Sports welfare is reminder
of similar government fanaticism and obsessive socialism under the Nat'l
Socialist German Workers Party. http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-swastika.html Learn more about the government's obsession with your life in the USA http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-pledge.html |
See the police state and Social Security
Tattoos exposed as a growing part of your life. cf. sports tattoos.
http://rexcurry.net/tattoos.html Searches at stadiums are part of the USA's growing Police State http://rexcurry.net/police-state.html |
The Buccaneers logo,
the "skull & sword," is another example of modern symbolism combined
with modern socialism (sports spectacles in socialized stadiums) similar
to historic behavior under the National Socialist German Workers Party.
http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-swastika.html compare the Berlin Olympics etc http://rexcurry.net/olympics.html Halloween ideas derive from the propaganda, paranoia and fetishism http://rexcurry.net/halloween.html |
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Gasparilla and pirate symbolism resembles Nazi symbolism. Tattoos (temporary
or permanent) are common at festivals and parties. Wal-mart withdrew
from sale a T-shirt with such symbolism due to its Nazi associations.
http://rexcurry.net/tattoos.html |
From Creative Loafing Newspaper Re: "Tom's "Morning After'" by John F. Sugg (Feb. 15-21) published 3-29-2001 I just finished reading the article you did about the corrupt ways of blowhard Tom McEwen. Fascinating stuff, but hardly surpassing. In the few times I actually wrote to his weekly "Hey Tom" column, he refused to print my letters. I suspected a huge ego at the time and I was young. Now I am grown and completely understand the man had more power than most knew. He couldn't have gotten away with his slanted views if he didn't. Now I know why. Thanks for making it all clear and a special thank you for finally playing a part in taking that man out of my life for good. He was a complete waste of space and time. Mike Bowers |
Does Fandom Breed Establishment Loyalists?
I love sports. So Michael writes to me and rants about the ridiculously fanatical fan fever for sports teams and how that annoys him. He believes sports fervor is a form of nationalism that breeds loyalty to the establishment. I can certainly sympathize with his point. But I've always thought that the bizarre notion of American school spirit is a form of quasi-nationalism, if you will. It seems to breed similar loyalty on a larger scale as these types typically come to worship the state as much as their alma mater. Going to a small, private college, I've always disliked the extremist college fervor from alumni that has them worshipping everything about their former place of "learning." At 50 years old, college is still the one thing they want to talk about all the time. I used to be forced to go out to lunch with my audit team when I was working in public accounting and working out of the office on client audits. (Team-building, don't you know.) There were two main topics of conversation that sprang forth from these otherwise intelligent, educated people: TV shows and college (alma mater) worship. It drove me nuts. Nowadays, if people do that in my company, I just start surfing the web on my Palm Smartphone. Talking about the good old days at college as if they were the only days. Seems a bit bizarre to me.Karen De Coster http://www.karendecoster.com/blog/archives/002534.html |