THE PATRIOTS WIN THE SUPERBOWL! THE PATRIOTS WIN THE SUPERBOWL! THE PATRIOTS WIN THE SUPERBOWL! Ok enough gloating, let's get on to the game but first, THE PATRIOTS WIN THE SUPERBOWL!
No matter the winner or loser in this game, it was the greatest Superbowl ever. Both teams played fantastic. Both teams made monumental screw ups. But in the end, Tom Brady proved why he is the greatest quarterback to ever play the game and Pete Carroll has to explain to a beyond pissed home crowd why he didn't give the ball to Billy Cole, wait that's The Last Boy Scout, I mean Marshawn Lynch, nicknamed "Beast Mode," to win the game from the one yard line.
I kind of get where he was coming from. Carroll wanted to have three shots at the end zone in case the first two failed, so he went for a quick slant which, as we all know now, resulted in an interception and the end of the game. In hindsight, giving the ball to Lynch three times was the better call, especially as he had one, possibly two, time outs left (I honestly can't remember and looking up such a trivial thing seems a waste).
My fiancée tried not to watch the game and put on an air of not caring, but she whooped louder than me when that interception came about. She told me later that she could feel me vibrating next to her in anticipation and didn't want to add to my stress. She's awesome. And so was this game.
I have watched every Superbowl since I can remember and no game had me on the edge of my seat like this one. They were up, they were down, they were up again, and then came the CATCH. Somehow, someway, a Seattle player made the most extraordinary catch, bobbling the ball up the in the air as he rolled on the ground, hitting it no less than three times before catching it. Worse, from the first angle, it totally looked like it hit the ground so I was thrilled at first until the announcer chimed in and showed it from a second angle that showed some extreme agility, blind luck, and for what appeared to be the second time, a game changing catch. At that moment, every Pats fan everywhere immediately flashed on the Giants game in 2011 where another miraculous catch happened as the player pinned the ball to his head as he fell over backwards, as if it was glued to him and causing the Patriots to end an otherwise perfect season. We are still bitter over that.
No one, and I mean NO ONE, thought this would be any different from the 2011 Superbowl loss as Lynch made it all the way to the one yard line. And then came the call, the one that would end the game and make The Butler Did it, a rallying cry in Boston, as number 21, rookie Malcolm Butler, made the game winning interception and sent the Seahawks packing. I watched that play fifty times, laughing ever time the receiver gets hip checked into no man's land as Butler cleanly catches the ball. On the sidelines, Brady jumped about as Richard Sherman, a hell of player by the way, mouthed the words "NNOOOOOOOO!" I loved it and instead of sadness champagne, I had celebration Champaign, as it was getting drunk either way. It tasted much better than 2011.
Number 51, Bruce Irvin, was ejected from the game for acting like a little bitch. After a penalty in the finals seconds ended any chance of a miracle win from Seahawks, Bruce Irvin started throwing punches at Gronk, big mistake as that man is a monster, ran away after Gronk tagged him good and hid behind a ref and then went after another, smaller player, throwing him onto the ground. Today he "apologized" as he said he was only protecting his team, but I watched that fight over and over again, and he was the aggressor every time. This is a lack of class. You lost, deal. On the flip side, I would like to point out that the reason Boston is one of the best cities on Earth, when we celebrate, no one gets hurt, no one attacks the cops, who truth be told do an excellent job at crowd control that every else should emulate (don't act like douches while preventing idiots from doing the same), and we behave like human beings and not drunken cats hissing and spitting at everyone. We win a lot so maybe we just act like it too.
And then there are the commercials which overall, I thought we're better than last years. Budweiser had another heart puller and Doritos nailed it with the airline seat commercial. One complaint that I and everyone else is wondering, when did Superbowl Sunday become some glum and depressing? We got treated to everyone's most hated commercial, Nationwide, where some kid is talking about all the ways he died due to negligent parents. What a bummer that I do NOT want while I am drinking and have a good time. Hey we know you're hammered but isn't now a good time to think about insurance and your kid dying from something stupid? NO! Can we have one freaking moment please where we can just have some fun?
The best of the best hands down was Danny Trejo as Marcia Brady which was hysterical. The above mentioned from Doritos and Budweiser and the ad for Chevrolet that made it seem as if the cable was going out got a hundred million people to held their breath for a second, riveted on the screen, which means you got everyone to pay attention. Kudos. Esurance did well with their two spots with Lindsey Lohan and Walter White and trailers for Jurassic World and Terminator were grabbers. The best trailer was for Ted 2 which showed them breaking into Tom Brady's house with hysterical results. Find that one on line. The Fiat ad with a lost Viagra was quite clever and Liam Nisson's video game ad was also really funny. They even had a tampon commercial for Always that was funny and female oriented without being crass.
The flip side had way to many somber ads with the only one that really worked was an actual 911 call tied to a PSA about domestic violence. I had heard this before as a woman orders a pizza to disguise the fact she is actually calling the police. Brilliant. Nationwide missed the mark, the target and the side of the barn with that super depressing ad about kid deaths. Christ, what a downer. Not the right time guys for this. Another ad for toe fungus was gross and a waste of four million as everyone ignored that ad good. Another one that some liked, and others like me thought sucked, was Nissan's With Dad commercial, which first off in no way shows off the car until the end, and then just barely at that, all the while playing Harry Chapin's Cats in the Cradle, who died in a car crash, while simultaneously showing car crashes during a NASCAR race. Tasteless and a waste of 12 million dollars.
So that's it. Defaltegate, Ball-ghazi or whatever you want to call it is over. The Patriots won fair and square this time so get over it because THE PATRIOTS WON THE SUPERBOWL! YEAH! Mother Nature must have known because a big snowstorm got a lot of people the day off today so celebrations continue. Look out 2015 because the Pats will be going back next year. Deal with them being one of the greatest football teams ever haters. They are here to stay.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Sunday, February 1, 2015
DOUCHEBAG OF THE WEEK: NEW ENGLAND PATRIOT HATERS!
In almost every show I watched this week that was topical (Daily Show, Bill Maher, even @Midnight), each contained some segment proclaiming the Patriots as the biggest cheaters on the planet, regardless of the fact that so far, no one on the team had been accused of deflating the balls and all evidence points either to atmospheric conditions or a giant ref fuck up as the culprits. I am so sick of this rush to judgment we have about EVERYTHING lately, reality be damned. Let's see those runner ups before I watch my team demolish the Seahawks, predicted final score 24-17 Pats. Go Pats and Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback of all time, bitches.
10)Governor Paul LePage- This ass is why I loathe Republicans. As food stamp fraud has been noted at less than 1%, of course the GOP would latch onto this as the reason this country is sinking further and further into debt which in no way is caused by super rich douchebags stealing everything not nailed down. All welfare recipients in the state of Maine now will have to get a job to keep getting food stamps, even though every single study says there are not enough jobs to go around, especially in a state like Maine. At least he allowed them volunteer 20 hours a week doing community service but as 12,000 people are at risk, it seems unlikely that that many volunteer jobs even exist. As food stamps keep economies afloat, it seems radically stupid to do this. Walmart would have been out of business years ago if not for the food stamp program for the customers AND employees considering the slave wages they pay. Half of the people have already been thrown off the roles, even as polls show at least 50% were diligently looking for work and couldn't find volunteer work the state would accept or even job training programs that every state touts but don't really have. Keep voting Republican guys until we are all in the poorhouse.
9)Loretta Lynch- Is it too much to ask to have an Attorney General who isn't a complete and total tool? I have to go back to my childhood to find one that didn't reek of corruption and the latest entry appears to be no better. Confirming the fact that if you a black woman in today's world, there is nothing you cannot do, even if in some cases they are completely unqualified, like here. She hasn't been given the job and I already hate her. During her confirmation hearing, she came up with the wholly unscientific theory that alcohol is safer then pot. She might as well have said she thinks climate change is a hoax, Obama is from Kenya and salt water chases away the thirsties. I mean how much dumber can you be to not accept a scientific fact and yet you want to be the most powerful lawyer in the country? You suck, Lynch and I have a feeling your tenure will be no better than your last few predecessors.
8)Cynthia Anderson- This waste of human space should prove popular for her inevitable prison stay for something so heinous, I seriously would like her to be put to death for it. For some inane reason, she tried to bring a three week old puppy on board a plane with her two older Dobermans. She had pawned two puppies off on her parents but for some unexplained reason, not the third. When she was told she could not board the plane due to the puppy being too young to fly, she went into the bathroom and drowned it. She was arrested soon after and, thankfully, the other two dogs will have to find a better home. She was released on bail and then re-arrested after it was discovered she had a felony warrant in FL for Grand Theft. The 56 year old looks like she is 90, so I am guessing meth or heroin or some combination therein. I would have hoped for a good raping in prison but this washed up hag would sandpaper a man's penis right off. I hope she rots.
7)Go Daddy- Speaking of puppies, Go Daddy continued their slide into terrible commercial ideas by revoking this one before it ever aired. It was going to spoof an adorable ad by Budweiser this year about a puppy who gets locked in a horse trailer and has to find his way home. It's awesome. Go Daddy did the same, even having a similar looking, golden lab puppy getting separated from his family and overcoming all sorts of obstacles to make it home only to be sold on Go Daddy the minute he walks through the door. Yuck said everyone on Earth, they were forced to pull the ad days before the Super Bowl and I am curious to see what they air in its place. This was a costly error done by people who really need a new ad campaign, and most likely, a new ad company as well.
6)Man Spreaders- In NYC lately, there has been a rash of entitled douchebags who take up two seats on the subway just because. They don't care if those standing are 107, pregnant, female or even crippled. Tough they say as they spread their legs as wide as possible, taking up as much space as a douchebag can. This is being an ass for no good reason. Learn some fucking manners already.
5)Iran- For all the talk about how bad Israel is and how they are racist against Arabs should take along hard look at this latest threat and ask yourself how sympathetic would you be? Iranian military leaders, along with proxy army Hezbollah, put out pictures of Benjamin Netanyahu's kids with cross-hairs over their faces along with publishing personal information about them. If you really want to start an out war Iran, by all means go through with your threat. How long before Bibi sends hot death raining down on your cities? This is the same country which many say would never use nukes, nor even want them, regardless of the facts that say both are misguided against reality. If something ever does happen to the PM's children, expect Iran and Hezbollah to be wiped from the face of the Earth soon after.
4)Koch Brothers- These assholes have done a full court press this week as big as the Patriot cheater nonsense to prove how great they are and its only democrats gripping about them. Sour grapes we have been told. Philanthropists say others. And while there is some truth to both of those, the facts remain that the Koch brothers are attempting to create an oligarchy or even a fascist state, like the industrialists tried to do back in 1933 and failed. They want a serf class and all the money funneled upward, poor people be damned. This is what the GOP stands for people and if you do not believe me, just look at what they have accomplished for their first month in power. Ending environmental standards, rolling back gay rights and abortion, and now, ending Obamacare, as if that has a snowballs chance in hell of passing. Obama will veto that baby right back to hell where it belongs. Obamacare needs to be fixed, not eliminated and the screaming GOP STILL have no plan to replace it, just like they have no jobs plan, no climate plan, no reality, NO PLANS FOR ANYTHING, at least nothing that doesn't affect the 1%. These guys are literally killing us and most of you out there support it. Sigh.
3)Celebrities going to jail- Two high profile are in trouble this week and neither is big shocker. Lindsey Lohan has 138 hours of community service this week to complete and she looks to not be capable of doing anything close to that. She has claimed her "illness," chickungunya, very rare in this country and mostly found in developing countries, has kept her from doing community work. I wonder if the whole diagnosis is made up by some quack doctor she paid to get out of doing any of this. The judge seems similarly skeptical and may put Lindsey back in jail. Definitely going to jail however, is Suge Knight, which is really no big surprise. He still produces loathsome "gangsta" rap which is no better than music about Hitler or hanging black people and has served time in the past. Now he is being accused of running over an acquaintance and fleeing the scene. He has claimed to being pursued by a rival gang, but eye witness testimony says different. Back to prison he goes, it appears. Neither or you will be missed.
2)Comcast- I will be getting their lovely customer service soon after Charter (which I love) gets taken over by these assholes. Horror stories abound of being kept on hold for hours while attempting to cancel service, rude customer service people and a general disregard for manners. Now comes word that after a spat with customers, some have renamed them things like "asshole brown," "whore," and "bitch" on their bills. Needless to say the customers were unamused and yet again, this waste of a company treats their customers like douchebags. I may be one of these people soon if they screw up as royally here as everywhere else in the country. Direct TV here I come.
1)Patriot haters- We get it. You don't like the Pats. The reason why is sour grapes guys because they are one the most awesome teams EVER and even though they got caught in a minor cheating scandal some years back, have won time and time again by simply being better. This time, everyone has decided the Patriots are cheaters again after Ball-ghazi reared it's ugly head. Nevermind the fact there is ZERO proof that the Pats did anything wrong and plenty to suggest other less nefarious explanations, everyone from Larry Wilmore to Jon Stewart to Bill Maher have all claimed the Patriots as cheaters which has as much validity as the whole "hands up, don't shoot," scenario which also didn't happen. When did facts not matter to anyone on the right, left or center? Rachel Maddow showed it was impossible to alter 11 balls in a bathroom in 90 seconds. There is no video or audio evidence suggesting the Pats altered the balls. But everyone is sure of this because, in their hearts they know, KNOW, the Patriots cheated, have always cheated and will continue to cheat because there is no other explanation why they are such a powerful team. This ignored the facts that Tom Brady is the best quarterback of all times and Bill Belichick is one of the greatest coaches. No that can't be it, say the idiot masses, they must be cheating because our teams keep sucking year after year. Surely it doesn't matter that their quarterback is either 56 years old or a rookie who was drafted in round 178 and the coach has a losing record for his entire stay, it because the Pats are cheaters. Yeah that's it. So congratulations Patriots haters, enjoy what I hope will be an epic blowout by Brady and revel in your status as douchebag of the week.
10)Governor Paul LePage- This ass is why I loathe Republicans. As food stamp fraud has been noted at less than 1%, of course the GOP would latch onto this as the reason this country is sinking further and further into debt which in no way is caused by super rich douchebags stealing everything not nailed down. All welfare recipients in the state of Maine now will have to get a job to keep getting food stamps, even though every single study says there are not enough jobs to go around, especially in a state like Maine. At least he allowed them volunteer 20 hours a week doing community service but as 12,000 people are at risk, it seems unlikely that that many volunteer jobs even exist. As food stamps keep economies afloat, it seems radically stupid to do this. Walmart would have been out of business years ago if not for the food stamp program for the customers AND employees considering the slave wages they pay. Half of the people have already been thrown off the roles, even as polls show at least 50% were diligently looking for work and couldn't find volunteer work the state would accept or even job training programs that every state touts but don't really have. Keep voting Republican guys until we are all in the poorhouse.
9)Loretta Lynch- Is it too much to ask to have an Attorney General who isn't a complete and total tool? I have to go back to my childhood to find one that didn't reek of corruption and the latest entry appears to be no better. Confirming the fact that if you a black woman in today's world, there is nothing you cannot do, even if in some cases they are completely unqualified, like here. She hasn't been given the job and I already hate her. During her confirmation hearing, she came up with the wholly unscientific theory that alcohol is safer then pot. She might as well have said she thinks climate change is a hoax, Obama is from Kenya and salt water chases away the thirsties. I mean how much dumber can you be to not accept a scientific fact and yet you want to be the most powerful lawyer in the country? You suck, Lynch and I have a feeling your tenure will be no better than your last few predecessors.
8)Cynthia Anderson- This waste of human space should prove popular for her inevitable prison stay for something so heinous, I seriously would like her to be put to death for it. For some inane reason, she tried to bring a three week old puppy on board a plane with her two older Dobermans. She had pawned two puppies off on her parents but for some unexplained reason, not the third. When she was told she could not board the plane due to the puppy being too young to fly, she went into the bathroom and drowned it. She was arrested soon after and, thankfully, the other two dogs will have to find a better home. She was released on bail and then re-arrested after it was discovered she had a felony warrant in FL for Grand Theft. The 56 year old looks like she is 90, so I am guessing meth or heroin or some combination therein. I would have hoped for a good raping in prison but this washed up hag would sandpaper a man's penis right off. I hope she rots.
7)Go Daddy- Speaking of puppies, Go Daddy continued their slide into terrible commercial ideas by revoking this one before it ever aired. It was going to spoof an adorable ad by Budweiser this year about a puppy who gets locked in a horse trailer and has to find his way home. It's awesome. Go Daddy did the same, even having a similar looking, golden lab puppy getting separated from his family and overcoming all sorts of obstacles to make it home only to be sold on Go Daddy the minute he walks through the door. Yuck said everyone on Earth, they were forced to pull the ad days before the Super Bowl and I am curious to see what they air in its place. This was a costly error done by people who really need a new ad campaign, and most likely, a new ad company as well.
6)Man Spreaders- In NYC lately, there has been a rash of entitled douchebags who take up two seats on the subway just because. They don't care if those standing are 107, pregnant, female or even crippled. Tough they say as they spread their legs as wide as possible, taking up as much space as a douchebag can. This is being an ass for no good reason. Learn some fucking manners already.
5)Iran- For all the talk about how bad Israel is and how they are racist against Arabs should take along hard look at this latest threat and ask yourself how sympathetic would you be? Iranian military leaders, along with proxy army Hezbollah, put out pictures of Benjamin Netanyahu's kids with cross-hairs over their faces along with publishing personal information about them. If you really want to start an out war Iran, by all means go through with your threat. How long before Bibi sends hot death raining down on your cities? This is the same country which many say would never use nukes, nor even want them, regardless of the facts that say both are misguided against reality. If something ever does happen to the PM's children, expect Iran and Hezbollah to be wiped from the face of the Earth soon after.
4)Koch Brothers- These assholes have done a full court press this week as big as the Patriot cheater nonsense to prove how great they are and its only democrats gripping about them. Sour grapes we have been told. Philanthropists say others. And while there is some truth to both of those, the facts remain that the Koch brothers are attempting to create an oligarchy or even a fascist state, like the industrialists tried to do back in 1933 and failed. They want a serf class and all the money funneled upward, poor people be damned. This is what the GOP stands for people and if you do not believe me, just look at what they have accomplished for their first month in power. Ending environmental standards, rolling back gay rights and abortion, and now, ending Obamacare, as if that has a snowballs chance in hell of passing. Obama will veto that baby right back to hell where it belongs. Obamacare needs to be fixed, not eliminated and the screaming GOP STILL have no plan to replace it, just like they have no jobs plan, no climate plan, no reality, NO PLANS FOR ANYTHING, at least nothing that doesn't affect the 1%. These guys are literally killing us and most of you out there support it. Sigh.
3)Celebrities going to jail- Two high profile are in trouble this week and neither is big shocker. Lindsey Lohan has 138 hours of community service this week to complete and she looks to not be capable of doing anything close to that. She has claimed her "illness," chickungunya, very rare in this country and mostly found in developing countries, has kept her from doing community work. I wonder if the whole diagnosis is made up by some quack doctor she paid to get out of doing any of this. The judge seems similarly skeptical and may put Lindsey back in jail. Definitely going to jail however, is Suge Knight, which is really no big surprise. He still produces loathsome "gangsta" rap which is no better than music about Hitler or hanging black people and has served time in the past. Now he is being accused of running over an acquaintance and fleeing the scene. He has claimed to being pursued by a rival gang, but eye witness testimony says different. Back to prison he goes, it appears. Neither or you will be missed.
2)Comcast- I will be getting their lovely customer service soon after Charter (which I love) gets taken over by these assholes. Horror stories abound of being kept on hold for hours while attempting to cancel service, rude customer service people and a general disregard for manners. Now comes word that after a spat with customers, some have renamed them things like "asshole brown," "whore," and "bitch" on their bills. Needless to say the customers were unamused and yet again, this waste of a company treats their customers like douchebags. I may be one of these people soon if they screw up as royally here as everywhere else in the country. Direct TV here I come.
1)Patriot haters- We get it. You don't like the Pats. The reason why is sour grapes guys because they are one the most awesome teams EVER and even though they got caught in a minor cheating scandal some years back, have won time and time again by simply being better. This time, everyone has decided the Patriots are cheaters again after Ball-ghazi reared it's ugly head. Nevermind the fact there is ZERO proof that the Pats did anything wrong and plenty to suggest other less nefarious explanations, everyone from Larry Wilmore to Jon Stewart to Bill Maher have all claimed the Patriots as cheaters which has as much validity as the whole "hands up, don't shoot," scenario which also didn't happen. When did facts not matter to anyone on the right, left or center? Rachel Maddow showed it was impossible to alter 11 balls in a bathroom in 90 seconds. There is no video or audio evidence suggesting the Pats altered the balls. But everyone is sure of this because, in their hearts they know, KNOW, the Patriots cheated, have always cheated and will continue to cheat because there is no other explanation why they are such a powerful team. This ignored the facts that Tom Brady is the best quarterback of all times and Bill Belichick is one of the greatest coaches. No that can't be it, say the idiot masses, they must be cheating because our teams keep sucking year after year. Surely it doesn't matter that their quarterback is either 56 years old or a rookie who was drafted in round 178 and the coach has a losing record for his entire stay, it because the Pats are cheaters. Yeah that's it. So congratulations Patriots haters, enjoy what I hope will be an epic blowout by Brady and revel in your status as douchebag of the week.
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