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They are cursing at the beer vendor to pour that $11 Miller Light because kick off is in three minutes (I'm guilty .. it's like the concessions don't want to make money)eeriepadave said:I'm kinda curious if any people in the stands are kneeling (or sitting) or anything?Be Excellent To Each OtherParty On, Dudes!0 -
Or focus on Puerto Rico, Houston, etc.tbergs said:I found it silly that the president spent the better part of 3 days tweeting, speaking and publicly addressing players kneeling during the anthem, but has yet to make one remark about the importance of ending racism, injustice and inequality in this country.
Trump's rallying cry:
Honor the flag!
Fuck the people!
Stand and hail!
Minorities in jail!
Patriots, freedom fighters!
SOB's, incitors!
More than anything, he just wast golf and fart. Oh, I mean golf cart.
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I wondered about that because I couldn't recall if he'd ever been involved. I found this link; if you have a better one, please share.Bentleyspop said:This is all rooted in the NFL not allowing him to be an owner.
Just more immature jealous narcissism at work
http://www.newsweek.com/trumps-nfl-fight-dates-back-failed-usfl-experiment-80s-jeff-pearlman-670843
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The message has been lost. Look at that smug a-hole ...
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There is a great article about one of the owners threatening to punch him in the mouth. It's hysterical.Kat said:I wondered about that because I couldn't recall if he'd ever been involved. I found this link; if you have a better one, please share.
http://www.newsweek.com/trumps-nfl-fight-dates-back-failed-usfl-experiment-80s-jeff-pearlman-670843
The NFL owners never wanted them in their club.
They did the same thing to Limbaugh. They wanted him no where near an NFL team.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:There is a great article about one of the owners threatening to punch him in the mouth. It's hysterical.
The NFL owners never wanted them in their club.
They did the same thing to Limbaugh. They wanted him no where near an NFL team.
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Here is an article about the "taking of the knee" and also one of why the protest was created, and an opinion piece of what happened during last weekend's football games:
https://undertheradar.military.com/2016/09/kaepernick-meets-veteran-nate-boyer-kneels-anthem/
"Boyer wrote an opinion piece for Military Times this week where he talked about his conflicting emotions when he saw Kaepernick’s protest at lats week’s game. He met Kaepernick and 49ers safety Eric Reid in San Diego and the three men talked for 90 minutes before the game.When the anthem played before the game, the two players took a knee instead of sitting."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opinion/colin-kaepernick-football-protests.html
"In early 2016, I began paying attention to reports about the incredible number of unarmed black people being killed by the police. The posts on social media deeply disturbed me, but one in particular brought me to tears: the killing of Alton Sterling in my hometown Baton Rouge, La. This could have happened to any of my family members who still live in the area. I felt furious, hurt and hopeless. I wanted to do something, but didn’t know what or how to do it. All I knew for sure is that I wanted it to be as respectful as possible."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opinion/nfl-football-kaepernick-take-knee.html
"Such a situation could well incite a fury of anger and frustration. Yet with the act of kneeling, these rare, gifted, often doomed human beings are shrouding their protest in a kind of self-abasement; a display of vulnerability and piety in the face of iron injustice. It is a humility couched in a majesty of pride, dignity, strength and unusual accomplishment. Kneeling in protest is out of the playbook of Dr. King, not Malcolm X."There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
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Interesting - I've never heard about the USFL at all and had no idea Trump had sued the NFL.HesCalledDyer said:
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4:54 AM - 25 Sep 2017This was Dale Earnhardt Jr's tweet a few days ago. If you aren't familiar with whom he is, he has been NASCARs most popular driver for like 10 years in a row. The man is HUGE in the sport. For him to do this is amazing.
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A petition has passed 25,000 signatures to remove the Ray Lewis statue because of his decision to kneel on both knees was to "simply honor God in the midst of chaos."
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/petition-remove-ray-lewis-statue-035824479.html
This is what it finally took for motivation to get a Stabby's statue removed??? America has turned into the movie P.C.U. before my very eyes.
(Note: Petitions don't really mean anything anymore when you can press a button on your phone. If you had to get off your butt and drive to your local supermarket to sign it they would have roughly 83 signatures)Post edited by Jason P onBe Excellent To Each OtherParty On, Dudes!0 -
Crazy. Not because he was accused or murder or plead guilty to obstruction... but because he fuckin' knelt.Jason P said:A petition has passed 25,000 signatures to remove the Ray Lewis statue because of his decision to kneel on both knees was to "simply honor God in the midst of chaos."
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/petition-remove-ray-lewis-statue-035824479.html
This is what it finally took for motivation to get a Stabby's statue removed??? America has turned into the movie P.C.U. before my very eyes.
(Note: Petitions don't really mean anything anymore when you can press a button on your phone. If you had to get off your butt and drive to your local supermarket to sign it they would have roughly 83 signatures)
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Outrageous. Honestly sometimes feels like Idiocracy has already arrived.
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In the US:HesCalledDyer said:Crazy. Not because he was accused or murder or plead guilty to obstruction... but because he fuckin' knelt.
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Actually there are a lot of people that don't like how that case went down. People think it was very shady and Lewis did do it. Read up on the case, it'll make you think.HesCalledDyer said:Crazy. Not because he was accused or murder or plead guilty to obstruction... but because he fuckin' knelt.0 -
I think that was confirmed by the relative quiet of employment of people like Joe Mixon and the unemployment of Kaepernick.HughFreakingDillon said:1995 Milwaukee 1998 Alpine, Alpine 2003 Albany, Boston, Boston, Boston 2004 Boston, Boston 2006 Hartford, St. Paul (Petty), St. Paul (Petty) 2011 Alpine, Alpine
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Yeah, but I think the point is that it didn't inspire enough ire for them to fight for his statue to come down. Only the kneeling could get people's blood pumping that much.tempo_n_groove said:Actually there are a lot of people that don't like how that case went down. People think it was very shady and Lewis did do it. Read up on the case, it'll make you think.
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Ahhh, I didn't see it from that angle.PJ_Soul said:Yeah, but I think the point is that it didn't inspire enough ire for them to fight for his statue to come down. Only the kneeling could get people's blood pumping that much.0
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