Readers, we understand the frustration some of you share about the tailing off of Project Mayhem tasks these days. We would like to execute a never-ending string of them but resources are very limited amongst the "staff" here. However, please do not interpret the lack of PM Tasks as indication we are not planning to do anymore. Quite the contrary, we encourage our readers to continue to share their ideas and energy with us (whodeyrevolution at gmail dot com), we do brainstorm ourselves, and hopefully we will hit upon a golden idea soon. We are ALWAYS OPEN to ideas and thrilled to hear yours.
Needless to say we are even more thrilled when fans take matters in the own hands entirely and we can simply sit back in our easy chairs, point, and go "YES. THAT. AWESOME." On that note, I direct you to Lance's blog, where I point and say to you "YES. THAT. AWESOME."
"I am a dedicated Cincinnati Bengals fan Lance and I have listened to you for a while and I have never called in but I like your show. I want to announce to you, once the first game starts I will sit out side of Paul Brown Stadium until my voice is heard by Mike. Mike does not care about anyone but himself and I am quite aware of this. He has been that way since he took over in 1991. I am 26 years old and the last time the Bengals even went to a Super Bowl I was a baby. I love my Bengals dearly!!! I served in the military and I had to put up with every single day getting taunted because I was a Bengals fan but I stood my ground. Enough is enough. I will sit out there the entire season if needs be. If I am arrested, which I hope doesn't happen, I will go right back outside of the stadium and sit there until I am heard."
"Joshua" immediately distinguishes himself as a great revolutionary with this gesture, should he actually go through with it. He is a one man Project Mayhem SWAT Team planning to wreak havoc and we support him wholeheartedly. All Bengals fans should.
Looking forward to the pics of Joshua from Game 1! Will he have a sign AND a bullhorn?
A silent protest on public property with a sign alone, (no bullhorn) makes it harder for the Po-Po to drag him away in cuffs. Good Luck Joshua!
Posted by: JayKen Knotstirred | September 07, 2011 at 11:51 PM
Do it Joshua, make the picket sign picture Mike shitting on the city and its residents.
Posted by: CurseofBoJackson | September 08, 2011 at 08:50 AM
I am in the process of altering my Carson Palmer jersey. I have replaced Palmer's name on the back with NUOWNER and on the front I have put a minus sign in front of the nine.
Posted by: dan peck | September 08, 2011 at 11:02 AM
I'll make sure the guy has something to eat. If he's still down there Tuesday 9/13 @4:45pm (when I get off work), I will personally deliver a pizza to him. Good luck and Godspeed "Justin."
Posted by: TKS | September 08, 2011 at 11:11 AM
Maybe Joshua can team up with that homeless guy and his cat who sit outside between PBS and the practice fields. Then they'd really get Mike's attention I'm sure.
Posted by: Greaper22 | September 08, 2011 at 12:18 PM
So 'Joshua' is going to stage a single-man 'sit-in'? 1) that's gunna last like Wildman Walker's pathetic sitting atop a billboard sign bullshit from a few years ago. Probably will be similar to Al Sharpton's 'hunger-stike' from yore!
Here's a hint Josh(and everyone here), IT AIN'T GUNNA WORK! Everyone who knows even a small thing about football knows that MB is a piece of work. EVERYONE. I've told you that several times. I've also told you that he's done nothing wrong or illegal -- which goes to show that even in so doing -- such things don't pacify certain people in certain situations. You can't compel him to do anything other than what he is doing now. I can't do it. The man down the street can't do it. I've told you that the only way to get that insidious 'tick' out of control of the Cincinnati Bengals is if he retires (in which case, Katy will take over) or if he dies (in which case Katy will STILL take over). Being as that it is well-known that Katy's football thoughts are such that they run along the lines of her father -- that means that MBB's football influences will be present on the team well after he's gone -- either through death or retirement! So get used to it folks. Also, here's a hint, Katy doesn't seem to think that selling the team is on the dockett either! Again, get used to it folks!
So basically, the only way to get Brown out of this city is by having him move. I figure that in anothere ten years, he will start the same shit about having a new stadium again (just to get a jump on things). If you folks haven't figured it out yet again -- by then, LET HIM LEAVE!! Don't go off an act like spoiled little kids (like the majority did before) and cry that you can't have your football. WAAAAHHHH fucking WAAAAAAHHHHHH!
I told you before that your 'childishness' is what allowed this to happen before. There is NO EXCUSE for letting it happen again.
Heck, you want to get things out there, sell bumper stickers pronouncing that: "You will not 'screw us' again, Mike Brown!" Things of that nature that let him know well ahead of time that we are going to be approaching yet another stadium debacle again and that he's not going to fuck us again and any politician who runs for election, if they say that they are going to vote in favor of a stadium referendum, they can just kiss their election chances goodbye. Tell that to them now so that you can vote them out ahead of time -- or perhaps not even let them into office to begin with.
Send a message to MBB that 'his' team is persona non-grata.
And to those who don't realize it, as I have said before, he doesn't even have to put one fan in the seat and he still makes a profit -- so where's his incentive? Don't think that a 'boycott' of home games is going to do a freakin' thing!
Posted by: wch | September 08, 2011 at 01:14 PM
I shudder to admit this, but I actually agree with wch. While I think it's completely admirable that "Joshua" is staging his own one-man protest, surely that time could be put to better use, as it's going to amount to absolutely nothing. Better he go to a Bengals bar in the city and preach the WDR gospel (or at least do it outside the stadium - I'm not sure if that's a part of his plans or not, as it wasn't mentioned). One guy sitting outside a stadium isn't even going to be the equivalent of a particularly large piece of dust getting in Mikey Boy's eye. And, since there's no mention of WDR (or subsequent post from "Joshua" saying that he's on board), what are the WDR locals' plans to make sure that he knows about the Revolution?
Posted by: Wyatt | September 08, 2011 at 04:58 PM
You do not know what will work or not work until you try something. I commend the guy if he actually does this. Who knows, he may get media coverage for sure. What is it going to hurt? The only way to get MFB to sale the team or make major changes is for the SHEEP TO STOP GOING TO THE GAMES! It is simple as this! Get only 10K of fans in the stadium and you will see change! You guys act like this will not work. Well, guess what, it has never been tried, except before 2003 the fans did not show up somewhat and then MFB made subtle changes to make it look like he was doing something. Fool me once, shame on you, Fool me twice, shame on me!
Posted by: TigerJ@w | September 08, 2011 at 06:36 PM
I guess it never gets old repeating the same tripe from the same pedestal does it? Is it your fetish? Nobody's claiming or realistically predicting that this move will turn the corner for the revolution. Just showing support for a guy that is going to act on his well founded anger and along comes debbie downer waaaa waaaa WAAAAAAA.
Posted by: CurseofBoJackson | September 08, 2011 at 07:32 PM
Yes, I believe that the actions of this guy alone will not do anything to change MB's stance on the organization. HOWEVER, like someone said, if he gets a good amount of media attention, it will probably recruit people to join him. And it is possible that before you know it, there may be a large gathering that can only get the attention of Mikey Boy. This will all be amplified if the team gets off to a bad start.
Plus, from what a read, this guy has defended this country and has been dealing with death in his family, so let him do what he wants to do.
Posted by: Tyler from Cincy | September 09, 2011 at 11:52 AM
To clarify - I never said he shouldn't do it, just that I thought his time could be put to better use. And, my prediction - if this does get ANY media attention whatsoever, Mike will have the cops out to roust him before the news piece is even done airing. He couldn't do anything about the billboards, but if you've been around here that long, you know how quickly he reacted to flying the banners over training camp, involving the law and trying to get the guy's pilot license revoked.
Again, my question for the locals - who's going to go talk to this kid this weekend and let him know about WDR? If I were a local, I'd get him a WDR shirt and make sure he knew about our cause, but I live in Pennsylvania and work in Connecticut (and just totalled my vehicle on Monday night), so it's just not feasible for me at the moment.
Posted by: Wyatt | September 09, 2011 at 12:03 PM
To inject some levity into our otherwise pathetic lives, I present a pictorial representation of what it will be like to watch the Bengals this season. Methaphors abound:
http://deadspin.com/5838569/pig-poops-on-own-balls-photo-is-nsfw-because-pig-is-pooping-on-its-own-balls
Posted by: CJ | September 09, 2011 at 12:16 PM
Happy same year. For some odd reason I googled Jim Lippincott to see if I could find that clip of him from hard knocks jumping out from around corners to cut players.
I came across this. To all of those that want to give the team a chance and think that brighter days are coming, this is exactly 10 years old.
Happy same year!
http://a.espncdn.com/nfl/s/2001/0326/1162161.html
Posted by: JM | September 09, 2011 at 06:49 PM
Wch, Remember the WDR Manifesto...(See Introduction)...Project Mayhem?
"So 'Joshua' is going to stage a single-man 'sit-in'?"
Why so bitter? "Big things have small beginnings." -Lawrence of Arabia
Oh Yeah, This guy too...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Satyagraha
Posted by: JayKen Knotstirred | September 10, 2011 at 02:03 AM
5-11 this year. And...no change. Those are my season predictions. I feel for this guy, but he will probably be arrested for loitering. At best, he will be ignored by all the happy homers walking into PBS, who are amped up for that supposed "NFL experience" that MB claims to offer.
Posted by: Shake n' Blake | September 11, 2011 at 05:03 AM
i have to post this somewhere. I have a theory that the bengals need just a name change...that's it. They should be the tigers. No other team has the kind of name we do. Bengals are not a thing, it makes no sense. Are we the bengal tigers? No, we are the bengals, what the hell does that mean? Lions, tigers and bears. That should be the way it goes. The panthers are just panthers, not a specific type of panther, same for the jaguars, bears, lions, dolphins, eagles, falcons, ravens, Seahawks, idk what a buffalo bill is unless it's a reference to the guy named buffalo bill...? but who wants to be like the bills. This is my theory, get the name changed and remove bad luck that comes with being different, bungles. I know it's not well though out or argued but I think you get the idea and it has bugged me for twenty years! GO TIGERS!
Posted by: dano | September 12, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Yup, because the Detroit Tigers have had so much luck with that name. And the Auburn Tigers (last year aside) - hell, Auburn doesn't even like that name enough to drop the "War Eagles" nickname fully. And what exactly is a "seahawk" - that's not a real species of bird. At least "Bengal" is a type of tiger. Of course, this is coming from a Nittany Lion alumni/fan, so take that for what it's worth.
Posted by: Wyatt | September 12, 2011 at 04:52 PM