Sunday, February 04, 2007
Hatin' on the NFL ... kos they can
Daily Kos contributor Jason Miller, a self described “wage slave of the American Empire who has freed himself intellectually and spiritually,” hates the National Football League. I'm of the opinion that Miller hates the U.S. of A with equal fervor, but I'll let you be the judge:
"Searching for masculine bliss incarnate?
"Look no further than NFL football and its myriad machismo delights.
"Fierce armor-clad gladiators applying wicked hits, battering each other relentlessly, engaging in bone-jarring collisions, and performing feats of near super-human athleticism.
"Provocatively undressed cheerleaders manifesting our culture’s ideal of feminine perfection.
"Rivers of ice cold beer gushing forth to satiate our desire to numb the mind and lower inhibitions.
"What could better reflect the collective psychosis of the American Empire than our mass obsession with the NFL? Born through violent revolution, expanded by genocide, enriched by slavery, and elevated to hegemony through imperialism, militarism, and economic tyranny, the United States, like NFL football, embodies avaricious savagery masked by a fastidiously maintained illusion of benevolent civility."
Mr. Wage Slave is just getting warmed up. He goes on to quote Noam Chomsky - yes, Noam Chomsky - as an expert on why the NFL is such a force of evil, and then scolds the Joe Six-Packs of the world for watching football rather than “alleviating the suffering of those in need.” (Amazingly, even for the Kos community, most of the folks who've left comments agree with Mr. Miller.)
Before you settle in to watch the Super Bowl, I urge you to read Mr. Miller's anti-NFL rant in its entirety. Be sure to keep this in mind as you read: The Pelosi-Reid-Dean Democrats are taking their marching orders from Jason Miller and the other kids at Daily Kos.
Are you scared yet?!
"Searching for masculine bliss incarnate?
"Look no further than NFL football and its myriad machismo delights.
"Fierce armor-clad gladiators applying wicked hits, battering each other relentlessly, engaging in bone-jarring collisions, and performing feats of near super-human athleticism.
"Provocatively undressed cheerleaders manifesting our culture’s ideal of feminine perfection.
"Rivers of ice cold beer gushing forth to satiate our desire to numb the mind and lower inhibitions.
"What could better reflect the collective psychosis of the American Empire than our mass obsession with the NFL? Born through violent revolution, expanded by genocide, enriched by slavery, and elevated to hegemony through imperialism, militarism, and economic tyranny, the United States, like NFL football, embodies avaricious savagery masked by a fastidiously maintained illusion of benevolent civility."
Mr. Wage Slave is just getting warmed up. He goes on to quote Noam Chomsky - yes, Noam Chomsky - as an expert on why the NFL is such a force of evil, and then scolds the Joe Six-Packs of the world for watching football rather than “alleviating the suffering of those in need.” (Amazingly, even for the Kos community, most of the folks who've left comments agree with Mr. Miller.)
Before you settle in to watch the Super Bowl, I urge you to read Mr. Miller's anti-NFL rant in its entirety. Be sure to keep this in mind as you read: The Pelosi-Reid-Dean Democrats are taking their marching orders from Jason Miller and the other kids at Daily Kos.
Are you scared yet?!
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Sunday, February 04, 2007 
