#1, Tua Tagovailoa is the linchpin to our season. There are so many other variables to our team’s success but if our 2nd year QB doesn’t improve significantly from last season, it will be hard for the rest of the team to get further than our 10 win season and for us to get a playoff berth. The 6 guys pictured above, WR DeVante Parker, TE Mike Gesicki, WR Jaylen Waddle, WR Will Fuller, TE Hunter Long and RB Myles Gaskin will also play a huge role in the offense going forward. TE Mike Gesicki is in his final year of his contract so he will be looking to have a big season. Our #6 draft pick this year WR Jaylen Waddle will be an immediate impact player both on offense and special teams as a top notch return man. Our #81 draft pick was TE Hunter Long from Boston College. A bit of surprise this one because I felt we had pretty good depth at TE with Gesicki, Smythe, Shaheen, Myarick and Carter but we probably intend on using multiple TE sets often. Those TE sets put the defense in a tough spot because it can be a power running formation as well as a receiving mismatch with a bunch of 6’6 250 guys that can run that need to be covered. Pair that with a burner like Fuller or Waddle who can take one to the house and big plays can happen.
Let’s get back to Tua. This guy is hungry to be a top player, to be the best he can be. He has been doing extensive weight training, it’s already paid dividends and Tua looks much thicker on his lower half, a huge boon for a QB. He looks bigger on top as well and his arms are certainly stronger as well. Besides the weight training he’s been working diligently on balancing exercises and drills. Better balance helps make a repeatable throwing motion easier and helps distribute the arm strength better. You can question his skill all you want, but you can’t question his heart, desire and sense of responsibility one drop. Once again, Tua’s success will be paramount to the teams success. In addition to Tua doing all he can to better this season, The Dolphins kept up their end of the deal by drafting OT Liam Eichenberg. I can’t tell you for sure that he will be our RT day one but if I were to be a betting man, I’d lay down some cash on that being the case. I do believe our offensive line will be LT Austin Jackson, LG Solomon Kindley, C Matt Skura, RG Robert Hunt and then RT Liam Eichenberg. Those two mountains in the middle, Kindley 6’3 337 and Robert Hunt 6’5 325 have some work to do as far as pass protection, but in my eyes, last year’s O-line was better than I’ve seen in some time. I expect that to improve with a true offseason, training camp and OTA’s.
I’m not going to continue to discuss the need for a RB. I’m in wait and see mode and I see no reason to continue to dwell on an issue that may not be an issue. Other teams do well with undrafted and late round draft picks at the RB position, and we already hit with 2019 7th RD pick Myles Gaskin. If this year’s 7th RD pick Gerrid Doaks shares the same success Gaskin had last season we’ll be just fine at RB. The RB by committe approach ensures fresher legs and also eliminates the worry of relying too much on one player and then trying to change the offense once that player goes down. I think at least 3-4 of these guys will get a fair amount of carries and some weeks one will be the feature back and the next week we’ll change it up to a different rotation. That makes it harder for opposing defenses to game plan against us.
On paper, we have so much more talent at the skill positions at WR and TE it’s actually crazy. Health can and will be a factor as we have a few that unfortunately haven’t been able to stay whole for an entire season. Still, with DeVante Parker, Will Fuller and Jaylen Waddle and then Mike Gesicki and Hunter Long at TE, that’s a lot of talent to cover. Parker always difficult on 50/50 balls thrown his way, Fuller can easily take the top off the defense and make big plays deep downfield. Waddle can do it all, turn short passes into big gains and if teams start coming up on him aggressively, he will make them pay with double moves that leave them in the dust. If teams are forced to double cover Waddle, Fuller or Parker, Gesicki will be a pain one on one against most defensive players. Add in another pass catching TE like Hunter Long and it almost seems unfair. Truth is though, it all starts in the trenches and our O-line will not only need to open holes for Gaskin and company but protect Tua Tagovailoa too. We know Tua was conservative last season, much to the detriment of the offense. He took the easy quick completions often instead of waiting or sometimes even recognizing and seeing players getting open just a few yards further downfield. If the O-line is stout, that will give Tua more confidence to let things develop. Or, the new dual OC’s of Eric Studesville and George Godsey will have to be more creative and move Tua around, who by the way, throws pretty well while on the move.
I look forward to seeing this offense get to work, it’s going to be fun. I’m already quite excited at what we can do and I can’t wait to see them hit the field. On the other hand, if I said it was the offense I look forward to seeing most I’d be lying. I really do want to see the Tua offense in year two, but it’s our defense with Jaelan Phillips, Benardrick McKinney and our most excellent secondary that I wish to see most. I think our defense can be special, one of the top defensive units in the NFL. Josh Allen won’t be so damn cocky and smirky when we play him next. If we want to to get to the top of the division, we have to beat the Bills. They shellacked us, ran over and through us when it counted for us, and we need to be the ones doing the bullying next time around. I think the defense will be a big part of the reason, although much like Buffalo found out, give a QB a great weapon like Stefon Diggs and the offense will be better. Well, we gave Tua the upgrades on offense and now along with our top defense, the QB has to improve with the defense.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
I might have to watch some Angels games when this Ohtani character is pitching. I was kind of late to the party on him, but these numbers are crazy.
15 HRs as a batter, and 7 games as a starting pitcher with an ERA of 2.72. WTF? Is this the 1920s?
Fucking page turn. From the last page.
Kong is correct. If a cabal in the military decided to overthrow the government it would be a prelude to civil war. The government would have to do something extreme like say they were suspending the Constitution and all civil rights to get the military to act in a unified manner.
The extreme, right or left, live in a fantasy world. Trump is not coming back and America isn’t going to become a socialist state overnight.
None of that is to say that we’re not heading for another war. We are. The tribalism being pushed – BLM, LGBT, BIPOC – will be what gets it started. As a country, we have lost our way. We’ve allowed teachers to raise our children and they are teaching social justice instead of history. You can’t correct history, only not repeat it. America was built on inclusion, at least in aspiration if not always in practice.
Oh…one more thing – the Democratic Party is the party of supporting crime and criminals. Just going to leave that there.
Forgot – Anybody who voted for Biden voted to allow crime.
The extreme left and right bug me a lot. Yet they get a lot of face time these days. Guess the middle just ain’t exciting.
Dang, if I’d just got my above baseball post in just a bit sooner, the beginning of the new page would have started with “Kong is correct”.
Ahh well, story of my life…almost, nearly, and so close. 🤣🤣
Apes are always a day late and a dollar short.
Alas, even getting the blonde is just a dream. One minute, you have her in the palm of your hand, the next…nothing but air.
wyoming85 says:
May 29, 2021 at 4:21 pm
I’ll split mine with you Tim!
It’s 85 and humid as shit!
Killed a “Fatty” water moccasin this morning in the back yard!
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What did you do to kill it, Wyoming?
I only need to be concerned about rattlers and coppers here in PA. Those cottonmouths are a whole lot more venomous than these in PA.
I piss around with rattlers and coppers over here, but I’m not sure I’d piss around with a water moccasin.
They’re no more venomous, just more aggressive.
Perhaps I’d been misinformed on their venom. I did know that water moccasins are most aggressive, and NOT to be pissed with. I trust you, sir.
Thanks, Phelon.
Yeah, I grew up catching snakes. Wanted to be a herpetologist when I was young. Then I wanted to be a marine biologist, because Jacque Cousteau was the coolest. Ended up just becoming a Marine who ate a few snakes and broke a lot of shit.
I have a hard time thinking people in our military would overtake their own citizens aka families and friends. They have loved ones too.
Two different Qs.
Could the military do it?
Would the military do it?
All comes down to the circumstances.
Could the military do it? As far as the power to do it, yes.
Would the military do it? As far as all of them or a majority of them being on board, no.
I agree, but then this all started with a vid that said was gonna happen this year. But did create an interesting convo.
It goes the other way, too. People in our military would overtake their own government to protect their own citizens, aka families and friends.
The oath is to the Constitution, not to a rogue rat bastard who may be in power, who is trying to shred the Constitution.
The military doing that would be shredding the constitution.
As Stanger said, depends on the circumstances. m is correct I that the oath sworn is to the Constitution..
Phelon,
We’ve also got these water snakes here in PA… right in my backyard. Very aggressive, though non-venomous. Those bastards stand their ground something fierce, and are relatively long. Nasty!
Water snakes meaning fresh-water creek snakes.
There’s a reservoir in north western NJ called Monksville. It has lots of game fish being that there are some natural feeds from natural waters. Native Muskie, Tiger Muskie (sterile hybrids) Pike, LM and SM Bass, Stripers (sterile hybrids) and a few species of Trout.
I fished there a few times and there are snakes everywhere. I was fishing on the shore and I had to keep my eyes open constantly to the point where I said I’m done unless I’m in a boat. Never saw anything like it.
That sucks! I can understand why you’d only fish in a boat, then. I hear ya!
Tim Knight says:
May 29, 2021 at 5:23 pm
The military doing that would be shredding the constitution.
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And that’s where the lawyers come in, SMH.
There is a duty to protect this country from both foreign and DOMESTIC threats. So when one looks at it as such, it’s NOT shredding the Constitution.
One thing is for sure… this country is on a slippery slope.
I’m not talking about the lawyers on this blog… wanted to clarify as much. I’m talking about the high-powered lawyers who make MEGA-$$$.
What is the domestic threat right now?
And mean in the need to overthrow the government kinda way.
Lawyers of all stripes. Bain of civilization.
The domestic threat right now is the current regime being in bed with China. It’s not too difficult to figure that out. What’s more, we can’t afford what Biden has already done… and now he’s proposing a $6T spending bill?
America will never recover from as much, and those with brains realize as much.
LOL Phelon….. gonna be worried about who knocks on my door now.
M13 — is that big enough a threat to justify a coup?
But you also can’t violate the will of the people. Without that we’re done.
We may not like our political landscape these days but there are lots of branches to our government before a presidential administration or rogue leader can bypass the constitution.
I mean geez, for 4 years we heard how Trump was doing that and he’s gone.
pheloniusphish says:
May 29, 2021 at 5:34 pm
Lawyers of all stripes. Bain of civilization.
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For the most part, I agree… but there is a need of lawyers in some cases… especially when the law runs foul on you.
Seriously – domestic threats:
TSA creating and enforcing, through civil penalties, a mask mandate. TSA has no authority to create laws and penalties under ATSA which is the law that governs TSA. Any regulatory rules that are created have to go through the rule making process.
CDC creating laws period. CDC is an advisory agency, no more.
Government enforcement of racially biased laws.
Government non-enforcement of civil laws.
Government non-enforcement of border controls.
Governing by Presidential fiat, executive orders. Executive orders are not law, only direction to government agencies. They cannot be legally enforced on citizens.
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BOOM!
“Executive orders are not law, only direction to government agencies. They cannot be legally enforced on citizens.” — disagree on that, says a man that tried to finagle more than a few regulations put out by the Federal agencies. And those are a step below EOs.
Regulations written by agencies are different than EO. EO are constitutionally limited. Want to debate the Delegation Doctrine?
Don’t want t o debate at all, but please teach me. Have experience with regulations (at some points kicked the heck out of some of the funding streams we’d set up) but never dealt with an EO. My impression from the news was had the force of law , but could be taken back just as easily with another EO.
stangerx says:
May 29, 2021 at 5:41 pm
M13 — is that big enough a threat to justify a coup?
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I think in the context of what started this dialogue — Steve posting what he had earlier — that these certain counties in certain states being audited… it would not be a coup. It would demonstrate that a ‘soft coup’ by the democrats had occurred via election fraud.
In such a case, there would be no “coup” if justice is served, after the fact (soft coup).
Let the process play out, and we’ll see what happens.
Coup means overthrowing the government by force of arms.
The election is done, certified and the results in firm place. They want to audit some counties then they do. Won’t change a thing. You do know Biden got 7 million more votes?
Elections in 2022 (GOP probably wins the House) and 2024.
Bro, you’re missing the point Steve was trying to make with the video he posted. WHAT IF these audits show that Donald Trump was — in fact — re-elected as the president?
Have you any idea what that would mean? It would mean that the so-called “coup” you speak of had already occurred, only in a soft version by fraud.
As far as I know of the the only audit is in Arizona’s Maricopa County. They had 3 recounts before and a group of Trump state Senators hired a firm run by a guy who had had said the election was stolen to run it.
If that audit says Trump won the county and the hand recounts done by the Republican election officials in the county were wrong….what am I supposed to think?
Stanger,
To put it another way… there is no way Biden got more votes than 0bama. There’s something fishy going on, and everybody knows it.
“there is no way Biden got more votes than 0bama” — yet a whole lot more votes were cast. Do you think that proof of anything? Don’t like the results…. that’s fine.
Trust the audits.
Why trust the audits rather than the actual election officials?
Y’all didn’t trust the actual election results in 2016, calling it a fraudulent election, that Russia elected Trump. The farce went on for FOUR YEARS, and audits were commissioned.
C’mon, my Brother… you can’t have it both ways, and you KNOW IT.
I completely trusted in the 2016 results. Why so you say I did not. Can only tell you what I did and do think.
M13, snakes were popping up their heads out of the water off the boat basin, they were swimming in the water and they were on land. I never saw anything like that. But I’m sure those big game fish like it because they feed on them.
Such is the circle of life, I suppose! Not sure I’d like being surrounded by so many snakes, though… with their heads popping up out of the water like that.
Hey, we’ve got these river eels that are bloody disgusting! Huge and nasty. Many of my fisherman friends have hooked one, thinking it was a big fish. Reeled it in, only to find a nasty eel on the hook. Oy!
Yeah, when I said they were popping their heads out of the water, think of it like tulips going up and down, like two dozen of them at different times. I was like WTF is going on. Then I’d see them swimming from one side to the other towards the shore I was at which was maybe a hundred feet or so because it was the short part of the reservoir before you would enter the big open water via boat. As I walked the shore a bit I saw one coiled on land at the edge of the shore and I said that’s it, I don’t know the terrain well enough or the species because some were bigger than others and didn’t look the same. It was the most snake activity I have ever seen. However I also thought, hey they’re thriving here for a reason. Lots of food sources so it was a healthy habitat.
I personally do not think Trump was re-elected and it has nothing to do with party affiliation or anything like that. He turned people off who voted for him previously.
Like I’ve said many times before, politics has become like sports. Some fans don’t like the outcome and look for bad calls, or the coach or manager should have done this or that. They can’t handle the result because they so wanted their team to win.
Can’t disagree with you on the point that politics have become a sport in America… that’s just SAD. We have kids who are indoctrinated to become politically active in middle school, and they’re missing out on life… like real sports.
THAT is a sign of some BS that’s been going on in this country… so as to take our children away from the good times and sports… in order to indoctrinate them with political garbage (and it only goes one way).
Let kids be kids!
I agree with that. Kids are politically indoctrinated by their parents and teachers just like the parents who live vicariously through their kids in sports. There is a place for competition and a place for kids to have fun. We’ve interwoven them at very young ages and it’s bullshit and very sad. It all comes down to that mantra that I’m right and you’re wrong, we should have won if it wasn’t for this or that. People can’t stand losing.
On that note.
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Stanger,
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
Tell this Republican whether he is a goose or gander.
I wish you’d stop treating politics as a sport; it’s NOT. There are rules, and everybody should be held to account. Audits were fair by you in ’16, now audits are fair now.
Don’t be that guy who makes up the rules as the game goes along… that’s kindergarten $#!t… and this is NOT a bloody game.
I think Trump won the 2016 election, accepted that day of. Really don’t get where you are coming from. And don’t remember any 2016 election audits. You are confusing me more than a bit.
I may be confusing audits with recounts, but the dems certainly asked for a new result post ’16. It happens EVERY DAMN TIME a rep wins… but you should know this.
See — that’s the thing. Don’t remember H Clinton doing any such thing. But have been wrong before.
A wild rice pilaf paired with a liquored up cranberry sauce and pan sauce gravy would be my suggestion.
Stanger,
I’d rather get back to football, rather than talk politics with ya, Bro. I respect you as a man, but I don’t dig your political takes… and I’m sure you don’t dig my political takes. It’s all good, though!
Yeah — if it is about whether Trump won the last election clearly we are better talking football.
Doesn’t mean we aren’t cool with one another, either. I respect ya, Stanger. We merely view politics through a different prism, that’s all.
All is cool. And I probably shouldn’t have said so much. Might get me in trouble after the military takeover. 🙂
I also think Trump won the election in 2016. I never bought the Russian interference thing. What happened this time around? Oh right, he lost so everything from his opponents was true and right this time around. But Trump supporters had to find their corruption angle this time around. Sound familiar, do we not see a trend here? People can’t stand losing. 😉
Not many people out there who think Hillary won in 2016 and Trump in 2020. They have the same facts as everyone. Simple fact is whoever they say won the election did.
Agreed.
Stanger – I was part of writing a lot of regulations in the beginning of TSA and was the deputy head of TSA regulatory compliance at one point. Very familiar with the rule making process and lobbyists. EO do not have the force of law. They typically direct agencies to write rules or how to enforce those on the books. Only Congress can write law.
Thanks Pelon…. you taught me something. Thought EOs were a much bigger deal. How did Trump redirect DOD money to building his wall via EO? Is it more a financial stream thing?
M13, we had those pesky water snakes in Indiana. They would scare the funk out of me all the time. I fished the river across from my house almost every day. One of those snakes got me grounded from fishing for a month. I was fishing from the bank and I always reel it all the way to the shoreline cause that is where the northern pike lay in waiting most of the time. Once, one of those snakes tried to get my spinner bait and followed it on shore. It was about 2-2.5 feet long. I pulled my closest foot away and it struck at my other sneaker. I jumped back and started smacking the shit out of it with my fishing pole. My little sister was with me and was screaming bloody murder. Somehow my spinner bait snagged it in the side and I couldn’t shake it off. I ran up on the road with it and smacked it on the pavement then slung it back to slam it down again but my line went “wha pow”! I turned around just in time to see the snake twirling like a baton flying right at my sister. It hit her in the stomach and hand and she took off running home. I think she ran a 4.2 40 right then. lol She told dad I threw a snake at her and hit her on purpose. Dad asked me about it. I got as far as “I was trying to kill it with my fishing pole, but”. I got sent to my room for the day/night and was banned from fishing for a month. lol
LOL
I want to repost this incase it got lost above as a reply. Anyone ever see what I’m describing here?
Tim Knight says:
May 29, 2021 at 6:22 pm
Yeah, when I said they were popping their heads out of the water, think of it like tulips going up and down, like two dozen of them at different times. I was like WTF is going on. Then I’d see them swimming from one side to the other towards the shore I was at which was maybe a hundred feet or so because it was the short part of the reservoir before you would enter the big open water via boat. As I walked the shore a bit I saw one coiled on land at the edge of the shore and I said that’s it, I don’t know the terrain well enough or the species because some were bigger than others and didn’t look the same. It was the most snake activity I have ever seen. However I also thought, hey they’re thriving here for a reason. Lots of food sources so it was a healthy habitat.
Yeah, btwn you and M13, that brought back that snake memory for me. One of many. But, I never came across more than one at a time unless I was actually hunting them which was another thing I got in trouble for as a kid. lol
Within a couple of hours of being there I saw based on my memory, about two dozen snakes that were all water viable. The ones popping up and down at the shore of the boat launch were not big, maybe a nickel or a quarter sized thick around, but the three I saw swimming from one side to another were like 2-3 feet long and much thicker. The same with the one coiled up on the shore. My guess is small fish (duh), frogs, salamanders, obviously insects and rodents were abundant so they thrive there.
Right by the boat launch there was a wooden structure type bulletin with pics of what fisherman caught encased in glass. Huge muskie, pike, bass etc. So I was like fuck yeah this is awesome. Well not so much for this novice of the area. I don’t remember if the only fish I caught was a yellow perch or crappie. I fished so many areas over the years I can’t remember. But it wasn’t anything big before I left due to the snakes. LOL
Mating balls. Snakes gather in numbers when mating.
MF13
I used a regular old shovel.
Although going into the house for the shotgun did cross my mind!
I like a 9 iron myself. Though, with one of those, I would have opted for a shovel.
How did Trump redirect DOD money to building his wall via EO? Is it more a financial stream thing?
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Stanger, I was wondering that myself. Actually not Trump redirecting money for the wall. I was actually for that. But, how does tax payer money allocated for one thing then later get redirected to another’s pet project? Who is supposed to oversee this? I watched a presentation the other day about government waste. It was a small sample but it disgusted me. One instance where 1.6 million was allocated toward a specific study regarding autism. The entire 1.6 mil got redirected to the National Science something-or-other to be used to study lizards on treadmills to figure out why they “waddle” when they walk or run. I was like WTF? How does that happen? I just want to bitch slap the hell out of the person that made that happen. Another fucked up one was 350K to study the affects of cocaine on quail and their mating habits. I mean, who the fuck thinks this shit up? Are these people the ones who used to put firecrackers in frogs mouths when they were kids? WTF!
The House is supposed to allocate the money. Seems at least if someone (including the president) wants to put it to a different purpose should be up to Congress.
Could someone turn on the heat? It’s cold af. 🥶
Time for a vacation! It’s been perfect here. Low 80’s during day and upper 60’s low 70’s at night. Still cool enough for beers around the fire pit. Well, beers for me and beer/weed for the wife. lol
Tim, I understood why my Dad didn’t want to hear my side of the snake story. Two months before that, I caught a snapping turtle. It wasn’t huge but it was about 12-14″ wide. I was holding it by it’s tail swinging it toward my sister. I was being careful, but just wanted to tease her. She turned her back to me and I thought she was going to run away so I lunged and swung it at her. Well, she didn’t run and it bit her right on the ass cheek. It didn’t latch on but left a nasty ass bruise. Yes, I got grounded for that one also. That was one of the dumbass times I deserved it. lol
So you were the big brother like what my uncle, my Mom’s older brother, did to my Mom dunking her head under water in the pool leading to her never wanting to learn how to swim. My guess is your sister doesn’t like being in those situations anymore. LOL
Two dozen snakes, shit! I’d been gone once I counted double digits. I messed with snakes when I was young but it was one on one not one on 20+. lol
I didn’t deal with them in a confrontation, I saw them, kept my eye on them and avoided them. I never saw snakes popping their heads up out of the water 6 inches high then submerging as others would pop up. Those were the tiny snakes by the boat launch. They were there for a reason. Then as I ventured the shoreline I saw the bigger ones and said fuck this. If I was wearing long galoshes boots I would not have been as uneasy, but I wasn’t wearing those. It wasn’t summer but not cold seasons either. Probably hiking boots, socks and jeans for them to attack. It was uneasy but I did check it out for a couple of hours because I love the outdoors. But before dark I said I’m out of here.
It’s funny, I’ve been reminiscing that day because of the snake conversation. I only went there once. I did drive around looking at all the other bodies of water in the area and tried those. But it was really foreign to me and I never returned. I went back to what I knew.
Some of you make me laugh. I’m sorry if that offends you but you do. You can’t fucking accept anything at face value, especially when you don’t like the outcome. This election was a clear referendum of change. Trump was a good politician and I liked his policies but he was an asshole of mammoth proportions who turned off way too many people. He never carried himself as a President, he was always a big mouthed, smug asshole. He was voted out of office, simple as that. I voted for the asshole because I prefer his policies over Biden and more specifically the progressive Democrats who are gaining power in the party. Not everything is a conspiracy but there will always be those who choose to see it that way. More people simply came out to vote to make sure Trump didn’t get re-elected. I truly hope Trump doesn’t run again in 2024 or the Democrats will get another 4 years.
Dude, that’s what I said. So I’m surely not offended. 🙂
Instead of losing such a better feeling to say you won.
Mike E, exactly, and I mean EXACTLY how I feel!!!
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Tim, It took her about 8 years when she was a senior in HS to go tubing on that river again. I feel bad that experience took something fun away from her that we did all the time (tubing) but it was an accident. Of course, the turtle incident didn’t help either. lol
The Turtle Incident sounds like a movie or an album title. LOL
The Padres are in extra innings for the 4th game in a row. Padres won the previous 3.
Astros just tied it up in the 11th on a passed ball.
“ Thanks Pelon…. you taught me something. Thought EOs were a much bigger deal. How did Trump redirect DOD money to building his wall via EO? Is it more a financial stream thing?‘
He redirected by changing DoD policy. And he shouldn’t have. The whole purpose of Congress controlling the purse is to limit executive power.
And although I agree with Mike totally. But the Democratic Party is still the party of criminal support.
The Democratic party is also anti black and anti Israel too. It amazes me how many Jewish people vote Democratic and are pro Israel
This is a really tough issue. I know Jews who are pro Palestine. The issue is they never learned to live in peace. Religion is to blame but people still walk around like zombies acting as if that’s not the case. Ignorance rules. So 2021 is the same as thousands of years ago? To ignore evolution and how to prosper as a people is a joke? We must dwell in yesteryear? Does science exist?
The evolution of technology and understanding has been an obvious movement in the USA and world for decades, but let’s keep pretending some heavenly father is the key? When does that stop?
I’m sorry but the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and shit like that needs to end.
Religious beliefs are cults and they slow progress in life.
When something good happens it’s praise God, whatever that is. When something is bad, it’s God works in mysterious ways. The easiest way of explaining it is, an almighty God doesn’t exist. It’s actually what we do as humans.
It’s up to civilized humans to think about morals. God didn’t create us in his image, we as humans created him in our image. It’s so obvious. Humans are narcissists.
This is insulting to me as a believer. You talk in absolutes and really you are no different in what you believe in as a person who believes in God.
Simple explanation for the evil in this world: sin. We all are guilty of it in one way shape and form: I know I am.
And where do “morals” come from” Where does a conscience come from? Evolution? Yeah that is easy to believe…smh.
I agree Tim Knight, it’s the human condition…..
…..right up until pp and Mike E fall back on the hateful tribalism. Lmao!
One side is always wrong, criminals, and liberals and the other side is always right, god loving, and coservative….. gotta love the hypocrisy……
….to your point, Tim Knight. Lmao!
Ima put this here for Krishna
https://quillette.com/2021/04/30/when-will-activists-and-the-media-get-honest-about-police-shootings/
And you guys gotta get on board with tongue in cheek insults. Pretty sure Stanger didn’t take it too serious when I said all lawyers were bane of society. Even if they are.
First day of law school is like book camp. You all line up as bad stand-up comedians fire harsh lawyer jokes in your face one after the other. Who ever can’t hack it goes to med school. 🙂
A world without Gods, Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Star Wars and “shit like that’” is pretty monochromatic. Boring and a little sad.
Catching up from last night, Tim mentioned tulips going up and down almost made my pink pencil pop out. 🐕😆
Dem tulips are not the place for your pink pencil!
My wife thinks the same thing after she ate wedding cake.
wow we have a patriot DC as our HC, we’re going to the superbowl! or are we.
I’m not taking anything away from Flores, in fact he seems to be on the right track with trying to establish a power run game and great defense however; what has any patriot coach done when they left to become HC’s? i don’t even think Bellechick is that great.
what made all these guys seem great was the GOAT they had a QB.
going into year 3 Flores had better step up, i can’t recall any fin coaches that were not contenders lasting more than 4 years,
i think 4 years is the magic number, year 3, he’s under a microscope.
and oh yeah, tua has a very weak arm
David was right about you LOL
Which time?
You should stick to fixing HVACS…oh wait…apparently you’re not very good at that either. Golf…you seem knowledgeable about golf. I mean not pro worthy knowledgeable, but how many are?
I never said I was good at hvac’s. Where did that come from?
He is the best we have had in a long time though. There have been many great HC’s who could never get all the pieces together for one reason or another to be successful who are now ghosts. Unfortunately for that they will never be considered great. Like you said, Bellicheat is only great because of Brady coupled with the defenses he put together.
and oh yeah, Tua has a cannon!
Tua doesn’t even have a water pistol, he has an incredibly weak arm for a pro QB
RIP captain Stubbing. Gavin MacLeod passes away at age 90.
Captain Stubbing was the balls. Yeah am just the right age to have had a crush on Julie the Cruise Director. Pre-coke of course.
The coke kind of makes her hotter
You be a bad man….. but guess does come with “so there is a chance” in it. 🙂
as for you middle grounders, that’s a cop out, you are either for or against, saying you don’t like trump as a person because he’s rude is why you are close to middle ground, i say to you what does Trump the person being rude have to do with running a country.
what does any of the BS the left has politically hurled at Trump have to do with running a country.
grow some balls, no middle ground!
Tua has the Matt Roth of arms! 😉
Trade!
That’s a tough question because I don’t think he’s one of the top 6 WRs we have now. I’d say Flores will want the competition to prove it and doesn’t care about 4 million more than that. Grier would probably cut him today but will defer to Flores. I would also cut him.
Dead man walking imo
Yeah, he’s had time to prove it and really didn’t. He should have gotten a Jugs machine for his home or sticky glue after that contract.
Guy has never had a 400 yard season even with all our injuries. That’s terrible!
I would wait a few days to see what hits the market with post June 1 cuts. If someone is out there they really really want, go get them. Then, I guess you try to trade or release.
Heck, if Atlanta loses Julio, they may want a vet to replace him.
Yeah, not like there is big hurry. basically they have until the first game. As long as they move him before that, cut or trade, they are good. I actually think he has a better chance of sticking than Wilson. Wilson is better receiver, but Grant is a better return man.
Look for Bowden Jr to win a pos on the 53. I think both grant and Wilson are gone
Rob – Trump was beyond rude, he was an assclown! The President of the United States shouldn’t behave like a 15 year old kid on twitter or Facebook. He never carried himself as if he occupied the highest office in our country. It’s not about middle ground, he just wasn’t a decent and appropriate human being while in office. All that stuff counts, ALL of it. If you want him to run again in ’24, you’re going to be sadly disappointed once again when the Democrats win again because “The Orange Man” is never going to hold a high office in this country ever again. The sooner you realize that the better!
and that’s your opinion, you may want to walk in his shoes before judging him though.
the constant BS he had to put up with. Twitter was his only platform to fight the lies.
he was elected to run the country
and like i said, what does your opinion of his personality have to do with running a country?
he has a huge right wing backing, he’s got my vote.
My opinion of his personality at least tipped how I voted…. both times. And 3 of the 10 people I most respect in the world thought he was an asshat based on encounters before he ran.
If you think likeability isn’t a key factor that gets candidates elected…. well then got nothing else. Cause it is one of the most important ones.
My vet told me that eating my turds has no nutritional value. WTF do I do now ? What a waste of puppy hood. 🐕
LOL — both my dogs were into poopy treats. For some reason each thought the other’s more delectable than theirs.
LOL.. My last 2 girls used to eat each other’s poop,freaked me out. The three I have now have never done it. Is that evolution? 🐕
How cool is it the first jersey you get is the team you play for? And M13 should love that it was a Ricky.
NICE!!!
Look, I can only speak for myself, but I found President Trump to be an extremely likable person. He stood up for the voiceless, he stood up to the corruption, and he stood up for our country.
After YEARS of the media beating us over the head with their leftist (to put it lightly) views, President Trump put them back in their place. After YEARS of the GOP being shat upon by the opposition party and their proxies, President Trump (figuratively) punched them in their mouths.
President Trump did what had become well overdue, and thus he breathed life back into the GOP and American exceptionalism. And who followed/backed him, in record numbers? Blacks, Latinos, Asians, gays, lesbians, LEOs, farmers, war vets, blue collars… not to mention MAJOR support from women, men, and white people… who became tired of the racial narratives like BLT and CRT from 0bama.
Is he polarizing? HELL NO! He was uniting the country — despite his big mouth — unlike 0bama and Biden… who purposefully sowed racial and class division.
I suppose President Trump is like Deion Sanders: ya either love him or ya hate him. Both have BIG mouths, and they both backed their talk with a job well done.
I’ll always take positive results with a BIG mouth, over negative results with a *charming* personality (see nearly all American presidents since Lincoln)… we continued to get Darth Sidious.
This Memorial Day weekend, we should focus on those who gave their very lives to protect our freedoms. I see our freedoms slowly being eroded by the new socialist Dems, but never ONCE under President Trump.
No new wars were launched under President Trump. So this Memorial Day, remember that actions speak louder than words. Give thanks to those who only live on in memory for their sacrifice via war, to protect/ensure our freedoms that the leftists are trying to take away from us as we speak.
Freedom isn’t free. REMEMBER the sacrifices our fellow countrymen made, to keep us the beacon of freedom, the world-over… and may we NEVER relinquish our role as a freedom-loving country.
So you liked Trump and should vote for him if he runs again. Got a chuckle out of “Is he polarizing? HELL NO!” But hey that’s just me. Found him most insular in terms of his strategy or maybe just natural moves. And seems some others did as well…. why he lost the suburbs. But no doubt at all that he locked down the rural areas most tight.
As I stated in my first sentence, I can only speak for myself.
Policy > Public persona, when it comes to politics. I used to absolutely adore GWB, but he lost me due to his policies… he went off the rails.
Like I said, a LOT of people can’t stand Deion Sanders for his BIG mouth, but he always backed it up professionally (meaning, on the field). I feel the same way about President Trump.
I’m a ‘results’ kind of guy. If one can back up a BIG mouth, then I don’t find it to be “polarizing”… it’s CONFIDENCE.
I could not more respect your view of Trump. We all choose who to vote for for our own reasons. If there was only one right answer there would not be two parties.
Stanger,
I answered the question, too!
I went through the comments after I’d posted mine, and I don’t think anybody else said Bob Baumhower. There were a few Larry Csonka’s, many Marino’s, but most were jerseys purchased post-2000.
Makes me feel old, yet I’m one of the youngest here on the FMU.
That’s not to make everybody here feel old, either. It’s more a reveal that most Twitter users are ‘millennials’.
Almost made me feel bad cause I didn’t have one till in my 20’s. Whole lot of Dolphins sweatshirts, Tees and mugs under the tree when I grew up though. Guess Mom didn’t get the whole jersey thing, but she did get the Dolphins thing.
JMO, Jakeem Grant CAN be traded. I’ll miss that “Little Engine That Could”, but our WR room is crowded, and he certainly has value.
No need to cut him unless we’re asking far too much in a trade. At the very least, we can get a late rounder for him, without a doubt. Personally, I could see a 5th rounder in exchange.
stangerx says:
May 30, 2021 at 4:02 pm
Almost made me feel bad cause I didn’t have one till in my 20’s. Whole lot of Dolphins sweatshirts, Tees and mugs under the tree when I grew up though. Guess Mom didn’t get the whole jersey thing, but she did get the Dolphins thing.
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And the “Dolphins thing” is all that matters, my man! Happy that you’re part of the TEAM, as in, ‘PHINS NATION’.
‘PHINS NATION’ = any die-hard like you and I are to the Miami Dolphins.
I’m not too upset about it. Mom just wasn’t a big sports fan, but she knew Dolphins and Pirates was the way to go. Lot of Jerseys in my dresser these days.
OH, Stanger! Had you happened upon the Pirates’ blunder the other day? It went HELLA viral!
Saw it. Not like it matters much. Check out the standings.
Stanger,
AH! We both posted @ 4:45, Stanger.
I saw this the other day. Dumb play by the 1st baseman. The runner can’t go back home. LOL
I could see this. An even split.
Interesting the have 7 WR’s as targets and 4 TE’s as targets none named Shaheen. Also see they are giving Laird the nudge over Doaks
for 2021
Yeah — think they have two many wideouts gettting targets in there, but maybe assuming injuries. Still think Grant is gone though. Soon as learned Waddle and Holland were return men.
When did McCain get targeted for a pass?
bookman11 says:
May 30, 2021 at 9:24 am
This is insulting to me as a believer. You talk in absolutes and really you are no different in what you believe in as a person who believes in God.
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As a fellow believer, I concur with you 100%, Bookman. There’s no room for hatred and discrimination like that in this already hatred and discriminating-filled world.
I feel like Tim is my brother from another mother, but he went WAY out of bounds, IMO, with what he stated.
Bookman, no disrespect to your faith. Just tired of people using religion and God as some sort of crutch that solves nothing and causes many problems throughout the world.
Bro, not only was that a non-apology, but I think you made matters worse. What we as Christians do to help others is most often unadvertised. We SOLVE problems and create hope throughout the world.
And it’s not as though Christianity is some kind of secret “cult”. Our country was founded upon faith (mostly Christianity), and regardless of your faith, as well.
It’s not fair to discriminate on one’s personal religious beliefs.
I’m not apologizing for my comments because that is what “I believe”. I said no disrespect to his faith. That doesn’t mean I changed my mind. There is a difference.
Good God fearing Christians were also slave owners as if that was just a mere formality. As long as I go to church, read the good book and pray to the lord, I can still enslave people, whip them and treat them like crap.
Just saying you’re a Christian does not mean you’re a good person. Good morals comes from your soul, not through religion or some sort of doctrine. I’ve seen too much hypocrisy from all religions. Just like some Muslims say allahu akbar before cutting someone’s head off. What that makes it okay now?
When you say “we as Christians”, you’re speaking for all of them? That’s my point. That’s not some sort of get out of jail free card. Sorry, not changing my mind on this.
Tim, you are completely missing my point. True Christians believe they are born sinful and need a savior, who is Christ. Christians are not perfect, nor do they claim to be. We are all, in your definition, “hypocrites” because we CANNOT, keep Gods law perfectly. That is why we need a savior, and it is more than comforting that he has secured my salvation, all I have to do is trust in him and believe.
Bookman,
+100000000000000000000000000000
Tim Knight says:
May 30, 2021 at 7:11 pm
…When you say “we as Christians”, you’re speaking for all of them? That’s my point. That’s not some sort of get out of jail free card. Sorry, not changing my mind on this.
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I cannot possibly speak for all Christians, honestly. I know so-called “Christians” who are anything but true Christians.
Look, we’re all sinners… it’s in our DNA! I’m not going to put my foot up in your ass, because we’re all EQUAL as humans… and I’m not so ‘HOLY’ to tell anybody how to live their life. I hope you appreciate that about me!
I think you’re missing my point: you discriminated against faith
That’s a HUGE no-no, my man… that’s anti-American. Be VERY careful with your hatred, Tim.
Tim,
As a counter, people use hypocrites as a crutch for their hatred of Christianity. When it comes to moral code, the New Testament has a pretty good one. I think the biggest thing to get from people’s failings is that it’s hard for people to be good.
You don’t have to be Christian or religious to be a good person but it’s a lot easier when you have a guide that’s been around for centuries that has worked when followed.
We act like we had a code of ‘let people do their own thing as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone’. That was a load of shit and people didn’t follow that. For instance, if you didn’t wear a worthless cloth mask the past year, there wasn’t any ‘do your own thing’. If you vote a certain way, or all kinds of other examples, it’s not human nature to ‘let people do their own thing’ or for people not to be gigantic hypocrites. You are ascribing basic human flaws to a religion and it just doesn’t fit. There are bad people and hypocrites in all areas, but I like what Christian writings had to say. Jesus wasn’t a bad dude. People should try to be more like him.
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Our country was not founded on faith and Christianity. It was founded to get away from it. But yes most of the early settlers were Christians. Would you like to discuss the Puritans and the witch trials?
Wrong again, my friend. We wanted to get the funk away from the church of England, who DICTATED to one how to worship. Not everybody wanted to worship the Pope, ya know?
We were — in large part — founded for religious liberty. Read the Constitution.
Nope, not wrong. Some of the earliest settlers were the Puritans who settled in what is now known as Massachusetts. They reestablished the Church of England in the new world and burned people alive at the stake, mostly women, who were considered 2nd class citizens for not conforming to their doctrine. That continued even after the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and Bill of Rights. How can you be a good Christian while burning people alive, enslaving and lynching people?
Catholicism (the Pope) is another sect of Christianity. They pray in churches with icons of Jesus on the cross. You always seem to think that’s not the case as we’ve had this conversation before. It’s all about believing Jesus is the son of God. No getting around that. I was raised Catholic and once I was done with my confirmation nonsense, I was out. My Mom wanted me to do that because it was the traditional thing to do. But as I got older after being Christened as a baby, making Communion as a young child and then Confirmation as an older child, I realized how creepy it all was.
I wasn’t raised as an atheist or Satan worshiper. I realized evil existed within this ritualistic religion. So I don’t need lessons on any of this.
Gandalf is more powerful than Voldemont!
Vader is more powerful than Dooku! LOL
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exactly!
Rockphin ROCKS!
Props, Brother!
Tim,
To be perfectly honest with you, I understand where you’re coming from. I don’t agree, but I truly understand you. About 10 years ago, I took a dive into the Crusades and did major research. Yes… religion caused much warfare, and I get it. We ALL get it.
But we don’t live in those times any longer, right? Can’t we all just get along? I know a SHIT-load of people from around the world, and our personal religious beliefs don’t stand in our way of friendships and unity.
It’s all about RESPECT!
Yes… we should probably get back to foosball, good folks!
Rockphin,
Who would win in this fight: Vader or Batman?
I’ll take Vader every time, until I go broke
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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It’s the first one! Where does it say our country was founded on religion or specifically Christianity? It says the exact opposite. Yes you’re free to exercise your faith, but it’s not the law of the land. That’s what makes America great. Religion does not belong in politics. End of story.
Then you have a guy like Ted Cruz who ran on Judeo-Christian values. He violated the 1st amendment from the get go. Read the Constitution? I did. He didn’t and I guess you didn’t either, M13. It’s the first one!
My objection is the use of the word Christian to be tied to words like “Religious” and “cults”. Frankly it is insulting and irresponsible, IMO. People talk about “labeling” and “generalizing”, yet have no issue doing that with people who believe in The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I am not trying to push my beliefs on others, but don’t lump mine into your perceptions.
By the way, how does a person having a conscience fit into evolution?
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Your Christian heritage is steeped in evil behavior. Not your faith in a God, but in the doctrine of your accordance with that group of believers. I’m not attacking faith. I’m attacking tribal behavior which is what religion and people focused on some doctrine to follow is. To me, that is a cult.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cult
“Your Christian heritage”? Once again labeling. Smh. Wow, cult? Really? Insulting!
Tim Knight says:
May 30, 2021 at 8:08 pm
Nope, not wrong. Some of the earliest settlers were the Puritans who settled in what is now known as Massachusetts. They reestablished the Church of England in the new world and burned people alive at the stake, mostly women, who were considered 2nd class citizens for not conforming to their doctrine…
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You are, of course, correct in that part of early American history. Yes… you were always going to have the old-guard trying to keep it “for the King/Queen”… hence burning at the stake and so many other atrocities that carried over to the New World.
We RAN from that European BS, Bro! I’d very much love to castigate a certain sect of so-called “Christianity”, but I won’t do so… but it failed my father as it did YOU.
My main problem with you, though, is this: you are being DISCRIMINATORY against any person of faith. Sorry, but that’s unacceptable in America, my man.
Agree, particularly with this last paragraph. Discrimination and insulting to people of faith.
Wrong! How many times did I say it’s not about faith, but the organization of a religion to influence and say it is so? There is no science to support it.
But as we discussed weeks ago when discussing the universe, we both came to the conclusion that something super natural happened to create life. Something happened to make this all happen, right? Is it a heavenly father who looks like an elder wise man wearing a robe because it started thousands of years ago and that’s how they dressed? I’m sorry, I might as well believe in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny when we all know now as adults, that it was our parents and family etc. that gave us those gifts.
The fairytale stuff needs to go away if we are to solve the problems in the world. Religion breeds radical ideas based on nothing other than indoctrinated ideas based on nothing but that. No science!
I am sad for you.
Look Tim, if you chose not to believe, so be it, I am sad, but it is not my business. I wish you the best, and hope you are comfortable knowing when you die you just go to “dirt” and nothing else happens. Personally, I like the promise of paradise. Peace to you.
Bookman, you’re too emotional about this that you don’t read what I say, but what you think I’m saying. Faith is not what I’m attacking, said that now 3 or 4 times. It’s this idea that because someone wrote it, it must be true. You have that much faith in humans? I do not. Too many liars and evil people with agendas. I’ve seen you say that about politics. But you believe people from thousands of years ago.
Never said our energy ends and your soul doesn’t move on from your human body. Not sure about paradise, but continued existence is possible. I believe more in reincarnation via energy/spirit/soul than living in some land of la la la. That actually makes more sense. Doesn’t mean you’ll see your loved ones again as you once did. Just the ever evolving creation of life. Kind of like Déjà vu.
No need to be sad for me. I feel I’m seeing it more for what it really is now than how I was taught about it. I’m still learning for myself. When I die, I’ll know. Or not. But I’m happy I was given a shot to take the ride in this life. 🙂
For the record, denial is a big part of the problem. I’ll just let that stew for awhile.
Sheesh, the Avs picked up right where they left off after whipping us in 4 games.
Nice try.
Tim, when you say I am too emotional about this, you are once again labeling me to fit your narrative. I really don’t care what you believe.
And btw, are you saying reincarnation is easier to believe in than a triune God?
Yes in a scientific way based on energy. Not saying I’m right. Just think that the belief in reincarnation that precedes Christianity might be more viable. After all Christians believe Christ rose from the dead. Maybe energy recycles itself.
I said earlier Déjà vu is one of the reasons I believe that. You ever experience that? Not that you did something similar a week ago, but that you might have done that in another life many years ago?
Protons and Electrons giving you a bump of info. Impossible?
You replied to me that I was mocking your faith when I said multiple times that’s not what it was about. Your emotions skipped over that time and time again. For the record I don’t care what anyone believes until it affects the rights of others in an evil way.
I believe Christianity is evil. History tells me so. Judeo-Christian values created Satan. They knew it existed and had to incorporate it somehow. This is bad and God is all powerful, except when Satan… is doing whatever it wants to do. Then we must condemn!!!! But it will happen again. Shhh… keep praying…
Atheism is no less a a religion and a cult than Christianity, Judaism, Islam, or any other belief system.
Atheism is no belief in God. What is God?
If you call out religions people get all fucked up. How many Gods do we have in this world because there are surely more than one? Maybe that’s the answer. God is more than one.
“I believe Christianity is evil”. I really don’t have much left to say to you. I sure hope when you die you are not reincarnated as a Christian Pastor. I’m done on here for awhile. Good bye folks
“ I believe Christianity is evil. History tells me so.”
The greatest atrocities in history where committed in the name of Atheism. Communism abhors religion and does its best to stamp it out, committing mass murder and genocide. History tells me so – Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao Tse Tung, Cambodia. History tells me so.
I, personally, have no religion. Too busy living to worry about dying. But the worlds ills are not caused by faith, regardless of what the faith is in.
Started long before that, man. Once again faith in something superior is not what I said. I guess Satan keeps rearing his ugly head. LOL
Atheism is a belief system, just like Christianity et al. One side believes in a higher being, the other side believes in the absence of of a higher being. Segments of both sides use their beliefs as justification to gain power.
C’mon Bookman. We all get sideways with each other on occasion. You don’t want to talk to Tim, don’t. Ain’t no mortal enemies here. Except for socialist, communist, and lawyers.
Hey now
Tim Knight says:
May 30, 2021 at 10:12 pm
…I believe Christianity is evil.
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WOAH! Slow your roll there, dude. That’s not even cool, and you know it. For somebody I’ve talked to in past regarding such matters, there isn’t “evil” (your words, not mine!).
My Brother, you are way off track. If we want 100% acceptance of people, ya can’t be talking out the side of your mouth calling Christianity “evil”. It doesn’t work that way and you know as much. buddy.
It took me many years (y’all should know) to become accepting of gays. I know some harbor hatred towards me for the ignoramus statements I made approximately 10 years ago on one mere night: I’ve changed, and I have many of y’all to thank for that. Yet, I never hated (or perceived as evil) my gay friend David… who had his business burned down out of HATE. I went to David’s bar without any hesitation on his opening night, because I knew he was a good man.
EVIL is a very strong word, Tim. I KNOW ‘evil’, for I’ve fought it first hand… time and again.
You’re my Brother, brother! Please don’t sound like a Nazi when talking about Christians.
This coming from a guy who can’t touch a subject and word starting with “com”. LOL
Slow my role? Nazi? What does that mean? Hitler was a Christian with very fucked up values because he was psychotic. I would think that fits with the same type of people who enjoyed burning people alive at the stake. The only difference is he didn’t want to watch it, but he called for it. He was an evil coward.
https://images.app.goo.gl/R1grDvqUHdXybuKt7
^ unless you want to drive them away. lol
What’s the fun in that?
I can only speak for myself and my many observations of people who absolutely hated Trump. M – You don’t think Trump was a polarizing figure? I don’t think a more polarizing figure was ever in the White House. People either loved him or hated him, there was no middle ground whatsoever, the very definition of polarizing. Never mind what the media did or said, or what people said, did you look at Trump and think “That’s how a President of the USA should behave”? You think his constant bitch tweets on social media were Presidential? If you did, then I guess we have a very different idea of how the President of this great country should carry himself.
Yep. I loved most of Trump’s policies. I didn’t even mind some of his social media stuff and loved him jacking up the media. But his pettiness and braggadocio got old quick. He was a piss poor leader because he needed to take personal credit for everything good that happened instead of giving credit to his subordinates. He was only America first when it was about him.
Thanks for your honesty. I voted for him twice, but it wasn’t because I liked him as a human being and it wasn’t because I think he was Presidential. I truly think other countries laughed at America while Trump was President and rightfully so. I also think some countries are laughing at America now for different reasons.
Phish, the friends of mine who are atheists put no time into it. They simply don’t view life as a group or being directed by the BS that people like Joel Osteen pray on. They see it for what it is. There is no organization. That’s the crux of this conversation that emotion can’t wrap their head around.
M13 said “we as Christians”. He told me he’s part of a tribe. I didn’t make that up. There are also agnostics who don’t believe in doctrine but are open to a deity. But you saw the emotion get very frustrated when questioning their religion. They have no problem questioning anyone else’s politics though. Food for thought.
Hmmm… yes… interesting. God of Thunder should come down on me for that. Not saying that won’t happen. LOL
With this COVID unemployment and stimulus checks, we have been raking it in this year. This month has been our biggest in the 8.5 years I have been here. We topped our monthly overhead by 6 figures a week ago. Bonus time!
My 2 cents fwiw is that Christianity is not evil. People can be evil. Many evil people have done terrible things in the name of Christianity. At the same time many good wonderful things in the name of Christianity. Don’t confuse the belief system with individual deeds and individual actors
The same can be said as to most religions
Except when lawyers are involved. Pure evil..
Shhh don’t give away my master plan
Why not not confuse the people who engage in it? That’s the problem. That’s the crutch. Well they’re good Christians, how could they possibly do such horrible things? Not everyone of them engages in evil, but they push it aside over… and over.
Let’s pretend that didn’t happen. Onward and upward. Right!?
No Tim. Never forget and the people who engaged in those acts were not good Christians. Which is exactly don’t confuse the individual actors with the belief system
My point ^
I thought this wasn’t about groups? Yet we see things such as “we as Christians”?
What does that mean? For me it means turn a blind eye and pretend all the horror doesn’t matter, we’re all good people within that umbrella. Let’s move on and pretend that never happened.
For the record, I was never molested or anything like that incase some of you are wondering. I’ve just seen too many God loving Christians say one thing and do the other. I don’t trust the group. Not saying there are no good individuals. Just tired of hearing well he or she goes to church so I’m surprised they would do anything like that. Right, that’s the crutch from the get go. They love the lord and go to church, no way they can be bad.
Oh… yes they can. We’ve seen it forever, but as good God fearing Christians, as long as I say that, let’s all turn a blind eye.
It has nothing to do with FAITH!!!! You protect bad people under the guise of being a good Christian and that tag is BS. Be a good person and stop hiding under some nonsense that you believe your God allows you to do. Your God doesn’t allow it, you allow it in the name of your God while doing your evil.
No more crutch from me. I will call it out whenever I see it.
I never called out anyone for their faith here on this blog, they defended their fucked up religion. Two different things.
Yes… Christianity is evil. Just like every other hypocritical religion and organized cult. Open your eyes without being in fear of backlash. It won’t end until you call it out. You’ll be having the same political discussions until you’re dead. Stop the madness.
I swear, this blog. It’s always “How’s the weather?”, “How are the kids?”. “Did the doctor identify that rash?” Never anything interesting or controversial…
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I’ll weigh in with my own perspective, and sorry for the long post, but how can you even scratch the surface of this kind of conversation in 3 or 4 paragraphs? It’s looong and I still don’t feel I came close to adequately expressing the nuance of my views.
I’m not a believer in any of Earth’s pantheon of gods. I believe in the possibility of a creator, but definitely not one created by man, so I guess I’d be labeled as a subset of agnostic.
I think, among other things, man has a deep-seated need to believe we are more than the tiny specks that we are, and the ego of man is terrified that it disappears at death, and those are two of the major needs that drive human spiritualism. I believe in positive factors that drive us as well, but that is another conversation.
I believe spiritualism is a necessary component to humanity, and we all find our own path to communion with whatever ‘spirituality’ means to us. For some it’s faith in a higher being, for others it’s connecting with nature, or meditative self reflection of existence and/ or purpose, or any number of things. All of these, and many more paths can lead to individual spiritual fulfillment.
There are many ways to talk about religion.
When someone says they have faith in Christ (or whomever) and they feel joy knowing they have a secure afterlife, I am happy they have that spiritual contentment and sense of peace, relief, or whatever it means to them to have that reassurance.
I don’t feel the need to challenge a person’s belief in that because my opinion on their faith is entirely irrelevant from both our perspectives. This is the individual aspect of faith and religion.
You can talk about a religion or faith on a moral level. All religions have a set of tenets and moral philosophy. IMO these ethical codes can have great value, and can be a written path for people to follow even without belief. Sometimes elements of these codes are terrible and outdated, such as being intolerant of gays, blacks, or death to the infidel. The moral codes of organized religion do sometime get updates, but it often moves slowly.
You can also talk about religion on an organizational level, the administrative and socio-political aspects of religion, and how it influences behavior. To me, this is an entirely different conversation about religion than discussing the tenants of faith or an individual’s own relationship with their god. I think this can be discussed without personally insulting individuals.
I have known people of many faiths, and many great people who’s faith defines them to one degree or another. On an individual and local level, religious communities often do a lot of good and are positive contributors to our society.
In my opinion, just like any other organizations, religious ones can be and often are corrupt, used for nefarious purposes, and constructed to manipulate and control large numbers of people.
We’ve seen all throughout history how religion has been used to commit atrocities on large scale. It’s just as easy to do horrible things when you have god on your side as it is when there is no belief in god. There is very little scarier than someone who does something horrible with the absolute faith they are in the right. Crusades, witch trials, numerous ‘cleansings’ litter our past.
With that being said, I also think, in general, people are just rotten lice on the face of the planet. If we removed religion entirely, the same horrible shyte would happen. We’d just be fighting, and killing, and brutalizing each other over something else. So even though I personally am not a big fan of organized religion, I don’t rail against it, for the problems that arise from it will always be the people that use it for their own purposes. And that doesn’t change. That is who we are as a species.
Good post! You were more diplomatic than me. I’m tired of hearing the same nonsense though. Watch how people divide their political and religious views. Total hypocrisy. I see it on FB with my family and friends. I’m for this except for that. Right… got it! All I can do is laugh. LOL
I avoid this blog when I see the same shit being spewed over and over. I jump in and add some football commentary, it gets ignored and that’s fine. But Trump and Biden still rule the roost.
Go Phins and go Tua!!!!
Dude, the Ape didn’t say anything close to what you were saying.
Wow,…… so i guess you don’t believe in Santa Clause either?
our creator is gas. the gas that forms stars, as that’s what we are made of, star shit.
long ago a giant star went supernova and emitted gas to form our sun and planets.
that star that went supernova created us, and previous gas created it.
so when it comes right down to it……. our creator is gas.
with all the hot air around here i’m surprised no one is aware of this.
One of my favs Tim,
Tim:
I am not talking about protecting anyone under the guise of being a good Christian. Quite to the contrary I find the hypocrites reprehensible. What I am saying the core principles of Christianity and most religions are not evil. The same cannot be said for all people
labels for anything is a bigoted practice!
Humans are mammal’s with a high intelligence! Therefore our main goal in life is to crush all rivals, and pass on our genes to the next generation!
It is that simple!!
Well I’m not a religious dog, but I do give everyone respect to anyone until they prove
Otherwise . I’m glad people have faith in something as long as it’s not imposed on my rights as a free thinking individual. With that said I hope all of you have a great day.
On a side note, I was watching the neighbors dog chase it’s tail. Mine was docked as a puppy and I don’t think that’s fair.🐕
Or will we????
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Wow. Back in 1988 I was in the Persian gulf and Bob Hope and Barbra Eiden with her daughter’s performed on my ship for Memorial Day. What a great memory!
I hope all of you have a great Memorial Day and appreciate all that sacrificed their lives for your freedom. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🦮
Whoops, back in 1987.
Cool, I was in the Med Sep 87 to Apr 88 then in Norway Oct 88. We had no such luck with a USO show. Guess that’s the difference btwn being in the Med vs Persian Gulf.
Yeah BBM we were very lucky and Bob Hope is a true American Icon that really appreciated those that served. Wished you could have seen it.
Mike E, one of her daughters looked just like Annette. Can you imagine how hard it was to deal with that on a nine month deployment away from my wife ?
Would have been harder if she was dressed like….
I guess that’s what the Philippines our for. 😳
Are ^^^
LOL — but based on personal experience my advice is mess with Filipinas at your own peril. Dem women can get real mean. 🙂
Stanger must have been called a butterfly once in his lifetime 😆
Thank you to all of you here who have served admirably and also to remember those that were lost doing the same. Happy Memorial Day!
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Before Bob Hope performed that day my Captain presented me the Navy Achievement Medal and Bob Hope was the second person to shake my hand. I will never forget this as long as I live.
Hope you got a pic man. That’s a moment. What was your assignment? If that’s the right term.
I wished I had a pic but back then you weren’t allowed to photograph anything out there. As far as what I did , let’s just say I transported special forces from certain ares to places IE northern lillypad and berge Hercules to places they needed to be.
Cool, except for the lack of a pic. You were the transport specialist, and not for cartons of TP. Must have met Top Secret….. lol.
Barge ^^^^^ flipping auto correct.
What I should’ve said is that I took certain people to do a certain thing and that I got my tan off the coast of Iran.
Sounds cool as anything. See dudes saying “Dog we’re done….pick us up at..” this or that jetty.
Great vid to get to know Waddle the person. Not much football in it but really well done. Seems like a good dude. Funny that for this he was hanging out with Chase and Harris pre-draft.
Awesome video. Now I have to clear a backed up sink drain.😳
YUP
“I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can’t happen here.”
— Q to former former national security adviser General Michael Flynn
“No reason. I mean, it should happen here.”
— Answer from Flynn, who was pardoned by Trump
On February 1, Myanmar’s military overthrew its democratically elected government and arrested its leaders.
Yeah it was said, and in front of a crowd.
my eyeroll wasn’t because I doubted it. It was because you posted it here. Where it will be automatically defended by the indoctrinated. 5-4-3-2….
Think only a person or two on the board are in favor of a military takeover. Just scary to me that you can hold a conference where people clap and cheer about it.
Tua posted the 2nd lowest QBR on passes of 25 yards or more.
completed 3 of 17
I can think of at least 2 drops by Grant
Think the guy in the middle pegged it….. Tua gave up too much info. Was shocked you weren’t there when this came out 3 or 4 days ago. Or you just being kind to your favorite QB? 🙂
ORob — that’s a real good vid. Only surprised you put out one so positive about Tua. They don’t say he is Peyton, but clearly they think he can get it done.
I agree with what Simms said. We all know Tua has to show growth this season. That’s how it works. Players should get better after their rookie season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0VP3irqmGg
Sorry to mess up the blog with my rants last night.
On this day we remember and honor.
I completely understood your intention, fwiw.
CK pretty much pulled it together for me.
Growing up Catholic fucks with a lot of people….lol.
Appreciate it.
“When he lets it loose and he’s being himself, we’ll win every game. When he’s feeling himself and he’s moving and doing his thing, Tua is one of the best quarterbacks, literally, around. And people don’t know that yet.”
— Lynn Bowden Jr.
Don’t tell Orob.
WTF does a receiver know, especially, since he never took Orob’s QB seminar on throwing mechanics…..lmao!
Phindog says:
May 31, 2021 at 1:32 pm
Before Bob Hope performed that day my Captain presented me the Navy Achievement Medal and Bob Hope was the second person to shake my hand. I will never forget this as long as I live.
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BROTHER! I grew up as a kid watching all of Bob Hope’s specials. That is quite the honor to have shook hands with that great man! I’m proud of you, Phindog!
Tim Knight says:
May 31, 2021 at 5:09 pm
Sorry to mess up the blog with my rants last night.
On this day we remember and honor.
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Your apology is most accepted, my Brother. I, too, have gone on rants here that I’ve regretted. The idea is to be more tolerant of others who don’t think exactly like you do. You’ve taught me tolerance, now I kindly ask you to become more tolerant.
For what it’s worth, I truly understand where you come from. I swear, half the people in my church are anything but true Christians: they are anything but tolerant. But not ALL of any thing, structure, organization, class, etc, etc, can be categorized into one lump sum… and you know it.
As others have said to you, Christianity isn’t evil. Look, it’s the evil asshole who uses Christianity as a crutch (<– your words). I made a song back in '98, dissing a former member of my crew. I said, "your using the Cross as a crutch"… GREAT MINDS! It wasn't a diss to Christianity, it was a diss to his abusing his responsibilities as a Christian and as a hypocrite… but that's another tale for another time, Tim.
Just please stop marginalizing people based on RELIGION!!! THAT'S evil, discriminatory, and anti-Constitutional… most intolerant. The only thing that matters is the content of one's character in my eyes. I'M not the judge, and most of my friends don't believe in God, either.
I respect you, man! We're all good, and thank you for the apology, sincerely.
And yes… today we REMEMBER and HONOR.
Thanks! My main issue is the wolf in sheep’s clothing analogy. Deceptive evil really bothers me.
Once again it wasn’t about faith, it’s about how people use it. Just not a fan of organized religion. I should have just gotten off the subject. Live and learn.
I’m with ya 100% with what you’re talking about… and I know MANY.
Mike E. says:
May 30, 2021 at 11:12 pm
I can only speak for myself and my many observations of people who absolutely hated Trump. M – You don’t think Trump was a polarizing figure? I don’t think a more polarizing figure was ever in the White House. People either loved him or hated him…
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It all depends on how one looks at it, my friend. I suppose I’m talking, “from a certain point of view”. Had it not been for the media, there would be no polarization.
You will recall how GWB was — at the time — the most polarizing President of all-time: the Afghanistan invasion, the Iraq War, NO on stem-cell research, YES on the Patriot Act, etc, etc.
And before GWB? Ronald Reagan was the most polarizing President of all-time.
I think you’ll see a history of the democrat media trying to take out sitting Republican presidents. Only, Trump punched back. If that qualifies as “polarizing”, I see your point. But to me, he was bringing America back and UNITED everyone… not “polarizing” at all, in my eyes.
Fuck the media, man.
Given that, why do you figure Trump’s favorability ratings were so low? He never broke 50% and normally was like say 43% or 44% or so.
He turned a lot of people off because of his character. I agree with Mike E’s view on Trump. It’s not just about policy with a president, they need to be good statesmen to represent the entire country. He was not that.
“Just please stop marginalizing people based on RELIGION!!! THAT’S evil, discriminatory, and anti-Constitutional… most intolerant.”
So is marginalizing those that don’t subscribe to RELIGION and hang their hat on god and country.
It’s country first and foremost in the greatest country where people died for that honor and today is a day to honor that sacrifice.
Krishna, I’m in a good mood… NOBODY should be marginalized in this great country! Please don’t try to put words in my mouth, bud.
It was a quote, dude. Thus, thus the quotation marks.
I know, you quoted ME. It’s what you stated afterward that rubbed me wrongly.
Enjoy this day!
Too bad? Choose your words better, i.e. make them inclusive and not so righteous.
Have a blessed day!
^ascribe……lol