Twilight in Northwest Georgia: Aaron Rodgers is NOT the Green Bay Packers

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Aaron Rodgers is NOT the Green Bay Packers

There was a time when it was the team that mattered, not the individual. Old timers like me have memories of the Boston Celtics, New York Yankees, Milwaukee Braves as teams. Sure, there were the stars but they played within the context of the team and that's how we remember them, as members of a team. Not so anymore. Now there are the multi-millionaire prima donnas who want to define the political, philosophical, financial and managerial status of the organizations that made them.

It is being reported that Aaron Rodgers is demanding that the Packers general manager be fired as a condition of his playing for the team this season. It is also being said that he has a particular team in mind that he wants to be traded to, and that he is actively recruiting fellow players to follow him. If true that is a sad commentary about Rodgers in particular and sports in general. Brett Favre, a former Green Bay quarterback tarnished his image forever by taking a somewhat similar tact.

The Green Bay Packers is a professional football team that was founded in 1919. It has been consistently supported by a loyal fan base through some great and horrible years. And no matter who is on the field wearing the green and gold uniforms this season, the fans will be there for them.

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What this blog is about

Hi. My name is Tom. I am a long-time blogger, having started in my native Wisconsin some fifteen years ago and continuing during my ten years living in Peru. I all but stopped posting to my blog when my wife and I returned to the United States and moved to Rossville, Georgia in July of 2017. We don’t actually live in Rossville. We live in one of those census-designated places, a term I really don’t understand and am not interested enough to learn about. The only practical difference I can see is that the city does not pick up our trash.

I’m starting a new blog because my old one was Peru specific, and that was yesterday. I chose the title ‘Twilight in Northwest Georgia’ for two reasons: twilight because I am old and for me age is playing an ever-increasing role in how I view myself and the world around me. And Northwest Georgia for obvious reasons. It’s not a great title but it identifies and introduces what it needs to. Good enough.

This blog is not going to have a central theme…it’s not going to be about anything specifically. I like to write and will post about anything and everything that may interest me at the moment. I do know that my wife Maribel will be mentioned frequently because she is everything to me.

A comment here about my writing style and philosophy might be in order. We live in an era of political correctness…a time when the broadcast and print media, politicians, and petty people in general are lined up like vultures, eagerly waiting to pounce on anyone for the slightest faux pas, no matter how innocent and unintended. The media do it to sell their services. Politicians do it to advance their careers by degrading others. Petty people do it because…well…because they’re petty people. It is never my intent to be politically correct, politically incorrect, obnoxious or offensive. I can be critical and sometimes very critical but try my best to be objective. I do like to praise when praise is warranted. I do have pet peeves, am very opinionated and can be very vocal about them, which in the past has drawn the ire of some readers on my old blog. But that’s life. We all have different likes, dislikes, values and beliefs. The key is how we handle those differences.

The purpose of this blog is to provide a platform for me to write. I am opening it up to the public simply because someone may find something of interest in my ramblings. Any reader comments or criticisms, provided they are civil, are welcome.