I'm Leanne. 25. Originally from the Reading, PA area but took my Sometimes I will post about basketball too. My interest in that sport is an ebb and flow type-thing; I like players (Steve Nash being basically my favorite person ever) more than teams, although I've hesitantly grown to support the Timberwolves since my relocation.
I also enjoy classic movies, alt-rock music (especially The Killers), cute & fuzzy animals, ill-mannered humor and food that is bad for me. :)
Oh, and I cuss a lot.
"I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand
being away from it as long as I was alive."
- Roberto Clemente
![Football fans who came to Fair Park for the Houston-Penn State match-up at the Cotton Bowl couldn’t help but see the sideshow: As promised, the Westboro Baptist Church showed up at the TicketCity Bowl to remind sports fans that God hates them, Joe Paterno, the Pope, gays, Obama … pretty much everyone. But Fred Phelps’ clan, which has added a “God Sent the Drought” sign to its ever-expanding inventory, wasn’t alone: They were met by around 40 counter-protesters, some from Occupy Dallas splinter group OccupyNow. The counter-protesters greeted the WBC’s infamous “God Hates Fags” signs with a few of their own. There was also some light heckling and a little same-sex heavy petting.
“We’re out here to protest hate in all its forms,” said 21-year-old Kooper Caraway of OccupyNow.
“And we’re here to draw attention to hate-mongering,” said Whytney Blythe, 22, also of OccupyNow, “Which is part of what’s perpetuating the issues we’re facing today. Living in a fear-based system is unhealthy for everyone. And it’s also important to be at the protests against Westboro to show support for the victims that they might target.”[…]
Just take five minutes from your life and read this whole article. Please.](http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyc0ugKWNm1qzfpgio1_500.jpg)
Football fans who came to Fair Park for the Houston-Penn State match-up at the Cotton Bowl couldn’t help but see the sideshow: As promised, the Westboro Baptist Church showed up at the TicketCity Bowl to remind sports fans that God hates them, Joe Paterno, the Pope, gays, Obama … pretty much everyone. But Fred Phelps’ clan, which has added a “God Sent the Drought” sign to its ever-expanding inventory, wasn’t alone: They were met by around 40 counter-protesters, some from Occupy Dallas splinter group OccupyNow. The counter-protesters greeted the WBC’s infamous “God Hates Fags” signs with a few of their own. There was also some light heckling and a little same-sex heavy petting.
“We’re out here to protest hate in all its forms,” said 21-year-old Kooper Caraway of OccupyNow.
“And we’re here to draw attention to hate-mongering,” said Whytney Blythe, 22, also of OccupyNow, “Which is part of what’s perpetuating the issues we’re facing today. Living in a fear-based system is unhealthy for everyone. And it’s also important to be at the protests against Westboro to show support for the victims that they might target.”[…]
Just take five minutes from your life and read this whole article. Please.
