Baseball, US Flag, Patriotism, and a Dead Photographer

[BrianPhotog]

You can see I'm out of touch with sports.

I'm from L.A. . We lose teams to other cities and no one even notices 😛

 

[BrianPhotog]

Naismith was born in Ontario, but invented basketball at a YMCA in Springfield, Mass. 🙂

http://www.kansasheritage.org/people/naismith.html

Maybe he realised that his fellow Canadians already had hockey and were good at it but the US needed a sport of it's own for places like LA where there is no ice, so he moved south of the border first. 😀

 

[BrianPhotog]

Hamburgers (the meat) originate from Germany, but putting it between two pieces of bread etc is an American invention, so both sides can argue they invented the hamburger...

A less controversial origination of food is that the so-called 'french fries' are not french at all, but belgian, damnit!

I always thought the "french" in "french fries" referred to the cut?

 

[Trius]

LOL... I haven't seen the Harvey's ad for awhile. I always thought Dr. Atkins was a major investor in Harvey's.

 

[anselwannab]

"The Fountian Head" was a good read, especially since English wasn't her native tongue. "Atlas Shrugged" was a lot tougher to get thru , and I don't think I finished it.

Elsworth Touhey (sp?) has some great dialouge in "Foutnian Head". Always kind of reminded me what a lot of politicions would be when no one is looking.

Brad and Angilena may be doing "Atlas Shrugged".


Mark

 

[wlewisiii]

Brad and Angilena may be doing "Atlas Shrugged".

Somehow, to me, that seems about right. But then, I always considered Ms. Rand's works to be best read by a high school student either right before or after their Herman Hesse phase... 😱

William

 

[bmattock]

Somehow, to me, that seems about right. But then, I always considered Ms. Rand's works to be best read by a high school student either right before or after their Herman Hesse phase... 😱

William

Personally, I'm a fan of Ayn Rand's, although not of her works of fiction. Objectivism has a certain allure.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[jan normandale]

Ayn Rand was a bit of a nut case and became even weirder in her later years with a whole cult thing and male adorers/acolytes of the 'faith'. That the photographer Roark met death from a beating after work is well, indescribable for any place on earth.

 

[RML]

Isn't basketball just a bastardised version of the old, Dutch ball game "korfbal"? 🙂

 

[fgianni]

Isn't basketball just a bastardised version of the old, Dutch ball game "korfbal"? 🙂

I don't know, a frend of mine calls it "Cricket for Pussies" so I suppose it must have some similarity to the much older Cricket

 

[fgianni]

I don't know, a frend of mine calls it "Cricket for Pussies" so I suppose it must have some similarity to the much older Cricket

Aaargh I still have to wake up this morning, I did not read the original post properly and assumed we were still talking about Baseball.

 

[oftheherd]

Isn't basketball just a bastardised version of the old, Dutch ball game "korfbal"? 🙂

I seem to recall reading and seeing of TV that the Mayans had a "game" where they had to place a ball through a ring on a wall. Some apparently think it might have been used by competing political entities to resolve disputes. As I recall, there is evidence the losing team was put to death. One has to wonder who the "players" were; simply those seeking whatever rewards the winners got, patriots, politicians ... ?

Personally I don't agree with USA flag burning being a legitimate expression of free speech any more than I do shouting fire in a theater. But that is just me and not law. I sure believe in rule of law, so I have to agree with those who say flag burners have that right if they don't violate other laws in the process.

Strange conflict of emotions, but rule of law wins hands down.

 

[bmattock]

Ayn Rand was a bit of a nut case and became even weirder in her later years with a whole cult thing and male adorers/acolytes of the 'faith'. That the photographer Roark met death from a beating after work is well, indescribable for any place on earth.

Some of us think more highly of Ayn Rand's philosophy.