Our Football Team

We should be VERY concerned with what is going on on Airline Drive right now.

The shift to waive Rob Ninkovich and re-activate Grand Master's fav QB Der Kommissar aka Tyler Palko is more than just worrisome.

Drew's shoulder kept him from throwing the long ball last night.

RUMOR, not supported FACT, says he had a flare up.

FACT: Coach explains the roster moves today during the press conference. He says later in the week he will elaborate on what the plans are moving forward.

FACT: Palko did not have a good outing the last time against the Dolphins.

Speculation: Why the sudden, immediate need to activate Palko?

Speculation: Should we be getting ready for Drew Bledsoe or Vinnie Testaverde, no Vinnie is on the Patriots now. Um, how about Byron Anton Leftwich, available? Aaron Brooks?
No, Archie.

yeah, bring back Big Daddy Kane!

Hold on tight.

Hope doc says he can treat whatever is ailing our Guy.

Marketing...

Indiana.

Home of John Cougar Mellencamp.

Little Pink Houses.
The club the Cherry Bomb.
Red and White Hoosiers
Blue and White Colts
All American.
The Heartland.
Contractual Home of Peyton Manning
The Classic American MidWest FAMILY VALUES

Real Americans



I thought such until yesterday.



Colts logo for this year: MAKE IT PERSONAL


Our New Orleans Saints logo for this year: EARN IT: attitude matters character counts


The Colts fans made it personal alright.

Dilly went with me to purchase socks at TJ MAX where a clerk refused to wait on Saints fans and someone else said she would check us out.

That's was even before we pulled out the signage!

I was hailed by such treasures of Midwestern American charm as :

"I hope the levees break again and kill you."

"What are you doing here? We don't want you here."


"New Orleans SHOULD have another hurricane."

and the charm as we were leaving the stadium:

"Let us take a picture flipping you off."

Our New Orleans Saints, the Black and Gold Nation, is but one of many lights in the darkness of classless ignorance.


Spocko direct us to even more cutting of the nose to spite the face.

Lee Rodgers, radio host for KSFO, the official radio station for the Oakland Raiders, said this about New Orleans Saints' fans, displaced by Katrina flooding:(This was last Wed and Thursday on the two year anniversary)

Rodgers:"Maybe those people down there ought to stop their sniveling and whining and watch an example of self reliance right there in their own community."(20 sec audio link) (120 sec link for context)

According to Rodgers, "the people have been freeloading for two years are whining because the gravy train is slowing down." (audio link)

Rodgers calls New Orleans "a sewer"

His co-host Melanie Morgan says that money going into New Orleans is going down "a rathole." (audio link)

On the anniversary of 1,577 dead in Louisiana and tens of thousands displaced, Rodgers said,"These transplanted New Orleanians, [in whining voice]
'Oh it's my home I gotta go back' No you don't. People have moved all over the world throughout human history. You can do it too. Get off your butt and go to work." (Audio link, 49 seconds)

( Longer audio link, 1:50 seconds)"I don’t wanna hear anymore of this crap from people in Louisiana saying “Gimmee, Gimmee, Gimmee. Shut the hell up. Solve your own problems. It’s been two years, grow up."

LINK to Spocko's audio clips



Remember, CHARACTER COUNTS. ATTITUDE MATTERS.



In Our Community, we are trying to accomplish unimaginable goals. The depth of the thoughts we have, contemplations both light-bearing and dark, have been far beyond the experiences of these folk who lack such a horror of an experience in their lives.



We have seen all that we knew, ALL of the places you grew up in, places with the most cherished memories, people you love unexplainably changed, lives turned on completely unplanned courses in a moment.



Oakland experienced a small earthquake during the World Series where 40 lives were lost. Out of respect for the victims the A's did not toast victory with champagne, publicly that is.



Lost precious, treasured lives, lost a freeway, some WestCoasters were inconvenienced, a sporting event had difficulties.



Anyone associated with sports takes a moment to pause respectfully for that loss, I do and I really only follow Cleveland and the Zephyrs.



How could someone living in Southern Louisiana or even the U.S. at large not be touched by the loss of life, loss of jobs, loss of homes, loss of culture, and loss of community here?



Seven degrees of separation, right?



It is Our responsibility to make it real to these ignorant children. These folk who are just one major earthquake, one Chernobyl, one series of tornadoes, one series of wild fires, one terrorist event away from living the "enlightened" lives we lead.



Ideals are now REAL to us.

What we have had since the middle of 2005 is a Platonic IDEAL of the community in which we used to live.

We ARE trying to bring it back.

What these folks are NOT in the habit of doing is HOLDING GOVERNMENT accountable.



That is the FIRST IDEAL all Louisianians agreed on in the beginning Sept. 2005.


Maybe we should spend money not on sheetrock, plaster, nails, paint, mold remediation but on MARKETING with these MEDIA hounds.



Please contact this fellow: leerodgers@abc-sf.com



My letter to Lee Rodgers:



Sir,

I welcome you to visit New Orleans and/or the Gulf Coast. You have made hurtful comments about people you may not have intended to hurt. I appreciate that you live on the Ring of Fire. I trust if the "Big One" comes to your entire community you might need the assistance of others and your federal government. The terrible mud slides and wild fires that also ravage your scenic state require assistance far beyond that of insurance companies and charitable organizations alone. Yes, we had the "Big One" here. We are doing the best we can to get our community into a sense of community again.



You have mocked those who ask for help. How humbling is it to have to ask for help? Could you be humbled to ask someone to tell you how to program your new phone, handheld device, even a VCR? Do you actually know what help these folk are asking for? What about for help to get water fountains for a high school? No, 25 high schools? What about desks? Computers for the kids?

Your comments hurt. I hope you did not really intend to do harm. However, I am comforted by the realization that you live with a similar danger every day. I hope it never befalls you or your community. I ask for you to retrack your hurtful comments and/or do your show from the gulf coast. Meet folks who had to fish bodies out of trees, attics, streets, and off of rooftops. Meet folks who lost jobs and are trying to rebuild their homes and lives anyway they can. See the extent of the devastation still. Make informed commentary having seen Our community and reflecting on the possibility of the same widespread devastation in yours

If this is not a option for you, let me know so I can include you personally in my novena prayers.

Kevin Wiseman

SIGNAGE

What me and Dilly will be walking around Indy with prior and during the game.

After, we'll make no promises.

(font recommended by Dr. Morris)

(Phrase suggested by Jason Wong section 642)

First Win in the Sacredome

Archie led Our New Orleans Saints to their first victory in the Sacredome.

From Whence We Came

Quis pater vestri est?

Our New Orleans Saints voted for team captains for the Colts game:

Offense: Drew Brees, Jeff Faine

Defense: Scott Fujita, Will Smith

Special Teams: Aaron Stecker

"I don't know because growing up, not having a father around, you have to create your own image of a father, and that became the image of a father that I would like to have had."
Chuck Norris

A man that stands for what we believe is good and wholesome in family living.

A man that not only took everyone in this community in with his selfless acts of charity as a player; but also as a voice for good in our community.

Archie Manning

We were Manning WHEN MANNING WASN'T COOL

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SupaSaint will be recognized by Our Elected Officials of the City Council for his efforts towards a better community.

9AM in the City Council Chambers THURSDAY

See Blake

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A hat tip to Our New Orleans Zephyrs who are hosting a playoff series Wednesday and Thursday at the park on Airline. Our Z's moved the Thursday game to 1p.m. to show support for Our New Orleans Saints.

Go get 'em Z's!

Be not true to thine own self

"If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves. We must not count on ourselves, because even if we know what kind of person we are today, we do not know what we will be tomorrow. Nobody must rejoice in the security of their own good deeds. As long as we are still experiencing the uncertainties of this life, we do not know what end may follow...we must not trust in our own virtues. "

St. Gregory the Great

On the Feast Day of St. Gregory the Great, we must reflect on FAITH. It was a very, very short time ago when FAITH was all we really had in this community. Now, the tools for rebuilding Our Community are beginning to fall into place. Of course, Our New Orleans Saints are leading the way in this.

"Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.”
Oscar Wilde

Check any local blog for the scepticism. We must be having an explosion of FAITH on the Gulf Coast. We believe it can and will be a better place to lead our lives. With FAITH we can make it happen.

The bread and circuses of high school, college, and pro football help us maintain that FAITH.

Now, let's get fired up!

Deuce IS One of the Premier Backs in the league

Sports Illustrated lists the top 500 players in the NFL

Deuce is number 289



I brought this issue up with the keynote speaker at Rising Tide II, Dave Zirin. I needed an answer from a nationally recognized sports writer supposedly with a conscience about why Deuce is not more publicized. If you were there, please comment. I don't believe I got a clear explanation. My framing of the question to Mr. Zirin was that ESPN, ABC, and those who pay him to write about sports do not publicize GOOD PEOPLE and GOOD STORIES like Deuce McAllister. I wanted to know how could a person of conscience continue to write without recognizing such contributions to the community of Jackson, Mississippi and the community of New Orleans, LA by Deuce McAllister alone.

Deuce is a premier back in the NFL and has been one.

I was none too impressed with Mr. Zirin, a lackluster sports fan at best, carpetbagging in OUR devasted community. Good luck with the book, it's royalties, and the contributions that will undoubtedly be made to OUR community by Mr. Zirin. I have read Howard Zinn's literature and understand how moving it can be. I just want to see a guy like Mr. Zirin who is from New York and cannot tell me the answer to Jets or Giants take the supposed conscience behind his Terrordome text and do something.

For the record, Mr. Zirin, listen to what Bono sang in the Sacredome. He did not proclaim himself an American. He said after the storm there was a mother on her knees held a sign that said, "Please, I am an American."

Deuce is focused.

The Deuce is cutting loose.