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"Upton on Sports" Blog by Larry Upton
Recent articles...
Dwyane Wade - " COOL?"..............
05/19/2012 @ 06:24 AM
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade throw tantrum during Game 3 nd it's all caught on national television....
"Clemens & Sleeping Juror's".................................
05/15/2012 @ 09:53 AM
The Judge dismissed a second juror for sleeping....
"BASEBALL in IRELAND?".................
05/13/2012 @ 08:55 AM
Did you know there's an organized baseball league in Ireland? I never did and the American games spreading across the Irish Nation.
"Let's Go To The Game!"...................
05/11/2012 @ 10:11 AM
Taking your kids to a pro game these days near impossible for the average working stiff......
"Defining Seasons"" ............................
05/10/2012 @ 07:27 AM
In my generation there was a time when you could tell the change of seasons by what sport was playing...now, forget it....
'"God Protect's Fool's and Drunk's!"................
05/09/2012 @ 07:12 AM
That expression most of us have heard before certainly can be applied to baseball's Josh Hamilton.....
"WHO CAN PITCH?"......................
05/07/2012 @ 07:48 AM
The Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles played 17 innings of baseball last night and both managers stood in their dugouts and shouted, "who the hell can pitch?"
"JUNIOR, WHY YOU NEVER TELL ME?"....................................
05/05/2012 @ 07:04 AM
The suicide of NFL's most dominant linebacker Junior Seau once again puts the spotlight on suicide's of our pro athletes.
Mariano Rivera - "tough act to follow".........
05/04/2012 @ 07:50 AM
New York Yankee closer Mariano Rivera may be out for the rest of the season. Shagging fly balls prior to last nights game in Kansas City, Rivera suffered a torn ACL to his right knee.
"STOP THE MADNESS" .........................
05/03/2012 @ 07:29 AM
Former MLB great Roger Clemens is back in court with his pal Andy Pettitte being used by Federal prosecutors to "hang" his baseball friend. Stop the "charade."
America's Bloodiest Sport - "POLITICS"............
Posted on 01/23/2012 @ 01:27 PM
Present day politics appears to be America's "bloodiest" sport. Attacks, smears of political candidates, on the right, and left, the targets. Millions of dollars spent on television commercials that reveal opponents "indiscretions." It doesn't seem to matter if the alleged "indiscretion" is based on truth, gossip, or simple hear-say. It doesn't matter if the story's new, or years old, it need only reveal a candidate's "poor judgement." When did this "dirtier" side of modern politics begin? Political historians say it began with the Kennedy run against Humphrey in the Democratic primary race of 1960. The Kennedy machine spent vast sums of money smearing the likable Senator from Minnesota. By the time they reached West Virginia Hubert Humphrey had been portrayed as a draft-dodger for not serving in the military,( in truth, Humphrey was too ill to fight in the war) plus his wife was portrayed as "homely" and "old fashioned." While the Kennedy machine portrayed their man as the "naval war hero", with a "glamorous wife", the kids, the homespun family with "little sailing boats." The Kennedy family was far from being a "homespun" family sitting in front of the fire place sipping hot chocolate. The public in 1960 was sold an "IMAGE." An Image they bought and elevated Kennedy to the Presidency.
Our media has been selling us an "image" since Obama's election. Mainstream media holding a "love-fest" with the man from Chicago before, and after becoming President. News outlets attempting to provide non-bias, balanced newscast are attacked as frequently as Republicans. Last week in South Carolina, CNN, considered part of that liberal media that supports the President heard from American voters that they are tired of "smears" and "dirty politics." CNN opened the debate with a question directed at former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. The question was "personal" involving his ex-wife. A question aired out years ago in the media. A question as "old" and "cold" as yesterday's chicken soup. It was clearly a question to "smear" the Speaker. He was being "baited" by CNN. Gingrich turned the tables on the debate's moderator CNN's John King. He gave King a lesson in history and a tongue lashing that brought the audience to their feet. Newt Gingrich received a standing ovation. If anyone ever had any doubts about CNN political bias it was removed the moment CNN John King asked his question.
I believe it also signals that the American voters are fed up, tired of smear campaigns. Tired of "dirty" politics and if you wish to play that game you do at your own peril. Actually it reminded me of scenes from the 1976 movie "NETWORK." A 1976 satirical film about an "old" worn out anchorman, Howard Beale, who's just been told he's being replaced on the evening newscast because of bad ratings. Depressed, when he goes on his next newscast, before ending his newscast he announces that on "Tuesday" night he will "commit suicide" on the newscast. Make sure you watch. Tell your friends to watch. Local papers and other media outlets pick up the story and hype his up-coming "suicde" newscast. By "Tuesday" ratings for his newscast are through the roof. He doesn't kill himself but rather he unleashes one impassioned diatribe persuading viewers to open their windows and shout, "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE." All over the city, windows opened and people shouted his words. Last week, people in South Carolina opened their windows and "shouted" Howard Beale's words. Main street Liberal media better heed those words. Politicians, regardless of party affiliation, be they on the right, left, or in the middle, better heed Beale's words.
American's deserve better than smears, dirt, and dirty politics perpetuated by political opportunists and media giants. Politics may be America's Bloodiest Sport, but, voters want the bleeding to stop "NOW.".
Larry Upton
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