Comments on: Good Teeth, Great Game

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:20:55 +0000

[145] Ha, yeah maybe that is true. Like in Star Wars “The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers “.

By: Start Spreading the News

Start Spreading the News — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:48:44 +0000

[143] William’s attempt to dismiss “anything you see on the old world wide web” is a bit much. He equates fair.org to a response on answers.yahoo.com??? This false equivalency game is a cheap way of avoiding the rather large preponderance of evidence the Rush has a lot of negative attitudes about black people. [128] They are after all only “12% of the population. Who the hell cares?”

Rush’s attitude could be a problem if he buys a team and a lot of his employees are black. He may not want his scrimmage to look like a Bloods/Crips reunion…

By: Raf

Raf — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:23:39 +0000

[144] I know they don’t advocate it, it seems to me that the harder the NFL tries to crack down on “errant behavior” the wilder the players get. It’s crazy. Growing up, the craziest thing I saw a football player get into was LT with cocaine. That was it. These guys nowadays are on a whole ‘nother level.

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:37:57 +0000

[142] Your statement is predicated on some kind of equivalency between Soros and Limbaugh, which isn’t gonna fly. I said “headache like that” – you left out what I just italicized – ie, on the level of Limbaugh, which Soros is not.

[143] Well, I’m sure they don’t advocate these things. I mean the last thing I remember is that guy who killed someone in a DWI and the league suspended him for a year, which is more than the justice system did.

Not that I’m advocating for the NFL but especially lately they are pretty strict.

By: Raf

Raf — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:33:05 +0000

I worked on a pitch for them last year and they are very, very conservative (in the don’t-rock-the-boat way). Like I said before, Disney-esque.

Which I find amusing, given the many times players from their league have come against the law.

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:11:17 +0000

[140] Very funny…I guess if it’s on the internet it must be true? I mean, why should be doubt the veracity of reports by special interest groups like the one in [139]? It’s much better to just run with anything you see on the old world wide web. For example, I found out President Obama is a racist…I mean, it’s right here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080301071238AAWthOe. The internet doesn’t lie!

[138] I am sorry, but if one is going to accuse another of being a racist, they should be able to substantiate the claim. Otherwise, you wind up with a reluctance to actual deal with the issues, which only leads to them being swept under the rug.

[141] Apparently, George Soros is also involved in Checkett’s bid, so let’s see how the NFL deals with this “headache from the socio-political spectrum”?

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:48:12 +0000

I’ll say it again – Limbaugh was rejected not for his politics but for his, big, impolitic, controversial, divisive mouth. There are few if any figures that are on his level of visibility so I don’t know that there’s a direct comparison to be made, even in theory, but if you think the NFL wants a headache like that from anywhere on the socio-political spectrum, you don’t understand the NFL. I worked on a pitch for them last year and they are very, very conservative (in the don’t-rock-the-boat way). Like I said before, Disney-esque.

And repeatedly playing a record called “Barack the Magic Negro” probably doesn’t help his case.

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:15:23 +0000

Hey did you guys know that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a woman in 1990??

Google it!

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:38:52 +0000

[138] Elegantly put, Chyll. I wish I could be so clear and steady in my writing.

Oh for anyone interested, more lovely fully-cited quotes from our friend Limbaugh-san. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2549

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:56:57 +0000

Man, I miss ALL the fun >;)

I will say I believe it’s disingenuous to deny others’ claims by insisting on absolute documents of public record, many of which are inherently biased toward the writer (and target reader) views and opinions. Two people can look at a subject, a “fact” and draw two opposite conclusions based on their own experience. Thus the question is, do facts really exist? And if so, then is not our entire legal system fundamentally flawed concerning libel, slander and in the bigger picture, the obtaining and submission of evidence? Especially when the evidence can be dismissed as illegal, irrelevant, unsubstantiated or biased?

That’s the real problem with discussions about racism, and why racism will always exist in some form or another… you can agree in theory it exists, but the application of the theory fails because racism is often defined and denied by a sliding scale of definitions. On one end, there are people who demand bodies or documented oration of circumstances, and yet sometimes these are denied as fact (Rodney King video, Emmitt Till, Abner Louima, Scottsboro 9); whileon the other extreme we have individuals who oscure the facts to play on the sympathies of empathetic and otherwise educated people (O.J., Tawana Brawley).

There is no acceptable standard of proof in reality, while the theory plays out in courts across the land, and police are trusted to determine the application and enforcement of these theories. The fact is, people will chose to believe what they want to, regardless of where the proof lies; often the source becomes the invalidation. The question is, are we programmed to be this way? Do we believe that the education we received is valid if we accepted it without question or comment? Are we willing to stand on and support/defend what we “know” based on evidence that some find unacceptable for their own documented reasons?

*For the record, I’ve only realized the meaning of life while dreaming, which I’m about to do some more of right now, g’nite >;) ZZZzzzz…