thanks salty
good to see you

I pologize
this is an oldie
but it rates reshowin
what with all this tearin down statues ETC

Got this in the mail this Am

Dear bb: I agree with our Native American population. I am highly insulted by the racially charged name of the Washington Redskins. One might argue that to name a professional football team after Native Americans would

exalt them as fine warriors, but nay, nay. We must be careful not to offend, and in the spirit of political correctness and courtesy, we must move forward.

Let's ditch the Kansas City Chiefs, the Atlanta Braves and the Cleveland Indians. If your shorts are in a wad because of the reference the name Redskins makes to skin color, then we need to get rid of the Cleveland Browns.

The Carolina Panthers obviously were named to keep the memory of militant B****s from the 60's alive. Gone. It's offensive to us white folk.

The New York Yankees offend the Southern population. Do you see a team named for the Confederacy? No! There is no room for any reference to that tragic war that cost this country so many young men's lives.

I am also offended by the blatant references to the Catholic religion among our sports team names. Totally inappropriate to have the New Orleans Saints, the Los Angeles Angels or the San Diego Padres.

Then there are the team names that glorify criminals who raped and pillaged. We are talking about the horrible Oakland Raiders, the Minnesota Vikings, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Pittsburgh Pirates!

Now, let us address those teams that clearly send the wrong message to our children. The San Diego Chargers promote irresponsible fighting or even spending habits. Wrong message to our children.

The New York Giants and the San Francisco Giants promote obesity, a growing childhood epidemic. Wrong message to our children.

The Cincinnati Reds promote downers/barbiturates. Wrong message to our children.

The Milwaukee Brewers. Well that goes without saying. Wrong message to our children.

So, there you go. We need to support any legislation that comes out to rectify this travesty, because the government will likely become involved with this issue, as they should. Just the kind of thing the do-nothing Congress loves.

As a diehard Oregon State fan, my wife and I, with all of this in mind, suggest it might also make some sense to change the name of the Oregon State women's athletic teams to something other than "the Beavers (especially when they play Southern California. Do we really want the Trojans sticking it to the Beavers???



As for the Redskins name I would suggest they change the name to the "Foreskins" to better represent their community, paying tribute to the dick heads in Washington DC .

It used to be so simple--once upon a time

Because the world was full of ignorance all around and the scientist panned through it like a prospector crouched over a mountain stream,looking for the gold of knowledge among the gravel of unreason,the sand of uncertainty and the little whiskery eight-legged swimming things of superstition.
Occasionally he would straighten up and say things like"Hurrah,I've discovered "Boyle's third Law",and everyone knew where they stood.But the trouble was that ignorance became more interesting,especially big fashionable ignorance about huge and important things like matter and creation,and people stopped patiently building their little houses of rational sticks in the chaos of the world,and started getting interested in the chaos itself--because it was easier to be an expert on chaos.

(from "Witches Abroad"-Terry Pratchett



don't this remind you of the present day???

yes I do bahm
and your point??
never mind bahm
just shows that even the great ones
sometimes forget where they are at

thanks for responding Carol
I like # 9
reminds me of plumbob and smokypig

sumrok

# 9
resembles BF and Smoky

wanna tell me how that spellcheck works on that enama ??

C'mon guys
we are all Americans
why don't we try to get our country back together
I remember when we were united
Why can't we be united again??

the 1950s
werent so bad
I was young,fulla vim and vigor
.Was havin a great time
cept I had to work my butt off

dam moldy
you made go to google
"devolution"indeed
still not sure how you meant it

Peewee there is no hill too high for you to climb
I repeat
youdaman

well I been called worser things
just not lately

hi Peewee
Youdaman
exam is next year
great to see you

not completely back Moldy
just had to comment on the statue thing
but it's nice to see a friend

your wisdom is showing Bear