Many cities’ sports teams have winning traditions. Just look at Boston, with the Celtics, Patriots and Red Sox. Or Pittsburgh, with the Steelers. Or Detroit, with the Red Wings. Okay, maybe Detroit qualifies for the “championship exception”, since their other sports teams can’t find their own way to the field, diamond, or court.
Then there are other cities, whose teams just can’t get to the playoffs, or have an up-year followed by a down-year. Others consistently have their hearts broken…year, after year, after year. Blurt Shirts is based in one of those cities – Cleveland, OH. We root for the home team, even if it kills us. We brag about having the #1 pick in the draft, as though it is some high honor. We hope and dream for that mid-year signing of some prima donna superstar, all for the eternally out of reach championship season.
Yes, we will continue to root for the home teams. The Cavs might win it all for us Clevelanders. Or they might just give us the next term for failure, following “The Drive”, “The Fumble”, “The Shot”, and “Red Right 88”. But we will bleed our team’s colors, anyway.
No, I’m not talking about the Grammys or the Emmys. I’m talking about emotional feel-good approaches that many congregations are taking to profess their faith. You know, the ones who claim you’re not a Christian if you haven’t had a mountaintop experience?
Have no fear! Confessional Lutherans must lead the most boring worship services in the whole world. But they’re only boring if you are looking to be entertained. If you are looking for law and gospel, grace and redemption, that’s a whole different story.
Did you survive those snowstorms that ravaged a good bit of the country earlier this month? Not only was it snowy, but it was extremely cold as well. And news is that polar ice is increasing in volume.
Hmm…didn’t Al Gore say something about global warming? With the number of professional skeptics growing, it’s kind of hard to believe it any more, if you believed it at all.
We at Blurt Shirts didn’t believe it anyway. The hype was too much; the groupthink, way too prevalent. We could have handled incremental improvements in things like emissions, living standards, etc., but this “carbon footprint” hypocrisy was just too funny to let it slip on by. So enjoy the new line of Global Warming shirts. They’ll make sure you stay warm all year round, no matter where you live.
The times, they are a changin'. It used to be that only the liberals marched about and touted their causes in the public forum, at least loudly enough to be heard. Conservatives would gather, but would sound more like a whimper.
That is changing. Why? Because people are tired of the federal government picking their pockets in broad daylight. They want change. Not the kind President Obama promised, but the opposite: more liberty and less government intervention. People are finally fed up with goverment killing the goose that lays the golden egg - the working class. (That includes everyone who works, by the way!) Sin taxes, gas taxes, death taxes, all of it. The stimulus package and propsed mortgage bailouts are more than the people are willing to stomach.
Several weeks ago, Blurt Shirts introduced its Revolution 2010 line. These shirts make blunt pronouncements on the members of Congress and what should be done with them. (Hint: Fire Them All!). Response has been fantastic as folks are hopping on the Revolution 2010 bandwagon. (Special thanks to Rani for the jump start. If you haven't read her blog, you really should.)
The recent mess with the mortgage bailout has conservatives and freedom loving citizens taking a stand, a la the Boston Tea Party. Conservatives are raising their voices in public forums across the U.S. If you are against the current proposals from the Obama Administration and Congrss, Blurt Shirts strongly recommends that you join the tax revolution. We are even introducing a design just for this occasion:
If you don't recognize the lyrical reference, don't worry. Ask someone who listened to top 40 music in the mid-80s. They'll know.
If you don't like what Congress is doing, you need to help change Congress. These Tea Party events are a great way to join the fray and become active in changing the ruling-class culture of our federal politicians.
It was only a matter of hours before the latest sleep-deprived, illness-induced creation from Blurt Shirt was released, with relevance. Yesterday's Obama "press conference" was it, with a little extra tipping point from the Senate's passing of the political stimulation bill and subsequent "we know better than you do" attitude from the President and several members of Congress.
So, in tribute to "The One", here is a revised version of The Jerk:
We at Blurt Shirts haven't figured out whether to put this on a shirt or make it available as a poster. If you would like it on a shirt, e-mail me at Rick@blurt-shirts.com, and let me know what type of shirt (t-shirt, long-sleeve, sweatshirt, etc.), and I will make that shirt available at Blurt Shirts.
In the meantime, read the accompanying rant here or here.
Thank you to Scott Schreiber of Schreibnet Technology, LLC, for lending his professional expertise to improve the content and layout of the Blurt Shirts web site.
Special thanks to personal friends and professional associates Jeff and Tim for reviewing the site and offering their recommendations as well.
