Don’t blame that one on Marty. It’s not his fault that on fourth-and-forever, his d-back decides to make a pick rather than do the smart thing and bat the ball down.

This continues, of course, my pre-playoff prediction that this was Indy’s year, because it makes no sense that it’s Indy’s year, and that’s why they’ll win it.

Here on the West Coast, 60 Minutes competes with Funniest Home Videos.

‘Nuff said.

The only way an interview with the Chimp could be excellent journalism is if the reporter grabbed him by the collar and screamed in his face “What the FUCK is WRONG with you!!!”

The only way an interview with the Chimp could be excellent journalism is if the reporter grabbed him by the collar and screamed in his face “What the FUCK is WRONG with you!!!�

He doesn’t do that but he asks pretty tough questions. Bush squirmed throughout the interview. It was fairly embrarrassing.

Don’t blame that one on Marty. It’s not his fault that on fourth-and-forever, his d-back decides to make a pick rather than do the smart thing and bat the ball down.

Marty completely blew a timeout by challenging that play, though. That timeout would’ve given Rivers another shot to to into better field goal range so that the SD kicker wouldn’t have had to try a 54-yarder.

All in all, it was a heartbreaking loss for the Chargers. I’d feel sorry for them if I had feelings. But I don’t, so I don’t.

That said, they’re a terrific team. Shit. I woulda loved to see them win it all this year if they hadn’t played the damn Pats.

Don’t blame that one on Marty. It’s not his fault that on fourth-and-forever, his d-back decides to make a pick rather than do the smart thing and bat the ball down.

I will in fact blame that one on Marty. It was Marty’s decision to go for it on 4th and 11 from the New England 30. You have a perfectly good kicker, it would have been a 47 yard field goal, kick the fucking field goal.

As to the interview, there were a few tough questions, and i enjoyed watching Dubya squirm from time to time, but for the love of god, it’s the Democratic Party, not the Democrat Party. Jaysus.

Fire Marty.

I will in fact blame that one on Marty. It was Marty’s decision to go for it on 4th and 11 from the New England 30. You have a perfectly good kicker, it would have been a 47 yard field goal, kick the fucking field goal.

Oh yeah, that too. Wow. Marty really, REALLY sucks.

60 Minutes rocks. If only Chris Mathews and Tim Russert and the rest of the inside-the-beltway crowd had their integrity, I don’t think we would be in this predicament (said predicament consisting of swirling down the toilet, led by Vice President Feces and his Puppet, Chimp Diarrhea).

I caught the Eagles/Saints game yesterday, that was pretty damn good, and I don’t ever care for sports.

I like the Pats, they’ll do well, but this year isn’t feeling very “Superbowl Winning” to me.

The Saints are fun to watch, but I think that the Chargers and the Pats have definitely been the most impressive so far. Too bad they met this early.

George W Bush and Tom Fucking Brady…its hard to think of two living Americans who have caused me more personal suffering.

I am personally looking forward to a Bears-Patriots rematch in the Super Bowl. As a Pats fan living in Chicago, I can’t lose.

I am actually worried the Saints will beat the Bears next Sunday. Not because I really care about the Bears winning, but because I listen to a fair amount of sports-talk radio, and I just cannot being to imagine the depth, breadth and volume of whining, wailing, gnashing of teeth and rending of garments that will occur if the Bears don’t make it to the Big Game. If they lose to the Pats or Colts in the Super Bowl, Chicago will mourn for a brief while, but pretty soon will get back to bitching about the Cubs. But if they don’t get there, that’s an extra three weeks of moaning and shrieking.

Plus, I kind of like Rex Grossman, and I would hate to see his charred and beaten corpse swinging from a streetlight on North Michigan Ave.

i feel the same sympathy for the chargers, but for schottenheimer too. poor guy. as for the interview, does anyone in the world believe that bush didn’t a: watch the whole saddam hussein snuff film b: over and over and over and c: have a tender moment with himself while he was doing so? or that d: he is not a vengeful person?

Thompson, Kesey, Burroughs… dead.
Andy fucking Rooney… finds the idea of putting a section header above a sports league roundup headline to be so offensive he won’t acknowledge it exists, and gets to bitch about it on national tv after a presidental interview.

Gah.. Sorry, Brad, but I’m fucking sick of the Patriots who are rapidly becoming the Yankees of football. I’d have rather seen SD win. And I bet Da Fucking Bearsssssss, who suck, will luck out next week against the Saints, effectively ruining the Super Bowl for me (cos I know Indy will choke).

You know what I hate? Alzheimer’s.

But ‘Tardo, I’m up $600 on Indy last two weeks. I figure the best plan is to sit on the sidelines next week and see what kind of numbers the stupid bowl generates. Might be a big opportunity, and there’s no easy money next week…

mikey

Well, I routinely mispronounce Bush’s name as “Fuckingjackass”, so Bush saying “Democrat Party” is simply payback.

LT was really pissed off after tonight’s game. I didn’t hear about this until later, because I was watching some Jack Bauer dude

Well, I routinely mispronounce Bush’s name as “Fuckingjackass�, so Bush saying “Democrat Party� is simply payback.

I sort of failed to make clear that it was the interviewer who said “Democrat Party,” not Fuckingjackass. I would have at least understood it a little bit if he had done it. To have an MSM journalist do it was, um, bad.

Ok, I’m willing to accept this Patriots win as long as y’all Pats fans can guarantee me a win over the Colts next week. No offense, Retardo, but I’ll take the Pats any day against that Kenny Chesney-loving, fetus-headed, commercially ubiquitous redneck. I mean really…I’m no Pats fan, but how many intolerably obnoxious, endlessly replayed commercials has Tom Brady appeared in? None? Thank you very much. Also, the Pats are kinda the anti-Yankees, seeing as how the orginization is able to convince huge-egoed athletes to play for less money than they could get elsewhere for the promise of a shot at the Super Bowl.

Anyway, I’m annoyed by the fact that I now have to root for Brady and, if that doesn’t work, the winner of the game between the Sex Cannon and a dude who said in an interview that, if given the choice of anyone to have a meal with, would choose George Bush (Drew Brees…can’t find a video, just trust me).

*sigh* Geaux Saints, I guess

J-Love, my friend and I were watching LT’s press conference live on the NFL Channel. Seems he didn’t take to kindly to some of the Pats doing Merrimen’s Lights Out dance at midfield and he told them so. Big ruckus at midfield and he stormed off. In the press conference, he called it classless and said he guessed they get it “from their coach”. Woah!

Great game, really incredible. Jeff Fecke and Randomliberal outlined just two of the key plays. What about the Chargers d-back who got a 15 yard penalty for headbutting a Pats player? What about the hideous throw Rivers tried to make to LT near the sideline that got picked off? etc. etc.

Poor Ernest Byner……..

Fuck the press asking tough questions of Dumbya now. We needed you cockheads to do it 4 years ago and you rolled over and died. Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you.

Breaking: Chuckles, Wang, Famous!

Tucker Carlson is graciousness personified.

Yeah, Marty’s challenge was silly, but was it really any sillier than the Pats lining up as if to go for it on 4th down in hopes of drawing the Chargers offsides? What, did that work for Bellichek in Pop Warner once? Talk about a wasted timeout.

Marty didn’t drop passes left and right.

Marty didn’t drop an easy interception.

Marty didn’t fumble an easy punt return.

Marty didn’t try and head butt a member of the Patriots after stopping them on 4th down.

Marty didn’t fumble trying to return an interception.

Marty didn’t decide to throw a lob pass under pressure.

Marty didn’t commit a personal foul on a fucking extra point.

The San Diego Chargers, with Marty Shottenheimer coaching, should have destroyed the Patriots. But they lost. Not because of Martyball, but because of the players on the field making mistake after mistake after mistake.

Go ahead and make Marty your scapegoat. Kick him around, ask for him to be fired.But let me ask you this: Do you remember what it was like pre Shottenheimer? Do the names Kevin Gilbride and Mike Riley ring a bell? We were a shitty franchise, and now we’re good. And we lost today because of stupid fucking mistakes against a team that is as professional and calm in the face of pressure as it comes.

You may not like the devil you know, but sometimes he’s way better than the devil you don’t, so be careful what you wish for. The Charger players know this. Unfortunately, I don’t think the Chargers owners or fans do. Damn perfectionists.

I was thinking of watching the Chimp interview, but I could not bring myself to do it. Might as well just bash my head against a brick wall and have done with it as expect anything to be different, even now. Would have liked to see him squirm but it couldn’t be nearly enough for what he has done.

I understand what the franchise was like before Marty. Marty is a great regular season coach and a great franchise-builder. He is an awful playoff coach. I would agree to go with the devil you know in most cases, but Marty has consistently shown that he is not capable of winning in the playoffs.

(Also, being a Dolphins fan more than a Chargers fan, i would love for Marty to get fired, get hired by the Dolphins, and work his regular season magic in Miami for a few years.)

Uh- I thought liberals hated sports, What the hell am I doing here?

I’m no Pats fan, but how many intolerably obnoxious, endlessly replayed commercials has Tom Brady appeared in? None? Thank you very much.

The Mastercard ads where he brings the whole O-line on a date.

My complaint: I like LaDainian Tomlinson and all, but … there’s only one “LT”. And he wasn’t no halfback.

“I asked him for his advice.
He said “Don’t marry an Aussie”.

… He’s a very wise man and a very good friend of mine.
…because he told me he spent 48 years in a cave up on a mountain, meditating, and I just knew it was true, ‘cos, like, well, he’s bloody Tom Cruise, isn’t he?

To have his experience and have him explain some things to me, that’s a big favor,” Beckham said.
He explained that I’m supposed to shake it *before* I put it back in my pants.

“He couldn’t speak any higher than what he was saying about L.A.”
That would be the helium.

Why am I here? And what’s with you, Satan? Do a bit of getting thee hence, matey-boy.

I hate outliving my usefulness. I used to bitch about things that annoyed everybody, but now I just bitch about everything because everything sucks and if I had a shotgun and could see and you walked on my lawn, you’d be dead meat. Then I’d blow my brains out and I’d hate how that feels.

I hate that Brady and Brees are both Bushmen, even though I’m a Pats fan and think that’s the best Super Bowl match to hope for. I hate SuperBowl hype and SuperBowl ads and I hate all sports announcers because they’re so vacuous they make me seem interesting and I’m not.

Why are you even reading this comment? I hate losers like you.I hate rectal itch and stinky fingers because they make my keyboard smell like Dick Cheney’s breath. But I still like the blowjobs from Harry Reasoner.

Wait, wait, I thought all us Democrats from teh Democrat Party are supposed to hate sports? Now you tell me that I can like sports & we’re the Democratic Party?

I couldn’t bring myself to watch any of the Bush interview. Had just seen “Children of Men” earlier today. Plus everytime I see Bush I end up yelling at the TV for him to quit fucking smirking.

Brady’s a solid Democrat, fwiw. And, Thyali, I think the football gods will continue to curse the Chargers until Tomlinson does sufficient penance for assuming the “LT” label. That’s like LeBron agreeing to be called “Magic.”

Football been bery bery bad to me… this year. That’s cuz I’z iz a Bucs fan, and Bucs fans are all slinking around in raincoats and fedoras with big dark shades hoping nobody recognizes us this season.

As a Bucs fan, I cannot but loathe the Indiana Colts with every fiber of my being. As a childhood Bills fan, I cannot but loathe the Patriots with every fiber of everyone else’s beings. So the way this season is going for me is, frankly, Teh Suck. You got the injury (Chris Simms’ spleen, mostly, and then the rest of the frickin’ season on top of that) and then you got the insult (either the Pats or the Colts are going to the Super Bowl).

I must, must, MUST hope that either the Bears or the Saints are equal to the task of beating the living shit out either the Pats or the Colts. On balance, I must also hope the Colts beat the Pats, because at least if they do, nobody will be bleating and sniveling about dynasties the way the whiney fucking sissyboys constantly do whenever the Patsies get within sniffing distance of another Super Bowl ring.

I guess it would be nice for New Orleans if the Saints won, although, as they are Bucs divisional rivals, it wouldn’t thrill me. I’m pullin’ for de Bears.

We go to blog with the sports thread we have, Satan, not the exciting Atlas Pam thread we wish we had. 🙂

Is that drums I hear in the distance?

I’m afraid the drums aren’t far enough in the distance, ITTGY. Sounds pretty damned close to me.

***”We know there are jihadists moving from Syria into Iraq. … We know also that Iran is supplying elements in Iraq that are attacking Iraqis and attacking our forces,” Hadley said.***

This is all familiar, isn’t it? Are these “known knowns”?

Let’s just hope that Congress has the spine to stop this.

Brady’s a solid Democrat, fwiw.

Um… really? Then why can’t I shake the image of him sitting next to Laura Bush at the State of the Union address a couple of years back, smiling and clapping like a freaking cheerleader?

Let’s just hope that Congress has the spine to stop this.

Candy, it was the drumbeat of impeachment I’m listening for.

“They (Bush and Cheney) are what impeachment was designed for…”

I think the spine has to start with us. Congress will follow, when it’s clear they will lose their jobs if they don’t. Twenty-one Republican Senators are up for re-election in 2008, and eleven Democrats.

Using “Congress” and “spine” in the same sentence calls for a ten yard penalty for indulging in farfetched fantasies.

No down.

I hope you’re right. I don’t know, I’ve been let down so many times by the representatives who should have known enough to stop this years ago. They are going to have to be firm and resolute, and not come up with some fuzzy brained compromise crap. The troops need to come out, now. Not in six weeks, or six months. Now.

I do agree that we have been doing a good job at making sure the new Dems remember what they were elected to do. I’ve noticed a lot of much firmer language coming from Congress, than the non-partisan gibberish we were hearing in December. The Republicans who want to have a party left in 2008 better be the ones adopting the non-partisan approach.

Does anyone know how many hurdles a President has to jump before he can actually call a nuclear strike? I’d like to be reassured that it would be very difficult form him to just, say, walk into the Oval Office and call one down. Who knows what he might try if he saw that he was about to be relieved of command.

Sorry, Jillian, no I’ve used firm and resolute in referring to Congress. Mea culpa.

That’s okay, Candy – even the greatest team members have fumbled occasionally under intense situations. Lord knows I’ve done worse myself. But it’s not too late for us to pull a victory out of this game! Go team!

I know that this may not be the most appropriate time for humor. In my case, I think it’s genetic – my mom once told me the only thing she remembers about attending her own mother’s funeral was that she couldn’t stop laughing throughout the whole thing. I fear I’ve got the same sort of miswiring in my brain. Sorry about that.

Does anyone know how many hurdles a President has to jump before he can actually call a nuclear strike?

Technically, he just needs Gates to sign off. The National Command Authority consists of the President and SecDef. If/when they both want to execute any part of SIOP, they both need to approve the release, then they can open the football and access the gold codes.

Of course, the SecDef serves at the presidents wish, and can be fired at any time, so if Bush wanted to launch a nuke strike and Gates wouldn’t play, he certainly could find someone who would. But bypassing the NCA in that way might very well be unacceptable even to the American people…

mikey

Dang it, mikey, that isn’t very reassuring, is it? If he made his move real fast, he might slip it by before the Congress, let alone the American public, even woke up to what was going on.

No need to explain, Jillian, I have the exact same problem. I blame the Irish blood for my gallows humor. It more or less afflicts the whole family. Well, I wouldn’t necessarily call it an affliction, it’s more of a release valve.

For example, on another thread I said they all needed to be impeached, from the chimperor on down. Immediately, The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald began playing in my head with rewritten lyrics:

The impeachment goes on from the chimperor on down
To the Big Dick they call Icky Grimmy
The White House it’s said never gets any head
Once the Clintons had left for the city…..

I am deeply ashamed of this.

We could convince him that the only way to launch is to, by law, have him ride it all the way down whilst waving his hat. That would probably stop him.

I don’t know, Some Guy, that might depend on the quantity of bourbon he’d had that day.

We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when…

If he made his move real fast, he might slip it by before the Congress, let alone the American public, even woke up to what was going on.

The smoking gun would, indeed, be a mushroom cloud…

mikey

indeed. Would that make Condi sort of a bargain basement Cassandra?

Well, we’ll meet again, but for now I must shower and go out in the bright sparkly snow to run errands. Ciao.

Tom Brady’s political affiliation is, to the best of my knowledge, not publicly known. He has expressed casual interest in being a US Senator as an alternate career but he has never shared his political views.

His participation at a State of the Union address did not involve endorsement of George Bush. He was invited. He went. He was used as a prop to for Bush’s “no steroids in sports” platform. He made no comment.

Bill Belicheck is a good Bon Jovi Democrat and he talks politics with Tom Brady.

WTF? What happened the the goldstein post? I tried to read more, but then it was gone… The great cockslappio art was inspired.

The post she is back. I’ll have to cut out the coffee, methinks.

[…] Original post by unknown […]

I’ve always said that if you’re ahead by one point, and you score a touchdown, you go for two, hands down, don’t even think about it. If you’re ahead by a score and get a TD, what’s the point of kicking the PAT and still being ahead by a score?

So what happens? San Diego, up by one, scores a TD and kicks. Now they’re up by 8. Whoa, that’ll show em! Since when has New England ever come back from a deficit like that?!?