January 15th, 2009 By Lindsay Britton
Being the Mayor of Pittsburgh clearly wasn’t enough for Luke Ravenstahl. He needed an act that would annouce to the citizens of Pittsburgh, and the country, that 1) he loves the Steelers, and 2) the people of Pittsburgh should have elected someone else.
Well, Mayor Ravenstahl has found that act.
On Wednesday he announced that he would be changing his surname from Ravenstahl to “Steelerstahl” in the days leading up to the Ravens-Steelers AFC title game. ”Steelerstahl” touted the name change as a showing of his allegiance to the Steelers, clearly demonstrating that he had confused “team pride” with “flat-out idiocy.” By taking time out from his mayoral duties in order to announce the change,”Steelerstahl” struck a blow to the legitmacy of civic politics and democracy in general.
Reaction to the name change is still coming in, but the overwhelming consensus seems to be that it’s the Baltimore Ravens patriotic duty to defeat the Steelers by a minimum score of 200-0.
Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon, who is well aware that surnames have no bearing on the outcome of football games, couldn’t be reached for comment. She was probably busy doing her job.
http://blog.ingamenow.com/2009/01/15/one-more-reason-to-cheer-for-baltimore/
Being the Mayor of Pittsburgh clearly wasn’t enough for Luke Ravenstahl. He needed an act that would annouce to the citizens of Pittsburgh, and the country, that 1) he loves the Steelers, and 2) the people of Pittsburgh should have elected someone else.
Well, Mayor Ravenstahl has found that act.
On Wednesday he announced that he would be changing his surname from Ravenstahl to “Steelerstahl” in the days leading up to the Ravens-Steelers AFC title game. ”Steelerstahl” touted the name change as a showing of his allegiance to the Steelers, clearly demonstrating that he had confused “team pride” with “flat-out idiocy.” By taking time out from his mayoral duties in order to announce the change,”Steelerstahl” struck a blow to the legitmacy of civic politics and democracy in general.
Reaction to the name change is still coming in, but the overwhelming consensus seems to be that it’s the Baltimore Ravens patriotic duty to defeat the Steelers by a minimum score of 200-0.
Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon, who is well aware that surnames have no bearing on the outcome of football games, couldn’t be reached for comment. She was probably busy doing her job.
http://blog.ingamenow.com/2009/01/15/one-more-reason-to-cheer-for-baltimore/
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