What do the Americans Know About Football? BP Oil Spill, Wayne Rooney and Fabio Capello

Jeezus!! England were shite. Rooney was shite, and I feel really depressed and shite about it. I really thought that we were going to stuff 'em 4 or 5 to 1!!!! I know that everyone is blaming Fabio, but we always blame the Manager, even he's saying it's not the same team that got us to qualifying. I don't even want to watch Wednesday's game, I'm just too nervous.

As for the U.S. they can go fuck 'emselves!!!! They were robbed, but so the fuck what? I am so sick of all the shit that they are STILL giving me after last Saturday. I wouldn't even mind if they were generally interested and knew about football, they don't, they're just bandwagon jumpers. I got 19 texts and emails yesterday bitching to me about the injustice of the disallowed goal. I was like listen, shit happens during every World Cup, you ain't the only one's that have had decisions go against you. Then one of my friends emails me back and says, "yeah, but it would be different if it happened to you" I'm like excuse me, if you knew shit about football you would know about the hand of God, so it ain't because you all are American and the whole world is picking on you. When I went to the gym on Monday, some guy was going on and on at me at how could the US/England game end in a tie, that's not sport, it will never take on in America when you don't have a definitive outcome. I'm like, listen, the rest of the world could give a shit if it doesn't catch on in America, it's managed all this time without them. Jesus, then I have people asking me why we say nil-nil and not zero zero, why we say pitch and not field, why we say draw and not tie, and it goes on.......................
I had to laugh at the end of the game, when I was lip-reading Jozy Altidore and Jose Torres. Jozy was pissed, and he wanted to go challenge the ref. and Torres was holding him back. Then Torres says to him "what the fuck are you going to say? Shiiiiiitttttt!!! I cracked up. Love moments like that.

Have to hand it to ESPN. Brilliant coverage. What they did was hire all of the SKY commentators and analysts, Martin Tyler, Ian Darke, Adrian Healey, Ally Mcoist, Steve McManaman, Roberto Martinez,Ruud Gullit (you can tell the American presenters really didn't know who he is because they were initially pronouncing the G in his name, dumbasses) Alexei Lalas (ex US star who knows his shit), then the actual in-studio presenters are American ESPN presenters who have taken a crash course in footie, but they pretty much introduce the guests, and leave them to it, very smart on their part. Only one they haven't got is Andy Grey and he's on Fox Soccer Channel (Sky in America), with Richard Keys, doing an analysis and call in show for an hour after the last game is played. Bloody brilliant. Can't lie, I have watched at least a part of EVERY game so far, with the exception of this mornings 2 games. I can watch them all until Friday of next week, and then I'm pretty much not going to see any more.

As for the oil spill, I am done with Obama. The reason he is trying to act like a tough guy is that he is getting shit from EVERYWHERE, and he doesn't know what to do. Very reactive rather than being proactive. Denmark and Belgium have offered to help out, and they have the equipment, however, too much red tape apparently. Fuck the red tape, just get 'em over here. Apparently BP does own the equipment, which is why they are the only ones that can fix the problem. BP has to take responsibility because it is their executive that told Transocean that they were losing millions a day and had to speed shit up, TO said not a good idea, BP guy said we are the ones paying for this, and we are the ones paying you.

Hotter than Hades here, 95 tomorrow, and all humidity. OK, gotta go, just driven back from a show in Philly, have a date tonight. I have already told him not to talk shit about England otherwise I'm walking out.

Oil Spills,Terrorism, Murder and Football

Lots of news on the homefront, I guess the two major stories are the freaking oil spill, which is an absolute disaster. It's awful to even think about it, but the pictures coming out are horrendous. No hope for the fisherman, and people whose livelihoods are affected. I'm sure it will be an excuse for gas/petrol prices to go even higher, as they are inching up already, though we don't pay anywhere near the prices you all pay. The cost of seafood is going to be astronomical, which is a bitch because I love to cook shrimp on the barbecue at this time of year.

Then of course there is the car bomb that didn't go off in NYC. The American media are such a bunch of arseholes. On Saturday they were sure it was "an Arab", so on my local news radio station, they started scaremongering the listeners by insinuating that the Obama administration wasn't doing enough, and "what if it happens in DC, and the bomb does actually go off this time", but then on Sunday the media was reporting that it seemed like it was a white guy, so the media backed off a bit, and then by Monday when they were sure it was someone of mid-East descent they were back on the terrorist bandwagon.

Then locally there are 2 very high-profile murders that happened in the last couple of weeks. A couple of Friday's ago, a REALLY popular headmaster/principal was murdered in his home. He was white, but chose to give up his job in Montgomery County schools, (very expensive, predominantly Jewish County, good schools etc), next to the County I live in, and moved to be the Principal at a school in DC. He was gay, and apparently the night he was killed he had been on one of those gay chatlines, and had obviously arranged for the guy to meet him at his house. Well he was murdered, robbed, and his car was stolen, and found in SE DC (worst ghetto part of DC). Turns out that 4 black kids (all under 20 it seems), went to his house in order to rob him, one of the kids mother's used the guys stolen credit card the following day - dumb bitch, and I guess everything fell around them like a deck of cards, because on Monday they were all arrested.

Then on Monday, this rich white kid is arrested for murdering his girlfriend at the University of Virginia. Both of them were on UVA's respective Lacrosse teams, which are the top lacrosse teams in the country, the men's team is #1, and the women's is #5. This will not go to trial. He waived his right to an attorney and confessed to the cops. He said it wasn't intentional he shook her. However, he actually beat the shit out of her, because her friends found her lying in a pool of blood, head and face bashed in, and he had taken her computer, which apparently has evidence on it, possibly threats that he made to her.

It's been interesting, watching these 3 ghetto ass-black kids, and this rich white kid all charged with the same crime, murder.

Watching Man. City/Spurs. Of course I want Spurs to win. I am interested in what happens to Raffa. Do you think that he will still be there next season. I'm thinking that he will, unless they sell the team, if it is a Liverpool supporter that buys it, he will be gone. It irked the crap out of me to see Steve McLaren winning the league with FC Twente. Oh how I hate that bastard.

OK, going to finish watching the game, then get dinner started. Not looking forward to Sunday, I can't see Chelsea losing, though stranger things have happened.

US Healthcare, Sports Relief, The BBC Football

What a FUCKING AWESOME WEEK I have just had!!!!!!!! Healthcare for all!!!!! Well not really for all, but 35 million of the 47 million uninsured will be insured. No-one will have to worry about being dropped by their provider because they are actually sick, or get sick, LOL!! I had a fantastic 2 day event this weekend, which I have spent weeks preparing for, AND United beat Liverpool and Chelsea draw against Blackburn. Plus the weather's in the 60's.

I'm just winding down, and making more product today...dumbass forgot to tape the United game, and it wasn't on Fox it was on ESPN, who don't repeat the games, Fox does all week. However, I have seen the highlights, Rafa is PURE entertainment, and I love him for that. I am waiting for his new rant against ManU, but he didn't say shit about Gerard not receiving a ban. Just watched James Corden on Friday Night with Jonathon ross, and I'm going to go on You Tube and check out the sport relief stuff.

First of all, i do hope you go tot see James Cordens Sports relief
bit. We started watching an hour late so we didnt have to see all the
misery, and had such a good night. Howling with laughter at James
Corden, fast forwarding Richard Hammond, Christine Blakely any singing
or desperation.We have donated and now need the laughs.

Next most important thing----woohoo for the healthcare. This must be a
massive landmark. We had heard the whole thing was so watered down
that it was a defeat for Barak? I cant see the pint of getting on his
back for having to make concessions. It makes it easier to add to next
time.Who are the the ones/millions left out.

This is the best lead up to the end of the season ever.I cant believe
Raffa is still there, especially now that ex players and present
players are having a go. We have recently been disgusted to find that
ALan Hanson and Mark Lawrenson have a car to pick them up from their
houses to take them to the BBC to talk shit on MOTD as well as their
huge salary. In much the same veiw as I have over postage, I would
gladly pay double for my TV license because BBC tv and radio are so
brilliant and I dont know what I would do without it and the
iPlayer...but not if I am paying for ALan Fucking Hansen to be
chauffer driven to BBC studios to watch football and talk shite.
I just hope Wayne Rooneys knee is rested and saved for the World Cup.
Fair enough to all you Man utd supporters wanting to win the
premiership and champions league, but Berbatov will have to get off
his arse and give Wayne a rest.

Redskins, Football, Football, Baseball, The Who

When you say Football and Redskins, is that real football? Cannot understand American Football at all, despite having nephew who lived in Phili and had got into it, sitting next to me explaining. Just looks like an excuse to eat shit and drink beer...or is that baseball. You know I can get into any kind of sport but its hard when things go on for 3 hours and no one knows the rules. It was bad enough watching us win the rugby world cup. I watch Golf, curling, Horse racing and enjoy an evening at the dogs. American Football...no thanks, but I do love Semi Tough and Mean Machine(Burt Reynalds films)

When you say the Who do you mean Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend?