Seriously, someday the Ringling Art Museum will get some nice art when I’m dead and gone.

Jeff

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Jeff

The message isn’t, and never was, about the Giants. It was about the object lesson represented by the Patriots. If I have a good example message I’ll certainly use it, but yes, it’s good to be careful when anointing saints. You have to feel for all those parents out there who may have used Clemens as some kind of positive role model, huh?

I don’t often point to sports stars when I need heroes, and if I do it’s for their off-the-field accomplishments mostly. We have lots of good role model material in America, but as much as I love sports, comparatively few athletes fit the bill quite like, say, a teacher.

Exactly right.. I couldn’t say it better myself. Why we feel it’s so great, as a society, to sit on our couches getting fatter and drunk while others do the work, I’ll never understand. …. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy watching a “good game” (football, I find everything else boring, as I do football 90% of the time), but if it’s watch a game or go play catch with my kid or dog, I’ll be outside, thanks.

And, Dr. Slammy, I think the point of “we don’t know if the Giants are ‘clean’ ” is meant to imply, if you use this as a lesson for your kids.. that is, tell them “see? The Pats cheated and ultimately Karma got them.. cheaters never win”.. then find out that the Giants cheated MORE (drugs, spies, something).. then what message did you just give your kids when that “truth” comes out? .. Uh.. “he who cheats the most, wins”.

I don’t think using something like this is a good teaching tool for kids (not in the context you’re suggesting). It gives too much weight to the entire process/system. Perhaps showing your child someone from the losing team being a good sport? One of the losers saying “Man, they played a great game! They beat us good!”. .. -that- might be an example to point out to your kid and say “see? That’s someone that is playing because they love the game, not because they have to ‘win’ at everything.. it’s not about the winning, it’s about the playing”. ….. but, that’s just me.

Jeff

He and bandmates went for THREE YEARS without a paycheck until they won the right – the right – to own their own music that they wrote…

There are hints of truth in their music. Not to mention GREAT showmanship and music.

May we find our way back to truth and real democracy… sooner than later.

PEACE.

“When I, the People learn to remember, when I, the People, use the lessons of yesterday and no longer forget who robbed me last year,
who played me for a fool—then there will be no speaker in all the world say the name:
‘The People,’ with any fleck of a sneer in his voice or any far off smile of derision. The mob-the crowd-the mass-will arrive then.”
——–Carl Sandburg, “I am the People”

Jeff

Randy Moss remains the center of the single greatest myth of this season – that he became a solid citizen upon arriving in NE. No, this year proved the opposite – that he’d been a punk-ass front-running quitter before coming to NE. ANYBODY can be a great guy when he’s catching a zillion balls for an undefeated team, but you learn the truth about people in the bad times. This year didn’t change a damned thing about Randy Moss.

Yeah, our culture has gone to hell with its sports worship, and that’s a huge issue. But it’s not the point here….

Patriot Way, as you call it, has always been something of a lie in regards to Belichick, especially the sportsmanship aspect. Anyone else remember “I resign as the HC of the NYJ” scrawled out on loose leaf? Tact, class and sportsmanship is something foreign to the man.

That doesn’t mean he doesn’t comprehend their value. I don’t know how he managed to get a team to accept those qualities when he himself hasn’t, but he did. How else do you explain the immediate behavior change of Randy Moss and Cory Dillon upon arrival. It ain’t because there’s less media coverage in New England than there is in Cincinnati, Minneapolis or Oakland.

On a slightly different note, until last night, I always compared games to Super Bowl XXXIV to measure their quality (Air McNair driving his team downfield only to have his receiver tackled at the 1 yard line? Wow). I’ve got a new yard stick today.

Yay for the Giants. The Patriots losing was only half the story here. I have rarely if ever seen a team go on a run like the Giants did, amid so much chaos. Remember, this was a team that supposedly sucked. An All-Star walked away from the game because of it. A coach played much of the season probably expecting to be fired at any time. A kid QB had his heart and talent questioned.

Justice was served on that field yesterday. ‘Nuff said.

Enron. Bernie Ebbers. Joe Nacchio. Dennis Koslowski. The Rigas. Is Bellicheat in their league? Well, his taping of the Jets, his alleged taping of the Rams and whatever else he may have done didn’t destroy anyone’s pension, so maybe not. But we’r…

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