Jeffrey Dahmer was a beast. Ed Gein was a monster.
And if Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson does not pull his head out of the frozen sand and keep Brett Favre from getting dished to another team, he, too, is going to be on the state's very short "Infamous List".
Ask Dan Devine about what life is like on that list. Or ask his dog.
There simply are no excuses, reasons, or justifications that would have Brett Favre wearing a jersey other than a Packers jersey. None.
I am not sure where Ted Turner (or Thompson, or whatever his name is) comes from, but for him to let Brett Favre go to another team is like lifting his leg on the entire Cheesehead Nation and taking a whizz.
And that is not acceptable in Wisconsin. Not when a player like Favre gave everything he had for 16 years in Green Bay and is the very embodiment of the Packers.
If Thompson deals Brett Favre to another NFL team, he is going to earn the top spot as "The Most Hated Man in Wisconsin," hands down. No Chicago Bear will even have to run for election.
It would be the biggest stab in the back to every citizen of the state since Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and went to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Or maybe since President Clinton's Secretary of Defense, Wisconsin's own Les Aspin, refused to authorize the use of tanks in support of a mission in Somalia because we "might alienate the United Nations." Of course, the result was that he got 18 soldiers killed in Mogadishu in the "Black Hawk Down" incident.
Perhaps Ted Thompson could take a few lessons from the inglorious pasts of other shameful Wisconsonites. Remember the "Mogadishu Mile," that unprotected one-mile-long run that U.S. soldiers had to take down the streets of the hostile city while being shot at from every direction continuously the whole way?
Well, suppose we offer Thompson the "Green Bay Gauntlet" instead?
Sure, he could start running at Lambeau field and then try to make it to any state line where he can cross into freedom. Of course, Cheeseheads unhappy with Thompson's treachery in dealing Favre would be free to practice their marksmanship in this event.
Perhaps Thompson could do as nice of a job dodging bullets as the U.S. soldiers, who were put in a terrible position by fearLESs ASPIN, did. And if he gets running along and begins to think the heat is getting too much, the bullets too close, he can always choose to go "another direction;" he seems to think that is a good idea nowadays.
What if Aaron Rodgers—Ted's brainchild, whom Thompson hopes will prove him to be a genius—gets hurt? Then what?
Then we switch the channel and watch Brett Favre play for the Buccaneers or something? NEGATIVE, Mr. Thompson. FAVRE IS A PACKER. Forever. Unlike you.
Don't make them find your head in Jeffrey Dahmer's freezer or your skin around Ed Gein's lamp. Do the right thing. Or get your running shoes on, and grab a bottle of water...
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2 months ago
"We here in Florida, would love to have your Cast-Off from Green Bay named Favre. He would be welcome at any of our (3) Florida teams, but I look forward to him coming to Tampa Bay ! " This fall I sent my NFL Packer Flag north. ........ I guess I will have to get a new Tampa Bay Flag !
The Packers will be lucky to go 7-9 this season, and Rogers will be hurt within the first 6 games. This year the Vikings should take that conference. I highly doubt that Teddy (GM) and Mikey (Coach) will be around in a few of years.
Jorden was welcomed back (3) times, while Favre was shown the bench, behind Rogers. A lot of thanks for (16 ) Wonderful Years.............A Real Class Act by Green Bay ! ...... All of the Packer Executive Committee, Management and Organization Suck ! Green Bay finally deserves the name .............. " Hicktown U.S.A."
2 months ago
Wow do you not know anything about Wisconsin. About 75% of the people support Thompson here and think Favre is a prima donna whiner. He's purposely doing this media circus garbage and calling Thompson a liar over his own stupid GM ideas, he's just trying to get away from Green Bay anyways.
from 2 months ago
75% of the stupid people you mean.
2 months ago
You are completely wrong, Brett wants to play in GB. He asked to come back only to be given the cold sholder.
Don't forget what they told him, "Playing in GB is not an option"
Also, you cannot play in GB, and we don't feel you should play anywhere else either"
What is that? I would have given them the finger, then asked for release.
Thompson has lost his mind.
2 months ago
Floridajim, Now people who live in glass houses shouldn't start throwing stones. I know you'd like to see Favre somewhere down in Florida and all, but then you go and start calling my peeps hicks. From a state where some of the backwoods swamp boys or everglades fellas have more alligators than teeth, that is quite bit of mud to sling at my Wisconsinites, wouldn't you say? Florida has no hicks? C'mon. We may be northerners, but so was Paul Bunyan, which doesn't make any of us hicks. And at least we can count our votes.
Scott, uh, ya I do know the people of Wisconsin. I have already forgot more about the state than you know yet. Perhaps you are the hick that Floridajim referred to? Just kidding. :)
2 months ago
Amen!!! Brett Favre is a legend in Green Bay and this piece of shit Ted Thompson is going to turn his back on him! Brett Favre retired and has been wishy washy...but it's Brett Favre and you respect what he has done for the organization for as long as he has. This is unfathomable to me and I am pissed off beyond recognition. I love my Green Bay Packers....but I no doubt have lost some heart for the Packers!! My email is panther4209@hotmail.com if anyone would like to contact me.
2 months ago
Ted Thompson will have to answer for the foolish move he has made, soon enough he will lose his place with the packers. When Aaron goes down by the 4th week of the season only Ted and Mike will be under extreme scrutiny, Brett will still be playing strong for a not so good team and will probably finish with a better record than the Pack.
All I can say is, see ya Ted!!
2 months ago
Ted Thompson is so cheap: he cannot sign a seasoned player that earns a big salary. It's all money with him ! I'm surprised he signed Grant, but during the Favre mess, if he didn't sign Grant he would have been strung up. I could just punch Thompson for dealing with people the way he does.
The Packer People will not remember him favorably, for sure! Hopefully, Brett will return and retire as a Packer in a year or two! TT made life impossible for him for the last two years. There's lots behind "closed doors" that went on that we know nothing about. But, it boils down to Brett having that big "lifetime" contract and TT wanting that money - achieved in any way.
Hopefully, good-bye to TT.
It's s-a-d . . . . . . .we were all treated badly, not like faithful fans that we are. :-(
about 1 month ago
I think stupid ass thompson is just retarted and he's probly gay!!!!!!! He thinks that rodgers is ready to play?!! Ha what a joke! now they offered him money to stay retired and so did that stupid murphy guy that looks like a beaver! now i betcha favre and the jets are going to win the superbowl and show the packers that they made a mistake!!! FYI i'm ordering my favre jetts jersey because i'm no longer a fan of the packer anymore because they are seriously stupid and like McCarty is like " the train has moved on and the fans are just going to have to deal with it and blah blah blah" well guess what McCarthy we don't! so what if i've been a fan of the packers for my whole life thats only because favre was there! duh!!! so thompson and McCarthy and beaver can all go screw themselves cause NOBODY CARES!!!
about 1 month ago
Good article, but I don't know what that Ted Turner reference was supposed to be. It seems you may have a conservative bent, so perhaps you don't like him because he's a liberal? Your only omission: you definitely should have included Joe McCarthy on that list of people us Cheeseheads are ashamed were of our own. I wrote an article about how bad management was looking about a month ago, too, and that had a liberal bent--we can all agree on this!
about 1 month ago
MJ,
The "Ted Turner" reference was kind of like Thompson is such an outsider and insignificant, that one can hardly remember his name.
As for McCarthy, Mike that is, I do not think he is pulling the strings. I think he is just towing the party line. Personally I think he himself would have Favre back in a heartbeat but must answer to Turner, er, Thompson. So I haven't and I won't slam MM until he gives a reason, and, frankly, I see him as too solid of a man to do that.
Now about Joe McCarthy, given what I know about Communist philosophy, its teaching of dialectic materialism and how the nature of matter is thesis, antithesis, conflict and new thesis, etc. and all those implications against our society, as well as their history and subversive intentions and practice, Joe McCarthy was not out of line at all. Yeah, I lean hard to the right, but so did Vince Lombardi. Joe M. was only acting on his understanding of a very real threat. I admire the man. It was guys like him, Barry Goldwater, Phyllis Schlafley, etc. who wouldn't be fooled by illusion, hype and spin. Those people are heroes.
And on the other hand...Obama is not only a whack, but he's also a Bears fan...! I rest my case.
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