The NY Daily News Sportswriters Speak For Me
4 comments January 13th, 2008at 02:23pm Posted by Eli
I’ve quoted NY Daily News sportswriter Mike Lupica a bunch of times, but his coworker Filip Bondy has blogged a pretty good point of his own today:
I turned on the CBS pre-game show, NFL Today, and suddenly I was faced with a bunch of men wearing American flag pins in their lapels. If there hadn’t been a couple of African-American guys in on their conversation, I would have thought this was a Republican debate.
I immediately changed the channel, because nobody hates flag pins as much as I do. I already know I live in the U.S. Nobody needs to remind me. This is the only country in the whole world where rich, public personalities need to confirm their citizenry on a daily basis.
A-frickin’-men to that. I think it’s the same kind of overcompensation that leads men to get expensive sports cars…
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4 Comments
1. Cujo359 | January 13th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I’m not so sure. I’ve sometimes thought it would be fun to have a sports car. I’ve never felt that way about a lapel pin.
Looks like the Giants are up by a touchdown at the moment. Go Giants – whoever is playing the Cowboys has my undying loyalty.
2. Eli | January 13th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Plus it’s a lot easier to pick up women with a flashy sports car…
I think it’s going to be a shootout, but it’s hard for me to imagine the Giants winning with Romo and Owens at full strength, which they appear to be.
3. spocko | January 13th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Eli thought of you last week when I was in Vegas. I went to “Crazy Ely’s Internet Cafe” I tried to get a business card or something that had that name on it but they didn’t have anything other than the big sign out front. If I had something other than a camera phone with me I would have shot it for you.
Maybe next time I’m in Vegas…
4. Eli | January 14th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Heh. And I thought of you as I was reading Soon I Will Be Invincible, which was very good – thanks for the tip!