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Washington Generals taught us life can be cruel (60 year ‘rivalry’ done!!)
Tampa Bay On Line ^
| 08/21/2015
| Martin Fennelly
Posted on 08/22/2015 3:46:51 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
What a heartbreaking loss.
The news came last week: The Harlem Globetrotters severed ties with the Washington Generals after 63 years.
The Generals are no more.
I feel like I’ve been hit in the face with a bucket of confetti.
Since 1952, the Generals, created by Louis “Red” Klotz, had stood for something.
In fact, they’d stood for almost anything — except winning.
Yet there was a dignity to them. There was Generals pride.
Yes, America, you can have pride even while your shorts are pulled down.
The Generals’ last game as comic foils for the Trotters was on Aug. 1.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: harlemglobetrotters; louisredklotz; washingtongenerals
Its time to retire the GOPe too.
To: Kid Shelleen
Exactly.
The GOP is to the ‘Rats as the Generals were to the Globetrotters.
Fake opponents.
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posted on
08/22/2015 3:50:39 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
If I knew how to use photo shop I would make a picture of Obama as Curly Neal dribbling around Mitch Mcconnell and John Boehner and Jeb Bush.
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posted on
08/22/2015 3:54:50 PM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: Kid Shelleen
So who are the Globetrotters going to play?
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posted on
08/22/2015 3:58:49 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Kid Shelleen
Well I do hope they get a participation award!
To: Dr. Sivana
****So who are the Globetrotters going to play?****
The Lakers!
To: Dr. Sivana
So who are the Globetrotters going to play? The GOPe!
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posted on
08/22/2015 4:02:32 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(Jeb wants to be George III.)
To: Dr. Sivana
I saw the Globetrotters a few years ago, and they played a team called the New York Nationals. The Globetrotters won the game.
To: Kid Shelleen
The Republican Party has become the political equivalent of the Washington Generals.
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posted on
08/22/2015 4:04:31 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Kid Shelleen
I lost a lot of money betting on the Washington Generals.
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posted on
08/22/2015 4:14:45 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Ken H
Maybe you can get a job working on the Bush presidential campaign.
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posted on
08/22/2015 4:33:14 PM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: Dilbert San Diego
I saw the Globetrotters a few years ago, and they played a team called the New York Nationals. The Globetrotters won the game. Black privilege.
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posted on
08/22/2015 4:52:10 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Dr. Sivana
Who did they ever really play?
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posted on
08/22/2015 5:09:43 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: fkabuckeyesrule
When I used to coach grade school bb, one of the parents was convinced the Globies could beat any NBA team. I could not dissuade him.
To: driftless2
I’m not sure they could beat just any, but I bet they could play .500 ball against about half the teams in the NBA.
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posted on
08/22/2015 6:47:44 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: VanShuyten
No. The worst team in the NBA would slaughter them.
To: Kid Shelleen
The Generals should go out on their own.
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posted on
08/22/2015 8:02:48 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: Ken H
**** “I lost a lot of money betting on the Washington Generals.” *****
I will give you 5 to 1 on Jeb
Deal?
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posted on
08/22/2015 9:19:23 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
To: Dr. Sivana
I wonder if the House of David is still on the Globetrotters schedule.
Can't fathom the Washington Generals being rifted out.
Is this an Obama thing?
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posted on
08/23/2015 5:21:56 AM PDT
by
Amagi
(Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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