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I am so sorry to have missed all of this conversation, it sounds interesting but I &am p;nb sp; must ask: What the heck does this have to do with sports? Take your Obama loving and Obama hating back where it belongs! I want to talk NFL here
Nobody is stopping you from discussing sports. What do you do when your NFL team's rival has fans in the stands? Go to the 10 fest and give me a summary of the overall discussion last week.
Let me give you some points of interest.
Why did you warn me? I didn't do anything. Thanks for the 1 rating, Who wants a beer, I'm tired of work. Go complain to them and LEAVE US THE HELL ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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As far as my views, I was against deposing Saddam. But I feel that now we have an obligation to the Iraqi people. We made a commitment.
Obama said this also Papa. Maybe you knew that but I saw you quote liquidex.
1000% true
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noyoushould've, we are not required to put a hand over our hearts during that song. That's what I'm about, pointing people's bs. This hyper-sensative patriotism at it's worst. It's total bs. Being patriotic is a lot more than lapel pins and other other forms of symbolism. Give me a figgin break.
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Is this political rant going to clutter up a sports blog until November?
I get credit for this idea.
But to answer your question. That is up to the Landlords.
Maybe CBS Sportsline should start a CBS Newsline.
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Nobody is stopping you from discussing sports. What do you do when your NFL team's rival has fans in the stands? Go to the 10 fest and give me a summary of the overall discussion last week.
Let me give you some points of interest.
Why did you warn me? I didn't do anything. Thanks for the 1 rating, Who wants a beer, I'm tired of work. Go complain to them and LEAVE US THE HELL ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ha! For once, we agree, noyoucan't!
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papa, since I don't believe religion has any place in politics, I've decided not to "go there". This would just end up getting even uglier. No, I didn't go to church, nor do I ever. I'm not a Christian. I do hope you enjoy your Easter. That goes for everybody.
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noyoushould've, we are not required to put a hand over our hearts during that song. That's what I'm about, pointing people's bs. This hyper-sensative patriotism at it's worst. It's total bs. Being patriotic is a lot more than lapel pins and other other forms of symbolism. Give me a figgin break.
Ok carolina, you've almost made a point without being thin-skinned. Good work. That shows progress.
I don't think this is as big an issue as you may think unless you combine it with other things. Now you can certainly claim it's hyper-sensative but I think its more a matter of respect for those that wish you to do it. If you leave those people out, which Obama certainly doesn't want to do, then what? You just claim they are full of BS. Obama doesn't. So he changes and puts 8 US flags behind him during his speeh and wears a lapel pin. Now, is he then full of BS or is he just chumming to get votes? Or maybe he really is patriotic and made a mistake. He's running for US President and has to be hyper-sensative to these issues.
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It's not unusuall for a polition to put a bunch of flags behind him during a speech, it it? If wearing a stupid lapel pin will keep the patriot police of his a$$ for a while, I guess it's a good idea to do so. I think it's really silly though.
Not sure how I've been "thinned skined". I'd say the extact oposite. I put up with a lot straight, personal attacks on here.
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Obamba want to keep blacks as victims...He has put a cap on what blacks can aspire to...He is the problem not the solution to the racial "divide"
I tend to side with you on this. Not everyone reads his speech and compares him to FDR, JFK or MLK. Speaking of initials. Obama's are BO. And he smells bad for this country.
I'd look at his remarks about unskilled labor for black americans and say, "is this what you want Americans to aspire to". Some day a man will come along but will he have the inspiration to carry this country on his back. Obama is not him. Sorry, just not.
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That is beacause he went to a black church and he looks black
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It's not unusuall for a polition to put a bunch of flags behind him during a speech, it it? If wearing a stupid lapel pin will keep the patriot police of his a$$ for a while, I guess it's a good idea to do so. I think it's really silly though.
Not sure how I've been "thinned skined". I'd say the extact oposite. I put up with a lot straight, personal attacks on here.
No it's not but I got the idea that 8 was used to make sure his backdrop was Red, White and Blue. The lapel pin is important due to tradition.
I took this from another site but it makes sense to me........
Traditions do not stand alone: they overlap, and the problems of one are often resolved in terms of another. Most traditions have legal, moral, political, aesthetic, stylistic, managerial, and multitude of other aspects. Furthermore, people participating in a tradition bring with them beliefs, values, and practices from other traditions in which they also participate. Changes in one tradition, therefore, are likely to produce changes in others; they are like waves that reverberate throughout the other traditions of a society. Since many of these changes are complex and have consequences that grow more unpredictable the more distant they are, conservatives are cautious about changes. They want them to be incremental and no greater than necessary for correcting some specific defect. They are opposed to experimental, general, or large changes because of their uncertain effects on good lives.
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I'd say I agree with that. Conservatives are not for change, that's for sure. I see this as them being uncomforable with other's value systems and traditions. They feel like they have real good and don't to rock the boat. Now, why they think that certain changes will make their lives worse is beyond me.
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Everyone wants to have comfort. So you have to provide a balance that they can adhere to. Culturally speaking, conservatives have changed dramatically. Nobody has a choice in those matters unless you want to set your self up in some secluded area and eat bugs the rest of your life. It's the political aspect of overall change that Obama is promoting that concerns conservative and non-conservatives. What do we get? If not a blanket statement of change sugar coated with hope. The problem is that this is not a rock concert. This is our lives and the lives of our offspring. It's not to say that conservative don't want change, they want to see what the results are. I'd say that liberals should also except change. John McCain is not stagnant. He proposes changing this government for the better. Don't assume that he hates his country and don't assume that what he proposes has a price tag that goes into his own bank account.
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i don't believe obama will be our next president; however, i do beleive he's a positive role model for people of color much like rodney king was in the 1990's.
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Nobody has a choice in those matters unless you want to set your self up in some secluded area and eat bugs the rest of your life.
Funny.
I see a lot conservatives are middle or working class. I find it odd that so many vote against their economic interests. Is "their" culteral ideas really more important than having their jobs go bye-bye overseas? I understand their fears and frustrations to a point. I just don't think it's fair to use immigrants as scapegoats or treat homosexuals as some sort of demon-like beings (just a couple of examples). I believe that these feelings are a result of ignorance. I doubt that many who hold these beliefes have actually gone out of their way to learn more about them. Maybe with some research they would come to realize that maybe the cops' are really to blame for the immigration problem. They should also ask themselves if they really believe that we're just powerless to have done something to stop it. There is a reason why nothing has been done. Their anger is pointed in the wrong direction.
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