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NFL Demonstrations
| September 28th, 2017 at 7:30:36 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
I totally agree with all of the above. I support the players and the knee, Its really much ado about nothing. Symbol vs symbol but I don't follow football much anymore due to CTE As to the above Its sick that City and state politicians to spend obscene amounts of money on the NFL Take conservative Texas. Jerry Jones got 440 million from the taxpayers to help fund his stadium WTF, 440 million. That obscene. But its Texas, its their state religion. Its Texas, Its football. Its a no brainer to them. They have to have the best NFL stadium on the planet. Still, 440 million. Its sick. And that's just 1 team Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| September 28th, 2017 at 7:41:59 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | And yet the Astrodome sits. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/See-what-the-inside-of-the-Eight-Wonder-of-the-9242718.php 440 million for Jones, and the state pensions are broke. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| September 28th, 2017 at 8:21:19 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18758 | NFL can go the way of wrestling. Create hero and villain teams. Villain teams egg the crowd on with bad behavior, cheat, wave foreign flags around. Hero team plays by all the rules. All American. Clean cut. Mom's apple pie. Yup. I can see it. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| September 28th, 2017 at 8:28:13 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I like it. But as long as the NFL is still playing, I wish the camera's would go back to zooming in on the cheer leaders. I think that's when the NFL went to hell is when they quit focusing on the cheer leaders. A man's got to have his priorities. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| September 28th, 2017 at 8:42:13 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | San Diego Chargers moved to LA, what a cruel joke; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers_stadium_proposals https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2017/03/31/relocation-oakland-raiders-san-diego-chargers-st-louis-rams/99848210/ abandoned US stadiums with debt still to be paid. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| September 29th, 2017 at 5:30:24 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
Its really incredible how cities fight over an NFL team. The owners are laughing all the way to the bank. Cleveland refused to build a new Stadium. Its the right thing to do for the taxpayers. Art Modell moved the team to city that would build a new stadium. Owners pit city against city and knowing they will get their money. Football is that important to a community. You would think TX conservatives would be furious Jerry Jones got 440 million of tax payers money. Not a peep, thats how important football is. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| September 29th, 2017 at 5:39:44 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
It is almost as stupid as trying to win the Olympic Games. At least a pro sports team is ongoing. Cities might be waking up to all of this, though. The President is a fink. |
| September 29th, 2017 at 6:00:09 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
Waking up, I doubt it. Its pretty shocking conservatives are silent as the NFL rapes the taxpayers for over 7 billion Of all the voters, I would think conservatives would be up in arms over the wasteful tax payer spending. Instead, a lot of conservatives really love football. Its the state religion in Texas NFL owners should not get 1 penny of taxpayers money instead 7 billion, it aint chump change The problem Football remains extremely popular. So popular, 7 billion wasted is ignored. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| September 29th, 2017 at 6:33:44 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
Where are you at? Usually they are. It is big city liberal mayors who make the stadium decisions, along with their liberal councils. The President is a fink. |
| September 29th, 2017 at 6:44:59 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Some forms of protest are meant to be provocative, the better to draw attention to the issue. There are many different ways to do this. And yes, a symbol of something cannot be harmed, unless the principles or ideals it symbolizes are harmed. No amount of flag burning will destroy liberty. Further, no amount of disrespect, for whatever reason, against any symbol, can ever hurt anyone. Those dead set against protest during the national anthem are, ironically, reacting as badly as those Muslims upset when someone defaces or burns a copy of the Koran.
And this has rendered this form of protest ineffective and pointless.
Lately it seems to be the position of the dominant political forces that black people cannot ever protest in a way they find acceptable. And that's much more disrespectful of the principles and ideals represented by America, than it would be to use the flag instead of toilet paper. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |