, depending on whom you ask.

LEAVE IT TO THE REPUBLICANS TO LET THE SPANIARDS BACK IN THE PANTRY


The D.C. area's groundbreaking alternative rock station, the Infinity-owned WHFS 99.1 FM, abruptly changed their format yesterday to "all Spanish, all the time." After playing their final English speaking song (appropriately, Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye"), suddenly and without explanation they went straight from the WHFS bumper, directly into the new station's Spanish bumper and their "nueva musica latina" format.

In an instant, the station abandoned the likes of the White Stripes, Green Day and Jet for middle-of-the-road superstars such as Marc Anthony, Juan Luis Guerra and Victor Manuelle.

At noon yesterday, the station behind the HFStival, a popular annual concert, broadcast the late Jeff Buckley's 1995 hit, "Last Goodbye." And then came something that WHFS listeners hadn't heard before in the station's 36-year history as the arbiter of cutting-edge rock:

"WHFS transmitiendo desde la ciudad capital de America:"
"Esta! Es! Tu! Nueva! Radio!"
"Transmitting from America's Capital City: This! Is! Your! New! Radio!"

Lanham-based WHFS is now "El Zol," where they're "siempre de fiesta" -- always partying.

Great. As if you needed one, here's another reason to avoid turning on the radio (I just have to check my presets in my car, just to make sure they're all okay). This already happened last year to one of my favorite stations, WLIR 92.7 from Long Island. That's what happens when you have three companies that own all the radio stations. Ugh.

The Motley Fool also weighs in on the Death Of Radio.

BIG BEN'S BABE

I just had to mention that Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, the NFL Rookie of the Year, is currently dating LPGA hottie Natalie Gulbis.

I first saw the above picture a few months back in FHM, Maxim, Swank, whatever it was. ESPN was calling her the "Anna Kournikova of golf"--well, geez, I hope her swing isn't THAT bad. Basically, I can't find anything wrong with her . . . wait, what the hell, is that Creed playing on her website? That music makes me want to pray, "God, make it stop!" Oh thank the Lord, there's a mute button.

Anyway, if Saturday's Pittsburgh vs. New York Jets game ends up being a blowout, at least this gives us something to look for in the stands . . .

Take A Listen (from Pixiesdiscs.com)

Until the CDs arrive later this month, I've been invited to take a listen to Debaser from Norfolk, VA. (NOTE: Keep in mind, this is a compressed MP3, and the CD's will sound even BETTER.) Also from the PixiesDiscs blog, it's No. 13 Baby from Dec. 8 in Washington D.C.

From The "Only In America" File

From the amazon.com website, this is the item "Most Wished For In Health & Personal Care": the Philips HeartStart Home Automated External Defibrillator. Stock up while supplies last, because at only $1495.00, they ain't gonna last long!

The best thing is description of this product, which touts this as "essential emergency equipment", right up there with "fire extinguishers, seat belts, airbags". Interesting marketing spin. I'm not buying it, because those other things sound like inventions to combat unavoidable accidents. Instead of plunking down all that money for a defibrillator, how about you first get some exercise and cut down on all those artery-clogging super-sized meals?

This is interesting: it's the GOOGLE ZEITGEIST for 2004.



They counted up everything that people search for using Google in 2004. It turns out that "The Simpsons" was the most popular TV show queried, and "France" was the most popular country in news searches. So that puts them right up there in the same company as Orlando Bloom and Britney Spears. How exciting.

I had tee many martoonis last night.