Author: Kent

I Believe

Football season is fast approaching. Hopefully Dave and I will be able to regail our readers with riveting tales of our Fantasy Football leagues. Be ready for excitement. Allow me to apologize in advance. Not that we have slacked off on posting about the NFL over the summer… Just look down and there’s Tom Landy.

Anyway… This post is about, you guessed it, the NFL.

Awhile back, the Saints and Patriots traded players, WR Bethel Johnson came to New Orleans and DT Johnathan Sullivan went to New England. We were glad to be rid of him, mainly because he was too fat, too slow, and just not very good. And then on Sunday, he was arrested while driving through Georgia for driving without a seatbelt, running two stop signs, and marijuana possession. Poor New England.
What’s up with the Saints? How is it that a franchise notorious for failure and mediocrity managed this storybook off-season? First we signed Drew Brees, then we scored Reggie Bush in the draft. Let’s not forget that Aaron Brooks and Jim Haslett are now spreading their lackluster talents somewhere else, as well. Are we being set up for a fall? Things look great now. Are we going to revert to the Saints of old, or have we turned a corner?

Dave maintains that Saints fans lack faith. We are sure that Reggie will break his leg in two places in his NFL debut, after holding out for all of the pre-season. We know that Drew Brees will get hit in the second game and his arm will fall off. We know that Donte Stallworth will never live up to his potential. We are ready to hear at any moment that the team is moving to Los Angeles. We expect disappointment. it’s all we have known.

I’m trying really hard not to expect failure. It’s difficult when you have set yourself up for a winning season every year, and every year the Black and Gold finds a new way to disappoint. It’s in our blood. It’s also in our blood to listen to that little spring of hope in the back of our minds: these are the new Saints, the winning Saints, the Saints that don’t lose 53-3 to the Packers. The Saints that don’t miss an extra point to tie the game after the last second River City Relay against the Jags.

I will believe until Drew Brees throws a backwards pass to no one.

Bethel Johnson for Johnathan Sullivan

Pats to deal WR Johnson to Saints for DT Sullivan

Clearly frustrated by his dubious work habits and conditioning, the New Orleans Saints on Monday threw in the towel on defensive tackle Johnathan Sullivan, trading the team’s first-round choice from the 2003 draft to New England in exchange for wide receiver Bethel Johnson.

Both those guys suck.  Bethel Johnson was good two seasons ago for half a season when he managed to return a kick.  I’m not sure Johnathan Sullivan was ever good at anything except getting fat.  I bet playing on the Pats does him some good, though.  We’ll see which team does a better job of getting something out of a supposedly talented but under-achieving player.
We are going to have a completely different team this year.  Soon there will only be Fred “1000 year old man” McAfee left of the old Saints.

Not that that’s a bad thing.

kocham Stany Zjednoczone

Ale to prawo jest złe. Od Washington Post:

After an emotional debate fraught with symbolism, the Senate yesterday voted to make English the “national language” of the United States, declaring that no one has a right to federal communications or services in a language other than English except for those already guaranteed by law.

The measure, approved 63 to 34, directs the government to “preserve and enhance” the role of English, without altering current laws that require some government documents and services be provided in other languages. Opponents, however, said it could negate executive orders, regulations, civil service guidances and other multilingual ordinances not officially sanctioned by acts of Congress.

Preserve and enhance the role of English? I hate this type of jingoism. It’s neither patriotic, nor inherently American, to speak English. There is no need for the United States to have a national language. It’s as if Americans have forgotten that everyone in this country came from immigrants.

Yes it sucks that people come to this country, where English is the most common language, and refuse to learn to speak it. But you know what? That’s their right. It’s a free country. It may not be the best personal choice to not learn English (right now) in the United States, but the language you choose to speak is exactly that, a personal choice.

I’m not even going to bother to point out the obvious irony in trying to pass this law during the administration of our current President. Ok, I am going to bother, but I certainly wouldn’t dare besmirch the President’s good name in the national language, that would be unpatriotic, right?
George Bush nie może mówić Angielski. Za każdym razem on otwiera jego usta, on niszczy tego język. To jest faktem. Wszyscy poznaje to, wszyscy wyśmiewa jego.