Morin Guys, My good friend and Marine brother, Greg Maresca, who many of you will recognize as a frequent contributor to my blog has written a great piece on the current state of America’s Sport, what else . . . . . . but baseball. The article was accepted by “The American Spectator,” a leading conservative journal. He had been trying to get one accepted by them and has finally broken through the ceiling. He’s asking for folks to go to the website and read his article. If he gets enough viewers, he could become a regular contributor. Help a fellow Marine and go read the article. The link below will take you there. It is a paid subscription site, but they do allow some free access provided you haven’t been to the site recently. I really think you’ll like his article, especially for you MLB nuts, which I am not, but it was interesting to learn what has happened to “America’s Sport” over the years.
Okay folks, may I ask where will you be at at 1730 EST on Sunday 13 February? Well, first I shall share with you where I will be. I will be sitting outside under the lanai by the pool having a couple fingers of my favorite Single Malt Scotch, Monkey Shoulder, and a mild, hand rolled sweet cigar. Why you ask? Because it’s Happy Hour dummy. And when that is finished, my bride and I will retire to the LR and probably watch a movie on Netflix or Amazon Prime, or maybe a taped episode of 1883 — a great western if you haven’t seen it.
Bet I’ll know where you will be. You will probably be glued to your TV set with beer in hand and maybe some Tacos or Nachos spreadout before you and ready to watch the Rams and 49ers battle it out at Bowl LVI — right?
Sorry, but I don’t watch the NFL,. I did periodically this and last season, but now that my favorite player has announced he is retiring, my NFL days are over. I let you try and figure out who that player was.
But then, after some of you who do have some principles left in your body will, after ready this post, join me at Happy Hour. I mean for me it is 1730 and Happy Hour, but it may not be where you live, but remember the old saying, “It has to five o-clock somewhere. Who said that,, was it Jimmy Buffet, one of my FAVS.
Anyway, you don;t have to tell where you’ll be at that designated time, but if you choose to, by all means do so. Have a good day and enjoy the read Americans.
PHIL MUSHNICK
New York Post
January 29, 2022
Snoop Dogg performing at Super Bowl halftime show
Keepin’ it real. Let’s do it together.
Last Saturday, during CBS’s telecast of the Titans-Bengals playoff game, a commercial for Corona beer aired, starring Snoop Dogg, who, despite countless arrests for guns and drugs, has become a must-have to endorse products.
So what if he luridly degrades women as one of his stocks in trade if he can sell beer?
The night before that ad ran, NYPD officer Jason Rivera, 22, was shot dead with an assault rifle while responding to a domestic violence call in East Harlem. His partner, Wilbert Mora, 27, died from his wounds four days later.
And as I watched that Corona ad, I got to thinking about Snoop Dogg’s violently anti-police, pro-crime vile and vulgar “artistry,” mindful that Roger Goodell appointed and anointed Snoop Dogg the headliner at this year’s Super Bowl halftime.
Perhaps Goodell, also in the interest of keeping it real, would like to rap along with a “song” by Snoop and J5 Slap entitled, “Police.” Ready, Roger? It reads thusly:
“All you n—as out there,
Take your guns that you using to shoot each other
And start shooting these b—h-ass
mother-f–king police.
That’ll impress a mother-f–king n—a like me.”
But Snoop’s Super Bowl selection doesn’t just meet with the approval of the NFL and “It’s All About Our Fans” Goodell. The halftime show and Snoop’s appearance is sponsored with the full, proud commercial and financial support of Pepsi, which seems eager to become the soft drink of hardcore.
Back to that charming, ahem, song. Ready Team Pepsi? It’s Karaoke Night! Here we go:
“Dipping through the city with a Glock in a Range Rove
If you sleeping probably not with the same hoe
Rock the same clothes rich n—as do
And rock by the same code till I’m a rich n—a too
I be in the club with the stick in my shoe
You call the f–king police like a bitch n—a do.”
Five NYPD officers have been shot in the first 20 days of this year. And the fellow chosen by the NFL and approved by Goodell to star in this year’s halftime produces, records, sells and profits from “artistry” advocating streets filled with the blood of cops and threats against those who would help solve the shootings of cops and civilians.
More? We’ll give this part to NBC’s NFL pregame panelist, Jac Collinsworth. Sunday, after NBC presented a Super Bowl halftime promo narrated by Snoop Dogg, he said, “That was our friend, Snoop.”
Roger GoodellAP
Is that right? He’s our friend? Come on up to the mic, Jac. Now, in the name of keepin’ it real, pick it up with this, the refrain from “our friend’s” charming ditty (with Master P), “Snitches”:
“Snitches snitches snitches
N—as be running they mouth just like b–ches …
Snitches snitches snitches
I got a slug for ya’ll mother-f–king snitches.”
Hey, Corona beer marketing department, your turn. Ready? Snoop Dogg has a video in which he sings a cover version of NWA’s “F–k the police” while holding his crotch in a courtroom. It’s an easy one. Just repeat after Snoop:
“F–k the po-lice! F–k the po-lice!”
I invite — dare, challenge — everyone — Goodell, the NFLPA, NFL team owners, the executive board at Pepsi and Corona, NBC Sports, young Collinsworth — to demonstrate the courage of their convictions to join with Snoop Dogg in any of his dozens of similarly depraved enterprises presented as entertainment.
And now, just for added kicks, look up the lurid lyrics of two other Goodell-certified entertainers who will perform at this Super Bowl halftime, Eminem (“Just Don’t Give A F–k”) and crotch-grabbing Kendrick (“B–ch, Don’t Kill My Vibe”) Lamar.
This is what Roger Goodell thinks NFL audiences, of all ages, are worth on a Super Bowl Sunday. These acts are far beneath him as he has already admitted that he can’t repeat what Snoop Dogg raps. But he feels as if Snoop Dogg is perfect for you and yours — and professional football.
And it’s not as if previous Super Bowl halftime shows under Goodell’s classy, dignified guidance haven’t caused those who know right from wrong to ask why they’ve been dismissed as unworthy, disinvited as out of step with marching that points all of us backwards.
Why, under Goodell, have halftime shows been diving lower and lower? And why has he allowed such uncivil performers to be attached to a championship ball game?
Meanwhile, the classic “To Kill a Mockingbird,” has been removed from a Washington State school’s required reading list because it contains racial slurs.
And Goodell, the shameless $63 million per pandering phony, slaps “Stop Hate” and “End Racism” along the backs of end zones and players’ helmets, then invites Snoop Dogg to be the star of the Super Bowl.
Maybe Snoop will be granted a police escort to the stadium. For his safety, of course.
Officer Rivera was 22. Officer Mora was 27. Just keepin’ it real.
Postscript: Well let’s see I stopped buying Coke products because they went Woke and now Pepsi is sponsoring this half time debacle so I reckon I’ll have to stick with my single malt. HA! Corona? Eh? Not a beer drinker so that’s not a problem, but I do have some in my lanai fridge for guests; that’ll be gone
It’s difficult to believe, but it’s true. Tom Brady at age 43 has seven, yes count them, seven super bowl rings. Is there anyone who can not claim he is the greatest QB ever? By the time the next season begins he will be 44 (August). As you know I am not a National Father-less League fan or follower (NFL), but I am and have been for many years a Tom Brady fan. I cheered for him in NE and am now cheering for him in FL. He is one of my heroes, and it isn’t just about being a great QB; check him out, he’s one of the good guys.
The sad thing is, while he should be the perfect role model for the kids today, as should Mahomes as well, the fact that Tom beat Patrick during black history month has made Tom a racist. Is there anything in this country that is not about racism anymore? How sad. It seems we become more racist with each passing day. Everything is about black and white. Disgusting!
Personally, I believe both Tom and Patrick are perfect role models for today’s youth regardless of one’s race,. So give it up. Take your white privilege and black sorrow and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine. Shut up about it and it will go away!
Many watched Tom Brady lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. The game marked the franchise’s second Super Bowl victory and Tom Brady’s seventh. Brady’s epic accomplishment has earned him the title of the greatest quarterback of all time, but many on Twitter appeared to have been triggered by Brady’s victory.
Brady is no stranger to criticism, of course. Last week, Nancy Armour attacked him inUSA Today for not only being white, but for his apparent support for Donald Trump. Now, Twitter users are calling his victory over Patrick Mahomes “racist” … because it happened during Black History Month.
Is it possible some of these people were joking? I hope they all were because of how ridiculous this suggestion is. Were the Buccaneers not entitled to play to win the Super Bowl because they have a white quarterback? Did Tom Brady have to allow himself to be outplayed by Patrick Mahomes because of his race? Is the Left seriously so obsessed with race that activists feel that white athletes have an obligation to not outshine their black opponents during Black History Month?
I’d really like to believe these people are just joking, but there are too many tweets for that to be true. For example:
Twitter Comments
If Tom Brady beats Patrick Mahomes during Black History Month then we have to double whatever we’re demanding from reparations
Really? That’s hilarious that this fool believes that.
there’s something racist about tom brady… a white man… winning the super bowl every year during BLACK HISTORY MONTH 🤔— 𝙟𝙖𝙢 ✰ (@jamruntz) February 8, 2021 Perhaps the National Father-less League needs to change the date of the Super Bowl, huh?
Jaegerist Cobi@Jcobi_b
Brady winning super bowls during black history month every fucking year is the third most racist thing to ever happen in history
LOL, all the goings on in America today would be so funny if it weren’t all true. The daily news is absolutely astonishing, and we as Patriotic conservative Americans seemed to be able to only sit by and watch it all happen. I usually rely on certain news sites I watch or from articles sent to me by a few regular contributors. However, it has become such that there is so much “news items” everyday, I find it difficult to keep up with it all . So in an effort to absorb all the events and comments I shall simply give you a potpourri of today’s “news,” But try and keep your sense of humor, I had a hard time myself with some of it..
Brady Labeled ‘Racist’ for Winning Super Bowl During Black History Month
Welcome to Biden’s America, where you are “racist” if you win a Super Bowl as a white man during Black History Month.
Read that again. This is really the level of ignorance we are dealing with. After Tampa Bay Buccaneers spanked the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV on Sunday, the trolls were triggered and began calling out Bucs quarterback Tom Brady as racist, and having white privilege.
The Tatum Report:
Brady is no stranger to controversy and last week in ‘USA Today’ Nancy Armour attacked him for not only being white, but for his apparent support for Donald Trump.
It won’t come as much of a surprise that Twitter users are calling his victory over Patrick Mahomes “racist” … because it happened during Black History Month.
Tom Brady beating a black QB during black history month just feels racist
Biden Picks Mahomes, Then Brady Leads Bucs to Blowout Victory
Joe Biden loses again…which is quite the trend. Seems the only time he can win is if there is cheating involved.
On Sunday night, Biden was asked whom he would rather receive a pass from: Chiefs’ Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, or Buccaneers’ Tom Brady. He chose Mahomes…
Jemele Hill Cries About NFL ‘Blackballing’ Kaepernick After Super Bowl Ad
Boo-hoo! Social justice warriors are ALWAYS crying about something. Now, former ESPN commentator Jemele Hill is whining about the NFL and how they “forgot” to mention that they “blackballed” Colin Kaepernick during a Super Bowl ad announcing $250 million for social justice issues.
The NFL aired a commercial just before halftime that stated “football is a microcosm of America” and proceeded to show images of civil rights activists and NFL players with the hashtag “#InspireChange.” Pro Football used to be a microcosm of America, and maybe college still is, but Pro? No way. The whole NFL organization makes me want to throw up when I think about where they going. The Comish himself is a racist pig
Over 1 Million Jobs are Toast with Biden’s $15 Minimum Wage
A minimum wage increase SOUNDS like a good idea on paper. However, that’s all it is. It is not an idea that will work out for Americans in real life. We are not a socialist country.
Here’s the thing, if minimum wage increases, then there are a few things that will happen:
1. People will lose their jobs
2. Employees will receive less hours
3. Inflation
If businesses are forced to pay employees more, then those businesses will have to lay off employees and/or schedule their employees for less hours in order to make ends meet. In addition, the products and services being provided will cost more because the company needs to make more money in order to pay their employees more and buy the products they need in order to keep their business running.
Come on people, get serious. Companies are in business to make a profit. Raise any of their overhead e.g., rent, utilities, wages, advertising, etc. they MUST raise the price of whatever they are selling, and if the current price is at it’s max, and cannot be raised, they must close their doors. Economics 101
And now the best for last
Gov. DeSantis on Maskless Super Bowl Photo: ‘How the Hell am I Going to Drink a Beer?’
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave an invisible finger to liberals on Sunday when he attended the Super Bowl without a mask. Not only did he go maskless, but he also gave an epic explanation as to why he didn’t wear one.
The Republican governor said on Monday, “Someone said, ‘Hey, you were at the Super Bowl without a mask. But how the hell am I going to be able .. but how the hell am I going to be able to drink a beer with a mask on? Come on. I had to watch the Bucs win.”
Of course they don’t mention that he is in an enclosed executive suite. But I loved his reply. He’s simply a normal guy who expects to have a beer at a football game. We love our Gov!
Disgusting, absolutely disgusting!!! Americans Favorite sport? Really? I’d rather sit by my pool and watch the grass grow.
LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 23: Los Angeles Dodgers kneel during the National Anthem prior to a MLB baseball game on Opening Day at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 23, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images). How about this one for a reality check?
As a sports fan, it pains me to say this: I watched not one inning of the 2020 World Series. This revelation is not some preening, pin-a-medal-on-me political puffery — “Those sports ball players are annoying, America-hating commies, so I’m not watching” — but rather the embarrassed confession of a discouraged, disillusioned former fanatic who has come to realize that my erstwhile sports obsessions are really not all that important.
Apparently, I’m far from alone. The Tampa Bay Rays’ instant classic walk-off Game 4 win drew 8.95 million viewers, the second-lowest viewership in World Series history — ahead of only Game 3’s 8.2 million. For contrast, remember that only four short years ago, Game 7 between the Cubs and Indians peaked at 49.9 million viewers. Game 7 of the classic 1986 Mets-Red Sox series had an estimated viewership as high as 60 million.
The ratings numbers have attached themselves to an anvil and tossed the anvil off a cliff into a black hole. It’s a shocking decline. MLB is not alone in seeing its appeal become more selective, Spinal Tap-style. The NFL’s once-vaunted viewership juggernaut is shedding passengers at an alarming pace; the league is left celebrating a 33 percent decline year-over-year for the most recent Sunday Night game, because it represented a slight uptick compared to the rest of this season’s dismal numbers.
And the NBA? Woof. Game 3 of the 2020 NBA Finals averaged 5.9 million viewers. For comparison, Michael Jordan’s last game as a Bull, the clinching Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals, averaged almost 36 million viewers. Overall, the Lakers-Heat series dropped 51 percent from the 2019 numbers and 67 percent from 2018.
To extend the Spinal Tap metaphor, the NBA is a few BLM woke bombs away from second billing behind Puppet Show. Let’s be fair: There are mitigating circumstances. Nothing about this year is normal. MLB shoehorned a 60-game season into a pandemic-ravaged sports calendar. The NBA played its Finals at a time of year when teams are normally in training camp. The NFL has clung to something resembling a normal schedule, but the mostly empty stadiums and piped-in crowd noise have lent a surreal, off-putting atmosphere to the proceedings.
Personally, I’ve found it hard to care about sports when the very future of the Republic seems to be at stake, and every day’s headlines bring some fresh hell to torment and terrorize my fragile psyche. Sport becomes far less relevant in times like these, even as simple escapism. There’s no escaping a pervading sense of doom. But after the election, will my apathy magically dissipate, much like I expect the pandemic panic to do? Will I re-engage my former passion for pro sports? It’s entirely possible. A return to normalcy in 2021 would likely include a reboot of a casual interest in the exploits of overgrown man-children and a willingness to set aside their silly political posturing. A post-election de-weaponization of the virus will allow us all to relax, breathe and reclaim life’s simple pleasures. I hope so, anyway.
One final piece of advice: Don’t wait for woke-ism to recede from pro sports before re-engaging. Believe it or not, it is possible to set all that aside and simply enjoy the games themselves. If I let politics control my entertainment choices, I’d be left with listening to the Beatles song “Taxman” on an endless loop, and not much else. Life’s too short, and Jon Voight’s not making many movies these days.
