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In life, many people are inclined to believe that they don't follow the pack, they take the road less traveled, they are independent. And so forth.It seems like there is a correlation with the volume of their voice and their belief that no one is listening.Yet, who can truly say that they are independent Sometimes, "independence" seems like nothing more than a romantic ideal of yore and nothing more WWE tickets than vanity.Independence is just defined culturally by success. How successful in acquiring money and stuff have you beenCitizens rely on the government to prosecute crimes of violence, fight enemies abroad, and deliver the Uzi packing postal workers.To some degree, everyone must sacrifice some independence in order to live in a free society.I can already hear the people muttering Ben Franklin quotes about those who exchange liberty for security will have neither.Many quote without knowledge of the period. At that time, the Tories in the Colonies argued that it was better to stay under the thumb of the British government, because independence from the British government would require war.Thus, it was safer to just shut-up.Problem with that argument was that the Colonies were at risk of being immersed in war regardless of whether the Colonies declared independence, because the Colonies were nothing more than a blue chip in the British Empire.Thus, if the British attacked the French, the French would attack the Colonies. That is essentially a formula of imperial diplomacy: If X attacks Y, then Y will attack Z to undermine X (not a reference to the XYZ affair).(That is also the formula used by the mainstream media to undermine the blogosphere).Thus, it made no common sense to remain with the British and be subject to the wars of their whim, because the British did not understand the problems that faced the Colonies from abroad on their section of an island fortress known as England (not Scotland or Wales).It also begs the question of whether a nation is truly Colorado Rockies ticket free when it allows itself to engage in the wars of terrorist whims. As I write this...I depend on a computer, the Internet, electricity, and those who maintain and build computers and the apparatus needed for the Internet and electricity.I could even include the coffee I drink for focus and those who grew that coffee, or the medications I use to open my lungs and clear my sinus cavities.They also rely on someone for something in order to survive and do their job or hobby.Those in television, radio, and print journalism have the same dilemma, but with different and similar aspects. Many of them had to depend on a university to affirm their sense of self, and to provide a degree.Yet, I can delude myself into believing that I act independentlypretend that only I know the truth, or that only I can wake-up the atrophied brains of the brainwashed.(All hail Krull and his glorious new regime! Sincerely, little girl). Am I truly independent (is anyone)I have a Colorado Rockies tickets late half-uncle who was a cult leader, so I think I have a genetically inherited predisposition against following a pack or mob-mentality, even to my disadvantage, and even if it prevents simple pleasures.He formed his cult after my dad told him about Christ. Thus, the shyster brother my dad always knew realized that there was money to be made in an organized group of people that all follow the same mantra. Their mantra was the idea that you could become godlike by asserting, "I am." That Bay Area cult even held, "I am-a-thons."And when he died from heart failure, his followers tried to raise him from the dead at his funeral. Alas, if only he had had health coverage ... but you would think that someone with as much money as he conned would not die in his thirties from heart disease.(Those who know about the Lars Von Trier film Antichrist will understand the satirical allusion I made by simply saying, "he.") From Jim Jones to Krazy GeorgeTo be fair, that was a time in the 1970s when cults were all the rage. It wasn't until the Jim Jones People's Temple from Oakland went down to Jonestown, Guyana and ''drank the kool aid,'' that people realized the insanity of what they were doingmost of them, at least.They moved on to bigger and better paths of their own creation and destruction. But since they had yet to see the sacrifice made by the People's Temple nuts, others had been reasonably ignorant to the truth about cults, and thus not culpable for their decision to join a cult.Many in the mass media have also deluded themselves into thinking that their opinion is more valuable than the next person is.In the mind of Glenn Beck, he merely argues with idiots about common sense. Yet, real common sense would ask this: Why would I want to argue with idiotsBefore you get confused, I have been an acerbic critic of Glenn Beck, but I don't hate Beck. I rarely if ever hate a person, I simply state that I disagree and why, or question their tactics. Beck at one time seemed like a reasonable critic. That though, was when CNN employed him. Beck went to FOX and realized the power of saying anything and that people will take it seriously.Beck has engaged in what can only be described as Leninist style propaganda to equate President Obama to the Nazi regime of Germany: the juxtaposition of images to inflame the senses. In other words, political porn, which seems to answer finally why FOX News would be the conservative alternative to the mainstream media.(Go see The Battleship Potemkin . Have you seen FOX)As Gene Simmons of KISS once said, he knows that he could point and tell an audience to, "kill," just to see a mass of people swarm at kill the person. Of course, he San Francisco Giants tickets refrains from doing such things, but knows that he could do it if he wanted too.In Oakland, the Athletics would see the emergence of a professional cheerleader named Krazy George, whom has made the disputed claim to have invented, "The Wave."Either way, George popularized The Wave at Athletics games in the postseason.Point of this being that, I think everyone at a baseball game has at one time, wondered why do you have to follow The Wave. Who started it Where did it start Why can't I start oneYet, everyone follows along whether begrudgingly or happily. The end result is that everyone is following the actions of the next person.The media says how much they hate The Wave, because in truth, the Wave is a reminder of what information usually is.Somehow, something is said that one-person repeats, then three people San Francisco Giants ticket repeat, three more, three more and so forth. Obviously, that is not using real data, but just an abstract example that what often is perceived as truth or reported in the media is the result of exponential reporting through a grapevine that will distort the justification for reporting such information.That is also how former GOP Chair Lee Atwater worked. He knew that big lies would get picked-up by journalists dependent on their job, and those big lies would get spread around, and people would believe them, sometimes out of spite for a person that disagrees with them. If everyone is saying it, it must be reported!Randy Hanson for instance went to the media before the police and claimed that Raiders coach Tom Cable had threatened his life after breaking his jaw.Before we knew it, the mainstream media picked-up the fumble in and ran with it in their proverbial "Wrong Way Run," before they knew if it was true, because of risk management.You can't take the risk of ignoring something that incendiary, because you might get burned in your career by not doing so.The Raiders had been a mess since the Super Bowl loss, Al Davis was "losing it," and the Raiders organization had a former employee, Bill Romanowski that did the same thing that Cable had been accused of doing.Yet, the reports were fluff by a guy, Hanson that was trying to defame Cable in a desperate attempt to protect his standing in the organization.If anything, Hanson should be suspended by Commissioner Goodell.The same thing happened to Rush Limbaugh and his bid to buy the St. Louis Rams. I disagree with Limbaugh's tactics; because I think he does nothing more than take inventory of "black culture" and black leaders under the guise of entertainment.That, though, does not mean that he said things he did not say about slavery and MLK Jr's assassin. But the media picked-up some incendiary quotes that were attributed to Limbaugh and ran with them.I thought it was forgivable, but also indicative of how the media often works. Often times, I fume about the media not because I accuse of them of malice (except Jay Mariotti), but because they are too afraid to take a risk by not reporting incendiary bunk that everyone is talking about.In other words, the mainstream media is too afraid to lead because of money. Thus, they follow the leader and are burned for it, which is the antithesis of what free press was supposed to be.And the truth will set you free. . On February 23rd of the new year, Sports Illustrated's Ted Keith published an article entitled Five bold predictions for 2009. If you are unfamiliar with the article, here is a link to it for you to see the original online I will examine each of Keith's predictions, not necessarily criticizing them, but examining them piece of tickets for San Francisco Giants by piece and then giving him an overall grade on his "bold predictions."1. The Chicago Cubs will win the pennant- Well, no, not quite. In fact, they did not actually make the playoffs this year after doing so two years in a row. The Cubs finished 7.5 games out of first behind the Cardinals, and they were even further behind Colorado for the wild-card. They underachieved in every category, as there rotation was weaker than it had been the past years, its lineup did nothing, and its up-and-coming bullpen was unreliable and under performing. With this prediction, Keith was very very far off.2. Another big steroids name will be revealed- After the entire Alex Rodriguez steroid scandal, everything seemed to die down for a little bit until Manny was named for using illegal substances. I would say Keith did a pretty good job on this prediction, though, at the rate the big names had been being revealed, I would not go as far as he did to call it a "bold prediction." Seemed more than likely.3. Manny Ramirez will win the MVP award- This is another one that just could not be further off. Not only did Manny not come close to winning the MVP (or even hitting 30 home tickets for Colorado Rockies runs). In fact, all Manny accomplished this year that is of much importance was receiving a 50 game suspension for using human chorionic gonadotropin, a women's fertility drug. So, on this prediction, Keith could probably not have been further from the actual.4. Jake Peavy will not be traded- Contrary to Keith's prediction, Peavy was dealt to WWE the White Sox and only pitched 3 games for them (doing extremely well in 2 of them). In total, he threw only just over 100 innings on the entire season, one that was cut awfully short by nagging injuries. Keith's prediction on this could have only gone two ways, either Peavy would have been traded or not been, and unfortunately for Keith, it was not as he expected.5. The AL East will be the best division race ever- I am not sure what Keith meant by "ever," and what or what was not the best division race of the year is mostly a subjective topic so it is hard to say. But, the AL East had a 19 game differential between the first and third place team. This seven games more than the second largest differential (AL West 12 game differential). The Yankees ran away with the division and the Rays were not even close to Boston for second place, so I would be think it is an easy thing to say that the AL East was not the best race, maybe the worst.Overall, looking back at Ted Keith's precitions about 8 months later, they really do not look like the panned out as he would have liked them to. In fact, overall I would say that Keith was pretty much dead wrong on most of his "bold predictions." But, that is all they are, pre-season predictions, and the willingness of someone to make predictions like he did with the strong possibility of facing criticism from fans like myself and other analysts shows a lot about him as a sports writer, and why possibly controversial articles can turn out to be the most popular ones in the end.. The 2009-2010 NBA season may be a year Nets fans want to forget.The Nets have been picked to finish last in the Atlantic Division by basically every basketball expert.This was also predicted last year but the Nets suprised everyone and ended up getting third in the Atlantic Division behind the Celtics and 76ers.For the Nets to surprise everyone again this year I believe there are five key players that control there fate this year.Here are the five players that control the fate of the Nets this year..

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that being said im not giving up on my team.Rookie James Harden didn't have that performance i was looking for where he broke out and dropped 20. although i still like Harden and believe he will start during the season at one point of time pre-season is about the 2nd and 3rd unit and what i was its clear to me that this team cannot go anywhere with the bench we have countless times we lost games because of the bench. there was no production on both ends of the floor. Shaun Livingston i was hoping he could get back into what he was but it wasn't happening. The two big men i was most looking forward to was DJ white and Serge Ikaba. Ikaba I already counted out because of his poor effort in the summer league. however this was not the case, he performed great and i am looking forward to see him get some game time this season.

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