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Bullneck

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  1. 4 hours ago, Napoleon said:

    To be seeded 11, he has to have adjusted, but Rafa on clay is a different animal all-together.

    The kick of the bounce is so extreme, but he's so good, it's not like you just just move up to the baseline. I'm not a Rafa fan, but he's fairly good at the tennis. Especially the clay court tennis.

    I went the Ericsson Open the year after Albert Costa won the French Open.  Costa was playing Oliver Rochus that day.  I watched from the side of the court and was amazed at how the ball cleared the net by four feet, then bit down and landed within two feet of the baseline more often than you'd think was possible.  

  2. On 6/4/2018 at 3:29 PM, perfectchaos007 said:

    I think if Serena was playing any other opponent, she would have given it a shot today. She knew her streak against Masha was in jeopardy not being at her best so she decided to duck her. She hates to lose but she would hate losing to Maria more than anything, and doesn't want to test her comeback form against her just yet. She'll get her pecs massaged and will be back on the court in a couple days preparing for grass season.

    Serena's record is, what, 19-2 against Sharapova?   Can you believe one of those two wins was a Wimbledon final?

  3. 4 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    That considered, my true belief is that none of that other shit matters in proportion to his mythology if he doesn’t call that fucking play and his guys don’t execute flawlessly.

    The Griffin int in the 2006 Rose Bowl falls into that hopper as well.  We were reeling at that point, and that play bought us some breathing room.  Every MNC season has a play like that.  

  4. On 4/23/2018 at 7:50 AM, coolsax said:

    Well Dicker is the best chance we've had for a consistent kicker in years.  I would guess he's kicking from the start.

    Dicker Kicker.  

    It would be silly and childish to laugh at this.  

  5. 13 minutes ago, RandomIdoit said:

    1. On the Statue of Liberty. This was written at a time when welfare did not exist.  People were coming here to work, not get handouts.

    2. We are not responsible for other countries citizens. You any feel like we should be, but that does not mean that we are. 

     

    Think about the way our government has behaved for decades (and still does) and tell me who is closer to the truth.  Or putting it another way, with your worldview, are you pissed that the US government does so many of the things it does?  Think about all that foreign aid and the sanctuary cities and the blind eye to some many possibilities to arrest and deport.  Hell, we KNOW those DACA children are here illegally and someone actually wants to keep them!!

     

    So the answer is (and I think you know this even if you don't want to admit it) is that we are the world's policeman and the world's welfare office.  We are singular and exceptional.  We have what no other country has.  

  6. 9 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Some people believe their notions of right and wrong are more important than the laws of our country.  Bullneck is one of those who think their notions of right and wrong are somehow above the law.

    By the way, as a former Marine (on Memorial Day, no less), I will remind you that you are not obligated to illegal orders.  

    On Board, you have to have a moral compass.

  7. 7 minutes ago, RandomIdoit said:

    What are we? The world's welfare office? Shouldn't we take care of our own homeless before taking on any more homeless?

    1.  We are a nation of immigrants.  Here's a question for you, and a chance to prove you're not an idoit.  Where can one find this quote:

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    “Give me your tired, your poor, 
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, 
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. 
    Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: 
    I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”

    2.  We are, in fact, the world's welfare office.  We should lead from the front.  We should give aid so that others may have stable, meaningful lives.  We should promote economic equality, which, by the way, helps to stop mass migration.  We should spread democracy by example.

    3.  We should solve our homeless crisis.  I was in DC this last weekend and was astounded at the number of homeless in the West End.  I was driving in Philly two weeks ago under a railroad underpass and saw probably 35-40 tents.  In NYC, where our home office is located, there is a homeless person every 50 feet.  We can only solve this by the power of our government and its economy of scale.  

    But we need not wait.  The people desperate to flee Central America have a life to live as well.  (Separately we might ponder why Central America has such problems.  See answer #2).  We believe all men (and women) are created equal, no?  And that all people have the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  Wherever they are, whomever they are.  

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