Against it before he was for it?:
No one is going to put words in Clint Eastwood’s mouth. The man is independent, tough, and has earned the right to speak for himself on issues like the bailout. So, here’s what he told the Los Angeles Times just three months ago:
“We shouldn’t be bailing out the banks and car companies. If a CEO can’t figure out how to make his company profitable, then he shouldn’t be the CEO.”
Now flash forward to yesterday’s Super Bowl ad when he said this:
“The people of Detroit know a little something about this. They almost lost everything. But we all pulled together, now Motor City is fighting again.”
Somebody will have to point out to the refs at halftime that they owe the Giants a call.
“If we’re going to have a real discussion about the place of public religion in our public spectacles, then let’s have one instead of some mushy, Wonder Bread platitudes about how great it is that Tim Tebow talks about Jesus and doesn’t get caught doing strippers two at a time in the hot tub. If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wisdom just because you gussy it up with the Gospels. If we keep faith with those American values, then we might just let him off the hook enough to see if he simply can become a better quarterback than Andy Dalton.”
“You have to keep God first regardless of whatever trials or tribulations you might have in life. If you don’t believe in God, hey, I don’t have anything against you, but I’m still going to tell you what I have to say. You just can’t get out of that hog pen by yourself. You have to be a humble person and have respect. It’s not just about football. That’s what I try to pass on.”
Sam Hurd, then with the Dallas Cowboys, discussing what he was trying to stress in youth football camps two-and-a-half years ago.
Now with the Chicago Bears, Hurd has been arrested on felony drug charges for allegedly seeking five to ten kilograms of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana per week as well as having a list of the NFL players he distributed to that is in “double digits.”
Maybe he should wear the suit again? I mean, five games into the season and …
… Del Rio is so under fire that the team has stopped introducing him before the games so the fans don’t have an opportunity to boo him, Jones-Drew said.
One yard. That’s all I need from you tonight, good sir. ONE FUCKING YARD.
No more of that shit.
Fox got off to a fine start on what will presumably be an entire season of hating on Jay Cutler:
Announcer Daryl Johnston told viewers that “these are the actual headlines from the local papers in Chicago”; the Tribune sports staff didn’t buy it and started an investigation.
We searched throughout Illinois newspapers for those headlines — Tribune, Sun-Times, Daily Herald, every other paper in the state. What did we find?
Nothing.
In fact, we could not find any such headlines in any newspaper in the United States.
So, we called Fox to get an explanation.
“The wrong word was used,” said Dan Bell, Fox Sports spokesman. “Our attempt was to capture the overall sentiment nationwide following that game.”
I forgot that the draft for bro-in-law’s league was last night, but sure enough … same first pick three years in a row in that league.
Seeing as I’m bound to add and drop more guys during the year than most everybody else combined, I don’t even bother dreaming up expectations for the players the computer ended up drafting for me. For now I’ll just be satisfied that I made sure to exclude this guy.
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