its a crappy name, really
calvino, over there at prolix is gettin' me in trouble with all this sweet talk about his girlfriend. damn you, calvin.
and then tombomb beat me to a rant about how the seahawks appear to be rolling, but really they will continue to suck. there's always that one game that sends them spiralling out of control into ignobility. no, they aren't "going to be good this year". they suck. seattle sports.
so, what is up with the names of sports teams. tennessee titans? houston texans. god that's a bad name. i liked the tradition of naming the team for something in the area. especially the industries. seemed like a nod to the working stiffs who make the true fan base of a team. packers. oilers. steelers. those are some names. colts? yeah, really fucking scary. mariners is cutting it close. dodgers, bulls, bears? clever. texans? fuck those guys. what exactly is a seahawk anyway?
i'm feeling irie! are you?
went for a longish ride yesterday. three hours. that's long, these days. just about killed me too. rode south over i-90 and into bellevue with RC2000. wandered around bridal trails and then back on the bgt. it was a windy day. god i hate rolling in on the burke with a head wind. it was hot too. i was over dressed. of course!
haven't heard from medina in a while. guess he's backing down from the dueling hammers challenge.
learn from the mistakes of vietnam. written by nixon's defense secretary. the irony is that both wars are essentially hold overs from world war two and the (supposed) end of colonialism. in fact, the vast majority of civil wars in the world can be traced to the legacy of colonialism. colonial powers, on their way out, drew lines where no logical borders existed and cobbled countries together. ethnic, tribal and religious groups who had no history of social, economic and political cooperation were suddenly thrust together and told to share and play nice. yeah, that worked out really fucking well, didn't it. iraq is no exception. fucking mess. and of course, you keep nasty allies, you end up with nasty problems. saddam hussein and ossama bin laden illustrate that point nicely, eh? for defense contractors, its a brilliant strategy. they get the business when hussein uses the aid money to buy their weapons. and then they get the business when hussein is toppled. chickenhawks gettin' rich. there was a time when war profiteering was illegal. immoral. that time is gone.
and then tombomb beat me to a rant about how the seahawks appear to be rolling, but really they will continue to suck. there's always that one game that sends them spiralling out of control into ignobility. no, they aren't "going to be good this year". they suck. seattle sports.
so, what is up with the names of sports teams. tennessee titans? houston texans. god that's a bad name. i liked the tradition of naming the team for something in the area. especially the industries. seemed like a nod to the working stiffs who make the true fan base of a team. packers. oilers. steelers. those are some names. colts? yeah, really fucking scary. mariners is cutting it close. dodgers, bulls, bears? clever. texans? fuck those guys. what exactly is a seahawk anyway?
i'm feeling irie! are you?
went for a longish ride yesterday. three hours. that's long, these days. just about killed me too. rode south over i-90 and into bellevue with RC2000. wandered around bridal trails and then back on the bgt. it was a windy day. god i hate rolling in on the burke with a head wind. it was hot too. i was over dressed. of course!
haven't heard from medina in a while. guess he's backing down from the dueling hammers challenge.
learn from the mistakes of vietnam. written by nixon's defense secretary. the irony is that both wars are essentially hold overs from world war two and the (supposed) end of colonialism. in fact, the vast majority of civil wars in the world can be traced to the legacy of colonialism. colonial powers, on their way out, drew lines where no logical borders existed and cobbled countries together. ethnic, tribal and religious groups who had no history of social, economic and political cooperation were suddenly thrust together and told to share and play nice. yeah, that worked out really fucking well, didn't it. iraq is no exception. fucking mess. and of course, you keep nasty allies, you end up with nasty problems. saddam hussein and ossama bin laden illustrate that point nicely, eh? for defense contractors, its a brilliant strategy. they get the business when hussein uses the aid money to buy their weapons. and then they get the business when hussein is toppled. chickenhawks gettin' rich. there was a time when war profiteering was illegal. immoral. that time is gone.
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