Almost Famous?

Last week we discussed the HATETHEPATRIOTS blog being mentioned by the Scott & B.R. Show on XX1090 during our friend Zino's weekly Top 10 radio spot. Zino mentioned our zeal for loathing the Patriots but failed to call us by name, to our dismay.

No worries though! Scott and B.R. had heard of us......no doubt, through the full on barrage of propaganda emails we had been shooting their way. Upon first listen we felt as though the morning fellas were quite annoyed by our existence.....until we received an mp3 of Zino's Top 10 Reasons The Chargers Creamed The Patriots.
Listen closely at the 1 minute mark when Scott and B.R. mention they know who we are:

upon further review

We Sense Approval!

You'll have to be the Judge. CLICK HERE for the Scott & B.R. Show audio clip.

Off Topic:

Thankfully the Donkeys Suck!

And.....

Did anyone see Mark Grace on the World Series pregame coverage by Fox? This guy belongs strictly on radio talking to Jim Rome about bangin' Slumpbusters! He was so uncomfortable and fidgety with spastic hands that we thought it was comedian Louis Black:

Cut down on the coffee Gracey....or the amphetamines for Christ's Sake! You
aren't playin' ball anymore!

Considering our brush with Hank Bauer after the Boston Massacre of September 16th , 2007 and then our brief email correspondence with Ed Hochuli and now a round-about reference on a sports radio talk show at 5:45 am we're ready to proclaim that, in the words of Cameron Crowe, we're Almost Famous:

WE ARE GOLDEN GODS!

(actually not a quote by Cameron Crowe....but it was the title of his autobiographic film as a Rolling Stone Journalist....why quibble over a minor detail?)

To The Next Level We Go

We knew that readership in Singapore was huge but now this. We've hit the big time with a veiled reference by XX1090 hosts Scott Kaplan and Billy Ray Smith. Let's not get too carried away. The reference was not by name and was more out of mock disgust and annoyance but hey....what do you expect?

Last week, we here at HATE, were working with XX1090 listener Zino on trying to come up with a good top ten list for why the Chargers' fans should be amped about playing the Patriots. It didn't quite work out though as the Chargers were defeated by the Phish so we went ahead and posted our own version of The Top Ten List last week.

Well, this morning marked the return of Zino's Top 10 (Top Ten Reasons the Chargers Creamed the Patriots) and before his well oiled and thickly accented recitation Zino mentioned that he had a fellow listener who collaborated with him (This Top 10 was all Zino by the way). We believe it went something like this:

Zino: "I had help from a listener....there's this guy who also has a blog and it's dedicated to hating the Patriots."

Scott: "Yea.....we know... there's a few of those out there."

BR: "Hmmm...yea we get his emails."

It was sheer annoyance coupled with disgust from Scott and BR. We also sensed additional indignation from the daily strafing of email reminders sent to their show to promote our drivel. That's what we took from it anyway....we laughed though....and so will you, as Zino has promised to email us the mp3 link of the radio bit. You'll have to be the judge.

Which brings us to the next order of business. Are we Charger fans or Patriot haters? While the two are not mutually exclusive it goes without saying that our allegiance is with the Chargers and tracking their season...not that of the Patriots.

The last three months have been part of a mass marketing campaign to hype the match-up, that was to be Three parts Vengeance (past 3 defeats) and One part History (ending the Pat's 23 game regular season winning streak). Unfortunately that recipe unraveled with the injury to Brady and the Charger's inauspicious start. But none the less, the game took on a whole new meaning when it looked as though our season was on the line especially when considering the arduous road journey in store for the Chargers over the next two weeks.

The blog is up and running and it was inspired by the Charger/Patriot match-up. It has a URL devoted to hating the Patriots but make no mistake about where our true passions emanate. We hate the Patriots but love American symbols of patriotism.

(Patriot fans just think that patriotism stems from following their team)
(Click above link for hottest exhibit of Patriotism ever)

We are , foremost, Charger and Padre fans who have been tortured through-out time. The torture has only become greater with the increased expectations of each professional club only to have those expectations collapse before us each season. Our expectation is that the torture will subside this year. The Chargers are alive and have a chance.........at immortality!

We must now champion the Patriots this coming Monday night....they get the Donkeys at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass....it hurts but we need a strong effort (Bill... feel free to borrow the Spycam off of our logo...get an edge).

(We will do a couple more things at the expense of the Patriots this week....such as "Express yourself through Haiku" and "Forum Crashing with Morons for Morons" then the focus of this blog will shift, primarily to the torture that is San Diego Fanhood.

It is a torture we embrace as nirvana is just around the Bodhi (Palm) Tree.

For those who have supported....CHEERS!

To those who have said, "Get a life!", we say,....."YOU FIRST!"

What are you doing spending your time reading retarded blogs like this anyway? That's like a Face Painter at a game calling a Body Painter, a LOSER! Pot meet kettle!)

The HATETHEPATRIOTS Legal Team Has Convened

Our legal team convened and has advised as follows:

Strike the Dolphin game from the record!

If not the official record then at least from your mind. We have no choice but to put it behind us or it will drive us mad and ruin the festivities for the upcoming nationally televised Charger/Patriot game. In looking for Silver Linings we have found the following:

• It's never easy to cross three time zones and win a game in the NFL (that's why the Patriots are just staying in Ca after the 49er game)
• We went across three time zones to Florida last year to play the Jag-ovs and were defeated quite handily yet turned it around following that game.
• There was a team in '94-'95 that began the season 2-3 but their loss in the 5th game was at home and they were crushed 40-8 (that San Francisco 49er team turned it around....unfortunately for the Chargers) so it could be worse.

Win our home games. Steal a couple on the road. Things will work out.

The Patriots are coming......the Patriots are coming.....and they're bringing a 3-1 record with them sans Zoolander (Thank God the Angels just won.......there's still hope!).

This game will have playoff implications, as we thought before the season began, only now it won't be for home field advantage......it'll be for a chance at the playoffs.

Yes....Jim Mora......WE SAID IT.... "Playoffs".


Get your mind off of this last loss by visiting "The Good Links" section in the sidebar. You will see a link for another blog: Zino's Top 10

Zino is a XX1090 Scott and BR listener who does a funny top ten list each week. Check out his blog where he posts the lists as well as the audio clip from the radio show. It took me awhile to find his blog because I was convinced that he spelled his name with an "E" (Zeno) like the philosopher. There are a couple of things I'll never forget from my first philosophy class, things I carry with me today. One thing being, my professor standing before his students readying for the day's lesson on paradoxes, specifically those of motion and the following phrase uttered:

"Zeno: A really neat guy"

Not very profound but memorable, for who describes a 2500 year old dead philosopher as neat? My cynical, atheist espousing college philosophy professor, that's who! Incidentally, I still recall the lesson based on that one curious phrase.....Anyway, check out ZINO's blog, and more importantly, click the audio link....you will laugh...promise! We can only hope, now, for a Patriot themed Top 10 list this week.

Also click the link in the sidebar for "Missing Rings" featuring the '81 Chargers. As a wee lad growing up in Chicago as a Bear fan I will tell you that the earliest game I can recall is.....the January 1982 Charger/Dolphin playoff game featuring the "Hook & Ladder" (there weren't too many Bear games of note prior to 1984 and my birth). They are airing the show on the NFL Network but if you would like to read about it and watch a clip with commentary about the Hook & Ladder, it's highly recommended.

The "Countdown" reads less than 7 Days.....The propaganda campaign will commence tomorrow.....

Mr. Durden IS building an army.....