Hulk Hogan No Longer Supporting Obama, Brother!
I don’t even know what to say about Hulk Hogan’s comments. I guess his stupidity speaks for itself. Too bad he doesn’t realize the difficulty of getting things done when Republicans block what you are trying to do because they want you to fail.
Thank you Fox News for keeping us “informed” about the opinions of a professional wrestler whose popularity peaked during Ronald Reagan’s second term and then had a rebirth during Bill Clinton’s second.
Oh and BTW, the WWE owns “Real American” not you Hogan.
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: October 14, 2011 at 1:46 pm | by Ryan
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Republican Controlled House Passes “Let Women Die” Bill
For the life of me I will never understand how a woman could ever be a Republican.
Today H.R.358, also known as the “Let Women Die” bill, passed in the House. This bill would change the health care reform law so hospitals would have the power to deny women abortion care even if their lives were in danger.
The President of NARAL Pro-Choice America Nancy Keenan, called out House Speaker John Boehner for his political grandstanding after the bill passed.
“Americans are facing real challenges, yet House Speaker John Boehner is ignoring the public’s call for Congress to focus on jobs, “said Keenan. “Instead, he is coming up with new ways to give politicians more control over our personal, private decisions. The House’s attacks on women’s freedom and privacy are out of touch with our nation’s values and priorities.”
American’s economy is struggling and this is what the House is focusing on? In February these right wing nuts had the nerve to bring the government to the brink of a complete shutdown with their sinister obsession of defunding Planned Parenthood.
In May, the Republican controlled House passed H.R.3 (a companion bill to H.R.358). These two bills both included language that stated a woman would have to be violently raped just so it would make it more difficult for sexual assault survivors to get an abortion. When the public went nuts over the issue, Boehner caved in.
The “Let Women Die” bill passed 248 to 173, with not a single Republican voting no and 11 Democrats voting in favor of it. Thank God H.R.358 doesn’t have a snowball chance in Hell of passing in the Senate.
I would like to take this time to say FUCK YOU to all the idiots who voted for these neo-cons. We need jobs, and the House is focusing on this!? When will these machinations end? You people make me sick.
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: October 13, 2011 at 8:46 pm | by Ryan
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Bob Costas gives Al Davis his props
After The Divine Interception that gave the Oakland Raiders a 25-20 win over the Houston Texans, Bob Costas gave the late Al Davis his props during the halftime of Sunday Night Football. Here is the transcript.
“Over the last 24 hours, even those too young to recall the enormous accomplishments and aura of Al Davis’s Raiders of an earlier era have been made aware of Davis’s unique place in the game’s history: coach, GM, commissioner, owner, perpetual litigant and general pain in the assets to the league he constantly challenged and frequently sued — sometimes with good reason, sometimes out of a reflexive combativeness that seemed to know no bounds.
Al Davis was many things — not all of them admirable. That’s why he was so fascinating, and until recent years, so formidable. For a generation, his Raiders weren’t just committed to excellence, they consistently achieved it and in distinctive fashion as Davis created a sanctuary for misfits and miscreants and let them flourish in an us-versus-the-world atmosphere tinged with cloak-and-dagger paranoia. That approach created the Raider mystique, and then in later years, undermined it.
Al Davis was born in Massachusetts, grew up in Brooklyn, graduated from Syracuse yet somehow spoke with a vaguely southern drawl, part of what you might call an unusual personal style. He was a progressive, who broke ground with the hiring of Hispanic and African-American coaches, and a high-ranking female executive. But he was also petty, allowing personal vendettas to undercut, and then drive away significant figures like Marcus Allen and Mike Shanahan, while his once great franchise slipped into disarray.
He was compassionate and generous, and sought no public recognition for his many acts of kindness. If he liked you, he was also great company, but if you got on his bad side, for whatever reason, watch out.
He was simultaneously a visionary who influenced the game on and off the field, and a throwback, who hung on much too long, perhaps because as he himself acknowledged, he had no real life outside of his family and football.
Don Shula once said of his old adversary, “when you call Al Davis devious, he considers it a compliment.” For his part, Davis, who probably revered Machiavelli as much as Madden, often said he’d rather be feared than respected or loved. A true appreciation doesn’t ignore that fact, it recognizes it along with all the contradictions and complexities.
For better and for worse and everything in between, Al Davis was an American original. He deserves to be long remembered, not because he was a model, but because he mattered.
He was a rebel, a renegade, a Raider…and we will not see his like again.”
Well said Mr. Costas…well said.
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: October 10, 2011 at 10:38 am | by Ryan
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