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I understand that today there’s going to be a big football game that millions of people will watch on television. I also understand that one of the teams to be playing calls itself the New England Patriots. What gives this team the right to call themselves the New England Patriots? The literal reason is that some rich person bought the right with lots and lots of cash, and has trademarked the name so that he can drag anyone else using the name “New England Patriots” into court. More broadly, the New England Patriots package involves them using a lot of red, white and blue paint.
You’ll have to pardon me, but I just don’t buy the notion that the use of certain colors of paint and the spending of big wads of cash makes one a Patriot. To me, a patriot is someone who does her or his best to make this country a better place, not someone who can do a fancy booty dance in the end zone. To me, a patriot is someone who protects and defends the founding ideals of this country, the ones that are found in the U.S. Constitution, not someone who makes millions of dollars a year for catching a piece of inflated cow. To me, a patriot is someone who uses his or her position of power to advance the welfare of the powerless, not someone who looks out for Number One.
The following are U.S. Representatives and Senators from New England who have done the best job at advancing the cause of the powerless in the America, who have done their best to defend the ideals of the U.S. Constitution, who have worked hard to make this country a better place:
Representative Tom Allen of Maine
Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut
Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut
Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts
Senator Edwards Kennedy of Massachusetts
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont
Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts
Representative James McGovern of Massachusetts
Representative John Olver of Massachusetts
Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont
Representative John Tierney of Massachusetts
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island
These are the Real New England Patriots.
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Predictions:
New England Patriots 38, New York Giants 35
MVP: Tom Brady
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Comment by PhillyPhan1731 Spammer — 2/3/2008 @ 2:41 pm
I predict that your spammy ass will get creamed by a linebacker.
Comment by Jim — 2/3/2008 @ 2:44 pm
Looks like PhillyPhan1731 is a loser on his prediction.
Comment by Tom — 2/4/2008 @ 5:49 am
Aw, c’mon! Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes a name is just a name. The reason this New England teams is named the Patriots is because, if you’ll recall basic U.S. history, the American Revolution began and was fought in -drum roll, please- NEW ENGLAND! Imagine that, naming a football team after the people who gave us the freedoms we enjoy today. Plus, it makes good marketing for obvious reasons.
I won’t even ask what your opinion of the “Saints” or the “Yankees” or the “Islanders” as name for a sports team is… (JI see an “Islander” as someone who has gone back to nature, someone who has forsaken the rigors of everyday society and returned to a time of simple pleasures and contentment- not some overpaid White boy with a stick skating around on a sheet of ice.”
I understand your point, but for cryin’ out loud, can something things JUST BE?!!
Please, oh PLEASE never try to be the Commissioner of the NFL. Or MLB. Or the NHL. You can have the NBA; I detest basketball.
Comment by Ace Frehley — 2/4/2008 @ 4:18 pm
Please forgive the terrible grammar in the above post.
Comment by Ace Frehley — 2/4/2008 @ 4:19 pm