For starters, where do people get off doing rants during my hiatus?..that sh*t really burns me! Leave it to the professionals. Now with that said, what's all this talk about soccer invading our American sports culture? America is way behind and has been trying to catch up for decades now. The sport is watched all over the world, played all season long and has some of the world's best athletes. Could it be that all you soccerphobes are just bombarded on a daily basis by the sports America dominates? America's Sport, America's Pasttime...the WORLD sport and the Americans are the ones, in a way, discriminating the sport. Why? Because we have never been good at it. Oops, let's not talk about the white elephant. The U.S.A. feels an inherent need to be the best at everything it does and when they can't its as if everyone accepts it right out of the gates. Remember when we beat Russia in hockey? Imagine the U.S.A. winning the next World Cup..that sh*t would blow my mind! The ESPN highlights are never boring and are always in the Top Ten Plays. Just accept that another American sport is in it's offseason and is being kicked to the back of your mind, til next year at least, if there is one anyhow.Can a president really be assessed this early into his presidency? Seriously, it's not a 9-5 gig or boring routine you can perfect in a few shifts, it's the PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! Tell me where one must go to get some training in that field, and don't say in the Senate or Congress. We clearly show through our voting time and time again that your qualifications don't mean nearly as much as whether we like you or not, if you can be a good agent, representative for our country. However or whom ever voted the guy in is irrelevant. He is in and will be for a couple more years. OUR job as Americans is to find a way to fix OUR country while backing OUR leader. We can make OUR country stronger from within or just let it fall apart from the inside out. Gotta get back to Core values. Understood values. Family values. Values that defines us as a Nation, while strengthening the culture we will pass on for generations to come...Or we can just keep arguing about how he sux or how he has changed nothing since being elected while we personally contribute to the downfall of our society by wasting our oxygen.As far as I am concerned, and that's all that matters, of course, is that the Dojo is for everyone and should not be subject to rules of censorship because some of us view this site as a Man Cave. The Dojo is a Mind-F*ck Experience that encompasses more than just guy stuff. We got politics, movies and rambling nut jobs who get a column and even wonderful wives who actually like to make an appearance once in a while. The Dojo is OUR extended family. Visitors are not subject to any rules but those who post on it are. Respect in the Dojo is a two-way street, always has and always will be. Inappropriate, dumb, not very well-thought out posts will be subject to disciplinary actions to be determined by the Kai's of the Round Table.
Of course rookies make too much. Duh! So does every single person who has a hand in steering this boat of a country. The owners don't care what's in everyone elses pockets at the end of the day just like most of our politicians only care about their own as well. If all those bastards took a slight pay decrease, heck, we could give a lot more to education and health care for those who truly need it. Til then, rookies put people in the seats just like politicians put voters in the booth. Quick fixes and sideshow distractions from the bigger problem is simply how American Business operates. Watch the left hand while the right hand lifts your damn wallet and attention span. Maybe lockouts are what we need to regain focus and to right the train of American sports, to ride this train all the way into the station and make some repairs. Who knows, maybe if we fix some of these problems the cosmic tumblers will fall into place unlocking the door to America's salvation and our path home. To a place where sports were affordable to take a family to and to a place where no matter how much we disagreed, we at least agreed that change is a necessity in life. Without struggle there can be no progress. Maybe one day we can all ride the new Light Rail out of the station and into a new America where sh*t makes sense again. Common Sense. All Aboard!!!
On a lighter note...to heck with rainouts, hangovers, Burger King's that don't participate in the .99 double cheese burger(you know who you are), talking heads on tv, dropped calls(at least 4 times this week), policy makers, people who have no sense of humor, and....dust.
