This is a brilliant move by Scott Brown on so many fronts.
Dr. Utopia’s propaganda machine is always talking about how much he loves playing basketball. He played “basketball” with Alexi Giannoulias. He’s played “basketball” with his longtime “body man” Reggie Love. Back in Chicago, he played “basketball” with all sorts of men.
No word if he’s ever played “basketball” with his wife, our “fashion icon” First Lady.
Scott Brown really is Hottie McAwesome to put this challenge out there. Just like the challenge the Special Olympics made to Dr. Utopia after he made fun of Special Olympians on the Jay Leno show last year, Dr. Utopia will no doubt decline this competition. If he wasn’t man enough to meet some of the Special Olympians he ridiculed at the White House bowling alley and roll a few gutter balls for the cameras, he is certainly not decent enough to agree to a basketball game for Haitian relief.
That event could conceivable raise millions — if everyone on both sides of the aisle committed to fundraising. We’d certainly do our own part and publicize, publicize, publicize it.
The cult of personality surrounding this president is heavily steeped in “bastketball”. There have been photos of him shooting a hoop, but no footage of an actual, live game, to see how he really plays. Somehow, we don’t think it would be very good.
Scott Brown’s challenge is a wonderful trap — because Brown and his daughter Ayla would cream Dr. Utopia and whatever “basketball buddy” he elects to take the court with him.
Hottie McAwesome is definitely someone to watch going forward…if he keeps pulling stunts like this, which no other Republican has tried…he could have a very big impact.
We wish Sarah Palin had thought to offer this challenge.
Maybe, good sport she is, Palin could volunteer to be on Dr. Utopia’s team…and have it be Brown and Ayla versus Utopia and Palin.
They’d raise millions for charity.
And just think of all that campaign ad footage that would be won as Utopia embarassed himself on the court.
February 16, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Bill O’Reilly and Palin already issued a challenge to Obama last month. Needless to say, there was no response from the WH. :)
February 16, 2010 at 6:00 pm
That’s because Obama is too busy running the country to take time out to play a silly game. Oh, wait….
February 16, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Off Topic, but if you have a Facebook account, please become a fan of the goat:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=307142913875&id=1066889370#!/goatvsobama?ref=nf
February 16, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Hillbuzz, please delete Teresa’s FB link, pronto! It leads to her private info!
February 17, 2010 at 9:00 am
Sorry – here’s the correct link:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/goatvsobama?ref=nf
February 17, 2010 at 9:02 am
Never mind, that didn’t work, either! If you go on Facebook, type in “Can this goat get more votes than Barack Obama?” – it should take you to the correct site….
February 17, 2010 at 9:03 am
See if this works:
http://www.facebook.com/goatvsobama?ref=nf#!/goatvsobama?ref=search&sid=1066889370.4094527454..1
February 17, 2010 at 11:23 am
Try this I think your links were too long.
February 16, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Any guy who wears Mom jeans is for sure a wussy player and would embarass himself. O-hole will not do this, no way no how.
February 16, 2010 at 5:47 pm
I love it! I’m laughing at the democrat comments at Politico saying Brown needs to get to work and stop being a clown–when Barry was on ESPN last year making Sweet 16 picks, showing off his bracket, yucking it up on Letterman, and playing more rounds of golf in his FIRST YEAR than Bush did in his first term.
February 16, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Brown’s trap is working already!
They are already baited, hooked and caught!
You can’t keep a good Brown Man Down!
February 17, 2010 at 10:23 am
I’d say raising money for Haiti constitutes “getting to work.”
February 16, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Oh, myyyyyyy! Senator McAwesome running around a basketball court in shorts and a tank top…
Now, THERE’s a ‘visual’!!
I agree that there ain’t no WAY the Present would accept such a challenge.
A. Like Hillboyz, I doubt that he’s any good.
B. All eyes would be on Downtown Scotty Brown.
C. Where…oh…WHERE…would they put the TelePrompter?
Super cool move by Scott, though. He’s going to be a burr under their saddle.
Hehehehehe!
February 16, 2010 at 5:55 pm
I sure like that Brown. He’s fast on his feet and he doesn’t just react, you know?
February 16, 2010 at 5:57 pm
“Maybe, good sport she is, Palin could volunteer to be on Dr. Utopia’s team…and have it be Brown and Ayla versus Utopia and Palin.”
Love this idea.
February 16, 2010 at 8:14 pm
SP played basketball in school and wasn’t she training for a marathon at one point? I kinda think she could run Dr. U. into the ground without half trying.
February 16, 2010 at 8:18 pm
No, He would use it as a photo op to be nasty to her. He may the Brown’s too. He is not a nice man. He will not like to share the limelight. He was a good player in high school in Hawaii but as a smoker(O) I’ll bet either Ayla or her dad can outlast him.
February 17, 2010 at 12:01 am
I’m not sure he was the great of a player in high school. I seem to remember him talking about his high school coach not appreciating the sort of ball blacks play. It was some sort of ridiculous statement. . .as if he genetically owned an experience he never had.
February 16, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Sarah could volunteer to take Obama moose hunting in Alaska.
February 17, 2010 at 1:36 am
And bring Dick Cheney along, just for ‘fun’. ;]
February 17, 2010 at 2:32 pm
LOL
You cad!
JK
February 17, 2010 at 4:09 pm
poor Dick Cheney…. ROFL….
February 16, 2010 at 6:01 pm
I can see Obama accepting the challenge, but as soon as he’s losing (which, trust me, wouldn’t be too long into the game) he’d start having a leg cramp or something and say, “Let’s just call it a draw!”
Sarah’s used to embarrassing him; Brown can get in on this one for now. ;-)
February 16, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Is Mr. Hottie McAwesome going to be on the team without shirts?
I’ll donate to see THAT!
February 16, 2010 at 6:30 pm
I’d pay good money to see Allen West and Scott Brown wrestle with their shirts off! Just shorts!
[Hmmm.... reeeealllll mennn....]
uh, em, err, sorry… Obama who?
February 16, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Ha! Someone as demented as I am!
February 16, 2010 at 7:29 pm
oh
my
February 16, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Wet t-shirt contest, anyone?
The drinks are on me.
February 16, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Hey !!!! Enough….we straight guys need some eye candy as well!!!! Cant be all about making gay guys happy….how about Sarah and the black woman from Mississsiiiippppiii???? who is running for senate….she spoke at one of the tea parties…saw it on hot air…she is pretty and more importantly smart!!! Speaking of hot air Michelle Malkin could be on the shirtless team and I wouldnt complain!!! See,together gays and straights can come together on a common cause…..watching hot people play basketball while shirtless!!!
February 16, 2010 at 8:17 pm
I’d donate for that!
February 16, 2010 at 8:38 pm
From a gay guy to a straight dude:
Michelle Malkin is a hottie… the other one is Sarah Palin, another is Pamela Geller…
[I think I'm attracted to conservative minds... hmmm]
February 16, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Monica Crowley is a hottie, plus she is incredibly savvy and smart!
http://monicamemo.typepad.com/
February 16, 2010 at 11:05 pm
More about Monica Crowley – with pics and bio!
http://monicamemo.typepad.com/weblog/biography.html
February 17, 2010 at 8:44 am
This is a great idea. And proves diversity IS our strength! Everybody wins!
February 16, 2010 at 10:34 pm
I’d pay to see that one. We can all dream.
February 16, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Little did I know that my little shirtless post would result in THIS!
Tee hee and Va va Voom!
February 16, 2010 at 6:06 pm
That’s one game I’d definitely watch.
February 16, 2010 at 6:31 pm
I think it is a great idea. Scott Brown is reflective of a regular person with a great sense of humor. His humility is always present in his personality. Scott’s character shows in many ways. There are many who would be dismissive of such a consideration in an uppity, snobbery, self-important, sort of way. Statements like “we have more important business”, “just do your job” etc. etc.
However, the human element, the character of ID vs. Ego, balance in outlook, reflect that the greatest leadership skill one can posess is the ability to “listen” and to be connected to human emotional needs and understanding.
The greatest disparity between “what we have” (current WH leadership), and “what we want”, lies in the disconnect of our current leadership wanting to be heard, instead of listening to understand. When you “speak to be understood” you put the responsibility of the communication on the listener to understand what you are saying. When you “listen to understand” you accept the responsibility to create the connection yourself. Steven Covey explains the concept of “seek first to understand, then to be understood” very well in his books and teachings.
Whenever I see Scott Brown speak and engage with a person, I see him seeking to understand. He actually wants to validate their point or question and stays focused until he is sure he understands. When I watch our president engage with anyone I see him seeking to be understood. Obama could learn a lot from Scott, if he is open to learning, about the human element and connecting to people. Scott posesses a natural gift and talent for human connection without boundaries. Scott does not establish “rules for engagement” from those he meets. Instead, he is open to everyone and creates a spirit of comfort around him for those he is with. Obama appears to create a need to be grateful for his contact. This visible rule creates discomfort, and is not an engaging quality for leadership.
Ronald Reagan had the same intrinsic personal trait that Scott Brown has. A quality of humility, strength and humility. Bill Clinton has some of the same skill. But, Clinton’s was learned and developed, not as natural as Reagan or Brown. Humor, humility, and creating ease, are part of that human effective dynamic. Obama could learn alot from Brown.
ps. The comments on the link for the story above are brutal toward Scott. I was shocked and dissheartened.
February 17, 2010 at 1:46 am
sundance, great post, and full of excellent points.
However, when you say, ‘Obama could learn a lot from Scott, if he is open to learning, about the human element and connecting to people.’
…Obama isn’t even remotely interested.
As a narcissist, it’s all about him, always.
Our boy Scott Brown, aka Hottie McAwesome (classie Boyz) is the real deal and I think he has a HUGE future in politics.
‘Timing’ is everything and he came along at exactly the right time. And don’t be disheartened by the comments of the kool-aid drinkers. They are profoundly ignorant and not worthy of your time or concern.
And as my darling mother would say, quoting The Bard, ‘He who laughs last, laughs best.’
February 17, 2010 at 10:46 am
sundancefan-
I think that O isn’t so much concerned about being understood, per se. I think what he wants is to deconstruct our current understanding of him and our nation, world, etc. and construct a new understanding that is more to his liking. If anything it is not about us becoming clear on him as it is about us becoming confused on what we know to be true which will cause us to doubt what we know and thus be open to accepting a “new truth” along with a new understanding.
He is the consummate bad used car salesman trying to sell us a lemon by making us think it is a good car. He would like to undermine our existing understanding of what a good car actually is with a view to replacing that understanding with a new understanding that is based in falsehood and serves his own interests at our expense. Of course, if we did allow ourselves to be persuaded and buy the car we would soon find out that it really WAS a lemon because since that is what it actually IS, that is what it will be revealed AS. Then we are faced with two choices. We must either suck it up and face the fact that we let ourselves be suckered and we are now not only no better off than we were before, but are actually worse off because we have lost all that money on a lemon of a car, plus we have played the fool and been betrayed. This, of course, is the painful truth. Alternatively, if we insisted on avoiding the pain of the truth we would have to attempt to sustain the lie we have been persuaded to believe that somehow this lemon of a car is actually good in some way. Unfortunately the overwhelming and undeniable, and unalterable facts would keep getting in the way, causing us the truly unsustainable condition of cognitive dissonance. We would want to believe the lie because it feels better but the truth wouldn’t stop being true for our convenience. Therefore we would exert our energies toward trying to find some way to make the bad lemon a good lemon. It is obvious that by definition there is no such thing as a good lemon but we would try (and try and try) to make there be one so we could feel better both by the resolution of the cognitive dissonance and by having a truth that we like. It won’t work since reality won’t support it but that won’t stop us from trying so we can avoid the only truth there is, which is painful.
This is the condition that BO himself is in. He has bought the lie of Marxism/Socialism and now must try to get everyone else to believe it too in the asinine hope that more people accepting it will make the imagined goodness of it become truth. He has bought the lemon and is now trying to get everyone else to agree it is a “good lemon” and we must all have this “good lemon.” Classic dialectic.
So it is not about GAINING our understanding. It is about CHANGING it.
Most of us understand him pretty well and I think he knows this. We don’t like what our understanding forces us to deal with and he doesn’t like our resistance. I think he doesn’t so much want us to understand him as to be enslaved by that to which is enslaved himself.
Don’t forget he is a Marxist and that is what they do.
February 16, 2010 at 6:37 pm
LOVE IT. Of course Obama won’t do it, they’d kick his butt. Sooooooo, how about the next best thing, his very best “impersonator” !?
February 17, 2010 at 1:51 am
‘Who’s the prettiest?’ LOL!
Thanks, Denise!
February 17, 2010 at 1:54 pm
He REALLY sounds like O!!
(Poor guy.)
February 16, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Put Sarah on Brown team – 3 on 3
they could take O, Gibbs, and Rahm…………..
February 16, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Obama won’t do it because he won’t be able to control it all. He’s only interested in the photo op.
I think Scott Brown’s daughter could kick Obama’s basketball butt.
February 16, 2010 at 7:18 pm
And wouldn’t that be a fine sight to see.
February 16, 2010 at 7:21 pm
OT
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/81213-52-say-obama-doesnt-deserve-reelection-
OMG the new Drudge headline, YIPEE!
February 16, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Yep Moe, CNN says the same thing! I think I posted the link on Mr. Open Thread today :)))
February 16, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Yipee! And that’s the 52% that aren’t afraid to answer the question HONESTLY!!
February 16, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Just got my thank you note from Scott’s campaign today. I will treat it like a treasure because this man is going places, without a doubt.
Comments at Politico reflect the attempts on the left to “Palinize” Brown. He terrifies them. IT WILL NOT WORK.
And yes, Brown without a shirt, doing anything physical. Pass the smelling salts!
February 16, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Got mine today too. For sure I will save it for posterity.
In 2004 I got a White House christmas card from GW and Laura Bush (did some volunteeer work for the campaign). I was shocked.
February 16, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Me too, thought it was a very nice letter.
February 16, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Me too! Posted on the open thread that we got our letter. Everytime I hear the song “Tonight’s gonna be a good night” I remember his victory. Love that song!
February 16, 2010 at 10:23 pm
I receieved a Christmas card from the White House every year of the Bush administration after contributing to his campaigns. The cards were lovely and I will keep them.
I got the letter from the Brown office today and that will be kept as well.
February 16, 2010 at 9:13 pm
With all due respect, I’m sorry, but I received a thank you note for my contribution to Scott Brown’s campaign and have been seething since he disavowed TeaParty involvement in his winning election… so I wrote a note (in red) on the letter and sent it back to him. I said: “Dear Senator Brown, If I send you money next time, I will be sure to say “Hi Scott, I am a TeaPartier…”, Respectfully, XXX… A redacted copy of the letter may be seen at http://falseflagrag.wordpress.com/
I am very glad that Scott Brown was elected and we have been able to insert a speed bump into the destructive agenda wending its way through congress, but, he needs to understand the motivation and agenda of the people who helped elect him….Lest, as many in Washington, forget….
February 16, 2010 at 7:42 pm
GO Brown!!
Love this idea!
of course the Coward-in-chief will not accept, he’s too afraid, hell he’s too afraid to even show his own birth certificate!
February 16, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Ha! If he doesn’t play it’s going to look like he sucks at basketball and doesn’t care about Haiti, and if he does play we can watch him lose. This is going to be fun. :D
February 16, 2010 at 10:37 pm
You betcha!
February 16, 2010 at 8:04 pm
This why hillary and sarah are sisters as Hillaryis44.com often says.
Hillary was asked about a President Palin, and I have no doubt in my mind Sarah would be just as respectful about a President Hillary CLinton.
http://www.freedomslighthouse.com/2010/02/saudi-student-asks-hillary-clinton-if.html
February 16, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Sarah would say she loves her country and would never leave just because someone became president.
February 16, 2010 at 8:18 pm
If you haven’t read Going Rogue yet, you don’t know Sarah and sports :)
Head’s up to all the Buzzers!
February 16, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Prayers for Rep. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) – he fell at home yesterday; apparently he had a bleeding ulcer. He was treated successfully, and should make a full recovery.
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_jersey/frank-lautenberg-ulcer-100216
February 16, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Think that maybe TOTUS would be his basketball partner? After all, they’re inseparable!
February 16, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Only one thing to say – ROFLMAO – imagining the possiblities.
February 16, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Well, if “basketball” is such a “loaded” word for these guys, one can only imagine what they mean by “dribbling” …
Sorry, couldn’t resist that one. Ignore as you see fit.
February 16, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!!!
Obama to Commission Fiscal Commission Thursday [Daniel Foster]
President Obama will sign an executive order Thursday creating a fiscal commission aimed at addressing the budget deficit.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/
There’s lying and then there’s THIS!
February 16, 2010 at 8:57 pm
guys/gals, can I ask a quick dental question?
Has anyone had to replace their silver fillings with resin material? is it painful? what were your results? (can you eat hot/cold foods, will the resin crack eating hard foods?)
February 16, 2010 at 9:28 pm
ssmith:
I had all my military silver fillings (4 back molars) removed and replaced with Resin. Love it. They drill out the old silver fillings after numbing your gums. It isn’t painful, a little uncomfortable during the drilling, but not painful…. and the resin actually adheres to the enamel better. The resin is hardened with a blue light after the DMD applies it, and hard foods, hot/cold issues are not a problem at all for me. I even had a small gap filled in with resin by my dentist, and no one can tell the difference. Five plus years I’ve had mine ‘fixed.’ Hope that helps!
~Jodee
PS: Click my name if you need to contact me with any follow up questions.
February 16, 2010 at 9:50 pm
thanks for your input!
yep, I have had my silver fillings for about 15 or so years, and was told they need to be replaced with resin. So, I’m worried about it. Sounds like its a pretty common procedure now.
February 16, 2010 at 10:03 pm
I have had three silver fillings replaced and it was a breeze. My goodness it goes so quick as the drills are so much faster, etc. I always was scared to go to the dentist years ago but not anymore. Don’t worry you will do just fine!!
February 16, 2010 at 11:02 pm
It is pretty common to replace old silver fillings with the new composite resins. Your new fillings will feel better and look better too.
February 16, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Had this done last year. No big deal. They look better and I’ve had my teeth whitened for a more youthful smile. Don’t be afraid…it was painless.
February 17, 2010 at 4:20 pm
I love the resin fillings. They do seem to last a lot longer.
February 16, 2010 at 10:03 pm
I cannot believe this!!
The marxist fraud orders NASA to work with Muslim nations.(and as the title says, no this is not from the onion.)
http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2010/02/obama-orders-nasa-to-work-with-muslim-countries-yes-nasa-and-no-this-isnt-from-the-onion.html
February 16, 2010 at 11:21 pm
The original story is from the Orlando Sentinel. I sent it to Drudge, what a disgrace. I thought we had a couple of wars going on.
February 16, 2010 at 10:11 pm
[...] HillBuzz, Great Merciful Zeus: Scott and Ayla Brown challenge Obama to charity basketball game for Haiti relie… This is a brilliant move by Scott Brown on so many [...]
February 16, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Obahmadinejad is a domestic enemy of the United States.
Instead of a game of basketball, Senator Brown should upold his oath to support the Constitution, and he should challenge the Usurper in Chief to produce his original long form birth certificate, his passport that he used to travel to Pakistan in 1981, his Occidental college records, and his draft of “Dreams of William Ayers”…
February 16, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Speaking of Haitian relief:
A woman here in Fort Worth – Sally Baldwin – just received news that they found her son’s body in the rubble of the Hotel Montana. His name was Brendan Beck, and he was in Haiti, trying to help shore up infrastructure.
If you REALLY want to make a long-lasting difference in Haiti, please consider making a donation to the fund that his family has set up in his memory at his Alma Mater. Here’s a description of what the fund is set up to do:
“The Brendan S. Beck Fund for Sustainable Infrastructure has been created in memory of Brendan S. Beck (BSCE ’98) who lost his life in the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake when he was trapped in the Hotel Montana. The earthquake occurred shortly after Brendan arrived in Haiti as a USAID consultant regarding sustainable infrastructure for eco-tourism to provide long-term benefit to the Haitian economy.
Brendan had planned to return to the University of Florida to pursue an advanced engineering degree. In his graduate application, Brendan stated, “Throughout the United States and the world, there are aging infrastructure systems that are in need of repair and replacement. A thorough comprehension of the interrelation of infrastructure and environment can pay dividends in this field by minimizing costs, increasing lifecycle and decreasing environmental impacts.” He felt that the University of Florida faculty has a vast amount of expertise in diverse fields that he wanted to draw from in his studies.
For this reason, the family of Brendan S. Beck has created this fund so that others might have the opportunity to pursue this knowledge and research.”
Brendan was supposed to leave Haiti the day before the earthquake hit, but his flight was cancelled and rescheduled for the next day. Unfortunately, his work has been left undone – this is a way to ensure that his mission is able to continue on. Thanks…
https://www.uff.ufl.edu/OnlineGiving/FundDetail.asp?FundCode=016593&AppealCode=EG1J
February 16, 2010 at 10:57 pm
I honestly believe it was because of HObama’s rude and crude, bigotry jokes about the “Special Olympics” that cost Chicago the 2012 summer Olympics!
February 16, 2010 at 11:08 pm
A Republican running for Congress in North Carolina has a novel fundraiser:
“Tim D’Annunzio, NC Republican for Congress Has Awesome Fundraisers – Come for the BBQ. Stay for the MP5s and Uzis.”
http://minx.cc/?post=298415
February 16, 2010 at 11:45 pm
What a great idea. GO SCOTT!
February 17, 2010 at 12:01 am
Three cheers for Scott. What a great idea. Bold-challenging big O on what’s supposed to be hishome turf!!!
February 17, 2010 at 12:03 am
You know, the other very savvy thing about this challenge is that this is how “regular folks” raise money to help their neighbors. Basketball games, softball tournaments, car washes, tamale sales…not $1000.00 plate dinners or celebrity telethons where you’re sitting and wondering if the celebrities are donating any of their money like they’re asking you to do.
It’s just a neighborhood helping out another neighborhood. Brown gets more awesome all of the time!
February 17, 2010 at 2:46 am
I would pay SO much money to see Dr. Utopia lose. I LOVE Hottie McAwesome. And I love you HillBuzz Boyz!
February 17, 2010 at 8:58 am
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February 17, 2010 at 9:03 am
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February 17, 2010 at 10:50 am
Maybe, good sport she is, Palin could volunteer to be on Dr. Utopia’s team…and have it be Brown and Ayla versus Utopia and Palin.
I’d pay good, hard yankee dollars to see that match up!
February 17, 2010 at 12:42 pm
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February 17, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Obama will make up some type of excuse.
Suddenly, he will have so much work to do!
He might even find his way to the Oval Office
and sit in the chair and WORK!
Better guess: He will take yet another trip or 2 or 3–any excuse to gas up his favorite toy, Air Force I.