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Monday, August 9, 2010

Sports Tax-Hiking, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Hollywood-Loving Liberals...

Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:45 PM

...are sure to enjoy this.

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Meh.

Now, if they were all-electric racing cars run from green energy ....

Posted by Will in Seattle

on August 9, 2010 at 3:48 PM

One of the results of Global Warming is that new types of spiders are moving into the Puget Sound, specifically the brown recluse.

I was bitten by one of these in my apartment (it has happened for the last several years, each summer when they hatch).

This is the result, My Real Life Foot as of Today:
http://flic.kr/p/8qWSqa

Welcome to the Tropics.

http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfact…

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on August 9, 2010 at 3:49 PM

You were probably drinking your latte, after eating some sushi, while sitting in your Volvo, reading that New York Times article. ;-)

Posted by Cory on August 9, 2010 at 3:54 PM

I think they need to do a more elaborate voodoo dance to Jesus at the opening ceremonies because clearly God is mad at NASCAR.

Posted by Vince on August 9, 2010 at 3:57 PM

Where are they going to wear their "Babies, Guns & Jesus" T-shirts now? Oh, the dilemma.

Posted by Canuck on August 9, 2010 at 4:00 PM

Hate to agree with Dan, but I'm happy to see the working class get screwed too. Has been great for my family's portfolios over the past 30 years.

Posted by Yeah fuck the working class on August 9, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Good thing the Legislature didn't fall for that scheme to finance a NASCAR track in Kitsap County a few years ago!

Posted by SuperSteve on August 9, 2010 at 4:15 PM

doesn't every 'sport' rely on working class people?

Posted by 34x42 on August 9, 2010 at 4:18 PM

My first thought was the same as @7.

Posted by Cascadian on August 9, 2010 at 4:21 PM

I went to a NASCAR race once. . . @ Pocono.

i saw one guy push over a chemical toilet with his BFF still inside. I'm pretty sure he wasn't his BFF after that.

but it was the highlight of the. . . zzzzzzzzz.

Posted by julia09 on August 9, 2010 at 4:22 PM

@4 I'll settle for an African dance-off like they had in that Kanye West vid ... that would be cool for the race start.

@8 no - see Football. Not the world sport, the elitist variant that the Seahawks practices.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on August 9, 2010 at 4:28 PM

“It was a good candy bar when it was right,” said H. A. Wheeler, the former president of Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

The man's name is Humpy, New York Times (and I am not making this up). Don't be afraid to refer to him as such. Humpy is not a bad word. Humpy Humpy Humpy.

See, it's even fun to say - and type!

Posted by Looking For a Better Read on August 9, 2010 at 6:30 PM

Finally--a good news story.

Posted by runswithnailclippers on August 9, 2010 at 7:31 PM

meh, NASCAR is kinda boring compared to rally or just about any of the other motor sports. I never did see why so many people got into it.

Posted by SPG on August 9, 2010 at 7:43 PM

"Doesn't every sport rely on the working class?" Depends on where you are. While baseball tends to rely more heavily on the working class ( just look at the number of games, especially day games), the real money makers for a lot of teams are the premium seats. I'll gladly admit that I'm a huge fan of one baseball team* and regularly pay premium prices to see them play...heck, i'd pay over $300 for a ticket if I could get a very specific premium ticket. Yet, I took the BF to see his team** in a small-market location and paid less than many of the cheap seats here for some really great seats. But I do love to see NASCAR suffer...

*that would be a real team, not like the Yanks or sell-out Sox
**another real team, just not local and has lots of loyal fans

Posted by Ms. D on August 9, 2010 at 9:06 PM

@15 that's food for a family of four in many families. Which means you're not middle class.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on August 9, 2010 at 11:39 PM

Fuck NASCAR

Posted by funkathrusta on August 9, 2010 at 11:54 PM

As a race fan, I'm kind of glad to see a lot of the glitz and hype fall away from NASCAR. It had gotten too big. It's more about the racing this year than it was a few years ago. But I generally agree with 14 (even though I prefer oval racing): all you need to catch in most any NASCAR race is the last 20 laps.

Posted by Chris in Vancouver WA on August 10, 2010 at 7:16 AM

As a child I was obsessed with auto racing. I can’t afford the cable bill (most races are on cable now) and I find I don't really miss watching at all. Now I regret 20 years of lost Sunday afternoons.

Posted by rayhead00 on August 10, 2010 at 9:25 AM

Nothing like driving around in circles a bunch, burning fossil fuels, in order to prove who's best at driving around in circles...

Sports relying on unsustainable industrial processes are going to be gone in fifty years as the price of oil skyrockets. While I don't think sport is a "waste" of resources any more than any other form of culture (painting, sculpture, music, video, etc.), the cost/benefit ratio is a lot higher for sports that don't rely completely on fossil-fuel-burning machines. Baseball, football, soccer, tennis, swimming, for example, can be played with NO use of fossil fuels, as it's possible to use handmade equipment and play only in the daytime (transportation for a national/international league is trickier, but possible).

Also, I dislike seaweed and therefore sushi, and I drink my coffee black. The rest is fair (gotta love that bio-diesel conversion for the Volvo), although I bicycle (and take the bus in Winter) unless I need to go farther than 20 mi. or transport heavy/bulky stuff.

@8: Yeah, polo and squash are huge in the working-class segments of the population. :-P

Posted by John Horstman on August 10, 2010 at 10:38 AM