The Bill Simmons Feed sucks ass because it doesn't have any content, just headlines, and ESPN throws 50 articles a day under the "Bill Simmons' Feed" just to bombard people and try to get them to click on their shitty articles.
I don't know why Andrew Sullivan isn't on google reader. When almost eveyrone else on the Atlantic is.
I have been working a sports blogger over the course of a year with some modest success (sponsored sites and some press).
As Galt seems to have gotten himself going with some political ones (which I look forward into following), I am also trying to gain a spot on a sponsored site in the political arena. In the meantime, I'd like some feedback on my first foray into it.
Democrat Puppet Theater
So, you thought that the world was suddenly going to change when George W. Bush’s presidency curtains start to drop. That the Democrats would ride in quickly, sweeping up the country into some fervor and bestial momentum. Perhaps you thought we’d have been all a sweeping mass behind the new Clinton regime. That Bill Clinton would be heaving left hooks and uppercuts in the shadows as Hillary and her cultivated quaff took over the camera lens.
Oh, but you’d be mistaken.
Perhaps you thought it would start with all those Nancy Pelosi Democrat surveys that came to you over the years would suddenly have made the regime change in congress even more important. These surveys were done long before they took back House. The woman who took the temperature constantly of their own base should know exactly what to do and how to do it. Right? They came in with big talk, and then petered out like a 2007 Mets team after the all-star break. And now all the Democrats seem to do is react to the buffoon and his keepers who still has power in the White House.
The illusion is that the Democrats have any power just yet. This seemed to be held with much hope by those under the onslaught of the self-righteous and pathological scripts of our current power's playwrights. Instead, we are stuck with the constant love affair with microphones with sound bites, but do little else. Politics these days have become all hot air with all sorts of the same old talk, and many in the audience have tuned them out.
But lets fade back from the Democrats who sit on their hands in the House. No rescue from them just yet. Let's come back to the election process that has many of us enthralled, hoping, pining, with fists clenched for some sort of change of pace and direction with a change of administration.
The landscape was primed for a new voice. And Barack Obama broke through the democratic system and same-old rhetoric with that new voice, and seemed to have turned expectations inside-out. Many of the younger base along with those independents have abandoned the lackluster "only choice" Clintons, who really did nothing to solidify the fellowship during Bill’s time, nor even Hillary’s. Instead, Obama puts forth belief. Believe in me, he says. And the people haven’t heard any honest breath to their jaded ears for a long, long time. So they have believed, with many dollars and with enough power to not only take on the Democratic establishment, but to actually pull ahead.
But now, the establishment and the new voice are locked in a powerful embrace. It is powerful bear hug, which might actually stifle the future election it is continues. For Obama, despite such a new exciting breath, is beleaguered by being young and without much track record. And because of that, it allows many old guard cling to the Clinton ether, thinking that somehow, by being a President’s wife, this is somehow more experience.
Sure she experienced the pressures and the day-to-day of the White House. And sure, she did take on some projects. But when Bill’s oily breath alludes to that he would talk to Hillary about everything in the White House as support for the never-ending experience debate, is where it all begins to fall flat. A man who has one of the most lurid public affairs in history tells his wife everything? And even if, one can make the argument that Bill’s priest who takes his confessional can also run for office. Being a "listener" does not make one experienced. Nor does holding or fielding opinion.
The fact is that Hillary is being rejected by the democratic base dynamics. And those clinging on, are those who do not want to face facts about their own horse, who is now racing with a gimpy leg. This is not to say that Obama is exactly the bee’s knees. But merely that it is why the Clinton support is dripping and now streaming over to the other side. The arguments built on fantasy have slipped away. The campaign that pinned her as establishment backfired. Her war vote. Almost everything, even gaffes along the long campaign stretch, though not as big as Obama’s at times, have had more catastrophic results. Why? Because her house of cards is weaker. Her campaign was built on a weak structure that they thought people would keep swallowing. Instead, it is rickety and crumbling. And as it falls away, she and the campaign has sucked onto Obama's rise, weighing that down as well.
The result is that the Clinton name is slowly becoming a democratic albatross. The same old talk, debates and so many years of NeoCon mouthpieces have made the masses yearn for new things. New ideas. The Republican candidate is a "former" middle-of-the-road maverick, John McCain, who the Conservatives loathe. This man was once considered unelectable, and his new words and juggling act has not convinced the base stalwarts of the extreme Right otherwise, despite being the clear nominee. A man who most know has a vicious temper, a impatient disposition, and who has changed his message several times to get to where he currently is. The Democrat emerging, if it continues, is a newbie full of vim, vigor and new ideas. A battle is set, but we must wait.
We wait on Pennsylvania of all places, begging for it to provide a finishing blow to either the winds in Obama’s sails or to finally crush the Clinton parade. Meawhile, a plodding steamroller of mistakes and duplicitous verbiage that sits entrenched as we all wait for someone to kick this ass and the administration that uses his limited brain cells to further their own cause. The fool on the hill does more than be just voyeur . . .
OR just quack.
Because his keepers are still scribbling making policies.
So, coincidentally, over the past few months, I've hung out with a bunch of faggots. A month ago two poofs from England came in town who were friends of friends, and I showed them around New York. they wanted to go to a cocksucker bar, and I was all "whatever, I don't care, I'll go". So I went. Long story short. It wasn't much of a deal. There was no public fornicating. No one tried to rape me. Boring, basically. But I hung out with the hellbound sodomizers the whole weekend.
Tonight, I went to birthday party to meet a girl a friend is trying to bang, and it happened that the girl was the only girl there. And she was with 12 homos. They were nice. Someone even came over and let me know that everyone was gay (and let all the flamers know that I was a normal guy who liked vagina) in case I was uncomfortable with their AIDS. We chatted and shot the shit.
But I'm a guy who is inordinately exicted to talk about things that everyone else shys away from in public: sex, religion, and politics.
For the benders, all I wanted to know was about gaydom. Now, I knew about "tops" and bottoms". But, the biggest bit of knowledge that I learned was that there are people who are "only" tops and "only" bottoms. Which to me is baffling. How can someone ONLY be a top? That's just not fair. If you are going to GIVE, you should also receive. It's kind of like oral between a guy and a girl, but even more close. At least guys can talk about how much a pussy stinks. Gays can't even use that excuse, since it's THE EXACT SAME THING.
Apparently, in match.com, or gaymatch.com or whatever they use, "top" or "bottom" is actually a standard question that is used, like "race" and "religion".
And if you are a fruit and you're at a bar, and you meet some other hot fruit, one of the first questions is "are you a top or a bottom", and if you happen to be a top, and the hot guy is another top, you just walk away since you can never be together.
Is this new news? I am completely baffled by this. How can you possible fuck someone else in the ass, and not say "fine, you can now fuck me in the ass." I don't think this subject was ever covered in Queer as Folk. I am enthralled by this whole situation.
Matt Serra vesres Georges St-Pierre @ 10pm on PPV.
IT'S TIIIIIME!!!
Serra is a renowned jiu-jitsu guy but the funny thing is he hasn't submitted anyone in 6 years. He's fought professionally only 13 times his entire career of 9 years. He's fought just 1 fight per year over the past 3 years (not counting his TUF fights). So how the hell is this guy the fucking champion and ranked #2 (according to Sherdog anyway)? He didn't shoot JR Ewing I think but nonetheless whatever dark magic he may possess, he also has the belt so TUF shit for the more active fighters out there. He also knocked out GSP to get it and that was his first KO ever. So what?
So despite the odds, his midget stature, and what would seem to be common sense, I STILL think he can beat GSP again even though he is on GSP's ground...but hey, it's Canada and the only reason it is "his ground" is because the US chooses not to just take it off them. GSP is a physical specimen though and can knock out and maul just about anyone. However...here's Fun Fucking Serra Fact #125: Matt Serra has only been knocked out 1 time and that was 7 years ago. Plus GSP, though seemingly focused and determined (again), also seems to be a bit of a mental midget...just a little bit neurotic and extremely self-conscious maybe. Therefore, in the Battle of the Midgets Part Deux, I think Serra will bust out his old BJJ skills and take off a limb or rear-naked Trigg him as GSP GNP's from Serra's guard. I see Serra pulling off the armbar in round 1...ala Matt Hughes...ironically enough.
This is so because Serra is from NYC, he says he's gonna win & is still hungry, and he's not Phil Baroni.
CDIH has been visible on my bookmarks bar for a couple of years now.
As the frequency of my visits has been decreasing , (not even to mention my almost complete lack of posting ), I have decided that the time has come to remove CDIH from my bookmarks bar. I will be replacing it with ESPN MLB scores link. As the CDIH link will not be so readily available I can only assume that my already infrequent visits will drop off even more precipitously. I feel safe in saying that this will discomfit no one. I am sure I will visit here again but didn't want anyone to worry.
I now return you to whatever it is you people do here these days.
I am not going to tell anyone where it is, but I'm officially a published & sponsored* blogger.
The good news is: i rule. The bad news is: now I have to watch the stupid debate tomorrow. I despise Hillary.
I would link it here, but the picture is so bad that Gooch would make fun of me. Worse, he'd have a right to. There are a few other bloggers who have normal pictures, and for some reason they took my picture from 18 inches away so it looks like I'm 9 feet tall and/or have a Mr. Potato Head.
* by sponsored I don't mean that I'm getting paid for it, I just mean that it's not on blogspot or myspace or some other thing that any schmoe could start
Galt will explain why he suddenly abandoned his (very good offensive [albeit shitty pitching]) fantasy baseball dynasty team 2 days before the season started following months of preparation. He will be sure to do so while somehow not coming across as a whiny, cunty, crybaby, power-hungry control freak.
Have you ever wanted to fuck the one thing that makes a woman famous? Like J-Lo's ass or Carrie Underwood's throat? I mean, not just fuck it. Fuck it until it doesn't work anymore. Just ruin it for everyone.
I wish we had a certified board psychologist that accepted posts for payment so they could interpret this for me.
JOIN THE POOL TODAY!
It's simple and this year, ESPN will track our progress for us mistake free! It's so simple a monkey could do it. Just make sure you join by Wednesday March 19th.
I have our own private group called "Kozmic Avenues" so we can track on another, no problem.
STEP 1 -[url="http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/ncb/tournament/bracket"]Click this link then click the link labeled "TOURNAMENT CHALLENGE"[/url]
STEP 2 -Register. It's litterally takes 10 seconds. Choose a username and add a e-mail adress and you're instantly in. No e-mail verification or anything. De-select all the offers and you're on your way.
NOTE -When it asks you if or what group you want to join simply choose "Kozmic Avenues", It's my private group and the password is "ABC"
STEP 3 -Simply select who you think is going to win each game. The site will guide you through the selections itself and it only takes 5 minutes.