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InvaderRam wrote:
a head injury???shaking my head…
The ‘Government’ would need 12 out of 12 jurors
to agree on a guilty verdict.
Defense only needs 1 out of 12 for a hung-jury-verdict.Try and get 12 jurors on a panel
without at least one ‘spare the rod,
spoil the child’ government-hating-fundamentalist.w
vI’ll be curious about that jury, WV. The ‘spare the rod, spoil the child’ was popular when I was growing up. It’s popular – especially in the south – and I’m not talking about fundamentalist government haters either.
I’m already communicating back and forth with people in my old middle-class neighborhood and they are instinctively taking up for Peterson. Some see it as an attack on their own upbringing. I keep going back to the point of “going too far” and it turning into abuse. But this is culturally different than the Rice beating his wife (little support for that).
There are a ridiculous number of social media testimonials about how so-and-so was saved from prison by thinking of the beating they’d get if they were caught. Giving your child a “whoopin” to keep him on the straight and narrow is still seen by many as a good, deliberate thing.
JackPMiller wrote:
Based on overall talent, we have one of the 3 best teams in the NFL. We come out looking pathetic, is what I am saying, and it is against one of the worst teams in the NFL.No. First, you can’t count the “talent” without taking into account the inexperience – most of these guys are very young. Even then most outsiders look at one major pure blue chip talent on this team – Quinn – and most of the rest at average or even below. Now again that should change with time and experience but but right now not close when looking at every position.
In addition I believe Bradford would have gone to the locker room at half ahead of these guys and so the gusher would not have taken place. That’s just my opinion there.
To me Robinson on the bench just means the Rams have some talent, depth, and experience on the OL. Robinson’s meant for the longer haul and so starting game one means nothing? What? We’re suppose to start him by virtue of his draft position anyway?
Yeah. Quick if you can only choose one player, with Britt (or Britt/Quick). I expected little of Quick and a little more from Britt. Britt has clearly rubbed off Quick. Quick may have just decided it’s time to get off the pot. To me Quick was like a bonus – if it comes, fine but not expecting anything. I still look at him like a bonus but feel the early results are encouraging enough for me to think about getting that pool.
Well, I’d say comparing football stadiums to baseball stadiums is always tough – baseball with it’s various dimension options and diamond shape field can has the opportunity to be architecturally inspiring. I know of few football stadiums – I can’t even think of names – that compare to a Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, AT&T, etc. Possibly Seattle has an interesting stadium? I guess Dallas is what it’s all about but that’s not really just a stadium – it’s an event outside of football.
Here’s a review from a friend of mine:
After working the first event at the new Levi’s stadium I have some advice for those planning on attending an event:
1) Get there early, really early, on the magnitude of 3-4 hours early. Mainly because the congestion in the area is really bad, but also for the clubs (assuming your ticket allows you entry into one of them.)
2) Leave your bags locked up in the car. The NFL has a strict policy, so if you do plan on bringing your purse in make sure you check their site first, as you might need to buy an see-through NFL bag http://www.nfl.com/qs/allclear/index.jsp
3) Jump on their free wifi. It’s supposedly the most advanced wifi grid in the world. They’re saying it can handle 70,000 people tweeting at the exact same time. Pretty nuts. Speaking of Twitter, if you post tweets at the game and #LevisStadium they might post it on the jumbo tron, which is very jumbo (200 by 48 feet)
4) Download the Levi’s stadium app http://www.levisstadium.com/stadium-info/stadium-app/ It has a feature like Google maps. It knows exactly where you are and will navigate you to any concession, bathroom, store, etc. You can also order food directly to any seat in the stadium, all 69,500 of them.
5) Avoid the museum and 49er store until after the game starts; otherwise it’s a madhouse.
6) If you can afford it, buy a ticket with club access. They’re all nice. The VIP clubs are Brocade and BNY Medallion. I heard someone say the rights to a seat in these sections was $80,000 and then a few hundred a game. So if you see one on Stubhub, grab it.
7) Forget driving home, stay at Hilton right next door to the stadium. You’ll save yourself the headache of dealing with traffic.
Lastly, just walk around and explore the place. It’s seriously one of the nicest stadiums you’ll ever see. If you don’t have club access you can always head up to the 7th floor Pepsi and Bud Light patios. They’re basically big open areas where you can hangout with friends while you pound beers and watch the game.
