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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    The East coast thing for west coast teams is typically only a factor in the 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST slot. They were playing at 5 p.m. Oakland time.
     
  2. FileNotFound

    FileNotFound Well-Known Member

    I suspect there's also a rule somewhere that says that police officers are not to shoot unarmed people. Probably the same squishy "sanctions may result" wording, though. Maybe we should take another look at these rules and make them a bit more definitive.
     
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  3. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Tomlin should already know about any potential consequences. He said he called Roger Goodell Sunday morning to tell him what the team planned.

    Also, the Steelers weren't the only team to go that route. As I mentioned earlier, the Titans and Seahawks both stayed off the field during the anthem before their game yesterday. The Steelers just drew more attention because they did it first and because of Villanueva.
     
  4. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Why won't the NFL respect the flag!?!

     
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  5. FileNotFound

    FileNotFound Well-Known Member

    Can we all agree that this fucker going to prison is a good thing?

     
  6. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    This isn't the first time he's posted something that seemed to indicate he leans somewhat left on some wedge issues. I guess he doesn't give a hoot anymore.
     
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  7. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    I've always hated this.
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    And not just because is blows off Alaska and Hawaii. That's not our flag.
     
  8. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    That's the kind of too clever by half one-upsmanship that doesn't move the conversation in a constructive way, in my opinion. (Don't get me wrong - I don't begrudge you for posting it here at our little clearinghouse.)

    I'm not going to defend the football field-sized flags. Such displays are gross and out of control. They make me uncomfortable.

    But there is a material difference between ignorantly breaking protocol ostensibly in the name of patriotism - and I recognize, again, that it is contrived patriotism largely intended to sell the NFL - and breaking protocol in service of a protest. Playing the, "Everything is the same as everything else" game isn't any more defensible as a fair means of rhetoric because it comes from the side I largely sympathize with.
     
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  10. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    Michael Jordan becomes the last influencer to weigh in. Tool.
     
  11. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

  12. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    That guy got 21 months for what he did. We got 48 months of Trump. BAD DEAL!!
     
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