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Michael Vick's Dogs Have Wines Named After Them
SALT LAKE CITY -- Georgia, Handsome Dan, Curly and other pit bulls rescued from Michael Vick's dogfighting operation are getting a shot at fame as stars of a line of boutique red wines. The Vicktory Dogs Wine Collection features colourful portraits of 22 dogs confiscated from Vick's Bad Newz Kennels that now live at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in southern Utah. "As a signature collection, it's through the roof," said Matt Hahn, co-owner of Carivintas Winery, a Southern California company that combines wine selling and philanthropy. Each bottle includes a portrait of one of the dogs on the label. On the back, instead of a description of the wine, there's a brief story about each four-legged friend... Ten per cent of each sale goes to Best Friends. The money will be used to oppose dog fighting around the country and to fight laws that target specific dog breeds.
At first I wasn't sure if I liked the idea of this. You could make a case I suppose that the winery is just exploiting the dogs for profit. And it is sort of piling on Michael Vick who's wallowing in enough misery, though he's not exactly the most sympathetic figure around. And as much as I like dogs, you've to chuckle at how the labels make the dogs look like cuddly little stuffed animals, even though this particular bunch are born, raised and trained killers who leave pieces of guys like me in little brown piles in the backyard. Still, I've warmed up to the idea. It's a nice little reminder that these critters were victims of the worst sort of abuse. And I think this idea could catch on. We could make a wine varietal for everyone who's been wronged in the world of sports. "Kobe Bryant Rape Victim Red." "Marvin Harrison Shooting Victim Merlot." "Duke Lacrosse Team Witchhunt White." You've got to admit, it's a much better idea than that crap they were selling with Manny on the label.
Rate This Speech
I know this is old, but I'd never seen it before. This may have to go down as one of the greatest speeches of our generation. I mean this old bastard had me eating out of his hand the entire time. I couldn’t tell whether he was ready to die (1:04 mark) or getting ready to drop another Barbaric on my ass. Regardless, I’m totally going to start dropping random Barbaric bombs in the middle of my everyday speech from now on. That will keep people guessing. You don’t want to sign that advertising contract? BARBARIC!
- Thanks to Jay for the video
Church Issues 7-Day Sex Challenge For Married Couples; I'll Take the Under
DALLAS—The pastor of a mega-church says he will challenge married congregants during his sermon Sunday to have sex for seven straight days -- and he plans to practice what he preaches. "We're going to give it a try," said the Rev. Ed Young, who has four children with his wife of 26 years. Young, 47, said he believes society promotes promiscuity and he wants to reclaim sex for married couples. "God says sex should be between a married man and a woman," Young said. "I think it's one of the greatest things you can do for your kids because so goes the marriage, so goes the family." Young said he will deliver his seven-day sex challenge while sitting on a bed in front of his Dallas-area church campus.
As somebody once said, “Bahahaha!” 7 days in a row for a married couple to have sex? What is this a Mormon Church? If not than this guy is fucking nuts. I mean am I reading this wrong? It says “married couples" right? Come on dude, Jordan's Furniture wouldn't issue a challenge this impossible. Forget 7 days in a row, how about we just start with 7 days in a month. That sounds a little more reasonable.. although it's still probably a stretch especially if the guy is a degenerate and Youporn still works on his laptop.
The World of Competitive Puppeteering Is Getting Ugly
The below video one pupeteer 's response to being called out by another puppeteer on his puppeteer blog.
First of all somebody just won a ton of cash betting yes on the "Would the Stool talk about Puppeteering on the Blog this week" prop bet. Anyway if I’ve said it once I’ve said it a million times. Puppeteering isn’t for the faint of heart. Sure it would be nice to live in a fantasy world where puppeteers don’t criticize fellow puppeteers, but this is the real world. Bottom line is that with so much fame and fortune on the line there is bound to be jealousy. Mix in the 24/7 media coverage and it’s just a wonder this doesn’t happen more often.
PS - Was I the only one waiting for something really bad to happen when he showed the 9 dollar puppet for the first time? I'm not even sure what I thought was going to go down, but it seemed like all puppet hell was about to break loose.
- thanks to Seve for the tip I guess?
Two Boston Coeds/Erotic dancers...Need furniture!
two coeds/erotic dancers...need furniture!
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Two coeds, 21 and 22 yrs old, pic inserted, we do erotic dance/girl/girl shows (bisexual), massages...we need furniture, TVs...pretty much everything...so if you have something to trade, let us know. OH, private shows only, we don't do parties.
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- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
Craigslist may have outlawed Prostitution, but there is no rule outlawing trading lap dances for furniture and nor should there be. I mean this is as American as trading baseball cards. Regardless before you run out and swap your couch for a 2 for 1 dance special let me just give a quick word of warning. Not that I want to be the Grinch here, but something just doesn't feel right. Seriously if you have bodies like these two coeds and you're in the erotic dance business, shouldn't you be able to afford your own furniture without too much problem? I mean this would kind of be like Tom Brady posting an ad on Craigslist offering to play catch with you in exchange for a coffee table. It probably isn't really Tom Brady. So I guess what I'm saying is just make sure you get the lap dance before you load the furniture onto a truck. Just trying to look out for my people, that's all.
- Thanks to Mike for the tip
The Media Hates Randy Moss
You know what my new biggest pet peeve is? Listening to every announcer in the country talk about Randy Moss and his bad attitude every week. I swear that ever since Brady went down, all we hear about is how frustrated he must be and how it’s only a matter of time before he quits on the team. The only problem is that it’s total and complete fiction. But that doesn’t stop Chris Collinsworth and the rest of the Anti Patriot media from bashing him every chance they get. It’s almost like they are watching a different guy. Because all I’ve seen for the past two years is somebody who plays hard and will do whatever he is asked to do to help the team. A guy who gets the crowd going on the sidelines when the Pats are on defense. A guy who is the first to celebrate when his teammates score a TD. A guy who is blocking 40 yards down fucking field on a screen pass in a game where he has zero catches and the Pats are losing 24-6 . Does that seem like a guy who is taking plays off or ready to quit on his team? Give me a fucking break already! So my question is when is enough enough? I feel like Moss could be the perfect teammate here for the next decade and the media will still treat him like he plays for the Raiders. Give it a fucking rest already. He is not T.O. Yeah he had problems in Oakland but who doesn’t? I mean even Troy Brown would be selfish as a Raider.
Reader Email: Big Daddy Smooth Reveals Himself!
(A young Big Daddy Smooth in line for tickets to the 1986 NBA Finals. Love the hat)
Reader Email
To Whom It May Concern:
I AM Big Daddy Smooth and I am enclosing some pictures for you. I appreciate the attention, but all I am is a sports fan. I live and die with the teams and go to as many games as I possibly can.
The first picture is an old newspaper clipping. I waited in line 2 days for the Celtics 1986 Championship game. My greatest claim to fame is the Celtics let me be the last fan to leave the Boston Garden prior to its closing.
The second and third pictures are from Green Bay when the Pats played there a couple of years ago. Green Bay has the friendliest fans, with Pittsburg running a close second. The only fans that I ever came across that were truly assholes were in Indy.
Look at the picture with Dr. J and Daryl Dawkins.
The last picture is in Tampa at a Bucs game with Billy G and Jimmy G.
To let you know, my real nickname is Doc and if anyone ever wants to take me to a game and has great seats, you can reach me at doclively@msn.com.
Sincerely,
Doc
aka Big Daddy Smooth
I knew it was only a matter of time until Big Daddy Smooth would reveal himself! I kind of liked it when he was shrouded in mystery, but you knew that couldn't go on forever. But what I didn’t know is that he’d drop the bombshell that he was the last fan to leave the Garden before it closed. Somehow that makes perfect sense. He must have been crying like a baby when he was finally asked to leave. Anyway if anybody has great seats and wants to take Big Daddy Smooth to a game drop him a line and he’ll be on your front doorstep before you can bat an eyelash. But remember only contact him if you have great seats. None of this upper deck bullshit.
PS - Big Daddy Smooth sent me a 2nd email in which he said he wants to get into movies and asked if I had any connections. Unfortunately I don't, but can somebody help a brother out? I mean breaking into Hollywood doesn't seem like a tough request for somebody of his stature.
B's Blog - Milan Lucic Is An Animal!
(Editors Note: - El Pres now taking ideas for a Milan Lucic shirt. Fucking love this guy. I'm officially on the B's bandwagon)
What more do you want? The local team plays a heated rival. It's a battle for first place. And the locals kick their ass. The squad's tough guy even crushes the rival's bad guy. Sorry Pats fans, not tonight.
The Bs continued their "kick ass" tour, by racking up three straight victories in the last week, leading the NE Division after whacking the Sabres, Hawks, and Habs, while giving up a mere three goals in the process.
Not to mention, they just might just be sporting the elusive "two-headed goalie monster" in the process. Beware, NHL. Beware.
The bottom line is that you gotta earn your respect back...and the Bruins are doing that. In the shadows of the Celts, Sox, and Pats, the Bs got a ways to go. Yet, to anyone paying attention, they're doing just that.
Winners of 7 of their last 8, the Bs put a numerical and physical beatdown on the Habs last night, snagging a 6-1 thrashing. The game not only excised some regular season demons, but also gave a clean flushing to the team as a whole. It also comes on the heels of Saturday's extinguishing of the Sabres and Wednesday's P.J. Axelssson-infused SO flushing of the Hawks.
One game does not a season make. But one game can certainly transform a season. And last night's game just may have done that. Rather than look at the Habs as the bully older brother, the Bruins now envision them as just six other guys, exemplified by the Serbian Nightmare's much-delayed pummelling of Montreal D-man Mike Komisarek in the 3rd period. But the message is clear---the division is up for grabs and the Bs are for real.
In the pipes, Manny Fernandez, after Saturday's shutdown versus Buffalo and last night's sharp effort against his hometown team, is rounding into form as the fort-holder he was a few years back; a resurgence that can only be seen as a plus with this roster, particularly given the play of Tank Thomas.
The team is rolling four steady lines (see last night's scoring line) and firing on all cylinders. It's also playing .750 hockey. Bottom line: Pay fucking attention to this team. They're the real deal right now.
- Rear Admiral
Australians Try New Approach To Revive Struggling Economy
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian holiday resort will hold a month-long, nude "anything goes" party to combat an expected economic downturn, media reports said on Thursday. "Tough economic times call for stiff measures," Tony Fox (above), the owner of the White Cockatoo resort in Mossman, in tropical Queensland state, told the Courier-Mail newspaper. "It will be a hedonism resort, where anything goes for a month. It doesn't take rocket science to work out what it means," Fox said, naming March as the risque party month. Australia's tourism industry is being hit hard by global economic turmoil with official figures showing a 7.6 percent decline in overseas visitors in September.
Hey, I always thought the only way out of a recession was tax cuts for the rich? But Not-so-fast! It seems the Aussie’s approach is simply to bang their way out of a recession. Interesting theory. I mean if I’m reading this right, they’re basically taking Rodney’s advice from the end of Caddyshack (“Hey, everybody, we’re all gonna get laid!”) and applying it to real life. Yes I know it’s “anything goes”, but look at this place (see above). Is that Hedonism or the North End Pool? Nobody's going to sign up for this shit, not even me. The bottom line is sure, all month-long sexual-free-for-alls sound good on paper, but rarely do they play out in reality.
Boston College Community Outraged over School's Relationship with Victoria Secret
Bostonherald.com - Boston College’s merchandising deal with racy lingerie peddler Victoria’s Secret is raising ire on campus and among the conservative, Catholic school’s alumni. “It’s disgraceful and appalling,” said Boston College graduate C.J. Doyle, who runs the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts. “This is just one more example of the university’s callous contempt for Catholic sensibilities and its complete indifference to what remains of its Catholic identity.” Since July, Victoria’s Secret stores have been selling university-themed clothing from 33 schools with strong name recognition. The Collegiate Licensing Co. is a partner and has arranged for some of the revenue to get passed on to the schools. The universities of Minnesota and North Carolina have already pulled out of the deal, in part because they did not want their brand associated with the retailer.“There is no way that we want that (BC) logo to be interpreted as ‘We OK the sexualization of women,’ ” said Sharlene Hesse-Biber, director of the Women’s Studies Center at Boston College, about the products. BC spokesman Jack Dunn said the school was “very selective” when it agreed to let Victoria’s Secret sell BC sweatshirts, sweatpants, T-shirts and flip-flops as part of the racy chain’s youth-oriented Pink line.
See this is why I love the Superfans. And by love I mean hate. They always try to act so fucking high and mighty. Like their shit doesn’t stink. But you take your eyes off them for a second and they're signing deals with Victoria Secret, backstabbing the Big East, running gambling rings on campus, and being voted the school with the most STD’s by Trojan Condoms. Yet they still act like they operate on a higher moral standard than other colleges. It makes me want to puke. Seriously give the superiority complex a rest already. You’re just like every other college with an average football team and students who were too dumb to get into an Ivy League college. Now do me a favor and send me some Superfan sluts dressed in Victoria Secret lingerie for smokeshow of the day to redeem yourselves.
You sound like a Jets fans el prez. Lighten up.
what is this world coming too? so do these alumni groups assume that bc girls are walking around in fucking granny panties?
pres -- Stop doubling spacing after periods. That's for mono-spaced fonts which haven't been used regularly in about 20 years. Read a book called 'The Computer Is Not a Typewriter' by Robin Williams (not the actor).
Ice Cream Man
You would know a lot about periods, since you apparently are having yours right now. Fucking guy.
Hilarious though. As a Jew, the Catholic school girl thing is even better, especially if they are wearing a cross.
Ice Cream Man
You would know a lot about periods, since you apparently are having yours right now. Fucking guy.
— Bruschimancrush, Nov 14 2008, 11:04 am
... Dude. Honestly -- embarrassing. Period joke, really? Are you going to give me a swirly and steal my lunch money, too?
most BC girls are sluts anyways. probably with crabs they got from their uncle.
— UserError, Nov 14 2008, 10:53 am
Way to go. Make girls feel bad about being sluts, so they're less likely to become one. idiot.
Welp Scrizroll is a clown seeing as that was one of the funniest things ive read including BC being voted by Trojan as the college most likely to get a STD at. It used to be Slutgers. Ice Cream Man in every accredited college or university the correct way to type or post anything is with two spaces after a period. But, then again you are an ice cream man and God knows you dont even need to finish elementary school for that.
'Catholic Values?' - Obviously these guys are talking about alter boys impaled on a priests johnson? Please. What a fucking joke. Not a single one of these hypocrites would pass up on a piece of cooze like that and they know it.
Ice Cream Man
Two spaces after a period is actually the proper and the correct way...dont argue with it, just let it be
Ice Cream Man, you're on fire today. Any particular reason?
Almost as embarrasing as commenting on hitting the spacebar twice after each period, which everyone does. Oh is this when you come backa nd say "well maybe uneducated people like you" and in response I say, no, just everyone except your nerdy D&D friends. And when you cannot think of anything to say back, just don't comment. Like after this I'm done, because all you have done on this blog is hate on 3 different people. Fucking hater.
I was gonna say what everyone else says about it being right, but seeing as I'm an accountant I had to confirm. Yeah pretty sure every teacher at every university Ive been to, including grad school, said two spaces. Done.
Still believin in the Pats.
Do Minnesota and North Carolina have a superiority complex as well? Maybe being associated with Victoria Secret is just a bad message the school is sending. Stop hating on BC cause you probably caught a beatdown from some kid there.
In the past few years BC has become one of the premiere athletic programs in the country. Now they are signing deals with Victoria Secret. Talk about taking over the world.
Ice Cream Man
Two spaces after a period is actually the proper and the correct way...dont argue with it, just let it be
— bosox08, Nov 14 2008, 11:07 am
You're wrong. It's fine or whatever, just telling you. It's just the incorrect, archaic way of doing things. I'm sorry you're an enormous idiot. Don't get mad. Just trying to add a little high-brow chit chat.
Ice Cream Man, you're on fire today. Any particular reason?
— CptKangarooBalls, Nov 14 2008, 11:08 am
Slow at work.
ice cream man, go cunt up some other blog, you whiney bitch.
Sharlene Hesse-Biber, director of the Women’s Studies Center.
this bitch has to be horrendous.
Jesus Fucking Christ.
First of all, C.J. Doyle doesn't speak for BC. I don't know how that idiot graduated in the first place, but he still thinks Catholics are a persecuted minority or something. He also looks like this: http://massresistancewatch.blogspot.com/2006/07/its-bird-its-plane-no-its-another.html
Second, this is a non-issue unless these shorts are used for gay sex or to clean up after an abortion.
Finally, two spaces after a period (and a colon for that matter) used to be, and in some cases still is, correct. I still do it. It's how I was taught, but it comes from the days of manual typesetting and typewriters. In advertising and other modern (computer) typesetting, it's one space.
Wow you have to be retarded or that much of a fuck up that youre so positive its the incorrect way. Try to pass that shit to any teacher in high school, college, or grad school and they'll tell you youre a retard and deserve to be (a loser) an ice cream man. If you can show me exactly where it says that one space is the correct way (preferably Doc Hawking since he's the smartest human ever) in anything besides one book some schmuck wrote that shares a name with a coked out comedian I'm all ears buddy.
Sharlene Hesse-Biber, director of the Women’s Studies Center.
this bitch has to be horrendous.
— ShadyLady, Nov 14 2008, 11:15 am
Yep. Pretty horrendous. But what womens studies proessor isn't a man hating hosebag?
If Hawking is so smart, how come he can't walk?
So none of these schools knew they had a deal in place to do business with Victoria's Secret?
Jesus look at that Hesse broads teeth. Getting your cock sucked by her would be like fucking a pencil sharpener.
Sharlene Hesse-Biber, director of the Women’s Studies Center.
this bitch has to be horrendous.
— ShadyLady, Nov 14 2008, 11:15 am
Also, what beaten down man married that cunt?
I'm willing to bet his last name is Hesse-Biber too.
Wow you have to be retarded or that much of a fuck up that youre so positive its the incorrect way. Try to pass that shit to any teacher in high school, college, or grad school and they'll tell you youre a retard and deserve to be (a loser) an ice cream man. If you can show me exactly where it says that one space is the correct way (preferably Doc Hawking since he's the smartest human ever) in anything besides one book some schmuck wrote that shares a name with a coked out comedian I'm all ears buddy.
— nturelli, Nov 14 2008, 11:18 am
Not a problem, dumb dumb -- http://www.amazon.com/Pc-Not-Typewriter-Robin-Williams/dp/0938151495
Gimme a call and let me know how that humble pie tastes, shit bag.
hahahaha
he clearly cant fix that shit he's no medical doc. I'm catholic and ashamed to be because of what C.J. Doyle looks like. But, that broad forrrrr sure mucks bin on the reg.
26-7 that's my point. what makes it funny is she went the extra mile and got a hyphenated last name. dizzy cunt.
The only thing "disgraceful and appaling" is the Boston chicks. That's what she's mad at.
I would've thought VS would've pulled out of the deal when they saw how shitty the fat, boston chicks looked in their clothes.
Sorry, I mis-read and just posted the link to that book again -- read this instead
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typespacing/a/onetwospaces.htm
In other breaking news DanaBible just launched a succesful new clothing line featuring officially licensed BC merchandise.
Popped Collars for Pussies is sure to turn high profits in Chestnut Hill.
It's funny how for all the same reasons you hate the "Superfans" you love the second-place "Pats."
nturelli, please stop talking about punctuation. YOU'RE making yourself look like a complete idiot.
I have to be honest, I expected Hesse to look ALOT worse. I was expecting obesity, boy's regular haircut, etc.
Ice Cream man. Shut the fuck up. I like doing things my way. When there is a law passed about it let me know. Otherwise, I'll politely ask you to shit in a hat.
The most ridiculous online argument I've EVER encountered. Thanks
What the fuck is a Catholic Action League?
It's not her appearance that makes me wretch, but my imagination running wild about her personality. I hope she pisses standing up.
Oh and to anyone who is dumb enough to disagree, like that article says -- just pickup any fucking book, newspaper or magazine... ON EARTH. Morons.
Ice Cream man. Shut the fuck up. I like doing things my way. When there is a law passed about it let me know. Otherwise, I'll politely ask you to shit in a hat.
The most ridiculous online argument I've EVER encountered. Thanks
— Jigs, Nov 14 2008, 11:27
As long as you acknowledge your idiocy and the fact that you're going about things incorrectly, I take no issue with that,
Ice Cream Man - please stop. You getting this worked up about two spaces after a period is so retarded - I wonder how you function from day to day. If you're right, I'm really happy for you - but you're an asshole for arguing about it.
Tailgating for BC football is some of the lamest in the nation
Yeah Ice Cream Man, it's not about you being right or wrong, it's you being a douche for actually pointing it out. (Look, 2 spaces..oh no!) Get a life dude.
What the fuck is a Catholic Action League?
— Munson, Roy E., Nov 14 2008, 11:27 am
A group of drunken superheroes with way too many kids.
are you that simple Icecreaman?
You want to know why books and magazines are 1 space after a period? MONEY. If books and magazines used 2 spaces, it your require them to be significantly longer, and would raise publishing costs by a noticeable amount.
2 spaces is the correct method until money fueled publishers made it one to save some coin
elpresidente,
Can you please triple space after periods for the rest of the day so Ice Cream Man will have a heart attack? Thanks.
are you that simple Icecreaman?
You want to know why books and magazines are 1 space after a period? MONEY. If books and magazines used 2 spaces, it your require them to be significantly longer, and would raise publishing costs by a noticeable amount.
2 spaces is the correct method until money fueled publishers made it one to save some coin
— Belichick4President, Nov 14 2008, 11:41 am
Haha -- 'K guy. I bet you have "Loose Change" on DVD. Mental case.
Well this is the kind of arguement you expect to find in a BC blog.
Fucking periods and spaces, Ice Cream Man? Spaces???
I think Ice Cream Man wants to take a hoodsie in the bum from Dana Bible. Collar up.
Way to go. Make girls feel bad about being sluts, so they're less likely to become one. idiot.
— Ice Cream Man, Nov 14 2008, 11:06 am
I go away for a few hours and all of sudden, there's a new sheriff in town.
there is nothing worse that stuck up BC kids and trust me when I tell you I know because a majority of my friends went there. They entered as decent guys and came out as "popped collar" polo wearing douches. Whoever said it earlier about kids go to BC because they cant get into an IVY league school is deadon. All they get is a huge amount of debt, an equivalent State Provided education and: the same job as someone graduating from Umass.
- The incorrect puncuation/spacing and spelling is a tribute to the Ice Cream Man. (by the way that reminds of the names we used to give to the weirdos from our town growing up as kids)
Whoever said it earlier about kids go to BC because they can't get into an IVY league school is deadon- that was my claim to fame- but I have a morphione dependency so some other cunt will naturally cry bullshit.
BC'ers are just wannabe and could-a-beeen Ivy Leaguers. I'm just waiting for the Boston College Choir Boy merchandise to come on the market especially endorsed by NAMbLA and the Boston diocese.
This isn't the BC community getting upset. This is a few douchebags getting upset. I guarantee you that the Jesuits all have shit eating grins on their faces over the money they're getting from this deal. And Jack Dunn is full of shit. Of course they put limitations into the agreement. Have to keep those BC kids' overprotective Catholic parents happy. He doesn't give a shit if Victoria's Secret liberally interprets those limitations. He got his money.
And who cares about spacing after punctuation. That's not even a grammatical rule. There are two different conventions, not a right option and a wrong option. Nitpicking over which one is right is pretty fucking lame.
they should have there cheerleaders in victoria secret wear would look great. Get your Friday Game of the year for CFB http://www.CTSportsPicks.com
GIZhou= didnt get into Boston College
Also, GIZhou is BC being a "safety school" for Ivy applicants a bad thing?
I don't think so, it speaks to the quality of the student that they have applying there.
So GIZhou is basically saying if a kid applies to BC, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton and he gets waitlisted at Princeton, rejected at Harvard, waitlisted at Yale, and gets into BC and ends up going there....he is stupid??
Portnoy (aka El Pres) really has no right to question the academic qualifications of BC especially since he was actually rejected by Boston College in 1995. Portnoy's dad went to BC, and El Pres still couldn't get in to the school as a legacy. Of course, this obviously fuels his bitterness against this school.
Instead, El Pres went to Michigan, and he comforts himself by thinking that 'everyone in Boston hates BC anyway', when in reality no one really cares.
I mean people, there is nothing wrong with Boston Collge. Nothing screams 'abused choir boy' more than the football teams of the past - their post game antics in the locker room are legendary even by San Francisco bath house standards.
When your website parades someone like John Kerry, who has the personality of a dead fish, you know the school sucks harder than a crack whore at 3 a.m. outside the freshmen's dorms.
I live in Australia so it would have been hard for me to attend Boston College. Plus being a Buddhist, the owners of Boston College call my religion a cult, which is okay as I believe that most of Boston College religious advisors in the past belonged to a group/cult cult I don't recognise - the altar boy sodomizing society of Boston clergy.
I am sure there are many fine Boston priests working in the prison system, mainly in the laundry and libary.
The issue is that BC makes out it has the same academic standing as Ivy League colleges which they plainly it doesn't. If a student uses BC as his 'safety school' he isn't stupid - he is a loser. Their are three other Ivy League colleges he or she could have put down.
I only applied for one Ivy League School and got accepted so no big issue on my part.
Pats598 you are right about one thing 'no one really cares about Boston College'. It is that special college, like the special olympics is for their athletes, where Ivy League wannabes can be cared for properly in a nuturing environment, content in their rainbow ribbons and pink sweaters.
As for the female talent on campus New England farmers describe it best: you send your hogs to market and your pigs to Gasson.
GIZhou, wow
"Plus being a Buddhist, the owners of Boston College call my religion a cult" absolutely one of the dumbest statements I have ever heard.
https://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=5519&t=1&c=1 (you can find many more)
What those priests did was awful but thank God that Buddhist monks are perfect:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/1373309/Thai-Buddhist-monks-defrocked-over-sex,-drugs-and-alcohol.html
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=53,458,0,0,1,0
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21161121-2,00.html
GIZhou (and ElPres and most of you):
You have no idea what you're talking about with BC. It's certainly not a perfect school and definitely has its share of obnoxious, arrogant, preppie students/alumni, but outside of that you're way off base. BC is run by jesuits, not by the diocese; the Vatican hates the Jesuits because they're the most liberal order in the church and advocate for reforms. There is a lot of friction between them and the archdiocese. And about the scandals, the only way they related to BC was that BC bought the archdiocese's headquarters for 20 cents on the dollar to expand the campus, and BC created "The Church in the 21st Century" to identify structural problems within Catholicism and push for change.
BC is an elite school, but it's not ivy level and nobody pretends it is (well, I'm sure some do, but they're idiots). That said, it's probably one of the top 50-65 schools in the world, which is extremely impressive.
CJ fatso does not speak for us and I'm ashamed he went here.
And the school operates on a "higher moral standard" because it's run by a religious order and service is highly valued. 85% of graduating seniors have done some form of community service while at BC; many do it for the wrong reasons, but most do it because the school places a priority on it and encourages it.
And obviously Trojan would say that about us, because the school isn't allowed to sell condoms on campus. The Vatican has many watchdog spies (CJ Doyle included) and the jesuits want to modernize the religion, not break away from it. They can't risk getting the school's charter revoked by the vatican. It's an unfortunate fact, but it's not like kids don't buy condoms and morning after pills at the same CVS where they get toothpaste and deodorant.
Also, I should point out that the last thing the Jesuits would ever do is refer to Buddhism as a cult (nor would the Pope himself). Maybe 500 years ago, maybe even 50 years ago, but definitely not today. The whole order is based around service, intellectualism, and ministry. They value their intellectualism very highly and would never compromise it so hatefully.
cman576 and PatScranton I see you didn't argue with about my comments about John Kerry or farmers sending their pigs to Grasson.
Pat, I would love to give you quotes about defrocked priests but just read the Boston Globe and Herald archives, space doesn't permoiy hundreds of pages. Ask yourself how BC was able to buy the archdiocese for 20 cents in the dollar - to pay for the lawsuits after the arrests and convictions of the pedophile priests which the Boston archdoicese did all it could to hide them.
The joke in the Vatican is that the Jesuits know more than the Pope so it figures the Boston jesuits should have fingered the priests to the police that fingered the altar boys. Sorry if I can't equate that to a higher moral standard. Nor the what the present Pope said about Buddhism being akin to masturbation - a well known past time of priests with choir boys.
The present Pope said as a Cardinal: "If Buddhism is attractive, it's only because it suggests that by belonging to it you can touch the infinite, and you can have joy without concrete religious obligations,'' Ratzinger said. ``It's spiritually self-indulgent eroticism.''
Rather offensive coming from a man leading a profession that has one of the highest percentage of convicted pedophiles and whose organisation hushed it up.
In Crossing the Threshold of Hope" by John Paul II, the late Pope wrote:'Buddhism is in large measure an "atheistic" system' unquote. If you work for an organisation that denigrates other's belief systems how can you 'maintain a higher moral standard'.
Parts of the Catholic Church has already modernised- it was called the reformation under Martin Luther - the Jesuits are just behind the times.
Finally don't hide behind the Jesuits owning the campus and not the Catholic Church. They may be the Society of Jesus, but they answer to the Pope who, despite Papal infallibility, still is the boss.
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Last Night Sucked
(Is this the worst play in the history of the NFL?)
I’m not going to lie. Last night was fucking heart breaking. Just heart breaking. It was like being on a great rollercoaster ride except instead of it gliding to a halt it spiraled out of control and smashed into a brick wall. In fact I can’t think of a more painful regular season loss for the Pats in my lifetime. Maybe that’s because we haven’t played in too many regular season games that have mattered lately, but whatever the case may be this one hurt bad. I mean I was so drained by the time it ended that I felt like I played in it. It was just such a struggle the entire night. And even though we fell behind big, you never got the impression we were out of the game. But that 3rd quarter was as frustrating as it gets. You can’t dominate a team more than we did with nothing to show for it. Every time it looked like we were ready to finally take control of things, we’d do something stupid. You could tell the Jets defense didn’t have a prayer of stopping us but we just kept shooting ourselves in the foot. I mean how does Ben Watson fumble when he gets hit in the ankles? It makes no sense! At that point I was thinking maybe it’s just wasn’t meant to be. But then we finally get the TD to end the quarter and within a blink of an eye we tie the game at 24-24. Game over. That’s what everybody in the universe had to be thinking right then. I was already writing my next blog in my head and getting excited to read all the NY newspapers bitch and moan.
However a funny thing happened on the way to victory. The Jets embarked on a 2 hour drive to score the go ahead TD helped by a bullshit holding penalty. We get the ball back and promptly go 3 and out. What had seemed like certain victory just minutes ago now seemed like certain defeat. That emotional swing was bad enough. Little did I know that was amateur hour compared to what was about to happen. Against all odds we score an impossible TD with 1 second left on a perfect drive by Matt Cassel. We immediately force the Jets into 3rd and 15 in OT and then boom; A total blown coverage and the game is over just like that. Unreal. Simply unreal. Earlier in the night I was getting ready to blame this game 100% on Ben Watson but with the way it turned out I don’t think you can really blame anybody in particular. Yes we made a ton of mistakes and had some bullshit calls go against us. But the bottom line is that the Jets drove the ball right down our throat the last two times they had it and when they needed it most. If you can’t stop a team in that situation two times in a row you can’t say you deserved to win. On the bright side this game proved once and for all that Matt Cassel and this offense are good enough to win the Superbowl. But whether the injuries have finally caught up the defense is a different story.
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most BC girls are sluts anyways. probably with crabs they got from their uncle.