marmot wrote:I just love to hate the Dallas Cowboys..
Jerry Jones is a retard!
Well said, marmot.
Although, to my knowledge, Jerry has not been into anything
as bad as his predecessor Clinton Murchison, or HL Hunt or Carroll Rosenbloom, but nothing would surprise me either. As we know from sources like
"The Family" on
C Street, these people, for religious and/or birthright reasons, believe they only answer to a higher entity...
The Hamiltons In Jesusland - Josh Hamilton - DeadspinJosh and Katie Hamilton's salvation story is taking place in North Texas, where for many folks Christianity and sports dovetail at an early age. Here, life shuttles continually between the Friday night lights and the Sunday morning pulpits, and the constant Bible-thumping begins to sound a little like the beat of the world's biggest drum.
I grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth Jesusplex, and I can confirm that sports here — from Little League to the pros — are infused with the Good Word. When I was about 12, for instance, the third baseman for my fastpitch softball team got smacked in the noggin by a line drive — after she had crept even closer to the batter in case of a bunt. Her dad — our first-base coach — responded by laying hands on her and praying.
Then there are the Cowboys, once helmed by famous savior-lover Tom Landry, who once proclaimed on national TV, "You have to believe in Jesus Christ to play for the Dallas Cowboys." The edict may still hold-years later Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin sat at the feet of Dallas preacher T.D. Jakes, the devil-fighter whose "prosperity theology" posits bling as God's blessing. The new Cowboys Stadium is home to "I Am Second" acolytes like Jason Witten (who by the way, might have the most boring testimony on the face of the earth).
Cowboys Stadium sits a stone's throw from Hamilton's domain, Rangers Ballpark. And both mega-stadiums are plopped in the middle of Arlington, home to clusters of mega-churches the size of shopping malls. The Hamiltons' saga is taking place in the midst of Jesusland, and because of that, it's playing out in a unique way...http://deadspin.com/5337640/the-hamiltons-in-jesusland
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http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2007/08/ ... trust.htmlI know from a first-hand source -- whom I will name, if legally pressed -- that Dan Moldea had privately complained that the major publishers had "blackballed" him after he wrote a book called Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football. The blackballing stopped the moment he agreed to write a book about the Robert F. Kennedy assassination pushing the "lone nut" hypothesis...
rigorousintuition.ca :: View topic - Greetings and question about Rayelan at Rumor Mill Newsbks wrote:Can't believe I missed the Moldea book ("Interference") the first time around.
Just finished reading it yesterday. Very eye-opening with respect to the owners' gambling habits and ties to organized crime, and also very instructive for showing how the NFL has successfully insulated itself from federal investigation time and time again. Basically, they hired ex-feds to work for 'NFL Security', and relied on their connections.
Findings are briefly summarized on this clip form the Pat Sajak show featuring Moldea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utO9jtDpsmQ
Thanks for that clip, bks.
It's unusual to see something like that on a major network. Not quite
Jim Garrison on Johnny Carson unusual, but close.
Maybe it explains what happened to The Pat Sajak Show
, or perhaps why CBS eventually lost the NFL to Fox? Not only is it odd to see a guy like Moldea on CBS, but also the guy that gave him this forum, the straight-laced and über-conservative Pat Sajak.
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Here's a couple of semi-related stories in the news today. The first is Moldea - related given his book on Hoffa:
New claims, gun surface in Hoffa saga | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Woman Is Charged in a Ponzi Scheme Involving Professional Football Players - NYTimes.com