some thoughts about life and tom brady

I had an IM conversation with a good friend a couple of nights ago and he told me this story (I'm going to use a made up screen name so my followers don't start stalking him on AIM):

T-Pain (11:56:53 PM): last night im fuckin around with some roomates and a couple friends (one of which has dealt at the game, little columbian kid)

T-Pain(11:57:26 PM): so we are just fuckin around at the poker table and i get bored

T-Pain(11:58:04 PM): so columbian kid, CK we will call him, was dealing

T-Pain(11:58:17 PM): CK deals a hand, and i state, "I am bored who wants to flip for money"

T-Pain(11:58:34 PM): everyone declines, CK says i will (which was weird, he is poor and doesnt gamble)

T-Pain(11:59:00 PM): he says okay, ill do whatever i have in my wallet

T-Pain(11:59:02 PM): he had 5$

T-Pain(11:59:08 PM): i say okay, get ak out of the deck

T-Pain(11:59:19 PM): he Decilines and says no, he will use hi s current hand

T-Pain(11:59:30 PM): I ask him if he knows what his current hand is, cuz i dont want to flip against AA

T-Pain(11:59:33 PM): he says he hasnt looked

T-Pain(11:59:46 PM): i ask him again, "You swear you haven't looked?"=

T-Pain(11:59:54 PM): he says i havent looked

T-Pain(11:59:56 PM): i say run it

T-Pain(12:00:01 AM): flop is A 7 A XX

T-Pain(12:00:03 AM): he flips up AA

T-Pain(12:00:06 AM): OMG!!!!

T-Pain(12:00:09 AM): omg!!!

T-Pain(12:00:20 AM): end story

Let's not even bother talking about how obvious this looks like CK is cheating. The point I want to bring up is what we talked about after. It's weird, but filthy rich people and dirt poor people are eerily similar when it comes to money. Filthy rich people are never satisfied with the insane amounts of money in their possession already and will stop at nothing to make more and more money. People who are dirt poor are just as desperate for money and will often times stop at nothing to accumulate any sort of wealth, albeit they do it more out of necessity. When you hear about people going from "rags to riches" , it's just someone who was dirt poor, but became filthy rich. The person is not any different, because the engrained mindset does not have to change. I heard a lot of people talk at school about how Obama is screwing over the upper class with his new tax policies. It saddened me that people would be so selfish and so quick to dismiss this man as just a Robin Hood politician, a socialist. Rich people who are going to be affected can look at the increase in percentage in taxes and just think of how it will hinder the will to become wealthy...you know what, this topic deserves more attention in another post...let's move on to the other question I wanted to bring up.

I watched Skip Bayless argue with the Stewart brothers on First and 10 this morning and the following question came up...

Should the Patriots trade Tom Brady?

I'm not kidding, this was the most heated topic of discussion on the show. Now if you are wondering why on Earth such a seemingly stupid question came up, think about this:

• Matt Cassel has proven he can be a viable quarterback as he has matured rapidly after Tom Brady went down.
• Cassel is a young talent who can be molded and signed for much less money than Brady, therefore, the financial leverage gained from trading Brady can mean draft picks and money to throw around in free agency to improve the Pats horrid secondary.
• Tom Brady is 31 years old coming off a knee surgery that leaves questions about how effective he will be upon return
• Another unrelated thought: Bill Belichick's ego might drive him to prove that the success of this team is about his system and not Tom Brady

One of the Stewart brothers said this topic could definitely pick up steam into the winter, I would have to agree...