When did we become such a nation of whiners? Of divisive, sniveling, cry babies? Are we all doomed to be wimps? Do we let one or two nay-sayers call the shots for us all?
Today's "News Item That Gets My Goat" is yet another act by the Thought Police: Let's outlaw "thoughtless and abusive" athletic team names legislation authored by OK Senator Judy McIntyre. Seriously, guys, does anyone with half a brain really care? Does my Indian heritage feel offended by the use of "Redskins" or "Savages" for football teams? Absolutely not! Does my Irish heritage feel slighted at the nickname, "Fighting Irish?" Nooooo! Being the daughter of an almost-full-blood German, I'll be the first to proudly call myself a Kraut.
Next thing ya know, it'll be illegal to say one was "scalped" when ripped off. What's next?
What does irk me is commercials that instill the feeling of unfairness over athletic team names. "I feel your pain," one commercial says. Honey, you do not feel the pain in my arse that you personally created. It annoys me that schools succumb to the pressure to change team names.
However, in the spirit of good will, I have come up with some alternate names for those schools who have "offensive and racially insulting" team names:
Bluebells
Pansys
Rosebuds
Yellow Bellied Warblers
Cream Puffs
Fairies
Tinker Bells
Cupids
Cottonelles
Girlie Boys
C'mon, people, Grow Up!
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11 years ago
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Oooo I choose rosebuds and yellow-bellied warblers! They'll be in the Superbowl next year.
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