Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

“But what about the lurkers?”

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

We still have time to mess this up!

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

We can’t confuse what’s necessary to win elections with the policies that we want to implement when we do.

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Fight them, without becoming them!

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

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  1. 1.

    Tom in Texas

    Doesn’t Rex deserve a Super Bowl? After all the years of criticism about how he can’t win the big one and chokes under fire, I’m really hoping Grossman can put the doubts to rest.

  2. 2.

    Dave

    Peyton will choke, it’s taken him longer to do so this year…but he will.

    I never thought I’d say this, but Go Bears!

  4. 4.

    BarneyG2000

    Watch Benson, he could be the key, and hope that Hester doesn’t fumble the ball.

    PS, the CBS pre game coverage sucks!

  5. 5.

    Tom in Texas

    Also the Pro Football Hall of Fame is a bigger joke than MLB’s ever was. Irvin over Monk? No Tagliabue? And, most egregious, on a weekend when groundbreaking accomplishments are the biggest story, how could they pass on Tom Flores?

    This year, there was much hand-wringing, lobbying and angst over what was considered a talented and all-too deserving list of Pro Football Hall candidates. Some 17 names made the final ballot for Hall entry.

    But one that did not make the list: Flores.

    If you do not think this is as egregious an omission as ever — discriminatory, really — ask yourself these questions, Hall voters:

    Would you recognize a man who was the first black NFL quarterback?

    What if that man also was the first black to coach a Super Bowl team? The first to win a Super Bowl? Then two? And that same man then became the first black NFL general manager?

    Would you recognize him if he also won more games than Bill Walsh or Jimmy Johnson, and had as many wins (105) and Super Bowl titles as Vince Lombardi?

    Would you recognize him if he accomplished all these things the hard way, growing up the son of a blue-collar man who emigrated to the United States as a 12-year-old?

    Would you be swayed by stories of how he constantly was told that people of his ethnicity could not play quarterback and could not dream of being a coach?

    After college ball, he had to go to the Canadian Football League to prove himself, until a forward-thinking owner named Al Davis found him. Then, he promptly led the league in virtually every quarterbacking category.

  6. 6.

    Dave

    Oh come on now Tom….football is greater than baseball will ever be.

    Want proof? two words: Barry Bonds.

  7. 7.

    Tom in Texas

    Sure Dave, can’t think of a single NFL player who might have taken a few illicit substances from time to time — Bill Romanowski anyone? Barry Bonds is pretty much indefensible as a person. He is an asshole, plain and simple (though I would contend he has the right to be one).

    As for his drug use, I think we as a society are hypocritical for glossing over these transgressions until the need for reighteous indignation overwhelms us. We clap and cheer as players hit 70 home runs, as offensive lineman top 350 pounds and wide receivers run 4.2 40’s. We reward them with multimillion dollar contracts that far outweigh less visible accomplishments by other players. Then we are shocked when they take all advantages they can.

    Football gets me through Sundays during the winter, as well as providing small talk for those who don’t follow baseball.

  9. 9.

    BarneyG2000

    Keys for a Bears victory
    -Stop Colts running, Bears D’ focuses on the pass game (Urlacker vs Clark I like that match-up)
    -Bears run up the middle allows Rex to exploit the middle and left side of field
    -Run game gives Bears the field advantage and or field goals
    -Colts have to punt or not punt to Hester, either way Bears have great field position

    Prediction Bears 34 Colts 28

  10. 10.

    Peter VE

    As a Pats fan, anyone who can wipe that smug look from Peyton’s face is fine with me, so Bears it is.

  11. 11.

    Dave

    Actually Tom, I’m thinking of the arrogance, and I speak as one who has Giants and Niners season tickets. Baseball is full of arrogant players. Football not so much. Funny, I look at baseball the same way: something to get me through to until Footballs starts.

  13. 13.

    Richard 23

    At first I thought this was going to be a libertarian thread on pot smoking. Oh well.

    I hope the game ends in a tie! ;-)

  14. 14.

    Andrew

    The AFC is with the terrorists.

    Bears by Mortal Kombat fatality, in which Urlacher freezes Peyton Manning with his ice ray and then shatters his corpse in the endzone for a safety. Game is over by rule.

    Bears 2, Colts 0

  16. 16.

    Andrew

    Revised again:
    Peyton will first throw 72 interceptions to go down in history as the biggest choker ever.

  18. 18.

    The Other Steve

    Actually did you see the penis profile of Prince? When they tossed up that cloth and he was playing purple rain.

    This game is boring, and the commercials suck.

    But then football is always boring, and the only reason to watch is for commercials which makes this suck even more.

  20. 20.

    Louise

    The second Prudential ad was a little weird; since I was listening and not watching, I heard:

    Iraq can fill you with wonder.
    Iraq can inspire your imagination.
    Iraq can touch your heart, soothe your senses, or help you enjoy a little free time.
    Iraq can do a lot of things,
    but only *this* rock….

    By the time, I’d gone over to the tv to find out WTF was being advertised. I thought maybe the VP had made a commercial for his POV.

  22. 22.

    jake

    All credit for this win goes to God. And I now call on all of the Colts fans to smite Da Bears because God hates them.

    No. Really. He DOESN’T CARE. I mean what the fuck? Gee, should I watch over all of the people who are starving and dying and stuff? Nah, I’ll watch the Super Bowl and make sure the Colts win.

    SHUT UP!

  24. 24.

    Andrew

    It’s true. Dungy would not have won if he were Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Deist, or Agnostic. Only the power of Christ compels Rex Grossman to suck so much.

  25. 25.

    CaseyL

    It was a good game. Lots of action, lots of turnovers, and the party I went to was much fun.

    I didn’t expect the Colts to win; I figured the Bears defense would run ’em right over. When the Bears scored first, on the opening kick-off, I thought that was how the rest of the game would go.

    But, wow: even though Grossman came in already rated as mediocre, I didn’t expect him to suck as bad as he did. How bad?: I joked that the Colts should award him the MVP.

  26. 26.

    Richard 23

    The Colts’ win just goes to show that God hates teh gays.

    Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy will be the guest of honor next month at a major fundraiser for one of the lead homophobic organizations in Indiana, the Indiana Family Institute. The IFI is affiliated with super homophobe James Dobson and his extreme right, anti-gay Focus on the Family.

    Take that, queers!

  28. 28.

    Teak111

    Game was OK, ads were a bore. Used to be the other way round. BTW, NFL, here in San Diego, it was sunny and 70 all day yesterday. Just pointing that out…Used to have SBs here, but the NFL has demanded a new stadium or it won’t return. Whatever, I think I hear the beach calling. Football is like a passionate lover you hook up with once a week. Baseball is like an old freind you see everyday in the park. Football players earn their money. Baseball players are fat and rich and sit around all game long. If baseball wasn’t invented, ballplayers would be auto workers.

  29. 29.

    gus

    Tom in Texas, you’re kidding right? Baseball players are more arrogant than football players? There’s plenty to go around in both sports. Randy Moss isn’t an arrogant reprehensible asshole? Michael Irvin on being busted with cocaine saying, “do you know who I am?” That isn’t arrogant? C’mon. Personally I quit watching football a few years ago, but that has more to do with the Vikings than the sport itself (though I do find football boring).

  30. 30.

    Doug

    Defense wins championships. And the Colts’ defense came to play. Meanwhile, the hard running Colts’ offense pounded away at the Bears’ squishy middle. Who woulda thunk it? Some kind of role reversal. Colts got just about 200 yards on the ground. The Bears got 111, almost half of that total on one run. The stout Colts run defense?

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