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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 06:33 PM
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The Heavy Nationalism and Militarism Before The Superbowl Is Way Too Much
I feel like I am in some Communist country during the Cold War trying to convince its citizenry of its military might. Hell, why not have a parade of military weaponry before the game.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 06:35 PM
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1. My hubby said it's always been this way, but I don't think it was anything like this
bad until 9/11.

It changed everything, all right. x(
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 06:39 PM
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2. I think this was the worst yet.
Leni Riefenstahl would have been embarrassed by all this.
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 08:44 PM
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3. Just another of the many reasons why I ignore the thing. dc
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 08:51 PM
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4. What's Super about it? No country in the world plays this stupid game but the US. It is 1/10 as

interesting as Rugby which has continuous play for forty
minutes with no substitutions and no steroids or pain killers.

Specialty kickers, how lame is that? In Rugby every player has
to be able to kick on the fly with both feet.

SuperBowl Phttttttttttt !!!!

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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 09:28 PM
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5. Doesn't mean I wasn't crying like a little girl...
Edited on Sun Feb-06-11 09:32 PM by YellowRubberDuckie
...until he started talking about the game and then I turned the channel back to Criminal Minds.
I have to say, though, I was raised to love this country, and I love it more than these "Constitution Conservative" Morons who have never read the fucking constitution! American football sucks. It is a bastardized form of rugby and really football (what most Americans call soccer) and somehow they took two really awesome, fun, exhilarating sports, mixed, and made it boring as hell. And then they added helmets and pads and made the players whiny sissy boys. I hate this game, but I love this country and this world and all the people in it, who aren't asshole, hateful, idiots.
Duckie
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-07-11 04:47 PM
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6. I agree.
Ultra nationalism is always present in a fascist nation.
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