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Hello my fellow Politiores Troglodytes. This Blog is a collection of Posts, Poems, & Short Stories that I write on a daily basis. If you find it entertaining, informative, and controversial, then I have done my job properly. Thank goodness too, because Karma has been on my case of late. I'm supposed to bring fifty people into the fold or I'll have to give back the part of Einstein's brain I inherited. No, I'm not one of the Scientists who got a piece of his brain when he died. Karma said, "Eat this knowledge. It'll make you smarter!" The bargain I made with Karma was, if I could change fifty people into Politiores Populos, I would be rewarded with my very own Lamborghini. So, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! Like what you're reading, then read on. P.S. Populo is Latin for people. Politiores is Latin for educated. Troglodytes is English for troglodytes. And Einstein's brain was stolen by Thomas Stoltz Harvey after his death in 1955 and eventually divvied up into 240 pieces. If you just read that last sentence, then you have just learned something and I'm just that much closer to fulfilling my commitment to Karma!

Monday, August 3, 2015

Millionaires Fighting Billionaires

I never talked about any other Sport on my Blog,
except for Formula 1 Racing.
Today is different.
Yes racing is a Sport
and the Drivers are Athletes.
Growing up in the open fields of south-east Wisconsin,
before all the homes were built,
my favorite Sport was baseball.
Unfortunately,
I couldn't hit the little round hardball worth a darn,
but was
"Babe Ruth" 
when it came to underhand,
slow pitch softball.
In my mind at least I was.
Back to baseball and not about me.
Wait,
it's always about me!
I was such an avid fan,
every year I could name every starting player on every team.
Before cable TV,
I would listen to the
Milwaukee Braves,
Chicago White Sox,
and
Chicago Cubs 
on the radio.
If I was really lucky,
and the heavy rain clouds would hold down the AM signal closer to Earth,
I could here the Detroit Tigers play.
When I started working,
I bought a ticket package to see the
Milwaukee Brewers 
home games.
With that package,
I was able to see the Brewers play the
St. Louis Cardinals 
in the World Series.
Then came the year 1994 and the cancellation of the
World Series.
Baseball's Labor Strike.
Millionaires striking against Billionaires.
I've been to two baseball games since.
One time,
because someone gave me a pair of box seats to an Angle's game
and I took my son.
The other,
my Dad bought a pair of tickets when I went back to visit him one year.
I'll probably,
on my own volition,
ever go to a professional baseball game again.
I started watching a lot of Football after that,
and being from Wisconsin,
I've always been a Packer fan.
When I lived in San Diego County,
I had Season Tickets to the Chargers games.
Will I stay a football fan?
Well,
if you've haven't heard,
Tom Brady is threatening to take the
National Football League
to
Federal Court,
for being suspended for four games,
because he was caught cheating in a game.
That game was last year's Super Bowl.
He destroyed his cell phone after the game because he didn't want anyone to see the text messages he sent to his accomplish,
a ball boy.
He had the kid deflate the balls the other team in the
Super Bowl,
were going to use.
Now he can't accept his punishment because
"I'm Tom Brady!"
Another spoiled athlete who thinks he is bigger then the game.
If he does take the NFL to court and wins,
I'll probably never watch another game.
Another spoiled Millionaire fighting Billionaires.
Cheating happens in all Sports.
From corking bats in baseball,
to Ayrton Senna's intentional crash into the back of
Alain Prost's Formula 1 car to win the Championship in 1990.
Pretty Boy Tom Brady needs to shut up,
take the suspension,
so the news about the NFL is the games being played,
and not about him worrying about his image.
I'm an avid fan of Formula 1 Racing today.
They have there scandals and there cheaters.
But when they get caught,
they don't act like
"Prima Donnas"
Tom Brady,
they pay the fine,
serve the suspension,
then get back to racing.

This is,
A Kimi Raikkonen Fan,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,
 
“If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough."
- Mario Andretti -

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

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