Left-Wing Blogger Insults The Avalanche

by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 6:57 AM MDT in News Comment 69 comments

[In honor of the Democratic convention this week (being held in Denver), all MHH posts (other than the Top 19) will feature a tone similar to that of our country's finest asset: political punditry.]

Radical left-wing blogger David Kurtz, of the radical left-wing (and Peabody-winning) site Talking Points Memo, had the audacity to insult the Colorado Avalanche:

We're more or less within walking distance of the convention site, the Pepsi Center, where the NBA's Nuggets play...

The Pepsi Center, of course, is also the home of the Colorado Avalanche, who have won two championships since 1996, while the pathetically mediocre NoGuts have won zero since 1974.

This is just another clear effort by the radical left latte-drinkers to diminish the brave history of the Avalanche, a hockey team consisting of good, hard-working regular Americans (North Americans), almost all of whom are probably former prisoners of war. The Nuggets are elitist and naive and lack the experience necessary to be considered a serious professional sports team. And I heard they bump fists to congratulate each other, which is un-American and probably a jihadist gesture.

ADDENDUM: And it seems Greg Dubs is in cahoots with the extremist leftards:

Obviously, Colorado's chances rest on the respective hearts of Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg, and some rather questionable goaltending.

Questionable goaltending? Why does Wyshynski hate Jesus, apple pie and the 1968 Chevy Camaro?

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Even Worse

I hear Wyshynski doesn’t even know how many blogs he’s written for. I don’t know if that’s the man we want leading the hockey blogging revolution.

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by PPP on Aug 25, 2008 8:19 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Personally, I’d like to see some of the blog posts he wrote while still in college. I hear some of them were downright treasonous.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 8:29 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is going to go on all week? Really?

I'm sorry, Mr. Hossa, but I'm afraid we can't be friends anymore. Why? Because I hate you.

by JDunman on Aug 25, 2008 9:17 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, don’t worry, I’ve only just begun.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 9:25 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why does Wyshynski hate Jesus, apple pie and the 1968 Chevy Camaro?

I could do well without those

26 Card Jet

by Tommelot on Aug 25, 2008 9:36 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

That’s because you live in Old Europe, which hates freedom.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And enjoys the finer things in life

26 Card Jet

by Tommelot on Aug 25, 2008 10:33 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't forget

The taxes and organized labor. I hear you Euro’s just love to strike.

"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)

by Jibblescribbits on Aug 25, 2008 10:39 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Italy

If you ain’t striking you ain’t trying.

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by PPP on Aug 25, 2008 11:13 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And universal health care, and a month paid vacation, and extended (paid) maternity leave, and pensions, and rail-based transcontinental transit, and a strong unified economy…

Those bastards.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 11:51 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don’t forget that they named their money the Euro. That’s just pretentious. Can you imagine if that happened over here in the good ole US of A?

“How much for a Big Mac?”

“4 North Amereos.”

You see, that’s just stupid. Like Europe…

by Mike @ MHH on Aug 25, 2008 11:59 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know what else is shady? Russia is in Europe AND Asia. How can I be a typical racist Team Amerikan if you won’t label yourselves with handy all-encompassing geographical descriptors? That’s just lazy…

by Mike @ MHH on Aug 25, 2008 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I believe part of the United States is in heaven with His Grace The Almighty Baby Jesus, so maybe having two geographical descriptors is okay—-if you’re the USA!!

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 12:09 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you don’t believe that, drive through central/eastern Kentucky. Billboards will show you the Way.

I'm sorry, Mr. Hossa, but I'm afraid we can't be friends anymore. Why? Because I hate you.

by JDunman on Aug 25, 2008 1:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

America’s just pissed some other country is in two continents and they’re not.

"To have arrived on this Earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony"
R. Leakey, Origins; 1977

by Savage33 on Aug 26, 2008 4:40 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

Australia is it’s own continent that doesn’t share with any country(Except New Zealand but they don’t count) beat that.

"To have arrived on this Earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony"
R. Leakey, Origins; 1977

by Savage33 on Aug 26, 2008 4:42 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Europe used to sent their criminals to Australia before it was an actual country

26 Card Jet

by Tommelot on Aug 26, 2008 6:33 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, and now we beat them in cricket, they’re own sport so therefore we win.

"To have arrived on this Earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony"
R. Leakey, Origins; 1977

by Savage33 on Aug 27, 2008 3:42 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That cracks me up! English comedian (can’t remember who) saying

We still have football. Wait. But we still have rugby. Oh, but at least no one can beat us with cricket. No-one knows the rules, and we made them up, so we MUST be able to win at that. NO?!

26 Card Jet

by Tommelot on Aug 27, 2008 7:17 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought India had the best cricket players.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 27, 2008 7:22 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not anymore. They have trouble winning outside of the subcontinent.

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by PPP on Aug 27, 2008 6:35 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess I’m just behind on the latest developments in the cricket world. I should be ashamed of myself.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Aug 28, 2008 5:10 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me too. How DID I miss that?

by Mike @ MHH on Aug 28, 2008 9:10 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think my subscription to Cricket Quarterly has expired. Damn.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 28, 2008 9:52 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's like Canada....

Except for the rail-based continental transit.

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by PPP on Aug 25, 2008 12:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

If they had that I’d probably move.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 12:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Everything here is COMIC GENIUS!

26 Card Jet

by Tommelot on Aug 25, 2008 4:38 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Political Punditry?

Wait, so the “best” part about political punditry is making stuff up and then repeating it as fact (and by best I mean so soul-crushingly bad that it makes me weep for our country at night). I smell an interview with Eklund coming!

"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)

by Jibblescribbits on Aug 25, 2008 10:38 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t even live in your country and I cry myself to sleep watching “news” on tv.

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by PPP on Aug 25, 2008 11:13 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I almost got absorbed into a protest march this weekend

They were going in the same direction I was walking. So instead of waiting, I just joined them for two blocks. Leaving the group was a little tough as they all looked at me yelling ,“where you going dude?!?!” “Our voice matters dude.” “Duuuuuude”. Some actually left the group to try to get me to come back.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Aug 25, 2008 11:05 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice

You should have really screwed with them and told them that you’d seen the light in the past two blocks.

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by PPP on Aug 25, 2008 11:13 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

If I claimed that, the whole parade may have followed me.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Aug 25, 2008 12:14 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, unless you told them you were going to go take a shower.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 12:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And on a side note. The estimated number of protestors so far has been greatly exageratted (sp?). The police far out numbered them, some dressed in riot gear.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Aug 25, 2008 11:28 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think the numbers are always overstated. They want to try and make themselves sound more important and influential that they actually are.

Now and then we had the hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be PIRATES.
-Mark Twain-

by Americanario on Aug 25, 2008 11:45 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait, are we talking about protesters or pundits? Or both? Or neither?

Where am I?

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 11:49 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought we were talking about 31-year-old former Avalanche goaltenders who MAY have contracted VD through a promiscuous hotel magnate’s skanky daughter.

by Mike @ MHH on Aug 25, 2008 11:57 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

both said the numbers would be higher.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Aug 25, 2008 12:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wishful thinking, I suppose.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 12:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you saying....

That PUMA won’t have tens of thousands of protesters or that we won’t see 1968-like violence? If you can’t trust Fox News to let you know about Democratic in-fighting then who can you trust?

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by PPP on Aug 25, 2008 12:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

What are you implying?

Fox News…..LIES???

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Aug 25, 2008 12:47 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right, PUMA. The acronym has more letters than the group has members.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 12:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm glad

I had to google it to find what it meant. Not only that, but when you type PUMA into google, This comes up before anything about Clinton Supporters…

I think it’s safe to say their movement isn’t gaining much traction.

"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)

by Jibblescribbits on Aug 25, 2008 1:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

When the candidate you’re bravely standing up for has already agreed to release her delegates to vote for the other guy, well, your dead-ender movement has reached its dead end.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Aug 25, 2008 1:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ron Paul 2008!

I'm sorry, Mr. Hossa, but I'm afraid we can't be friends anymore. Why? Because I hate you.

by JDunman on Aug 25, 2008 2:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome.

by J.P. on Aug 25, 2008 12:50 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 27, 2008 7:45 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey!

But I’m part of that “left latte-drinkers” group! Though, I hate lattes, and drink my coffee only black.

Anyways, none of us academic lefty’s can afford to drink $6 lattes. That’s Texas oil baron territory.

Mir ist egal.

by Selanne on Aug 25, 2008 7:53 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Its okay. I hate apple pie too. I’m a cherry pie man!

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Aug 25, 2008 8:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve always wondered about the $6 lattes. I mean I get a 20 oz. latte and it’s on $4 something. What do you have to do to get it up to $6? Do they add alcohol to it or something? I always wondered what was in those extra “shots”…

by Mrs @ MHH on Aug 26, 2008 8:04 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Your lattes are purchased in the Heartland, where prices are still reasonable.* On the coasts, lattes cost far more.

*If you consider paying $4 for any single-serving drink to be reasonable.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 26, 2008 8:39 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually most of the time I just get plain coffee which is only $2. It’s only when I want a treat that I go for the $4 stuff.

Why is it that everything on the coasts is more expensive? I mean Starbucks is based in Seattle so I would think it would be cheapest there and get more expensive as you go east. But what do I know?

by Mrs @ MHH on Aug 26, 2008 9:37 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

They charge whatever they can get away with wherever they are.

And it’s not like the coffee is all made in Seattle and then shipped out from there.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Aug 26, 2008 9:46 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know. My Starbucks gets there’s from a roasting company in Nevada. It’s just weird that things are cheaper here than on the coasts.

by Mrs @ MHH on Aug 26, 2008 10:02 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just made a huge grammatical error that’s going to bug me. It’s their’s not there’s…

by Mrs @ MHH on Aug 26, 2008 10:02 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Six lashings.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 26, 2008 11:18 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Alright you two...

That stuff is supposed to be saved for when no one’s looking, not just Mike.

"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)

by Jibblescribbits on Aug 26, 2008 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait a second, these aren’t private text messages? O NOEZ

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 26, 2008 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously

Because everything is more expensive there. Living in San Jose, even fricking Californai Wine is as expensive here as it is in Colorado. There’s so much money in the area that in order to maximize profits, companies can charge more. It has very little to do with shipping costs and more to do with local economics…

…Then again My wife got a 13% raise to accommodate it when we moved out here.

"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)

by Jibblescribbits on Aug 26, 2008 11:56 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That would be nice. But for me to survive a move from Kentucky to California, I’d probably need a raise in the neighborhood of 20%. That’s pre-law degree, of course.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Aug 26, 2008 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lattes and pie are both tools of the corporate elite used to subdue and marginalise the oppressed proletariat. Break free of the yoke of the bourgeoisie, my comrades, and join my in moonshine and cabbage soup FREEDOM!!!!!

by eltharion_doa on Aug 26, 2008 3:54 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

viva la resistance!

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Aug 26, 2008 10:47 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Rage Against The Machine wrote a song about lattes.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Aug 26, 2008 11:18 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

THE PIE IS A LIE
Anyone who gets that joke: Congrats, you’re a nerd with too much procrastination aswell

Anyways, listen to Michael Franti if you think people are different, because they’re born somewhere else.
That’s all I will say about about the subject, unless the great Joe grants me permission to rant about my political views.

26 Card Jet

by Tommelot on Aug 26, 2008 6:37 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

That game sounds interesting, at least according to the Wiki.

by Mike @ MHH on Aug 26, 2008 8:00 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unless the rant is sarcastic, let’s keep it to a minimum. I’d like to maintain the fine tradition of unseriousness here as long as possible. Also the tradition of using made-up words like “unseriousness.”

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Aug 26, 2008 8:40 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs