slippin and a slidin

 and playing domino,

gotta tell your story , boy

before it's time to go (N. Young)

so true Neil, so true.......gotta tell your story, nobody will tell it for you.

not surprising but still disappointing to see the world of sports and the mainstream media trip over themselves to cash in on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.......just a few of the pathetic events being peddled as patriotism.

i try to avoid hypocrisy, so lets jump in a call out my Naval Academy football team , they gladly took a check from cbs to move the traditional October game against Air Force to 9/11 this year......as if seeing two service academies play football is going to somehow bring joy and relief on 9/11 ....in the aftermath of afghanistan and the helicopter crash in San Diego last week , perhaps the Naval Academy should be focused on other things and treat football as a diversion from the mission....and not the mission itself.

not quite as bad but still ridiculous was the decision to "award" the annual Army-Navy game to the Meadowlands to coincide with the 20th anniversary of 9/11 ( that is seriously how the press release was worded) , the game of course is played in December , but oh yeah, never forget and all that jazz.

The FDNY and NYPD moved their annual hockey game which used to be played on a Sunday in February or March ( usually after a Rangers-Isles game or as a sunday matinee) to Thursday Night September 9th ...courtesy of ESPN........i wonder how many times they will roll clips of the planes hitting the WTC ? wonder if fan duel has an under/over.

MLB network is trotting out a replay of the Mets-Braves game in 2001, thr first game to be played in NYC after the attacks and they are now referring to that instant classic as "The Game for America" ...spoiler alert, Sam Champions boyfriend hits a HR to win the game.

and the NFL ? ?  one can only imagine, but we will have to wait and see how the felons and miscreants that represent professional football show their honor and sacrifice to the nation.

me ?  i'll be at the beach drinking beer, just like the 19 anniversaries prior......i will avoid the televsion and stare blankly at the great Atlantic Ocean, the navy and seagreen abyss.

Are you Ready for the Country ?

Because it's time to go......