I agree!!!!!!!
Posted on 10/14/2009 9:09:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Hand signals captured on videotape are once again being scrutinized around the NFL. Only this time, it's not the New England Patriots studying them for a competitive advantage, but league officials in search of a more sinister message.
The NFL, concerned that some players might celebrate by flashing the hand signals of street gangs, has hired experts to examine game tapes and identify the gestures.
"There have been some suspected things we've seen," said Milt Ahlerich, the league's vice president of security. "When we see it, we quietly jump on it immediately, directly with the team and the player or employee involved to cease and desist. Period."
Ahlerich says the league has long warned its players about the influence of gangs and other forms of organized crime, but that those admonishments have intensified since the 2007 killing of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, who was gunned down after an altercation involving known gang members.
The issue of athletes flashing signs gained national attention in April when Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics was fined $25,000 by the NBA for making "menacing gestures" as he walked toward the Atlanta Hawks' bench during a game.
While acknowledging that he wasn't "into the etymology of gestures," NBA Commissioner David Stern took immediate action after league officials examined video of the incident.
"And our decision is that there were two menacing gestures," Stern said at the time.
Speaking broadly, he added, "I guess I would say that the league is sending a message that says you're the best athletes in the world, play the game. OK? And you know what, if you get baited, don't take the bait and let's play… . We're not going to let it degenerate into something else, period."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Is there a dog murdering gang?
Sickening
All the more reason why Rush should want nothing to do with that crap league. Gang members on steroids, what a joke. Screw them.
I agree!!!!!!!
By "etymology" was meant "semiology."
Yet more evidence that Obama is a punk.
What does this mean? My clueless guess, “I’m down with you.” ... looks a lot like a gun, though.
Where’s this from? Was it from the campaign? I’ve never seen it ... surprise! surprise!
The NFL can go the way of the NBA. No use for it now.
Thugs in the White House, thugs in the NFL, thugs in gangs, in the schools, in popular music...dog killers, rapists, wife beaters, druggies, roid heads, crack cocaine, topped off by the redistribution of wealth.
It’s getting more and more obvious where our culture is headed and what the major influences are.
A part of me really wishes CWII would just break out so I could abandon the meaningless trappings I’ve accumulated and focus all my efforts on on winning back our country and defeating our domestic enemies. It’s that serious, and we can’t pretend otherwise.
Yep.
I haven’t watched a NFL game in years. Bunch of pompous, primadonna blow-hards anyway. College football rules.
OH, you are quite right and fortunately more and more of us are coming to this conclusion. Our institutions are pretty much all corrupt; media, education, politics, legal system, the voting process, you name it. Those who think this thing is going to turn around through a vote are dreaming. Some people are going to have to drop, maybe large numbers, to turn this around.
Since we’re discussing this (hypothetical) scenario, I was thinking that most of the damage will be occurring in the cities. Obviously this isn’t a North-South thing, and the geography of the respective opponents is complicated.
But it isn’t out of the question that cities will be the flashpoints, and some will burn. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since major cities are blue, and as I’ve previously said (tongue in cheek), we are in need of major urban renewal anyways.
http://www.etresoi.ch/Denis/disorganisation.html
The Virtues of a Disorganized Resistance
American opposition movements have always focused on the notion of organization. It has always been their goal to organize the people. Their hope has been to wield the collective power of the disaffected, downtrodden, and exploited as a single unit against the concentrated power of the ruling class. While their hope has been noble, their methods have been foolish. Organized resistance has many drawbacks. These drawbacks have seldom been discussed by the opposition. I believe that the only effective resistance is a completely disorganized, decentralized, and leaderless opposition.
if you get a knock on the door later this evening it ain’t gonna be avon...seriously tho, I agree 100% on everything you have said on this thread. hey wait a minute, now I get a knock on the door to.. (ding-dong..ACORN CALLING..)
Thanks. It’s late and past my bedtime, so I read it quickly. I will read it again in the a.m.
However, i diagree with this premise in the article “American political culture is not ideological.”
But the concept of a leaderless movement is interesting. Reminds me of something Ann Coulter told Behar on that recent show: “We don’t have any leaders. Every time we have a leader you try to destroy them, so this time we are going with no leader.”
g’nite all.
Yes, I heard Ann say that, this article is not from a political person at all...I stumbled upon it doing another search.
He talks about working in cells instead of orgs...interesting.
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