Drew Brees compares bounties to WMD's
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Drew Brees compares bounties to WMD's
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Saints quarterback Drew Brees has offered up an interesting analogy for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s case that some of Brees’s coaches and teammates on the Saints were involved in a bounty program: Brees says it’s reminiscent of President George W. Bush’s case for the Iraq War.
On Monday, as reporters were scrutinizing about 200 pages of what the NFL says is a 50,000-page file of evidence in the Saints’ bounty program, Brees wrote on Twitter that he isn’t buying it.
“If NFL fans were told there were ‘weapons of mass destruction’ enough times, they’d believe it,” Brees wrote. “But what happens when you don’t find any????”
In the run-up to the Iraq War, the Bush Administration repeatedly said Saddam Hussein had stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, a claim that most Americans believed and that turned out to be false. Bush later called his biggest regret as president.
If I were Brees, I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for Goodell to call suspending the Saints his biggest regret as commissioner.
Brees is now becoming annoying.
*If you get a chance read some of the comments. Made me laugh a bit.
Saints quarterback Drew Brees has offered up an interesting analogy for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s case that some of Brees’s coaches and teammates on the Saints were involved in a bounty program: Brees says it’s reminiscent of President George W. Bush’s case for the Iraq War.
On Monday, as reporters were scrutinizing about 200 pages of what the NFL says is a 50,000-page file of evidence in the Saints’ bounty program, Brees wrote on Twitter that he isn’t buying it.
“If NFL fans were told there were ‘weapons of mass destruction’ enough times, they’d believe it,” Brees wrote. “But what happens when you don’t find any????”
In the run-up to the Iraq War, the Bush Administration repeatedly said Saddam Hussein had stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, a claim that most Americans believed and that turned out to be false. Bush later called his biggest regret as president.
If I were Brees, I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for Goodell to call suspending the Saints his biggest regret as commissioner.
Brees is now becoming annoying.
*If you get a chance read some of the comments. Made me laugh a bit.
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ATX_Skins wrote:well, it's that and he makes a bold assumption about NFL fans in general.
As far as the Bush part goes, isn't that kind of exactly a perfect analogy? Or is it that he's comparing something as trivial and stupid as this whole bounty mess to something as significant as that war/Bush's stated reasons for it?
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I can certainly understand Drew's feeling that there's a lot of BS going on about this and wanting fair treatment for his players
however ....
If the evidence is presented and it shows that bounties were in fact in place - I hope the stupid commish comes down even harder on these players
however ....

If the evidence is presented and it shows that bounties were in fact in place - I hope the stupid commish comes down even harder on these players
Until recently, Snyder & Allen have made a lot of really bad decisions - nobody with any sense believes this franchise will get better under their guidance
Snyder's W/L record = 45% (80-96) - Snyder/Allen = 41% (59-84-1)
Snyder's W/L record = 45% (80-96) - Snyder/Allen = 41% (59-84-1)
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A day after New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees compared the NFL’s evidence in the Saints’ bounty program to the Bush administration’s evidence for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Brees has said he thinks he chose his words poorly.
“I apologize if the WMD comment offended anyone. Especially our military. There is no one I respect more than our service men and women,” Brees wrote on Twitter. “My WMD comment has nothing to do with politics or our brave military. Merely an analogy to show how media influences public perception.”
That apology came after Brees took some criticism when he wrote on Twitter on Monday that the NFL’s public case that Saints players and coaches deserve to be suspended for their role in the bounty program is no more accurate than the Bush administration’s public case that Saddam Hussein had WMDs.
“If NFL fans were told there were ‘weapons of mass destruction’ enough times, they’d believe it,” Brees wrote. “But what happens when you don’t find any????”
In his apology Brees made clear to note that he respects those who serve in America’s military, but I’m not sure how anyone could have interpreted Brees’s original tweet as disrespectful to the men and women who served in the Iraq war. I can see how people could have interpreted Brees’s tweet as critical of the Bush administration and the other politicians who put those men and women into the Iraq war, but there’s nothing in the initial Brees tweet that in any way criticizes the members of the military who fought in the war.
Still, Brees has decided, upon reflection, that a comparison between Roger Goodell’s case for the bounty suspensions and George W. Bush’s case for the Iraq War was not a comparison he should have made
A day after New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees compared the NFL’s evidence in the Saints’ bounty program to the Bush administration’s evidence for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Brees has said he thinks he chose his words poorly.
“I apologize if the WMD comment offended anyone. Especially our military. There is no one I respect more than our service men and women,” Brees wrote on Twitter. “My WMD comment has nothing to do with politics or our brave military. Merely an analogy to show how media influences public perception.”
That apology came after Brees took some criticism when he wrote on Twitter on Monday that the NFL’s public case that Saints players and coaches deserve to be suspended for their role in the bounty program is no more accurate than the Bush administration’s public case that Saddam Hussein had WMDs.
“If NFL fans were told there were ‘weapons of mass destruction’ enough times, they’d believe it,” Brees wrote. “But what happens when you don’t find any????”
In his apology Brees made clear to note that he respects those who serve in America’s military, but I’m not sure how anyone could have interpreted Brees’s original tweet as disrespectful to the men and women who served in the Iraq war. I can see how people could have interpreted Brees’s tweet as critical of the Bush administration and the other politicians who put those men and women into the Iraq war, but there’s nothing in the initial Brees tweet that in any way criticizes the members of the military who fought in the war.
Still, Brees has decided, upon reflection, that a comparison between Roger Goodell’s case for the bounty suspensions and George W. Bush’s case for the Iraq War was not a comparison he should have made
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But did you see any WMD's? I did. And, know that they were there. I helped load a cargo plane bound for Wake Island with them.ATX_Skins wrote:flamethrower wrote:Ok before you post some thread claiming that there were no WMD's in Iraq. Please ask someone who was there, and actually saw them. That would be me.
I was there. I posted the thread.
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flamethrower wrote:But did you see any WMD's? I did. And, know that they were there. I helped load a cargo plane bound for Wake Island with them.ATX_Skins wrote:flamethrower wrote:Ok before you post some thread claiming that there were no WMD's in Iraq. Please ask someone who was there, and actually saw them. That would be me.
I was there. I posted the thread.
I'm still confused as to where you saw ME post that there where none.
and for the record... I was in Iraq before we had airfields established. But feel free to toot your own horn a little more, won't impress me loading cargo planes.
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ATX_Skins wrote:flamethrower wrote:But did you see any WMD's? I did. And, know that they were there. I helped load a cargo plane bound for Wake Island with them.ATX_Skins wrote:flamethrower wrote:Ok before you post some thread claiming that there were no WMD's in Iraq. Please ask someone who was there, and actually saw them. That would be me.
I was there. I posted the thread.
I'm still confused as to where you saw ME post that there where none.
and for the record... I was in Iraq before we had airfields established. But feel free to toot your own horn a little more, won't impress me loading cargo planes.
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ATX_Skins wrote:langleyparkjoe wrote:HOLD UP TIME OUT... Everyone take a step back and breathe (remember this is "Around the League" and not smack).
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Yeah, but you stuffed the... um... ballot box. I already showed how your's and the Hogster's numbers were artifically inflated by folks not voting for the true king out of spite.
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ATX_Skins wrote:Deadskins wrote:langleyparkjoe wrote:The people have spoken ATX, they chose meeeeee!!!!
Yeah, but you stuffed the... um... ballot box. I already showed how your's and the Hogster's numbers were artifically inflated by folks not voting for the true king out of spite.
A truly biased pole indeed.
HOLD UP TIME OUT... Everyone take a step back and breathe (remember this is "Around the League" and not smack).
Ummm... I'm having one of those deja vu moments...

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Countertrey wrote:ATX_Skins wrote:Deadskins wrote:langleyparkjoe wrote:The people have spoken ATX, they chose meeeeee!!!!
Yeah, but you stuffed the... um... ballot box. I already showed how your's and the Hogster's numbers were artifically inflated by folks not voting for the true king out of spite.
A truly biased pole indeed.
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Ummm... I'm having one of those deja vu moments...


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ATX_Skins wrote:Deadskins wrote:langleyparkjoe wrote:The people have spoken ATX, they chose meeeeee!!!!
Yeah, but you stuffed the... um... ballot box. I already showed how your's and the Hogster's numbers were artifically inflated by folks not voting for the true king out of spite.
A truly biased pole indeed.
Heh ... heh heh ... heh. He said pole.

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langleyparkjoe wrote:HOLD UP TIME OUT... Everyone take a step back and breathe (remember this is "Around the League" and not smack).
We know that. Some topics should not be stated. Drew Brees crossed that line with his stupid comment that has nothing to do with what the Saints were accused of doing. My only problem with this whole situation. Is that all teams do this. All the time. Why single out the Saints? Was it because the NFL Wanted a Favre vs Manning Super Bowl, and didn't get that?
I agree we should take a step back.
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DarthMonk wrote:ATX_Skins wrote:Deadskins wrote:langleyparkjoe wrote:The people have spoken ATX, they chose meeeeee!!!!
Yeah, but you stuffed the... um... ballot box. I already showed how your's and the Hogster's numbers were artifically inflated by folks not voting for the true king out of spite.
A truly biased pole indeed.
Heh ... heh heh ... heh. He said pole.
Darth, NONE of us are surprised it was you to do this.. that's not a good thing bro.

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Deadskins wrote:langleyparkjoe wrote:The people have spoken ATX, they chose meeeeee!!!!
Yeah, but you stuffed the... um... ballot box. I already showed how your's and the Hogster's numbers were artifically inflated by folks not voting for the true king out of spite.
LMAO!
Hey man, if Bush can cheat to get into office, why can't I do a lil something too ??????
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