September 24, 2008

Bullshit.

Filed under: Self Defense — Adam @ 1:31 pm

I stopped watching this video when the Obama Acolyte guy said “common sense gun laws.” That’s Bradyspeak for “taking legal guns.”

Look Fat Head Acolyte Guy, Obama supported a ban on gun shops within five miles of parks and schools, which would pretty much eliminate gun shops in most parts of the country.  In addition to that, the sixth mile won’t stop someone.  It’s just a stupid law designed to make life harder on law abiding citizens.  Why five miles?  Is that a magic radius in which crazy killer urges will go away?  No, it’s not, because the sixth mile will make zero difference.  If a gun shop is 26,399 feet from a school, does that mean someone shopping there is more likely to go kill a bunch of kids than the guy shopping at a gun store 26,401 feet from a school?

Short answer:  No.

Long answer:  No, you fat-headed twat.

I’m sick of this ridiculous bullshit coming from the Obama campaign about this issue.  You can’t make a lifetime of political stances go away by playing the hunter card, or the self defense card, or whatever card.  Is it racist of me to mention cards, by the way?  Barack “Sweetie” Obama has a record that is clearly opposed to the rights of individuals to own guns.  His vice presidential pick is just as bad, if not worse.  The NRA is not some evil organization, and this “gun lobby” bullshit has got to stop, too.

So here it is, National Democrat Party (because local Democrats sometimes support gun rights):  If you want the gun owner vote, stop nominating anti-gun dickweeds.  It’s that simple.  For many of us the gun grabbing stance of Obama is enough in and of itself to be a dealbreaker.  Many, many, many of us, and a great deal of us didn’t like McCain to start with — with Palin as McCain’s VP nominee and Biden as Obama’s, you’ve pretty much put yourselves in a situation where gun owners are going to vote as a block against Obama.  There’s nothing racist about it, either, because Kerry was a white man and his gun control bullshit pissed us off, too.  (Oh and the elitism didn’t help.  “Where can I get me a huntin’ license?!” Seriously?!)

Stop nominating gun control supporting goofs, is all I’m saying.  And stop lying about it; we’re not stupid.

One month to go

Filed under: Sports — Adam @ 1:01 pm

My jersey is getting itchy.

The first home game for the Mississippi Seawolves is one month from today, on Friday, October 24th.  Right now, the Seawolves roster has 15 players, and according to a podcast with coach Walby, the goal is 20.  I’m not sure what Torry Gajda or Chris Cava are doing, but they’re two names that I’d like to see come back to fill out that 20.  Cey and Flamminio went to the CHL according to my Google-Fu, and Hurtubise, Menei, and a few others went to Europe to play.  A lot of really good players went over there — and that kind of stings a bit.

I’m not happy with us losing some of our players — I was even a pretty big fan of Morgan Cey, who was unpopular at times.  He had off nights through out the season but it wasn’t always his fault.  We were a mish-mash of a team, put together from scraps.  A lot of players managed to shine through that, and we even made it to playoffs.  I’m happy about every player we have coming back — Lisabeth remains my favorite player for a variety of reasons, Munce is one of the best goalies in the league, Tejchma always impressed me, and the rest are all good, strong players.  I’m pleased that we got Battaglia back, even if it doesn’t last.  He, along with Lisabeth and Cava, are two of the few players I remember from before Katrina took us out for two seasons.

Other than Cava and Gajda, I don’t have many hopes for us getting back any of the other remaining players from the last season; they’ve either already signed with us, or signed with someone else.  It also doesn’t look like we’re getting any of Texas’s great players — a few have signed with Florida, however.  At this point, I don’t know enough ECHL names that are out there to hope for — it seems like a lot of the names I remember as good players either went up a league (AHL, NHL), are with the same team, or went to Europe (I’m very salty about this).

With Columbia taking the season off,  Texas moving to California, and Pensacola folding, the division is drastically changed — we had nine teams last season.  This season we have six.  That doesn’t just change the game schedule (and it changed it something serious) and our team’s travel schedule, it also changes the run for playoffs.  I’m guessing instead of sending eight teams to playoffs, our division will only send four, making every game that much more important.  It’s no longer acceptible to be “not last” — now we’re going to have to fight to be at least fourth, preferably higher.  Interestingly, when Columbia comes back, both divisions of the American Conference will be equal with seven teams, assuming nothing else changes.  This kind of matches the National Conference, which has two divisions of five teams.

However, I wish the other teams in our division were closer.  I liked going to games in Pensacola (even if the fans there were sometimes infuriating), and I’d planned on going to a few Texas games this season.

I’m looking forward to putting on my replica jersey again and stepping into that arena.  I can smell it and feel it in my bones, and I can see the view of the gulf in my mind.  I look forward to hearing the national anthem again, too, live and in person.

September 4, 2008

Seriously, this is ridiculous.

Filed under: Politics — Adam @ 9:28 pm

The one thing I hate about political speeches, no matter who is giving them:  The constant interruptions for applause.

I know from experience that it can be exciting to see someone in person, and when the applause start, it’s tempting to join in (and sometimes irresistable).  But… unless someone says something absolutely amazingly insightful or inspiring, can’t it wait until the end?

I know, it’s a strange complaint because it’s so common, but… really.  Just wait, people.  Let the speaker flow.  I’d rather see great, articulate, well-flowing speeches than “Soundbyte, applause, soundbyte, applause” until the cows come home.

September 3, 2008

Oh hell yes.

Filed under: Sports — Adam @ 9:15 pm

Palin is speaking soon, but in the mean time: Today the Seawolves announced that they’ve signed Travis Lisabeth and Anthony Battaglia.

The picture I’m getting of our team so far is pretty promising.  October 24th cannot get here soon enough…