Posted by
docgraff on Friday, October 16, 2009 8:55:23 PM
Leveling Limbaugh
The NFL punts to left-wing political intimidation.
The National Football League, in which each Sunday men weighing 365 pounds slam headlong into men weighing 245 pounds, has decided it can't handle Rush Limbaugh, talk-show host, age 58. C'mon guys, show some guts.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704322004574475681181683914.html
Limbaugh Targeted By Obama Official
The plot thickens on the media’s character-lynching of Rush Limbaugh. Of the four stories run on ESPN.com about Limbaugh’s bid for the Rams (October 6, October 12, October 15, and another October 15) none of them mention that NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith served as counsel to Attorney General Eric Holder and was a member of Barack Obama’s transition team.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/10/limbaugh_targeted_by_obama_off.html
Comment: Regardless of what you may think of Mr. Limbaugh, the last paragraph in the second story above is very telling and the story within a story. Particularly this one line: “never in American history has someone had so much power to pummel his political opponents as President Obama.” This is the very essence of Fascism; the goal is not leveling the playing field but clearing the opposition from it!
As long as they aren’t a convicted criminal, it certainly shouldn’t matter to anyone who wants to buy a sports franchise. The key thing shouldn’t be who they are but whether they have the financial means and are committed to make the club a success. What you don’t want happening to your favorite sports franchise is to have them bought one day by an individual or group and sold the next like a stock or commodity.
Another untold story behind the story is that one of the chief complainants in this little episode is none other than Mr. DeMaurice Smith whose involvement is also documented in the story above. As the NFL Players Association Executive Director, he will be instrumental in negotiating the next player’s contract with the Owner’s Association. Not having an influential personality with an anti-union stance like Mr. Limbaugh in the way should make negotiations a little easier, don’t you think?!
The NFL already has some colorful owners, Dallas and Oakland comes readily to mind. The list of celebu-tards who own a piece of the Miami franchise grows almost daily but they haven’t been put to such scrutiny. In fact, their participation is celebrated. What is in my opinion damning for the NFL and more importantly for the media in this instance is the case made against Mr. Limbaugh where the scrutiny placed upon him is based on hearsay and innuendo. The media didn’t do their duty to check the facts.