Comments on: AssHat Award: NFL’s San Diego Chargers rookie dinner tradition

By: timothy wetzel

timothy wetzel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:48:24 +0000

Fantastic post. Iam not the one who often blog arcticles, but i wish to know where you take your infos from?

By: @mdsuburbs

@mdsuburbs — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:04:11 +0000

You know, lots of people make tons of money (movie stars, CEOs, politicians, etc.) and they spend money in all kinds of superficial, frivolous ways. Sure, it would be nice if these rich folks made a personal pledge to live on what you or I might live on and give away the rest to the needier people in our society but that's not how it works. The deal is that you should be able to make as much money as you can (legally, ethically) and you get to use it for whatever you want. Fancy cars, expensive dinners or charitable causes.

Bill Gates made tons (and still does) by shutting out the competition through some pretty strong armed tactics. However, now that he has more money than he knows what to do with, he gives a lot of it away to help fight disease in Africa as well as other good causes. Does that make his anti-competitive tactics OK?

I understand where you're going with this asshat award. I understand the great need in the world. It's a tough call.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:19:06 +0000

Good morning, TheDailyBlonde! I don't know what the deal is with comments. I'll have to dig around… and, before your rebuttal, I'd like to point out that the two names I called you were actually :honorable" and "compassionate." The third name, far less flattering, was contingent on whether or not you thought a specific way. Please remember that when you load the shells and fire!

By: thedailyblonde

thedailyblonde — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:15:25 +0000

…and much love to my notsoPlain Gerlaine……..it's 10pm and I just read Doug's blog. I'll post a rebuttal tonight or tomorrow. I need to be careful–he's already called me names without getting to know me. That's OK…I can handle it…but he doesn't know how hard I've worked or anything about how I've struggled…etc. Assuming sucks on both sides.
Thanks for being VERY cool!

By: thedailyblonde

thedailyblonde — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:12:47 +0000

I agree–kudos to the waitresses/waiters who got a nice tip!
Very good point—at least some of the money went to people who don't have the money to flaunt and work hard on their feet daily….and might have helped the restaurant stay afloat. All good things.

By: thedailyblonde

thedailyblonde — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:10:53 +0000

Hi Doug! Can't leave a post on your blog—it says I have to register? That's some fancy gatekeeper you have! SO, I tried to follow you on Twitter to say hello and give you my rebuttal but you've got a fancy gatekeeper there, too!! Yikes. You're updates are blocked. Ugh. What's a girl to do? Well, you called me out in your blog and ASSUMED an awful lot about me…even called me a "Thief"….Doug, what were you thinking? That was not nice. I didn't say this kid was an asshat—I called the team an asshat for having that type of "challenge". And I did mention that many gave to charities.

And what do you know….I know a bit about shredded knees….so you can watch for my response because I'm not only flattered you wrote about me and called me ugly names, I'm impressed that you took the time. Maybe it'll be good for your blog traffic. You have an interesting blog name there, dude.

You assumed a lot. Look out !

By: @PlainGerlaine

@PlainGerlaine — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:14:35 +0000

I wanted to comment on Doug's blog as well, but his blog is not optimized for that. I have to agree with Doug. These athletes work hard for their money and how they spend it is cool. Although, you only really iterated that they shouldn't gloat about reckless spending. I and many other of my friends recklessly spend all the time and we by no means make as much money as these rookies. Most of my friends don't give to charities and if I have to choose between my only entertainment for the month and charity. I will choose my own entertainment.

Oh and doug was no punk. He used his own blog to reply. Much love to my favorite Blonde! ~G

By: Heather Kephart

Heather Kephart — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:10:05 +0000

I hear what you're saying, but they are spending the dough in a restaurant. Restaurants go out of business more quickly than flies poop on your face, so that's a good thing in my book. Excess? Yes. But the problem is in the system itself more than in the product of the system. These athletes are held up like Gods from the first moment their potential becomes apparent to recruiters. Many come from homes where money was never available. With new money, flaunting it seems to be the primary focus as though it could chip away generations of familial inferiority complex.

By: doug

doug — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:57:21 +0000

Saw the link on Twitter, followed it here to read (big football fan). Seriously disagree. I disagree so strongly, in fact, that my reply was too long for the comments. I was going to need to leave several, so I just wrote a blog reply. I applaud your compassion, abhor your thoughts on property. Read or not, your choice. http://dougroberson.com/blog/?p=171