tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post8505773282224645257..comments2024-03-28T21:27:14.626-04:00Comments on field negro: When in Rome....field negrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-21891695851782005492008-04-20T23:47:00.000-04:002008-04-20T23:47:00.000-04:00"I don't know how many lanes are in the Big House....<I>"I don't know how many lanes are in the Big House. None, probably, so this isn't something that's necessary that he learn to do or has to know."</I><BR/><BR/>They don't have tanks in the WH, either -- at least not actually <I>in</I> the WH -- and anyone remember how stupid they made the "competent Governor from Massachusetts" look?<BR/><BR/>Come on y'all! Y'all act like Critical Thinking Class is something all A-merry-cans need to take and pass. Not so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-28209743918276827992008-04-06T22:16:00.000-04:002008-04-06T22:16:00.000-04:00I didn't realize just how bad 36 was until my 3-ye...I didn't realize just how bad 36 was until my 3-year-old son bowled a 38 yesterday at a child's birthday party. That's ... astonishing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-89719731211891742292008-04-05T13:54:00.000-04:002008-04-05T13:54:00.000-04:00When Dennis Kucinich was a race-baiting hack from ...When Dennis Kucinich was a race-baiting hack from West Cleveland (yeah - didn't hear that, didya?), he emphasize West-of-the-river Cleveland's cultural (read: Eastern European, explicitly non-Black like Euclid Avenue in East Cleveland) heritage with an infamous sign: <BR/><BR/>"Civilization:<BR/>1. Polka<BR/>2. Bowling<BR/>3. Kielbasa"<BR/><BR/>or to that effect.<BR/><BR/>There are very few things that describe white people as a whole other than white privilege itself. Bowling? They don't bowl in Kennebunkport. Country Music? Nah, regional to rednecks and suburban Southerners, they don't listen to it in New York or Boston. Recycling and Whole Foods? Yeah, that's "Stuff White People Like" to quote the blog, but most white people cannot afford the latter or give a **** about the former.<BR/><BR/>But the converse is true: there are some things that are pretty much only white, even if most white people don't even know about it in any meaningful way. Bowling in Altoona and Cleveland and, for Polish- and German-Americans rolling duckpins, in Baltimore, is a white thing. Don't try to understand it, if you understood it you'd already understand polka.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061310869172140025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-14457664510112956932008-04-03T20:57:00.000-04:002008-04-03T20:57:00.000-04:00you wouldn't thought his other half would've kicke...you wouldn't thought his other half would've kicked in lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-91201651377348374282008-04-03T16:25:00.000-04:002008-04-03T16:25:00.000-04:00On the replay of Jon Stewart's show I noticed that...On the replay of Jon Stewart's show I noticed that Obama actually had 37 in the 6th frame with a spare in the 7th. As bowlers know, the score for a spare is 10 plus the next ball. That means his score would actually have been between 47 and 57, depending on what he got on his first ball in the 8th. Still not too good, but less pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-57408611915528673052008-04-03T15:47:00.000-04:002008-04-03T15:47:00.000-04:00But still, it's so, so much about nothing. In a co...But still, it's so, so much about nothing. In a couple days there will be something new, and hopefully something relevant. The voters are smarter than allowing an image to distort their political views. I hope. And the pundits, who are in between a slow newsdays w/the Hillary and Barack, are simply waiting with baited breath until the Penn. caucus on 4/22. Very soon that will heat up, and closer to that time, no one will even remember the bowl flap. I still say, Obama knew what he knew when he walked into that bowling alley. It's not as if he didn't know that he's not a member of the PBA. And he knew the cameras and reporters and the YouTubers would all be there with pens, pencils, camcorders, and the like, just waiting. It's not as if he did not know this, and it's not as if he didn't know what the fall-out would be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-72964821232540288852008-04-02T16:11:00.000-04:002008-04-02T16:11:00.000-04:00All image. Politics is image. Always has been, sin...All image. Politics is image. Always has been, since "Tippicanoe and Tyler, too" or Abe Lincoln as the "railsplitter." This was a stupid, stupid move on his part.Christopher Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981041389119024155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-60969114597978110252008-04-02T16:07:00.000-04:002008-04-02T16:07:00.000-04:00Ok, I'm a pretty smart gal here, got a couple degr...Ok, I'm a pretty smart gal here, got a couple degrees & all that good stuff, but honestly, I just don't get the deal about Obama's bowling gig. I've scratched my natural salt & peppa hair, tossed this thing around in my big head, and still, I ain' understanding this obsession. Has it come to this--the fact that the man is not a bowler?? Can somebody please, seriously, explain this bowling non-phenomenon to me, cause I ain' feeling nothing about it right about now, nor have I felt anything about it, either. Somebody, PLEASE explain this obsession to me. As a former leisure bowler, I know that a score of 36 is the absolute pits, but why, oh, why, oh, why is it so dang important?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-37883305964809618782008-04-02T11:53:00.000-04:002008-04-02T11:53:00.000-04:00anonymous 11:47am....WELL SAID!anonymous 11:47am....WELL SAID!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-27762954941277319082008-04-02T11:47:00.000-04:002008-04-02T11:47:00.000-04:00To me, Obama is real...he doesnt feel compelled to...To me, Obama is real...he doesnt feel compelled to go and super-practice for a bowling event just to give the impression--fake impression--of what a great bowling guy he is...he is comfortable just being himself--sucking at bowling. He is not the type that will starts brandishing guns or exaggerating about Bosnia Sniper fire to prove a point, he is just not that type of a person. You see that clearly in the way he dealt with Reverend Wright issue. Take it or Leave it. Unlike Hillary who, i am sure, would have practiced and talk about how she started bowling at age 2 or something. Obama stands there, keeping it real, warts and all. So, yeah, i think it is great he did and sucks...if you are the type that thinks bowling ability or Who-you-will-have-beer-with matters in deciding elections in this shitty economy and stupid iraq mess, well, you definitely deserve 4 more years of Geroge Bush's mess or worse. We are all adults here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-8104282972642940942008-04-02T10:37:00.000-04:002008-04-02T10:37:00.000-04:00Yeah, all the people there were just happy to see ...Yeah, all the people there were just happy to see a future President. Maybe on cable they care what the score was -- the people didn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-13569113435840665922008-04-02T10:30:00.000-04:002008-04-02T10:30:00.000-04:00Yeah, a 36 is some bleak shit. And while we should...Yeah, a 36 is some bleak shit. And while we shouldn't judge someones political prowess on a game of bowling, he woulda been gold if he showed enough competence to roll say, a 150?<BR/><BR/>I'm the self proclaimed Tiger Woods of bowling, by the by...ps chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16930301894290414590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-9754380685042357652008-04-02T10:03:00.000-04:002008-04-02T10:03:00.000-04:00NO, IT WAS A DISASTER. In this 24 hour fuck-journa...NO, IT WAS A DISASTER. In this 24 hour fuck-journalism but let's elevate rabid opinions and info-tainment news cycle and rightwing punditry, this was one of the dumbest things he could have done. YES!!! This actually reinforces the rev. Wright in the minds of the pundits and the voters. <BR/>No--if he's going to be president, then he needs to do his legwork, his research or send in his flunkies first. Or you roll up in the alley and makes some comments about "You know, I'm a weak-ass south paw but I'll do my best"...and then maybe have his daughter cutely roll a big ball down the lane. Poor media use. Poor judgment. Does NOT bode well. Think I'm making a mountain of a molehill? Think again.<BR/><BR/>And yes, Obama can ball like a m-f. I saw him burn my old college dorm RA--John Rogers (who now runs Ariel Capital management in Chi-town and one of the richest negroes who doesn't put on a sports uniform). But yeah--they expect that. But so what. Give them what they want. Stay out of the damn alley unless you can at least toss the thing down the middle.Christopher Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981041389119024155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-21348351948843214202008-04-02T08:55:00.000-04:002008-04-02T08:55:00.000-04:00redstar:"Field, you're a Virgo AND a lefty too??? ...redstar:<BR/><BR/>"Field, you're a Virgo AND a lefty too??? I knew I loved your blog for all the right reasons."<BR/><BR/>That makes three, I'm also a Virgo and a leftie, and apparently Barack Obama is also a leftie. Coincidence? (Plus, my last name sounds phonetically similar to bowling, yet I hate bowling)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-50438230898235128992008-04-02T02:28:00.000-04:002008-04-02T02:28:00.000-04:00I AM ANONYMOUS AND I AM AN OBAMAHOLIC.He was playi...I AM ANONYMOUS AND I AM AN OBAMAHOLIC.<BR/><BR/>He was playing with a 3 year old for his partner and one of the best pictures I have ever seen. I lived in Centre County PA. <BR/>Altoona was the perfect place to go and bowl. <BR/>The negative spin by the media is not the opinion of the people there. Listening to wingnuts causes blindness.<BR/><BR/>Check out the pictures here<BR/>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/30/16552/8933Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-43027664442962068202008-04-01T22:13:00.000-04:002008-04-01T22:13:00.000-04:00Okay Chris, that settles it, we are going to have ...Okay Chris, that settles it, we are going to have a bowl off between you and cal tejano for charity :) <BR/><BR/>rhondacoca, I saw the Ice Queen cheapshots too. But she blamed it on April Fool's Day.field negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-79567353175238850592008-04-01T21:41:00.000-04:002008-04-01T21:41:00.000-04:00"Fox News would have had a field day with images o..."Fox News would have had a field day with images of a black ball maliciously mowing down a helpless group of white pins.." <BR/><BR/>HaHa!<BR/><BR/>Bill O'Reilly: This is a metaphor for how much he wants to see the breakdown of the white male power structure.<BR/><BR/>Juan Williams: Yea, he should know his place.<BR/>----------------------------------<BR/><BR/>Yea, they were questioning his manhood this morning. It was humorous because I suck at bowling and I can beat him on any given day. However I found it to be humorous and humanizing. He is very good at hoops, so you win some and you lose some.<BR/><BR/>P.S I saw Hillary's little cheapshot about it, she is probably going to use it against him with the superdelegates...lol.RhondaCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893778198428146584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-90819371122390387162008-04-01T20:54:00.000-04:002008-04-01T20:54:00.000-04:00Field, Field, Field. I'm "Anon 12:32 pm." I'm an O...Field, Field, Field. I'm "Anon 12:32 pm." I'm an ObamaGirl, but I don't consider myself an Obamaholic, as you claim. I listen to what he says (or doesn't say) like most folks and make judgements on those points. I simply think that the outcry over the man's bowling skills is a bit over the top, even for you. As we can all see, he's NOT a bowler, and before he decided to walk in the alley, shoe-up, ball-up, and roll, he knew he didn't have an iota of skills to support his impending actions. It's not as if he did not know these things. But, hey, you have to give the man props for for the extra mile and knowing that he--but probably hoping that he wouldn't--embarass himself in the long run. The man is forty-six years old. He certainly knows his limitations. To thine ownself, he is true (to his known matters of expertise). Let it go, Field. Let it go. Like my favorite social/political comic, Chris Rock says, "Sometimes you just gotta let sh*t slide." I think this is one of those times. Let us move forward to much ado about something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-36457187435990638942008-04-01T19:49:00.000-04:002008-04-01T19:49:00.000-04:00I have multiple 300s and don't think less of the O...I have multiple 300s and don't think less of the O-man for sucking so much. He's probably hardly ever done it in his life.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718746542807866675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-3162029567035043882008-04-01T18:45:00.000-04:002008-04-01T18:45:00.000-04:00Don't worry Indiana is coming up and at least Obam...Don't worry Indiana is coming up and at least Obama plays basketball better than he bowls, lol!Lenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070382436622736209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-90745186529488398622008-04-01T18:26:00.000-04:002008-04-01T18:26:00.000-04:00"Fox News would have had a field day with images o..."Fox News would have had a field day with images of a black ball maliciously mowing down a helpless group of white pins.." <BR/><BR/>LMBAO!!! Good one.<BR/><BR/>joel, you are right, some black folks do love to bowl. I think I was unfairly stereotyping with that post. <BR/><BR/>redstar, it would seem that we are kindred spirits. I went to your blog, and I kind of like your<BR/>politics too.<BR/><BR/>anon. 12:32PM, you didn't introduce yourself correctly. It should have been: HI, I AM ANONYMOUS 12:32PM, AND I AM AN OBAMAHOLIC.field negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-69566607837567149972008-04-01T17:57:00.000-04:002008-04-01T17:57:00.000-04:00I have a confession to make. My best bowling game ...I have a confession to make. My best bowling game is a 288, and three-game series was 754. 31 strikes thrown during that evening, including the first ten in a row.<BR/><BR/><B>The confession:</B> I was being fed a steady diet of Miller Genuine Draft and Long Island Ice Teas from the moment I walked in the door to kill the pain in my shoulder and arm until the following morning.<BR/><BR/><B>The moral of this story:</B> Bowling well may be a good indicator of how to run a country. Look what happened to President Nixon and Watergate? (LOL)<BR/><BR/><B>For the Clintonistas out there:</B> Rocky Balboa isn't real, and he lost to Apollo Creed. Get over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-71479698382756257122008-04-01T17:19:00.000-04:002008-04-01T17:19:00.000-04:00Fox News would have had a field day with images of...Fox News would have had a field day with images of a black ball maliciously mowing down a helpless group of white pins..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-62902531633525144642008-04-01T16:55:00.000-04:002008-04-01T16:55:00.000-04:00I see youve got the Philly/Fed HUD scandal up on y...I see youve got the Philly/Fed HUD scandal up on your sidebar...niiiice.<BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>LLola Getshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058543308191117858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-80243327611222303182008-04-01T16:02:00.000-04:002008-04-01T16:02:00.000-04:00FN, you should put Al Sharpton and th West Palm NA...FN, you should put Al Sharpton and th West Palm NAACP on the house negro of the day. How the hell do you defend those monsters, who clearly raped and beat that Haitian woman and blinded her son? Just thinking about this has ruined my day, and is seriously pissing me off as I type this. I mean, why doesn't he defend the victims, who I think who would need the attention the most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com