The "Other Guy" Has a Name!

I accidentally tuned in to Fox 11 tonight, which as always is followed by "were we fair and balanced?" In a word, no. In several dozen words. No way, not at all, absolutely not.... and I could and will go on. So I will write this as if addressed to them, but it's addressed to all readers.

As you may have noticed this community is divided about that "other guy" you mentioned at the end of your "news" cast. That you would not even mention it speaks volumes to the amount of pressure Packers management is placing on local media, and the fact that you are still following Ari Fleischer's (Bush's ex Press Secretary) playbook. Well, mentioned or not, that "other guy" has a name, one many of us here in Green Bay and elsewhere still hold in great esteem. The name is Brett Favre, of course. You know, the guy who brought us out of decades of mediocrity, to which we have quickly returned since the trio of traitors, Thompson, McCarthy and Murphy and their chosen "leader" Aaron Rodgers, took over. Make no mistake about it, they drove Favre out of town only in part by making him compete with someone so far beneath him in stature and talent that it could only be seen as a boot in the ...rear end. It was not in any way Favre's choice to leave Green Bay and any thinking person with even the most basic knowledge of what really happened behind the scenes knows it.

So in your purported "balanced" coverage, one hopes you remember us who honor Brett Favre as the man without whom there would be no Holmgren Way, no fancy improved stadium and training facility, no Reggie White in a Packers jersey, no return to Lambeau Field for the Lombardi Trophy, no return to glory at all for the Packers...too many of whom came here at all simply because of that "other guy" to mention here by name. Of course Ron Wolf deserves great credit in this regard too. If only he had stayed with the team a few more years; this all would have been avoided. Having read and seen many diplomatically worded interviews, I think he would have handled the situation FAR differently, and would have stayed had he known the carnage to come. All he worked to build is now gone mostly due to Thompson's ego and the cowardice of his sidekicks McCarthy and Murphy. Wolf being back in town shows some promise. We can only hope he stays and Thompson GO PACK GOES!

Make no mistake, we are no less "real" Packers fans for our continued support of Favre and our utter disdain for those who carelessly tarnish an image long cherished and maintained here since the early 20th century. Call it old fashioned, call it tough love, call it what you will. The team that plays out of Lambeau Field will not be "our" Packers, the REAL Packers, until we who allegedly own them drive the said trio of traitors out of town and demand better management for the team and for the players who play here. Who is going to trust this bunch of bozos after what they did to Favre? I had to cringe last weekend when Henderson so flippantly said he intends to end his career in Green Bay. I know he makes tons more money than I ever will as a mere RN with the life and death of critically ill and/or extremely premature infants in my hands 12 hours a day, but my heart just went out to him when he said that. How naive! Is he deaf, dumb, blind? Have they also hired a full time brain washer? Are they making the players listen to subliminal messages in their sleep during training camp? Seriously! How could he say something so STUPID! I couldn't help but remember a younger and not yet disillusioned Brett Favre jubilantly saying the very same thing...so full of love for his team mates and so full of faith in the staff and US! ...and we see exactly how that turned out. Now a bunch of short sighted people with issues I cannot even begin to understand--want to let him down too after everyone else has, after everything he's done, after all he's given, after all the pain he will suffer for the rest of his life. Yes, he's rich and getting richer, but NO amount of money makes up for living in pain 24/7/365...BELIEVE IT. I am there. I know. Anyway, we see how far Favre's faith got him. These ***expletive deleted*** can try to spin their despicable treatment of Favre any way they want, but even with G. W. Bush's ex Press Secretary working for you, you can only spin so far before you just wind up running yourself around in tighter and tighter circles until you can't spin any longer. I'd say this bunch has reached that point. The truth is out. Only the purposely blind and bitter refuse to see it.

And as you choose to cover the booers (boors) and haters ad nauseam rather than those of us welcoming Favre home as a returning hero, focusing only on them as they scream bleeped out obscenity and invective and insult the man they purported to admire a couple years ago in some lame "what have you done for me lately" mentality, remember there are just as many of us, probably more, who know better. We will not welcome Brett Favre back to Lambeau Field with boos and cat calls but with cheers and RESPECT and with the gratitude we all owe this man for all he brought us for all the years he played his body, heart and soul out for us and for the game, for his team mates, and to return Green Bay to glory it had not seen since the 1960's. That's not the dramatically salacious and insulting spin I'm sure the Packers organization is pressing HARD on local media "for the good of the team" but it's the truth, and I think the truth has a role to play here, even on Fox 11 "newsertainment". So as you look for the negatives, remember Favre fans will be at Lambeau Field and gathered in our homes and other venues cheering him on for as long as our voices last, rejoicing in each touchdown pass and every time "Bulletin Board" Barnett or anyone else blows a chance to "lay a hit" on #4. We'll be remembering, always and forever, when we didn't have to cheer for the VIKINGS to do what's best for the Packers and mourning what was never more richly deserved but will now never be. Down deep we'll all, boo birds in denial, and those of us with the intestinal fortitude to cheer Favre as he deserves, be wishing Packers management had had the decency and wisdom to keep Favre here where he belongs, where he could have shared his talent as player, mentor and maybe someday coach, because he loves this game and he is a natural leader and an example to anyone who really loves the game of football. The rest is just media being media, doing their best to sell their product at any cost, even if that cost is the reputation of someone they love, or love to hate because they will never be him.