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| Nature is full of magnificent creatures |
I'm going to call USAA for sure. | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
The best way to boycott the sponsors is to turn off the game(s), if the viewers drop then they have to reduce the amount they can charge as ratings drop and as advertisers see the viewers drop they will equate it with this action by the selfish millionaire players. Don't just call USAA, hit their facebook page, it becomes visible by them, and millions of other USAA policy holders should they choose to look. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Be aware that Alejandro Villenueva is one of USAA's commercial spokesmen. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Disagree. The partnership made sense when football was "America's Game," but now it obviously is anything but. Continuing to support pro football is an insult to their customers, who pledge the ultimate sacrifice to defending this country.
If USAA doesn't change their position, perhaps he'll reconsider the association. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Nature is full of magnificent creatures |
They chose wisely there. I still think it is good to voice our opinions to them, if only to quiet whoever it is that keeps trying to steer their ship to the left. | |||
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| Freethinker |
Perhaps the most ironic thing about all this is that kneeling has been a sign of subservience throughout most of human history. Most of those who are using that posture to demonstrate their opinions today would have a fit if they were required to do anything else that smacked of not being masters of themselves. But of course assuming a subservient posture in this case is absolutely appropriate: They have decided to bow down to bigotry and ignorance. On the other hand I stood at attention with my head held high, and still do when appropriate, to honor my flag, my country, and things like the organizations I belonged to and the uniform I wore. If someone has no respect for any of those things, then I’m more than content to have them kneeling beside me and beside the others who are not in thrall to dimly-understood and completely unappreciated principles developed by people who wish to take over the thinking for the protestors. ► 6.4/93.6 ___________ “We are Americans …. Together we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism, and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants.” — George H. W. Bush | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
With the rise of 'new media', boycotts have become dynamic and viable. We can now see the effect of a boycott or more precisely, threats to boycott arise the same day some controversy appears. People awake to news on their Facebook page or whichever sites they use for current events, of some controversy that elicits strong enough reactions from a sufficient number of people to cause the business or whatever to issue a statement by mid-afternoon. I've witnessed this countless times in the past five or so years. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
8 y/o. https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...935/m/6500046034/p/1 Q | |||
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Green Mountain Boy |
I've been a huge football fan my whole life. I haven't watched a game since the first time Kaepernick kneeled. I also happen to be a lifelong 49er fan due to my dads love of them going back decades before I was born. So it hurt even worse to see this bullshit start with him. I still keep tabs on individual players that I have respect for and enjoy to watch such as Drew Brees but still haven't watched a live game since this all started. Shitty situation all around. !~God Bless the U.S. Military~! If the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off Light travels faster than sound, this is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Auzj/u...illanueva?autoplay=1 Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| Conveniently located directly above the center of the Earth  |
^^^yes!!!! **************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
NFL... No Fans Left.. ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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| wishing we were congress |
http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...ional-anthem-1042616 Ben Roethlisberger Regrets Steelers Boycotting Anthem Ben Roethlisberger on Monday afternoon released a statement saying he regretted his Pittsburgh Steelers boycotting the national anthem on Sunday. "I was unable to sleep last night and want to share my thoughts and feelings on our team’s decision to remain in the tunnel for the National Anthem yesterday," the Super Bowl-winning QB said in a statement. "The idea was to be unified as a team when so much attention is paid to things dividing our country, but I wish we approached it differently. We did not want to appear divided on the sideline with some standing and some kneeling or sitting. He continued, "As a team, it was not a protest of the flag or the Anthem. I personally don’t believe the Anthem is ever the time to make any type of protest. For me, and many others on my team and around the league, it is a tribute to those who commit to serve and protect our country, current and past, especially the ones that made the ultimate sacrifice." **************** got to make the tough call Ben. There is division, and you can only hide in the locker room so long | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
Mostly true.... but you still don't have to watch. You can get everything for fantasy football online, without watching a single game. I've been playing fantasy football since 2001 and it has changed how I watch the game. You are correct about that. Even when I went to games as a season ticket holder I found myself checking stats from other games at the same time. But, the point is, you don't have to watch the games. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
Well bless Ben's heart. | |||
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Still finding my way |
I haven't watched nfl games since they let that pos criminal Mike Vick back into the league. They couldn't do what was right then and I'd never expect them to do what is right now . | |||
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| Green Mountain Boy |
I think it would be wise of big Ben to apologize to that giant of a former soldier that also happens to be one of the guys that protects him on the field.   !~God Bless the U.S. Military~! If the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off Light travels faster than sound, this is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak | |||
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| When you fall, I will be there to catch you -With love, the floor |
Their claim is that they are protesting the law enforcement involvement with black suspects and the untimate end to them. Their only comment is that they are being killed because of their race... They haven't bothered to even investigate the facts of that comment. While not all contacts are gems and there are times that they do not fit the standards that should be accepted. The most recent was the shooting in MN. Yet they absolutly downplay the fact that the officer was "fast tracked" into the department because of the insistence of the Somalia community. He might have been a smart guy and the fact he went to college was one reason they claimed he was given the short cut. But I've found college means little unless you have the person suitable to back that up. His conduct and control of the firearm shows a total lack of any competence in the use of a handgun. Now as far as who is actually being killed in these contacts, they only reference the Black community. Yet in the most up to date database I can find (unfortunately from the Washington Post), 323 White suspects were killed in LE contacts. 164 were Black. So no compassion for the ones actually affected? Now we can take a look at a sample of what some of the details were in these contacts. This is only the last two weeks.
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Festina Lente |
COO of USAA is Carl Liebert, USNA '86. He was co-captain of the basketball team with Dave Robinson. I think we might all drop him a line and let him know where "we" stand (not kneel). I'll track down an e-mail address... NRA Life Member - "Fear God and Dreadnaught" | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
Yet this idiot made the choice to disrespect the Anthem yesterday. Now he is backpeddling his choice  . Maybe because the backlash he is seeing on Monday, and the praise and respect his teammate Villenueva is getting.Para is right; these mental midgets are more suited to washing cars than making real decisions. The rest of the idiots (Commissioner, owners, media) simply don't get it; it is 2016 all over again with the elites making the wrong assumptions of what America is really thinking, completely misjudging us again. Keep it up boys. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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