Comments on: Ten Things Saints Fans Should Know About Indianapolis http://b.rox.com/2010/02/02/indianapolis/ Pronounce the dot. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: spab http://b.rox.com/2010/02/02/indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-417751 spab Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:39:15 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=4156#comment-417751 Indiana fans didn't have a team until 1984 (almost 20 years after the Saints acquired theirs), so naturally anyone in their 30s+ probably had another team before the Colts. I grew up a Steelers fan in the 1970s (as a kid seemed you either liked the Cowboys or the Steelers). Took me a few years to adjust following the Colts, but once Harbaugh became QB he grabbed Indiana's attention. Indiana fans didn’t have a team until 1984 (almost 20 years after the Saints acquired theirs), so naturally anyone in their 30s+ probably had another team before the Colts. I grew up a Steelers fan in the 1970s (as a kid seemed you either liked the Cowboys or the Steelers). Took me a few years to adjust following the Colts, but once Harbaugh became QB he grabbed Indiana’s attention.

]]> By: wyledawg http://b.rox.com/2010/02/02/indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-417619 wyledawg Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:49:27 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=4156#comment-417619 All these people who used to be this fan or that fan, and now they root for someone else? What's with the flip-flopping? In Nawlins we call that crawfishing, as an adult you pick a team and stick with em win or lose. I'm a New Orleans native and have never waivered from my Saints. I remember the "Aints" paperbags(like the muffelatta, a N.O. original). I've only been able to go to a half dozen games, they lost every one. I still hit the quarters after. Anyway I'm a gear jockey laid over in lovely Indianapolis(I hate snow and ice, it kills people), and was wondering if anyone knows of a Saints party in Indy? OH, and what the hell is up with no carry out alcohol sales on Sunday? Being a professional driver I don't get to drink often, and today I'm definely looking to tip a few. I just don't want to do it around a bunch of damn colt's fans(got a load for tomorrow and can't afford to go to jail). So if you know a place in Indy where a coonass can feel at home today, I'd much appreciate it. GO SAINTS! All these people who used to be this fan or that fan, and now they root for someone else? What’s with the flip-flopping? In Nawlins we call that crawfishing, as an adult you pick a team and stick with em win or lose. I’m a New Orleans native and have never waivered from my Saints. I remember the “Aints” paperbags(like the muffelatta, a N.O. original). I’ve only been able to go to a half dozen games, they lost every one. I still hit the quarters after. Anyway I’m a gear jockey laid over in lovely Indianapolis(I hate snow and ice, it kills people), and was wondering if anyone knows of a Saints party in Indy? OH, and what the hell is up with no carry out alcohol sales on Sunday? Being a professional driver I don’t get to drink often, and today I’m definely looking to tip a few. I just don’t want to do it around a bunch of damn colt’s fans(got a load for tomorrow and can’t afford to go to jail). So if you know a place in Indy where a coonass can feel at home today, I’d much appreciate it. GO SAINTS!

]]> By: toneknee http://b.rox.com/2010/02/02/indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-416751 toneknee Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:55:03 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=4156#comment-416751 The "pubes" detail was interesting. I'd like to hear the follow-up on that. The “pubes” detail was interesting. I’d like to hear the follow-up on that.

]]> By: Jackola http://b.rox.com/2010/02/02/indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-416704 Jackola Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:29:14 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=4156#comment-416704 Here's a great response to this article, posted by Jeb Banner of Musical Family Tree, the Indiana Music Archive: http://www.musicalfamilytree.net/profiles/blogs/in-defense-of-indianapolis Here’s a great response to this article, posted by Jeb Banner of Musical Family Tree, the Indiana Music Archive:

http://www.musicalfamilytree.net/profiles/blogs/in-defense-of-indianapolis

]]> By: Jeb http://b.rox.com/2010/02/02/indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-416703 Jeb Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:25:53 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=4156#comment-416703 my response on MFT http://www.musicalfamilytree.net/profiles/blogs/in-defense-of-indianapolis my response on MFT
http://www.musicalfamilytree.net/profiles/blogs/in-defense-of-indianapolis

]]> By: Living in a Sea of Blue | magic.rox http://b.rox.com/2010/02/02/indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-416487 Living in a Sea of Blue | magic.rox Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:11:30 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=4156#comment-416487 [...] pockets of greatness surrounded by seas of corn and grains.  This is a direct response to this post on his [...] [...] pockets of greatness surrounded by seas of corn and grains.  This is a direct response to this post on his [...]

]]> By: spab http://b.rox.com/2010/02/02/indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-416322 spab Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:45:38 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=4156#comment-416322 This list makes me laugh. Indy is pretty damn boring, and aside from Bloomington, there's not much there, but what saves it are all the great people who still live there and call it home, including some of my family. While this could be nothing more than good old football ribbing, I dealt with that 3 years ago here in Chicago against the Bears. I think in some ways the NFL kind of transcends a state or city, but represents the organization as itself (which can be said for any sports team). I used to be a Pittsburgh Steelers fan before the Colts and never was pro Pennsylvania or Pittsburgh. Aside from Green Bay, the Indy Colts have probably the smallest media market in the country with Indiana being the smallest state west of the Appalachians. This list makes me laugh. Indy is pretty damn boring, and aside from Bloomington, there’s not much there, but what saves it are all the great people who still live there and call it home, including some of my family. While this could be nothing more than good old football ribbing, I dealt with that 3 years ago here in Chicago against the Bears. I think in some ways the NFL kind of transcends a state or city, but represents the organization as itself (which can be said for any sports team). I used to be a Pittsburgh Steelers fan before the Colts and never was pro Pennsylvania or Pittsburgh. Aside from Green Bay, the Indy Colts have probably the smallest media market in the country with Indiana being the smallest state west of the Appalachians.

]]> By: Adam Jay http://b.rox.com/2010/02/02/indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-416309 Adam Jay Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:03:51 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=4156#comment-416309 coming across as... ignorant whoops! coming across as… ignorant whoops!

]]> By: Adam Jay http://b.rox.com/2010/02/02/indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-416308 Adam Jay Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:03:05 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=4156#comment-416308 hate to say it, but i actually have heard truly amazing Jazz in Indy. Kevin Anker, Greg Artry, Frank Glover, i really don't even need to go on... or leave. As far as architecture goes, your title picture is amusing. But that building, our federal gov't building is anything but typical Indianapolis architecture. Walk down Mass Ave, or take 38th street over to our beautiful Indianapolis Museum of Art: http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/indiana/images/s/indianapolis-museum-of-art.jpg Or better yet, just go to the heart of downtown, and look up. You'll be surprised to gaze upon the blessings left by Kurt Vonnegut Sr., yes... the father of our native son and author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. As far as food goes, gee have you never had a Pork Tenderloin sandwich? C'mon. You're just coming across as not ignorant. With regards to RCA, do you even know how many people RCA/Thomson Electronics employed in Indiana through the years? The saddest part is i don't even like Indianapolis a whole lot myself. However, your arguments are so baseless that i had to chime in. I've travelled the world and i know what makes a city, a neighborhood, a culture. While Indy doesn't have it all, it has the hearts of many... and you're shitting on them all. hate to say it, but i actually have heard truly amazing Jazz in Indy.
Kevin Anker, Greg Artry, Frank Glover, i really don’t even need to go on… or leave.

As far as architecture goes, your title picture is amusing. But that building, our federal gov’t building is anything but typical Indianapolis architecture. Walk down Mass Ave, or take 38th street over to our beautiful Indianapolis Museum of Art:
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/indiana/images/s/indianapolis-museum-of-art.jpg

Or better yet, just go to the heart of downtown, and look up. You’ll be surprised to gaze upon the blessings left by Kurt Vonnegut Sr., yes… the father of our native son and author Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

As far as food goes, gee have you never had a Pork Tenderloin sandwich?
C’mon. You’re just coming across as not ignorant.

With regards to RCA, do you even know how many people RCA/Thomson Electronics employed in Indiana through the years?

The saddest part is i don’t even like Indianapolis a whole lot myself. However, your arguments are so baseless that i had to chime in. I’ve travelled the world and i know what makes a city, a neighborhood, a culture. While Indy doesn’t have it all, it has the hearts of many… and you’re shitting on them all.

]]> By: Chris Huffman http://b.rox.com/2010/02/02/indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-416155 Chris Huffman Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:43:13 +0000 http://b.rox.com/?p=4156#comment-416155 1. New Orleans is a great place to live - IF YOU WANT TO BE MURDERED New Orleans was (once again) the United States murder capital, and 3rd leading city in the world, in 2008. Its murder rate is estimated as 67 per 100,000 by its own police department and 95 per 100,000 by the FBI. And this isn't Katrina-related. In fact, the murder rate in NOLA peaked in 1994 at a rate of 86 per 100,000 residents, which made New Orleans the murder capital of the ENTIRE WORLD. http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/despite_drop_in_crime_new_orle.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans#Crime 2. You wouldn't want to live in New Orleans if you have children (unless you can afford private school). The New Orleans Public School System is one of the area's largest systems (along with the Jefferson Parish public school system). In the years leading up to Hurricane Katrina, the school system was widely recognized as the lowest performing school district in Louisiana. And Louisiana's public education system ranks 47th in the country, beating out Mississippi, Alabama and New Mexico. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans#Education 3. New Orleans has some of the best food in the country, and it's obesity rates prove it In 2009, Louisiana's adult obesity rate remained seady, with the state ranking 8th highest in the nation, at 28.9 percent. Louisiana also has the 7th highest rate of overweight youths, ages 10-17, at 35.9 percent, according to the study. http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/mississippi_has_highest_rate_o.html 4. Louisiana is widely acknowledged as the most corrupt state in the Union From beloved former Governor Huey Long to four-term Governor Edwin Edwards (who pled guilty in 2001 and was sentenced to ten years in prison on racketeering charges), the Cajun State has a long history of dirty officials. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Edwards For instance, according to a 1998 report from Human Rights Watch, a former police officer named Len Davis ordered the murder of a woman after he learned she had filed a brutality complaint against him. Federal agents already had Davis under surveillance for alleged drug-dealing, but were too late to stop the murder. http://www.alternet.org/katrina/26871/ 5. Louisiana continues to be one of the most racist states in the U.S. In 2009, a Louisiana justice of the peace Keith Bardwell said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple. "I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press. http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/10/interracial_couple_denied_marr.html Louisiana is also the birthplace of David Duke, an American white nationalist, and former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The citizens of Louisiana elected him to be their State Representative in 1989 and nearly 40% voted for him to be Governor in 1991. He lost that bid to the corrupt Governor Edwin Edwards (see #4 above). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duke 1. New Orleans is a great place to live – IF YOU WANT TO BE MURDERED

New Orleans was (once again) the United States murder capital, and 3rd leading city in the world, in 2008. Its murder rate is estimated as 67 per 100,000 by its own police department and 95 per 100,000 by the FBI.

And this isn’t Katrina-related. In fact, the murder rate in NOLA peaked in 1994 at a rate of 86 per 100,000 residents, which made New Orleans the murder capital of the ENTIRE WORLD.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/despite_drop_in_crime_new_orle.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans#Crime

2. You wouldn’t want to live in New Orleans if you have children (unless you can afford private school).

The New Orleans Public School System is one of the area’s largest systems (along with the Jefferson Parish public school system). In the years leading up to Hurricane Katrina, the school system was widely recognized as the lowest performing school district in Louisiana. And Louisiana’s public education system ranks 47th in the country, beating out Mississippi, Alabama and New Mexico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans#Education

3. New Orleans has some of the best food in the country, and it’s obesity rates prove it

In 2009, Louisiana’s adult obesity rate remained seady, with the state ranking 8th highest in the nation, at 28.9 percent. Louisiana also has the 7th highest rate of overweight youths, ages 10-17, at 35.9 percent, according to the study.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/mississippi_has_highest_rate_o.html

4. Louisiana is widely acknowledged as the most corrupt state in the Union

From beloved former Governor Huey Long to four-term Governor Edwin Edwards (who pled guilty in 2001 and was sentenced to ten years in prison on racketeering charges), the Cajun State has a long history of dirty officials.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Edwards

For instance, according to a 1998 report from Human Rights Watch, a former police officer named Len Davis ordered the murder of a woman after he learned she had filed a brutality complaint against him. Federal agents already had Davis under surveillance for alleged drug-dealing, but were too late to stop the murder.

http://www.alternet.org/katrina/26871/

5. Louisiana continues to be one of the most racist states in the U.S.

In 2009, a Louisiana justice of the peace Keith Bardwell said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple. “I’m not a racist. I just don’t believe in mixing the races that way,” Bardwell told the Associated Press.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/10/interracial_couple_denied_marr.html

Louisiana is also the birthplace of David Duke, an American white nationalist, and former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The citizens of Louisiana elected him to be their State Representative in 1989 and nearly 40% voted for him to be Governor in 1991. He lost that bid to the corrupt Governor Edwin Edwards (see #4 above).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duke

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