So today was Auburn’s annual crazy day football game in the middle of Spring (A-day or Aday game) when everyone comes to see the new team and all that. The last few years it has been who can get more fans to a game in the middle of Spring while playing each other, Auburn or Alabama. I think this time Alabama gets the crazy award for having the most fans show up, and for ESPN to broadcast it they must get an additional crazy award themselves.
The highlight this year was not actually the football but the fact that we were able to get in to the new Basketball arena, the Auburn Arena as it is so called. This basketball season is one that many of us have been waiting for, for years, and this 2010-2011 season is set to open in a brand new $100 million (give or take) arena. Sorry the photos are so low-res, all I brought with me for some reason was my cell phone. The last photo of the construction area is still my favorite so far this year.
It was still really great to get to see the new arena in person. Can’t wait for the first basketball game.
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Today all across the country people came out to protest the taxes and spending our government started months ago and has continued into present day. After flipping through the mainstream media outlets, even CNN, I have determined that they just don’t get it. They portray this to be a GOP or Republican thing and they are so far from understanding that people are fed up with our government overspending, growing larger and larger, and more importantly today, ever-increasing the taxation (in various forms) its citizens.
The media downplayed the Tax Day Tea Parties as insignificant and just noise that only a few loons from the far right would attend but in city after city thousands of people have gathered to say enough is enough. Even the Texas governor this morning said he was personally going to three different Tea Parties in the state of Texas, and as governors go, Texas holds a mighty powerful position in the Union.
It started out with large cities like Boston and Atlanta but soon enough there were small rural towns, and yes, even Auburn University, who played host to a local Tea Party. Below are just a few of the images from the Tea Party in Auburn today out in front of the University library. Sadly, even the signs were censored as you will see below. One of the guys holds up the sign that says “Stop Over Spending” was told he could not hold up his sign, which originally said “Stop Obama Spending”. He was made to cross out the Obama reference and told he couldn’t say that?
I guess Bush did do a bit of spending before he left office but come on, this guy should be able to hold up a sign that has the word Obama on it? Like no one ever made a sign that had BUSH on it with far more hateful things than that. Oh well, such is life in 2009.
Here are some of the photos from today’s protest (thanks Deb).
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I rarely ever post an image on this blog that is not mine, but in this case I had to make an exception. Some nice person thought I needed a laugh today and sent this set of church signs over to me. I can’t even begin to address the issues involved here and just had to laugh. I don’t know whether this is pathetic or hilarious, anyone care to voice an opinion? I do know a very predominant church in our area that has a blessing each year for pets, and many people bring their pets up to the church to be blessed and prayed over by the senior pastor.
Apparently these two churches are across the road from each other on some busy street, go figure. Don’t think I have ever seen two churches go at each other like this via signage, I just had to laugh. To see these crazy interesting church signs just click the continue link below. I couldn’t bare to post the images on the front page of my blog sorry.
Dueling Church Signs
Update
It has been pointed out by someone far more observant than myself that these photos were photoshopped in some manner (obvious from the background of the Catholic church site). Just one more reason I don’t usually post any photos that don’t come right out of my own camera, so take them for what their worth above. My appologies for not seeing this upfront, I will certainly not use that particular source again.
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I was on campus tonight for Encounter (see Encounter Performs Live in the Auburn Student Activities Center for their previous performance) and I had to stop by the set for ESPN College Gameday. If you are a football fan and you can’t get excited about this game, something is wrong. ESPN is all setup and ready to go, the satellite trucks are all over campus, and the students in the sororities and fraternities are doing there part as well (see photos below).
If you look close at the ESPN set, you will see I am looking at the back side of it, with a steady stream of barricades all the way around it. Getting a shot of the FRONT of the set might not be as easy as I thought it was going to be. Hopefully there will be some access to the front, although there is a nice ravine in front of the set, which will make for some nice shots from underneath the booth. We will see tomorrow I guess.
