Shock and Awesome Podcast 137 – “Believe”

 

Tiki Barber sure hit the nail on the head when he once said that Eli Manning was not a true leader and was incapable of leading the Giants. Now that Manning has a second ring in four years the spotlight has turned to the Patriots and their newfound “Super Bowl Bridesmaid” role.

 

TJ and The Tux spoke with Pats Superfan Paul “Fitzy” Fitzgerald about the tabloid sagas that have engulfed the City of Boston: Gisele Gate, Gronk dancing like Don Cornelius on a high Ankle Sprain, The Welker/ Butterfingers stunt as well as the new internet fad called Bradying.

 

Tux then gives the finger back to MIA and her cheap halftime ploy.

 

Republicans talk all the time about not wanting government in our lives. Why is it ok then that the Catholic Church wants to impose its own rules about contraception?

 

Rick Santorum, like Eli Manning, made believers out of non-believers this week with his caucus wins in Missouri, Colorado and Minnesota. But, unlike Eli, is Santorum’s social message the right one for 2012 or would it have worked better in 1955?

 

As we have been saying for weeks, Super PACs are taking over. Democracy 21founder Frank Wertheimer spoke with TJ and The Tux about the effect this is having on the American political system. Wertheimer said the American system is now one “where super rich people and corporate spenders have far too much influence on the outcome of elections.”

 

#artistoftheweek is Fun (@ournameisfun). Also, they were the band featured in the Super Bowl XLVI Chevy commercial.

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