fascisthunter
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Wed Dec-23-09 12:08 PM
Response to Reply #27 |
| -Two out of the ten finalists for AP Female Athlete of the Year are...Horses |
meegbear |
Dec-23-09 10:43 AM |
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Wow. Just wow. |
GodlessBiker |
Dec-23-09 10:57 AM |
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It's pretty insulting, IMHO...they'd never give any votes to a male horse...n/t |
joeybee12 |
Dec-23-09 10:58 AM |
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Never? |
jberryhill |
Dec-23-09 11:14 AM |
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you can't inject facts into a rhetorical screed like this |
paulsby |
Dec-23-09 11:28 AM |
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"Regularly" "Occasionally" |
enlightenment |
Dec-23-09 11:36 AM |
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how often are female animals |
paulsby |
Dec-23-09 11:38 AM |
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I'm not outraged at all. |
enlightenment |
Dec-23-09 12:06 PM |
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i stand corrected |
paulsby |
Dec-23-09 12:10 PM |
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The thing is.... |
jberryhill |
Dec-23-09 01:31 PM |
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It's not a NOMINATION based vote |
jberryhill |
Dec-23-09 01:29 PM |
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you are correct |
paulsby |
Dec-23-09 03:09 PM |
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I used "regularly"... The linked quote used "occasionally" |
jberryhill |
Dec-23-09 01:37 PM |
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Well, it doesn't say "human" female athlete of the year. |
Renew Deal |
Dec-23-09 02:20 PM |
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This just doesn't seem right. FWIW, however, |
Arkansas Granny |
Dec-23-09 11:00 AM |
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has a male horse ever made the top ten? |
mopinko |
Dec-23-09 11:02 AM |
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I hear ya but I have a soft spot for both of these horses... |
CBR |
Dec-23-09 11:02 AM |
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Secretariat DIDN'T win "Sportsman of the Year" in the most egregious oversight |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 11:13 AM |
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Secretariat beat Cal Ripken Jr. in AP's top 100 list |
jberryhill |
Dec-23-09 11:16 AM |
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AP isn't Sports Illustrated |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 11:17 AM |
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Gotcha, but look at AP's top 100 of the century list /nt |
jberryhill |
Dec-23-09 11:18 AM |
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I know. Also ESPN, too. |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 11:20 AM |
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tonysam, thanks -- you are correct. I admit to never having heard |
CBR |
Dec-23-09 11:22 AM |
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That's my point. Jackie Stewart has done commentary |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 11:24 AM |
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I have only recently begun watching horse racing... |
CBR |
Dec-23-09 11:31 AM |
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Mary Lou Whitney, who owned winner Birdstone, |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 11:35 AM |
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We do not mention "Birdstone" in my house.... |
jberryhill |
Dec-23-09 01:35 PM |
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Are you kidding? "It's a grrrate dey forr motahcarr rrracin, and eye'm Jackie Stewairrt" |
Gwendolyn |
Dec-23-09 11:28 AM |
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Most people don't. Sorry. |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 11:31 AM |
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That wasn't the first time SI gave Secretariat the shaft |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 11:46 AM |
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it's a FUCKING horse!! |
frylock |
Dec-23-09 03:16 PM |
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Were you even ALIVE then? |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 04:02 PM |
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i was born in '65.. |
frylock |
Dec-23-09 06:31 PM |
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Indeed - They Didn't Put Jackie Stewart Out To Stud When He Retired, Either /nt |
jberryhill |
Dec-23-09 04:34 PM |
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ummmm.. |
frylock |
Dec-23-09 06:32 PM |
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Then again, maybe he was a gelding /nt |
jberryhill |
Dec-23-09 08:23 PM |
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Zenyatta's run at the BC Classic was THE athletic performance of the year |
MrCoffee |
Dec-23-09 04:55 PM |
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I think the progressive term is "Equine American" |
NoPasaran |
Dec-23-09 11:04 AM |
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never heard a Progressive say such a thing |
fascisthunter |
Dec-23-09 11:25 AM |
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Well, bless your heart! |
NoPasaran |
Dec-23-09 11:28 AM |
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That, too. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Dec-23-09 11:34 AM |
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lol |
fascisthunter |
Dec-23-09 12:08 PM |
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Yes....I want the car |
femrap |
Dec-23-09 11:04 AM |
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Racehorses ARE athletes, I hate to tell you that |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 11:30 AM |
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If you hate to tell me, |
femrap |
Dec-23-09 02:17 PM |
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I think you are. You don't know what you are talking about. |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 04:03 PM |
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The nt goes in the subject line....nt |
femrap |
Dec-23-09 07:42 PM |
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What do you expect? AP has proven that they are a bunch of jackasses! |
Democrats_win |
Dec-23-09 11:10 AM |
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what does his being an adulterer have to do with his ATHLETIC performance |
paulsby |
Dec-23-09 11:31 AM |
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WRONG - Barbaro, Smarty Jones, and Secretariat - Secretariat WON in 1973 |
jberryhill |
Dec-23-09 11:11 AM |
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Consider the source. The AP puts the ASS in associated press. |
City Lights |
Dec-23-09 11:16 AM |
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As we in the business say, "You can't spell crap without AP." |
Brickbat |
Dec-23-09 12:12 PM |
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I actually don't have a problem with the horses being named. They train incredibly hard and |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-23-09 12:17 PM |
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What about Caster Mokgadi Semenya? After all she went through |
Thickasabrick |
Dec-23-09 01:36 PM |
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AP stands for All Propaganda, it's a worthless repuke rag |
mullard12ax7 |
Dec-23-09 01:39 PM |
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If we are going to consider horses as athletes |
daleo |
Dec-23-09 02:31 PM |
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thx.. |
frylock |
Dec-23-09 03:19 PM |
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It is only a no-brainer to those people who don't know shit what they are talking about. |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 04:06 PM |
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They are. Sorry. Jockeys don't do it alone. |
tonysam |
Dec-23-09 04:05 PM |
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Athletes can be members of teams |
daleo |
Dec-23-09 10:31 PM |
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This is a problem? |
jakefrep |
Dec-23-09 03:13 PM |
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I've always questioned the inclusion of racehorses in such lists but it's been done before... nt |
Blasphemer |
Dec-23-09 03:33 PM |
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same here.. |
frylock |
Dec-23-09 06:36 PM |
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I always thought it was weird when they tried to label horses as athletes. Going intraspecies... |
Wardoc |
Dec-23-09 04:05 PM |
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Pole Vault? |
jberryhill |
Dec-23-09 04:39 PM |
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Don't be silly. Everyone knows that cars (and boats) are always "she" |
flvegan |
Dec-23-09 04:48 PM |
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This will be one of those "remember when" threads brought up in the Lounge |
TK421 |
Dec-23-09 07:44 PM |
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congrats to williams, she deserves the honor -- perhaps johnson does as well, i dunno |
pitohui |
Dec-23-09 07:55 PM |
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Hey, folks -- it's only SPORTS. It's not like it was anything important. |
eppur_se_muova |
Dec-24-09 01:29 AM |
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