clearvision Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 A bunch of former NFL players are suing the NFL because of concussions. I'm sorry, but football players clearly have to know there is high risk of injury (even very serious injury) with there CHOSEN occupation. Seems they get compensated quite well and I often hear them justify the high salaries because they can only play for a short time and risk of injury. Former NFL players sue league over head injuries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 A bunch of former NFL players are suing the NFL because of concussions. I'm sorry, but football players clearly have to know there is high risk of injury (even very serious injury) with there CHOSEN occupation. Seems they get compensated quite well and I often hear them justify the high salaries because they can only play for a short time and risk of injury. Former NFL players sue league over head injuries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 From a Twitter post for Obama's Indiana organization... Obama for America IN @OFA_IN Obama for America IN 40 dollars a month adds up to roughly $1,000 a year. What would you do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 A bunch of former NFL players are suing the NFL because of concussions. I'm sorry, but football players clearly have to know there is high risk of injury (even very serious injury) with there CHOSEN occupation. Seems they get compensated quite well and I often hear them justify the high salaries because they can only play for a short time and risk of injury. Former NFL players sue league over head injuries Oh crap. No lawsuits against TRR for head bashing into a brick wall!!! You know what it can do to you before you choose to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 Taking off to spend the weekend with family. I wish all of my TRR friends the Merriest Christmas possible. We hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your family. We'll leave the light on and cookies and eggnog by the fireplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 A bunch of former NFL players are suing the NFL because of concussions. I'm sorry, but football players clearly have to know there is high risk of injury (even very serious injury) with there CHOSEN occupation. Seems they get compensated quite well and I often hear them justify the high salaries because they can only play for a short time and risk of injury. Former NFL players sue league over head injuries I would think that having new players sign an acknowledgment of the potential risks of playing in the NFL would be standard procedure. But maybe the players' union won't allow anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 A bunch of former NFL players are suing the NFL because of concussions. I'm sorry, but football players clearly have to know there is high risk of injury (even very serious injury) with there CHOSEN occupation. Seems they get compensated quite well and I often hear them justify the high salaries because they can only play for a short time and risk of injury. Former NFL players sue league over head injuries I would think that having new players sign an acknowledgment of the potential risks of playing in the NFL would be standard procedure. But maybe the players' union won't allow anything like that. Maybe after 4 years of college football, they forgot they signed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Ah, the Christmas Season. Such wonderful spirit. Everyone picking out tennis shoes for their kids/selves. Warms the heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valin Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Ah, the Christmas Season. Such wonderful spirit. Everyone picking out tennis shoes for their kids/selves. Warms the heart. And here I thought I needed a life! People! They're just shoes!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Ah, the Christmas Season. Such wonderful spirit. Everyone picking out tennis shoes for their kids/selves. Warms the heart. Heart-burn, that is. They're probably using our redistributed tax dollars to buy those damn things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Ah, the Christmas Season. Such wonderful spirit. Everyone picking out tennis shoes for their kids/selves. Warms the heart. Heart-burn, that is. They're probably using our redistributed tax dollars to buy those damn things. Buy them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Valin! Great story! I've been giving them a home for years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Argyle58, Casino67, Chickadee, Pollyannaish, Ciapilot, Clearvision and Rheo, Cudjo, Denco, Evad, Ghost, HazelG, IowaGranny, Mozartlover, NCJim, NCTexan and Righteousmomma, Nickydog,Pinz, Octex, Pepper, Pookie18, RandyM, Sabre86, Saltbag, Sanguine,Saveliberty, Snugs, Spikeytx86, SrWoodchuck, Valin, WestVirginiaRebel, and all!!!!! A very Merry Christmas to you and yours and a better New Year for us all. "Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! " Charles Dickens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Argyle58, Casino67, Chickadee, Pollyannaish, Ciapilot, Clearvision and Rheo, Cudjo, Denco, Evad, Ghost, HazelG, IowaGranny, Mozartlover, NCJim, NCTexan and Righteousmomma, Nickydog,Pinz, Octex, Pepper, Pookie18, RandyM, Sabre86, Saltbag, Sanguine,Saveliberty, Snugs, Spikeytx86, SrWoodchuck, Valin, WestVirginiaRebel, and all!!!!! A very Merry Christmas to you and yours and a better New Year for us all. "Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! " Charles Dickens http://www.commongroundpolitics.net/discussion/images/smilies/rotfl.gif Even after all the times I've seen this it still cracks me up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgqlOVQAQqQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Merry Christmas everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Ronald Reagan's 1981 Christmas Address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Islamists kill dozens in Nigeria Christmas bombs Merry Christmas from the religion of peace.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Biden Calls Maliki, Kurdish Area President After Bombings in Iraq Fox News story here Vice President Joe Biden spoke Sunday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to offer U.S. moral support for political reconciliation after recent violence marred the start of the country's self-reliance following the departure of U.S. military personnel from Iraq. Biden also spoke Saturday with the president of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, his office said. Kurdistan is the northern area where Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi allegedly is hiding out with the help of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani after Maliki called for Hashemi's arrest. Back to square one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Today In History The Battle Of Trenton (Snip) Synopsis At about eight o'clock on the morning of December 26, 1776, American troops surprised a Hessian picket guard, stationed in houses along the Pennington road about a half mile outside Trenton. Despite a disorganized show of resistance, the Germans were quickly captured or dispersed. Almost simultaneously, General Sullivan's troops approached the town of Trenton, announcing their arrival by the boom of artillery. As the confused Hessian garrison rushed about in a great commotion, Washington advanced his troops to the junction of King and Queen Streets, where Captain Forrest placed six cannon in a commanding position, his line of fire sweeping down both thoroughfares. Several battalions rushed across the field to take control of the Princeton road, preventing escape by that route. Contingents from General Sullivan's division drove General Wilhelm von Knyphausen's troops through the town and seized the bridge on the Bordentown road. Just as the Hessian artillerists prepared to fire two cannons, they were rushed and captured by troops led by Captain William Washington and Lieutenant James Monroe. Colonel Rall, roused from a heavy sleep, appeared upon his horse, trying to rally his troops. Instead, the Hessians fled into an orchard where Rall, shot from his horse, tumbled to the ground. St. Mary's Cathedral and its rectory, standing at the end of Warren Street, mark the former sites of the Green Tree Tavern, where Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall ate Christmas dinner, and of his headquarters at Stacy Potts' dwelling, where he died of his wounds. While playing cards at the residence of Abraham Hunt, a Tory farmer passed him a note of warning. It was found, crumpled but unread, in his waist coat pocket the following morning. He was buried in an unmarked grave within the bounds of the graveyard of the First Presbyterian Church on State Street. Five Hessian officers and six enlisted soldiers were killed; another eighty of the enemy were wounded. Nine hundred and eighteen prisoners, six brass cannons, forty horses, one thousand stands of arms and fifteen colors were captured. The Continental army had four men wounded in the fight. Neshanic Creek, a tributary of the South Branch of the Raritan, drains the easterly part of a wide valley at the eastern foot of Sourland Mountain. Where this valley passes the Delaware River between Titusville and Trenton, the river's trench is shallow and consequently, the banks of the Delaware in this neighborhood, "although steep, are never vertical, as in the case where the bluffs are higher." Capitalizing upon the natural advantages of the site, McKonkey's Ferry operated here during the Revolution and it was here, despite the impediment of ice floes, that Washington crossed his troops and artillery on Christmas night, 1776, for the surprise attack against three Hessian regiments and a troop of British Light-Horse quartered in Trenton. McKonkey's Ferry was situated where Jacob's Creek, rising by several branches on Smith's Mountain to the north of Pennington, pours into the Delaware River. (Snip) At six o'clock on Christmas evening, the troops marched toward McKonkey's Ferry, nine miles north of Trenton. Many of the ill-clad soldiers wrapped rags around their feet; others were shoeless. Boats collected at this strategic crossing were manned by Colonel John Glover's Fourteenth Regiment of Continental Line, a unit largely composed of fishermen from Marblehead, Massachusetts. The passage of 2,700 American soldiers commenced at twilight, but was impeded by snow fall that turned to sleet and by heavy ice floes in the river. Washington, wrapped in his cloak, watched silently from the shore. The artillery finally landed on the Jersey bank of the Delaware at about three o'clock in the morning of December 26, 1776, and the march got underway an hour later. Two miles beyond the landing, at Bear's Tavern, Washington separated his army into two columns: General Greene a division of about 1,200 men and ten fieldpieces, accompanied by General Washington, down the Pennington Road while General Sullivan's division of about 1,500 men marched down the River Road. Informed along the march by courier that the storm was making muskets unfit for firing, Washington responded: "Tell General Sullivan to use the bayonet. I am resolved to take Trenton." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 The 7 most illuminating economic charts of 201 By James Pethokoukis Barack Obama....your legacy is ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 The main graph I care about would look like this.... __________________ | | President ______| |_________ Not President 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Obama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 The main graph I care about would look like this.... __________________ | | President ______| |_________ Not President 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Obama From your lips to God's ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Being Santa can be dangerous: Two shot delivering presents to a child Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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