Eh. Perhaps I’m not sensitive enough. I enjoy “Homeland.” It’s compelling television (at least it was when it wasn’t focused on the romantic angle between Carrie and Brody.) It’s not realistic = same as the medical scenes on “House” or “E.R.” or the IT capabilities in “24” or the fire scenes in “Chicago Fire”, etc. There are bad Muslims and good Muslims, there are also bad and good people in the CIA and US government.

***But if you’re going to make the bad guy a Muslim–and Brody is a bad guy in the first season, right, and every time he goes off to pray in his garage in secret, there’s this eerie music, like, as if the very practice of Islam is something bad. And when his wife first discovers he’s converted, she has a fit. You know, she can’t believe. It’s like it’s a betrayal of everything that the West stands for.****

No. At that point in S1 you don’t know if Brody has been turned or not. That was the central question in the show. Is it possible he could have been a Muslim AND not a terrorist? Of course. Yes, the wife had a fit because she couldn’t understand why he turned to the religion of the men who captured and tortured him for years. Reasonable I’d think. They neglect to mention his daughter was completely supportive of his conversion.

I think they may be taking it a bit too far here.

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Think they can beat
Seattle in St.Louis?
I do.
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Can they? Absolutely. Will they? Highly doubtful IMO. If everything goes well they have a shot. Unfortunately there’s always ‘something’ and whatever ‘it’ is instead of rising up to overcome it, it feels like they fold.

I hope you’re right! I would LOVE a win vs. Seattle at home.

I’m just here for the pie…..

I don’t see Fisher on the hotseat yet. I think he/his staff has to do something about the mental mistakes and penalties though. I know the Rams are a young team, but I need to see some improvement.

wv wrote:

Yeah, i agree with all that.
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I do too. I hope he doesn’t blame Janay for everything but he probably will.

I don’t see Goodell stepping down or the owners removing him. Perhaps this will raise awareness of domestic violence.

I was surprised. I wasn’t able to see much of pre-season but I wasn’t expecting such a poor showing. The penalties continue to bother me. I don’t see any improvement and that is one area I hoped Fisher and staff would clean up. I think the defense will be fine but I dunno about Schottenheimer and the offense. I know he’s in a really tough spot but nothing seems to be working. We’ll see.

Hey long time no see old friend. Good to see you again.

Thanks so much Zack! It’s great to see you again! I’m excited for the new season and can’t wait to chat about it with this fantastic group of people.

My biggest hope for this season is that Fisher and the team are able to clean up the penalties. They drive me absolutely insane. Year after year of new players and new coaches but nothing seems to impede the seemingly never ending stream of flags. Lets hope this is the year it happens.

Sincerely,
-LRF