“WITHER N.F.L. CHEERLEADERS?” ASKS FLUMMOXED EDITOR

“WITHER N.F.L. CHEERLEADERS?”

OFFICIAL N.F.L.  “T & A”  FROM OFFICIAL N.F.L. WEB SITE:  N.F.L.’S Saint Louis Rams’ “Cheerleader” from St. Louis Ram Web site.  

“Cheerleader’s” Name Not Provided on Web site.  Anonymous “Cheerleaders”‘s  Photographers ARE named on Web site!  (Scott Rovak and Jason Vinlove)

FLUMMOXED EDITOR ASKS, “WITHER N.F.L. CHEERLEADERS?”

Researching the National Football League (N.F.L.) in the summer of 2015, I discovered a rather discouraging phenomenon.  Many N.F.L. franchises make an incredible amount of money off of their “cheerleaders.”

This is as newsworthy as discovering Sports Illustrated has little to do with sports.  “Sports Illustrated”‘s principle year-long money-maker is its “Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue,” which features 97 percent female humans’ uncovered breasts and buttocks with associated appendages, 3 percent suits, and no sports whatsoever.

Of course, it will never occur to Sports Illustrated that it is a sports magazine, because it is raking in so much cash over its conversion to “T & A.” “T & A” is the common term now utilized for what editors called “cheesecake” in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.   

“T & A” are prominently featured upon all official N.F.L. franchises Web sites.  They are more popular than team schedules, team news, players’ news, or coaches and management news.  

N.F.L. “T & A” posters present incredible revenue streams directly to the N.F.L..  Models and/or “cheerleaders,” exploited to the point of being stripped of their very names, get nothing.  As stated, the above N.F.L. “cheerleader” doesn’t have a name or a revenue stream!  The photographers do!  But, not the models/”cheerleaders.”

I’ve talked with professional cheerleaders that work for the N.F.L. and also the National Basketball Association (N.B.A.).  In general, they’re happy in their part-time jobs.  All conceded their pay is “lousy.”  One said her pay was barely above minimum wage.  Nonetheless, all stated they enjoy opportunities their profession gives them to meet people and have fun.  

One cheerleader told me her team wanted to hire her, because of her spirit, but that she would first have to undergo breast enhancement surgery, or as she called it, “a boob job.”  She got the “boob job,” got hired, enjoys her work, and says her boyfriend is crazy about new opportunities bestowed upon him by the plastic surgeons.

WHY GIVE THEM NAMES?

The notion that cheerleaders have names has never occurred to the N.F.L.  Cheerleaders are commodities, much like beer concessions.  Since they have no skills or abilities other than jumping up and down and jiggling, they are easily replaced.  Why give them names?

Because the N.F.L. is stealing millions of dollars from them, that’s why!  

“Cheerleaders” are professional models, even if their only skill is bouncing up and down and jiggling.  They’re human beings!  They deserve names!  They deserve checks made out to those names for fair percentages of poster sales, calendars, and other lucrative cheerleader-related offshoots.

EVOLUTION OF EDITORS’ EVOLVING NAMES FOR “T & A.”

“T & A” is editors’ latest abbreviation for “Tits’nAss.”  “Tits’nAss,” yet another editors’ abbreviation, stands for “Tits and Ass.”  

What “T & A” have to do with professional sports has always escaped this former editor of three newspapers and–in a pinch–sportswriter, with 48 years’ experience.

Replacing its exploitative, derogatory, and ethically-challenged “Swimsuit Issue” with an authentic sport-oriented special “Sports Illustrated Swimming Issue” covering actual athletes that actually swim, devote themselves to water sports or diving MAY occur to corporate media conglomerate “Time Inc.,” formerly in the news business, which publishes Sports Illustrated and 90 other magazines, after “Time, Inc.” goes out of business.  

I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR A FOOTBALL HELMET LOGO!

As far as my fall 2015 story, I was simply looking for a football helmet logo for the N.F.L. franchise called the “Saint Louis Rams.”  All N.F.L. teams have their own Web sites, which are good sources of information.  There was no football helmet for the N.F.L. franchise, the Saint Louis Rams.  There was the above unnamed “cheerleader.”

NOTHING MAKES SENSE IN THE N.F.L.

Nothing makes sense in the N.F.L.:

People have ALWAYS known about concussions and severe head injuries!  

Countless males gimp around the United States with “football injuries” sustained from junior high all the way to the pros.  They think they are impressing the girls.  Right.  All young women are attracted to meatheads that sustain concussions every weekend.  

When I first started playing tackle (8th grade) our coaches told us if we knocked our opposing player out of the game, our team would win the game.  In the locker room, those on our team who hit opposing players hard enough to stun them off the field were lauded in the locker room.  

LAZY, SURE!  THAT’S WHAT WATCHING FOOTBALL IS ALL ABOUT!  

BUT, NOW ADD “STUPID”

Misnaming the upcoming Super Bowl “Super Bowl 50” is for phenomenally-lazy N.F.L.ers, unwilling to accept the National Football League’s proud 49-year tradition of utilizing Roman numerals.  The slippery slope of the United States purposefully ignoring other cultures and fundamental knowledge, in general,, continues unabated.

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THE ABOVE IS ABOUT PROFESSIONAL N.F.L. CHEERLEADERS ONLY.  

Collegiate cheerleading often involves both sexes, tumbling, and excellent gymnastics.  Many collegiate cheerleaders are, plain and simple, athletes in their own rights.

CLEAVAGE DISCERNIBLE FROM THE NOSEBLEED SEATS BE DAMNED!

It’s time for the N.F.L. to hired actual athletes.  Collegiate cheerleading often involves both sexes, tumbling, and excellent gymnastics.  Many collegiate cheerleaders are, plain and simple, athletes in their own rights.  Let them demonstrate their skills!

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WNBA QUERY:

Should the Women’s Basketball Association (W.N.B.A. hire “Chippendales™” to Scream Gleefully as They Scamper Onto the Field or Court, Blinding the Audience with Their Brilliant White Teeth, and Bouncing up and Down so the Crowd can Appreciate the Contents of their Jock Straps?

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ORGANIZED RELIGION VS SPIRITUALITY

DECEMBER 31, 2015

ORGANIZED RELIGION:

You cannot follow your own Truths, for your own truths are wrong.

You are born a worthless sinner.  We will beat the love of god into you.  Once you are god-fearing, you will make a good student and soldier.

You cannot please yourself for that proves you are a worthless sinner.  You must please us, because we are men of God.  If we give you our approval, your life will have meaning.  Pleasure is for sinners.  Obedience is god-like.

You cannot follow your own Truths, for your own truths are wrong.  Only our truths are right.  If you follow you own Truths, you become an instrument of the Devil and we, as men of god, will have to punish you.

You cannot Think for yourself.  We will think for you.

You cannot Think for yourself.  We will think for you.  If you Think for yourself, you will stray from our path.  Our path is the only path and we will do whatever is necessary to keep you from straying from our path.

We have to eat, drink wine, and have gold-plated objects.  We don’t have jobs, for our job is to be god-like and keep you in line.  So, it is your godly duty for you to give us your money and possessions.  Then, we will be able eat, drink wine, and have gold-plated objects with which to protect you.

You cannot have sexual urges.

You cannot have sexual urges.  Sexual urges are for animals.  Humans are not animals.  Humans were placed upon earth to dominate animals.  Humans were placed upon earth to dominate everything.

We can have sexual urges, for we are god-like.  As men of god, we have to be celibate, of course.  But, celibacy does not include our right to rape the most vulnerable young children that trust us the most.  Raping young children is a perk, whoops, part of our responsibilities; which is to ensure you remain god-fearing.

We must torture our enemies, so that they know the power of god.

As we had to beat the fear of god into you for you to become good students and soldiers, we must torture our enemies, so that they know the power of god.  Our god.  Their god is Satan himself.  Our god is better than their god.  To make them understand this, they must be tortured and beaten to death.

We must evangelize and reach the wretched poor.  If we don’t go into those dark forests and steep mountains to teach indigenous human savages, they will continue acting like animals.  God knows we are not animals.  We are not part of this planet.  We are Rulers of this planet.  As Rulers, it is our duty to subjugate all deviancy, including the wild and humans who hide in the wild.

Only by scorching this wretched earth, will god return to take us to the Garden of Eden.

In order for us to destroy the wild and humans who hide in the wild, you must give us your money.  It takes money to pay soldiers, buy bulldozers, and scorch this wretched earth.  For only by scorching this wretched earth, will god return to take us to the Garden of Eden.

Once taken to the Garden of Eden, this time, we will never taste the fruit of knowledge.  The tree of knowledge is hell itself and the fruit of knowledge so tempting, it may cause you to convert to Satan.  That is why we had to kill all trees of knowledge on earth.  We suppose that is why we will have to kill all trees of knowledge here.  That’s okay, though, for we are meant to wander helplessly, hopelessly, and ignorantly in the desert.

Music can be pleasing.  You will listen only to our music.

Making love can be pleasing.  You must never make love.  The only sexual experience you will have is to procreate, so that we can have more sinful babies, students, and soldiers.

You must never enjoy nature.

Nature can be pleasing.  You must never enjoy nature.  For, by enjoying nature, you are partaking of the tree of knowledge.  And, knowledge is evil.  We will teach you all the knowledge you will ever need or deserve.

You are so much safer under our care and leadership.

Thinking like us can be pleasing.  That’s why god only made one book.  You must read only our one book.  Then, you will think like us.

Other books might encourage independent thinking.  Independent thinking is partaking of the tree of knowledge, which our one book tells you is demonic.

Our job to tell you what to think, for we are men of god.

Instead of your inevitable failure to think independently, it is our job to tell you what to think, for we are men of god.  You are sinful and worthless, conceived only to be students and soldiers.  How can you be good students and soldiers if you attempt thinking for yourself?

 

©2015 PAUL THOMAS RICHARDS 2015©

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“SACROSANCT!”-In Spirit: Rev. M.L.K., Jr. and His Friend, Thich Nhat Hanh

“SACROSANCT!”

Celebrating Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday

Inspired By and In Spirit With:   

Rev. Martin Luther, King, Jr. and his

Vietnamese Friend, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh 

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SACROSANCT!

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I FEEL FOR MYSELF!

I THINK FOR MYSELF!

I AM MYSELF!

I TRUST MYSELF!

Universal Dictionary of the English Language.  A New and Original Work Presenting for Convenient Reference The Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning, Use, Origin, and Development of Every Word in the English Language, Condensed Explanations of Fifty Thousand Important Subjects and an Exhaustive EncyclopÆadia of the Arts and Sciences, Volume Four    1898

Sacred and inviolable.  [Lat.  sacrosanctus, from sacer=sacred,  and santus=holy.]

 

 

SACROSANCT!

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INDIVIDUAL THINKING IS SACROSANCT!

MY MIND IS SACROSANCT!

MY THOUGHTS ARE SACROSANCT!

 

MY INTELLIGENCE IS SACROSANCT!

FREE SPEECH IS SACROSANCT!

MY QUESTIONS ARE SACROSANCT!

 

 

MY BELIEFS ARE SACROSANCT!

MY FEELINGS ARE SACROSANCT!

 

MY SOUL IS SACROSANCT!

MY SPIRIT IS SACROSANCT!

MY FAITH IS SACROSANCT!

MY BODY IS SACROSANCT!

 

MY CREATIVITY IS SACROSANCT!

MY DOUBTS ARE SACROSANCT!

MY HEART IS SACROSANCT!

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged and Seven Language Dictionary, Volume III    1966

Most holy or sacred  :  INVIOLABLE    :    [L sacrossancurs, pob. Fr. sacro by a saced rite (abl. Of sacrum sacred thing, sacred rite, fr. neut. of sacer  sacred)  +  santus  (past part. Of  sancire   to make sacred)  ——more at SACRED]  :  most holy or sacred  :  INVIOLABLE    

 

 

SACROSANCT!

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OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS IS SACROSANCT!

OUR CREATIVITY IS SACROSANCT!

OUR COLLECTIVE TELEPATHY IS SACROSANCT!

OUR EMERGING NEW CULTURES ARE SACROSANCT!

New Popular Webster Dictionary, Self-Pronouncing    1937

preeminently sacred

 

 

SACROSANCT!

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OUR INTELLIGENCE IS SACROSANCT!

OUR BODIES ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR FEELINGS ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR HEARTS ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR LIVES ARE SACROSANT!

OUR MINDS ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR BELIEFS ARE SACROSANCT!

Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, Based on the International Dictionary of 1890 and 1900, The Latest Authentic Quarto Edition of the Merriam Series, With a Reference History of the World,    1926

Sacred  ;  Inviolable. ——That which is most holy or sacred.  [See SACRED ; saint.]

 

 

SACROSANCT!

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OUR MODES OF EXPRESSION ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR MUSIC IS SACROSANCT!

OUR HARMONIES ARE SACROSANCT!

 

OUR COMEDY IS SACROSANCT!

OUR POETRY IS SACROSANCT!

 

OUR QUESTIONS ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR EDUCATION IS SACROSANCT!

OUR MUSEUMS & PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE SACROSANCT!

 

OUR PUBLIC GATHERINGS ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR PUBLIC LANDS ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR PUBLIC COMMONS ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR PUBLIC PARKS ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR NATIONAL FORESTS ARE SACROCANCT!

OUR NATIONAL PARKS ARE SACROCANCT!

Webster’s News World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition    2002

Sacrosanct-very sacred, holy, or inviable.  (from Latin:  “sacrosanctus-sacred and holy”).

 

 

SACROSANCT!

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OUR SHARING WHAT EVER WE WANT WHENEVER WE WANT WITH WHOEVER WE WANT IS SACROSANCT!

OUR SHARING WHO WE ARE, PERSONALLY, IS SACROCANCT!

OUR EXPLORING WHO WE ARE, COLLECTIVELY, IS SACROCANCT!

 

OUR SPIRITUALITIES ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR BEING ATTRACTED TO ALTERNATIVE OPPORUNTIES IS SACROSANCT

 

OUR SOULS ARE SACROSANCT!

OUR SPIRITS ARE SACROSANCT!

Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition – The Words You Need Today  2004

1 : most sacred or holy  :  INVIOLABLE    2  :  treated as if holy  [L sacrosanctus, prob. fr. sacro sanctus hallowed by a sacred rite] (1601) 

 

 

SACROSANCT!

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I FEEL FOR MYSELF!

I THINK FOR MYSELF!

MY SPACES, MY HOMES, MY OFFICES, MY SAFELY WALKING BETWEEN THEM IS SACROSANCT!

MY INTELLIGENCE IS SACROSANCT!

I CONTROL MY BELIEFS–NOT YOU!

I CONTROL MY LIFE–NOT YOU!

MY LIFE IS SACROSANCT!

New Concise Webster’s Dictionary, Specifically Designed for Home, School, and Office Clear Type,    1987

very  sacred, very  holy,  not to be profaned

 

 

SACROSANCT!

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WE CONTROL OUR OWN GATHERINGS–NOT YOU!

WE CONTROL OUR KNOWLEDGE GAINED—NOT YOU!

WE HOLD OPEN PUBLIC SPEAKING!

WE ENCOURAGE DEBATE & DISCUSSION!

FOR THE SAKE OF COMMUNITY, WE NOW RECLAIM TOWN COMMONS!

Webster’s News World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition    2002

Sacrosanct-very sacred, holy, or inviable.  (from Latin:  “sacrosanctus-sacred and holy”).

 

 SACROSANCT! 

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©2016 MLK, Jr. B-Day 2016© 

©2016 PAUL THOMAS RICHARDS© 

“Gentle Return to the Source,” in the tradition of Honourable Thich Nhat Hanh 

(For Any Rights, Please Contact:  Paul Thomas Richards at:  711-406-225-4235).

 

“PEOPLE BECOME SLAVES”-Supreme Scalia BODY SLAMS Rev. MLK, Jr.

“PEOPLE BECOME SLAVES”-Supreme Scalia BODY SLAMS Rev. MLK, Jr.

“At Such Turning Points of History Itself, Is It Not Best to be TruthFull?”

April 15, 2016:  Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday 

 

“When Corporations Declare Themselves Living, Breathing Human Beings with ALL Accompanying Rights and NO Accompanying Responsibilities—Paying Taxes, Obeying Laws, Dying, et. al.;

When Corporations Disdain Human and Humane Citizenship and Declare Loyalties ONLY unto THEIR Covetous Insatiable Gluttony and Avarice;

When Corporations Own All They See, All They Can’t, and All They Covet;

          When Corporations are Sanctified; Granted Supreme Divinity from UnQuestionable and UnQuestionably UnAccountable Scalia—Negator of Free Elections and Appointer of Presidents—Whose Falangist Proclamations Mock Appeal;

 

As Corporations are Henceforth Permanent Empires of Omnipotence–Gods Over Which Death Itself Cannot Prevail and In Whose Presence All Universes Must Bow;

 

Did Not Prophit Cheney Prove Beelzebub the Greatest God?–Possessing and Imposing All-Mighty Powers Ne’er Beforen Conceived; Dare Questioned!!?

 

Will Not Prophit Cheney’s and Supreme Scalia’s Legions of Bestiality Ensure All Living Must Die; So that non-living Supremely-Declared “Living” Corporate Zombies Shall Exist Forever Unquestioned?

 

And, as These Supremely-Divined non-living but “Alive” Eternal Zombie Masters Assume Their Rightful Positions Upon Oil-Drenched Baroque Thrones that Reach Beyond the Heavens; But One Level Lower Than Supreme Scalia Himself—

Yea!  Supreme Scalia!  The Scalia Who Brought Life to the Non-Alive!

 

Supreme Scalia—the Greatest Falangist!

Supreme Scalia–Whose Cold Grey Lubricant Flows Through Non-Breathing Dead;

Supreme Scalia–Miraculously Bestowing Life Itself Upon the Jetsam of Failed Capitalism:

 

 LIFE! 

 

They’re ALIVE!  NOW!  ALIVE!  O’  Eternal Joys of Death Unbounded.

O’ the Powers  & Profits of These Alive non-Living Corporate Corpses!  Arise Now!; Corporate Corpses! 

Rise Now with Sanctified Greed; to Receive Life from Supreme Scalia Himself!

 

Eternal Life! 

 

Long Live our Now-Alive Masters, for They Can Never Perish, Never Be Challenged, and Never be OutLived by ANY Entity Carrying Disease and Weakness of Life!

 

With Unquestioned Eternity Granted Non-Living Corporations—Must It Not Now Be Obvious to All that Frail Beings Below–Through Whose Wretched Veins Life Does Indeed Flow;

Must We Not Ask–Are Not These Puny, non-Eternal, non-CorporateZombie, Disposable Living “people” Too Weak for Eternity?;

And, Must It Not Be That Those Too Weak for Eternity; Those unBlessed by Supreme Scalia; Meaningless “human” “people;” Whose Continued Existence is Manifested through Stench Alone…

 

At Such Turning Points of History Itself, Is It Not Best to be TruthFull?

If Eternal Beings Allow These Struggling, Lesser “people” of Lives no Greater than Four Score to Exist;

Is It Not Only Fair and Just that These Miserable Living “people” Acknowledge Their Gratitude to the Eternal?

 

Therefore, the Imperative Exists!  There is No Other Just Course! 

The Living MUST Become Slaves! 

The Non-living MUST Become Masters! 

Thus, It Was Meant to Be! 

Thus, It Was Always Meant to Be! 

Thus, It Will Forever Be! 

Praise Scalia!

Scalia Bless Scalia!! 

 

 

As It Was in the Beginning–Blessed Year of Their Lord 2000 (Year 1 of Our Eternal-Non-Living-Fascist Calendar)—

It Shall Be Today.  The Counting of Votes Is Halted.  Considerations Beyond Those at Hand are Rejected!   

From Supreme Scalia Heavy Hand, These is NO Escape.

Hail, Scalia!

 

 

Scalia Himself has thusly Determined.  God will Tremble at the Sight of Scalia’s Non-Living Corporate Army, now Guaranteed Immortality, Ruling Puny Pitiful Slaves Who Once Believed They Could Control the Immortal; Slaves So Besotted They Actually Attempted Revolt Itself Against All-Mighty Kings and Corporations.

 

The 250-year-old Insurrection from the Americas has now bled dry.  Mere Living people Can Never Question Divine Rights of Kings and Corporations.  Revolutions and Insurrections No More! Death to Those Teaching Others!  Death to ALL  Learnings, Growings, and Other Molders of Finely-Tuned Intelligence.  There will be  are No More Insurrections.  There are No More Revolutions!

 

Matters are Settled and Finality Prevails!  Unchallengeable Finality–Sealed by Supreme Scalia Himself with Blest & Holy Corporate-Approved  ®™Guerilla Glue©™.  [Illegal Usage of Registered TradeMark™ Punishable by Death Upon the Rack!]

May the Non-Living Rule Yet Again!  Forever It Shall Be Thus!

 

FELANGE’!  !!  !!!”

©2015 Paul Thomas Richards–mere living breathing Earthbound hoi polloi, 2015©

 

 Editor’s Notes:

1.  An unverified appendage to the Sacred Scalia’s “PEOPLE BECOME SLAVES–DIVINE RIGHTS OF KINGS AND CORPORATIONS,” found in the Supreme Court’s basement next to one million uncounted ballots, yet-to-be-shredded-by-lazy-janitors, reads:

“Grieve Not.  It is Not Merely People Forced into Slavery.  Humanity is Not Alone As Its Very Existence is Crushed With No Remorse. 

Our Miraculously Kind and Fertile Planet, Mother Earth:  Impregnated by The Sun Himself. 

She Who Bore Life to All, Except Scalia’s non-living army. 

She Holds Not Doubts. 

She Hides No Crises of Faith. 

Our Once-Fertile and Ever-so-Gracious-and-Courageous Mother Earth

Will Kill Herself Before She Tolerates Enslavement. 

In the End, there WILL be Integrity.”

 

2.  The above appendage is likely a fake, as the word “Integrity”  has ne’er been overtly spoken or heard in the SwampLands of the Potomac, Ruled by Supreme Scalia Himself—He who casts impenetrable fogs of swamp gas that mute all speech but that of dinosaur saddles for childpeople, demonic French fries, square pants, and preparing the best EVER Welcoming Party & Ball for his upcoming Christian Book of Revelation’s PAR’ Tee!  Yea, It Is Now Party Time for the scorched Hell of Apocolypse.

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3.  Supreme Scalia–Fearfully Gazing Backwards through such Narrow Tunnels! And, the Tunnels within He Dwells–So Dark!

The Blindness of Absurdly Unrealistic Self-Importance Opens Many an Avenue of Approach.  Those Possessed by Ego alone Lean Upon the Weakest possible Reed.

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4.  Supreme Scalia’s strictly-disciplined and solely-Western Corporate Programming. While Living Openly, Freely, and Proudly; Upon Planet Earth’s Eastern Hemisphere; is a Deceivingly-Meek/Powerful Trickster named Arundati Roy , who recently thus spake:

“Our strategy should be not only to confront Empire, but to lay siege to it.

          To deprive it of oxygen.

          To shame it.

          To mock it.

          With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness–and our ability to tell our own stories.  Stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe.

          The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling–their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability.

          REMEMBER THIS:  WE BE MANY AND they be few.”

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5.  Style (pseudo) for above

“PEOPLE BECOME SLAVES”–Supreme Scalia versus Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

DIVINE RIGHTS OF KINGS AND CORPORATIONS

Homage from Monster to Master, The Supreme Scalia—Great Betrayer of the American Revolution”

courtesy W. Shakespeare. perhaps the Greatest Revolutionary of the Western World

 

 

U.S. The Biggest Threat to World Peace–Gallup Poll

U.S. The Biggest Threat to World Peace – Gallup Poll

U.S. President Barack Obama.  (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)/AFP

The United States of America has been voted as the most significant threat to world peace in a survey across 68 different countries.

Anti-American sentiment was not only recorded in antagonistic countries, but also in many allied NATO partners like Turkey and Greece.

A global survey conducted by the Worldwide Independent Network and Gallup at the end of 2013 revealed strong animosity towards the U.S.’s role as the world’s policeman.

Citizens from 68 nations were asked: “Which country do you think is the greatest threat to peace in the world today?”

The U.S. topped the list, with 24 percent believing America to be the biggest danger to peace.  

Pakistan came second, with 8 percent of the vote; closely followed by China with 6 percent.  

Afghanistan, Iran, Israel and North Korea came in joint fourth place with 5 percent of the vote each.

The threat from the U.S. was rated most highly in the Middle East and North Africa, those areas most recently affected by American military intervention.

Moreover, the survey showed that even Americans regard their country as a potential threat; with 13 percent of them voting the U.S. could disrupt global status quo.

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In addition, (the poll found) “70 percent of Americans believe the government lacks the ability to make progress on the important problems and issues facing the country in 2014.”

The survey comes two months after the first government shutdown in 17 years in the U.S., which cost the country an estimated $10 billion.

The American government’s credibility was dealt a blow earlier this year when President Barack Obama made a call to strike Syria following a suspected chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government on civilians.  The American public and the international community both opposed the action.

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CONCLUSION: 

Worldwide Independent Network/Gallup International Association Global Survey:

“Our Happiness Index is Extremely High All Over the World–

Optimism is Back!”

Jean-Marc Leger, President of Worldwide Independent Network /Gallup International Association, said:  “Despite an unstable economic situation, our happiness index is extremely high all over the world, except in Europe.  Moreover, people think that 2014 will be better than 2013.  Optimism is back in the world.”

Please find attached the global version of the study in a pdf version. 

For more details please contact:  Sarah Weill.

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Courtesy of:  RT News.

Source:  “Optimism is Back in the World-WIN/Gallup International’s Annual Global End of Year Survey Shows a Brighter Outlook for 2014“

Published Time: 2 Jan, 2014 13:30; Edited time: 3 Jan, 2014 18:40

Tags:  Conflict, Military, Politics, USA, War, Security, Army

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HUMILITY SERIES, VOL. 10

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER by Paul Richards, PR MEDIA CONSULTANTS®

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER by Paul Richards, PR  MEDIA CONSULTANTS®

INTRODUCTION: “These are the times that try men’s souls.  The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.  “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.  Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so Celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated.” Thomas Paine, “The American Crisis,” Number 1, December 23, 1776

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: 1.  You have a right to your opinion and an obligation to society to express it.

2.  Trust yourself and your feelings.  You know–better than anyone else in the world–what you need to say.  Ask yourself what is most important.  Listen to your inner voice. 3.  Be proud of the perspective that you bring to the table.  Don’t apologize for being intelligent or for seeing things differently. 4.  If you speak clearly from your Heart, you will reach viewers and listeners.  Use informative personal stories to help them understand why this issue is important to you; as a mother or father, senior citizen or young person, business owner or union representative. 5.  Speak honestly.  Make sure your language accurately reflect your convictions and ethics.  Keep your presentation relaxed and easy. 6.  Keep it simple:  Don’t use jargon!  Abbreviations and acronyms are banes to reporters and others trying to understand your position.  Your dependence on jargon may impress your comrades-in-arms, but heavily specialized language turns off most reporters, listeners, viewers, and readers.

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER – HOMEWORK: 1.  Do your homework.  Identify what points most need representation at the public meeting.  Successfully identify from one-to-three seed ideas you will plant in the minds and hearts of your target audience. 2.  Well before the meeting, distill your message into effective talking points, slogans, and/or soundbites that others will remember.  Let your words reflect the Reality you feel. 3.  PRACTICE what you want to say with friends, family, tape recorders, video recorders, or even a mirror.  Are your words informative?  Accurate?  Colorful?  Concise?  Do they sound conversational?  Does your presentation resonate harmoniously or discordantly? 4.  Time yourself.  Make sure your presentation fits within the established framework of the meeting.

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER – JUST BEFORE YOU SPEAK: 1.  Do what you need to put yourself in a positive state.  For example, close your eyes and take five deep breaths. 2.  Envision your values and hold them gently in your Heart.  You may be speaking for pure water; clean air; ancient forests; equal rights; civil liberties; civil rights; equal respect for all species; wilderness and unprotected wildlands; renewable energy; sustainable economies; mass transit; healthy jobs; “24/7” community libraries; multiculturalism; or peace.  If you clearly see these in your Heart: You can help others see them. 3.  Remember the point(s) that you want to stay with the readers, listeners, or viewers. Mentally rehearse your presentation just one more time, then relax!

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER – AT MEETINGS: 1.  If you’re speaking or testifying at a hearing or meeting, show up early.  If there is a sign-up sheet for speakers, sign up early.  Introduce yourself to people as they come in. 2.  Do a quick reality check to make sure your comments fit within the time context and format of the meeting. 3.  When it is your time to speak, be clear and convincing.  Eschew obfuscation! 4.  Be brief.  Use short sentences. 5.  Stand tall with good posture and body language.  Keep gestures easy and relaxed.  Don’t wag your finger or point. 6.  It’s OK to use notes or even outlines.  But, look at them only occasionally.  Don’t recite from paper.  However, if paper is the best medium for meeting attendees to retain your information; don’t hesitate to widely distribute a printed handout that briefly and attractively reiterates your strongest points, citations, and contact information. 7.  Keep your presentation relaxed and comfortable.  Don’t rush!  Keep your delivery compellingly natural. 8.  With your statement, establish civilized dialogue as the only matrix for communication.  “NEVER allow insulters and bullies to set their negative tone for ANY meeting!  When they try, immediately ask chairmen and chairwomen to remind all attendees of absolute imperatives of respectful communication throughout the entire gathering.” “Don’t Forget:  Keeping things civil is the job of the Chair of the meeting–NOT YOURS!”  Stand back, catch your breath, and let the Chair do his or her job.  Only resume speaking after complete respect is restored.  If you are not at all part of bullies’ interruptions, loud brouhahas, and attempted takeovers; Attendees will be quite grateful to return to soothing coherence, respect, and rhythms of collectively-growing intelligence. 9.  Ignore distractions caused by others while you are speaking.  If need be, PAUSE and wait until all distractions are nullified. 10.  Don’t be intimidated.  Be confidant in your Knowledge. 11.  People are drawn to positive energy!  Never be negative at a public meeting!  If you’re in a bad or disempowered mood, change it before you speak.  Remember something funny.  Be happy in bringing your message to others. 12.  Should anyone continue overt hostility:  Stay centered, positive, and calm.  Maintain your focus and clarity.  Let the disrupters dry up and blow away; with the Chair’s help when necessary. 13.  Don’t forget constructive Humor.  Respectfully implemented and properly timed; Humor is an incredibly powerful tool for consensus and towards Community-building. 14.  Look for creative win/win/win scenarios.  People are tired of old scenarios, hackneyed insults, disrespectful interruptions, and polarized public meetings.  Be a communicator and bridge builder.  Win/win/wins don’t happen by accident.  Win/win/wins ONLY happen when attendees actually listen to each other.  As mentioned above, this level of respect for communication requires fair, polite, courageous, and disciplined chairmen and chairwomen. 15.  Make yourself available for questioning.  If you don’t know an answer to a question: DON’T BLUFF!  Just stay on message and also offer to research the issue about which you are not yet fully informed. 16.  When the official meeting has ended, stick around and schmooze with elected officials, agency staffs, reporters, and other attendees.  Record names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses that will help you communicate with these people in the future.  Give out your name and contact information.

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PAUL THOMAS RICHARDS AXIOMS

My Axiom as a Professional Writer, Journalist, and Editor:

“Democracy is a Marathon, NOT a Sprint!  My Job as a Professional Writer is to Create the Future—To Ensure Farsightedness Prevails Against Short-Term Greed.  I’ve Been on this Beat for 47 Years Now, and I’m Hoping for Another 40.”

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My Axiom as an Investigative Reporter:

“‘There are Two Sides to Everything’ was Nothing but Corporate Media Pablum™.”  Corporate Media Now Report But One Side: Corporate Media-Corporate-Republican-Corporate-Democrat.

“There are Infinite “Sides” to Everything.  I Suspend My Topic in Space and Commit to Understanding At Least 360 Degrees, Considering ALL Permutations and Combinations.  I Then View It from Other Dimensions and Time/Space Realities.  Then, I Write”

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My Axiom as a Human Organism:

“Stupid Parasites Kill their Host.  As Humans-with-No-Roots Recognize and Adhere to Inherent Intelligences of Indigenous Species and Indigenous Peoples, They May Choose to Become Symbionts.  

“If Humans Commit to Billions of Years of Knowledge; They Will Return to CoEvolving with Their Mother–Planet Earth–in Cooperative, Respectful, and Reverent Symbiosis.”

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My Axiom as a Person of Faith:

“Water Wears Away Stone:  This is Irrefutable LAW of NATURE. 

If We (or, WATER)

are Sick and Tired from: 

Recurrently Encountering Pile after Pile after Pile of Steaming Fresh Bullsh*t  from the Same Transnational Living Corporations Ruling the World with Iron Fists and Armed Drones;

Prisons for Domestic Innocents and Wars Against the Abroad Innocents Our Only Growth Industries;

Wall Street Thieves and Presidential Candidates Each with More Than a Dozen Resort Homes;

Banksters and Corporate Insurance Scams;

Toxic ‘Asset’ Con Artists;

Manufacturers and Peddlers of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Worldwide Death;

Domestic Police State Against People of Color and All Victimless Crimes;

Endless Wars Against Infinite Enemies;

Hatred and Racism;

Lobbyists with Unlimited Off-Shore Accounts for Their ‘Friends;’ and

Politicians Fully-Owned by All the Above (or, STONE):

“Simply visit Hell’s Canyon or the Grand Canyon.  Stand on the Edges and Look Down.  That’s All We Need to Do/Be.  Allow Time to Help Us Understand:  Hours, then:  Days, Weeks, Months, Years, Decades, Centuries, Millennia, Eons, or Eternity. 

“Gaze Far, Far Down.  View the Canyon’s Bottom.  Appreciate REALITY:  EVERY SINGLE FOOT of those 8,000 Feet We Look Down Truthfully and Precisely Chronicles Nature’s IRREFUTABLE LAW:  Water wears away stone!

“Then:  Celebrate!”

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SEPTEMBER 3RD IS UNITED STATES’ INDEPENDENCE DAY! CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION!

Today is when the United States, after years of Insurrection and Revolution FINALLY obtained Independence from the East India Corporation and the monarchy of Great Britain.  (To resolve potential confusion between September 3rd as “Independence Day” and July 4th as “Revolution Day,” please visit:  JULY 4TH INDEPENDENCE DAY, MY ARSE!  INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR THE UNITED STATES IS SEPTEMBER 3RD. )

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“Every face appeared joyful. 

After dinner the King’s arms were taken down from the State House

and every vestige of him from every place and burnt. 

Thus ends the royal authority in this State, and all the People shall say Amen.”

Abigal Adams-Revolutionary Leader

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COMMENTS-PRO & CON:

“The Declaration of Independence was the first act that put an end to the administration of justice under the British Crown within the 13 colonies.

“The Revolt was now complete.  Upon this event the law, the courts, and justice itself ceased; all was anarchy, all was confusion.  A usurped kind of government took place, a medley of military law, convention ordinances, Congress recommendations and committee resolutions.”

Thomas Jones, Tory Leader

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“We dined under the cedar trees, and cheerfully drank to the United Free and Independent States of America.  In the evening the town was illuminated, and there was exhibited a very solemn funeral procession, attended by the Grenadier and Light Infantry Companies, and other militia, with their drums muffled and fifes, and a greater number of people than ever appeared on any occasion before in this Province, when King George III was interred before the court house.”

Newspaper Account; Savannah, Georgia

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“We commit his political existence to the ground–corruption to corruption–tyranny to the grave–and oppression to eternal infamy, in sure and certain hope that he will never obtain a resurrection, to rule over the United States of America.”

Funeral Oration for George III at a Mock Funeral Held in Massachusetts 

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©2015 PAUL THOMAS RICHARDS 2015©

Editor’s Note:

ENORMOUS gratitude to: “Voices of the American Revolution;” Mass Market Paperback; 1975; by The Peoples Bicentennial Commission (Author).  This masterpiece is a “must-read”!

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YOU CAN STOP RACISM! HERE ARE ACTIONS OF JUST ONE ETHICAL PERSON

 You CAN Stop Racism!  Here are Actions of Just One Ethical Person

FIRST, BREAKING NATIONAL COLOR BARRIERS

After serving in World War II, John Robert Wooden coached basketball at Indiana Teacher’s College, now Indiana State University.  In 1947, Wooden’s team won the Indiana Collegiate Conference title and got its invitation to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (N.A.I.B.) Tournament Finals, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Due to the organization’s official “whites-only” policy, Wooden and his team boycotted the N.A.I.B. Finals.  An important team player was Clarence Walker, an African-American from East Chicago, Indiana.  There wasn’t a thought in Wooden’s head or feeling in his heart of leaving behind a hard-working cohort and teammate such as Walker.  National title be damned!

The next year, 1948, Wooden and Indiana State earned the conference title yet again.  By now, due largely to the wave of publicity created from Wooden’s 1947 boycott and Wooden’s all-team-or-no-team 1948 demand, the N.A.I.B. suddenly decided that maybe African-Americans were actual human beings capable of running the same hardwood as white men.

After finally receiving his mandated 180-degree N.A.I.B. policy reversal on racism; Wooden took his team to the N.A.I.B. Finals, where they climbed all the way to the championship game, ultimately losing to Louisville.

A single battle may have been lost, but the War was won.

On a highly-credible national stage, collegiate basketball’s racist color barriers were publicly completely demolished.  Due to Walker’s incredible focus and courage; Walker’s supportive white teammates; and coach John Wooden’s steadfast ethics; Clarence Walker of East Chicago, Indiana, became the first African-American to play in any U.S.A. post-season intercollegiate basketball tournament.

OKAY, WE KICKED RACISM’S ASS — NOW LET’S BREAK EVERY RECORD!

John Wooden immediately moved on to coach at the University of California, Los Angeles, or U.C.L.A.

Coach John Wooden, “The Greatest Coach of All Time.” (Courtesy of:  WikiMedia)

During his tenure with the U.C.L.A. “Bruins,”  Wooden’s teams won:

 620 games in 27 seasons;

10 National Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.) national titles during his last 12 seasons; including an “impossible” seven straight N.C.A.A. national titles in a row, from 1967 to 1973.

The Bruins won so many games, the N.C.A.A. banned star player Lew Alcindor’s dunk shot!  Unfazed by playing with one arm tied behind his back, Alcindor calmly won three consecutive Most Valuable Player Awards leading U.C.L.A. to three consecutive National Championships.  (Alcindor then assumed his Faith-based name, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and just-as-calmly ascended as one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (N.B.A.) history; all-time leader in:  Blocked shots, defensive rebounds, minutes played, games played, field goals made, and points scored).

Wooden’s U.C.L.A. Bruins won:

          38 straight games in N.C.A.A. tournaments, 

          88 straight games, and 98 straight home games.

Wooden earned “National Coach of the Year” SIX times!

Wooden’s U.C.L.A. teams accomplished FOUR perfect 30–0 seasons!

John Wooden was the first person ever enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player (inducted in 1961) and as a coach (inducted in 1973).

In 2009, John Robert Wooden was named “Greatest Coach of All Time”  by The Sporting News.

© 2011 Paul Thomas Richards 2011©

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“A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”

John Wooden

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

John Wooden

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

John Wooden

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”

John Wooden

“Success is never final, failure is never fatal.  It’s courage that counts.”

John Wooden

“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.”

John Wooden

“Talent is God-given.  Be humble.  Fame is man-given.  Be grateful.  Conceit is self-given.  Be careful.”

John Wooden

“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”

John Robert Wooden

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HUMILITY SERIES, VOL. 7

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PRO-GENOCIDE TOUR STARTS SEPTEMBER 13, 2015, IN NATION’S CAPITAL–9 CITIES SLATED FOR 4-MONTH CELEBRATION OF RACISM AND SEXISM

The Pro-Genocide Tour sponsored by the National Football League (N.F.L.) will begin its 2015-2016 Celebration of Racism in the Nation’s Capital City on Sunday, September 13, 2015, when the washington red skins play Miami to entertain members of U.S. Congress, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Executive Branch with “FREE” bountiful buffets and “FREE” unlimited booze–the more the better–in private, secluded, “safe and secure” $200,000 “FedExField SkyBoxes,” built exclusively for Corporate/Political bribery, kickbacks, percentages, and other “Potomac Swamplands’ Business as Usual” wheeling and dealing.

The U.S.A.’s war lobbyists and politicians have authorized, fully funded, and and coordinated the Holocaust of 30 million Indigenous Americans, ever since the Capitol was established in New York City after the Nation’s successful Revolution against the East India Corporation and the British Empire.  The Capitol moved from New York City to Washington, D.C. in 1801.

NON-RACIST SPORTS FANS:  FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR COUNTRY, PLEASE, PLEASE  BOYCOTT THE N.F.L.’S DISGRACEFUL PRO-GENOCIDE TOUR.

Here’s the Pro-Genocide Tour’s schedule of the N.F.L.’s washington red skins.  Sports fans are respectfully asked to boycott all of the following celebrations of racism and Holocaust.

Sunday, September 13, 2015:  FedExField vs		Miami Dolphins
Sunday, September 20:  FedExField	vs	Saint Louis Rams The Saint Louis Rams’ photo site for public use does not include the “helmet logo” for the team, as featured for every other team playing the washington red skins in this article.  SO, FOR RAMS’ “LOGO,” PLEASE REFER TO THE OFFICIAL N.F.L. SAINT LOUIS RAMS “T AND A*” PHOTO BELOW.
Thursday, September 24:  MetLife Stadium	@	New York Giants
Sunday, October 4:  Home Game, FedExField	vs	Philadelphia Eagles
Sunday, October 11:  Georgia Dome	@	Atlanta Falcons
Sunday, October 18:  MetLife Stadium	@	New York Jets
Sunday, October 25:  FedExField	vs	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, November 8:  Gillette Stadium	@	New England Patriots
Sunday, November 15:  FedExField	vs	New Orleans Saints
Sunday, November 22:  Bank of America Stadium	@	Carolina Panthers
Sunday, November 29:  FedExField	vs	New York Giants
Monday, December 7: FedExField	vs	Dallas Cowboys
Sunday, December 13:  Soldier Field	@	Chicago Bears
Sunday, December 20:  FedExField	vs	Buffalo Bills
Saturday, December 26:  Lincoln Financial Field	@	Philadelphia Eagles
Sunday, January 3, 2016: AT&T Stadium	@	Dallas Cowboys
OFFICIAL N.F.L. “T & A*” : Saint Louis Rams’ “Cheerleader*” from St. Louis Ram Web site.   “Cheerleader’s*” Name Not Provided on Web site.   With Apologies to WordPress Folks that Appreciate Faster “Loading Times,”  This Anonymous “Cheerleader* Photo* Is Not Available In Smaller Sizes.  (Photographers:  Scott Rovak and Jason Vinlove). Editor’s Notes: The Foundation for the Above Article is Located at:  https://paulthomasrichards.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/nfls-washington-dc-franchise-why-are-folks-so-upset/ Directly-Related:  https://paulthomasrichards.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/nations-capital-city-celebrates-500-years-of-genocide-this-sunday/ Directly-Related:  https://paulthomasrichards.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/forget-nfls-it-cant-be-done-it-can-be-done-it-has-been-done-in-washington-dc/ Directly-Related:  https://paulthomasrichards.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/nfl-not-immune-to-antitrust-laws/ Directly-Related:  https://paulthomasrichards.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/nfl-racism-what-you-can-do-to-terminate/ Directly-Related:  https://paulthomasrichards.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/funding-racism-fedex-finally-comes-clean/ Directly-Related:  https://paulthomasrichards.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/does-the-nfl-employ-any-people-with-integrity/ Directly-Related:  https://paulthomasrichardsussen.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/indian-country/ Directly Related:  https://paulthomasrichards.wordpress.com/friends-and-genocide-when-will-the-indian-wars-ever-end/ All Logos/Pictures in the Above Article are Courtesy of:  N.F.L. franchises’ Web sites.   * = “T & A” photographs available upon every official N.F.L. franchise site. “T & A” is the common term now utilized for what editors called “cheesecake” in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.   “T & A” is editors’ latest abbreviation for “Tits’nAss.”   “Tits’nAss,” yet another editors’ abbreviation, stands for “Tits and Ass.”    What “T & A” has to do with professional sports has always escaped this former editor of three newspapers and–in a pinch–sportswriter, with 47 years’ experience. For example, Sports Illustrated’s infamous “Swimsuit Issue” contains approximately 5 percent swimsuit and 95 percent “T & A,” and 0 percent sports.   Replacing this exploitative, derogatory, and ethically-challenged “Swimsuit Issue” with a special Sports Illustrated “Swimming Issue” covering athletes that swim, play water sports, and dive has not yet occurred to corporate media conglomerate “Time Inc.,” formerly in the news business, which publishes Sports Illustrated and 90 other magazines.   Women’s professional sports rarely, if ever, utilize “T & A.”  Yet, somehow, women’s sports yearly attract more athletes and fans and encourage more upcoming female athletes from school and university ranks.   Female athletes and women’s sports fans do not appear to need men in jock straps jumping up and down so fans can watch them jiggling.   To end on a positive, or at least neutral, note:  “T & A” is also medical terminology for “Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy.” ©Paul Thomas Richards 2015© ____________________________________________________________________________  For Reprint Rights or to Discuss Other Projects, Please Contact Paul Thomas Richards at:  711-406-225-4235 (T.T.Y.)