My First Blog

I have been approached by a friend of mine, Michael, to start this blog. You would have to ask him why he felt I should put my thoughts out to the world, to tell you the truth I am not sure why I am putting my thoughts out to the world. There will be spelling and grammar mistakes I am sure. I will be providing rants on politics and reviews of music, movies and sports. Pretty much a guide for the middle of the political road, middle aged, white male perspective from the Midwest. hopefully most of the content will be thought provoking or informative. I am sure some of my thoughts will be argumentative or inflammatory but that is what makes the world go round. As one of my favorite authors once wrote "when the world turns weird, the weird turn pro" Hunter S. Thompson. I guess I just turned pro by starting this blog. How weird!!

My first rant on sports is going to be about my beloved Browns. I want to explain to all of the Browns players about Browns fans. I am a Browns fan and I have been a Browns fan since the early 60's. Some of you players parents weren't even born yet. We are the greatest fans in all of the NFL. Want proof? We sell out our stadium week after week for the past nine years and have had only two winning seasons in those nine years. We brave bitter cold and bitter disappointment to watch a sub proffesional team. We are ranked one of the poorest cities in America and we still spend our hard earned cash on a bunch of overpaid atheletes and I use the term athelete loosly. And I am not even to my gripe yet. Who do you think you are to stand out on the field while getting your butt whipped, to start flapping your arms up and down like you want us to make noise? We know its third and long. We know when to yell and we know when it is a waste of time. Do not try to incite us to make noise while the little guy that stands about the 20 yard line on the visitors side of the field away from the Dawg Pound, is standing on the field with his orange gloves crossed across his chest. The game is at a stop for a commercial and nothing is going to happen until that guy uncrosses his arms and steps off of the field. He is the most powerful man in the stadium he controls the tempo of the game and makes sure everyone gets paid from the comercial revenues. Commercial revenues pay part of your salaries and I pay another part of your salary. When you start paying me to come watch you play then you can start telling me when to scream. Here is how it will play out in 2008. It's third and fifteen, you will wave your arms, we will start screaming and the opposing team will throw a pass to their tallest receiver down the left sideline where Brandon McDonald will not be able to cover the receiver and no safety will be there to help over the top. The catch is made for a twentyfive yard gain and the stadium grows quiet again. The fans will do their job of making noise once you start doing your job of tackeling running backs, putting pressure on quarterbacks and covering receivers. Offensively you guys are offensive. I don't care who you played for in college I am going to boo if you can't catch a ball, cut a route short of the first down marker, can't protect a quaterback or open up a hole for a running back to gain 3 yards through. I have spent tens of thousands of dollars to earn the right to BOO!! Personnally I think Randy Lerner should fine all of his players and give a rebate to all of the season ticket holders who brave the weather to watch these underachievers. Randy, you do not have to fine Cribbs, Rodgers, Thomas, Zastudil, Dawson and Lewis the rest I want money back from.