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Super Bowl

Anthony Dixon

 

 

 

Super Bowl

It’s a Time when the World stops for a period of Time, long enough to forget our worries, to numb our pains, to Socialize not withstanding a Pandemic and forget our Differences and Diversity. A Time when the only Division is among the Two Teams Playing a Game that would make Ancient Gladiators Envious where the Two Best Jousters in the World are Pitted against each other. People come from all over to cheer their Team and Jeer the Opposition. Some wager a few scarced Rubles, win or Lose they are backing their Team. When the Contest is over they Party without Pity, like the Man said ” Get down and Boogie till you just can’t Boogie no more “. What a Joyous Occasion, coming out of a year of Divisive Politics that have Driven a Wedge in the American Spirit that brought this Game together, ( Emotional Intelligence) . if these Guys are Emotionally imbalanced The Game is lost before the First Half.

Back in 2004, the Philadelphia Eagles acquired Terrell Owens to pair with franchise quarterback Donovan McNabb and the initial results were dynamic, as McNabb and Owens led the Eagles to a 13-3 record and an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIX. The Eagles went on to lose to New England 24-21, with Owens carrying the Birds offense on one leg.   Fast forward six months later and the relationship between quarterback and wide receiver quickly evaporated. When previously asked about the topic, Owens insinuated that the relationship deteriorated after McNabb allegedly became jealous of the wide receiver, and changed his interactions with him.

“A lot of people speculate as to what happened but I think over the years now, people see that I wasn’t really the problem in Philly,” Owens told Adam Schein on Mad Dog Radio. “People said that Donovan and I had some friction. Maybe he had some friction with me, but I didn’t have any with him. “From my understanding, he had a problem with the way the city embraced me and not the way they embraced him. I am going by what I’ve heard in the streets.” During a January 2020 installment of “Untold Stories” with Bleacher Report’s Master Tesfatsion, the six-time Pro Bowler believes the drama between him and Owens “broke up” the Eagles.

“The offseason goes through and then all of a sudden there’s turmoil there and (Owens and the Eagles) are in a conversation going back and forth, and we had to answer those questions instead of focusing on what we need to do in order to get back to where we were,” McNabb said. “I thought that was a major distraction for us … That was something that kind of broke us up.” Whether it was by design or just coincidence, Tesfatsion landed an interview with Owens almost a year after McNabb, and the intel is outstanding. Owens, like many players in today’s NFL, had outplayed his contract and wanted a new deal. It appeared that Owens was bothered by McNabb not endorsing a new deal after the Hall of Fame wide receiver helped McNabb reach new heights in that initial season together.

During his sitdown with ‘Untold Stories’, Owens tells a story of a “hungover” McNabb, puking in the huddle because he was out drinking before the Super Bowl. “Why would somebody lie, there were teammates that said he threw up in the huddle.” “I’ve talked to teammates since then, and “know for a fact”, that he was out before Super Bowl XXXIX, drinking before the biggest game, pretty much of all our lives.” Owens went on to harp on McNabb’s conditioning problems, and how the Eagles star quarterback’s behavior was “irresponsible.” If what Owen’s said is remotely true, McNabb should probably be in the Hall of Fame himself after the quarterback went 31 of 51, for 357 yards and 3 touchdowns. McNabb also tossed 3 interceptions in the contest,  and the dual-threat quarterback only carried the ball one time in the loss. If that’s not your Classic Emotional Imbalance which should be in the Handbook for any Team oriented Activities that stresses Cohesivenes, this is it.

The spirit of having Respect for your Opponent is something very Noble, without it, you will be humbled with Defeat. My Friend The Rocket who played for the Cowboys, didn’t respect that his speed came from his small Size. He didn’t respect the Size of the Running Backs that he was Jeering with his Phenomenal catches and returns. On this One play he jumped high in the Air and snatched the pass, One of these Huge Running Backs nailed him on his way down. He left the Game on a Stretcher and never returned to a Field ever again. Disrespecting Democracy while claiming to be Patriotic will bring Ruinous consequences to our Governmental Structure. The Right to Protest to show your Dissatisfaction is Constitutionally protected.

Disrespecting the Hallowed Chambers of Congress is unforgivable, that is not Patriotic, that is Seditious. In the Old Days Punishable by Firing Squad or Guillotine. Thank God we are living in a Kinder Gentler Nation. Look what happened to peaceful Protesters in Russia One Month later. If they had crashed the Kremlin the way they crashed the Capitol you would need Tractor Trailers to remove the Bodies. Yet so called Patriotic Americans spit in the Face of Liberty and Democracy by Decrying the Legitimacy of One of the Fairest Election ever. An Election that went under a Microscope, the Results and Protocols were Dissected by the Administration’s Best and 52 Courts including the Supreme Court packed with his Own Appointees. The Lame Mindedness that this Election was Fixed, is Equivalent to the Kentucky Derby being Fixed for all the other Jockeys to hold back thei’r Horses. Fifty Yards before the finish Line the Crooked Jockey jumps off his Horse. Fixed Elections only happens in Banana Republics. Storming the Capitol is Banana Republics Tactics. Wall Street and the Academic institutions would not Cast a Blind Eye if they saw Fowl, because Capitalism cannot survive without Democracy. We as a People cannot survive without Democracy. So here we are in America Third Down and Ten on the  Fifty yards line in the Super Bowl of Democracy, Two minutes remaining, Joe needs a Miracle, the entire world is watching, the Enemies of Democracy world wide  is Booing, because America has Boasted the Best Democracy for Four Hundred years. The Neros in Congress are Fiddling while America is Burning.

America, Religion

Self Destruction

Anthony Dixon

 

Anonyme. Versailles, ch‚teaux de Versailles et de Trianon. MV5517.

 

 

Self Destruction

When I was Seventeen my Biggest Fear was that Russia was going to Nuke us. I grew up to have lived another Fear, that one Day America would be under the Grip of Terrorism as Israel was in 1971. Buses Blowing up, Buildings crumbling like the W.T.C. where 900 of my fellow Coworkers at Solomon Brothers perished. Today I am living another Fear, that Extremists would make their way into our Government. In one of my Blogs I made the Statement that your past doesn’t determine who you are to become. It’s either I am a Liar or I am misguided. A Politician who isn’t in Office for Thirty Days and have Portrayed themselves to believe that Democrats eat Babies Flesh and Drink their Blood, is beyond a Conspiracy Kook.

They are Demented and shouldn’t be trusted with your Pets much more upholding our Sacred Constitution. The same Kook who said that Muslims should not come to this Country because if they want to have their Multiple Wives or Goats or Sheep, that is their lifestyle, we don’t want it here, indicating that they indulge in Bestiality, what Insult. And you wonder why they call us Infidels. The same Bigot who said that the reason why there aren’t more Successful Black Men in America is because that when they are young they choose Gang Life. Well I guess she has never heard of The Hells Angeles, The Russian Mafia, The Irish Mafia  or The Italian Mafia. Getting back to your past doesn’t determine your Future. When I was Thirteen I knew how to make Time Delayed Incendiary Devices.

At Fourteen I was Dismantling Shotgun Shells, repackaging them in other Materials to  make a Bigger Bang. When the Black Panther Party tried to Recruit me I said no. When the Mafia tried to Recruit me I said no. When the Neighborhood Drug Dealer offered me 1,000 Dollars Of pure uncut  Cocaine to step on as much as Ten Times, no upfront Money, I said no. Today I work in a Justice System with High Security Clearance. My Past didn’t Dictate who I am Today, God did. As far as Marjorie is concerned she has no past and no Future because she is living them now. What you see is what you get. On that Note, why would you want a Lawmaker in this Country who don’t Cherish and Cradle Democracy. Someone who acts like they are Experiencing all the Post Syndromes all at once.

A friend of mine once asked me what to do, he said that they are Driving down the Road and for the most trivial thing his Wife flips to Mr Hyde. Back then we knew nothing of Bipolar. Another Friend of mine Mark Hershberger went Hunting up in Canada with his Wife, she shot and Killed him, claiming that she thought he was a Bear, at 50 yards. Mark bragged to me that she had shot Bullseye at 1000 yards. Then I learned that she suffered Bipolar Disorder. Marjorie Taylor Exhibits Irrationality. 1972 I predicted that The same rash of Terrorism that Israel was Experiencing, would one Day make its way here. When the W.T.C. fell I felt like I had already lived it. All my friends know that I like to keep it short and Simple, so Here is the Kicker. Here is another Prediction, Marjorie is going to loose it one Day, if I am not mistaken she carries a Gun. May God Protect our Lawmakers from Ava or Christine or Regan or whoever she is.

P.S.  Emotional Intelligence isn’t in her Vocabulary.