So, a truculent tool can post an Occam's Razor-defying piece of "journalistic" palaver filled with almost every logical fallacy ever conceived, then proceed to lash out virulently against anyone that does not share his addled opinion, without regard for the dialectic, and the thread is allowed to continue, unabated.

Another poster contributes a cartoon that is not only an apt description of the methodology of the original poster, but uses the very words of that poster in its composition and subsequent quote, and that post gets censored as though Captain Beatty himself were in command of the fire brigade.

Perhaps the big picture eludes me. Perhaps I should have called others a waste of skin and hair or told them to go fuck themselves. Apparently boorish behavior is quite acceptable, but satire from their "own petard" is an offense of Bowdlerian proportion.

GMAFB.

SHow many words does it take to get to the end of a Black Shoe Diaries, nay, an SSSSSSBBBBBBB Nation post? This is just a smattering of the incredible memorabilia that Frau Pentimental scooped up for me for my 50th last September. I wanted to share some of it sooner, but, there was a ripple in the vortex of Success With Honor a short time after last September.

To further whet your appetites, I offer you a pic of my son with a certain semi-famous baseball player. 10,000 BSD bucks to the first Nittanite that can identify whom it is and how many baseballs he signed for a lucky kid who still is not certain of the import and gravitas of that day.

The black and white Nike backyard ball was fortunately not signed that day, I just fished it out of a rain gutter tonight. Somehow this pic must qualify as a COA, no?

1. Putting Ohio State jerseys on the quarterbacks was a huge mistake. The general suck combined with a flurry of arm punts was Terr-Hell to watch.

2. Ki-Jana is Casino-Owning American for Fast Runner Choppy Talker

3. Coach looks taller without his glasses.

4. PJ Jones thinks he is throwing to receivers with OMGSEC speed.

5. Rob Bolden is a double naught spy sent to sabotage the position.

6. The hairiest thing on the field is supposed to be the mascot.

7. Westley's girlfriend is going to marry Sean Penn.

8. BOB needs to have an led light installed into the cleft to signal plays to the QB.

9. I can't find that Pornasol shaving cream at my local WalMart

10. I miss Joe.

We are all familiar with the memes, trite generalities, and tired cliches that burst forth from the broadcast booth for at least the last ten years of PSU football. Lacrosse, Division 1 coaching changes, things invented after Joe Paterno, et al. Other than the Sandusky Lambada that is certain to creep pederastically from the lips of unimaginative broadcast "professionals", what do you think will be the new memes associated with the program? Hey, did you know that Bill O'Brien was an offensive coordinator for the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI?

I found this article rather interesting, in hindsight, for the accolades it showered over him.

Sandusky SI

Here are a few examples:

"If Sandusky did not have such a human side, there would be a temptation around Happy Valley to canonize him: Saint Sandusky, leader of linebackers, molder of men."

"( Tom Bradley, a former Nittany Lionsplayer who is in his 21st year as a Paterno assistant, is more colorful in describing what it's like to follow a legend: "Next guy in always gets whacked.")"

"Here's the best thing you can say about Jerry Sandusky: He's the main reason that Penn State is Linebacker U...and linebackers aren't even his enduring legacy."

We'll be there! We are meeting two other parties, as well. We were in Fort Worth for a concert two nights ago, and Penn State fans were seemingly everywhere, despite all the empty seats. I don't know where we will be parking, but I may affix a BSD sign to our minivan to shout out. Pentimental inside! Hah!

Paige, I never received any emails from you. I guess you decided against coming. I'm sorry.

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Lee makes his case for a great defense.

Sean Lee made his first career start Sunday against the Jets. It won't be his last start.

Dallas had been expected to play its inside linebackers equally this season, with Lee splitting time with Bradie James and Keith Brooking. But Lee has made it difficult to get him off the field.

He had a team-leading 11 tackles and returned an interception 37 yards late in the third quarter to set up a 1-yard touchdown.

Lee was the star of the game, just as he was in a Dec. 5 game against the Colts when he intercepted Peyton Manning twice, returning one for a 31-yard touchdown and setting up the game-winning field goal in overtime.

Lee was all over the field against the Jets, and the Cowboys, with a depleted unit, needed everything he gave them.

Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/09/12/3359126/lee-makes-his-case-for-a-great.html#ixzz1Xs8ZtCOM

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http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/penn-state-coach-joe-paterno-legend-traces-back-to-prep-roots-090911

This is a great article, but should Joe be in his own doghouse?

"While in high school, Reilly recalls his brother and Paterno used to hang out on Friday nights at a homely roadside inn in Brooklyn called Ma Hayes, a popular spot for high school and college students. There, Paterno drank beer with his friends and listened to music by then-popular artists such as The Andrew Sisters, Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey.

Whenever Paterno and Dick Reilly got into arguments with others at Ma Hayes, they didn’t hesitate to back it up physically."

Joe Paterno and the Jesuits

Aeneas is not a grandstanding superstar. He is, above all, a Trojan and a Roman. His first commitment is not to himself, for he is bugged constantly by the reminder, the fatum, "You must be a man for others." He lives his life not for "me" and "I," but for "us" and "we." Aeneas is the ultimate team man. A hero of Aeneas’ kind does not wear his name on the back of his uniform. He doesn’t wear "Nittany Lions" on his helmet to claim star credit for touchdowns and tackles that were enabled by everybody doing his job. For Virgil’s kind of hero, the score belongs to the team. Father Bermingham didn’t have to lecture me on most of that. We were just reading, sentence by sentence, in Latin, and there it was, like a living experience. For entertainment today, we flip the channel to Rambo or Miami Vice and get caught up by the fight scenes and the chase. But it’s not the same kind of experience. Once a person has experienced a genuine masterpiece, the size and scope of it last as a memory forever."

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This is a very funny list.  

100 Absolutely Certain Thoughts For The 2011 College Football Season

http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/9/1/2395679/college-football-2011-preview

Which ones made you laugh out loud?

For me, 82, definitely 81 and 80, 47, 46 (more of a chuckle, but more clever than the standard JPIOJ), 40, 37 with 36, 35, 29, 27, 21-19, 17, 16, 14-12, 

72 made me shudder.

65, 63 and 62 are true.

Am I at 75 words yet?  No.  I'm not, wait......