your whole angry man thing here is touching. we are all very concerned about dying soldiers, and how we treat them is outrageous.
that said, it has absofuckinglutely nothing to do with this conversation.
you see no way that ESPN could have done this on purpose.
apparently you pay no attention to sports or pop culture whatsoever, so you were not aware that every single headline revolving around Jeremy Lin for the past two weeks has included an incredibly lame pun that included his name.
so your argument? yea, a little incomplete if you truly have no clue about all the ridiculous Lin puns.
because I find it pretty damned impossible that this happened...
ESPN Web Guy: Ya know... I think it's time all these Lin pun headlines stopped. I'm going to break the trend and simply pick a random sports cliche' for when things go wrong!
but yea... Whitney Houston.. grrrr. angry.
First off, thank you for looking all that shit up, no i didnt read/watch your links. I dont care to. I clearly stated that i quit watching ESPN, that includes online, and this was after the super bowl. I dont watch late night tv like Leno/Letterman or whatever because im usually already in bed. I go to work at 4am most mornings, so i get up early and i go to bed early. When im at work i dont surf the Internet, im too busy doing my job. I have many interests outside of sports...typically i give it a break until the basketball playoffs (thunder) heat up and then im back in it...but the regular season NCAA and NFL take a lot out of me. Feb - Apr is the time frame i usually do a lot of work around the house, etc.
Now, to the topic at hand, first off i apologize if i seemed angry yesterday. In fact this does piss me off, but my apologies if that seemed to be directed to anyone here, including you. That said, it works both ways, there can be some pretty sarcastic to downright rude people here when things get heated. But i will be the first to say "im sorry". And then im going to utilize the ignore list.
So why does this piss me off? Because there are a lot of really fucked up things going on in the world today. Violence in Syria, Egypt, tensions in Iran, Israel, North Korea, and those are just the headlines (that i pay attention to). How about at home...gas is $4 per gallon in FEBRUARY (wait till Memorial Day!), unemployment still above 8% nationally, protesters in every city, etc. etc. etc.
Once in a while a good story comes through like the guy named Lin, sleeping on a couch one week and the next week he has a sudden meteoric rise to fame. Yes I've caught that much on the nightly news. SO ESPN fucks up, on purpose, not on purpose, whatever...i dont know. Im not even going to argue one way or the other, it happened. Lets leave it at that. Is this the worst thing going on in the world today? No. Does it really deserve all of this outrage and attention? No. People are getting blown up all over the world...and select people are more concerned about if the Chinese guy was offended by those remarks. If nothing else...these were my points.
Making such an issue over Lin (yes, im now guilty of doing the same thing) is akin to Rick Santorum wanting to have a national discussion about abortion, birth control, & religion
INSTEAD of the ECONOMY, FOREIGN POLICY, etc. Does this make more sense now? If not, please read no further...
I assure you that im not putting on any act, whatever you want to call it. I do care about the troops, wherever they are. Im more concerned about them getting blown up and not having the proper equipment, rations, rules of engagement, command support, exit strategy, etc....much more concerned about this than what some ESPN headline was or is. I might not be active duty any longer but my heart is still out there. If you can't understand that and where im coming from then im done here.
This country cares more about their "pop culture" and keeping up with the Kardashians or whatever than it does our own troops. We shower these "celebs" with money and fame and worship, while the REAL HEROES are the ones who would take a bullet to protect their families, freedom, or walk into a burning building to save a baby or puppy, or chase down a criminal with a loaded gun into a dark alley.
These people are heroes. They are superstars in my book. They dont make millions of dollars, they dont have reality shows or do interviews with networks and have their names on the back of jerseys. They dont ask for much in return for what they do. I guess that's why most people take them for granted and move on, because those people aren't going to OD the night before the Grammies and they aren't going to get married for 72 hours just to see how many new followers they can get on twitter. THEY JUST DO THEIR JOB.
Again, im sorry if im being a little bit too "touchy" with my angry man stuff. One more thing, next time the number 1 automaker in the world decides to give a $75k car to the super bowl MPV (who had a great game btw), i wish they would think twice about it and give it to some young soldier who's saved someones life overseas, or maybe give it to the widow of someone who didn't make it home, or maybe someone else who's really made a difference in saving lives and not just a paid athlete who won a game. That's the direction id like to see this country go in, recognizing whats real and whats entertainment. Im not against wealth or success by any means for anyone, but we've got to have our priorities.