Posted on 08/19/2007 1:46:37 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
See Martin Amis’s take, beneath the first three asterisks, on cheats and Argentina.
(And thanks to RepublitarianRoger for first linking it).
Tell me again why this third world sport keeps getting shoved down our throats. Who give a crap about soccer..............
...foul means are incomparably more satisfying than fair. "It's the same in government and business. They don't just tolerate corruption. They worship corruption."
sounds like it could be the Clinton-renewed Dem party.
I don't care for soccer, so Maradona means nothing to me.
He appears to be a bitter had-been. Typical left-wing gratitude.
Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time; it isn't natural. - O. de Havilland
And we should care what this has-been,drug addled, semi-literate Third Worlder says about ANYTHING?
Many thanks for that. Amis can really write. As for Dieguito...what a waste.
There's a reason they call it 'dope'.
“Ex-soccer star Maradona tells Chavez he hates U.S.
[I hate it with all my strength,” he added....]”
Probably because he never got a USA payoff like soccer-star Beckham (sp?).
Suggested reading: The Return of The Idiot
Fat little has-been druggie. Who cares what he thinks - about anything.
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