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In reply to the discussion: One important thing I learned in the aftermath of the merger between PGA and the saudis: [View all]moniss
(9,061 posts)41. Right you are
and it is the same crowd that looks down their nose at the people of far less means. I come from a background of nothing and I saw everybody around me struggle hard just to have food and a roof over their head. All of us humans with faults to be sure but on their worst day those folks were still far better people than those country club people will ever be. You could count on the ones struggling to help you even with what little they had for themselves. Meanwhile you could count on the country club folks to be thinking of how they could put a boot on your neck in order to put dollars in their pockets.
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One important thing I learned in the aftermath of the merger between PGA and the saudis: [View all]
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2023
OP
Just the other day I read where someone in a position of power over the writers claimed
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2023
#36
This is how they win. They use the worst of a capitalist society against us.
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2023
#10
It's what all the over-the-top flag humping has been about since 9/11. They put the half-wit
brewens
Jun 2023
#4
Pro-Golf is one of those sports where real golfers know that following the rules is the only
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2023
#12
This: The Saudis are accustom to spreading their money in America in order to get what they want.
CrispyQ
Jun 2023
#27
Very insightful. I do think the Saudis are pretty damn tarnished since the Trump/Jared show.
Joinfortmill
Jun 2023
#44