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Ken Burch

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12. It would actually be weird for pro sports to do anything at all progressive like selling the ACA...

Fri Jun 28, 2013, 07:29 PM

Jun 2013

...given that, in most large cities, the extortionate demands team owners have made for massively expensive taxpayer subsidized stadiums and other facilities have helped force massive cuts in municipal services(including health benefits for municipal employees)and such charming outcomes as the closure of hundreds of public schools due to the budgetary shortfalls caused by municipal giveaways to Big Ball and Big Puck(outcomes the athletic-industrial complex tries to take our minds off of by running "public service" ads during games that show some jock reading to school kids, as if that makes up for all the rest of it).

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GOP Leaders Warn Pro Sports Leagues Not To Promote Obamacare [View all] savalez Jun 2013 OP

Save pre-existing conditions! ck4829 Jun 2013 #1

Pre-existing conditions and information about shopping for insurance and examples of how DhhD Jun 2013 #62

WTF is this all about??? D*mn I hate these publicans a kennedy Jun 2013 #2

I second that WTF! Screw them. They are screwing us! They have no right to ask anyone to deny The Wielding Truth Jun 2013 #38

It's because the Repukes know PPACA is going to be very popular tridim Jul 2013 #70

Advertise this 24/7 SCVDem Jun 2013 #3

Beyond pathetic. TroglodyteScholar Jun 2013 #4

Treasonous! Catch2.2 Jun 2013 #48

Another fake controversy like the "war on Christmas" eom Kolesar Jun 2013 #5

...and here I thought blackmail was a crime askeptic Jun 2013 #6

+1 sakabatou Jun 2013 #15

And isn't there this part of the constitution thucythucy Jun 2013 #18

Aren't Corporations Capt13 Jun 2013 #61

This sure sounds like extortion to me! Demoiselle Jun 2013 #46

There is no end to their scumbagness ramapo Jun 2013 #7

Who the hell do they think they are? avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #8

I think that answer, whether they think it or not, is a resounding yes. abq e streeter Jun 2013 #40

Warned them? What the fuck would the consequences be? Beaverhausen Jun 2013 #9

Here's what they say: savalez Jun 2013 #14

McConnell and Coryn are forgetting one thing: Brigid Jun 2013 #31

“Given the divisiveness and persistent unpopularity of this bill." Botany Jun 2013 #32

:) BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2013 #37

Or what? They'll repeal their antitrust exemption? Ken Burch Jun 2013 #10

or john Mccain will stomp his foot and cry. rurallib Jun 2013 #17

No, that's Boehner's job. Brigid Jun 2013 #29

I got kids in Minneapolis - boy do I hear that from them rurallib Jun 2013 #33

It's not "promoting." It's providing info about the LAW Faygo Kid Jun 2013 #11

Should the NFL be asked to promote individual State voter ID laws? forthemiddle Jun 2013 #21

It's not promoting; it's educating. savalez Jun 2013 #24

Pro sports leagues like the NFL, NHL and the rest will often do spots to promote rpannier Jun 2013 #50

It would actually be weird for pro sports to do anything at all progressive like selling the ACA... Ken Burch Jun 2013 #12

Laughable danbeee46 Jun 2013 #13

Money talks... smccarter Jun 2013 #16

Good for you. If they respond, let us know! freshwest Jul 2013 #80

But Promoting Smoking Was So Fucking Cool.... Grassy Knoll Jun 2013 #19

Weren't Chesterfields the foulest cigarettes on the market? jmowreader Jun 2013 #56

They will eventually promote Iliyah Jun 2013 #20

Is there a pill for the cure kitt6 Jun 2013 #22

So what about all that Free Speech shit? SoapBox Jun 2013 #23

Ommm, someone needs to point out that students are required to have health insurance to play sports okaawhatever Jun 2013 #25

Surprise surprise sheshe2 Jun 2013 #26

Intimidation and blackmail. truthisfreedom Jun 2013 #27

Or what? The House will investigate steroid use in sports? Oops. They already did that. McCamy Taylor Jun 2013 #28

Repug letter Botany Jun 2013 #30

Gays,Guns,God and Xenophobia. Republican political platform. Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #35

Don't forget "America is a shithole". tridim Jul 2013 #71

Republicans love America, but hate Americans. Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #72

Mitch McChinless and Man-on-Box-Turtle Cornyn need to fuck themselves. Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #34

pukes. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2013 #36

So they are using their offices and EC Jun 2013 #39

hopefully someone at the NFL still has some intact brains left PatrynXX Jun 2013 #41

Warning them? City Lights Jun 2013 #42

Remember when ESPN hired Rush Limbaugh.... Rebellious Republican Jun 2013 #43

The best line I ever heard from a candidate about himself: Jack Rabbit Jun 2013 #52

This will be a conundrum for the sports leagues. Rebellious Republican Jun 2013 #53

Why don't John2 Jun 2013 #59

There Is A Law Against Making Terroristic Threats DallasNE Jun 2013 #44

Seriously? WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2013 #45

So how do the Republicans expect to pressure major sports franchises? Jack Rabbit Jun 2013 #47

Spot on JR. Rebellious Republican Jun 2013 #49

Heads up, johnny rightwing, players are most likely democrats. toby jo Jun 2013 #51

What would Jack Webb say about this? ThoughtCriminal Jun 2013 #54

GOP knows lots of apathetic and low-information voters are sports fans Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #55

You forget, John2 Jun 2013 #60

NFL players offer expert advice ... quadrature Jun 2013 #57

Stereotypical much? DeSwiss Jun 2013 #58

Got a link? Rebellious Republican Jun 2013 #64

Aaron recommends the Glock plan.. link. quadrature Jun 2013 #65

Thats impressive you came up with one whole athelete, who happens to advocate by murder. Kinda like Rebellious Republican Jun 2013 #66

Ray Lewis, Rae Carreuth, OJ Simpson Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #68

GOP Leaders Warn Pro Sports Leagues Not To Promote Obamacare The CCC Jun 2013 #63

Too late for Major League Baseball - at least among their players ehrnst Jun 2013 #67

The only reputation being damaged here is bucolic_frolic Jul 2013 #69

Good. I love weed Jul 2013 #73

Except in the mind of a cry baby republican, savalez Jul 2013 #74

It's a hot button political issue. I love weed Jul 2013 #75

The majority of people savalez Jul 2013 #76

So what if it's the law? I love weed Jul 2013 #78

What's this "we" shit? tabasco Jul 2013 #77

I'm sorry. I love weed Jul 2013 #79