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How The US Military Is Paying NFL Teams Millions To "Honor the Troops" At Sporting Events
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
When the Jets paused to honor soldiers of the New Jersey Army National Guard at home games during the past four years, it was more than a heartfelt salute to the military — it was also worth a good stack of taxpayer money, records show.
The Department of Defense and the Jersey Guard paid the Jets a total of $377,000 from 2011 to 2014 for the salutes and other advertising, according to federal contracts. Overall, the Defense Department has paid 14 NFL teams $5.4 million during that time, of which $5.3 million was paid by the National Guard to 11 teams under similar contracts.
The agreement includes the Hometown Hero segment, in which the Jets feature a soldier or two on the big screen, announce their names and ask the crowd to thank them for their service. The soldiers and three friends also get seats in the Coaches Club for the game.
– From the New Jersey Star Ledger article: Jets’ Salutes Honor N.J. National Guard but Cost Taxpayer
Like everything else in America, faux patriotism is also for sale.
I’ve written previously about how uncomfortable the superficial “honor the troops” displays at sporting events makes me feel. In the post, “Stop Thanking Me for My Service” – Former U.S. Army Ranger Blasts American Foreign Policy and The Corporate State, I noted:
I have to admit, whenever I find myself in the midst of a large public gathering (which fortunately isn’t that often), and the token veteran or two is called out in front of the masses to “honor” I immediately begin to cringe as a result of a massive internal conflict. On the one hand, I recognize that the veteran(s) being honored is most likely a decent human being. Either poor or extraordinarily brainwashed, the man or woman paraded in front of the crowd is nothing more than a pawn. Even if their spouse hasn’t left them; even if whatever conflict they were involved in didn’t result in a permanent disability or post traumatic stress disorder, this person has been used and abused, and thirty seconds of cheering in between ravenous bites out of a footlong hotdog from a drunk and apathetic crowd isn’t going to change that. I don’t harbor negative sentiments toward the veteran.
On the other hand, the entire spectacle makes me sick. I refuse to participate in the superficial charade for many reasons, but the primary one is that I don’t want to play any part in the crowd’s insatiable imbecility. It’s the stupidity and ignorance of the masses that the corporate-state preys upon, and that’s precisely what’s on full display at these tired and phony imperialist celebrations.
Of course, it’s not just me that finds these scenes hard to stomach. Many troops have come forward and expressed the exact same sentiment. For example, as Rory Fanning, who served in Afghanistan with the 2nd Army Ranger Battalion noted:
These two ceremonies seemed to catch a particular mood (reflected in so many similar, if more up-to-date versions of the same). They might have benefited from a little “awareness raising” when it came to what the American military has actually been doing these last years, not to say decades, beyond our borders. They certainly summed up much of the frustration I was feeling with the Concert for Valor. Plenty of thank yous, for sure, but no history when it came to what the thanks were being offered for in, say, Iraq or Afghanistan, no statistics on taxpayer dollars spent or where they went, or on innocent lives lost and why.
Will the “Concert for Valor” mention the trillions of dollars rung up terrorizing Muslim countries for oil, the ratcheting up of the police and surveillance state in this country since 9/11, the hundreds of thousands of lives lost thanks to the wars of George W. Bush and Barack Obama? Is anyone going to dedicate a song to Chelsea Manning, or John Kiriakou, or Edward Snowden – two of them languishing in prison and one in exile — for their service to the American people? Will the Concert for Valor raise anyone’s awareness when it comes to the fact that, to this day, veterans lack proper medical attention, particularly for mental health issues, or that there is a veteran suicide every 80 minutes in this country? Let’s hope they find time in between drum solos, but myself, I’m not counting on it.
We use the term hero in part because it makes us feel good and in part because it shuts soldiers up (which, believe me, makes the rest of us feel better). Labeled as a hero, it’s also hard to think twice about putting your weapons down. Thank yous to heroes discourage dissent, which is one reason military bureaucrats feed off the term.
Very well said, and now we learn that these spectacles are often even more phony than originally suspected. NFL teams are being paid millions of dollars to host them. From the New Jersey Star Ledger:
TRENTON — When the Jets paused to honor soldiers of the New Jersey Army National Guard at home games during the past four years, it was more than a heartfelt salute to the military — it was also worth a good stack of taxpayer money, records show.
The Department of Defense and the Jersey Guard paid the Jets a total of $377,000 from 2011 to 2014 for the salutes and other advertising, according to federal contracts. Overall, the Defense Department has paid 14 NFL teams $5.4 million during that time, of which $5.3 million was paid by the National Guard to 11 teams under similar contracts.
The agreement includes the Hometown Hero segment, in which the Jets feature a soldier or two on the big screen, announce their names and ask the crowd to thank them for their service. The soldiers and three friends also get seats in the Coaches Club for the game.
Aside from the Hometown Heroes segment, the agreements also included advertising and marketing services, including a kickoff video message from the Guard, digital advertising on stadium screens, online advertising and meeting space for a meeting or events.
Flake said there was nothing wrong with the Guard using football games to recruit soldiers. The problem, he said, was spending taxpayer money on a program that, on its face, appeared to be a generous gesture by a football team.
The Daily News also covered this story, with a choice line from one of the most authoritarian members of Congress, Peter King. A man so completely insane, he makes neocons blush. He defended the spending of taxpayer money on superficial, faux patriotism:
Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.) also said “it’s money well spent.”
“People watching the NFL are generally inclined to be pro-military,” King told The News. “As far as the Jets, in addition to whatever money they’ve gotten from the (Department of Defense), I do know they are very actively engaged with veterans. The Jets do far more on balance than they get paid for.”
Football and fake patriotism. The new American Dream.
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Like a deflated football, statism is there.
Morons watching TV, Hollywood and ball team games supporting fascism like idiots. Keep it up morons.
Well it's root, root, root through the trooouuugh...
The NFL is disgusting.
The game is fun... or would be without the vile league.
YOUR tax dollars hard at work to bring you a military world government...
If you mean tax dollars, you mean the lack of taxes these giant circus and bread slash FEMA centers generate?
Other than the W2 slaves that get paid/taxed to play with balls, and the low wage chumps collecting ticket/concession fees.
This is for the billionaires who use these "charities" as a place to park money. Considering how much each franchise has appreciated year over year, not a bad way to park some capital.
Fuck your balls - sports are a monumental waste of resources. Many numbskulls spend most of their lives memorizing every little stat of every game/player/team. If only the shitheads spent as much time doing something useful.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/18/nfl-tax-exemption-d...
Doesn't surprise me; makes me sick.
Veteran worship is a necessary component of perpetual warfare. Same with calling all of then heros. The public has to be constantly reminded of the war, and make American young people in uniform the face of it, especially some wounded ones( though hopefully not too scarred up). ALWAYS use the word freedom too, since if you say they are fighting for ours freedom enough, everyone will believe it. Do all of this enough, and it's easy to shame anyone who doesn't wish to participate as unpatriotic, 'not supporting the troops' etc. it's absolutely disgusting. I know it sounds cliche, but it really does remind me of nazi Germany every time I see it.
We are now a fully imperial society. Those who have studied history see what happens post empires. There is no more "up" in the trajectory. And if we're not going up, then...
What do you mean "now"?
Great article ZH nailed this one
Russian Communists, The U.S. Government, and A Tractor Company From Michigan Work Together
Veddy interesting. No surprise.
NFL is a masonic sport, through and through meaning it's only purpose, ever, was social control. It has worked.
For the record, it is, for most of the rest of the world, a total mystery as to why it is called a sport at all.
Defense time coach, roll out the 300 lb freaks....
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Endings...20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njftLIlO7co
It's gratifying to see so many others share the distaste that I feel for the glib pageant, whenever military uniforms get trotted out at sporting events. (Bad enough when they do it at SOTU.) Team loyalty stimulates exactly the same brain centers targeted by the military. "Fans" constitute an easy target of opportunity for propagandists and recruiters. How ironic that we're obliged to pay substantial sums for the privilege of singing the anthems of our respective nations even as the internationalists strive to break them!
I stood for the national anthem, but refused the flag waving stand up and join the fight bullshit at an NHL game last month. They all do it.
As a former shithead, I commend you for the thoroughly accurate post.
Exactly. I haven't watched a game in a couple years. Including the almighty super bowl. I started to stop watching MSM when CBS gave the only military man (Ron Paul) in the 2011 presidential debate only 2 min of air time....and that was on Veteran's day. Then came the anti-2nd ammendment comments by Bob Costas. Add to that all the stupid rule changes and the constant commercials and I could no longer stand to sit through the games.
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Maybe the government can also dig up Lenie Riefenstall.
But first, let's demolish the Jets' stadium and dig up an American, Hoffa.
A few things:
- Most soldiers are in a support role. Most aren't even in a combat zone. Even if they are, they are most likely safely tucked away in some (hopefully) air conditioned shipping containers on base.
- There is no draft. Everyone there volunteered to do it. Thus, you should not bow to them, or even thank them for their service. It's a job. Generally, a safe, low-paying job with a decent retirement package.
- I do not understand why people romanticize military service. You'll meet some great people and some lousy people. You'll have great superiors and sometimes horrible superiors. It will be like most other jobs. Boring, for the most part.
- Many of the people are there for the free education, steady paycheck, a change of scenery .. or perhaps simply waiting until retirement.
- Generally, it's a ridiculously bloated, inefficient, bureaucratic butt kissing nightmare. Shit floats in the toilet, and it floats in the military as well.
- Americans are conditioned to automatically imagine a gun-toting war hero when the word "veteran" is mentioned. The truth is that the heroism a very small percentage of them demonstrate was self-produced. The Pentagon picked a fight, they got good men into bad situations, and some of them performed heroically. Those guys would be better off doing something productive back in the states. I've got just as much respect for a skilled carpenter installing roof trusses in Phoenix, AZ in August as I do for a soldier lugging a 80lbs rucksack on patrol in Fallujah. The real difference between them is the usefulness of the work they perform.
- Americans should not trip over themselves to revere the military. They should ask themselves if the juice is worth the squeeze.
Bread and circus has been replace by Beer and Football.
@ condition 1SQ the problem is that they have made it impossible to ask the 'juice worth the squeeze' question. (It isn't). First, you will be accused of being unpatriotic, and not supporting the troops, you will be called 'soft on terrorism' , 'dishonoring our veterans sacrifice', all that shit. Once you are accused of any of that, that's all people will here and no one will listen to a word you say. Second, some people will get REALLY angry with you. Many of them will get fucking pissed when you imply that they were lied to, and went through all of that, possibly got gravely injured, killed people, etc, for nothing but lies and profits of others. Family of veterans, especially dead or wounded ones, will get angry when you are essentially telling them their kid died for nothing. The government and their media have hammered these points home for so many years that it's literally impossible to have a conversation about this kind of thing, which is exactly how they get away with these bullshit wars.
Sorry, long post.
Couldn't agree more ..
Its all just entertainment for the sheeple.
I apologoize for placing this late post so high up, but I figure that few will be reading the last page at this late hour. Anyway...
Speaking of the DOD paying for TV time on popular shows... On Tue, 5/12, the show DWTS will have its 1 hr theme honor "America's Fighting Women". No, not these, at Walmart on Black Friday. The other kind: non-nurturing, tough as nails and happy to kill kind.
I wonder how much the execs at ABC will be charging for this 1 hr. Promo. Leni Riefenstahl, take note.
There is nothing more terrifying than ignorance in action.
-Goethe
Dude that is great. That sums up how I think of it almost perfectly. Convince enough people to hero worship the soldiers, they will never question what they are fighting for.
We American's like to think that we are somehow entitled to the biggest and best of everything. We have been trained since childhood to believe that we are the wealthiest and most prosperous nation on earth and it would always be this way.
This generation was handed the keys to the greatest economic machine in world history, but instead of treating it with great care, we have wrecked beyond repair.
Ultimately, things are going to end very badly. And in the end, we will pay a great price for ouir utter foolishness. Nay! Stupidity. Greed.
The junks you got illustrate your point perfectly carl. I'd bet that if you still had your infantryman in fatigues avatar the cretins who junked you would have thought twice. This Pavlovian worship of the uniform is ingrained in those who have never seen the horrific waste and bullshit of war.
I've noticed for years how the zionist shills use military type user names: "Marinevet69", "Retiredf16pilot", that sort of thing to quell criticism of their posts, demanding to be thanked for their service while inciting hatred and supporting the govt war narratives. I used to fight these arseholes tooth and nail in the early days of ZH and elsewhere.
As I posted already a couple of times, I did my short stint in the infantry and got the hell out as soon as my youthful stupidity and romanticism of the military got the shit kicked out of it with the realisation that the whole thing was geared toward one thing: Killing people on demand.
I too have done my time. And the junks don't bother me. Not all of them are bad, the "condition 1SQ" poster's name is a sailor term, so I'm guessing he is another one, and he hasn't made any posts like those guys you mentioned.
(And for the record, the avatar guy in the fatigue hat was bill Murray's character in caddy shack(Carl the greenskeeper)not a soldier)
I'm making over $7k a month working part time. I kept hearing other people tell me how much money they can make online so I decided to look into it. Well, it was all true and has totally changed my life. This is what I do... www.jobs-review.com
I happen to know your mother makes more than that lying on her back.
How else do you get otherwise healthy young people to fight and die for another country?
Everything is for sale
I'm not......
Danm, and all this time I'd been hoping ....
Nearly everyone has a price. It just may not be calculated in currency.
Nearly everyone, yes.....
Ouch!
tee hee heh
allright you two, get a room
You can either take this money or you can take this lead... either way, you WILL shut your mouth and comply, comrade.
Wow
A cut and link from http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com
That's because you haven't yet been made an offer you couldn't refuse.
If you're human, you can be "bought"; because there is always something or someone you care about -- if not yourself, then someone else.
I can not conceive of an offer I could not refuse.......
I can.
I have kids.
Yes, the price of freedom is often high......
Dinner at 8 it is. Le Parasol at the corner of Lexington and 42nd.
(Le Parasol is the Umbrella man cart .... dirty water hot dogs)
I'll bet your testicles could.
Found the CIA agent.
It's a nifty interdepartmental website.
Many Christian martyrs have already proven your assertion false.
They did not sell out at any price- even their lives.
Being willing to die for your imaginary friend is cute and all, but most people with kids DO have a price, their kids lives.
100,000,000+ Christian martyrs disagree with you.
We'll see soon enough what is and isn't "imaginary", scoffer.
"Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly." - 2 Peter 3:3-7
You make your bet with your life.
So it's best to bet wisely.
Oh my.
Note the lack of introspection. Religion has long been a playground for mass manipulation.
Christian martyrs, just like Muslim martyrs, and pretty much ll of them throughout history, just like today's soldiers, did to fulfill the ambitions of their rulers, nothing more. Color it in religious tones all you want , but that's all it is. You sound like every other war apologist on TV going on about how today's soldiers are fighting for our 'freedoms'
My ruler is Jesus Christ. He will return shortly- all the signs of prophecy point to that inevitable conclusion.
You can choose to remain willfully ignorant- you have free will.
You can ignore hurricane warnings as well- just because you don't believe the threat is real doesn't mean you haven't bet your life on your decision.
So it is with those who focus only on the material things- and ignore the spiritual warnings.
Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. -eccles 8-11-
Exactly!
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A14-16
'Signs of the prophecy' huh? Whatever you say, man. A hurricane isn't really a good comparison though. An approaching hurricane is a provable fact using observations and evidence. A 'prophecy' is something typically either out of a book with a bunch of made up shit in it or a cheesy movie. You really didn't address my point. It isn't 'Jesus Christ' showing up, in person, telling people to die in his name. It's some guy CLAIMING to be fighting for Jesus. Some ambitious guy, using dupes who believe in fairy tales to fulfill his earthly ambitions with their lives. Again, this is the EXACT same shit people say now about how these gullible kids are 'defending our freedoms' or fighting for 'god and country'. Until Jesus himself shod up on the battlefield and leads the charge, that's all it is.
Ah! You were not clear on that point. You now have made two points- one of which I agree with wholeheartedly- those who claim they are doing God's work- yes- they were prophesied about also:
"Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There He is,' do not believe him. "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. "Behold, I have told you in advance." - Matthew 24:23-25
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." - Matthew 7:21
It is sickening how many people have been misled by wolves in sheeps clothing.
That we agree on.
They, too, will face judgment- and it won't go well for them.
Now on your other assertion- "An approaching hurricane is a provable fact using observations and evidence. A 'prophecy' is something typically either out of a book..."
There are literally hundreds of Biblical prophecies that have been foretold in advance- then 100% fulfilled as prophecied.
Compare that to weather forecasts- right less than 50% of the time.
Therein lies an indication of where to place your faith.
The Bible prophesied ~600 years in advance every thing that Christ would accomplish, in Isaiah 53: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+53
There are hundreds of other prophecies that He fulfilled, as well: http://www.accordingtothescriptures.org/prophecy/353prophecies.html
Not to mention all the other prophecies that foretold in advance what would occur in what was then the future, take Daniels prophecy of Alexander the Great: https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/869-amazing-prophecy-in-the-bo...
It also accurately foretold many events hundreds or even thousands of years beforehand, the times we are living in, for example- the end times, all going as foretold.
Samuel Johnson's most famous quotation is "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel." The point, as I always understood it, is that appealing to loyalty to one's own country is the act of a demagogue, of one who will say and do anything to gain public approval and political power. Primarily, it casts those who disagree as unpatriotic, hostile to the institutions and interests of their own country. Honest disagreement becomes character assassination. Underneath the appeal is the exploitation of bigoted or prejudiced feelings of the masses.
OT folks, but prefilled search field is coming up righteous rampage when I go to search certain ZH'rs posts.
Javascript gremlins?
Well then...
every fucking basketball game...
every fucking baseball game...
even during the Golf tourney's i have to be subjected to the Military Industrial Complex's propagandist miltary commercials...
"A force for good...."
"they have to go thur us to get to you..."
FUCK OFF YOU WAR MONGERING SHITHOLE OF A GOVERNMENT AND THEREFORE SHITHOLE COUNTRY...
DEATH TO THE MONEYCHANGERS.........
Notice the ever increasing malevolence of many of the ads?
The Navy's (who by and large had very good ads over the years) now have somebody in almost every single last scene armed and looking tough. Sailors with a M-60, M4, etc.
Why sailors in battle fatigues armed with man to man weaponry and then entitled as a "force for good"
Trying to get the viewer used to soldiers on the street as a force for good?
It's unsettling.
It's a cheap stunt. They could at least pay off some broad to 'accidently' show off her tit or Twerk half naked across the podium.
It's also just to mke it look exciting. Most young people have no idea why thy will be doing. You join up thinking you'll do cool shit, when Telly you will just sit on a big boat, mop floors, clean toilets , paint the boat.
A Vietnam veteran who joined the Army right out of high school during the Vietnam war told me he joined to prove he could "Cut the mustard".
fucking a right Knukles....
its the same thing i told the wife....this shit aint no coincidence...
their tryin to prep the idiots for shit abroad and at home...
cant stand much more...we gonna have to do something...or we r truly doomed.
Golfing this weekend at my little regional airport we had helicopter gunships flying in and out .... part of Jade Helm.
Why oh why do US gunships need to be flying sorties above my little regional area? Do they not have flying spaces hundreds and thousands of miles away where they are based?
Are they trying to impress somebody?
Or make it seem "normal" that they're here. With me... Now......
Again, unsettling.
And each of the other guys with me, the full spectrum of political opinions, didn't look happily upon it.
That squint and wonder micro-expressions by all.
conditioning...
That's the other part that annoys me. It's bad enough that they already own HALF THE FUCKING LAND in that part of the country, but that's not good enough. Not are the hundreds of bases and airfields us taxpayers built. They gotta use places like that, and American towns full of regular people.
Seems the "desert" they chose here is about to go under water with flooding here if it didn't last night..... And no signs of the rains ending anytime soon.
Bet they wished they'd picked the desert now!
It isn't like the storm was named jade helm though.... Like when hurricane bill stalked down Hillary and Bill on Bermuda on their wedding aniversay!
See their so paranoid of the weather they have to make up global warming so they can use their weather ray guns to fuck up nature as .gov is so above the law to do so....
Bill and Hillary have had a couple of hurricanes harass them: once when they were in the White House and burmuda hurricane BILL.... Oh no! Hurricane bill is after them! Just look at that!
I was in a place eating and the had CNN on. I do not wastch shit TV or shit Hollywood. I will also not go back to this place to eat.
CNN is all black race baiting crap plus honorable blacks and racists white meme. Endless Jim Crow, KKK stories and other bullshit.
Then the ads are even creepier. No one watches CNN, not that the rest of TV is any different, but CNN has ads for Koch, Boeing, IBM, MonSatan, military (force of good) more defense companies plus big pharma. Nobody watches CNN but the big companies know that the govt wants them to buy ads on CNN.
Everything - including the ads are full on brainwashing propaganda.
CNN has carried the water for every single last presidency since I can remember. Even going back to Gulf 1. All the hearings and then the guys "Live in Kuwait!" Even to the point of Charles Jacko reporting "live" against a blue screen in Manhattan waiting for the pizzas to be delivered while toking down a doobie. Yes, probably still on YouTube.
Every single administration.
It's a Pure Propaganda Mechanism.
NWO 24/7/365
My favorite was being in the gym a few weeks ago and glancing at the CNN screen where the all-caps sub-title was "DRONE TERROR NIGHTMARE." This was not about the drones blowing people up afar but some stupid quad-copter that had landed on the white house lawn. It's insane. I do not relate any more.
Peter King another dual citizen. And I don't mean Jets and Giants. Every time I see these circuses I see Kissingers face at the 50 yard line.
Organization pays for advertising, film at 11.
It was never made obvious to the consumer that it is advertising.
Therefore, it can be construed as nothing other than propaganda.
Edward Bernays would be proud.
Oh come on, it was obvious recruitment advertising. What are they supposed to announce "The following is a paid advertisement from the United States Departement of Defense" before displaying a flag for the national anthem? I'm not rah-rahing the military on this, but it should be obvious to adults what is going on...
Bullshit it's the same. You see a fucking coke commercial, you know what you're seeing. When it's a televised flag folding event or 'salute to veterans' during or before a football game, it makes a big fuckin difference if they are doing that because they want to or because they are being PAID to. Also, the coke commercials are paid for by the company, not taxpayer money taken from people by force who have no say in the matter. I can choose not to help find other companies advertisements by not buying their product. I have no choice but to pay for this bullshit, and the wars they are propagandizing.
That I suspected it is a true statement.
That I knew it would be false.
Now I know it.
That is also true in your case.
The sad thing is, that most Americans, presented with these facts, will not care, and continue to support the billionaires who own the franchises, and the millionaires catching pigskins while they feed their children GMO and McDonalds- all the while wondering why the standard of living in America is declining.
Panem et circenses!
So one interesting case that should be appearing before the Supreme Court is whether or not the data freely given to constitute a three d printed weapon represents "free speech."
Slowly "the new normal" is starting to come into view...and yes the First and Second Amendment might merge here...
.... as to the brady suspension, i had such a happy thought. what if the mob that ran all the gambling and took enormous losses on the colts patriots playoff game, decided to give brady a lifetime suspension?
This feels almost like Stolen Valor. The owners of the clubs no doubt bask in the reflected praise of their supposed patriotism only to be getting paid.
Yuck!
They are monpolies owned by billionaires
It doesn't matter to me if they are destitute or megabillionaires - money has nothing to do with their quasi Stolen Valor.
They are getting paid yet acting like they do it because they are patriotic and not getting paid. They should be allowing it because they are grateful to be receiving the benefits of living in the US. Slimy. It's just slimy.
Ah yes. Stolen valor. The ONLY possible reason for infringing on anyone's free speech is things like yelling 'fire' in a crowded movie theater, 'bomb' on an airplane, etc. things that could cause a panic and hurt or kill someone. Putting on a uniform or claiming a medal you didn't earn doesn't pass that test. Charging someone with a crime for something that stupid is asinine, and anyone who thinks having such a law on the books is a fool
On the other hand, patriotism and traumatic brain injuries go perfectly together.
First of all it should be "the US taxpayer" is paying the NFL millions. and secondly, who the fuck ever thought the Owners would ever willingly pay for this shit themselves?
I could just see a bunch a drunk fans standing and salutin and being told their paying for that shit lol, betcha they wouldnt be so patriotic after dat!
Brainwashed dolts. 80-90% of them are "Economic Refugees". 10-20% might be patriotic, in the sense that they chose the military over a better career option in the private sector.
If we are going to be intellectually honest, and suspend our hypocritical sense of Self-Righteous...
In spite of their nice sounding proclamations of 'Patriotism', these young people have poor or no real job and career opportunities outside the DOD or Government.
The Government effectively admits to this truth, when they allow candidates for US Citizenship (USC) to have only a 1 year "Look-back Window", compared to the 3 year window for those who are married to a USC, or a 5 year window for those who apply on their own. A USCIS Agent told me as much.
One of the things most people are not aware of is a lot of ex-miltary get a pension, heathcare and a lot are on disability like SS disability. A lot of the cases it is a scam too.
Did anyone really think all that military patriotism was coming out the gracious hearts of the football owners (and their pockets)?
Yes. I did and no doubt tens of millions of others also believed it.
It would never occur to me that the owners would require payment to show an example of patriotism. It would be too depraved on their part to take money for it!
But that's exactly what they are - depraved.
No as sentient and rational humans we were able to see an organization paying another organization money for advertising because organization 2 has a wide audience. We were not surprised by this, shocked, stunned, or appalled.
The cynicism here is both a draw and a repellent.
I did. I thought they were buying favorable political/tax treatment with it. Now we know the full(?) story.
And knowing is half the battle!
Does Mike Krieger even realize what a coundescending little prick he comes across as?
His resume does imply some possible reasons...
DoublePlusGood.
Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission.
And the malleable mushed minds of the American masses, tears rolling down their chubby cheeks, subliminally eat this shit up, as the thundering jets, spewing red, white and blue (chem) contrials over their beloved stadium as the national anthem is "rapped" out by some out of tune "black" person with two tons of gold neclaces draped around his tatooed neck, while tranny honor guards jive to the beat...
Volunteering "patriots" actually help take us down by allowing continued abuse of the entire planet by the psychos who run it. When the government uses a draft for the military, people start paying REAL attention. Then the pressure from the people to stop all the bullshit becomes unbearable. As long as people volunteer, they do twice the work to destroy this country as any real enemy.
The Motherfuckers probably paid off that punk ass Brady to cheat. The "Patriots" won the first Superbowl after 9/11... I've hated that fucking team since then.
Pinche Maricones!
And who remembers this bullshit? I remember being pissed off back then about this fucking stunt and obviously I still remember. It was shameful back then but just as obvious. And people fell for that shit and not just Mericans. How has that worked out SO FAR? It's all a scam that we pay for whether we want to or not. I have never been to an olympics or an NFL game and I really don't care to go to one yet I still get to help pay for the stadiums and venues and whatever other bullshit that these fuckers concoct to spend our wealth on so as to enrich themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjvud47gHoc
flaggotry and I am paying for it. Great
Correction: They are paying a supposedly non-profit corporation (ha ha ha bullshit) with a $30 million CEO to convey political messages.
I'm surprised they don't honor alcoholic steroid-head cops for tasing grandmas and decades of kicking down doors for enforcing the new Prohibition.
Don't ever forget that fucktard Elway (QB-Broncos) who did the pro-DHS and pro-Partiot Act feel-good videos nearly 15 years ago.
"with a $30 million CEO"--
much worse:
NFL defends, explains Goodell's $44 million compensation ...
Profootballtalk.comFeb 14, 2014 - In actuality, he earned $35.1 million in salary, bonus, and pension ... of that and Raj will be able to get by on a President's salary for eight years.
do not talk to me of valor
of hero
and sacrifice
the only fallen are saturn
satan and sons.
no good in this mans army
cowards in the air
transgenda or however you spell it
in ymca village peoples navy.
village idiots all
with a kill skill set.
where be the valor in helmand growing heroin for and from the bush.
paying off the tribes not to attack.
secret deals for quiet crop growing and process times.
war is racket as smedley said
protection rape murder and theft.
hollywood zero dark 30 balls and lies and bollocks.
fuck you spiel burgs cohens and kleinfelts
rapists all.
pity moronic grunt maybe but not as much as a donkey or mule.
donte count on my consent you cunts
to much dropped and fired depleted uranium.
to many broken babies and genetic mutations
to much semper fi and
usa usa usa.
no good guys here soldier
just monster
I have to put that to music and I will not ask for permission.
Anyone still paying any attention to professional sports deserves the arse-fecking they are in for.
5th generation Military officer in my family back to 1776.
23 years of service for me, Two major conflitcs.
Talked my daughter out of the military.
I have not seen a sporting event in 25 years. Never will.
my kind will never work for the NWO again.
I've left the USA for now. But my kinfolk carry the fight to them still today.
Remember this....
Uncle Sam taught me right.
You better stay away from Copperhead Road......
Another one of 10,000 government activities that would not exist but for the Federal Reserve
Amen and Roger That Brother:
From Me: ex-1st Lt Inf 101st I Corp RSV 1968-69 retired, etc.
The maximum age for enlistment in the US military is 35. When I hear the thank you remark, I ask the person if they have served.
When they say "no", and I gage their age to be about 35 or less, I reply as follows:
Ok, there is no reason why you should not serve:
- here is $500 in cash, which I will hand over to you after you have taken the oath to serve in an Army or Marine line unit.
$1,500 in cash will be placed in trust and delivered to you or your next of kin after your honorable discharge or military burial.
I will drive you to the recruiting station right now.
You should see the look on their faces - shell shocked is about right.
As a Dad of an Army Ranger put in harms way many times. The NFL SUCK & Roger the Dodger is an idiot that needs to be fired
Secretary Napolitano Announces "If You See Something, Say Something" Partnership with NFL for Super Bowl XLVI
http://www.dhs.gov/news/2012/02/01/secretary-napolitano-announces-if-you...
INDIANAPOLIS—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Indianapolis to highlight the Department’s “If You See Something, Say Something™” public awareness campaign’s continued partnership with the National Football League (NFL) to help ensure the safety and security of employees, players and fans during the regular season, and Super Bowl XLVI.
cont.
~//~
Super Bowl Security Briefing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcNgkNb9XtE (4:25)
I was at a sporting event on Saturday and they all turned to face the flag for the star spangled banner. What the fuck does that war song have to do with athletics? I never face the flag and never sing it.
Football fans identify with Hobbesian brutes like the USARMY GI Joes and they are appropriate props for football games just like the cheerleaders are. America sells sex and violence at the games and Americans get drunk, eat too many hotdogs, and willingly spend all their disposable income attempting to indentify with that kind of lifestyle. The fans don't care about politics or sincerity when they are scarfing down footlongs with mustard, and quaffing brewskies two at a time, eh. They just want their team to win so they get more bang for the buck at the end of the day. Rinse & repeat.
Hard to get people to lay down their lives for Prince Bandar and the others that took down the World Trade Centers.
The military is one huge, colossal waste of money and lives; I know, I was there - BELIEVE me!...
It gives the troops a chance to rub elbows with the great ball throwers. They're so great. They throw and kick the ball so well. Oooooh look at that, he caught the ball. Oooooh, so great so great.
Another small sacrifice within each and every citizen's ability is to simply not support, not even watch the NFL. We haven't in years. Nor do we in any way support the college farm teams that represent nothing but social engineering and are utter failures at defining ethics, sportsmanship, and any sense of scholastic endeavor. No NFL, NBA, MLB, no NCAA.
notice that the Stars and Stripes is supposed to make people patriotic
Look at old Nazi Germany films, always LOTS of Flags when ONE will do.
Mario Puzo on the US Army "A million men fucking off.''
In the United Snakes of Pentacon Kill Industries Inc, everyday is a 1936 Uncle Adolf NAZI Germany Olympia fest.
We have arrived!
I don't know why Americans plaster their flag everywhere. The world now recognizes it as the new Swastika.,
Seeing it actually nauseates me.
Headline says "...US Military Is Paying NFL Teams...",
but I only see one team documented here.
Are others doing this too, or just New Jersey?
This isn't done for patriotism reasons or "thanking" the vets but rather to try and get others to join the service. It's nothing but glorified recruiting and hoping idiots see these vets on TV being "thanked" and wish that were them being cheered and will then join.
Everything that happens in the shitty U.S is done to try and recruit the sheeple into various forms of bullshit and slavery.
Oh and fuck the NFL. That league has become a huge joke.