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Been waiting since Bob Costas open is big mouth during half time for a B&G member to bring up this subject.

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My apologies .... Over looked the forum ....

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Hopefully Costas' neighbor feels this way!!

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I hate pretty much every Sunday night matchup that doesn't involve the Saints, so I missed that. I guess Costas is another hippie who believes that people can't be blamed for their actions. It must be the gun's fault. Because, you know, before guns were invented there was no such thing as murder... Oh wait, yes there was. Sorry Bob.

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ROCK ON!!!!!

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Costas gets on my nerves. Always has. Too self righteous... He just has some rosy-Norman Rockwell ideas about sports. I don't find him relevant.

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Face it... Obama reminds me of Aaron Brooks.

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I have been looking for someone to compare him too.

Good job FF!

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Sorry to do that to Aaron. LOLo

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How about this?

If that dude's girlfriend had a handgun, maybe she's still alive today.

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And if they banned NFL Football, that girl is probably alive today.

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No Way, I actually cheered for Aaron Brooks once!

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There were several legal guns in the house.
Makes me wonder how it would have turned out if she had one of them in her hand at the same time.

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Bob Costas, whether he is a Liberal or Conservative, whatever these terms mean, doesn't matter.
No one is taking guns away from anyone.
No one is taking guns away from anyone who wants one and needs one and can handle one and no one is taking guns away from those who don't need one and can't handle one.
I think we all can say , even Bob Costas, that we all believe in gun control.
Gun control to me is being of age, licensed, waiting period to own a gun.
Nothing more, nothing less and nothing more nor less needs to in gun control.
Bob Costas, I bet you owns a gun. Ok, you try to break in his multimillion dollar NYC apartment I promise you his armed building's security will blast you away.
I bet you try to approach Bob Costas at a game and see how long before his armed persoanl bodguards have on the ground with gun pointed. Your funeral. :-)
The gun control issue is just a bandaid and we in this country like to bandaid the truth.
Costas did not say the truth which in this case was due to:
immaturity, lifestyle choices and behaviors, an enormous amount of temporary money someone has who cannot handle it, financial issues, and more.
Costas did not say the truth here and that the NFL Player's Union, agents, teams, inhouse, etc. have to handle these situations before they start.

Tragic that many people are left for a while thinking what if...did they know...could have done something different... Tragic for the team, KC fans, ( and we thought we Saints ' fans here had problems) the infant, the coaching staff who saw this, people who work at Arrowhead Stadium.
This was not case of DV, Domestic Violence.

If Costas had said, he is a member of NRA and believes in gun ownership and that he wants to make it perfectly clear, this case should not and cannot be used as a tool for the anti-gun supporters.
Would ya'll have A-Ok with that?
Be honest?

When it comes to politics these days, people are too far Left and crazy and too far Right and crazy.
Rights and beliefs seem only right if it is what one believes but one doesn't want the next fellow to have his/her rights or beliefs.
In my opinion....
If you want a gun, get a gun.
If you want an abortion, get an abortion.
If you want to eat meat, wear fur, and leather, then eat meat, wear fur, and leather.

Costas being political on the half time show , nah. Save it for the news.
I can get with that.
Bob Costas went political or out of order I thought during the Olympics. It was the girls' gymnastics . It took a bit away from their great win.
Costas gun control comments did not bother me as much.
I did not hear his show.

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Hey Costas, keep your politics out of my football

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Costas was on The Dan Patrick Show this morning, "clarifying" his remarks.

My favorite portion is when he says that he made a mistake by giving the audience too much credit in assuming we would be smart enough to interpret his statements correctly.
Gee Bob, guess you should dumb it down for we Rednecks who don't speak fluent Liberal.......
Bob Costas clarifies remarks from Sunday Night Football | The Dan Patrick Show | Official Home

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Man, what an unbelievably self absorbed punk he is. I think we all understood him perfectly clear. He must be a total moron if he thinks we're dumb enough to fall for his "clarification".

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Typical liberal elitist using their celebrity to push their extremist left wing agenda.

What a clown. I have no doubt who that moron voted for.

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I love Dan Patrick and dvr his show every day.
He is beholden to no one and his show is amazing for that. Since he left "The Mothership" (espn), he's forged his own path.

He has made no secret of his admiration of Costas prior to Sun night.
Patrick called out Costas and then invited him on the show to rebut if he wanted to. btw, he does this with everyone he talks about.
Dan asked some very poignant, hard questions of Costas.

Kudos to Dan Patrick. If you don't catch his show? I highly recommend it.

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Okay, I've been staying out of the political stuff, but to call all of us stupid? Screw you Bob. Screw you.

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To be fair, I was paraphrasing his remarks.

Listen and I have no doubt that you will characterize his words as I stated.

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I don't know or care if BC is a so-called Liberal Left Wing Nut, whatever that means, or a so-called Conservative Right Wing Nut, whatever that means.
Gosh, I hate politics these days and how people have lost their everloving minds. It is so crazy and dangerous to discuss. You can lose your job or friends for expressing politics. You are looked at and judged by others as to what you think when people don't even know you. I feel as I live in the USSR of yesterday.
I am talking about people here, us on this board where it is SUPPOSED to be fun. I got enought real shet in my real life.
About Costas calling viewers who are of every ethnic group, from both genders, "stupid" is not cool. Everybody watches football. You watch to see the teams and not the commentary.
You cannot say that insult about the viewers.
If this were his own show, fine. Look and listen if you want and if you dont' , then don't.
Calling viewers , well maybe not stupid , the exact word , but to imply they are not smart enough to comprehend what he was saying is just not too cool.

I have a feeling this is going to continue to gorw.
He should have simply said nothing.
No long , drawn out commentary.
Just say this tragic situation happened and NBC expresses sympathy to the fans of KCC, Arrowhead Stadium, the owners of KCC, the coaching staff and the of course, families left these two people left to sort this out.
BOOM!! And now back to the game.
His commentary could have been short and sweet. Be the hero reporter of the day.
Collect his multimillion dollar check from NBC and go home to his safe, multimillion dollar world.

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50% of the people voted for Obama. 49% voted for Romney. 1% of the 49% have 99% of the money. I have no problem with them wanting "their boy" to be president.

However, it is my opinion that the definition of "moron" is the 48% that voted for Romney "thinking" they are part of that 1%.

I have a clue for you guys. Professional wrestling is not real.

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Thanks! At least I still have my belief in Santa Claus to hold on to, :lol: ... and there's a lot of truth in the other stuff you said.

As for Costas, I heard that condescending remark he made about his listening audience ... what a pompous SOB to assume everyone watching the game even sat around during halftime to catch his show ... I didn't ... learned long ago there's never much interesting or pertinent to my enjoyment of a football game going on at halftime, other than if they have a marching band. Didn't even realize he'd made those stupid remarks until it was posted up on the board, :lol:.

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I dont believe in the "1 %" as portrayed anyway, which is a silly term designed to ignite class envy. I dont resent rich people. They tend to employ poor people like me. The WORKED for what they have in most cases.

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I don't resent rich people. I don't understand people who want to be "buds" with the rich when they are, in fact, part of the other group. I hope you didn't miss that point.

You may have a million dollars saved-up...but that doesn't put you in the class of guys that make jets and tanks. IMO, the GOP is for those guys.

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..... I know of a 100mm QB that is resented for his 100mm...

Just saying

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mmmm, not really seeing the villainry of people who make jets and tanks.
Brown & Root here in Houston, I believe was a big military builder during Nam.
They still employ a jillion middle class people, and pay a durn good wage...

... but I know what you're saying... If I was in a room with Dick Cheney, would he acknowledge me? I dont know.

I could tell him Im also very Bible Thumpy and Im definitely in the pockets of Big Oil.

Big Oil is the reason my kid's school kicks ass, and my entire town profits from
their presence.

Of course, I'm a minority, so according to Some, I cant even get into the room. But I dont believe what Some says.

I am, when it affects my ticket prices, and the long term solvency of the entire league.

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Where did I say theses guys are villians? I just don't think my interests and their interests are the same...and I admittedly could be wrong, but since I haven't made a fortune, I am going to do whatever I can do to keep as much money in my pocket as I can. I don't believe that raising my taxes is going to do that.

If they take the money out of their pocket, I am going to be happier, and I never said it was fair. It is just what I would choose if given the opportunity and that's one thing that I think we had to decide this election year.

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Wow, did you ever drink a pitcher full of the class warfare Haterade.

Politicians have an obscene amount of power over our lives because of this type of mentality.

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Lets see if we can keep our cool here.

of course, if not, it demonstrates perfectly the title of this thread, and why
it is important.

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... you just better hope he's not in that room quail hunting, :lol: ... but that's how I interpreted it. This election was kinda' goofy to me, I saw people who would benefit from Obama's policies voting for Romney & vice versa. All I could assume (there's that word again, maybe I should start a thread, :lol:) was that they didn't really grasp the issues.

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Exactly!

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Grumpy Old Men

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Grumpy Old men

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Grumpy Old Men founded the greatest nation this planet has ever seen.

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Before or after the succession?

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Grumpy Old Men have spent a lifetime making all the dumbass
mistakes you and me make every day, gaining valuable wisdom.

In most cultures past, elderly people were revered & respected.
Perhaps we should follow suit.