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It’s team against team—Public Enemy, By the Time I Get to Arizona

Ili likhala gawo lomaliza lomwe ndimalemba za Arizona Diamondbacks m'tsogolomu. Kwa ine, iwo kulibe. Zidzapitilirabe kukhalapo m'malingaliro mwanga bola ngati lamulo loyipa la "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act" likadali lamulo ku Arizona. Lamuloli labweretsa tsatanetsatane wa tsankho m'boma.

Wopanga malamulo m'modzi wa Democratic adati zapangitsa Arizona kukhala "choseka" koma ndizovuta kupeza nthabwala zamalamulo amtunduwu. Lamulo limapangitsa kukhala mlandu kuyenda m'misewu osagwira pasipoti yanu, khadi lobiriwira, visa, kapena ID ya boma Sizimangopatsa mphamvu koma zimafunanso kuti apolisi azifunsa zikalata ngati akukayikira kuti munthu alibe zikalata. Nzika ikhoza kuimba mlandu wapolisi aliyense yemwe angawone kuti akuzunza anthu omwe akuwaganizira kuti ndi osamukira kwawo. Biliyo ipangitsanso kukhala cholakwika cha kalasi yoyamba kuti aliyense "anyamule okwera kuntchito" ngati galimoto yawo yatsekereza magalimoto. Ndipo zimapangitsa kuphwanya kachiwiri kwa lamulo lililonse kukhala mlandu.

Poyankha, Woimira Raul Grijalva, yemwe akuchokera ku Arizona komweko, wapempha kuti dziko lonse liyime motsutsana ndi boma, nati, "Osapita kutchuthi kapena kupuma kumeneko." Anakhala ndi ziwopsezo zambiri zomudetsa sabata ino kotero kuti adatseka maofesi ake ku Arizona masana Lachisanu.

Ambiri aife sitili patchuthi kapena nthawi yopuma pantchito. Timakhala, komabe, tikukhala m'mizinda ya baseball komwe a Arizona Diamondbacks amabwera kudzasewera.

Akafika kumudzi kwathu ku DC, msana wanga udzatembenuka, ndipo TV yanga idzazimitsidwa. Izi sichifukwa choti ndi gulu lochokera ku Arizona. Bungwe la D-backs ndi omwe amapereka ndalama ku chipani cha Republican Party, chomwe chakhala chikuyendetsa izi kudzera munyumba yamalamulo.

Monga momwe a Arizona Diamondbacks adayitana kunyalanyala, "Mu 2010, Wothandizira wamkulu wachitatu wa National Republican Senatorial Committee anali [akuluakulu a] Arizona Diamondbacks, omwe adapereka $121,600; Komanso, adaperekanso $129,500, yomwe idakhala gawo lakhumi ndi chisanu ndi chitatu chothandizira kwambiri ku Komiti Yachipani cha Republican." Bwana wamkulu wa timuyi, Ken Kendrick, ndi achibale ake, EG Kendrick Sr. ndi Randy Kendrick, adapereka ndalama zokwana $1,023,527 kwa a Republican. The Kendricks amatsatira mapazi a woyambitsa timu komanso mwini wake wakale Jerry Colangelo. Colangelo, pamodzi ndi akuluakulu ena a baseball komanso osewera akale, adayambitsa gulu lotchedwa Battin' 1000: kampeni yadziko lonse yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito kukumbukira za baseball kuti apeze ndalama zothandizira Campus for Life, gulu lalikulu kwambiri la ophunzira odana ndi kusankha mdziko. Colangelo analinso wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa Bush/Cheney 2004 ku Arizona, ndipo matumba ake akuya adapanga chomwe chimatchedwa "Presidential Prayer Team" -gulu la evangelical lachinsinsi lomwe limadzinenera kuti lasaina anthu opitilira 1 miliyoni kugwada pansi ndikupemphera tsiku lililonse. Chitsamba.

Pansi pa Colangelo, John McCain nayenso anali ndi gawo la timuyi. Katswiri wina wakale wa biluyo ananena lisanapereke lamuloli kuti “anamvetsa” chifukwa chake linaperekedwa chifukwa “madalaivala a magalimoto okhala ndi zinthu zosaloledwa ndi lamulo [amene] akuchititsa ngozi mwadala mumsewuwu.

Awa ndi omwe oyang'anira Arizona Diamondback ali. Uwu ndiwo mwambo womwe amayimiriramo.

Eni ake a Diamondbacks ali ndi ufulu wonse ku ndale zawo, ndipo tikadayang'anira zomwe zikuchitika m'bokosi la eni ake onse sipangakhale aliyense amene angasiyirepo (kupatula a Green Bay Packers, omwe alibe bokosi la eni ake). Koma izi ndi zosiyana. Lamuloli ndi kuitanira kotseguka kwa mbiri yautundu ndi nkhanza. Kuyitana konyanyala kukuchokera mkati mwa boma.

Ngati eni ake a Diamondbacks akufuna kulemba m'mphepete mwa tsankho, tiyenera kukweza nkhonya zathu zamasewera motsutsana nawo. Kunyanyala ndikuwonetsanso mgwirizano ndi osewera a Diamondback monga Juan Guitterez, Gerardo Parra, ndi Rodrigo Lopez. Asamakhazikike pamalo pomwe amasangalalira pabwalo lamasewera kenako ndikufunsa mapepala awo yunifolomu ikatuluka.

[Dave Zirin ndi mlembi wa "Masewera Oipa: Momwe Eni Akuwonongera Masewera Amene Timawakonda" (Scribner) Landirani gawo lake sabata iliyonse potumiza imelo. dave@edgeofsports.com. Lumikizanani naye pa edgeofsports@gmail.com.]

 


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Dave Zirin, Press Action's 2005 ndi 2006 Sportswriter of the Year, adatchedwa "chizindikiro m'dziko la masewera opita patsogolo." Robert Lipsyte akuti ndi "wolemba masewera wachinyamata wabwino kwambiri ku United States." Onse ndi wolemba nkhani Magazini ya SLAM, wopereka nthawi zonse ku Magazini ya Nation, ndi semi-regular op-ed wolemba kwa the Los Angeles Times.

Buku laposachedwa la Zirin ndi Takulandilani ku Terrordome: Ululu, Ndale, ndi Lonjezo la Masewera(Mabuku a Haymarket). Ndi kutsogolo kwa rapper Chuck D, bukhuli ndi mawonekedwe okopa komanso okopa pamasewera amasewera ngati palibe.

Mabuku ena a Zirin akuphatikizapo The Muhammad Ali Handbook, kuyang'ana kwamphamvu, kochititsa chidwi komanso kodziwitsa ena mwa anthu odziwika kwambiri azaka zathu komanso Dzina Langa Ndani, Wopusa? Sports & Resistance ku United States (Haymarket Books), buku lomwe lili gawo la zokambirana zamasewera, mbiri yakale ndi zoyambira za ufulu wachibadwidwe, komanso kuwonekera kwa bizinesi yayikulu yomwe imawunika "masewera" amasewera ndikubweretsa kusalingana kuti awonetse momwe machitidwe osagwirizanawa amawonetsera. zochitika zosokoneza zomwe zimatanthawuza gulu lathu lalikulu. Walembanso buku la ana lotchedwa Dzina langa ndine Erica Montoya de la Cruz (RC Owen).

Zirin ndi wothirira ndemanga pawailesi yakanema [kudzera pa satellite] wa The Score, gulu loyamba lamasewera ku Canada la maola 24. Wabweretsa kusakanizika kwake kwamasewera ndi ndale kumapulogalamu angapo apawailesi yakanema kuphatikiza ESPN's Outside the Lines, ESPN Classic, BBC's Extratime, CNBC's The Big Idea ndi Donny Deutsch (makambirano a steroids ndi Jose Canseco ndi John Rocker), BookTV ya C-SPAN, the WNBC Morning News ku New York City; ndi Demokalase Tsopano ndi Amy Goodman.

Wakhalanso pamapulogalamu ambiri a wailesi ya dziko lonse kuphatikizapo Talk of the Nation ya National Public Radio; Air America ndi XM Radio's On the Real' ndi Chuck D ndi Gia'na Garel; Laura Flanders Show, Radio Nation ndi Marc Cooper; Wailesi ya ESPN; Wailesi ya Nyenyezi ndi Mikwingwirima; WOL's The Joe Madison Show; Pacifica's Hard Knock Radio, ndi ena ambiri. Ndiye mawu amasewera Lachinayi m'mawa pa mphotho ya WBAI yopambana "Wake Up Call ndi Deepa Fernandes."

Zirin akugwiranso ntchito Mbiri ya Anthu pa Masewera, gawo la Howard Zinn's People's History mndandanda wa New Press. Kuwonjezera apo adangosaina kuti achite buku ndi Scribner (Simon & Schuster.) Akugwiranso ntchito pamasewero a masewera ndi mafilimu a Barbara Kopple's Cabin Creek pa masewera ndi kayendetsedwe ka anthu ku United States.

Zolemba za Zirin zawonekeranso mkati New York Newsday, Baltimore Sun, CBSNEWS.com, The Pittsburgh Courier, Gwero, ndi zofalitsa zina zambiri.

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